Mile 237 Report
Gleneden Beach north, golf course
January 26, 2019
Report Details
Conditions
Wind Velocity: Calm/Light.
Human Activities
Number of people: 12. Number of dogs: 4. Walking or running: 8. Fishing: 2. Other Activities: Bicycling - 2.
Notable Wildlife
Bald eagle.
Man-made Modifications
Dune modification/removal, New riprap or shoreline protection structures. There were three areas of concern: Site 1, at approximately mile 237.5-6, there were two large pieces of equipment moving sand and riprap. Site 2, at approximately mile 237.8, evidence of development activity in which the dune had been breached by a road(?) leading to a pile of riprap stones that had yet to be placed. While there, a dump truck deposited a load of rock blocking/filling in the area that had been breached. Site 3, at Beach Access 50B, there were four survey stakes in the sand below the high water mark. Photos will be posted later in this report
Natural Changes
Newly exposed roots/trees falling. At approximately mile 237. 5, there was evidence of water carrying sand onto the riprap at the location. Slightly to the south of this location, there was new evidence of erosion in the dune where the stairs that had been hanging in the air now had more stairs hanging.
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Mile 237
Gleneden Beach north, golf course
Beautiful 'low-tide' walk of my mile today.
237watcher
Mile 237
Gleneden Beach north, golf course
The most important factor for me personally with the changes I've observed in this section of my mile is how impactful the shoreline armoring has been on the beach to the south.
Barry Howarth
Mile 237
Gleneden Beach north, golf course
The most heartbreaking part of my mile report today is that I couldn't even walk my entire mile due to shifting sand and the subsequent tide (even though I did this at low tide,) preventing a safe northward walk. I have been walking on this stretch of beach since the early seventies and never-- even five or ten years ago, would you not had adequate distance to walk the beach from the surf to the foredune. I provided on pic looking north on my mile from the top of a revetment that was installed a few years ago, that's the only way I could get a glimpse of it safely.
Barry Howarth
Mile 237
Gleneden Beach north, golf course
A beautiful day here at the Central Oregon Coast!
Barry Howarth
Mile 237
Gleneden Beach north, golf course
Beautiful day for the mile report walk.
237 Watcher
Mile 237
Gleneden Beach north, golf course
I learned that two shore structures (stairs built on top of rip-rap) were heavily damaged during a recent storm/tide condition earlier this month.
237 Watcher
Mile 237
Gleneden Beach north, golf course
A beautiful day at mile 237 again!
237 Watcher