{"url": "https://uk.localwiki.org/api/v4/pages_history/1343716/", "name": "Urban Landslides", "slug": "urban landslides", "content": "
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\n\tBeware Oaklanders! The land beneath your feet may not be as stable as it seems. Below is a listing of Oakland's urban landslides over the years. (H/T to Oakland Geology blog.)
\n\t\t\t\tYear | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tLocation\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tDescription | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0 | \n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t1926\u20131927 | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tLerida Avenue | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\tA \"dozen homes were heavily damaged\" and 7 families vacated their homes in a slide in 1926; possibly further damage in 1927. The movement of the earth broke the sewer line between the houses between the 700 block of Lerida and Calmar Avenue. A unknown number of homes were lost. Neighborhood rumor says one house slid down into the street, and was subsequently rotated 180' and relocated to the opposite side of the street. \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\u00a0 \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tLerida Avenue was renamed Balfour because of the notoriety. The 1936 map\u00a0shows the part below Rosal Avenue named Balfour and the rest still named Lerida; by the 1950 map it is all named Balfour. See City Will Bore to Find Cause of Lerida Slide\u00a0Oakland Tribune, February 22, 1926. In 1927 the city spent $17,000 to install a drainage system where the broken sewer line had been. \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\u00a0 \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tAs current evidence of the earth's movement, there's extensive displacement on the pedestrian stairway that runs uphill from Balfour to Calmar. \u00a0For some ninety years, the lots where homes had been lost remained vacant - but the boom in prices and demand for new housing is now resulting in new construction. \n\t\t\t | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0 | \n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t1934 | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tMcKillop Road | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tA \"massive landslide\"\u00a01 occurs as a large chunk of the west bank of Sausal Creek washes away and McKillop Road is cut in two. Looking at property maps, it appears that 11 homes were affected. W.D. Wood Park is founded on the remains of the slide. | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0 | \n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t1956 | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tDoncaster Place | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tMudslide swept a house down the hill. Widespread flooding. 10 | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t | \n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t1958 | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tLincoln Square | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tSee The Lincoln Square landslide of 1958 on OaklandGeology.com | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0 | \n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t1962 | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\twidespread | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tSeries of storms led to flooding and landslides all over Oakland. One fatality on Kimberlin Heights Drive, damage all around Oakland\u00a07 | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0 | \n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\tc.1966 | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tChelton Drive | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t6177 and 6163 Chelton Drive \"are as good as gone\". One house may have been designed by Beverley Thorne. (ref) | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0 | \n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t1970 | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tArea between Jordan Road, London Road, and Kitchener Court. | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tA large slide takes out a section of London Road and 14 homes just below the Mormon Temple. The area is still uninhabitable. 2 | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0 | \n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t1982-1983 | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tArmour Drive + Snake Road | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tA major slide destroyed four homes, and Armour Drive was closed. | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0 | \n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t1998 | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tRettig Avenue | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tEl Ni\u00f1o storms cause a landslide that blocks the street and covers the bank of Peralta Creek.3 | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\u00a0 | \n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t1998 | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tArmour Drive + Snake Road | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTwo homes, 6757 Snake Road and 6801 Snake Road were destroyed in a slide. \u00a08,9 | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0 | \n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t2002 | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tWallace Street | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tA prolonged wet spell causes a month-long, slow motion mudslide that results in the red-tagging of several homes overlooking 14th Avenue.4 | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\u00a0 | \n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t2006 | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tMcKillop Road | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tAfter seventy years, the unstable ground near McKillop starts to move again, resulting in the destruction of several more homes.5 | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0 | \n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t? | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tSan Luis Avenue and Dolores Avenue | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tDoes anyone know about this one?\u00a0 There appears to be a slump and several vacant lots. | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0 | \n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t2005\u20132006 | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tArmour Drive + Snake Road | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tA large slide below Snake Road permanently closed part of Armour Drive and destroyed at least one house. Despite this, they're building a new house in 2014! | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t | \n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t2012-1-21 | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tWild Currant Way | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tWet weather may have caused a water main break.\u00a0Wet weather collapses road in Oakland Hills on KTVU | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0 | \n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t2012-5-5 | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tNear Sheridan and CA-13 | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tCaltrans is spending approximately $7 million to repair damaged caused by a slide along the former Sacramento Northern right of way.6 | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\u00a0 | \n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t2017-04/05 | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tMontclair Railroad Trail | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTwo separate slides blocked the trail. One at the Melin Cut, and another closer to Bishop Ct. | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\u00a0 | \n\t\t
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\n\n\tCharles H. Lee was a hydraulic engineer who worked for the USGS, the city of Los Angeles, and others, as well as having private practice. Lee wrote about numerous aspects of water history in California. He wrote a booklet about the Lerida Avenue slide, and another about the McKillop Road slide.
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