Multihazard Studies

By: M. D. Hylland, M. Lowe, and C. E. Bishop This publication is an engineering folio for western Wasatch County. Four plates detail the landslide hazards in the area. Four plates detail the flood hazards, earthquake hazards, and problem soils in the western Wasatch...

By: W. E. Mulvey Castle Valley is in a rapidly developing region experiencing high growth rates. To address development in areas with the potential for geologic hazards, the Castle Valley Planning Commission requested the Utah Geological Survey (UGS) to conduct a geologic-hazards investigation of...

By: M. Lowe, R. M. Robison, C. V. Nelson, and G. E. Christenson, editors Geologic hazards (earthquakes, landslides, debris flows, rock falls, flooding, and shallow ground water) are important factors to be considered prior to development in order to protect the life and property...

By: M. Lowe, R. M. Robison, C. V. Nelson, and G. E. Christenson, editors Geologic hazards (earthquakes, landslides, debris flows, rock falls, flooding, and shallow ground water) are important factors to be considered prior to development in order to protect the life and property...

By: G. E. Christenson and D. R. Mabey Geologic hazards are important in Utah. Ever year these hazards cause significant property damage and in some years the damage totals hundreds of millions of dollars. Government facilities, particularly transportation corridors and utilities, sustain the greatest...

By: R. R. Forster The objective of this study is to measure land-surface subsidence in southwest Utah using Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR). During the winter of 2004/2005 the Utah Geological Survey documented earth fissures near Beryl Junction in Iron County, Utah. The UGS...

By: G. E. Christenson and L. M. Shaw This publication compiles a Geographic Information System (GIS) database showing areas where special studies are recommended to address surface-fault-rupture, liquefaction, landslide, and debris-flow/alluvial-fan-flooding hazards prior to development. The database was compiled from existing geologic-hazard special-study-area maps...

By: G. E. Christenson and F. X. Ashland, compilers Statewide losses from landslides in 2005 and 2006 likely exceeded $10 million and brought much public and media attention to the risks and challenges of building on hillsides in Utah. Utah has a long history...