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Big Sur landslide Feb 1994

Big Sur landslide Feb 1994

Rockslide on Highway 1 near San Luis Obispo County line on February 18, 1994.

Big Sur Mud Creek Landslide

Big Sur Mud Creek Landslide

Highway 1, about 1/3 of mile covered 30 to 40 feet deep by debris following a landslide. The Big Sur, California coastline has been changed by the thousands of tons of debris in which fell on the coast. Photo... More

Caltrans Leggett Slide 030519

Caltrans Leggett Slide 030519

March 4, 2019 Caltrans working to repair a slip out on US 101 near Leggett, California.

Klamath 101 Landslide 022519 CHP

Klamath 101 Landslide 022519 CHP

California Highway Patrol: " Crescent City CHP US 101 will be CLOSED ALL NIGHT due to the continuously active slide. We know this may be an inconvenience and frustrating but the priority is keeping everyone saf... More

Klamath 101 Landslide Caltrans

Klamath 101 Landslide Caltrans

CalTrans District One caption "US 101 Closed, South of Crescent City in Del Norte County-Last Chance Grade: Closed due to a slide. Crews are working hard to re-open one lane later this morning"

Landslide SR299 at Big French Creek

Landslide SR299 at Big French Creek

Landslide at Big French Creek and State Route 299, at the Trinity River in Trinity County, California. Traffic is still open, however expect one hour delays.

Mattole Road Blocked 011816 Ferndale Police Photo - A road that has been blocked off by mud

Mattole Road Blocked 011816 Ferndale Police Photo - A road that has be...

January 18, 2016 The Ferndale Police Department wrote on their Facebook page: The “The Wildcat” or Mattole Rd has been closed by CHP due to a non-passable Mud Slide approximately one mile from Ferndale. An alte... More

Landslide at angle of road in northeast bend of valley, the southern fork of Gualala River 3-4 of a mile above bridge, road

Landslide at angle of road in northeast bend of valley, the southern f...

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Landslides over tracks of logging railroad on north bank Gualala river. Partly excavated & buried again by con

Landslides over tracks of logging railroad on north bank Gualala river...

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Groundhog cinder cone

Groundhog cinder cone

Groundhog cinder cone, the youngest of the Golden Trout Creek volcanic field in California, USA, is breached to the NE. Groundhog cone was the source of a Holocene lava flow that traveled 6 km to the west down... More

170215 FS Los Padres LSO 003 (32778787973)

170215 FS Los Padres LSO 003 (32778787973)

In cooperation with Monterey County, we are closing the Nacimiento-Fergusson Road on the Monterey Ranger District effective 5:00 pm Feb. 15 to all motorized traffic due to road slide safety concerns. Road closu... More

Mussel Rock landslide due to 1906 San Francisco Earthquake

Mussel Rock landslide due to 1906 San Francisco Earthquake

Landslide on steep hillside near Mussel Rock due to the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. This photograph was taken by the US Geological Survey in 1906, and it was later published as figure 24 in the 1976 paper "H... More

Rockfalls between San Francisco and Mussel Rock after 1906 earthquake

Rockfalls between San Francisco and Mussel Rock after 1906 earthquake

Rockfalls along coastal bluffs between Ocean Avenue, San Francisco, and Mussel Rock caused by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. This photograph was taken by the US Geological Survey in 1906, and it was later p... More

Mission peak1

Mission peak1

Landslide on Mission Peak, Fremont, California

2020-0301 LastChanceGradeLandslideB

2020-0301 LastChanceGradeLandslideB

March 2020 Landslide at Last Chance Grade, Del Norte County, California. Trees and soil blocked US Highway 101 at Last Chance Grade, photo by Caltrans. Heavy machinery at top of hill.

2020-0302 LastChanceGradeLandslideC

2020-0302 LastChanceGradeLandslideC

March 2020 Landslide at Last Chance Grade, Del Norte County, California. A ten foot slipout took out a large chunk of Highway 101.

2021 0214 Last Chance Grade Landslide

2021 0214 Last Chance Grade Landslide

February 13, 2021 Landslide at Last Chance Grade, Del Norte County, California. Caltrans tries to reopen Highway 101. "IN THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AREA IS CLOSED FROM 12.4 MI SOUTH OF CRESCENT CITY /AT VISTA PO... More

2021 0214 Last Chance Grade Landslide B

2021 0214 Last Chance Grade Landslide B

February 13, 2021 Landslide at Last Chance Grade, Del Norte County, California. This is the very beginning of the slide. It was still sliding on 14 February. "IN THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AREA IS CLOSED FROM ... More

Last Chance Grade Hwy 101

Last Chance Grade Hwy 101

Air view of Last Chance Grade in the Highway 101 Corridor between Wilson Creek and Crescent City, Del Norte County, California

Mud Creek Landslide (southeast of Gorda, California, USA)

Mud Creek Landslide (southeast of Gorda, California, USA)

(public domain image provided by the United States Geological Survey) In geology, landslide events are referred to as mass wasting. There are many specific types of mass wasting including mudflows, debris fl... More

1996 Yosemite Valley rockslide

1996 Yosemite Valley rockslide

Aftermath of the 1996 Yosemite Valley landslide. Picryl description: Public domain photograph of Yosemite National Park, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Landslide 1992 Cape Mendocino

Landslide 1992 Cape Mendocino

A landslide in the aftermath of the 1992 Cape Mendocino earthquakes, in northern California. The slide occurred along Centerville Road, west of Ferndale.

Mission peak landslide

Mission peak landslide

United States Geological Survey photo of the landslide on the side of Mission Peak, above Fremont, California. The complete GPS master station (MS) is on stable ground near the ridgetop. The remote instrument s... More

Scott'sValley

Scott'sValley

Small landslide on Bean Creek Road approximately 1.6 km north of Scott's Valley, California. View is looking north. This landslide is typical of thousands of landslides in the epicentral area.

PSM V69 D114 A small landslide on a hillside road

PSM V69 D114 A small landslide on a hillside road

A small landslide on a hillside road

PSM V73 D188 Landslide in a pasture in mitchell county ca may 21 1901

PSM V73 D188 Landslide in a pasture in mitchell county ca may 21 1901

Landslide in a pasture in Mitchell County California May 21 1901