Appalachian Landslide Consultants, PLLC is a fully insured and DBE certified woman-owned business. Our mission is to help protect life and property by identifying landslide hazards. The goal of landslide hazard identification is to assist both public and private property owners in assessing the risk and subsequent damage that may occur if landslides are present or likely triggered. We provide a range of services that achieves these goals. Please see our Services section to find out if we can help you achieve your goals.
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Jennifer Bauer & Stephen Fuemmeler
Owners of Appalachian Landslide Consultants, PLLC
We have updated our Landslide Maps of Western North Carolina map viewer to include all the areas completed by Appalachian Landslide Consultants, PLLC as well as showing the areas covered by NC Geological Survey landslide maps. Please check it out and let us know what you think.
Is this the biggest boulder in the Appalachians?
by Philip S. Prince In Pisgah National Forest a bit northwest of John’s Rock, there’s a really big boulder in the woods. Like so many Appalachian geologic features, it looks really nice when viewed with lidar imagery. This boulder is particularly satisfying to look at because it sits alone on the floor of a small…
Using LiDAR and a 121-year-old drawing to locate a 1901 debris flow in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains
Philip S. Prince In 1902, E.W. Myers published an account of a 1901 flood (the “May Fresh”) and its effects on the mountain landscapes of western North Carolina. Included in the report is the following sketch of a debris flow, sourced in digital form from Anne Witt’s ResearchGate page. Notably, no indication of cardinal directions…
Did humans cause this Alleghany County, Virginia, mountaintop to drop several feet?
by Philip S. Prince *Note: There is indeed a sand model in this post, but it’s near the end… Well, it’s more of a hilltop, but it has dropped several feet since iron mining was active on its lower slopes in the early 20th century! The summit of this unnamed hill southwest of Low Moor,…
Scale model landslides show what happens if you mess with a landslide toe
by Philip S. Prince The two images below show the same model landslide at different points during its evolution. The lower image, of course, looks much uglier, with a broken-up slide block and huge, looming headscarp. Notably, the thick toe labeled in the upper image is conspicuously missing…(spoiler: you can watch this model evolve at…
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