The Desert Laboratory

The Vigil Network
Last Day Gully: Table 19 - Mass Movement Data

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Pin Number Ground Slope (°) June, 1963 July, 1965 June, 1966 Sept., 1967 June, 1968 June: 1963-1968
Distance from Line of Sight (in.) Protrusion Above Ground Surface (in.) Distance from Line of Sight (in.) Protrusion Above Ground Surface (in.) Distance from Line of Sight (in.) Protrusion Above Ground Surface (in.) Distance from Line of Sight (in.) Protrusion Above Ground Surface (in.) Distance from Line of Sight (in.) Protrusion Above Ground Surface (in.) Downslope Movement (in.) Erosion (in.) Downslope Movement (in./year) Erosion (in./year)
Upper Line East BM - - - 8.82 - - - 8.8 - 8.6 - - - -
1 19 0.46 1.56 0.41 2.26 0.25 2.05 0.42 2.2 0.48 2.2 0.02 0.64 0.004 0.129
2 18 0.53 1.80 0.95 2.12 0.89 2.30 0.98 3.0 1.05 2.8 0.52 1.00 0.104 0.200
3 14 -0.03 1.44 -0.15 1.35 -0.18 1.20 -0.07 1.1 -0.09 1.2 -0.06 -0.24 -0.012 -0.048
4 12 0.20 1.44 0.20 1.64 0.15 1.40 0.23 1.6 0.24 1.6 0.04 0.16 0.008 0.032
5 16 0.30 1.68 0.27 1.67 0.20 1.65 0.28 1.5 0.33 1.7 0.03 0.02 0.006 0.004
6 16 0.21 1.44 0.10 1.89 0.06 1.75 0.10 2.1 0.13 2.4 -0.08 0.96 -0.016 0.192
7 6 0.28 2.04 0.02 2.36 0.01 2.30 0.00 2.3 0.28 2.4 0.00 0.36 0.000 0.072
8 9 -0.56 1.92 -0.65 1.79 -0.79 2.15 -0.73 2.05 -0.73 2.0 -0.17 0.08 -0.034 0.016
9 16 -0.19 2.04 -0.12 2.30 -0.19 2.40 -0.11 2.3 -0.07 2.4 0.12 0.36 0.024 0.072
10 13 0.19 1.92 0.16 1.97 0.09 1.40 0.12 1.8 0.22 1.7 0.03 -0.18 0.006 -0.036
West BM = BM D - - - 3.30 - - - 3.8 - 4.1 - - - -
Lower Line East BM - - - 6.20 - - - 5.3 - 6.0 - - - -
1 21 -0.16 1.44 -0.18 1.40 -0.10 1.50 -0.09 1.45 -0.18 1.4 -0.02 -0.04 -0.004 -0.008
2 16 0.02 2.16 0.09 2.20 0.09 2.50 0.18 2.2 0.10 2.1 0.16 -0.06 0.032 -0.012
3 16 -0.18 2.16 -0.27 1.46 -0.28 1.95 -0.22 1.65 -0.28 2.2 -0.10 0.04 -0.020 0.008
4 24 -0.04 2.28 -0.05 1.92 -0.02 2.35 0.01 2.35 -0.02 2.4 0.02 0.12 0.004 0.024
5 16 0.18 2.64 0.07 2.46 0.09 2.50 0.23 2.6 0.03 2.7 -0.15 0.06 -0.030 0.012
6 22 0.20 1.80 0.34 1.67 0.30 1.80 0.38 1.85 0.40 2.3 0.20 0.50 0.040 0.100
West BM - - - 10.38 - - - 10.75 - 10.3 - - - -
Average: 0.009 0.047

All pins are 10-inch spikes. Minus values indicate upslope of line of sight.

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