Whitman Bench
USA /
Washington /
Oso /
World
/ USA
/ Washington
/ Oso
hill, landslide, logging
Flat-topped, steep-sloped hill made of glacial deposits on a bed of clay. Prone to landslides on its southern slope. Plateau used for logging.
Parent body of the recurrent Hazel landslide (1937, 1951, 1952, 1967, 1988, 2006, 2014). Numerous casualties during the 2014 Oso/Steelhead mudslide.
Outline roughly equivalent to 800' topographic contour.
Parent body of the recurrent Hazel landslide (1937, 1951, 1952, 1967, 1988, 2006, 2014). Numerous casualties during the 2014 Oso/Steelhead mudslide.
Outline roughly equivalent to 800' topographic contour.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 48°17'24"N 121°52'45"W
- Camp Baker (former) 223 km
- Franklin River Camp B 224 km
- Yakama Forest Products 227 km
- Weyerhaeuser 567 km
- Switchback Hill 652 km
- Logging clear cuts 884 km
- Labouchere Bay abandoned logging camp 1195 km
- Cass Scenic Railroad State Park 3517 km
- Remnants of Log Cribbing 3570 km
- Logging area 3993 km
- Ancient landslide 1.1 km
- Oso, Washington 2.7 km
- Rowan, Washington 3.8 km
- Hazel, Washington 5.9 km
- Lake Cavanaugh 10 km
- Jim Creek Naval Radio Station 11 km
- Swede Heaven, Washington 11 km
- Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest (Exclave - Rough Outline) 14 km
- Day Lake 14 km
- Skagit Valley 25 km