Preliminary field report on the November 13th-14th, 2011 landslide near Steam Mill Road, Deerfield, Massachusetts

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/.