Rock-Fall Hazard Assessment for Little Mill Campground, Utah, 2004

A detailed hazard assessment was conducted in October and November 2004 for the Little Mill campground in American Fork Canyon, Utah, following a preliminary review. The U.S. Geological Survey performed this work at the request of the U.S. Forest Service after two fatal rock-fall incidents in the mid-1990s at a nearby site. The report describes the methodology, results, and conclusions from the assessment, which used a combination of field- and aerial-based methods.

Use Cases

• Modeling rock-fall risk zones based on the described field- and aerial-based assessment methodology.
• Planning campground safety measures based on the identified hazard areas near active talus chutes.
• Conducting comparative geological hazard studies for similar mountainous recreational sites.
• Informing public land management policies using the USGS's detailed hazard assessment conclusions.

Strengths

• Assessment conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), an authoritative source.
• Methodology involved a combination of field- and aerial-based methods for detailed analysis.
• Report provides specific context regarding historical rock-fall incidents in the mid-1990s.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Last updated 2004-11-30 23:59:59.999000; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), funded by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS).

Collection Method

Combination of field- and aerial-based methods for detailed hazard assessment.

Time Range

Assessment conducted in October and November 2004.

Freshness

2004-11-30 23:59:59.999000

Geography

Little Mill campground, American Fork Canyon, Uinta National Forest, Utah.