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Landslides triggered by the January 10th, 2005 storm in the vicinity of La Conchita, Ventura County, California, USA

April 12, 2024

The area surrounding La Conchita, California (CA), USA experienced significant landslides and debris flows following a storm on January 10th, 2005, including a deadly deep-seated landslide that destroyed 13 houses and caused 10 fatalities (Jibson, 2006). This data release documents the locations of shallow landslide source locations in the vicinity of the deadly 2005 La Conchita landslide. Landslide locations were mapped as points using post-event imagery available in Google Earth.

The data release includes:
1) .csv file containing the point locations of shallow hillslope landslides,
2) .zip file containing shapefile (.shp) of the mapped study area.

References: 
Jibson, R. W. (2006). The 2005 La Conchita, California, landslide. Landslides, 3(1), 73–78. https://doi.org/10.1007/S10346-005-0011-2/FIGURES/10

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Publication Year 2024
Title Landslides triggered by the January 10th, 2005 storm in the vicinity of La Conchita, Ventura County, California, USA
DOI 10.5066/P9K6E6MW
Authors Skye Corbett, Jonathan P Perkins
Product Type Data Release
Record Source USGS Digital Object Identifier Catalog
USGS Organization Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center