Recent Publications

For a more comprehensive, searchable list of publications, please see the Landslide Bibliography.

Open-File Reports
Fact Sheets
Maps
Other
Information Reports
Non-USGS Publications

Open-File Reports

(2008) 08-1159, TRIGRS - A Fortran Program for Transient Rainfall Infiltration and Grid-Based Regional Slope-Stability Analysis, Version 2.0
(2008) 08-1116, Probabilistic Methodology for Estimation of Number and Economic Loss (Cost) of Future Landslides in the San Francisco Bay Region, California
(2007) 07-1237, Field Reconnaissance of Debris Flows Triggered by a July 21, 2007, Thunderstorm in Alpine, Colorado, and Vicinity, by Jeffrey A. Coe1, Jonathan W. Godt1, T.C. Wait2, and Jason W. Kean
(2007) 07-1127, Preliminary Results of Subsurface Exploration and Monitoring at the Johnson Creek Landslide, Lincoln County, Oregon
(2006) 06-1405, Landslide Susceptibility Estimated From Mapping Using Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) Imagery and Historical Landslide Records, Seattle, Washington, by Bill Schulz
(2006) 06-1139, Shallow-Landslide Hazard Map of Seattle, Washington, by Edwin L. Harp, John A. Michael, and William T. Laprade
(2005) 05-1229, Rock-Fall Hazard Assessment of Little Mill Campground, American Fork Canyon, Uinta National Forest, Utah.
(2005) 05-1063, Hydrologic Monitoring of Landslide-Prone Coastal Bluffs near Edmonds and Everett, Washington, 2001-2004.
(2004) 04-1396, Landslides mapped using LIDAR imagery, Seattle, Washington, by Bill Schulz, 2004.
(2004) 04-1357, Engineering Geologic Conditions at the Sinkhole Entrance to Logan Cave, Benton County, Arkansas, by Bill Schulz and Jon McKenna, 2004.
(2003) 03-463, Preliminary Evaluation of a Precipitation Threshold for Anticipating the Occurrence of Landslides in the Seattle, Washington, Area. By Alan F. Chleborad.
(2003) 03-411, Preliminary Hydrodynamic Analysis of Landslide-Generated Waves in Tidal Inlet, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, by Eric L. Geist, Matthias Jakob, Gerald F. Wieczorek, and Peter Dartnell.
(2003) 03-144, Topographic Map of the Active Part of the Slumgullion Landslide on July 31, 2000, Hinsdale County, Colorado. By James A. Messerich and Jeffrey A. Coe.
(2003) 03-050, Map Showing Alpine Debris Flows Triggered By a July 28, 1999 Thunderstorm in the Central Front Range of Colorado. By Jonathan W. Godt and Jeffrey A. Coe.
(2002) 02-398, Debris Flows along the Interstate 70 Corridor, Floyd Hill to the Arapahoe Basin Ski Area, Central Colorado - A Field Trip Guidebook. By Jeffrey A. Coe, Jonathan W. Godt, and Alan J. Henceroth.
(2002) 02-219, Landslide Hazard Map of Tegucigalpa
(2002) 02-0424, TRIGRS; a Fortran program for transient rainfall infiltration and grid-based regional slope-stability analysis
(2001) 01-339, Remote rainfall sensing for landslide hazard analysis. By Wieczorek, G.F., McWreath, H.C., and Davenport, C.
(2001) 01-0412-A, Landslide Response to Hurricane Mitch Rainfall in Seven Study Areas in Nicaragua. By Susan H. Cannon, Kathleen M. Haller, Ingrid Ekstrom, Eugene S. Schweig III, Graziella Devoli, David W. Moore, Sharon A. Rafferty, and Arthur C. Tarr (posted 9 April, 2002)
(2001) 01-0357, A preliminary finite-element analysis of a shallow landslide in the Alki area of Seattle, Washington By S. Debray and W.Z. Savage
(2000) 00-0469, Preliminary Method for Anticipating the Occurrence of Precipitation-Induced Landslides in Seattle, Washington (posted 30 January 2001)
(2000) 00-0303, Preliminary map showing landslide densities, mean recurrence intervals, and exceedance probabilities as determined from historic records, Seattle, Washington (posted 23 August 2000)
(2000) 00-0249, Probability Models for Estimation of Number and Costs of Landslides (posted 28 August 2000)
(2000) 00-0228, Geotechnical properties for landslide-prone Seattle-area glacial deposits
(2000) 00-0205, Measurement of Ridge-Spreading Movements (Sackungen) at Bald Eagle Mountain, Lake County, Colorado, II: Continuation of the 1975-1989 Measurements Using a Global Positioning System in 1997 and 1999 (posted 24 August 2000)
(2000) 00-0107, Computer Programs for Limit-Equilibrium Slope-Stability Analyses - FelleniusGS, BishopGS, and JanbuGS (posted 23 May 2000)
(2000) 00-0102, Preliminary interpretation of seasonal movement of the Slumgullion landslide as determined from GPS observations, July 1998 - July 1999 (posted 24 March 2000)
(2000) 00-0101, Seasonal movement of the Slumgullion landslide as determined from GPS observations, July 1998 - July 1999 (posted 24 March 2000)
(1999) 99-0578, Rock-fall Potential in the Yosemite Valley, California (posted 4 May 2000)
(1999) 99-0385, Rock falls from Glacier Point above Camp Curry, Yosemite National Park, California
(1999) 99-0364, Assessment of Landslide Hazards in Kaluanui and Maakua Gulches, Oahu, Hawaii, following the 9 May 1999 Sacred Falls landslide
(1998) 98-113, A Method for Producing Digital Probabilistic Seismic Landslide Hazard Maps: An Example from the Los Angeles, California, Area. By Randall W. Jibson, Edwin L. Harp, and John A. Michael.
(1998) 98-0467, Rock-fall Hazards in the Yosemite Valley; USGS Open-File Report 98-467 by Wieczorek, G.F., 1998.
(1998) 98-0239, Landslides Triggered by the Winter 1996-97 Storms in the Puget Lowland, Washington; USGS Open-File Report 98-239 by Rex L. Baum, Alan F. Chleborad, and Robert L. Schuster
(1998) 98-0124, Use of Air Temperature Data to Anticipate the Onset of Snowmelt-Season Landslides (posted 30 January 2001, updated to include Wold Mountain Landslide)
(1997) 97-0027, Temperature, Snowmelt, and the Onset of Spring Season Landslides in the Central Rocky Mountains
(1996) 96-701, Slope Stability of Proposed Ski Facilities at the Southeast Side of Snodgrass Mountain, Gunnison County, Colorado.
(1992) 92-0535, Digital Elevation Models for Slumgullion Landslide, Hinsdale County, Colorado based on 1985 and 1990 Aerial Photography.

Fact Sheets

(2007) FS 2007-3005, Landslide Hazards in the Seattle, Washington, Area

Maps

(2004) SIM 2859, Map showing recent (1997-98 El Niño) and historical landslides, Crow Creek and vicinity, Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, California, by Jeffrey A. Coe, Jonathan W. Godt, and Pierre Tachker, 2004.
Maps showing damaging landslides caused by El Niño rainstorms, winter season 1997-98, San Francisco Bay region, California, 1999, Godt, J.W. (ed.), U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Investigation Series Maps, MF-2325-A-J
Map Showing Recent and Historic Landslide Activity, on Coastal Bluffs of Puget Sound Between Shilshole Bay and Everett, Washington (posted 11/22/2000)

Other

(2008) Online Summary (HTML), Pike, Richard J., and Graymer, Russell W., eds., 2008, Multiple landslide-hazard scenarios modeled for the Oakland-Berkeley area, northern California: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5196, 51 p., 4 plates, scales 1:24,000 and 1:50,000
(2006) Professional Paper 1723, Schuster, R.L., 2006, Interaction of Dams and Landslides-Case Studies and Mitigation: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1723, 114 p.
(1981) Professional Paper 1204-A, Harp, E.L., Wilson, R.C., and Wieczorek, G.F., 1981, Landslides from the February 4, 1976, Guatemala earthquake: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1204-A, 35 p.
USGS Bulletin 2180, Finite-element analysis of the Woodway Landslide, Washington

Information Reports

(2007) Modeling 3-D Slope Stability of Coastal Bluffs Using 3-D Ground-Water Flow, Southwestern Seattle, Washington

Non-USGS Publications

(2009) Paper (PDF) (1.0 MB), Coe, Jeffrey A., Jonathan P. McKenna, Jonathan W. Godt and Rex L. Baum, 2009, Basal-topographic control of stationary ponds on a continuously moving landslide, 2009, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms vol. 34, pp. 264–279, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
(2008) Paper (PDF) (916 KB), Schulz, W.H., Lidke, D.J., and Godt, J.W., 2008, Modeling the spatial distribution of landslide-prone colluvium and shallow groundwater on hillslopes of Seattle, Washington: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, v. 33, p. 123-141.
(2008) Paper (PDF) (5.6 MB), Schulz, W.H., Harp, E.L., and Jibson, R.W., 2008, Characteristics of large rock avalanches triggered by the November 3, 2002 Denali Fault earthquake, Alaska, USA, in Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Landslides, Xian, China, June 30-July 4, 2008, 6 p.
(2007) Paper (PDF) (4.2 MB), Schulz, W.H., 2007, Landslide susceptibility revealed by LIDAR imagery and historical records, Seattle, Washington: Engineering Geology, v. 89, p. 67-87.
(2007) Paper (PDF) (1.1 MB), Schulz, W.H., McKenna, J.P., Biavati, Giulia, and Kibler, J.D., 2007, Characteristics of Slumgullion Landslide inferred from subsurface exploration, in-situ and laboratory testing, and monitoring, in Schaefer, V.R., Schuster, R.L., and Turner, A.K., eds., 1st North American Landslide Conference, Vail, Colo., June 3-8, 2007, Proceedings: AEG Special Publication No. 23, p. 1084-1097.
(2006) Biavati, G., Godt, J.W., and McKenna, J.P., 2006, Drainage effects on the transient, near-surface hydrologic response of a steep hillslope to rainfall: implications for slope stability, Edmonds, Washington, USA. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, v. 6, p. 343-355.
(2006) Godt, J.W., Baum, R.L., and Chleborad, A.F., 2006, Rainfall characteristics for shallow landsliding in Seattle, Washington, USA: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, v. 31, p 97-110.
(2005) Savage, W.Z., and Baum, R.L., 2005, Instability of steep slopes, Chapter 4 in Jakob, M. and Hungr, O., Debris Flow and Debris Avalanches-A Practically Oriented Overview of the State of the Art: Chichester, U.K., Praxis Publishing House p. 53-79.
(2005) Salciarini, D., Godt, J.W., Savage, W.Z., Conversini, P., Baum, R.L., and Michael, J.A., 2005, Modeling regional initiation of rainfall-induced shallow landslides in the eastern Umbria region of central Italy: Geophysical Research Abstracts, v. 7, p. 01694.
(2005) Baum, R.L., Savage, W.Z., Coe, J.A., Godt, J.W., Harp, E.L., Schulz, W.H., Reid, M.E., McKenna, J.P., Michael, J.A., and Brien, D.L., 2005, Regional landslide-hazard assessment for Seattle, Washington, USA: Geophysical Research Abstracts, v. 7, p. 02190.
(2005) Baum, R.L., Godt, J.W., Harp, E.L., McKenna, J.P., and McMullen, S.R., 2005, Early Warning of Landslides for Rail Traffic Between Seattle and Everett, Washington, USA in Hungr, O., Fell, R., Couture, R., and Ebdrhardt, E., eds., Landslide Risk Management, Proceedings of the 2005 International Conference on Landslide Risk Management: New York, A.A. Balkema, p. 731-740.
(2005) Baum, R.L., Coe, J.A., Godt, J.W., Harp, E.L., Reid, M.E. Savage, W.Z., Schulz, W.H., Brien, D.L., Chleborad, A.F., McKenna, J.P., and Michael, J.A., 2005, Regional Landslide-Hazard Assessment for Seattle, Washington, USA: Landslides, v. 2, no. 4, p. 266-279, DOI: 10.1007/s10346-005-0023-y
(2004) Paper (PDF) (6.16 MB), Plates (PDF) (2.8 MB), Coe, J.A., Michael, J.A., Crovelli, R.A., and Savage, W.Z., Laprade, W.T., and Nashem, W.D., 2004, Probabilistic assessment of precipitation-triggered landslides using historical records of landslide occurrence, Seattle, Washington: Environmental and Engineering Geoscience, v. 10, no. 2, p. 103-122.
(2004) Paper (PDF) (2 MB), Coe, J.A., Godt, J.W., Baum, R.L., Bucknam, R.C., and Michael, J.A., 2004, Landslide susceptibility from topography in Guatemala, in Lacerda, W.A., Erlich, M., Fontoura, S.A.B., and Sayao, A.S.F., eds., Landslides-evaluation and stabilization, Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Landslides: London, A.A. Balkema Publishers, v. 1, p. 69-78.
(2004) Savage, W.Z., Godt, J.W., and Baum, R.L., 2004, Modeling time-dependent aerial slope stability, in Lacerda, W.A., Erlich, M., Fontoura, S.A.B., and Sayao, A.S.F., eds., Landslides-evaluation and stabilization, Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Landslides: London, A.A. Balkema Publishers, v. 1, p. 23-36.
(2004) Godt, J.W., Baum, R.L., Savage, W.Z., and Schulz, W.H., 2004, Modeling rainfall conditions for shallow landsliding in Seattle, Washington: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Nov. 7-10, Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, no. 5.
(2004) Coe, Jeffrey A., Baum, Rex L., McKenna, Jonathan P., Langard, Sophie, and Bourgine, Agns, 2004, Debris flows initiated by runoff in Cottonwood Canyon, San Isabel National Forest, central Colorado: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Nov. 7-10, Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, no. 5.
(2003) Paper (PDF) (2.4 MB), Coe, J.A. and Godt, J.W., 2003, Historical debris flows along the Interstate 70 corridor in Clear Creek County: In, Boyer, D.D., Santi, P.M., and Rogers, W.P., eds, Engineering Geology in Colorado, Contributions, Trends, and Case Histories: Association of Engineering Geologists Special Publication No. 15 and Colorado Geological Survey Special Publication 55, available on CD-ROM, 28 p.
(2003) Reid, M.E., Brien, D. L., LaHusen, R.L., Roering, J. J., de la Fuente, J., and Ellen, S. D., 2003, Debris-flow initiation from large, slow-moving landslides: Debris-Flow Hazards Mitigation: Mechanics, Prediction and Assessment; Proceedings of the Third International DFHM Conference, Davos, Switzerland, Rickenmann, D. and Chen, C., eds., Millpress Science Publishers, Rotterdam, p. 155-166.
(2003) Savage, W.Z., Godt, J.W., and Baum, R.L., 2003, A model for spatially and temporally distributed shallow landslide initiation by rainfall infiltration, in Rickenmann, D. and Chen, C., eds., Debris-Flow Hazards Mitigation-Mechanics, Prediction, and Assessment: Rotterdam, Millpress (Proceedings of the 3rd International conference on Debris Flow Hazards, Davos, Switzerland, September 10-13, 2003), p. 179-187.
(2003) Coe, J.A., Godt, J.W., Parise, M, and Moscariello, A., 2003, Estimating debris-flow probability using debris-fan stratigraphy, historic records, and drainage-basin morphology, Interstate 70 Highway Corridor, Central Colorado: In, Rickenmann, D.and Chen, C., eds., Debris flow hazards mitigation: mechanics, prediction, and assessment, Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Debris-Flow Hazards Mitigation, Millpress, Rotterdam, pp. 1085-1096.
(2000) Baum, R.L., and Reid, M.E., 2000, Groundwater isolation by low-permeability clays in landslide shear zones, in Bromhead, E., Dixon, N, and Ibsen, M., eds., Landslides in Research, Theory and Practice, Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Landslides: London, Thomas Telford p. 139-144.
(2000) Godt, J.W., Coe, J.A., and Savage, W.Z., 2000, Relation between cost of damaging landslides and construction age, Alameda County, California, USA El Niño winter storm season, 1997-98, In: E.N. Bromhead, M.L. Ibsen, N. Dixon and E. Sfakianaki (Editors), Landslides in research, theory and practice, Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Landslides, Cardiff, Wales, v. 2, p. 641-646.
(1998) Baum, R.L., Harp, E.L., Lahusen, R.G., Likos, W.J., and Powers, P.S., 1998, Real-time monitoring of bluff stability at Woodway, Washington, USA, Procedings of the Second International Symposium on the Geotechnics of Hard Soils, Soft Rocks '98, Naples Italy, October p. 1057-1065.
(1998) Arndt, B.P., Higgins, J.E., and Baum, R.L., 1998, The Woodway, Washington, landslide-An unusual failure of the Lawton Clay Member in the steep bluffs along Puget Sound Washington, Association of Engineering Geologists program with Abstracts, 41st Annual Meeting, p.74.