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Creep

No, itīs not an unsavory character - "creep" is a slow downhill movement of the upper soil layers. Itīs creep that causes fences to drift out of line, gravestones to tip, and trees to slide downhill.
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Landslide History

When buying a home in a hillside area, check with your local geological or soil survey. If the area has a history of landslides, you have a higher likelihood of suffering damage from mass movement in the future.
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Factors in Landslides

In general, the type of mass movement (whether creep, landslide, etc) is determined by several factors. The amount of clay in the material, the amount of water, and the slope are important factors. If your hillside home sits on a clayey soil or rock, and there has been a lot of rain lately, you are definitely more at risk for some sort of mass movement such as a landslide or mudslide.
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Damage from Mass Wasting

Although geologic hazards like earthquakes and volcanic eruptions get the most attention, more damage occurs in a single day from slow or sudden downward movement of the upper layers of soil and rock (called mass wasting) than from years of earthquake damage. Before you build a home on a hillside, check with your state geological survey for information on slope stability and history of slope failure in your area.
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