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GLIDE Record
(8284 of 8305)
Event:
LS Land Slide
Number:
1983-000002
Country:
USA United States
Location:
Thistle, UT
Date (YMD):
1983-4-15
Time:
Duration:
Magnitude:
Information Source:
NCDC
Comments:
Unusually late snowmelt combined with precipitation in mid to late April caused a massive landslide that dammed the Spanish Fork River and created Thistle lake. The lake flooded and destroyed the town of Thistle.
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