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2018 El Portal Road debris flow | debris slide

Rocky debris on the road below Parkline Slab.

During a period of high intensity rainfall (0.6 cm/hour) there were several small debris slides and debris flows onto the El Portal Road within the area burned by the Ferguson Fire. Several small rocks fell onto the road at Parkline, and about 5 separate small debris flows came onto the road between Cookie Cliff and Arch Rock. These debris flows consisted of sand and silt.

UTM East: 257531; UTM North: 4173691; Elevation: 748

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Yosemite National Park, Code: YOSE

Merced River Gorge
Latitude: 37.6783973273819, Longitude: -119.74945588

El Portal Road
Yosemite National Park, California
Latitude: 37.8399200439453, Longitude: -119.540397644043

Rock Fall Database GroupID for YOSE : 2018112901
Rock Fall Database ID for YOSE : 2018112901-1

Yosemite Rock Falls Collection

11/29/2018 | 20181130

11/29/2018

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Organization: Yosemite NP
Position: Park Geologist
Address: El Portal, CA 95318
Email: greg_stock@nps.gov

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