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S11.13.009Description
Rockfall adjacent to a mobile home trailer at Sugar Grove, Fairfield County, Ohio. The rockfall material is the Black Hand Sandstone Member of the Cuyahoga Formation. Bedrock is from the Mississippian Geologic Period. The image was made in February 1983. Location approximate to a general location in the township.
For more information, see: When the Hills Come Tumbling Down--Landslides in Ohio by Michael C. Hansen (Ohio Geological Survey, Ohio Geology Newsletter, Spring 1986) pages 1+. and Pomeroy Rockfall: Again by Michael C. Hansen (Ohio Geological Survey, Ohio Geology Newsletter, Winter 1988) page 4.
This slide image included in the USGS National Digital Catalog for NGGDPP Grant G15AP00115 in FY2015.Context
View of fallen rocks and rock outcrop wall behind trailer home. Sugar Grove, Ohio.