Mile 209 Report
Ona Beach north of Beaver Creek, Tracy Creek
March 7, 2008
By the first of the year much of the sand accumulated over the summer had left the beach and shortly thereafter rock started moving in, a lot of it relatively small.
Report Details
By the first of the year much of the sand accumulated over the summer had left the beach and shortly thereafter rock started moving in, a lot of it relatively small. The sand eventually was removed down to the underlaying mudstone some of which froze in January, then separated into inch or so thick sheets on thawing. For a while now the large amount of rock that came to the beach has moved towards the bluff and in some places is piled 5 feet high against the wall. This rock won't leave the beach until we have a heavy surf capable of moving it. Beach gradients: North end 10 feet in 40 yards due to the large amount of rock piled against the bluff. South end 6 feet in 40 yards. There were 2 places of significant bluff erosion near the middle of the mile. One was due to water coming down a creek bed washing out underneath the sandstone leading to its collapse. The other was failure to properly handle surface water runoff resulting in the bluff under the back yard of a house enlarging the cave in the sandstone under the back yard. This has been some time in forming. The owner doesn't live there and may not know what is happening. I told the builder about it but no change has occurred.
Conditions
Temperature: 57 F. Cloud Cover: Partly Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Tide Level: 4.0 feet.
Human Activities
Number of people: 14. Walking or running: 6. Other Activities: 2 w/Boogy Boards.
Vehicles
Beached Birds
Total dead birds: 4. 1 fulmar, 1 gull, 1 white-winged scoter, and 1 common murre
Driftline Content
Land-based debris (picnics, etc.), Wood pieces. Listed in "General Comments" below
Actions & Comments
Itemized Drift Line Content:Wood pieces 44; Glass/ plastic bottles and cans 5; Litter, 5 pieces; Rope, 1 small bundle, 1 piece; Styrofoam, 1; Buckets, 2 small; Broken commercial crab pots 1. There was a second pot nearby last week that was good and I was able to get it to the owner; Plastic chair, 1; Beach fire, 1
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