My local paper noted that a house had been destroyed in a landslide, the latest in a recent series. I went to the scene one day to take a look. The field evidence was suggestive, so when I got home I investigated the historical evidence too. Anyone evaluating a homesite can learn from what I did. Please note that I am not a licensed geologist; not only is my opinion NOT definitive, but I don't even have a firm opinion on exactly how this landslide happened or how the legal liability for it should be apportioned. (I have another disclaimer on the last page.)
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- Key MapOrientation and photo sites
- View of the BluffGetting there from Fruitvale Avenue
- A Suspicious ParkAn oddly undeveloped park
- View from the Bluff TopThe view brings people here
- A Ruined HomeA late Deco specimen
- A Posted DwellingKeep out
- The Main Headscarp, View SouthThe main event
- Headscarp Looking NorthTextbook features
- Dating an Earlier SlideOld maps show a smoking gun
- 1939 Aerial Photo1939 airphoto gives more hints
- 1915 Topographic MapClues from a 1915 map
- 1897 Topographic MapClues from an 1897 map
- Graphic Index
- Text Index