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Kentucky Geological Survey Landslide Inventory [2023-03], Matthew M. Crawford
Kentucky Geological Survey Landslide Inventory [2023-03], Matthew M. Crawford
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The KGS landslide inventory provides the locations of known landslides and areas susceptible to debris flows. Various types of landslides are represented including slides, flows, rockfalls, and creep. The data are available as ArcGIS geodatabase feature classes. Landslide locations and associated attributes are compiled from Kentucky Geological Survey research, published maps, state and local government agencies, the public, and media reports. A confidence ranking system assigns a value to each feature. A description of the feature classes is here: https://kgs.uky.edu/kgsmap/helpfiles/landslide_help.shtm
The inventory viewed in a GIS with geology, soils, slope or other terrain-based data can serve as a basis for …