Whitman Bench

USA / Washington / Oso /
 hill, landslide, logging
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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.
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Coordinates:   48°17'24"N   121°52'45"W
This article was last modified 12 years ago