New Release July 7, 2009: Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries is closing the Grants Pass Field Office and downsizing the Baker City Field Office.

DOGAMI has completed the statewide geologic digital compilation map of Oregon (OGDC-5), the culmination of six years of effort that brings together 345 maps/datasets representing the best of geologic mapping in Oregon. OGDC-5 consists of GIS data and tabular data. Also released at this time is Open-File Report O-09-03, Preliminary Digital Geologic Compilation Map of Part of Northwestern Oregon, a simplified map created from OGDC-5 data. An interactive web map displaying a simplified version of the NE, SE, and Central portions of OGDC is also available.

Final results of the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries' work on the statewide seismic needs assessment of Oregon education and emergency services buildings, as directed by the 73rd Legislative Assembly (Senate Bill 2, 2005).

Oregon will celebrate its 150th birthday in the year 2009. Planning for this big event has already begun. Check out the Oregon 150 Web site. You can share your thoughts and ideas with the planning team, sign up to receive e-mail updates, and learn how you can get involved.

Special Paper 41, Tsunami hazard assessment of the northern Oregon coast: A multi-deterministic approach tested at Cannon Beach, Clatsop County, Oregon, by George R. Priest, Chris Goldfinger, Kelin Wang, Robert C. Witter, Yinglong Zhang, and Antonio M. Baptista (DVD, $15), details the underlying research that went into the production of new tsunami evacuation maps for the Cannon Beach area. This new research shows that run-ups (how high above sea level a tsunami would push inland) from a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake are much higher in worst-case scenario events than previously estimated.

George Priest and Rob Witter of DOGAMI led a team of world renowned researchers, scientists and computer modelers in a two year investigation of tsunami hazards in the Cannon Beach area that served as the pilot project for a complete re-mapping of the Oregon coast for tsunami inundation.

August 6, 2009, 11:00am
Portland State Office Building
800 NE Oregon St., Ste. 965
Portland, Oregon

Each year DOGAMI's Mineral Land Regulation and Reclamation Program, with an independent panel of experts, selects specific mine sites and operators to receive awards for outstanding reclamation, mine operation and fish habitat protection (The Oregon Plan Award). This year's awards, based on an operator's performance during the 2008 calendar year, were presented at the Oregon Concrete and Aggregate Producers Association (OCAPA) annual conference in June 2009.

- Oregon Plan Award - 3 Mile Sand & Gravel, 3 Mile Pit, Klamath County
- Outstanding Operator Division I - Cobb Rock, Inc., Beaverton Quarry
- Outstanding Operator Division II - Cinder Butte Rock Products, Cinder
- Outstanding Reclamation - Pendleton Ready Mix Co, Mission Pit, Umatilla
- Good Neighbor Award - Turner Gravel, Inc., Turner Quarry, Marion County

News Release: April 20, 2009

- Special Paper 42 (SP-42), Protocol for Inventory Mapping of Landslide Deposits from Light Detection and Ranging (Lidar) Imagery, by William J. Burns and Ian P. Madin

- Interpretive Map Series 26 (IMS-26), Landslide Inventory Map of the Northwest Quarter of the Oregon City quadrangle, Clackamas County, Oregon, by William J. Burns and Ian P. Madin

- Interpretive Map Series 27 (IMS-27), Landslide Inventory Map of the Southwest Quarter of the Beaverton quadrangle, Washington County, Oregon, by William J. Burns