Landslide Photo Collections

Searchable USGS Photo and Multimedia Archive with Ordering Information

This landslide destroyed major railroads and highways, and dammed the Spanish Fork Rive flooding the town of Thistle. There were no deaths, but it is the most expensive landslide to fix in U.S. history.

  • This landslide destroyed major railroads and highways, and dammed the Spanish Fork Rive flooding the town of Thistle. There were no deaths, but it is the most expensive landslide to fix in U.S. history. Photo by Bob Schuster, U.S. Geological Survey.
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  • Photograph with annotations showing the reactivation and enlargement of the Thistle landslide dam. Photograph courtesy of the Utah Geological Survey.
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  • Close-up view of mitigation measures taken to reduce the impact of the Thistle landslide dam, showing the tunnel for the river, and the diversion overflow tunnel. Photo by Utah Geological Survey.
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  • Another view of the Thistle Landslide, Utah showing the landslide dam and shoreline extent of the backed-up Spanish Fork River. Photo by Utah Geological Survey.
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