bennett.vera•1mo ago

The creek behind my place is cutting deeper into the shale.

I swear it's eroded a foot in the last few months. Is this normal for spring runoff?

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the_susan1mo ago

Heard our wet winter messed with groundwater tables... might be why it's cutting so fast now.

the_hayden27d agoMost Upvoted

Check if any new beaver activity is upstream. They can really speed up erosion when the ground is already soft from high water. Saw a creek get rerouted in a month because of a single busy colony.

webb.ben1mo ago

Here in Utah, our shale creek cut a foot last spring just from rain, not groundwater.

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