92 Landslide Inventory Mapping and Next Steps: Assessing Susceptibility, Hazard Models, Risk, and Policy

This session will showcase approaches to landslide inventory mapping, landslide susceptibility, debris flow modeling, risk assessments, and data implementation at many stakeholder levels.

Monday, 20 October 2025
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
HBGCC, 301C

Participants

• Chair Stephen Slaughter
• Chair Matthew Crawford
• Chair William Burns

Presentations

• 8:05 AM
  The U.S. Geological Survey LASER Project: Landslide Assessments, Situational Awareness, and Event Response Research – responding to Hurricane Helene and beyond
  Kelli Baxstrom, U.S. Geological Survey Landslide Hazards Program, Golden, CO and Kate Allstadt, US Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Paula Burgi, U.S. Geological Survey, Golden, CO and Stephen Slaughter, U.S. Geological Survey Natural Hazards Mission Area, Golden, CO and Corina Cerovski-Darriau, USGS, Golden, CO and Eric Bilderback, U.S. Geological Survey Landslide Hazards Program, Golden, CO and William Schulz, US Geological Survey, Geologic Hazards, Denver, CO and Elaine Collins, U.S. Geological Survey Landslide Hazards Program, Golden, CO and Sonia Ellison, U.S. Geological Survey Landslide Hazards Program, Golden, CO and Jaime Kostelnik, U.S Geological Survey, Golden, CO and Marisa Macias, U.S. Geological Survey, Golden, CO and Charles Miles, U.S. Geological Survey Landslide Hazards Program, Golden, CO and Lauren Schaefer, U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Hazards Science Center, Golden, CO and Erin Jensen, U.S. Geological Survey Landslide Hazards Program, Golden, CO and Francis Rengers, U.S. Geological Survey Landslide Hazards, Lakewood, CO and Jeffrey Coe, US Geological Survey, Golden, CO and Olivia Hoch, U.S. Geological Survey Landslide Hazards Program, Golden, CO and Robert Schmitt, U.S. Geological Survey Landslide Hazards Program, Golden, CO and Liam Toney, U.S. Geological Survey Landslide Hazards Program, Golden, CO and Mason Einbund, USGS Landslide Hazards Program, Westminster, CO and Benjamin Mirus, U.S. Geological Survey Landslide Hazards Program, Golden, CO
  412826 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:20 AM
  Communication of Landslide Risk: Lessons learned from Peru and Guatemala
  Paul Santi, Colorado School of Mines, Dept Geology & Geological Engineering, Golden, CO and Pablo Meza Arestegui, Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa, Arequipa and Segundo Colque Riega, Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa, Arequipa and Edy Barillas Cruz, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Guatemala City
  412373 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:35 AM
  Mapping the Unseen: Machine Learning Approaches for Landslide Susceptibility and Runout Modeling in East Tennessee
  Grace Braver, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN and Dr. Arpita Nandi, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
  412607 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:50 AM
  The Kentucky Geological Survey Landslide Inventory Database: Updates and Improvements
  Evelyn Bibbins, Kentucky Geological Survey, Lexington, KY and Matthew Crawford, Kentucky Geological Survey, Lexington, KY and Hudson Koch, University of Kentucky, Kentucky Geological Survey, Lexington, KY
  412610 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:05 AM
  Using Landslides of the Cispus River Watershed near Mount Adams, Washington, to Date Glacial and Volcanic Events
  Isaac Pope, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri
  414044 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:30 AM
  Mechanism of Ancient Mega Landslide Reactivation in the Himalaya: Insight into Kodari Landslide of Sindhupalchwok District, Nepal
  Bharat Bhandari, Institute of Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Bagmati and Manish Regmi, Institute of Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Bagmati
  413115 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:45 AM
  Helene's Debris Flows in the Context of the Thoroughly-Scarred Blue Ridge Landscape
  Philip Prince, Appalachian Landslide Consultants, Asheville, NC
  414521 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:20 AM
  Sliding into View: Mapping the 75,000+ Landslides of North Dakota for Real-World Use
  Christopher Maike, North Dakota Geological Survey, Bismarck, ND and Levi Moxness, North Dakota Geological Survey, Bismarck, ND and Fred Anderson, North Dakota Geological Survey, Bismarck, ND and Benjamin York, North Dakota Geological Survey, Bismarck, ND and Ed Murphy, North Dakota Geological Survey, Bismarck, ND
  414069 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:35 AM
  Comparisons of Historical and Event Landslide Inventories Using Lidar Change Detection: Rethinking Landslide Activity in Big Storms
  Matthew Crawford, Kentucky Geological Survey, Lexington, KY and Corey Scheip, BGC Engineering, Saluda, North Carolina and Hudson Koch, Kentucky Geological Survey, Lexington, KY and Evelyn Bibbins, Kentucky Geological Survey, Lexington, KY
  412914 (Technical Sessions)