Mile 54 Report
South of Cape Blanco, access road to Elk River
February 7, 2025
Happy to report no major issues or changes in the mile. Most notable was the mouth of the river seems to have shifted north at high tide.
Report Details
Happy to report no major issues or changes in the mile. Watching continued erosion, thankful for no obvious misuse by beachgoers. Most notable was the mouth of the river seems to have shifted north at high tide.
Conditions
Temperature: 53 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light.
Human Activities
Number of people: 5. Number of dogs: 2. Sitting: 5.
Notable Wildlife
Seagulls, other marine birds, nothing of note
Driftline Content
Wrack line was the high tide/high river deposit towards mouth of river. Found marine bouy, plastic lawn chair, many bottles and other plastic debris, which we removed.
Natural Changes
Erosion of vegetated foredune. Foredunes near mouth of Elk River mostly leveled, trend seen in the past year. New driftwood/marine debris pushed north of mouth onto sand from change in river mouth at high river/tide.
Looking south from parking lot (north end of mile)
Access to beach for people & vehicles
Low tide
Mouth east of ocean, debris, showing change in river mouth
River turning west
Looking north
Hiking out trash
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Jacob & Jamie Fancy
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South of Cape Blanco, access road to Elk River
Happy to report no major issues or changes in the mile. Most notable was the mouth of the river seems to have shifted north at high tide.
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Elk River backed up by sand bank and not flowing into ocean.
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Wind started out from the SW, then rotated up to the NW.
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