Geologic Hazards
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Radon-hazard potential in Tooele Valley, Tooele County, Utah (PI-44)
By: B. D. Black The radon-hazard potential of Tooele Valley is mapped based on geologic factors. Soil with the greatest potential for high indoor-radon levels is found locally along the valley margin. This soil is sediment deposited by Lake Bonneville,...
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Radon-hazard potential in western Salt Lake Valley, Salt Lake County, Utah (PI-43)
By: B. D. Black Color pamphlet that answers questions about the Great Salt Lake and Lake Bonneville such as when did Lake Bonneville exist and what kinds of animals lived around it, why is the Great Salt Lake salty, what...
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Radon-hazard potential in the Ogden Valley, Weber County, Utah (PI-36)
By: B. J. Solomon The radon-hazard potential of Ogden Valley is mapped based on geologic factors. Soil with the greatest potential for high indoor-radon levels is common west of Liberty. This soil is derived from metamorphic rock on the northwest...
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Radon-hazard potential in the St. George area, Washington County, Utah (PI-35)
By: B. J. Solomon The radon-hazard potential of the St. George area is mapped based on geologic factors. Soil with the greatest potential for high indoor-radon levels is common south of St. George. This soil is derived from local shale...
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Earthquake fault map of a portion of Salt Lake County, Utah
By: UGS Staff This map shows the location of faults in Salt Lake County. Back side of map includes information on faults, effects of surface fault rupture, when and where surface rupture is likely to occur, and what can be...
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Radon-hazard potential in the Provo-Orem area, Utah County, Utah (PI-21)
By: B. J. Solomon The radon-hazard potential of the Provo-Orem area is mapped based on geologic factors. Soil with potential for higher indoor-radon levels is common on the east bench and on alluvial fans along the Wasatch Range front. This...
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Radon-hazard potential in the Sandy-Draper area, Salt Lake County, Utah (PI-18)
By: B. J. Solomon The radon-hazard potential of the Sandy-Draper area is mapped based on geologic factors. Soil with the greatest potential for high indoor-radon levels is common on the east bench at the mouth of Little Cottonwood Canyon. This...
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Earthquake fault map of a portion of Utah County, Utah (PI-11)
By: UGS Staff This map shows the location of faults in Utah County. Back side of map includes information on faults, effects of surface fault rupture, when and where surface rupture is likely to occur, and what can be done...
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Liquefaction Hazards in Utah (PI-100)
By: Mark MilliganEarthquake-triggered liquefaction can cause extensive damage and loss of life. While Utah has historically experienced liquefaction-producing earthquakes, it has thus far escaped significant damage. However, the densely populated Wasatch Front region has a 93% probability of one or...
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Earthquake fault map of a portion of Weber County, Utah (PI-1)
By: UGS Staff This map shows the location of faults in Weber County. Back side of map includes information on faults, effects of surface fault rupture, when and where surface rupture is likely to occur, and what can be done...
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Compilation of 1970s Woodward-Lundgren & Associates Wasatch fault investigation reports and low-sun-angle aerial photography, Wasatch Front and Cache Valley, Utah and Idaho (OFR-632)
By: Steve D. Bowman, Adam I. Hiscock, and Corey D. Unger This nine DVD set contains a descriptive 8-page report and digital files created from the Wasatch fault investigation project performed for the Utah Geologic and Mineralogical Survey (now the...
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Preliminary Landslide Inventory Map of the 2012 Seeley Fire Area, Carbon and Emery Counties, Utah (OFR-612)
By: Greg N. McDonald and Richard E. GiraudThis map presents a landslide inventory for the 2012 Seeley fire area, Carbon and Emery counties, Utah, at a scale of 1:24,000. The purposes of the map and accompanying geodatabase are to show...
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Evaluation of interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) techniques for measuring land subsidence and calculated subsidence rates for the Escalante Valley, Utah, 1998 to 2006 (OFR-589)
By: R. R. Forster Previous studies have shown the Escalante Valley, Utah, is subsiding due to groundwater withdrawal. The magnitude and spatial pattern of this cm/yr.-scale subsidence is mapped with satellite data from a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) using interferometric...
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Snowmelt-induced ground-water fluctuations in selected northern Utah landslides ? preliminary results from the 2007-08 landslide water year (OFR-550)
By: F. X. Ashland The relationship between ground-water levels and late winter/early spring snowmelt was evaluated at selected northern Utah landslides where ground-water observation wells had previously been installed. The period of investigation between September 2007 and August 2008 was...
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Ground-water conditions in the Green Pond landslide, Weber County, Utah (OFR-528)
By: F. X. Ashland, R. E. Giraud, G. N. McDonald, and A. H. Elliott The Green Pond landslide is a large historically active landslide crossed by SR-226 in Weber County, Utah. The landslide is elongate, somewhat irregularly shaped, about 7800...
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Reconnaissance of the Little Valley landslide, Draper, Utah: Evidence for possible Late Holocene, earthquake-induced reactivation of a large, pre-existing landslide (OFR-520)
By: F. X. Ashland Using geomorphic analysis, and radiocarbon ages from a consultant’s landslide investigation, this publication outlines a partial movement history for the Little Valley landslide in Draper, Utah, and an approach for recognizing earthquake-induced reactivation in preexisting slides...
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Reconnaissance of the Draper Heights landslide and other possible earthquake-induced, shallow, disrupted soil and rock slides in Draper, Utah (OFR-519)
By: F. X. Ashland Earthquake-induced landslides, with the exception of liquefaction-induced lateral spreads, have not been recognized in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area. This study assesses the feasibility of identifying such earthquake-induced landslides, given the documented latest Pleistocene to...
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Reconnaissance of the Grandview peak rock slide, Salt Lake County, Utah: A possible earthquake-induced landslide? (OFR-518)
By: F. X. Ashland and G. N. McDonald Earthquake-induced landslides, with the exception of liquefaction-induced lateral spreads, have not been recognized in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area. Based on the inferences of previous researchers that some prehistoric, catastrophic rock...
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The Preliminary landslide history database of Utah, 1850-1978 (OFR-514)
By: A. H. Elliott and M. J. Kirschbaum This database provides mostly non-technical information on landslide events that occurred from 1850 to 1978. By searching the database, it is possible to gain insight into the frequency, causes, and consequences of...
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Basin and range province earthquake working group seismic-hazard recommendations to the U. S. Geological Survey National Seismic Hazard Mapping Program (OFR-477)
By: W. R. Lund, editor This report presents consensus recommendations of the Basin and Range Province Earthquake Working Group (BRPEWG) on five seismic-hazard issues in the Basin and Range Province (BRP) important to the U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) 2007 update...
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Ground-water-level fluctuations in Wasatch Front landslides and adjacent slopes, northern Utah (OFR-448)
By: F. X. Ashland, R. E. Giraud, and G. N. McDonald We monitored ground-water levels in and adjacent to five Wasatch Front landslides to document seasonal and intermediate-term ground-water-level fluctuations that can be used to estimate design ground-water levels in...
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Investigation of the potential of Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) to detect land subsidence in SW Utah (OFR-446)
By: R. R. Forster The objective of this study is to evaluate the potential of Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) to measure land surface change in southwest Utah. This study is referred to as Phase-1. Based on the results of...
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Interim map showing shear-wave-velocity characteristics of engineering geologic units in the Salt Lake City, Utah metropolitan area (OFR-424)
By: F. X. Ashland and G. N. McDonaldEmpirical correlation between earthquake ground-motion amplification and the average shear-wave velocity in the upper 30 meters below the ground surface (Vs30) provides the basis of the site classes in the International Building Code....
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The feasibility of collecting accurate landslide loss data in Utah (OFR-410)
By: F. X. Ashland Nationwide, estimated losses from damaging landslides range from $1.2 to $2.4 billion annually. In Utah, documented losses from damaging landslides in 2001 exceeded $3 million, including the costs to repair and stabilize hillsides along state and...
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