Record #snowpack and saturated soils lead to landslides — lots of them: #Utah Geological Survey documents at least 100 known landslides, and there’s many, many more out there — The Deseret News

Click the link to read the article on The Deseret News website (Amy Joi O’Donoghue). Here’s an excerpt:

So far this year, staff at the Utah Geological Survey have taken 1,000 photos, spent 400 hours on landslides in the last six weeks and had 20 emergency responses.

Two homes have collapsed and one had to be razed by the city, Keach said.

The UGS Geologic Hazards Program conducted a reconnaissance to evaluate two landslides along U.S. Highway 89 in Logan Canyon in the Bear River Range, Cache County. They were reported on May 3, 2023. Details of these landslides are located here–https://t.co/1qcZrBahO9 pic.twitter.com/uzvtzRywV8

— Utah Geological (@utahgeological) May 17, 2023

Keach said there are many types of causes of landslides that include:

• Soil type.
• Too much water/moisture.
• The “toe” of the affected land has been cut out.
• Overly steep slopes and burn scars.

Not all landslides are the same. There are rock formations or slope failure, bedrock failure, loose sediment and more.

Well this just happened across the street in Draper pic.twitter.com/eZAHguh9r0

— Jeremy (@jeremynef) April 22, 2023