Alaska Landslide Hazards Program

Project Details

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• Project ID:

  1660

• Nickname/Abbreviation:

  ALHP

• Parent Project:

  Geologic Hazards Section programs and projects

• Status:

  Ongoing

• Description:

  This 5-year project begins USGS support for DGGS landslide hazard data collection and assessment activities within the Alaska Landslide Hazards Program. In this cooperative agreement, we will identify, assess, and monitor unstable slopes in Prince William Sound (PWS) and begin developing a database to hold statewide information on Alaska landslides. The project will increase our understanding of landslide hazards across the state and, in particular, increase the preparedness and resilience of Southcentral and Southeast Alaska coastal communities and deliver critical information for stakeholder decision making.

• Project Date(s):

  2021 - present

• Primary Contact:

  Larsen, Mort C.

• DGGS section:

  Geologic Hazards

• Project Participants:

  De Anne S. P. Stevens, Gabriel J. Wolken, J. Barrett Salisbury, Katreen M. Wikstrom Jones, Mort C. Larsen, Sandra L. Walser

• Active Related Sub-Projects:

  • • Barry Arm landslide and tsunami hazard - (2020)
  • • Haines landslide hazard analysis - (2021)
  • • Cordova avalanche and landslide hazards - (2022)
  • • Haines STATEMAP - (2022)
  • • Wrangell landslide study - (2022)
  • • Anchorage municipality avalanche study - (2022)

Publications

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RDF 2024-11

Zechmann, J.M., Wikstrom Jones, K.M., and Wolken, G.J., 2024, Lidar-derived elevation for Maynard Mountain, southcentral Alaska, collected July 29, 2022: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2024-11, 11 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/31173

PIR 2024-2

Nicolazzo, J.A., Wikstrom Jones, K.M., Salisbury, J.B., and Horen, K.C., 2024, Post-landslide elevation changes detected from multi-temporal lidar surveys of the November 2023 Wrangell, Alaska, landslides: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2024-2, 22 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/31124

RDF 2024-1

Zechmann, J.M., Wikstrom Jones, K.M., and Wolken, G.J., 2024, Lidar-derived elevation data for Wrangell Island, Southeast Alaska, collected November 28-29, 2023: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2024-1, 9 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/31106

IC 96

Larsen, M.C., Nicolazzo, J.A., and Athey, J.E., 2023, Landslide hazards in Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Information Circular 96, 2 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/31100

RDF 2023-28

Zechmann, J.M., Wikstrom Jones, K.M., and Wolken, G.J., 2023, Lidar-derived elevation data for Wrangell Island, Southeast Alaska, collected July 2023: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2023-28, 14 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/31098

RI 2022-1

Schwarber, J.A., Darrow, M.M., Daanen, R.P., Stevens, D.S.P., and Presler, P.J., 2022, Preliminary landslide inventory of parts of the Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigation 2022-1, 80 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:50,000. https://doi.org/10.14509/30841