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This imagery dataset consists of 3-meter resolution, lidar-derived imagery of the Roanoke 30 x 60 minute quadrangle in Virginia. It also covers a part of the Appalachian Basin Province. The source data used to construct this imagery consists of 1-meter resolution lidar-derived digital elevation models (DEMs). The lidar source data were compiled from different acquisitions published between 2017 and 2021 and downloaded from the USGS National Map TNM Download. The data were processed using geographic information systems (GIS) software. The data spatial reference is the WGS 1984 geographic coordinate system. This representation illustrates the terrain as a hillshade with contrast adjusted to highlight local relief...
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Pluvials can have dramatic impacts on the shoreline bluffs of Lake Michigan due to increases in both shallow subsurface moisture conditions related to the prolonged wet weather pattern and wave erosion as the lake level rises. These changes can result in an increased frequency and magnitude of slope failures. During the most recent pluvial, the monthly average level of Lake Michigan rose 1.9 m from a record low in January 2013 to a near record high in June-July 2020. To assess the impacts on coastal bluffs from slope failures during the recent pluvial, an inventory of landslides was completed, including slope failures active during the early part of the pluvial, on the coastal bluffs of South Manitou Island, part...
Upon reactivation, movement of deep-seated landslides in the Greater Pittsburgh region may persist for long periods of time. Monitoring equipment was located at two sites on a deep-seated rockslide in Aleppo Township, Pennsylvania to establish relationships between precipitation and changes in the state of activity and velocity. Precipitation, snow depth, and air temperature are monitored at a weather station (ARS_WS) located in a relatively flat, open area in the northern part of the rockslide. Displacement and soil moisture are monitored at a second site located in the southern part of a graben (ARS_GR) in the head of the rockslide. At ARS_WS, instrumentation includes a tipping bucket rain gauge, temperature probe,...
Pluvials can have dramatic impacts on the shoreline bluffs of Lake Michigan due to increases in both shallow subsurface moisture conditions related to the prolonged wet weather pattern and wave erosion as the lake level rises. These changes can result in an increased frequency and magnitude of slope failures. During the most recent pluvial, the monthly average level of Lake Michigan rose 1.9 m from a record low in January 2013 to a near record high in June-July 2020. To assess the impacts on coastal bluffs from slope failures during the recent pluvial, an inventory of landslides was completed, including slope failures active during the early part of the pluvial, on the coastal bluffs of North Manitou Island, part...
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Vicksburg National Military Park (VICK) is in western Mississippi, situated on the loess bluffs flanking the Mississippi River. These bluffs are comprised of an accumulation of windblown silt-rich sediments, known as loess, which overlays the Oligocene Vicksburg Group. The loess deposits are thick (up to 30 meters) and easily eroded, creating deep ravines and steeply sloped elongated ridges that often have streams or wetlands within the ravines. This unique terrain played an integral part in the Siege of Vicksburg during the American Civil War in 1863. VICK was established by Congress in 1899 to commemorate the Siege and its associated battles, and to preserve the cultural heritage of the site. In the present, VICK’s...
Seasonal variations in vegetation, rainfall, and soil moisture conditions have the potential to impact the slope stability of locally forested coastal bluffs in the Atlantic Highlands of New Jersey. Both the seasonality and rainfall amounts of the two types of storms that induce shallow landslides in the area vary considerably. Most of the documented historical landslides are the result of heavy rainfall caused by late summer-fall tropical cyclones. The majority of the remaining documented landslides are related to spring nor’easters and total storm rainfall amounts for these storms are generally lower than the rainfall amounts for the tropical cyclones. In order to assess how conditions that may affect the potential...


    map background search result map search result map Hydrologic, slope movement, and soil property data from the coastal bluffs of the Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, 2016-2018 Monitoring data from the Aleppo rockslide, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, November 2013 - December 2018 Preliminary reconnaissance inventory map data of landslides and related features, South Manitou Island, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan Preliminary reconnaissance inventory map data of landslides and related features, North Manitou Island, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan Enhanced Terrain Imagery of the Roanoke 30 x 60 Minute Quadrangle from Lidar-Derived Elevation Models at 3-Meter Resolution Map data for a landslide inventory of the northwestern part of Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi Monitoring data from the Aleppo rockslide, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, November 2013 - December 2018 Map data for a landslide inventory of the northwestern part of Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi Hydrologic, slope movement, and soil property data from the coastal bluffs of the Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, 2016-2018 Preliminary reconnaissance inventory map data of landslides and related features, South Manitou Island, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan Preliminary reconnaissance inventory map data of landslides and related features, North Manitou Island, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan Enhanced Terrain Imagery of the Roanoke 30 x 60 Minute Quadrangle from Lidar-Derived Elevation Models at 3-Meter Resolution