Talk:Mussel Rock

Additional TODOs: History, geology, infobox
Expanding on my below TODO section. These are notes to myself as I slowly expand this page, or other interested editors. Additions that may be nice:


 * Geology section
 * More detail toward the several faults, active rift zone
 * Geomorphology changes, esp. 1906, 1957, and 1989 earthquakes
 * Neighboring formations, seasonal marsh
 * History section
 * Paper on Mori Point includes references to pre-recorded history in area: https://www.nps.gov/goga/learn/historyculture/upload/San-Mateo-HRS-Part-IV-Mori-Point.pdf
 * 1200 Ohlone settlement Ompuromo
 * 1776-1807 Mission Dolores, capture of Ohlone people
 * 1839 Rancho San Pedro
 * 1847 American occupation
 * 1870 Nursery
 * 1875 Tobin's Tunnel
 * 1905 Ocean Shore Railway Company
 * 1906 SF Earthquake damages
 * 1926 Cpt. Dollar wireless radio station
 * 1941-1943: WWII era bunkers built
 * Shipwreck of Bark Gifford (SLSA 1903)
 * Landfill 1957
 * 1980 landfill slippage into ocean
 * 198x Ohlone Village interpretive trail, historic site proposal
 * 1988 Mussel Rock Park established
 * 2000 assessment to mitigate future damages

It may also be worth converting the infobox to Template:Infobox rockunit instead of the current Island infobox template may only be accurate in a very technical sense. Or maybe some kind of region or city template? Please let me know if you are aware of what infobox is appropriate for the sometimes-populated area surrounding a geological formation.

Catleeball (talk) 01:54, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

TODO: Ecological importance, Landfill
Currently the wiki page does not address that Mussel Rock Park is atop a now-defunct landfill, and that due to being in an active landslide and a subduction zone, the landfill has actively leaked garbage for several decades into the sea and the beach. Further, the continued erosion of the sea bluffs and the potential for earthquakes puts the landfill at high risk for a catastrophic breach, emptying an estimated 1 million cubic yards of waste into the ocean.

I'm planning to continue expanding this article today and over the next few days. There's several interesting geological and ecological papers concerning this particular landfill, as well as USGS, state, and city survey data that I'm hoping to cite.

Of course, if anyone around is motivated to make additions, please do! :)

Resource link dump:


 * Heiser thesis
 * 2018 county assessment
 * PBC cleanups
 * 2010 SF Gate news article
 * USGS catalogue search
 * USGS pp993

Catleeball (talk) 22:10, 4 January 2021 (UTC)


 * Wow -- I was not aware of this. I would like to add this in the next few days if I can. Theearlygrey (talk) 05:05, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

Page move / disambiguation
For some reason, this page got moved to Mussel Rock (stack) and a new stub article was created in its place. That page move was unnecessary -- a parenthetical disambiguation is only needed when there are two or more articles with the same main name, referring to different things. That is not the case here. There is no need for disambiguation or a redirect. Please do not move pages without discussion and consensus on the talk page. Thanks, --MCB 19:33, 26 October 2007 (UTC)