Mile 338 Report
Clatsop Spit, Jetty Lagoon, Fort Stevens SP
January 19, 2020
On this warm day many people were enjoying the beach with their dogs.
Report Details
On this warm day many people were enjoying the beach with their dogs. There was an absence of kelp bundles which we would have expected after our stormy weather. Sawdust showed where several beach logs had been cut for firewood. The most notable thing were stones, weighing a pound or less, dotting the entire mile like raisins on cinnamon dough. On our return walk we picked up about 25 pounds of debris, mostly plastic.
Conditions
Temperature: 51 F. Cloud Cover: Partly Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Moderate. Wind Direction: SE. Tide Level: 3.0 feet.
Activities
Number of people: 10. Number of dogs: 5. Walking or running: 10.
Vehicles
Cars/trucks parking: 7. Cars/trucks on beach, allowed: 3.
Notable Wildlife
one gull; flock of 10 sandpipers
Wrackline Content
Small rocks.
New Development
Bluff development. just post king tides, the bluff was covered partially with sand to mid and top level
Natural Changes
Evidence of wave overtopping.
Randy and Beth
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Clatsop Spit, Jetty Lagoon, Fort Stevens SP
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Beth Kandoll
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walked part of this mile and picked up approximately 40 pounds of debris that has come in with the high tides. there was a lot of driftwood of all sizes, plus a high concentration of very small pieces of wood.
MICHELLE SCHWEGMANN
Mile 338
Clatsop Spit, Jetty Lagoon, Fort Stevens SP
Scattered stones appearing over the normally all-sand beach; erosion from king tides on the foredune
Beth Kandoll
Mile 338
Clatsop Spit, Jetty Lagoon, Fort Stevens SP
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Beth Kandoll
Mile 338
Clatsop Spit, Jetty Lagoon, Fort Stevens SP
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Beth Kandoll
Mile 338
Clatsop Spit, Jetty Lagoon, Fort Stevens SP
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Beth Kandoll
Mile 338
Clatsop Spit, Jetty Lagoon, Fort Stevens SP
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Beth Kandoll
Mile 338
Clatsop Spit, Jetty Lagoon, Fort Stevens SP
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Beth Kandoll