Check out the following articles for more information. fox13now.com More than 20 homes are damaged after flash flooding in Carbon County overnight. READ MORE sltrib.com The rains that have triggered flooding and mudslides this week were expected to ease going into the midweek, but that will come too late for homeowners in northern and central […]
Listen to our Deputy Director, Kimm Harty, talk to KSL about the North Salt Lake landslide. ksl.com Three homes remain at risk from a landslide that pushed one home off its foundation and damaged a sports facility shortly before 6:30 a.m. Tuesday. SEE IT HERE
kutv.com Holly Menino and 2News photographer Mike Stephen were the first on the scene and captured this amazing time lapse video of a land slide in a North Salt Lake neighborhood. READ MORE
Read more about the landslide that destroyed a home early this morning in North Salt Lake, and other homes that are in the process of evacuation. Two of our geologists from the Utah Geological Survey are en route. We’ll keep you updated as information becomes available. ksl.com A home was destroyed Tuesday morning by a […]
moabtimes.com The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) intends to sponsor and conduct a new comprehensive groundwater study of the Moab area, officials said this week. READ MORE
Happy Monday! We hope you all had a great weekend. Here’s an article for your afternoon read—sometimes scientists will go the distance to learn about our local surroundings. standard.net Adolph Yonkee is traveling to the Andes Mountains, to learn more about the Rocky Mountains. READ MORE
By: William R. Lund The Utah Geological Survey has revised and updated the Utah fault database used with the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Hazus Earthquake Model. The Hazus Earthquake Model loss estimation software is designed to produce loss estimates for use by federal, state, regional, and local governments in planning for earthquake risk mitigation, emergency […]
Bryce Canyon National Park from Rainbow Point, Garfield County, Utah Photographer: Gregg Beukelman; © 2013
Happy Pioneer Day, geo friends! Start the day off with this great album of photos from the Library of Congress to complete your geology#throwbackthursday #tbt View the album HERE
smithsonianmag.com Most of the world’s volcanoes are located deep beneath the sea surface along the mid-ocean ridges where the Earth’s crust spread and creates new ocean floor. Volcanoes on land often occur in subduction zones, where one tectonic plate is diving beneath another, or hotspots created by mantle plumes deep within the planet. READ MORE
The Utah Geological Survey (UGS) is a division of the Utah Department of Natural Resources. Several specialized programs comprise the UGS: Data Management, Energy & Minerals, Geologic Hazards, Geologic Information & Outreach, Geologic Mapping, Groundwater & Wetlands, and Paleontology.
