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Pictures are hard to see and do not do it a whole lot of justice. We have a significant creek that runs by our detached garage. It drains very fast never a flood issue, the shop sits a few feet above top of creek bank, but with the rains like we had lat week it will get to tops of its banks before it starts going back down. There was an old "retaining wall" in place but come to find out it was only 2 timbers on top of each other.
SO i think a few trees washed down got tangled in some vines as you can see by this picture and basically made a dam. THe water started rushing around it and ate through a huge chunk of ground.
It is about a 10' deep creek. The wash out goes about 8' from the bank toward my garage. SO all in all it is about a 10' deep, 7' wide 8' cut from the creek washout.
As you can see it ate up about 8' from the existing creek bank all the way to the old "set timbers" and it is within about 4' from the slab of my garage.
I am worried if another heavy rain comes it will continue to eat through the already exposed cut.
So here is a little sketch of what I am thinking. It rains about once a year where the creek gets close to the top. So i was thinking of building a retaining wall at the existing edge of creek bank but have it angled back into the actual creek bank on either side then fill it in with quickcrete dirt, or a mixture. I do not think i would make it match the top of the bank though, just about halfway where normal creek currents would run in a mild-heavy rain.
See any issues with this??? would a curved one like this make the water cut more into the other side of it?
SO i think a few trees washed down got tangled in some vines as you can see by this picture and basically made a dam. THe water started rushing around it and ate through a huge chunk of ground.
It is about a 10' deep creek. The wash out goes about 8' from the bank toward my garage. SO all in all it is about a 10' deep, 7' wide 8' cut from the creek washout.
As you can see it ate up about 8' from the existing creek bank all the way to the old "set timbers" and it is within about 4' from the slab of my garage.
I am worried if another heavy rain comes it will continue to eat through the already exposed cut.
So here is a little sketch of what I am thinking. It rains about once a year where the creek gets close to the top. So i was thinking of building a retaining wall at the existing edge of creek bank but have it angled back into the actual creek bank on either side then fill it in with quickcrete dirt, or a mixture. I do not think i would make it match the top of the bank though, just about halfway where normal creek currents would run in a mild-heavy rain.
See any issues with this??? would a curved one like this make the water cut more into the other side of it?
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