The Geohazards Field Station is a facility dedicated to large-scale (“too large for a lab”) experimentation of hazardous processes. It is a multi-purpose collaborative user facility that is in current use and also experiences ongoing development to broaden the experimental capabilities in the near future. The Field Stations is supported by University at Buffalo's extreme events long term strategic strengths effort. It's heart is a piece of land, located about 50 miles (80 km) South of Buffalo, which provides 700 acres prepared, experimentally usable area.