Resources

General Resources

• Macdougall, J. D., 2011, Why Geology Matters: Decoding the Past, Anticipating the Future, University of California Press, Berkeley, CA, 285 pp.
• NASA Earth Observatory Natural Hazards Map. (Monthly images of Earth hazards occurring globally.)
• Stover, Carl W., and Jerry L. Coffman, 1993, Seismicity of the United States, 1568 - 1989, revised ed., US Geological Survey Professional Paper 1527, 418 pp.

General Resources for Specific Areas of the Northwest Central

• Be Ready Nebraska.
• Hydrology, Hazards and Geomorphic Development of Gypsum Karst in the Northern Black Hills, South Dakota and Wyoming, by Jack B. Epstein.
• Idaho Natural Disasters and Weather Extremes.
• Montana Natural Disasters and Weather Extremes.
• Nebraska Natural Disasters and Weather Extremes.
• North Dakota Natural Disasters and Weather Extremes.
• South Dakota Emergency Management: Hazard Vulnerability.
• South Dakota Natural Disasters and Weather Extremes.
• Wyoming Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan: Comprehensive Update, 2014, Wyoming Office of Homeland Security, Cheyenne, WY, 277 pp.. (Includes drought, climate, earthquakes, expansive soils, floods, weather, landslides, avalanches, and tornadoes.) [PDF]
• Wyoming Natural Disasters and Weather Extremes.

Floods

• Effects of Urban Development on Floods, US Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-076-03, 2012.
• Flooding in South Dakota.
• Floods: Recurrence Intervals and 100-year Floods, US Geological Survey, 2014.
• Hazards Associated with Flooding, by S. Nelson, 2012.
• Where the Roads End in Water: The Lake that Won’t Stop Rising, 2011, by L. M. Hamilton, The Atlantic, .

Tornados

• TWC’s Exclusive Tor:Con Index, by G. Forbes, Weatherunderground, 2014. (Tornado forecast.)

Expansive soils

• Expansive Soil and Expansive Clay: The Hidden Force Behind Basement and Foundation Problems, by H. King, Geologic Hazards.

Landslides

• Avalanche Problems, Colorado Avalanche Information Center.
• A Brief History of the Gros Ventre Slide Geological Site [Wyoming]. [PDF]
• Gros Ventre Slide Geologic Area [Wyoming], US Department of Agriculture.
• Idaho Geological Survey: Landslides.
• Landslide Types and Processes, by L. Highland, 2004, US Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2004-3072, 4 pp.. [PDF]
• Mass Wasting Features of North Dakota.
• Montana Landslides.

Earthquakes

• Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country: Your Handbook for Earthquakes in Idaho, 2009. [PDF]
• Today in Earthquake History, Earthquake Hazards Program, US Geological Survey. (Content abridged from Stover & Coffman, 1993.)
• Historic Earthquakes: Hebgen Lake, Montana, US Geological Survey.
• Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) Education and Public Outreach.
• IRIS Seismic Monitor, Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS).
• Stover, C. W., and J. L. Coffman, 1993, Seismicity of the United States, 1568 - 1989 (revised), US Geological Survey Professional Paper 1527, 418 pp.. [PDF]
• US Earthquake Monitor, US Geological Survey.
• USGS National Earthquake Information Center, US Geological Survey.