Recent Publications
This list features recent Landslide Program publications, searchable by Landslide Program authors. Open File Reports and Non-USGS
publications are listed for recent years only, but the list includes all Landslide USGS Fact Sheets.
For a more comprehensive, searchable list of publications, please see the USGS Main Publication search page: http://pubs.er.usgs.gov
Open-File Reports
- (2011) Tillery, Anne C., Darr, Michael J., Cannon, Susan H., and Michael, John A., 2011, Postwildfire debris flows hazard assessment for the area burned by the 2011 Track Fire, northeastern New Mexico and southeastern Colorado:, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1257, 9 p.
- (2011) Cannon, Susan H., Michael, John A.,2011, Emergency assessment of postwildfire debris-flow hazards for the 2011 Motor Fire, Sierra and Stanislaus National Forests, California: , USGS Open-File Report 2011-1251
- (2010) Cannon, Susan H., Gartner, Joseph E., Rupert, Michael G., and Michael, John A., 2010, Emergency assessments of postfire debris-flow hazards for the 2009 La Brea, Jesusita, Guiberson, Morris, Sheep, Oak Glen, Pendleton, and Cottonwood fires: in southern California, USGS Open-File Report 2010-1186, 31 p.
- (2010) Cannon, Susan H., Boldt, Eric M., Kean, Jason W., Laber, Jayme, Staley, Dennis M., 2010, Relations Between Rainfall and Postfire Debris-Flow and Flood Magnitudes for Emergency-Response Planning, San Gabriel Mountains, Southern U.S.: , U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2010-1039, 31 p.
- (2009) Gartner, J. E., Cannon, S. H. , Helsel, D. R., and Bandurraga M., 2009, Multivariate Statistical models for predicting sediment yields from Southern California watersheds: , U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2009-1200, 42 p.
- (2009) Cannon,S. H. , Gartner, J. E., Rupert, M. G. , Michael, J. A., Staley, D. R. and Worstell, B. B., 2009, Emergency asssessment of postfire debris-flow hazards for the 2009 Station Fire, San Gabriel Mountains, Southern California: , U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2009-1227, 24 p.
- (2008) Rupert, M.G., Cannon, S.H., Gartner, J.E., Michael, J.A., and Helsel, D.R., 2008, Using logistic regression to predict the probability of debris flows in areas burned by wildfires, southern California, 2003-2006: , U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1370, 20 p.
- (2007) Jones, Lucy, Bernknopf, Richard, Cannon, Susan, Cox, Dale A., Gaydos, Len, Keeley, Jon, Kohler, Monica, Lee, Homa, Ponti, Daniel, Ross, Stephanie, Schwarzbach, Steven, Shulters, Michael, Ward, A. Wesley, and Wein,Anne, 2007, Increasing Resiliency to Natural Hazards - A strategic plan for the Multi-Hazards Demonstration Project in southern Califiornia: , U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 1007-1255, 27 p.
- (2007) Coe, J.A. (editor), Bigio, E. R., Blair, R.W., Jr., Burke, Michael, Cannon, S.H., deWolfe, V.G., Ey, John, Gartner, J.E., Gillam, M.L., Knowlton, N.D., Santi, Paul M. and Schulz, William H., 2007, Mass wasting following the 2002 Missionary Ridge fire near Durango, Colorado, a field trip guidebook:, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1289, 54 p., and Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists Special Publication No. 20.
- (2007) Cannon, S.H., Gartner, J.E., Michael, J.A., Bauer, M.A., Stitt, S.C., Knifong, D.L., McNamara, B.J., and Roque, Y.M., 2007, Emergency assessment of debris-flow hazards from basins burned by the 2007 Slide and Grass Valley Fires, San Bernardino County, southern California: , U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1416, 1 sheet.
- (2007) Cannon, S.H., Gartner, J.E., Michael, J.A., Bauer, M.A., Stitt, S.C., Knifong, D.L., McNamara, B.J., and Roque, Y.M., 2007, Emergency assessment of debris-flow hazards from basins burned by the 2007 Santiago Fire, Orange County, southern California: , U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-419, 1 sheet.
- (2007) Cannon, S.H., Gartner, J.E., Michael, J.A., Bauer, M.A., Stitt, S.C., Knifong, D.L., McNamara, B.J., and Roque, Y.M., 2007, Emergency assessment of debris-flow hazards from basins burned by the 2007 Rice Fire, San Diego County, southern California: , U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-417, 1 sheet.
- (2007) Cannon, S.H., Gartner, J.E., Michael, J.A., Bauer, M.A., Stitt, S.C., Knifong, D.L., McNamara, B.J., and Roque, Y.M., 2007, Emergency assessment of debris-flow hazards from basins burned by the 2007 Ranch Fire, Ventura and Los Angeles Counties, California:, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1418, 1 sheet.
- (2007) Cannon, S.H., Gartner, J.E., Michael, J.A., Bauer, M.A., Stitt, S.C., Knifong, D.L., McNamara, B.J., and Roque, Y.M., 2007, Emergency assessment of debris-flow hazards from basins burned by the 2007 Poomacha Fire, San Diego County, southern California: , U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1411, 1 sheet.
- (2007) Cannon, S.H., Gartner, J.E., Michael, J.A., Bauer, M.A., Stitt, S.C., Knifong, D.L., McNamara, B.J., and Roque, Y.M., 2007, Emergency assessment of debris-flow hazards from basins burned by the 2007 Canyon Fire, Los Angeles County, southern California: , U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1415, 1 sheet.
- (2007) Cannon, S.H., Gartner, J.E., Michael, J.A., Bauer, M.A., Stitt, S.C., Knifong, D.L., McNamara, B.J., and Roque, Y.M., 2007, Emergency assessment of debris-flow hazards from basins burned by the 2007 Buckweed Fire, Los Angeles County, southern California: , U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1414, 1 sheet.
- (2007) Cannon, S.H., Gartner, J.E., Michael, J.A., Bauer, M.A., Stitt, S.C., Knifong, D.L., McNamara, B.J., and Roque, Y.M., 2007, Emergency assessment of debris-flow hazards from basins burned by the 2007 Ammo Fire, San Diego County, southern California: , U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1413, 1 sheet.
- (2007) Cannon, S.H., Gartner, J.E., and Michael, J.A., 2007, Methods for the emergency assessment of debris-flow hazards from basins burned by the fires of 2007, southern California: , U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 2007-1384, 10 p.
- (2007) Cannon, S. H. , Gartner, J. E., Michael, J. A. , Bauer, M. A. , Stitt, S. C. , Knifong, D. L. , McNamara, B. J. , and Roque, Y. M., 2007, Emergency assessment of debris-flow hazards from basins burned by the 2007 Witch Fire, San Diego County, California, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1420, 1 sheet.
- (2007) Cannon, S. H. , Gartner, J. E., Michael, J. A. , Bauer, M. A. , Stitt, S. C. , Knifong, D. L. , McNamara B. J. , and Roque, Y. M., 2007, Emergency assessment of debris-flow hazards from basins burned by the 2007 Harris Fire, San Diego County, California:, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1421, 1 sheet.
- (2005) Gartner, J. E. , Cannon, S. H. , Bigio, E. R. , Davis, N. K. , Parrett, C. Pierce, K.L. , Rupert, M. G. , Thurston, B. L. , Trebish, M. J. , Garcia, S. P., and Rea, A. H., 2005, Compilation of data relating to the erosive response of 606 recently burned, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1218.
- (2004) Gartner, J. E. , Bigio, E. R. and Cannon, S. H. , 2004, Compilation of post wildfire runoff-event data from the Western United States: , U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1085.
- (2004) Cannon, S. H. , Gartner, J. E. , Rupert, M. G. , and Michael, J. A., 2004, Emergency asessment of debris-flow hazards from basins burned by the Cedar and Paradise Fires of 2003, Southern California: , U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1011, 1 sheet. Prepared in Cooperation with Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- (2004) Cannon, S. H. , Gartner, J. E. , Rupert, M. G. , and Michael, J. A., 2004, Emergency assessment of debris-flow hazards from basins burned by the Padua Fire of 2003, Southern California: , U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1072, 14 p.
- (2005) U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Southern California - wildfires and debris flows: , U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2005-3106.
- (2005) Cannon, S.H., 2005, A NOAA�USGS demonstration flash-flood and debris-flow early-warning system: , A NOAA-USGS Demonstration Flash-Flood and Debris-Flow Early-Warning System: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2005-3104. Prepared in cooperation with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
- (2012) Staley, D.M., Kean, J.W., and Cannon, S.H., 2012, Objectively Defined Thresholds for the Prediction of Post-Fire Debris Flows in Southern California: Landslides, DOI 10.1007/s10346-012-0341-9
- (2011) Kean, J. W., Staley, D.M., and Cannon, S. H., 2011, In situ measurements of post-fire debris flows in southern California:, Comparisons of the timing and magnitude of 24 debris-flow events with rainfall and soil moisture conditions: Journal of Geophysical Research, American Geophysical Union, v. 116, 21 P. doi:10.1029/2011JF002005
- (2011) Gartner, J.E., Cannon, S.H., Santi, P.M., 2011, Implemetation of post-fire debris-flow hazard assessments along drainage networks, southern California, U.S.A.: , in Genevois, R., Hamilton, D.L., and Prestininzi, A., eds., Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Debris Flow Hazards Mitigation/Mechanics, Prediction, and Assessment Padua, Italy, June 7-11, 2011, Italian Journal of Engineering Geology and Environment--Book: Casa Editrice Universita La Sapienza, Rome, p. 855- 863. doi: 10.4408/IJEGE.2011-03.B-090.
- (2011) Cannon, S.H., Boldt, E.M., Laber, J.L., Kean, J.W., and Staley, D.M., 2011, Rainfall intensity-duration thresholds for postfire debris-flow emergency-response planning:, Natural Hazards, doi:10.1007/s11069-011-9747-2.
- (2011) Gartner, J.E., Cannon, S.H., Santi, P.M., 2011, Implemetation of post-fire debris-flow hazard assessments along drainage networks, southern California, U.S.A.: in Genevois, R., Hamilton, D.L., and Prestininzi, A., eds., Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Debris Flow Hazards Mitigation/Mechanics, Prediction, and Assessment Padua, Italy, June 7-11, 2011, Italian Journal of Engineering Geology and Environment—Book: Casa Editrice Universita La Sapienza, Rome, p. 855- 863. doi: 10.4408/IJEGE.2011-03.B-090
- (2009) Cannon, S. H., Gartner, J. E., Rupert, M. G., Michael, J. A., Rea, A. H. , and Parrett, C., 2009, Predicting the probability and volume of postwildfire debris flows in the intermountain western United States: , Cannon, S. H., Gartner, J. E., Rupert, M. G., Michael, J. A., Rea, A. H. , and Parrett, C., 2009, Predicting the probability and volume of postwildfire debris flows in the intermountain western United States, Geological Society of America Bulletin B26459.1, September, 2009.
- (2008) Santi, P.M., DeWolfe, V.G., Higgins, J.D., Cannon, S.H., Gartner, J.E., 2008, Sources of debris-flow material in burned Areas: , Geomorphology, Elsevier, v. 96, no. 3-4, pp. 366-377
- (2008) Restrepo, P., Jorgensen, D.P., Cannon, S.H., Costa, J.E., Laber, J. , Major, J.A., Marter, B. , Purpura, J., and Werner, K., 2008, Prototype debris flow warning system for recently burned areas in Southern California: , Bulletin of the Meteorological Society, Insights and Innovation, American Meteorological Society, p. 1845-1851.
- (2008) Moody, J.A., Martin, D.A., and Cannon, S.H., 2008, Post-wildfire erosion response in two geologic terrains in the western USA: , Geomorphology, Elsevier, v. 95, p. 103-118.
- (2008) Gartner, J.E., Cannon, S.H., Santi, P.M., and DeWolfe, V.G., 2008, Empirical modesl to predict debris-flow volumes generated from recently burned basins in the western U.S.: , Geomorphology, Elsevier, v. 96, pp. 339-354
- (2008) Coe, J. A., Cannon, S.H., and Santi, P.M., 2008, Introduction to the special issue on debris flows initiated by runoff, erosion, and sediment entrainment in western North America: , Geomorphology, Elsevier, v. 96, 247-249p.
- (2008) Cannon, S.H., Gartner, J.E., Wilson, R.C., and Laber, J.L., 2008, Storm rainfall conditions for floods and debris flows from recently burned areas in southwestern Colorado and southern California: , Geomorphology, v. 96, pp. 250-269.
- (2008) Cannon, S.H., Gartner, J.E., Wilson, R.C., and Laber, J.L., 2008, Storm rainfall conditions for floods and debris flows from recently burned areas in southwestern Colorado and southern California: , Geomorphology, Elsevier, v. 96, p. 250-269.
- (2008) Cannon, S.H., and DeGraff, J., 2008, The increasing wildfire and post-fire debris-flow threat in western USA, and implications for consequences of climate change: , in, Sassa, K., and Canuti, P., (eds)., Landslides � Disaster Risk Reduction: Proceedings of 1st World Landslide Forum, Tokyo, Japan, November, 2008, Springer-Verlag, Berlin p. 177-190.
- (2005) Cannon, S.H. and Gartner, J.E., 2005, Wildfire-related debris flow from a hazards perspective: , in: Hungr, O. and Jacob, M. eds., Debris-Flow Hazards and Related Phenomena, Springer-Praxis Books in Geophysical Sciences, p. 321-344.
- (2005) NOAA-USGS Debris Flow Task Force, 2005, NOAA-USGS Debris-Flow Warning System - Final Report: , U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1283, 60 p.