Landslides are a serious geologic hazard common to almost every State in the United States.
Globally, landslides cause 100's of billions of dollars in damages and l00's of thousands of deaths and injuries, each year. The National Landslide Information Center, developed by the U.S. Geological Survey, is a multifunctional enterprise dedicated to collection and distribution of all forms of information related to landslides. It is designed to serve landslide researchers, geotechnical practitioners engaged in landslide stabilization, and all other people and entities concerned in any way with landslide hazards analysis and mitigation. Transportation along the 1-70 corridor was brought to a standstill, business and emergency operations in Glenwood Springs were seriously impeded, and many people were injured as a result. The landslide activity disturbed surface sediments in the Santa Susana Mountains, triggering renewed outbreaks of Valley Fever, a windborne soil fungus that causes a respiratory illness in people.