%0 Report
%D 2011
%T Preliminary field report on the November 13th-14th, 2011 landslide near Steam Mill Road, Deerfield, Massachusetts
%A Joseph P Kopera
%A Stephen B Mabee
%K #Deerfield
%K #Landslides
%K #MGSPub
%K #NaturalHazards
%K #Reports
%K flooding
%K hazards
%K Irene
%K landslide
%K mudslide
%K natural hazards
%K swamp
%X On November 13th and 14th, 2011, residents and business owners in the area of Wapping Road in Deerfield, Massachusetts, began to notice light-gray, clay-rich mud appearing in the streams and wetlands east of State Route 5/10. The mud quickly clogged culverts under Wapping Road, Route 5/10, and the Pan Am Southern Railway tracks, partially filled in wetlands on both sides of Route 5/10, and partially filled in drainage ditches upgradient of these wetlands. This resulted in localized flooding of property along the east side of Route 5/10. Prepared for the Deerfield Board of Selectman and Board of Public Health 19 pages. A NEPR radio interview with Joe Kopera about the landslide can be found at http://nepr.net/news/2011/12/02/fallout-2011s-extreme-weather-landslides-ice-jams/.
%B Open File Report
%I Massachusetts Geological Survey
%P 19
%G eng
%U http://www.geo.umass.edu/stategeologist/Products/reports/Deerfield_LS_Report_final.pdf