Landslide Hazards along River Corridors - Rock avalanche deposit

Description

Layer name: LSR_RF_ROCKAVALANCHEDEPOSIT
Subject category: enviro
Title: Landslide Hazards along River Corridors - Rock avalanche deposit
Feature Count: 3
Feature Type: Polygon
Abstract: Rock avalanche is a style of landslide characterized by the simultaneous failure of an entire bedrock hillslope and with the dislodged mass cascading to the valley below. Rock avalanches move at extremely high speeds and are potentially massive in size. They can extend farther from the base of slope and cover a much larger area compared with individual rock fall.
Purpose: Suitable for general reference and analyses. Identifies only rock avalanche deposits along the river corridor within the study limits in King County.
Status: Complete
Updated: None planned
Time period of content: (single date,as YYYYMMDD):: 20160620
Time period of content: (date range, as YYYYMMDD):: -
Spatial reference: WA State Plane North
FGDC Documentation: Classic or FAQ
Open Data Availability: Yes
Place Keywords: Pacific NW, King County, WA, Washington state,
Theme Keywords: enviro, Pacific NW, King County WA, Washington state, landslide, slide, mass movement, landslide hazard mapping, debris slides, shallow landslides, shallow landsliding, debris sliding,
Lineage: Not available
Supplemental Information: Rock avalanche deposits were identified within the study limits using USGS geologic maps, review of LiDAR imagery, interpretation of orthophotography, field investigation, and geotechnical reports. The figure below is an example of a rock avalanche deposit mapped in the South Fork Skykomish River valley. Due to the lack of detailed information on significant variables including rock strength, zones of weakness and joint patterns, predictions of future sites of rock avalanches were not feasible.

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