Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Fun in Flat Creek

At work, I had to check some things out for a work crew that will be doing some summer surveys for the BLM, so I drove up to Flat Creek to poke around.  I found that the crew will be able to do some of their surveys without difficulty, but that several of their sites are inaccessible due to a road that has been entirely washed out.
 Flat Creek, where the mainline road had to be re-aligned due to a washout

 On the northwest border of the catchment, kinda near Alco Rock and Ragsdale Butte

 A placed logjam in Flat Creek that didn't get washed out that has now racked up tons of debris which is allowing salmonid spawning gravels to accumulate.

 A waterfall on a tributary to Flat Creek

 Views of the catchment that burnt in 2002 in the Timbered Rock Fire

But when I was out there, I got to explore a water fall and drive up towards Alco Rock (didn't get all the way).  Got some great views, because the entire sub-watershed burnt hot a decade or so ago in the Timbered Rock Fire.

1 comment:

Catherine said...

Interesting...glad you are able to get out to sites...explore. A bit of natural activity and man-made responses.