Name/Title
S26.09.018Description
An outcrop with honeycomb weathering in the Waynesburg sandstone of the Dunkard Group along Ohio State Route 124 at Hockingport, Athens County, Ohio. This area has shale, siltstone, mudstone, sandstone, limestone and coal lithologies. Bedrock is from the Late Pennsylvanian, Early Permian Geologic Period. The photograph was taken by Michael C. Hansen in 1974. It is not identified whether this outcrop is south or northeast of Hockingport, but remediation has since been done at both outcrop locations around Hockingport. A NewsCenter article written by Todd Baucher and posted on November 16, 2009, describes the rerouting of Ohio State Route 124 northeast of Hockingport, which had previously followed the state line along the Ohio River. In 2009, the new Ohio State Route 124 opened routed along Athens County Road 62 (Youba Ridge Rd.) from Hockingport to a new eastern terminus near Torch. The former section from Hockingport to Little Hocking, Ohio, had been permanently closed in January 2005 due to a landslide caused by flooding after a barge became lodged in the Belleville Lock and Dam at Reedsville, Ohio. Spillway gates were inoperable due to the interference from the barges and loss of pool occurred. Water drained out of the dam and eroded the banks along the Ohio River according to David Rouse, spokesman for District 10 of the Ohio Department of Transportation and information taken from the United States Army Corps of Engineers Coastal & Hydraulics Laboratory projects list.
REVIEW
This outcrop has a distinctive weathering appearance that can be seen in the following slides (for comparison). The locations are near to Reedsville/Hockingport, but metadata written on the slides can be interpreted differently. More research needed on S20.05.009.tif, S26.09.003.tif, S26.09.004.tif, S26.09.007.tif, S26.09.009.tif, S26.09.013.tif & S26.09.018.tif. Also see other outcrops in this series by searching for “Reedsville” in the Media Pro image management catalog.
This slide image included in the USGS National Digital Catalog for NGGDPP Grant G15AP00115 in FY2015.Context
Rock outcrop with honeycomb weathering along highway. Ohio State Route 124 in Hockingport, Athens County Ohio.