Building the NM&RC

[Sumpter250]

A couple of months ago there was a landslide at the neighbour's property just under 100 meters away, and several tons of soil went down into the river and almost blocked it completely. The neighbours were evacuated, and geologists came to survey the situation. In case the ground conditions here was the same as at the neighbour's property, we were strongly advised against putting any more load on top of our back yard, as it could cause the entire slope down towards the river to collapse! So much for our plans to fill the inside of the layout with all the sand and gravel we had piled up in the driveway...Anyway, we talked to our other neighbour, who had assisted in building our house back in 1955, and he could inform us that there had been another landslide at the neighbours earlier, just a couple of years after their house was built (also in 1955). Even though the slope towards the river is much steeper at our place, there had never been any indications of any movement in the ground, and apparently our ground conditions are a lot more stable than at the neighbours place.

Folk up in Wisconsin refer to us here in Illinois, as "Flatlanders"

There is one benefit to being a "Flatlander" We don't have to worry about "Landslides" AND
we spend less on Gasoline, not having to drive UP-hill

Happy to hear you are on more stable ground, and, are taking the precautions to reduce any risk.