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Weber County Geologic
Hazard Publications
Geologic hazard maps and site-specific studies may also be available for this county.
General Hazards
- Lowe, M., editor, 1990, Geologic hazards and land-use planning – background, explanation, and guidelines for development in Weber County in designated geologic hazards special study areas: Utah Geological Survey Open-File Report 197, 70 p.
- Lund, W.R., editor, 1995, Environmental and engineering geology of the Wasatch Front region: Utah Geological Association Guidebook 24, 541 p.
Purchase
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., Personius, S.F., Crone, A.J., McDonald, G.N., and Lidke, D.J., 2009, Paleoseismic investigation of the northern Weber segment of the Wasatch fault zone at Rice Creek trench site, North Ogden, Utah - Paleoseismology of Utah, Volume 18: Utah Geological Survey Special Study 130, 37 p., 2 plates, compact disk.
- Nelson, A.R., Lowe, M., Personius, S., Bradley, L., Forman, S.L., Klauk, R., and Garr, J., 2006, Holocene earthquake history of the northern Weber segment of the Wasatch fault zone, Utah – Paleoseismology of Utah, Volume 13: Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication 05-8, 39 p., 2 plates.
- Personius, S.F., 1991, Paleoseismic analysis of the Wasatch fault zone at the Brigham City trench site, Brigham City, Utah and the Pole Patch trench site, Pleasant View, Utah – Paleoseismology of Utah, Volume 2: Utah Geological Survey Special Study 76, 39 p.
Landslides
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
- Black, B.D., 1996, Radon-hazard potential in the lower Weber River area, Weber and Davis Counties, Utah: Utah Geological Survey Public Information Series 45, 2 p., 1 figure, approximate scale 1:71,400.
- Black, B.D., and Solomon, B.J., 1996, Radon-hazard potential of the lower Weber River area, Tooele Valley, and southeastern Cache Valley, Cache, Davis, Tooele, and Weber Counties, Utah: Utah Geological Survey Special Studies 90, 56 p., 1 plate, scales 1:50,000 and 1:100,000.
- Solomon, B.J., 1995, Radon-hazard potential of the southern St. George basin, Washington County, and Ogden Valley, Weber County, Utah: Utah Geological Survey Special Study 87, 42 p., 27 figures, approximate scales 1:100,000 and 1:112,400.
- Solomon, B.J., 1996, Radon-hazard potential in Ogden Valley, Weber County, Utah: Utah Geological Survey Public Information Series 36, 2 p., 1 figure, approximate scale 1:83,300.
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