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Digital Compilation of Landslide Overview Map of the Conterminous United States

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Metadata:

Identification_Information
Data_Quality_Information
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
Entity_and_Attribute_Information
Distribution_Information
Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Jonathan W. Godt

Publication_Date: 1997

Title:

Digital Compilation of Landslide Overview Map of the Conterminous United States

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Series_Information:

Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 97-289

Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1997/ofr-97-0289/>

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Dorothy H. Radbruch-Hall

Originator: Roger B. Colton

Originator: William E. Davies

Originator: Ivo Lucchitta

Originator: Betty A. Skipp

Originator: David J. Varnes

Publication_Date: 1982

Title: Landslide overview map of the conterminous United States

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Series_Information:

Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper
Issue_Identification: 1193

Description:

Abstract:: This dataset consists of polygons enclosing areas of landslide incidence and susceptibility for the conterminous United States.
Purpose:: The purpose of this dataset is to give the user a general indication of areas that may be susceptible to landsliding. It is not suitable for local planning or site selection.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1997

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: none planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -124.75
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -66.95
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 49.40
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.50

Access_Constraints: none

Use_Constraints:

The use of these data should be limited to the digitized scale 1 : 3,750,000.

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: National Geologic Map Database Catalog themes, augmented
Theme_Keyword: 3100 - Vector
Theme_Keyword: 3110 - ESRI
Theme_Keyword: 3112 - export
Theme_Keyword: 1500 - Hazards
Theme_Keyword: 1503 - Landslides

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Categories
Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Augmented FIPS 10-4 and FIPS 6-4, version 1.0
Place_Keyword: US01 = Alabama
Place_Keyword: US04 = Arizona
Place_Keyword: US05 = Arkansas
Place_Keyword: US06 = California
Place_Keyword: US08 = Colorado
Place_Keyword: US09 = Connecticut
Place_Keyword: US10 = Delaware
Place_Keyword: US11 = District of Columbia
Place_Keyword: US12 = Florida
Place_Keyword: US13 = Georgia
Place_Keyword: US16 = Idaho
Place_Keyword: US17 = Illinois
Place_Keyword: US18 = Indiana
Place_Keyword: US19 = Iowa
Place_Keyword: US20 = Kansas
Place_Keyword: US21 = Kentucky
Place_Keyword: US22 = Louisiana
Place_Keyword: US23 = Maine
Place_Keyword: US24 = Maryland
Place_Keyword: US25 = Massachusetts
Place_Keyword: US26 = Michigan
Place_Keyword: US27 = Minnesota
Place_Keyword: US28 = Mississippi
Place_Keyword: US29 = Missouri
Place_Keyword: US30 = Montana
Place_Keyword: US31 = Nebraska
Place_Keyword: US32 = Nevada
Place_Keyword: US33 = New Hampshire
Place_Keyword: US34 = New Jersey
Place_Keyword: US35 = New Mexico
Place_Keyword: US36 = New York
Place_Keyword: US37 = North Carolina
Place_Keyword: US38 = North Dakota
Place_Keyword: US39 = Ohio
Place_Keyword: US40 = Oklahoma
Place_Keyword: US41 = Oregon
Place_Keyword: US42 = Pennsylvania
Place_Keyword: US44 = Rhode Island
Place_Keyword: US45 = South Carolina
Place_Keyword: US46 = South Dakota
Place_Keyword: US47 = Tennessee
Place_Keyword: US48 = Texas
Place_Keyword: US49 = Utah
Place_Keyword: US50 = Vermont
Place_Keyword: US51 = Virginia
Place_Keyword: US53 = Washington
Place_Keyword: US54 = West Virginia
Place_Keyword: US55 = Wisconsin
Place_Keyword: US56 = Wyoming

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Godt, Jonathan W
Contact_Organization: USGS-GEO-CRG-GHZ

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address:: Mail Stop 966, USGS
P.O. Box 25046
City: Lakewood
State_or_Province: CO
Postal_Code: 80225
Country: US

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303-273-8626

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jgodt@usgs.gov

Data_Set_Credit:

The original map was compiled by the above authors. Credit should also be given to the Graphics Lab, Geologic Hazards Team, Geologic Division, Golden, Colorado. This work was supported in part by an appointment to the U.S. Geological Survey Earth Sciences Program administered by Oak Ridge Associated Universities.

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

ARC/INFO version 7.0.4 Solaris CDE 1.0.2 UNIX workstation

Data_Quality_Information:

Logical_Consistency_Report:

Published data were used whenever possible for the original map. In many places, the percentage of a formation involved in landsliding, as shown on large-scale published maps, was determined by counting squares of a superimposed grid. Formations shown on the large-scale maps were then correlated with geologic units on the geologic map of the United States. Aerial photography, newspaper accounts, fieldwork, and other published data were used in other areas. For many parts of the country, however, particularly for parts of the Western United States, information on landslides and their relation to geologic conditions is sparse. Data from the relatively small number of geologic maps and reports that give detailed information on slope stability in scattered places, therefore, were extrapolated as accurately as possible into adjacent areas.

Completeness_Report: complete

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Dorothy H. Radbruch-Hall

Originator: Roger B. Colton

Originator: William E. Davies

Originator: Ivo Lucchitta

Originator: Betty A. Skipp

Originator: David J. Varnes

Publication_Date: 1982

Title: Landslide overview map of the conterminous United States

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Series_Information:

Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper
Issue_Identification: 1193

Source_Scale_Denominator: 3750000

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1982

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Radbruch-Hall and others (1982)

Source_Contribution:

The original map for which this report is based on and digitized from.

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: King, P.B.
Originator: Beikman, H.M.
Publication_Date: 1974
Title:: Geologic map of the United States (exclusive of Alaska and Hawaii)
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Source_Scale_Denominator: 2500000

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1974

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: King and Beikman (1974)

Source_Contribution:

The map was prepared by evaluating formations or groups of formations shown on the geologic map of the United States (King and Beikman, 1974) as being of high, medium, or low susceptibility to landsliding and classified the formations as having high, medium, or low landslide incidence (number of landslides).

Process_Step:

Process_Description:: The original 1 : 3,750,00 mylar manuscripts were digitized using ARC/INFO 7.0.4 running under Solaris CDE 1.0.2 on a UNIX workstation. The polygons were then closed at International boundaries and coastlines using a coverage derived from 1 : 1,000,000 Digital Chart of the World. Each landslide polygon was given an attribute describing the percentage of incidence and/or susceptibility. The landslide polygons are attributed with SLIDE-ATT which indicates landslide incidence and susceptibility as INC-LOW, INC- MOD, INC-HIGH, SUS-MOD, SUS-HIGH, COMBO-HIGH. The arcs are attributed with the item POLNTYPE indicating whether the arc encloses a landslide polygon, coastline, or international border.
Process_Date: unknown

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: entity point

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: complete chain

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: COASTDD.PAT
Entity_Type_Definition: U.S. coastline derived from 1:100,00 USGS Digital Line Graphs
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: OFR-97-0289

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: POPYCOUN

Attribute_Definition: Country identification

Attribute_Definition_Source: OFR-97-0289

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: US
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: United States

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: POPYADMIN
Attribute_Definition: 48 counterminous US states names
Attribute_Definition_Source: OFR-97-0289

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: COASTDD.PAT
Entity_Type_Definition:: Point coverage of US coastline (same attributes as polygon coverage COASTDD.PAT)
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: OFR-97-0289

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: COUNTYDD.AAT
Entity_Type_Definition:: U.S. counties derived from 1:100,00 USGS Digital line Graphs (same attributes as polygon coverage COASTDD.PAT)
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: OFR-97-0289

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: SLIDEDD.PAT
Entity_Type_Definition: landslide polygons
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: OFR-97-0289

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SLIDE-AFF

Attribute_Definition:

Landslide susceptibility

Area involved in landsliding
Incidence:
greater than 15% = high
1.5-15% = medium
less than 1.5% = low

Attribute_Definition_Source: OFR-97-0289

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: COMBO-HIGH
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Both incidence and susceptibility are high

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: INC-High
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: High incidence of landslides

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: INC-LOW
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Low incidence of landslides

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: INC-MOD
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Moderate incidence of landslides

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: SUS-HIGH
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: High susceptibility of landslides

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: SUS-MOD
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Moderate susceptibility of landslides

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: SLIDEDD.PAT
Entity_Type_Definition:: landslide points (same attributes as polygon coverage SLIDEDD.PAT)
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: OFR-97-0289

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: USGS Information Services

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing
Address: Box 25286, Denver Federal Center
City: Denver
State_or_Province: Colorado
Postal_Code: 80255-0046
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-888-ASK-USGS

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 1-303-202-4695

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: infoservices@usgs.gov

Resource_Description: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-289

Distribution_Liability:

This report is preliminary and has not been reviewed for conformity with U.S. Geological Survey editorial standards. Any use of trade, product or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. This work was supported in part by an appointment to the U.S. Geological Survey Earth Sciences Internship Program administered by Oak Ridge Associated Universities.

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