State of Utah Emergency Response Geologic Information Clearinghouse Utah Geological Survey in collaboration with the Utah Division of Emergency Management Steve D. Bowman, Ph.D., P.E., P.G. Geologic Hazards Program Manager
Utah Geological Survey (UGS) The Utah Geological Survey, a non-regulatory division of the Utah Department of Natural Resources, provides timely scientific information about Utah's geologic environment, resources, and hazards. About 70 FTE staff and the State Geologist. – Administration – Geologic Hazards Program – Geologic Mapping Program – Groundwater and Paleontology Program – Energy and Minerals Program – Geologic Information and Outreach Program Offices – Salt Lake City – Cedar City
Utah Geological Survey Geologic Hazards Program • Respond to geologic hazard emergencies by assisting the Utah Division of Emergency Management, local governments (cities and counties), and other agencies. • Create geologic hazard maps for land-use planning, management, development, and other uses. • Provide geologic hazard outreach and information to Utah citizens, governments, and industry to increase awareness and reduce economic and life-safety impacts. 12-Mile Canyon Landslide 1999/2011+ Sherwood Hills Landslide 1989, 2009, and 2011 SR-14 Rock Fall and Landslides
Geologic Hazards That May Be Found in Utah Expansive Soil and Rock Earthquake Related • • Collapsible Soil – Ground Shaking • Karst and Sinkholes – Surface Fault Rupture • Piping and Erosion • – Liquefaction Indoor Radon • – Tectonic Subsidence Wind Blown Sand • Landslide Related • Gypsiferous Soil and Rock • – Landslide Corrosive Soil • – Debris Flows Shallow Ground Water • – Rock Fall Shallow Bedrock • Flooding Ground Subsidence • • – Alluvial Fan Flooding – Groundwater Withdrawal – Underground Mining – Debris Flows – Seiche – Tsunami
Recent Hazard Events with a Digital Clearinghouse Old Web-Based Versions New ResourceSpace Versions 2008 Wells, Nevada Earthquake 2008-2016 Springhill Drive • • Landslide, North Salt Lake – transferred to the Nevada Bureau of Mines & Geology – 723 items Various emergency response 2015+ Parkway Drive Landslide, • • exercises North Salt Lake – 980 items (ongoing) 2017 Box Elder County Flooding and • Landslides – 486 items 2017+ Spring Creek Road Landslide, • Riverdale – 223 items (ongoing)
August 2014 North Salt Lake Parkway Drive Landslide (over $2 million in remediation costs)
November 2017 Spring Creek Road Landslide, Riverdale, Utah
Over 43,000 items currently in the archive, including for emergency response, field • photos, unpublished, and other materials. In each clearinghouse collection, can link to existing data within the archive to assist • users.
Standard File Formats Used by the Utah Geological Survey Document and Image Formats Media File Formats Compatible with hundreds of document, image, and media file • formats. Other types of files (such as GIS) can be uploaded and archived, • just not directly viewed.
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