Special Paper 55, Multitemporal LIDAR Analysis of Pre- and Post-Eagle Creek Fire Debris Flows, Western Columbia River Gorge, Hood River and Multnomah Counties, Oregon

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Special Paper 55, Multitemporal LIDAR Analysis of Pre- and Post-Eagle Creek Fire Debris Flows, Western Columbia River Gorge, Hood River and Multnomah Counties, Oregon, by William J. Burns, Nancy C. Calhoun, Michael Zimmerman, Joshua J. Roering, Maryn A. Sanders, Ben A. Leshchinsky, F. David Mariano De Sousa, Michael J. Olsen, Francis K. Rengers, and Nicolas W. Mathews.

WHAT’S IN THIS REPORT?

The objective of this paper is to evaluate debris flows both prior to and post-2017 Eagle Creek Fire in the Columbia River Gorge, Multnomah and Hood River Counties, Oregon. The paper also presents a method for evaluation of debris flows using multitemporal light detection and ranging (lidar). The intended audiences for this paper include those in government, industry, academia, and the public who are interested in debris-flow hazards prefire and postfire in western Oregon. 

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• Text report (58 p., 5.9 MB PDF file)
  
• GIS metadata bundle (6 .xml files, 249.6 KB .zip file)
  
• Full GIS data bundle with .xml metadata (536.7 KB .zip file)
  
• Case Study of the Fatal 2021 Leavens Creek Debris Flow Visual Guide (40.6 MB PDF file)
  
• Publication bundle (45.3 MB .zip file) - text report, GIS files, and visual guide
  

Visual Depiction of the Case Study of the Fatal 2021 Leavens Creek Debris Flow: Detailed description of the gemorphic factors constraining the 2021 Leavens Creek debris flow and the resultant characteristics of the debris flow.