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Album caption and index card: Madison River below the landslide. The outlet channel across the slide dam at this time had been lowered about 50 feet from its original position, thus draining part of Earthquake Lake. View upstream from site of gage 1. Montana earthquake area, Montana. October 28, 1959. Photo no. 5 published as figure 93-A in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 435. 1964.
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Album caption and index card: Hebgen Lake earthquake. This photograph, taken on the morning of August 18, shows an overtuned Cadillac along the Red Canyon fault scarp where it crosses U.S. Highway 191 near the Duck Creek Motel. The owner of this Cadillac and his family had spend the night at the Duck Creek Motel, and were awakened by the earthquake. The man panicked and rushed his family into the Cadillac. He decided to go to West Yellowstone and began driving south. He drove approximately 500 feet greatly increasing his speed unaware of the fault scrap. The car plummeted off the fault scrap, landed on its side, and overturned. The family, bruised and shaken, crawled out of the car; no one seriously injured. They...
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Album caption and index card: Earthquake-generated landslide at Hebgen Lake. Madison County, Montana. ca. 1959. (Photo by U.S. Forest Service). Published as Figure 1, on page 28, in U.S. Geological Survey. Earthquake Information Bulletin, v. 9, no. 2. March-April, 1977.
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Album caption and index card: Row of sand spouts with two principal craters on emergent floor of Hebgen Lake. The row of sand spouts is on trace fault with downdropped block to the right. The fault displacement of about two feet is masked by the movement of saturated silt with the recession of the lake water. The craters were formed after the shore emerged and thus were not destroyed by lake waves. Tobacco can gives scale. Lake Hebgen earthquake. Gallatin County, Montana. 1959. Published as Figure 96 in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional Paper 435. 1964.
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Index card: Red Canyon fault scarp along the south flank of Kirkwood Ridge. View is northwestward. Note the way the fault scarp moves up the slope of the hill shown on the left side of photo as it outlines the colluvial debris. Red band along crest of ridge is the Amsden Formation. Hebgen Lake earthquake, Gallatin County, Montana. August 1959.
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Typed information on back of photograph: (Nile) 8/18/59, about 7:00 a.m. House just east of the Highway 191 and north of Duck Creek, showing damage to garage, mostly caused by the falling chimney.
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Index card: Regrettably this photograph does not show the feature as well as one would wish. A gravel pile established by the Montana Highway Department was jostled about by the earthquake and as a result compacted the ground below it to form a big, broad, shallow depression. Hebgen Lake earthquake, Montana. August 1959.
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Album caption and index card: Blowhole plus exhaled sand. Note fracture control of blowhole. Near Lake Hebgen Lodge. Montana earthquake area. Gallatin County, Montana. August 1959.
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Typed information on back of photograph: (Nile) 9/8/59. The crack mentioned in #50 (nsw00050). However it merely looks like a trail through the grass in the right quarter of the picture in this picture. It was all very marshy.
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Typed information on back of photograph: (Hall) 8/21/59. A stereo pair of the slide taken from the same hill as in S (hall_s).
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Typed information on back of photograph: (Nile) 9/7/59. Corey Spring on Grayling arm of the lake at the left. At least three levels of fault scarps can be seen near the middle of the picture.
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Typed information on back of photograph: (Nile) 9/5/59. Dr. S.W. Nile walking along the upper edge of the fault scarp at Culligan's. The bridge was made by putting concrete over four boilers with their ends cut out.
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Handwritten information on back of photograph: Disruption of road into state highway shops, NW of West Yellowstone. Hebgen Lake Earthquake, 1959.
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Index card: Emergent shore line of Hebgen Lake. This view is looking westward at exposed south shore. Hebgen Lake earthquake. Gallatin County, Montana. August 1959.
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Index card: Submerged north shore of Hebgen Lake. The trees, which once outlined part of Lakeside Motel, are now partly buried by the northward displacement of the lake. The house just behind the trees had begun to slip into the lake even as this picture was being taken. View is eastward. Hebgen Lake earthquake, Gallatin County, Montana. August 1959.
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Album caption and index card: Hebgen Lake fault, near Kirkwood Creek (?) simple fault scarp. Montana earthquake area. Gallatin County, Montana. August 1959.
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Album caption and index card: Collapsed culvert across Grayling Creek at Blarneystone Ranch. Montana earthquake area. Gallatin County, Montana. August 1959.
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Index card: The source area of the slide. View is southeastward. The mountain crest is about 1,300 feet above the valley floor, and part of the mountain slid northeastward into the valley. Part of dolomite buttress is in lower right corner of photograph. At the bottom of the photograph is a segment of the parking area constructed on the slide by the U.S. Forest Service as part of their Madison River Canyon Earthquake Area. A new highway (Montana Highway 499) now follows the Madison Canyon southwestward parallel to Earthquake Lake and across the Madison slide. Hebgen Lake earthquake. Montana. August 1959.


map background search result map search result map Close-up of collapsed culvert across Grayling Creek at Blarneystone Ranch. Gallatin County, Montana. 1959. View of an overturned Cadillac along the Red Canyon fault scarp. Hebgen Lake Earthquake. Gallatin County, Montana. 1959. Emergent shore line of Hebgen Lake. Hebgen Lake, Gallatin County, Montana Earthquake. 1959. Southeastward view of the source area of the slide. Hebgen Lake, Gallatin County, Montana Earthquake. 1959. View northwestward of the Red Canyon fault scarp along the south flank of Kirkwood Range. Hebgen Lake, Gallatin County, Montana Earthquake. 1995. Submerged north shore of Hebgen Lake. Hebgen Lake, Gallatin County, Montana Earthquake. 1959. A gravel pile established by the Montana Highway Department compacted to create a big, broad, shallow depression. Hebgen Lake, Montana Earthquake. 1959. Sand spout, Hebgen Lake earthquake. Montana. 1960. Stereo view of the slide. Hebgen Lake, Montana Earthquake. 1959. House just east of the Highway 191 with garage damage due to falling chimney. Hebgen Lake, Montana Earthquake. 1959. Madison River below the landslide. Montana. 1959. Disruption of road caused by earthquake. Hebgen Lake, Montana Earthquake, 1959. Hebgen Lake fault, near Kirkwood Creek. Gallatin County, Montana. 1959. Dr. S.W. Nile walking along the upper edge of the fault scarp at Culligan's. Hebgen Lake, Montana Earthquake. 1959. Sapphire Pool, located in Yellowstone National Park, just after eruption. Hebgen Lake, Montana Earthquake. 1959. Corey Spring. Hebgen Lake, Montana Earthquake. 1959. A large crack along the shore of Henry's Lake. Hebgen Lake, Montana Earthquake. 1959. Blowhole plus exhaled sand. Gallatin County, Montana. 1959. Row of sand spouts with two principal craters on emergent floor of Hebgen Lake. Hebgen Lake, Gallatin County, Montana Earthquake. 1959. Earthquake-generated landslide at Hebgen Lake. Hebgen Lake, Madison County, Montana Earthquake. Circa 1959. Close-up of collapsed culvert across Grayling Creek at Blarneystone Ranch. Gallatin County, Montana. 1959. View of an overturned Cadillac along the Red Canyon fault scarp. Hebgen Lake Earthquake. Gallatin County, Montana. 1959. Emergent shore line of Hebgen Lake. Hebgen Lake, Gallatin County, Montana Earthquake. 1959. View northwestward of the Red Canyon fault scarp along the south flank of Kirkwood Range. Hebgen Lake, Gallatin County, Montana Earthquake. 1995. Submerged north shore of Hebgen Lake. Hebgen Lake, Gallatin County, Montana Earthquake. 1959. Sand spout, Hebgen Lake earthquake. Montana. 1960. Disruption of road caused by earthquake. Hebgen Lake, Montana Earthquake, 1959. Hebgen Lake fault, near Kirkwood Creek. Gallatin County, Montana. 1959. Blowhole plus exhaled sand. Gallatin County, Montana. 1959. Row of sand spouts with two principal craters on emergent floor of Hebgen Lake. Hebgen Lake, Gallatin County, Montana Earthquake. 1959. Earthquake-generated landslide at Hebgen Lake. Hebgen Lake, Madison County, Montana Earthquake. Circa 1959. Southeastward view of the source area of the slide. Hebgen Lake, Gallatin County, Montana Earthquake. 1959. A gravel pile established by the Montana Highway Department compacted to create a big, broad, shallow depression. Hebgen Lake, Montana Earthquake. 1959. Stereo view of the slide. Hebgen Lake, Montana Earthquake. 1959. House just east of the Highway 191 with garage damage due to falling chimney. Hebgen Lake, Montana Earthquake. 1959. Madison River below the landslide. Montana. 1959. Dr. S.W. Nile walking along the upper edge of the fault scarp at Culligan's. Hebgen Lake, Montana Earthquake. 1959. Corey Spring. Hebgen Lake, Montana Earthquake. 1959. A large crack along the shore of Henry's Lake. Hebgen Lake, Montana Earthquake. 1959. Sapphire Pool, located in Yellowstone National Park, just after eruption. Hebgen Lake, Montana Earthquake. 1959.