Subject - Hazards

Natural Hazards and Challenges

Carmel Beach erosion: Carmel Beach at the foot of Ocean Avenue, Carmel, CA (1982)
harbor dredge: Santa Barbara yacht harbor, CA (1991)
Pajaro Dunes: Pajaro Dunes, mouth of the Pajaro River, near Watsonville, CA (1984)
silted channel: Suisun City, CA (1991)

Auburn Dam site: site of Auburn Dam, near Auburn, CA (1987)
Diablo Canyon powerplant: north of Diablo Canyon, near Los Osos, CA (1977)
Diaz Lake: Diaz Lake CP, near Lone Pine, CA (1988)
Loma Prieta fissures: Loma Prieta earthquake epicenter, Forest of Nisene Marks SP, near Aptos, CA (1990)
Hole in the Head: Bodega Head, Bodega Bay, CA (1981)
Seattle skyscraper: Seattle, WA (1980)

storm drain: San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, CA (1974)
Bull Creek erosion: Bull Creek upstream from Humboldt Redwoods SP, CA (1986)
flash flood: near Townes Pass, Death Valley NM, CA (1974)
64 flood level: Weott, CA (1986)
Franks Tract: Bethel Island and Franks Tract, CA (1974)
Mokelumne aqueducts: Upper Jones Tract, near Stockton, CA (1980)
New River: New River from highway 86 west of Brawley, CA (1988)
state park logging: near Albee Creek, Humboldt Redwoods SP, CA (1986)
flood control reservoir: Lake Kaweah, east of Visalia, CA (1990)
Salton City: former Marina, Salton City, CA (1988)
Salton Sea: near Salton City, CA (1988)
Furnace Creek Wash diversion: Zabriskie Point, Death Valley NM, CA (1991)
Lake Elsinore campground: campground, Lake Elsinore SP, CA (1993)

smudge pots: Ojai Valley, east of Ojai, CA (1974)
rotary snow plow: California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CA (1987)
eucalyptus after frost: Sonoma High School, south of Sonoma, CA (1991)
park closed June-Sept: Vallecito CP, on county road S2 adjacent to Anza Borrego Desert SP, CA (1993)
Donner memorial: Donner Memorial SP, near Truckee, CA (1985)
Eucalyptus clearcut: Grizzly Peak Boulevard, Berkeley Hills, CA (1974)
frost-killed Eucalyptus: Siesta Valley, near Orinda, CA (1973); Photograph by Daniel O. Holmes.
Roofed campsite: Bogachiel SP, WA (1984)
White Sands picnic area: White Sands NM, NM (1980)

danger-waterfall: top of Nevada Falls, Yosemite NP, CA (1993)
off Broadway: Broadway at foot of Telegraph Hill, San Francisco, CA (1991)
runaway truck ramp: Grapevine Grade, Interstate 5, south of Bakersfield, CA (1986)
sidehill viaduct: highway 101 along the South Fork Eel River, near Leggett, CA (1993)
steep street: Romolo Place, south side of Telegraph Hill, San Francisco, CA (1991)
Jumping prohibited: top of Havasu Falls, Havasupai IR, AZ (1989)

housing in foothills: west edge of Pleasant Hill, from Briones RP, CA (1990)
Mt Eddy lookout: summit of Mount Eddy, Shasta NF, near Weed, CA (1992)
no fireworks in park: Rifle Range Road entrance, Wildcat Canyon RP, Richmond, CA (1990)
Mitchell Canyon: Mitchell Canyon, Mount Diablo SP, CA (1992)
chaparral mosaic: Bear Creek, near Briceburg, Mariposa County, CA (1985)
watching Oakland hills fire: Point Isabel, Richmond, CA (1991)
Round Mountain fire: Highway 299 near Hatchet Mountain Pass, CA (1993)
you may see smoke: Calaveras Bigtrees SP, near Murphys, CA (1985)
understory fuel: Grouse Creek, near Chinquapin, Yosemite NP, CA (1978)