Landslide Hazards - Maps | U.S. Geological Survey - USGS.gov
WEBThe Landslide Hazards Program produces maps indicating both historical landslide locations and potential future landslide risks. These maps are typically paired with geospatial data products, which help assess hazard levels, and can be useful for risk-reduction and land-use planning.
New USGS map shows where landslides are most likely to occur …
WEBSep 11, 2024 · Mirus and team used an inventory of nearly 1 million previous landslides, high-resolution national elevation data from the USGS 3D Elevation Program, and advanced computing to build their comprehensive landslide susceptibility model.
Landslides by Location | U.S. Geological Survey - USGS.gov
WEBA summary of recent and past landslides and debris flows caused by rainfall in northern California, and links to current shallow landslide monitoring. By Natural Hazards Mission Area , Landslide Hazards Program , Geologic Hazards Science Center , …
Oso disaster had its roots in earlier landslides | UW News
WEBMar 31, 2014 · Oso disaster had its roots in earlier landslides. The disastrous March 22 landslide that killed 43 people in the rural Washington state community of Oso involved the “remobilization” of a 2006 landslide on the same hillside, a new federally sponsored geological study concludes.
Dating historic activity at Oso site shows recurring major landslides ...
WEBDec 22, 2015 · The study establishes a new method to date all the previous landslides at a particular location. The method shows that the slopes in the area around Oso have collapsed on average once every 500 years, and at a higher rate of about once every 140 years over the past 2,000 years.
Dating of landslides around Oso reveals recurring patterns
WEBJun 1, 2016 · Lidar studies conducted before and after the 2014 Oso slide revealed 25 landslides up and down the Stillaguamish River Valley. The river is known to have begun cutting the valley through the glacial sediments roughly 12,000 years ago, suggesting an average recurrence rate of about 500 years based on the 25 landslides.
Oso landslide: A 2014-2024 timeline of devastation, discovery and ...
WEBMar 18, 2024 · March 22, 2014: A massive landslide tears through the Steelhead Haven neighborhood in Oso, Snohomish County. Initial reports confirm three deaths and six houses destroyed.
In California city hit by landslides, slipping may not be stoppable
WEBSep 4, 2024 · California city hit by landslides was at risk for decades, and the slipping may not be stoppable. The land under Rancho Palos Verdes had been slowly giving way for hundreds of years. Now, that...
Scientists and experts are learning from the Oso landslide
WEBSep 19, 2014 · The landslide’s area’s history of previous slides played another key role, the geologists said. The researchers also looked further back in history, reviewing evidence from a number of large landslides in the Stillaguamish Valley around Oso during the previous 6,000 years.
KUOW - What have we learned in the decade since the deadliest landslide …
WEBPrevious slides happened near Steelhead Haven in 1951, 1967, 1988, 1996, and 2006. Even after the 1967 slide, which destroyed structures in the area, more homes were built there in the 1970s....