Riverton landslide comes within 10 feet of home


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RIVERTON — A landslide came within about 10 feet of a home Thursday afternoon, fire officials said.

A 30-by-30-foot slab of ground shifted about 20 feet down a sloping grass field separating two sections of homes near 1100 West and 125000 South, Unified Fire Authority paramedic Rob Morley said.

One homeowner will be displaced overnight as a precaution, Morley said.

The landslide came to rest about 10 feet from the back deck of a home, he said. The affected ground was "pretty moist," Morley said.

The slide occurred around 2 p.m. No homes sustained damage, and nobody was injured.

Riverton city engineers were still working Thursday night to determine the source of the water found in the landslide. The local homeowners association hired a private plumbing contractor to also examine possible sources, Morley said.

Firefighters believe the ground in the area was stabilized after the initial incident, meaning other landslides in the near future are unlikely. Engineers put stakes in the ground and measured their exact GPS coordinates and will do so again to detect any movement, Morley said.

Contributing: Ashley Kewish

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