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Map data from landslides triggered by Hurricane Maria in select areas of San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
2017-10-09
End Date
2017-10-15

Citation

Baxstrom, K.W., Einbund, M.M., and Schulz, W.H., 2024, Map data from landslides triggered by Hurricane Maria in select areas of San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9UFKZS8.

Summary

Hurricane Maria brought intense rainfall and caused widespread landsliding throughout Puerto Rico during September 2017. Previous detailed landslide inventories following the hurricane include Bessette-Kirton et al. (2017, 2019). Here we continue that work with an in-depth look at two areas in San Lorenzo, which is a municipality in the east-central part of the main island. To study a characteristic sample of landslides in San Lorenzo, we mapped all visible landslides in two physiographically diverse areas, but all within the San Lorenzo Formation. We used aerial imagery collected between 9-15 October 2017 (Quantum Spatial, Inc., 2017) to map landslide source and runout areas, and 1-m-resolution pre-event and post-event lidar (U.S. [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Kelli W Baxstrom
Originator :
Kelli W Baxstrom, Mason M Einbund, William H Schulz
Metadata Contact :
GHSC Data Steward
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Geologic Hazards Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Natural Hazards

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Western San Lorenzo.zip 133.52 KB application/zip
San Lorenzo summary metadata.xml
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Eastern San Lorenzo.zip 97.66 KB application/zip
ReadMe.txt 797 Bytes text/plain
Attributes.xlsx 21.59 KB application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet

Purpose

This mapping characterizes landslides triggered by Hurricane Maria in San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico. The mapping focused on the San Lorenzo Formation.

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