| Title | Mobility statistics and automated hazard mapping for debris flows and rock avalanches |
| Publication Type | Report |
| Year of Publication | 2008 |
| Authors | Griswold, Julia P., and Richard M. Iverson |
| Secondary Title | Scientific Investigations Report (U.S. Geological Survey) |
| Volume | no.2007-5276 |
| Pagination | 59 p. |
| Institution | U.S. Dept. of the Interior. U.S. Geological Survey |
| City | Reston, Va. |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Internet Resources QE1 .S43 no. 2007-5276, Digital Open Access |
| Keywords | coastal hazards, erosion, Hubbard Creek, landslides, mathematical modeling, precipitation, Rock Creek, Scottsburg, Umpqua River, Umpqua River Basin |
| Notes | “Revised April 24, 2014.” This publication discusses use of a computer program originally designed to predict damage from volcanic lahar debris flows. In this case, the program is modified for areas that are susceptible to precipitation-induced mud or debris flows. The Scottsburg area was chosen as a test site. “In the south-central Oregon Coast Range, … the town of Scottsburg and the Rock Creek-Hubbard Creek watershed … in southern Douglas County, Oregon, became infamous when two debris flows caused five fatalities between November 17 and 19, 1996. The deaths were the result of debris flows inundating a home, overtaking a pedestrian, and pushing a car off the road…” (p.22) It is good to know that this work was done, and the criteria for debris flows starting (steepness of slope and area of steep slopes) are interesting. |
| URL | https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2007/5276/ |
