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OPEN-FILE REPORTS

Landslide Overview Map of the Conterminious United States--National Landslide  Hazards Map (9/26/97). Special ordering information -- () -- Professional Paper 1183, "Landslide Overview Map of the Conterminous United States", published in 1983, is out of print, it has been re-formatted digitally for the internet. Its text and map is the primary source material for Open-file report 97-289

Animated Red buttonOFR-04-1085, Compilation of Post Wildfire Runoff-Event Data from the Western United States, by Joseph E. Gartner, Erica R. Bigio and Susan H. Cannon, 2004

Animated Red buttonOFR-04-1072, Emergency Assessment of Debris-Flow Hazards from Basins Burned by the Padua Fire of 2003, Southern California, by Sue Cannon, Joseph E. Gartner, Michael G. Rupert, and John A. Michael, 2004.

Animated Red buttonOFR-03-491, Historical rock falls in Yosemite National Park: U.S. Geological Survey, by Wieczorek, G.F., and Snyder, J.B., 2004.

Animated Red buttonOFR-03-463, Preliminary Evaluation of a Precipitation Threshold for Anticipating the Occurrence of Landslides in the Seattle, Washington, Area. By Alan F. Chleborad.

Animated Red buttonOFR-03-481, Emergency Assessment of Debris-Flow Hazards from Basins Burned by the Piru, Simi, and Verdale Fires of 2003, Southern California. By Susan H. Cannon, Joseph E. Gartner, Michael G. Rupert, and John A. Michael.

Animated Red buttonOFR-03-475, Emergency Assessment of Debris-Flow Hazards from Basins Burned by the Grand Prix and Old Fires of 2003, Southern California. By Susan H. Cannon, Joseph E. Gartner, Michael G. Rupert, John A. Michael, Dean Djokic and Sreeresh Sreedhar.

Animated Red button OFR-03-333, Assessment of Potential Debris-Flow Peak Discharges from Basins Burned by the 2002 Coal Seam Fire, Colorado. By Susan H. Cannon, John A. Michael, and Joseph E. Gartner

Animated Red buttonOFR-03-332, Assessment of Potential Debris-Flow Peak Discharges from Basins Burned by the 2002 Missionary Ridge Fire, Colorado. By Susan H. Cannon and others.

Animated Red button OFR-03-211, An Account of Preliminary Landslide Damage and Losses Resulting from the February 28, 2001, Nisqually, Washington, Earthquake. By Lynn M. Highland.

Animated Red button OFR-03-144, Topographic Map of the Active Part of the Slumgullion Landslide on July 31, 2000, Hinsdale County, Colorado. By James A. Messerich and Jeffrey A. Coe.

Animated Red buttonOFR-03-100, Preliminary assessment of landslide-induced wave hazards: Tidal Inlet, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska. By Gerald F. Wieczorek and others.

Animated Red buttonOFR-03-050, Map Showing Alpine Debris Flows Triggered By a July 28, 1999 Thunderstorm in the Central Front Range of Colorado. By Jonathan W. Godt and Jeffrey A. Coe.

Animated Red button OFR 03-0017, Preliminary Soil-Slip Susceptibility Maps, Southwestern California. By D.M. Morton, R.M. Alvarez, and R.H. Campbell

OFR-02-424, TRIGRS -- A Fortran Program for Transient Rainfall Infiltration and Grid-Based Regional Slope-Stability Analysis. By Rex L. Baum, William Z. Savage, and Jonathan W. Godt

OFR-02-398, Debris Flows along the Interstate 70 Corridor, Floyd Hill to the Arapahoe Basin Ski Area, Central Colorado - A Field Trip Guidebook. By Jeffrey A. Coe, Jonathan W. Godt, and Alan J. Henceroth.

OFR-02-0323, Emergency Assessment of Potential Debris-Flow Peak Discharges, Missionary Ridge Fire, Colorado (posted 16 August, 2002)

OFR-02-0061, Digital Inventory of Landslides and Related Deposits in Honduras Triggered by Hurricane Mitch. By Edwin L. Harp, Kirk W. Hagaman, Matthew D. Held, and Jonathan P. McKenna

OFR-01-0444, Landslides Induced by Hurricane Mitch in El Salvador -- An Inventory and Descriptions of Selected Features. By Anthony J. Crone, Rex L. Baum, David J. Lidke, Damon N.D. Sather, Lee-Ann Bradley, and Arthur C. Tarr (posted 9 April, 2002)

OFR-01-0443, Landslides Triggered by Hurricane Mitch in Guatemala -- Inventory and Discussion. By Robert C. Bucknam, Jeffrey A. Coe, Manuel Mota Chavarria, Jonathan W. Godt, Arthur C. Tarr, Lee-Ann Bradley, Sharon Rafferty, Dean Hancock, Richard L. Dart, and Margo L. Johnson (posted 9 April, 2002)

OFR-01-0412-A, Landslide Response to Hurricane Mitch Rainfall in Seven Study Areas in Nicaragua. By Susan H. Cannon, Kathleen M. Haller, Ingrid Ekstrom, Eugene S. Schweig III, Graziella Devoli, David W. Moore, Sharon A. Rafferty, and Arthur C. Tarr (posted 9 April, 2002)

OFR-01-0357, A preliminary finite-element analysis of a shallow landslide in the Alki area of Seattle, Washington By S. Debray and W.Z. Savage

Open-File Report 01-0474, Compilation of Post-Wildfire Runoff-Event Data from the Western United States; By Erica R. Bigio and Susan H. Cannon. (posted 12/26/2001)

Open-File Report 01-0276, Socioeconomic and Environmental Impacts of Landslides in the Western Hemisphere. (posted 10 September 2001)

Open-File Report 01-0144, Debris-flow and flooding hazards associated with the December 1999 storm in coastal Venezuela and strategies for mitigation. (posted 31 July 2001)

Open-File Report 01-0067, A Comparative Analysis of Hazard Models for Predicting Debris Flows in Madison County, Virginia. (posted 19 April 2001)

Open-File Report 99-0518, Inventory of Debris Flows and Floods in the Lovinston and Horseshoe Mountain, VA, 7.5' Quadrangles, from the August 19/20, 1969, Storm in Nelson County, Virginia. (posted 15 February 2001)

Open-File Report 00-0450, National Landslide Hazards Mitigation Strategy A FRAMEWORK FOR LOSS REDUCTION (posted 5 February 2001)

Open-File Report 00-0469, Preliminary Method for Anticipating the Occurrence of Precipitation-Induced Landslides in Seattle, Washington. (posted 30 January 2001)

Animated Red button OFR-98-113, A Method for Producing Digital Probabilistic Seismic Landslide Hazard Maps: An Example from the Los Angeles, California, Area.  By Randall W. Jibson, Edwin L. Harp, and John A. Michael.

Open-File Report 98-0124, Use of Air Temperature Data to Anticipate the Onset of Snowmelt-Season Landslides. (posted 30 January 2001)
Wolf Mountain landslide
, Jackson, Wyoming (Update related to 98-0124)

Open-File Report 94-0615, Landslide Susceptibility in the Tully Valley Area, Finger Lakes Region, New York. (posted 30 January 2001)

Open-File Report 01-0002, PTCOUNT--A Fortran-77 Computer Program to Calculate the Areal Distribution of Mapped Data Points Using Count-Circle Methodology. (posted16 January 2001)

Open-File Report 00-0305, Rock-fall Hazard Assessment of the Aspen Forest Trail, Navajo National Monument, Arizona (posted 22 December 2000)

Open-File Report 00-0249, Probability Models for Estimation of Number and Costs of Landslides (posted 28 August 2000)

Open-File Report 00-0303, Preliminary map showing landslide densities, mean recurrence intervals, and exceedance probabilities as determined from historic records, Seattle, Washington (posted 23 August 2000)

Open-File Report 00-0205, Measurement of Ridge-Spreading Movements (Sackungen) at Bald Eagle Mountain, Lake County, Colorado, II: Continuation of the 1975-1989 Measurements Using a Global Positioning System in 1997 and 1999 (linked 24 August 2000)

Open-File Report 00-0107, Computer Programs for Limit-Equilibrium Slope-Stability Analyses -- FelleniusGS, BishopGS, and JanbuGS (posted 23 May 2000)

Open-file Report 99-0578, Rock-fall Potential in the Yosemite Valley, California (posted 4 May 2000)

Open-File Report 2000-101, Seasonal movement of the Slumgullion landslide as determined from GPS observations, July 1998 - July 1999. (posted 24 March 2000)

Open-File Report 2000-102, Preliminary interpretation of seasonal movement of the Slumgullion landslide as determined from GPS observations, July 1998 - July 1999. (posted 24 March 2000)

99-0385 Rock falls from Glacier Point above Camp Curry, Yosemite National Park, California

99-0364 Assessment of Landslide Hazards in Kaluanui and Maakua Gulches, Oahu, Hawaii, following the 9 May 1999 Sacred Falls landslide

98-0467 Rock-fall Hazards in the Yosemite Valley; USGS Open-File Report 98-467 by Wieczorek, G.F., 1998.

98-0113 A Method for Producing Digital Probabilistic Seismic Landslide Hazard Maps: An Example from the Los Angeles, California, Area; USGS Open-File Report 98-113 by Randall W. Jibson, Edwin L. Harp, and John A. Michael

98-0239 Landslides Triggered by the Winter 1996-97 Storms in the Puget Lowland, Washington; USGS Open-File Report 98-239 by Rex L. Baum, Alan F. Chleborad, and Robert L. Schuster

97-0438 Debris-Flow Hazards in Areas Affected by the June 27, 1995 Storm in Madison County, Virginia; USGS Open-File Report 97-438 by Morgan, B.A., Wieczorek, G.F., Campbell, R.H., and Gori, P.L.

97-0720 Fire-Induced Water-Repellent Soils: an annotated bibliography (Updated)

97-0289 Landslide Overview Map of the Conterminious United States--National Landslide Hazards Map (9/26/97). Special ordering information -- () -- Professional Paper 1183, "Landslide Overview Map of the Conterminous United States", published in 1983, is out of print, it has been re-formatted digitally for the internet. Its text and map is the primary source material for Open-file report 97-289

97-0136 Evaluation of the potential for debris and hyperconcentrated flows in Capulin Canyon as a result of the 1996 Dome Fire, Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico

97-0027 Temperature, Snowmelt, and the Onset of Spring Season Landslides in the Central Rocky Mountains

95-0508 Fire-related debris flows of Storm King Mountain, Glenwood Springs, Colorado.

95-0213 Inventory of Landslides triggered by the 1994 Northridge, California earthquake.

96-0701 Slope Stability of Proposed Ski Facilities.

94-0615 Landslide Hazards in Glacial Lake Clays - Tully Valley, New York. (posted 03 February 2000)

92-0535 Digital Elevation Models for Slumgullion Landslide, Hinsdale County, Colorado based on 1985 and 1990 Aerial Photography.


FACT SHEETS
(Acrobat Reader required to open PDF versions)

Landslide Types and Processes--FS-2004-3072

Natural Hazards on Alluvial Fans: The Venezuela Debris Flow and Flash Flood Disaster--FS-0103-01
       
PDF   (posted 10 January, 2002)

Landslide Hazards
        PDF  (English version)--FS 071-00 (posted 16 May 2000)
        PDF (Spanish version)
--FS 072-00 (posted 16 May 2000)

Real-Time Monitoring of Active Landslides--FS 091-99

Landslide Hazards in Glacial Lake Clays - Tully Valley, NewYork--FS 013-98

HTML (posted 04 February 1998)
See Open-File Report 94-0615  for an expanded updated open-file report version of this fact sheet. (posted 03 February 2000)

El Niño and the National Landslide Hazard Outlook for 1997-1998--FS 180-97

HTML version
PDF version


Debris Flow Hazards in the United States--FS 176-97

San Francisco Area Debris-Flow Hazard--FS 112-95

PDF version


Debris-Flow Hazards in the Blue Ridge of Virginia--FS 159-96

HTML version
PDF version


OTHER REPORTS /MAPS

Impact of Landslides and Innovative Landslide-Mitigation Measures on the Natural Environment, 2003, by, Robert L. Schuster and Lynn M. Highland, Geologic Hazards Team, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado, USA.  508-accessible pdf (16.7MB)/smaller non-accessible pdf (2.3MB).  Previously published in the Proceedings of the International Conference on Slope Engineering, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, December, 2003 - Keynote paper and presentation. (posted 04/06/2004)

Animated Red buttonDebris-Flow and Flooding Deposits in Coastal Venezuela Associated with the Storm of December 14–16, 1999.  Geologic Investigations Series Map I-2772 Version 1.0, by Gerald F. Wieczorek, Matthew C. Larsen, L. Scott Eaton, Benjamin A. Morgan, and J. Luke Blair.

Animated Red button National Landslide Hazards Mitigation Strategy--A Framework for Loss Reduction, 2003, USGS Circular 1244, by Elliott C. Spiker and Paula L. Gori. (posted 10/06/2003)

Animated Red buttonDebris Flows Triggered by the El Niño Rainstorm of February 2-3, 1998, Walpert Ridge and Vicinity, Alameda County, California. Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2384, (posted 02/15/2002)

Animated Red button Landslide Overview Map of the Conterminous United States, Professional Paper 1183, published in 1983, is out of print, it has been re-formatted digitally for the internet. Its text and map is the primary source material for Open-file report 97-289, Landslide Overview Map of the Conterminous U.S., published in 1997.

Animated Red buttonMap Showing Recent and Historic Landslide Activity on Coastal Bluffs of Puget Sound Between Shilshole Bay and Everett, Washington (posted 11/22/2000)W

Animated Red buttonMap and Description of the Active Part of the Slumgullion Landslide, Hinsdale County, Colorado. (posted 10/20/2000)

Animated Red buttonMap Showing Inventory and Regional Susceptibility for Holocene Debris Flows, and Related Fast-Moving Landslides in the Conterminous United States. (posted 2/28/2000)

Animated Red buttonYosemite National Park, California, rockfalls, (alternate link) - in acrobat PDF format: an article describing the 1996 rock fall at Happy Isles, Yosemite National Park has recently been published in the Geological Society of America Bulletin -- January issue. (Acrobat Reader required to open PDF versions)  (posted 2/14/2000)

Maps showing locations of damaging landslides caused by El Niño rainstorms, winter season 1997-98, San Francisco Bay region, California.

USGS Bulletin 2130, 15 Chapters on "The Slumgullion Earth Flow...."

An Outbreak of Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) Caused by Landslides Triggered by the 1994 Northridge, California Earthquake

Landslide Hazards in Washington State Due to February 5-9, 1996 Storm HTML version

Landslide Hazards in Washington State Due to February 5-9, 1996 Storm (Acrobat reader required)

A Model for the Plastic Flow of Landslides, William Z. Savage and William K. Smith, 1986, Professional Paper 1385.


INFORMATION REPORTS

A massive landslide occurred in the Las Colinas neighborhood of Santa Tecla, El Salvador, Central America. (posted 16 January 2001)

Landslides triggered by Pacific Northwest Storms, November and December 1998

A VOLUMETRIC SEDIMENT ANALYSIS FOR KINSEY RUN DEBRIS FLOW , triggered during an extreme storm event, Madison County, Virginia

USGS study of snowmelt-induced landslides in the western US.

An Outbreak of Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) Caused by Landslides Triggered by the 1994 Northridge, California Earthquake

Landslide Reconaissance in the Puget Sound area January 22-25, 1997

Landslide Hazards in Washington State Due to February 5-9, 1996 Storm (Acrobat reader required)

Landslides in the Columbia Gorge and Portland-Vancouver area. January storm, 1997.

Ground reconnaissance of landslide activity in Seattle, WA. January storm, 1997.

Aerial reconnaissance (flown 01/08/97) of potential landslide activity in the central Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Idaho flood summary, Jan. 3, 1997

THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST FLOODING -- Behind the scenes

Debris and Flood Hazard Video

Landslides: Investigation and Mitigation;Transportation Research Board Special Report 247

Landslide near Aspen, Colorado


Animated Red buttonSelected Geologic Hazards Team Publication References

Animated Red buttonCentral Region Publications

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