Landslide Photo Collections

Searchable USGS Photo and Multimedia Archive with Ordering Information

For more information on debris flows in burned areas, please see: http://landslides.usgs.gov/research/wildfire/activities.php

  • Debris flow deposits in Stevens Creek fan near Durango, Colorado. This area is in a drainage basin burned by the Missionary Ridge Fire, Colorado in 2002. (Photo by Sue Cannon, U.S. Geological Survey).
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  • Debris flow generated from Coal Seam Fire of 2002 near Glenwood Springs, in western Colorado. (Photo by Andrea Holland-Sears, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service).
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  • A debris flow generated from hillslopes burned by the South Canyon fire, near Glenwood Springs, Colorado in 1994. (Photographer unknown).
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  • The Missionary Ridge fire, near Durango, Colorado burned 70,085 acres from June 9 to July 17, 2002. The first large rain event after the fire initiated a debris flow on July 23, 2002. Debris flows continued to occur during the months following the fire.
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