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Utah County Geologic
Hazard Publications
Geologic hazard maps and site-specific studies may also be available for this county.
General Hazards
- Lund, W.R., editor, 1995, Environmental and engineering geology of the Wasatch Front region: Utah Geological Association Guidebook 24, 541 p.
Purchase
Debris Flows
Earthquakes and Surface Fault Rupture
- Bowman, S.D., Beisner, K., and Unger, C., 2009, Compilation of 1970s Woodward-Lundgren & Associates Wasatch fault investigation reports and oblique aerial photography, Wasatch Front and Cache Valley, Utah and Idaho: Utah Geological Survey Open-File Report 548, 3 p., 6 plates, DVD.
Texts (pdf): Intro, Northern Portion, Southern Portion, Cache Valley
Plates (pdf): 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B
Google Earth Indexes (kmz): Northern Portion, Southern Portion, Cache Valley
GIS Shapefile (zip)
- DuRoss, C.B., McDonald, G.N., and Lund, W.R., 2008, Paleoseismic investigation of the northern strand of the Nephi segment of the Wasatch fault zone at Santaquin, Utah – Paleoseismology of Utah, Volume 17: Utah Geological Survey Special Study 124, 33 p., 1 plate., compact disk.
- Jackson, M., 1991, The number and timing of paleoseismic events on the Nephi and Levan segments, Wasatch fault zone, Utah – Paleoseismology of Utah, Volume 3: Utah Geological Survey Special Study 78, 23 p., 3 plates.
- Lund, W.R., and Black, B.D., 1998, Paleoseismic investigation at Rock Canyon, Provo segment, Wasatch fault zone, Utah county, Utah – Paleoseismology of Utah, Volume 8: Utah Geological Survey Special Study 93, 21 p., 2 plates.
- Lund, W.R., Schwartz, D.P., Muvey, W.E., Budding, K.E., and Black, B.D., 1991, Fault behavior and earthquake recurrence on the Provo segment of the Wasatch fault zone at Mapleton, Utah County, Utah – Paleoseismology of Utah, Volume 1: Utah Geological Survey Special Study 75, 41 p.
Flood Hazards
Landslides
- Ashland, F.X., 2003, Characteristics, causes, and implications of the 1998 Wasatch Front landslides: Utah Geological Survey Special Study 105, 49 p.
- Ashland, F.X., Giraud, R.E., and McDonald, G.N., 2005, Ground-water-level fluctuations in Wasatch Front landslides and adjacent slopes, northern Utah: Utah Geological Survey Open-File Report 448, 22 p.
Liquefaction
- Harty, K.M., and Lowe, M., 2003, Geologic evaluation and hazard potential of liquefaction-induced landslides along the Wasatch Front, Utah: Utah Geological Survey Special Study 104, 40 p., 16 plates, scale 1:24,000.
Radon
- Solomon, B.J., Black, B.D., Nielson, D.L., Finerfrock, D.L., Hultquist, J.D., and Linpei, C., 1994, Radon-hazard-potential areas in Sandy, Salt Lake County, and Provo, Utah County, Utah: Utah Geological Survey Special Study 85, 49 p., 30 figures, various scales.
- Solomon, B.J., 1993, Radon-hazard potential in the Provo-Orem area, Utah County, Utah: Utah Geological Survey Public Information Series 21, 2 p., 1 figure, approximate scale 1:33,300.
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