A Two Mile Crack Has Opened Up In Arizona – And Experts Warn That It’s Only Going To Get Bigger

For the love of god..... how long does it take to explain the reason for a crack in the desert.

My Dad was 86 when he passed 2 years ago. But he told me that these cracks or fissures have been happening all of his life. He was a rancher and farmer with a broad knowledge of the land and where he lived and traveled. He lived in the Gila Valley of NM, and the Sulfur Springs Valley of Arizona his entire life. This is a normal, cyclical thing. They eventually fill up and then new ones start. It has ever been thus.

I have a Hopi friend who lives out near Second Mesa/Leupp area of the reservation. He says there is a place referred to by his tribe as "The Crack" and it is a big fissure that has been there as long as our old people can recall. Scary thing is that this one is very deep. He says you can throw a rock down it and never hear it land.

The State has decided to name the fissure Plumber's crack.

I saw a crack in northern Arizona that makes this one look like nothing. I understand they're calling it the Grand Canyon. I think it's getting bigger, too. Even more extremely troubling!

The earth is very dynamically and constantly changing. Arizona has had cracks appear in places without any wells or farming within many miles for many years, since before large cities and extensive farming. Being a dry desert area it doesn't take much of a tremor of the earth to crack the soil. The Easter 2010 earthquake in Mexico caused ground motion here in Arizona. That could have caused this fissure. My area in Phoenix is hundreds of feet above the Salt river that flows through Phoenix, yet I can't dig anywhere in my yard without running into many river rocks. The ground was obviously lower here at one time with a large and powerful river. Up north we have the Mogollon Rim, a large uplift more than 2000 feet high forming a plateau that extends some 200 miles. Fossils from a sea floor have been found there, indicating that it was below the ocean at one time more than 4000 feet lower. Man was not to blame for any of it. Climate change has been around for millions of years with cycles of heat and cold. One or 2 large volcanic eruptions can spew enough debris in the atmosphere to cause temperatures to drop to extreme lows for many years. We just need to accept that we live on a dynamic living planet...

Pinal County is not between Tucson and Casa Grande. Casa Grande is in Pinal County. And, these cracks are very common.

The video commentator incorrectly describes a desert as a region with "long, hot summers and mild winters." This is inaccurate. Deserts are only characterized by their lack of rainfall. Many deserts, for example, reside in temperate and even cold regions. The largest desert on earth is Antarctica--a continent that also exhibits the harshest winters on the planet.

Is Arizona's natural way of moving farther away from California

By the time that guy gets to the point that will be the edge of the ocean. It's a wonder long winded didn't stir up a dust storm.

This is a cyclical thing ~ a normal occurrence in the land. The big ones eventually fill up, but smaller fissures form. My uncle, who was a rancher in Arizona for years b4 he died, told me this. He was also a Geology teacher.

"The blame for it lays squarely ..." No: correct English is - "The blame for it lies squarely ..." This has been a public service announcement.

Kevin Bacon says it is probably Tremors.

Between Casa Granda and Tuscon is where limestone from a dissapearing aquafer is blasted to extract and create portland cement. You can feel the ground shake when the blasting starts.

SKIP TO 4:58 stick around for about 20 seconds and find a better video.

A lot of comments here from people who live in, and near this area and understand this is not reported in social media or new information for some. The difference being this phenomenon is new to some countries with huge recent cracks appearing world wide. In addition to huge sinkholes especially here in England, Earthquakes, Volcanic eruptions and coastal water receding. Even large amounts of sea life, all varieties being washed onto shores, all dead. This happened in my town water receded and a mile long sandy beach was covered entirely by dead starfish. This, all of this is not man made and this video is miss leading.

We live in Tucson Arizona. It is odd that this crack has not made news headlines anywhere. Not in Phoenix or Pinal or Pima counties. Most of the underground aquifer water was used up by the mid 90's. That is when Arizona called on the CAP for Colorado River water to be diverted to out state and others which have no potable water. I wonder why the AZGS is so quiet about this? I very much doubt there is any way to stop this process which has probably been going on for over 30 years now.

I thought Arizona had a meth issue, not a crack problem?!

You see a lot of smaller fissures throughout Pinal, Pima, and Maricopa Counties. The irrigation districts take a lot of water out of the ground. Luckily, these cracks are in areas that would never be utilized for any kind of development. It's open space, and that is certainly something Arizona has plenty of - being that only a little over 20 percent of Arizona is actually comprised of privately held land.

Would love to go through it with a Metal Detector! Copper, gold, and silver, oh my!