| Title | The Canyonville landslide of January 16, 1974, Douglas County: Oregon’s most deadly landslide |
| Publication Type | Book Chapter |
| Year of Publication | 1998 |
| Authors | Busby, Ed |
| Editor | Burns, Scott |
| Secondary Title | Environmental, Groundwater and Engineering Geology: Applications from Oregon |
| Tertiary Title | Special publication / Association of Engineering Geologists |
| Volume | no.11 |
| Pagination | p.391-398 |
| City | Belmont, Ca. |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Valley TA705.3.O7 E58 1998 |
| Keywords | Canyon Creek, flooding, geology, landslides, precipitation, soils, South Umpqua River |
| Notes | On January 16, 1974, thanks to heavy rainfall on already saturated soil, an almost instantaneous catastrophic landslide took place near Canyonville. Although the area of the landslide was relatively small at only 15,000 cubic yards, a telephone repair crew was working on a coaxial cable in the area, and nine people were killed in the slide. The slide temporarily blocked Canyon Creek, which was already near flood stage. Much of the slide sediment was washed away by the creek. |