Abstract:In Changjiang County, located in the southwest mountainous area of Hainan Province, geological hazards have occurred frequently in recent years owing to the complex geological conditions and frequent engineering activities in the area. Therefore, studying the susceptibility of geological hazards in this region for the prevention, monitoring, and early warning of geological hazards has great practical significance. To evaluate the susceptibility of geological hazards in Changjiang County, the rock-soil mass, elevation variation coefficient, slope, fracture, undulation, river, road, and rainfall were selected as assessment indicators. The evaluation was conducted using four models: information value, certainty factor, logistic regression of information value (LRIV), and logistic regression of certainty factor. The results indicate that the high-susceptibility areas of geological hazards in Changjiang County are mainly distributed along roads and rivers in the mountainous areas, while the extremely low-susceptibility areas are located in the plains. The AUC values of the four models, 0.755, 0.749, 0.766, and 0.764, respectively, indicate that the prediction accuracy meets the requirement of susceptibility assessment and that the LRIV model is more reliable and accurate than the three other models. The findings of this research can provide a scientific basis for the prevention, monitoring, and early warning of geological hazards in the southwest mountainous areas of Hainan Island.