IX. Summit Road Area, Santa Cruz Mountains

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55. Crack system with 1.2 m (4 ft) of vertical displacement across a clay tennis court; fracture passes across retaining wall and up slope beyond view. West of Summit Road, southeast of Highway 17. [H.G. Wilshire, U.S. Geological Survey]

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56. A crack system destroys driveway adjacent to summit road 0.8 km (1/2 mi) southeast of Highway 17. [J.K. Nakata, U.S. Geological Survey]

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57. A geologist traces surface cracks in a corral adjacent to summit road approximately 1.6 km (1 mi) southeast of Highway 17. [J.K. Nakata, U.S. Geological Survey]

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58. Northwest-trending extensional crack where dam fill settled about 0.6 m (2 ft) and pulled away from concrete spillway and north abutment of Austrian Dam. [R.J. McLaughlin, U.S. Geological Survey]

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59. Prominent northwest-trending extensional cracks up to 12 cm (4.7 in.) wide in concrete spillway to Austrian Dam, north abutment. [G.R. Fisher, U.S. Geological Survey]