Pictures of Castle Rock Area
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3%2f5lag9.jpg (167696 bytes) View looking east at the southern part of upper Castle Rock drainage basin. About nine small soil slip scars are visible in this view. In foreground is Castle Rock channel which has been scoured clean of vegetation rubble by debris flows.
3%2f5lag6.jpg (167153 bytes) View looking east up the intermediate to the upper parts of Castle Rock drainage basin. Note the small size of the soil slip scarps in the upper right corner. Debris in the foreground was apparently ponded above the dirt road crossing the main channel above the falls.
3%2f5lag4.jpg (195708 bytes) View looking south over the "waterfall". Debris flow mud splattered and coated most of the trees adjacent to the channel as well as high on the side of the three-story house located at the base of the falls.
3%2f5lag7.jpg (169937 bytes) View looking south on the lower part of the Castle Rock drainage. Debris flows severed and separated a house which was located directly in the path of the debris flows. A short segment of Laguna Canyon Road is seen in the upper right corner.
3%2f5lag1.jpg (174818 bytes) Close up of the severed house seen in figure 4. Debris above the severed house is essentially all earth materials and vegetation transported from above the falls; debris below the severed house contains large quantities of household materials.
3%2f5lag12.jpg (126197 bytes) View looking east up Castle Rock drainage. In background is the roof of the three-story house seen in photograph 3 which is located at the base of the falls. In foreground is the severed house and mixture of man made and natural debris. Blue trash containers are visible in right center of photograph 5.
3%2f5lag14.jpg (139608 bytes) Close up of part of severed house and debris consisting of man made and natural materials.

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