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30 Landslide—Whatcom County 16:9 ratio, 7200x4050 pixels, no text

Oblique image of a massive prehistoric landslide near the confluence of Racehorse Creek and the North Fork Nooksack River in Whatcom County. This landslide is in the Chuckanut Formation, which hosts many large, deep-seated landslides.

The Washington Geological Survey Landslide Hazard Team mapped landslides across western Whatcom County. Download the report here and view the mapped landslides here.

Image by Daniel E. Coe, Washington Geological Survey

 

Other versions of this image:

High-resolution 16:9 ratio image with text

High-resolution 4:3 ratio image with text

High-resolution 4:3 ratio image without text

 

This image is also part of a series-click the links for the series images:

Image 1 N. Fork Nooksack River landslide gray hillshade with text

Image 2 N. Fork Nooksack River landslide color hillshade with text

Image 3 N. Fork Nooksack River landslide color hillshade/photo with text

Image 4 N. Fork Nooksack River landslide color photo with text

Image 5 N. Fork Nooksack River landslide gray hillshade

Image 6 N. Fork Nooksack River landslide color hillshade

Image 7 N. Fork Nooksack River landslide color hillshade/photo

Image 8 N. Fork Nooksack River landslide photo

 

Learn and see more:

WA100 Racehorse Creek page

WGS Landslides page

WGS Lidar page

The Bare Earth lidar story map

Washington Lidar Portal

 

You may use this image for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, with or without modification, as long as you attribute us. For attribution please use ‘Image from the Washington Geological Survey (Washington State DNR)’ if it’s a direct reproduction, or ‘Image modified from the Washington Geological Survey (Washington State DNR)’ if there has been some modification.

 

For more information, see the linked Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license.

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Uploaded on May 1, 2021