Jeffrey Coe
During a long career with the USGS, I’ve studied a wide variety of landslide types in the western United States and abroad. My general research focus is on understanding landslide processes and quantifying landslide hazards.
Education and Certifications
Kent State University, B.S., 1984, Geology
Colorado School of Mines, M.S., 1995, Geology
Affiliations and Memberships*
Geological Society of America
American Geophysical Union
Honors and Awards
Meritorious Service Award, U.S. Department of Interior, 2022
Fellow, Geological Society of America, 2021
Superior Service Award, U.S. Department of Interior, 2017, for emergency response and research at the West Salt Creek landslide
Superior Service Award, U.S. Department of Interior, 2017, for research on debris flows in Oregon
Distinguished Practice Award, Geological Society of America, Environmental & Engineering Geology Division, 2017
Directors Award, U.S. Geological Survey, 2014, for emergency response at the Oso landslide
Past-Presidents’ Award, Colorado Scientific Society, 2010
Science and Products
Probabilistic Methodology for Estimation of Number and Economic Loss (Cost) of Future Landslides in the San Francisco Bay Region, California
Initiation conditions for debris flows generated by runoff at Chalk Cliffs, central Colorado
Mass Wasting Following the 2002 Missionary Ridge Fire near Durango, Colorado, a Field Trip Guidebook
Field Reconnaissance of Debris Flows Triggered by a July 21, 2007, Thunderstorm in Alpine, Colorado, and Vicinity
Preliminary Assessment of Landslides Along the Florida River Downstream from Lemon Reservoir, La Plata County, Colorado
Rock-fall hazard assessment of Little Mill Campground, American Fork Canyon, Uinta National Forest, Utah
Probabilistic assessment of precipitation-triggered landslides using historical records of landslide occurrence, Seattle, Washington
Topographic map of the active part of the Slumgullion Landslide on July 31, 2000, Hinsdale County, Colorado
Map showing alpine debris flows triggered by a July 28, 1999 thunderstorm in the central Front Range of Colorado
Debris flows along the Interstate 70 corridor, Floyd Hill to the Arapahoe Basin ski area, central Colorado: A field trip guidebook
PTCOUNT - a Fortran-77 computer program to calculate the areal distribution of mapped data points using count-circle methodology
Landslides triggered by Hurricane Mitch in Guatemala -- inventory and discussion
Science and Products
Probabilistic Methodology for Estimation of Number and Economic Loss (Cost) of Future Landslides in the San Francisco Bay Region, California
Initiation conditions for debris flows generated by runoff at Chalk Cliffs, central Colorado
Mass Wasting Following the 2002 Missionary Ridge Fire near Durango, Colorado, a Field Trip Guidebook
Field Reconnaissance of Debris Flows Triggered by a July 21, 2007, Thunderstorm in Alpine, Colorado, and Vicinity
Preliminary Assessment of Landslides Along the Florida River Downstream from Lemon Reservoir, La Plata County, Colorado
Rock-fall hazard assessment of Little Mill Campground, American Fork Canyon, Uinta National Forest, Utah
Probabilistic assessment of precipitation-triggered landslides using historical records of landslide occurrence, Seattle, Washington
Topographic map of the active part of the Slumgullion Landslide on July 31, 2000, Hinsdale County, Colorado
Map showing alpine debris flows triggered by a July 28, 1999 thunderstorm in the central Front Range of Colorado
Debris flows along the Interstate 70 corridor, Floyd Hill to the Arapahoe Basin ski area, central Colorado: A field trip guidebook
PTCOUNT - a Fortran-77 computer program to calculate the areal distribution of mapped data points using count-circle methodology
Landslides triggered by Hurricane Mitch in Guatemala -- inventory and discussion
*Disclaimer: Listing outside positions with professional scientific organizations on this Staff Profile are for informational purposes only and do not constitute an endorsement of those professional scientific organizations or their activities by the USGS, Department of the Interior, or U.S. Government