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KRIS Mattole River: Picture Page

Area Basin-wide/Regional
Topic Tour: Aerial Photos 1984
 

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This aerial photograph was taken on May 6, 1984 and shows the mouth of the North Fork and mainstem Mattole River and the town of Petrolia.


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This aerial photo of the Mattole River at Honeydew shows dramatic differences from the 1941 aerial. The river bar is much wider and broad flood plains are evident on tributary channels. Some alders were established at the mouth of Honeydew Creek signifying early recovery from the 1964 flood.


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This aerial photograph of the mouth of the Mattole River was taken on May 6, 1984 and shows that the lower Mattole River is highly aggraded.


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This May 1984 aerial photograph of the Mattole River just upstream of Petrolia shows a very wide flood plane.




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