Quicksand

Outdoor Skills

Quicksand and similar sinking substrates are misunderstood hazards that can trap people and vehicles in deserts, riverbanks, beaches, and construction zones. Knowing how to get...

Outdoor Safety and Preparedness

Quicksand is a mixture of granular material such as sand, silt, or fine gravel, water, and clay that behaves like a liquid when agitated. It forms when water saturates the space...

geology-and-geohazards

Quicksand in Utah is a specific hazard tied to saturated fine sediments, often layered with coarse material, that loses strength when water fills the pore spaces and destabilize...

Safety and Emergency Preparedness

A man rescued from quicksand typically survives with minor stress and no lasting injury when responders act with trained procedures and bystanders avoid risky improvisation. Qui...