Water
February 7, 2023
Colorado Water Plan 2023
“Water is the lifeblood of our state, and we are taking strong actions to protect Colorado’s water for generations to…
water
The CGS works closely with many local, state, and federal agencies and organizations on the all-important issue of groundwater.
Water
November 11, 2022
Case study: Fluvial Hazard Zone
“The Fluvial Hazard Zone (FHZ) is defined as the area a stream has occupied in recent history, may occupy, or…
Hazards
July 21, 2022
Case Study: NARD
Are pristine mountain waters always clean and pure? Can streams unaffected by human activities and livestock influences be unfit…
Geology
May 10, 2022
Golden Rocks: The Geology and Mining History of Golden, Colorado
We’ve received the go ahead to help distribute this marvelous (and FREE!) 100+ page digital publication from the talented…
Geology
April 11, 2022
Case Study: Lykins Formation
Small but significant areas of Colorado are underlain by bedrock that is composed of evaporative…
Geology
April 8, 2022
NASA Earth Observatory
One of our favorite online feeds is from the NASA Earth Observatory along with their…
Geology
March 16, 2022
The Glenwood Canyon Highway
This recent RMPBS/Colorado Experience video traces the history of transportation through Colorado’s spectacular Glenwood Canyon. It…
Geology
March 15, 2022
Recent reports published
OF-20-11 Alkaline Complexes of the Wet Mountains Area, Colorado: A Geological Summary, Bibliography, and Data Compilation…
Water
January 14, 2022
Case Study: stormwater
Stormwater runoff is excess water associated with a rain or snow storm event that flows over the…
Energy
November 19, 2021
Case Study: geothermal gradient
The CGS has long been involved in researching the characteristics of geothermal energy across the state,…
Hazards
June 23, 2021
HAZ-2021-01 Post-wildfire Hazards
Noting that we were getting hundreds of search hits on a previous version of an info-brochure that we originally published…
Water
June 7, 2020
New Colorado Groundwater Atlas released
ON-010 Colorado Groundwater Atlas
General
January 10, 2020
Welcome to the final CGS/RockTalk web iteration
If you want to find out what's happening with the new CGS site, read here! Apologies for the incompleteness, it will improve on a daily basis, we promise!
Hazards
July 12, 2018
Collapsible Soils
By Jonathan White, Senior Engineering Geologist, Emeritus At the end of the 19th and beginning of…
Hazards
January 24, 2018
Subsidence (Water Education Foundation)
Geology
November 15, 2017
A new Water Resources Investigation: Upper Pierre Aquifer
Our friends over at the Colorado Division of Water Resources (CDWR) have just released Water Resources…
Hazards
May 5, 2015
Evaporite Karst Subsidence
[ED: Originally written by Jonathan White, Senior Engineering Geologist (emeritus staff) for a 2001 volume of…
Hazards
March 13, 2013
The Science of Sinkholes
This video, from the U.S. Geological Survey, explores the geological factors behind sinkholes and the related science. Narrated by Randall…
Hazards
March 23, 2003
Case Study: Avalanche – Silver Plume
On March 23, 2003, a large avalanche occurred about one mile west of the Town of Silver Plume. The avalanche brought trees, rock, soil and snow to the valley floor, knocked down overhead utility lines, blocked the I-70 frontage road, damaged the town’s water treatment plant (WTP), and dammed Clear Creek. The dam was breached using explosives before the plant’s electric pump motors were flooded. With damage to the WTP’s chlorine contact tank and building, Silver Plume residents had to boil their tap water for over a month.