Landslide Photo Collections

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The winter storms of January and February 2005 triggered widespread landslide activity in the Southern California region. On March 16 and 17, 2005, Mark Reid and Jonathan Godt of the U.S. Geological Survey's Landslide Hazards Program and Pam Irvine of the California Geological Survey, performed an aerial reconnaissance to assess the regional distribution of recent landslides and identify areas with exceptional concentrations of landsliding. The aerial reconnaissance extended from the Ventura-Santa Barbara County line to northern San Diego County. The photographs shown provide a preliminary overview of landsliding in the region, but are not a comprehensive inventory of either landslides that occurred that winter season or of damage caused by landslides.

  • The winter storms of January and February 2005 triggered widespread landslide activity in the Southern California region. On March 16 and 17, 2005, Mark Reid and Jonathan Godt of the U.S. Geological Survey\'s Landslide Hazards Program and Pam Irvine of the California Geological Survey performed an aerial reconnaissance to assess the regional distribution of recent landslides and identify areas with exceptional concentrations of landsliding. The aerial reconnaissance extended from the Ventura-Santa Barbara County, CA line to northern San Diego County, CA. Photos by Jonathan Godt and Mark Reid, USGS.
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  • Recent large landslide covering road in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, in California.
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  • Debris flow that initiated from large landslide above the town of La Conchita, California. Debris-flow source is from large 1995 landslide.
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  • Scattered shallow landslides along road cut in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains. Some of the landslide scars shown in this photograph may be from previous years.
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  • Recent shallow landslides above the Pacific Coast Highway east of Mailbu, California.
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  • Recent scattered shallow landslides in the foothills of San Gabriel Mountains north of Los Angeles, California.
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  • Fresh sediment in stream channels in the Cedar Fire area, San Diego County, California.
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  • Sediment in the mouths of stream channels in the Paradise Fire area east of Escondido, California.
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  • Fresh sediment in stream channels draining the eastern San Gabriel Mountains in California.
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  • Abundant recent shallow landslides east of I-5 near Castaic Lake, California.
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  • Fresh sediment deposited in debris retention structure along the range front of the San Gabriel Mountains, in California.
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  • Recent shallow failures on the northeast side of the Santa Susana Mountains, in California.
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  • Abundant recent shallow landslides west of I-5 near Santa Clarita, California.
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  • Landslide in the Hollywood Hills northwest of Los Angeles, California.
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  • Recent shallow landslides and older landslide scars on the north side of Santa Clara River Valley, in California.
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  • Scattered, recent shallow landslides and fresh sediment in stream channel north of San Bernardino, California.
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  • Recent shallow landslides on the east side of I-5 near Castaic, California.
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  • Heavy equipment clearing road impacted by a recent landslide on the west side of the Ventura River Valley near Lake Casitas, California.
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  • Large landslide that transformed into a debris flow and recent smaller landslides west of Santa Paula.
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  • Recent shallow landslides and landslide scars from previous years above U.S. 101 west of Ventura, California.
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