Truckee fault to be mapped
By Barbara Barte Osborn, Sacramento Bee
Geologists from two national engineering firms will begin mapping the recently identified Polaris earthquake fault near Truckee.
Martis Creek Dam – plagued by seepage as well as the fault – has been deemed one of the riskiest of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ 610 dams nationwide and is the subject of a long-term study and remedial efforts.
Kleinfelder and AMEC-Geomatrix will be paid $250,000 for their part of the continuing study of the dam in Martis Valley, which lies between Truckee and North Lake Tahoe.
