Heavy vegetation and urbanization can be seen especially behind the house where erosion was occurring. Here, chicken wire enclosed gravel of about 50mm diameter in an attempt to prevent further erosion even though the river is capable of transporting clasts many times larger than 50mm. Ivy partially covered a cement wall on the other side of the river. 35 Redwood Creek near Napa, on the upstream side of the Hendry Ranch, about 450 meters upstream from the old gage site. November 19, 1983.
Photograph looks upstream.
Photograph taken during a light rain. Despite the small size of the creek, the great size of the transported material can be seen. Clast sizes ranged up to greater than 256mm in diameter. The stream is in a rural area not greatly affected by urbanization. The vegetation is fairly thick often adding to the roughness of the stream.