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Landslides:
Events & Information
House damaged by the April 6, 2004 debris flow in Farmington, Utah.
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Landslides are common natural hazards in Utah. They often strike
without warning and can be destructive and costly. Common types
of landslides in Utah are debris flows, slides, and rock falls.
Many landslides are associated with rising ground-water levels
due to rainfall, snowmelt, and landscape irrigation.
Therefore, landslides in Utah typically move during the months
of March, April, and May, although debris flows associated with
intense thunderstorm rainfall are common in July.
Recent Landslide Events
Damaging Landslides 2001-2006
- Another Year of Damaging
Landslides in Northern Utah (2006)
from Survey Notes. Includes South Weber; Sunset Drive and Beechwood Drive, Layton; Creekside Drive, Mountain Green; Sherwood Hills, Provo; and, City Creek Canyon, Salt Lake City.
- Creekside Drive Landslides,
Mountain Green, Morgan County, 2005-06
- 2005-06 Creekside Drive area landslides, Mountain Green, Morgan County, Utah, PI-91 (pdf)
- Sunset Drive Landslide, Layton,
Davis County, April 15, 2006
- South Weber Landslide, Davis
County, April 9, 2006
- Rock Fall in Provo, Utah
County, May 12, 2005
- Sage Vista Lane Landslide,
Cedar Hills, Utah County, April 28, 2005
- 2005 Sage Vista Lane
Landslide, Cedar Hills, Utah County, PI-89 (pdf)
- Kanab Creek Landslide,
Kane County, March 12, 2005
- South Weber Landslide, Davis
County, February 20, 2005
- Wildfires
and debris flows in northern Utah 2000 - 2004 (pdf)
- Debris Flows near Spring Lake
& Santaquin, Utah County, July 26, 2004
- East Capitol Blvd.-City Creek Landslide,
Salt Lake County, April 9, 2004
- Debris Flows in Farmington,
Davis County, April 6, 2004
- Rock Fall near Devils Slide,
Morgan County, March 22, 2004
- Slide Show
- Mountain Green, Morgan County, 2001
- Layton, Davis County, 2001
- Jeremy Ranch, Summit County, 2002
- Cedar City, Iron County, 2002
- Santa Clara, Washington County, 2002-2003
- Spring Lake & Santaquin debris flow
photos, Utah County, September 2002
- 2001 Heather Drive Landslide,
Layton, Davis County, PI-88 (pdf)
Landslide Map
Technical Reports
- Springhill landslide, North Salt Lake, Utah, update through 2008 (pdf)
- Grandview peak rock slide, Salt Lake County, Utah: A possible earthquake-induced landslide?, OFR-518 (pdf)
- Draper Heights landslide and other possible earthquake-induced, shallow, disrupted soil and rock slides in Draper, Utah, OFR-519 (pdf)
- Little Valley landslide, Draper, Utah: Evidence for possible Late Holocene, earthquake-induced reactivation of a large, pre-existing landslide, OFR-520 (pdf)
- Active landslides in the Creekside Drive area, Mountain Green, Morgan County, Utah, between June 2005 and December 2006, RI-260 (pdf)
- Assessing
the stability of landslides - overview of lessons learned from
historical landslides in Utah (pdf)
- Slope-stability
implications of ground-water-level fluctuations in Wasatch Front
landslides and adjacent slopes, northern Utah (pdf)
- South Weber
landslide, Davis County, April 9, 2006 (pdf)
- Two landslides,
Mountain Green, Morgan County, June 2005 (pdf)
- Black Mountain
debris flow, Iron County, June 2005 (pdf)
- Rock fall
in Provo, Utah County, May 2005 (pdf)
- Sage Vista
Lane landslide, Cedar Hills, Utah County, April 2005 (pdf)
- Landslides
near East Lawn Memorial Hills Cemetery, Provo, Utah County,
March 2005 (pdf)
- Kanab Creek
landslide, Kane County, March 12, 2005 (pdf)
- South Weber
landslide, Davis County, February 2005 (pdf)
- Spring Lake
and Santaquin debris flows, Utah County, September 2002 (pdf)
- Frontier
Drive landslide, Mountain Green, Morgan County, February 2001
(pdf)
- East Sunset Drive, Layton,
Davis County, April 1998 (see pages 28-35 -pdf)
What, Why, and Where: General Information about
Utah Landslides
Reduce Your Risk
The Utah Geological Survey’s Role
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