Two aerial photographs depict the bluff overlooking the Anchor River from different years. The topmost image from 2022 shows the extensive erosion of this bluff, compared to the aerial photo taken in 2006, with much less erosion.

Erosion occurred from several large landslide events throughout the 16-year period. The river channel cut into the toe of the hillside, both gradually with normal flow, and very aggressively during floods, undercutting the bluff above making it less stable. Then, combined with rains and saturated soil conditions, the hillside released, certainly spectacularly, dropping trees, soil, sand and sediment into the river, where it was eventually carried away by the current.