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        <origin>Morena N. Hammer</origin>
        <origin>Stephen B. DeLong</origin>
        <origin>Zachary T. Engle</origin>
        <origin>Emilie Richard</origin>
        <origin>Karen B. Gran</origin>
        <origin>Laura Triplett</origin>
        <origin>Carrie Jennings</origin>
        <origin>Andrew J. Breckenridge</origin>
        <origin>Stephanie Day</origin>
        <origin>Philip H. Larson</origin>
        <origin>Jeni A. McDermott</origin>
        <origin>Julie K. Bartley</origin>
        <origin>Dylan Blumentritt</origin>
        <origin>Melissa A. Kohout</origin>
        <pubdate>20250409</pubdate>
        <title>Landslide susceptibility modeling results and maps covering the northwestern, northeastern, southern, and southeastern parts of Minnesota, USA [raster geoTIFF dataset]</title>
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        <onlink>https://doi.org/10.5066/P14XOJSM</onlink>
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            <origin>Laura Triplett</origin>
            <origin>Morena N. Hammer</origin>
            <origin>Stephen B. DeLong</origin>
            <origin>Karen B. Gran</origin>
            <origin>Carrie Jennings</origin>
            <origin>Zachary T. Engle</origin>
            <origin>Julie K. Bartley</origin>
            <origin>Dylan Blumentritt</origin>
            <origin>Andrew J. Breckenridge</origin>
            <origin>Stephanie Day</origin>
            <origin>Melissa A. Kohout</origin>
            <origin>Philip H. Larson</origin>
            <origin>Jeni A. McDermott</origin>
            <origin>Emilie Richard</origin>
            <pubdate>20250322</pubdate>
            <title>Factors influencing landslide occurrence in a low-relief formerly glaciated landscape: Landslide inventory and susceptibility analysis in Minnesota, USA</title>
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            <pubinfo>
              <pubplace>Natural Hazards</pubplace>
              <publish>Springer Nature</publish>
            </pubinfo>
            <onlink>https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-025-07262-8</onlink>
          </citeinfo>
        </lworkcit>
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    <descript>
      <abstract>Landslide susceptibility modeling results as raster data offering a broad assessment of landslide hazards across five regions of Minnesota, USA. Data was created as part of an investigation to understand the link between a previously mapped landslide inventory, various environmental variables, and post-glacial landscape development through multivariate logistic regression analyses.</abstract>
      <purpose>The intended use of this data is to provide landslide susceptibility results and maps for five landslide-prone regions across the state of Minnesota to aid in future zoning, guide development, and promote public awareness of geohazards.</purpose>
      <supplinf>Raster dataset is also accompanied by a vector shapefile format and geoPDF version for accessibility.</supplinf>
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      <timeinfo>
        <sngdate>
          <caldate>20211222</caldate>
        </sngdate>
      </timeinfo>
      <current>ground condition</current>
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    <status>
      <progress>Complete</progress>
      <update>As needed</update>
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        <southbc>43.3252</southbc>
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    <keywords>
      <theme>
        <themekt>ISO 19115 Topic Category</themekt>
        <themekey>biota</themekey>
      </theme>
      <theme>
        <themekt>None</themekt>
        <themekey>landslide</themekey>
        <themekey>susceptibility</themekey>
        <themekey>geohazard</themekey>
        <themekey>Minnesota</themekey>
        <themekey>post-glacial</themekey>
        <themekey>fluvial network development</themekey>
        <themekey>glacial lakes</themekey>
        <themekey>landslide susceptibility</themekey>
        <themekey>mass wasting</themekey>
      </theme>
      <theme>
        <themekt>USGS Thesaurus</themekt>
        <themekey>landslide</themekey>
        <themekey>landslide susceptibility</themekey>
        <themekey>multivariate logistic regression</themekey>
        <themekey>Minnesota</themekey>
        <themekey>geohazard</themekey>
        <themekey>mass wasting</themekey>
        <themekey>post-glacial</themekey>
        <themekey>fluvial network development</themekey>
        <themekey>landslides</themekey>
        <themekey>slope processes</themekey>
      </theme>
      <theme>
        <themekt>USGS Metadata Identifier</themekt>
        <themekey>USGS:67ae604ed34e3f09c0e0f3ea</themekey>
      </theme>
      <place>
        <placekt>Common geographic areas</placekt>
        <placekey>Minnesota</placekey>
      </place>
    </keywords>
    <accconst>None.  Please see 'Distribution Info' for details.</accconst>
    <useconst>None.  Users are advised to read the dataset's metadata thoroughly to understand appropriate use and data limitations.</useconst>
    <ptcontac>
      <cntinfo>
        <cntperp>
          <cntper>Stephen DeLong</cntper>
        </cntperp>
        <cntpos>Supervisory Research Geologst</cntpos>
        <cntaddr>
          <addrtype>mailing and physical</addrtype>
          <address>1992 Folwell Ave</address>
          <city>St. Paul</city>
          <state>MN</state>
          <postal>55108</postal>
        </cntaddr>
        <cntvoice>650-690-0132</cntvoice>
        <cntemail>sdelong@usgs.gov</cntemail>
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    <datacred>Thanks to A.D. Wickert, W.M. DeLong, M. Allison, A. Dahlseid, D.T. Dahly, B.A. Dean, M. Endres, E. Fischer, K. Krippner, E. Kurak, S. Link, B. Matti, R.W. Rehwinkel, A. Senjem, B. Sockness, J. VanBerkel, J.G. Willard and A.B. Williams for contributions to data collection and management. Funding for this project was provided by the Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund as recommended by the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR). Additional funding was provided by: The U.S. Geological Survey Landslide Hazards Program, the Mary T. Dooley and James Goff endowments at the Minnesota State University, Mankato, and the Environmental Studies Program at Gustavus Adolphus College. Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.</datacred>
    <native>File Name: mn_landslide_susceptibility_geotiff_tiles.zip
File zipped size: ~1.8 GB
Software: R (Ver. 2022.12.0.353) and ArcGIS Pro 3.0.1
OS: Windows 10</native>
    <crossref>
      <citeinfo>
        <origin>Stephen DeLong et al.</origin>
        <pubdate>20211222</pubdate>
        <title>Inventory of landslides in the northwestern, northeastern, southern, and southeastern parts of Minnesota, USA</title>
        <geoform>vector digital data</geoform>
        <pubinfo>
          <pubplace>ScienceBase</pubplace>
          <publish>USGS</publish>
        </pubinfo>
        <onlink>https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/61439ca0d34e0df5fb951655</onlink>
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      <attraccr>Accuracy of modeling results was evaluated using confusion matrices from resultant true negative, true positive, false negative, and false positive values. All modeling results were &gt;90% accuracy. 

See associated publication for more information: 
Triplett, L.D., Hammer, M.N., DeLong, S.B.,  Gran, K.B., Jennings, C.E., Engle, Z.E., Bartley, J.K., Blumentritt, D.J., Breckenridge, A.J., Day, S., Kohout, M.A., Larson, P.H., McDermott, J.A., and Richard, E.M., (2025). Factors influencing landslide occurrence in low-relief formerly glaciated landscapes: landslide inventory and susceptibility analysis in Minnesota, USA. Nat Hazards. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-025-07262-8</attraccr>
    </attracc>
    <logic>Data was evaluated to fall within expected ranges and checked for omissions or duplication.</logic>
    <complete>Dataset only represents landslide susceptibility locations within five regions of Minnesota, USA. This version of the data does not cover the entire state of Minnesota. The analysis used to create this dataset did not contain temporal climate/precipitation values or data.</complete>
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        <procdesc>Preceeding mapped landslide inventory dataset was used to create stable and unstable landslide points for model training/testing and were assigned various environmental (independent predictor) variable values. Environmental variables include: distance to streams-lakes, depth to bedrock, lithology of the surface, and slope. Data was used in multivariate logistic regression analyses for each of the five individual mapping regions. Coefficients from the best-fitting model was used to weight the independent predictor variable data and calculate the probability of landslide occurrence at every square meter in the study areas. Probabilities were classified as low (&lt;50%), moderate (50-60%), higher (60-80%), and highest (80-100%) according to natural breaks in the dataset using Jenks natural break classification. 

For more detailed information regarding processing steps see the following publication: 
Triplett, L.D., Hammer, M.N., DeLong, S.B.,  Gran, K.B., Jennings, C.E., Engle, Z.E., Bartley, J.K., Blumentritt, D.J., Breckenridge, A.J., Day, S., Kohout, M.A., Larson, P.H., McDermott, J.A., and Richard, E.M., (2025). Factors influencing landslide occurrence in low-relief formerly glaciated landscapes: landslide inventory and susceptibility analysis in Minnesota, USA. Nat Hazards. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-025-07262-8</procdesc>
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        <enttypl>*_Region_susceptibility_tile.tif</enttypl>
        <enttypd>Raster geospatial data file.</enttypd>
        <enttypds>Producer Defined</enttypds>
      </enttyp>
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        <attrlabl>Value</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Unique numeric values contained in each raster cell.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>Producer Defined</attrdefs>
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        <enttypl>*_Region_tile_index.shp</enttypl>
        <enttypd>Table containing attribute information associated with the data set.</enttypd>
        <enttypds>Producer Defined</enttypds>
      </enttyp>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>FID</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Internal feature number.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>ESRI</attrdefs>
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          <udom>Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.</udom>
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      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>Shape</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Feature geometry.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>ESRI</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>Shape type.</udom>
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        <attrlabl>PageName</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>geoTIFF prefix tile name</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>Producer Defined</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>Field records the geoTIFF prefix tile name.</udom>
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    <overview>
      <eaover>Dataset includes landslide susceptibility geoTIFF tiles for each of the five individual mapping regions: Lake Superior, Metro, Red River, Minnesota River, and Southeast. GeoTIFF tiles range in value from 0 - 1 probability of landslide occurrence. Associated with the geoTIFF tiles for each region is a tile index shapefile named '*_Region_tile_index.shp'. This shapefile denotes the location of the geoTIFF tiles. Use the attribute column named 'PageName' to identify the location of tiles using the name prefix (A1, E2, etc...).</eaover>
      <eadetcit>Hammer, M.N., DeLong, S.B., Engle, Z. T., Richard, E.M., Gran, K.B., Triplett, L.D., Jennings, C.E., Bartley, J.K., Blumentritt, D.J., Breckenridge, A.J., Day, S., Kohout, M.A., Larson, P.H., and McDermott, J.A, 2025. Landslide susceptibility modeling results and maps covering the northwestern, northeastern, southern, and southeastern parts of Minnesota, USA. U.S. Geological Survey data release. https://doi.org/10.5066/P14XOJSM</eadetcit>
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          <address>Mail Stop 302</address>
          <city>Denver</city>
          <state>CO</state>
          <postal>80225</postal>
          <country>United States</country>
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        <cntvoice>1-888-275-8747</cntvoice>
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    <distliab>Unless otherwise stated, all data, metadata and related materials are considered to satisfy the quality standards relative to the purpose for which the data were collected. Although these data and associated metadata have been reviewed for accuracy and completeness and approved for release by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data for other purposes, nor on all computer systems, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.</distliab>
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