Geologic Hazards

Engineering geologic case studies in Utah, 1986 (SS-68)
By: W. R. Lund, editorThe intent of this report is to provide geologic, hydrologic, and soils information on the Mt. Pleasant watershed which will allow city planners and others to evaluate development proposals by recognizing geologic hazards and identifying land-use conflicts. To accomplish this,...

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Geologic excursions in neotectonics and engineering geology in Utah, Geological Society of America guidebook - Part IV (SS-62)
By: K. D. Gurgel, editor The papers contained in this Guidebook were solicited by the organizers of the GSA Rocky Mountain and Cordilleran Sections and have been edited and given a common format. These papers come from field trips led during the meeting. Paleoseismicity...

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Landslide Inventory Map of Seely Creek and Big Bear Creek Drainages, Sanpete and Emery Counties, Utah (SS-164)
By: Richard E. Giraud and Greg N. McDonaldThis map presents a landslide inventory for the Big Bear Creek and Seely Creek drainages, Sanpete and Emery Counties, Utah, at a scale of 1:24,000. We used geographic information system (GIS) software to capture, store, and display...

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Geologic Hazards of the Tickville Spring Quadrangle, Salt Lake and Utah Counties, Utah (SS-163)
By: Jessica J. Castleton, Ben A. Erickson, Greg N. McDonald, and Gregg S. BeukelmanThe Tickville Spring quadrangle, in southwestern Salt Lake Valley and Northern Cedar Valley, is expected to experience a significant population increase over the next several decades. As urbanization expands into areas...

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Geologic Hazards of the Moab Quadrangle, Grand County, Utah (SS-162)
By: Jessica J. Castleton, Ben A. Erickson, and Emily J. KleberThe Moab quadrangle is located in the south-central portion of Grand County, Utah. Currently, the area is experiencing rapid development and population growth, that is expected to continue for the foreseeable future. As urbanization...

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Landslide Inventory Map of the Ferron Creek area, Sanpete and Emery Counties, Utah (SS-161)
By: Richard E. Giraud and Greg N. McDonaldThis map presents a landslide inventory for the Ferron Creek area, Sanpete and Emery Counties, Utah, at a scale of 1:24,000. The purposes of the map and accompanying geodatabase are to show and characterize landslides areas and...

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Landslide Inventory Map for the Upper Muddy Creek Area, Sanpete and Sevier Counties, Utah (SS-155)
By: Greg N. McDonald and Richard E. GiraudThis map represents a landslide inventory for the upper Muddy Creek area, Sanpete and Sevier Counties, Utah, at a scale of 1:24,000. The map covers 54 square miles on southern part of the Wasatch Plateau and includes...

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Geologic hazards of the Magna Quadrangle, Salt Lake County, Utah (SS-137)
By: J. J. Castleton, A. H. Elliott, and G. N. McDonaldThe Magna quadrangle, in the western part of Salt Lake Valley, is expected to experience a significant population increase in the next several decades. As urbanization expands into areas less suited for development, geologic...

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Geologic hazards of the Zion National Park geologic-hazard study area, Washington and Kane Counties, Utah (SS-133)
By: W. R. Lund, T. R. Knudsen, and D. L Sharrow The Utah Geological Survey conducted a geologic-hazard investigation of a portion of Zion national Park to provide the National Park Service with geologic-hazard information for future park management. The ZNP Geologic-Hazard Study Area...

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Characterization and hazard zonation of the Meadow Creek landslide affecting State Route 9, part of the Coal Hill landslide complex, western Kane County, Utah (SS-131)
By: F. X. Ashland, G. N. McDonald, L. M. Shaw, and J. A. Bay Contains a 31-page report and two accompanying plates detailing the results of geologic and geophysical investigations of the Meadow Creek landslide in western Kane County, Utah, between October 2005 and...

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Paleoseismology of Utah, Volume 15: Surficial-geologic reconnaissance and scarp profiling on the Colliston and Clarkston Mountain segments of the Wasatch fault zone, Box Elder County, Utah (SS-121)
By: M. D. Hylland The Collinston and Clarkston Mountain segments, the northernmost two segments of the Wasatch fault zone in Utah, have been active during the Quaternary Period but show no evidence of Holocene surface faulting. The only fault scarps identified on Quaternary deposits...

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Earthquake-hazards scenario for a M7 earthquake on the Salt Lake City segment of the Wasatch fault zone, Utah (SS-111dm)
By: B. J. Solomon, N. Storey, I. G. Wong, W. J. Silva, N. Gregor, D. Wright, and G. N. McDonald Large earthquakes can disrupt lives with devastating effects on communities and individuals. An important step in characterizing the risk posed by a large earthquake...

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Geologic hazards of Monroe City, Sevier County, Utah (SS-110)
By: R. E. Giraud and J. P. Johnson, digitizer Geologic hazards are naturally occurring processes that present a risk to life and property. This report provides information for the Monroe City area, in Utah's central Sevier Valley, to reduce losses from geologic hazards. Surficial-geologic...

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Geologic hazards of Moab-Spanish Valley, Grand County, Utah (SS-107)
By: M. D. Hylland, W. E. Mulvey, J. P. Johnson, digitizer, and M. Butler Moab Valley and the contiguous Spanish Valley comprise a popular residential and recreational area in east-central Utah. Geologic processes that created the rugged and scenic landscape of Moab-Spanish Valley are...

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Reconnaissance of landslides and preliminary landslide hazard assessment along a portion of Browns Park Road, Daggett County, Utah (RI-271)
By: G. Beukelman and B. Erickson During the spring of 2011, five landslides occurred in lower Jesse Ewing Canyon, Daggett County, Utah, along a section of Browns Park Road that was realigned in 2009. Distress to the roadway included blockage of the southbound lane...

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Investigation of the February 10, 2010, rock fall at 274 West Main Street, and preliminary assessment of rock-fall hazard, Rockville, Washington County, Utah (RI-270)
By: T. R. Knudsen In the morning hours of February 10, 2010, a large rock fall impacted a property at 274 West Main Street in Rockville, Utah. The estimated 450-ton rock fell from the upper slope of Rockville Bench, began to roll downslope, collided...

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Technical reports for 2002-2009 geologic hazards program (RI-269)
By: A.H. Elliott, compiler Contains a compilation of Technical Reports completed by the Geologic Hazards Program of the Utah Geological Survey from 2002-2009. The Technical Report format is used to address geologic-hazard-related problems of site-specific projects of interest to a limited audience. These projects...

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Estimation of potential debris-flow volumes for Centerville Canyon, Davis County, Utah (RI-267)
By: R. E. Giraud and J. J. Castleton Contains a report providing estimates of potential debris-flow volumes for Centerville Canyon, Utah. The debris-flow volumes were estimated to aid Centerville City in sizing a debris basin for reducing the debris-flow hazard on Centerville Creek. The...

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Active landslides in the Creekside Drive area, Mountain Green, Morgan County, Utah, between June 2005 and December 2006 (RI-260)
By: F. X. Ashland Landsliding in the Creekside Drive area of Mountain Green, Utah, in 2005 and 2006 damaged three houses, a road, and buried utilities, and threatened a buried sewer line, another house, and several other residential lots. The landslides resulted from the...

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Reconnaissance investigation of ground cracks along the western margin of Parowan Valley, Iron County, Utah (RI-253)
By: UGS Staff Two out-of-print geologic and mineral assessment reports on Piute and Garfield Counties. Texts with plates are in one file for easy viewing; plates are a higher resolution and formatted for easy plotting are in separate files. Data contained in the reports...

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