Large Flash Flood / Debris Flow Buckskin Wash / Gulch 2013

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    This is a rather large flash flood with a debris plug at the front heading down Buckskin Wash which eventually dumps into the Buckskin Gulch about 10 miles further downstream. If you can imagine this going though a slot canyon, probably wouldn't be a pleasant experience.
    Shot August 30th, 2013 in Southern Utah.
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  • @david5372
    @david5372 9 років тому +41

    To ALL our Loyal Commenters: I am a commenter, too; but I have to say, after 10+ years on UA-cam, that Rankin Studios puts out the highest-quality, best shot videos of flash floods I have seen in my time here.
    He doesn't put out any fluff, just describes what we are about to see, then gets OUT OF THE WAY of the actual video! We enjoy it for its simplicity, the craftsmanship of the shot angles, the LINGERING of a specific scene until complete (rather than jumping from one item to another!!), and being patient enough for the event to run its course. This is something that ALL video up-loaders should (IMO) take note of. We are here to click on videos, to learn from them, enjoy them, and not get caught up in the mistakes (i.e., mistakes in craftsmanship, quality of the film upon release, etc. ) of the finished product.
    For those of us who are narrow-minded, judgmental, or just plain idiots, there is a solution -- go to the next video! We don't need your feces on ANY web video comment page! It's not classy, and it shows your level of "sincerity" of thought, if any thinking exists!
    For the rest of us, please take a page from Rankin Studios -- learn -- practice the craft -- and be exalted on the UA-cam Forum!!
    Peace

    • @chasbodaniels1744
      @chasbodaniels1744 4 роки тому +1

      @david5372 Great observations. I’ll bet the majority of us here appreciate this work, for exactly the reasons you mentioned.

    • @estelleschneider9033
      @estelleschneider9033 3 роки тому

      I would like to know how those filming KNOW this deluge of water is coming at the specific time to the WASH???

    • @david5372
      @david5372 3 роки тому +2

      @@estelleschneider9033 IDK for sure, but common sense tells me that Rankin Watches the weather. He already knows when the flood bottoms will be filled, and where they are. When he goes out, he LISTENS for the roar of the water (Not hard to hear in desert country!). He has great experience in filming floods; he knows what mistakes he has made, and he knows what location is best for his desired shots.
      Obviously, there's a lot more to it that I don't know. Suffice it to say the guy is a MASTER at what he does.

    • @msruag
      @msruag 2 роки тому

      @@estelleschneider9033 he either calculates it or just records until the flood comes and cut the extra stuff out.

    • @david5372
      @david5372 Рік тому

      @@msruag While I appreciate your observation, let's not over-think the methods. Sometimes the images will describe themselves. Watching and appreciating that segment may very well let you know all that you need to know.

  • @elainebmack
    @elainebmack 6 років тому +5

    Well done David Rankin. Your work allows the viewer to appreciate the power of nature without silly music, screaming, talk, etc.

  • @murraythet
    @murraythet 4 роки тому +5

    Your videos are AWESOME, in the true sense of the word. Vacationed in Nevada countless times & was aware of the flash flood warnings, but never imagined the floods coming down the washes as black walls of debris. Thanks for documenting it all.

  • @clayguy1
    @clayguy1 10 років тому +152

    Thank you for not adding music... I love the sound .. thank you again

    • @rankinstudio
      @rankinstudio  9 років тому +16

      I don't like to have music on this stuff. Trying to capture the raw natrual expereince. Thanks!

    • @clayguy1
      @clayguy1 9 років тому +3

      rankinstudio Great.. thanks for the amazing videos...

    • @Calling321
      @Calling321 9 років тому +3

      the sound is rather soothing

    • @msbookercat
      @msbookercat 9 років тому +5

      David Lemon Ditto on the actual sound of nature instead of some dumb music.

    • @clayguy1
      @clayguy1 9 років тому +4

      Vic Lemon I just watched it again.. Nature at work and the sound of the flood is so amazing

  • @TheAndrealee01
    @TheAndrealee01 10 років тому +22

    Nice, high quality.. great close up views and very little talking. Perfect!

  • @updownstate
    @updownstate 4 роки тому +1

    I love the loud chaotic sound of a flash flood. My favorites are the ones with bouncing boulders. Rock on!

  • @3enjoy3
    @3enjoy3 9 років тому +4

    Some spectacular videos! It's mesmerising watching the wave of debris push forward. I saw a stick once in a river here in England wreaking havoc as it flowed downstream. Absolute carnage it was lol.

  • @noragodley1270
    @noragodley1270 3 роки тому +3

    I’m fascinated by your videos. Thank you for getting us all out there to see such a sight! My favorite is the debris wall... stay safe!

  • @AH6OY
    @AH6OY 8 років тому +8

    Nice setup to catch the flow. Happy it wasn't high taking your cameras :). Same compliment on no music with thank you very much.

  • @riparianlife97701
    @riparianlife97701 10 років тому +5

    It's cool to see a dramatic, natural event that is pretty much unaltered by man-made structures. With the exception of the 1 tire, this is pretty much something you could have witnessed 100,000 years ago.

  • @geraldfrost4710
    @geraldfrost4710 Рік тому +1

    Excellent set of views of the debris flow of a flash flood.
    And yet, there's a bolder at the 2:00 mark that hints at far greater floods...

  • @rankinstudio
    @rankinstudio  11 років тому +8

    I filmed one on July 18th. I had to intercept a few hikers about 10 minutes before the flood came down and inform them that hiking in the wash was a bad idea that day. On the up side, these folks from Holland got a show that day they wont soon forget :)

  • @DeeLightfulCo
    @DeeLightfulCo 11 років тому +1

    You have got to explain how you know to be there at just the right time seeing the very beginning of the flood. Amazing footage.

  • @lindajohnsen5170
    @lindajohnsen5170 6 років тому +2

    Great - no awesome video with superb shots! Angles were great, like the viewer was about to be swept up into the flood! Thanks for leaving the sounds natural, made it so much more impressive than music!! You are a video artist! 🤗

  • @EUCREIOSIM63
    @EUCREIOSIM63 7 років тому +1

    If this video was 1 hour long I would watch from the beginning to the end. Great video thnx for sharing.

  • @uncle1886
    @uncle1886 7 років тому +2

    This is incredibly cool. I love being in awe of such enormous power.

  • @rjlewis9999
    @rjlewis9999 8 років тому

    Question for any volcanologist types out there. Isn't this essentially what a lahar mudflow secondary effect from an eruption would look like? Lahars are basically rivers of mud created by snow melted by lava and they're filled with trees and rocks and other debris. They have the consistency of cement. Can be just as dangerous as a lava flow.

    • @rankinstudio
      @rankinstudio  6 років тому

      Yes, just scaled up a lot larger than this.

  • @daveeyes
    @daveeyes 10 років тому +10

    Thank you very much for posting this!
    This is quite remarkable...

  • @wildbirdsandbeyond
    @wildbirdsandbeyond 10 років тому +1

    Great video! Absolutely amazing and creepy and the same time! Just the sound of the debris flow is enough to give you the chills! Great shots of it initially coming right towards you down dry ground. I can't imagine seeing something like that coming towards me!

    • @rankinstudio
      @rankinstudio  9 років тому

      Thanks! - They have fascinated me for years.

  • @freeamericausa1
    @freeamericausa1 10 років тому

    Amazing shots. Proving how anyone who takes Mother Nature for granted, and laughs at feeling superior, and smarter...really have no idea what they are talking about. Thanks for allowing us to see it.

  • @rankinstudio
    @rankinstudio  11 років тому +3

    Right on, I have a degree in geology as well. I understand geologic time well, but relative to our lifespans those floods are rare ;) The odds of me filming one are slim to none. Also, the flood I filmed was a good size flood for that basin, easily could kill someone. It would be cool to see one big enough to overwhelm the slot below for sure.

  • @bb1040
    @bb1040 6 років тому +3

    Just a question..where does all that debris finally end up, for a desert area, there seems to be a lot of large logs, that could be used for firewood, if collected and stacked someplace ......

  • @pip12111
    @pip12111 7 років тому +23

    alway has to be a tire in there

  • @johnhiram1207
    @johnhiram1207 11 років тому

    Just great video. You should win an award for how this is filmed.

  • @sandraleishman878
    @sandraleishman878 6 років тому +2

    Can you show the end where the debris pils up once in a while please?

  • @barbrn
    @barbrn 2 роки тому

    4/7/22 That was SO good I had to watch it again! Great filming!

  • @jpstenino
    @jpstenino 9 років тому +1

    Really appreciate how you hold the camera.

  • @GaelynOlmsted
    @GaelynOlmsted 11 років тому

    Yet another amazing video of the power of water. Glad you were able to stop those hikers.

  • @megdel8
    @megdel8 7 років тому

    Really well filmed! Not a lot of talking or music. Awesome!!!

  • @honjarvey
    @honjarvey 11 років тому

    ah, 'rare' to me probably means something different than to you. i'm a geologist; for my master's i studied the flood deposits along kitchen corral/buckskin wash. the floodplain you were filming from has been deposited by repeated mid-size floods since ~1940, and there have been a few dozen giant floods over the past 2000 years that totally overwhelmed the water-handling capacity of the slot canyon downstream (and left giant stacks of sediment along the canyon walls).

  • @YusakuJon3
    @YusakuJon3 7 років тому +4

    Did I just see a discarded tire @ 2:33?
    Either way, I certainly wouldn't want to
    be caught in that channel with this
    much debris flowing down at me.

  • @GrimReaper-ly8zk
    @GrimReaper-ly8zk 6 років тому +1

    And kids this is why you don't camp in a dry creek bed. This comes through while you're in your tent fast asleep you will definitely get a splinter.

    • @dirtydancingdk
      @dirtydancingdk 5 років тому

      I knew a couplé who got stuk in a stream Between cars.
      Then came the came the flash floods.
      The wife drowend in the rotation car. RIP

  • @awdammit1
    @awdammit1 10 років тому +6

    thank you, i have always wondered what a flash flood looks like. living in Texas i get to see a lot of the aftermath.

  • @jayway2126
    @jayway2126 5 років тому

    You have the best videos of all. They give me great nightmares !

  • @rankinstudio
    @rankinstudio  11 років тому

    Yes, I was impressed by that also. There were some rather large cottonwood limbs in this flood. The thing at 2:18 looks like part of a tree base, where the roots start. Thanks, I'll stay safe :)

  • @craigstape1987
    @craigstape1987 10 років тому +6

    Spot the random tyre lol
    Awesome shots dude

  • @drpkhouse
    @drpkhouse 11 років тому

    Buckskin Gulch is a classic site for flood stratigraphy studies in the SW.

  • @dannyruiz6868
    @dannyruiz6868 4 роки тому +2

    Even on a nice Sunny Day, if you're camping in a dry wash, you need to see what the weather is around the surrounding area. If there is a storm in the distance or on a mountain. Get away from any dry wash. In fact...just don't camp there.

  • @jimtheriac7249
    @jimtheriac7249 5 років тому +2

    Where does all the trash end up ?

  • @honjarvey
    @honjarvey 11 років тому

    Indeed! Perhaps you got another shot at it tonight? I see that KCW/buckskin is currently under another FF warning...lots of action this year!

  • @Radionut
    @Radionut 8 років тому +2

    how do you know where these things are going to be? Through prior experience? These are great videos by the way

  • @davestark5560
    @davestark5560 9 років тому +5

    WOW, awesome video. Its amazing what mother nature can do. Thank you for posting.

  • @hebneh
    @hebneh 9 років тому +20

    At times, the flood resembles cookies 'n' cream ice cream, with a dusting of crushed Oreos on top.

  • @wtglb
    @wtglb 11 років тому +1

    and that's all from storms miles away, right? Fascinatjng!

  • @gggreggg
    @gggreggg 8 років тому +1

    where does the debris end up downstream??? is there a mountain of stuff at the terminous?

  • @unclealbert7689
    @unclealbert7689 9 років тому +49

    is this a regular thing? great vid also thanks for the no music

    • @rankinstudio
      @rankinstudio  9 років тому +9

      uncle albert It happens all over the southwest every monsoon season :)

    • @richardpaul3388
      @richardpaul3388 7 років тому

      uncle albert square 7u

    • @uncle1886
      @uncle1886 7 років тому +2

      rankinstudio one thing I'm curious about; if it's a natural occurrence, why are there always so many sticks and dead trees? You'd think they'd be collected at the sides and the end...but so many always with the flow!? It's just curious the shear amount that manage to gather in its path.

    • @joso8801
      @joso8801 6 років тому +1

      i imagine the winds of the monsoon would throw branches and trees and debris all over the place, to then be picked up by the water and the cycle continues...

    • @cleanwillie1307
      @cleanwillie1307 4 роки тому +1

      @@uncle1886 While these events are not uncommon, they happen in different places so that the same location may not see a flash flood for a couple of years so there is plenty of time for an accumulation of sticks, branches, etc for the flood to pick up. It is pretty awesome to see all that debris material flowing along at the head of the flood. You surely would not want to be caught up in it.

  • @AllisWell-qs8kk
    @AllisWell-qs8kk 3 роки тому

    Beautifully filmed!

  • @stevenmonster
    @stevenmonster 11 років тому

    The size of the trees in those debris flows is astounding. Also, the colour of the flow is strangely dark considering the surroundings. I have been wondering about foreign objects you might see in the flows, there is an odd shaped thing at 2:18, though it might be the upper of a tree, and then the tyre not long after, which is just punished when it eventually emerges. Amazing. Some of those branches are scraping and overlapping the edges, which is a worry, stay safe David.

  • @gggreggg
    @gggreggg 11 років тому +2

    i watch your videos frequently, but i would like to see where all this debris finally ends up. does it flow into a river and keep going? does it get deposited in some gigantic debris pile at the end of the wash????
    thanks

  • @StarTrekDragon1701
    @StarTrekDragon1701 10 років тому +1

    GREAT footage, I applaud you!

  • @N-Scale
    @N-Scale 7 років тому

    People can never get over the fact that an arroyo can fill in seconds with a blue sky where you are.
    Mike Fifer
    Las Cruces New Mexico

  • @miss.g-shun-w
    @miss.g-shun-w 10 років тому +1

    I love videos like this.

  • @elkhunter8664
    @elkhunter8664 10 років тому +2

    OK. I am totally creeped out. I have experienced plenty of flash floods in southern Arizona, but they don't form their own damn and sneak up on you. Ours , you get a trickle of water, quickly escalating into a full blown flood. But if you have any sense you will not get surprised by them. This is just insane. Honestly, I might have nightmares tonight. Great video.

    • @steveo601
      @steveo601 6 років тому

      If anybody had been in the Gultch for this one that would have been it. Prob 30 feet high through the slot. Then flushed down the Paria river.

  • @gggreggg
    @gggreggg 10 років тому +1

    where does all the debris end up?

  • @djc6nk
    @djc6nk 10 років тому +1

    Good Job. So VERY cool. It is so awesome to see the debris head going over the dry sand. It is like Lava or something. Very mesmerizing. Oh, the blob...

    • @rankinstudio
      @rankinstudio  9 років тому +1

      Thanks! Nothing like seeing it in person.

  • @Clearanceman2
    @Clearanceman2 8 років тому +3

    "Oh, what a great place to camp, so smooth and flat!"

  • @rankinstudio
    @rankinstudio  11 років тому

    This is hardly a baby by any standards. It was carrying full size tree trunks like toys. Very rarely do they get larger than this in this wash.

  • @honjarvey
    @honjarvey 11 років тому

    ah, my old stomping grounds...i spent a lot of time there hoping to see one of these come through. still a baby by buckskin standards, but cool to see nonetheless. thanks for sharing!

  • @stephenwilliams4501
    @stephenwilliams4501 9 років тому +3

    Wow, strangely unnerving, more so with it being a dark mass, moving with such determination.

  • @RodrigoMJ32
    @RodrigoMJ32 10 років тому +6

    saw the tire going by, I was like wtf lol impressive

  • @Wayoutthere
    @Wayoutthere 7 років тому

    Thank you for these amazing videos.

  • @InvitingShores
    @InvitingShores 10 років тому

    Been there last October. It was a harmless valley. Nothing to fear. I'm impressed how there's a real kind of a shock wave with all the debris.
    On your video the weather seems fine. Has there been a warning for hikers before, not to enter the gulch?

  • @ELECTRONBIS
    @ELECTRONBIS 10 років тому

    Qu'elle chance d'avoir pu filmer ça !

  • @Shizenpoop
    @Shizenpoop 10 років тому

    Wow man your vids are insane, water scares the hell out of me!! So much power

  • @tjmaximus4187
    @tjmaximus4187 10 років тому +1

    It doesn't even look like water, so cool

  • @vtkrey
    @vtkrey 9 років тому +1

    That is pretty awesome!

  • @KalenoStar
    @KalenoStar 10 років тому +2

    blessing from nicaragua..!!! NICE VIDEO..!!!

  • @signal44
    @signal44 10 років тому

    This is really shocking , living in Florida , flash floods are common , but we are so flat it just spreads evenly and with so many canals it drains just as fast.
    About how far away was the actual rain fall ?
    Thanks

  • @donnag4940
    @donnag4940 8 років тому

    I have never seen anything like this before. Unbelievable!

  • @doreengeldenhuys7363
    @doreengeldenhuys7363 3 роки тому

    Thankyou so much for your answer.

  • @DeLasCumbres2
    @DeLasCumbres2 9 років тому +9

    Wow, beautiful filming!! ;)

  • @WHJeffB
    @WHJeffB 6 років тому

    That's a lot of debris! Cool video...

  • @johnpriset9273
    @johnpriset9273 3 роки тому

    great shots!

  • @rankinstudio
    @rankinstudio  11 років тому

    Yeah, it's an amazing place. There is a middle route to get in and film but it would have been dark by the time the flood showed up.

  • @ytcarol
    @ytcarol 10 років тому

    Is this Utah? We hiked Buckskin years ago and I always wondered how afraid I should be of a flash flood... nice, thanks.

    • @rankinstudio
      @rankinstudio  9 років тому

      It is in Utah. Same place just further up before it becomes a slot canyon.

  • @bearfoot100
    @bearfoot100 5 років тому +6

    2019 has been a wet year so far. Maybe a Southern Utah flood year.

  • @chickenfriedbobcat6090
    @chickenfriedbobcat6090 6 років тому

    Nice quality. There wouldn't be much left of you after swimming in that for a few miles.

  • @charlestlawson6806
    @charlestlawson6806 8 років тому

    Nice bit of filming ,so far , GOOD.

  • @oBseSsIoNPC
    @oBseSsIoNPC 8 років тому +1

    great footage, beautiful event.

  • @SuperRiverboat
    @SuperRiverboat 10 років тому +1

    Nice plug shot's!

  • @charlesblack2523
    @charlesblack2523 4 роки тому

    That was cool looking. I have never seen that in real life 👍

  • @Joannawysiwyg
    @Joannawysiwyg 11 років тому

    'Nuther good job of filming, David!

  • @scotthayes5933
    @scotthayes5933 4 роки тому +1

    Those floods act like a battering ram!

  • @Joker53150
    @Joker53150 10 років тому

    It would be interesting to see that same flood going through Buckskin Gulch.

    • @rankinstudio
      @rankinstudio  10 років тому

      Right, and dangerous to film! I aim to capture it somehow tho...

  • @rankinstudio
    @rankinstudio  11 років тому +1

    Depending on how active the monsoon season is, it can be 2 - 10 + times a year. Usually in the summer months.

  • @GavCritchley
    @GavCritchley 10 років тому

    Great videos, well shot, really impressive.

  • @VroomBox42
    @VroomBox42 11 років тому

    ok now I see it...sorry for the stupid question and comment.
    again...awesome video!

  • @Echoes911
    @Echoes911 11 років тому

    Another great video! Thanks.

  • @kenbobca
    @kenbobca 8 років тому

    Thank you for sharing Your videos.

  • @davidglaum2538
    @davidglaum2538 5 років тому +1

    When I watch these flash flooding I think it would be great if you could catch all the wood that comes at it head of the food. I bet some of it would be great for arts and crafts. The rest for firewood. Just a thought.

  • @cumbrianrailspotter6154
    @cumbrianrailspotter6154 7 років тому

    love the commentary!

  • @gusgus2539
    @gusgus2539 4 роки тому

    Thank you.

  • @hazcat640
    @hazcat640 3 роки тому

    Might be an interesting film if you knew where 'Buckskin Wash / Gulch' was. As it is not internationally famous I have no idea.

    • @rankinstudio
      @rankinstudio  3 роки тому

      I assure you, it is internationally famous.

  • @irenerhein1902
    @irenerhein1902 6 років тому

    i have a question...WHERE does all that wood and other debrie come from...so much !

  • @propdoctor21564
    @propdoctor21564 10 років тому

    Awesome video !! How long do you usually have to wait around before the flood arrives ?

  • @mefford67
    @mefford67 5 років тому

    *Impressive amount of debris!*

  • @skeets6060
    @skeets6060 6 років тому

    That might be a good place to set up a dry washer after it drys up

  • @hansdekryger7649
    @hansdekryger7649 5 років тому

    I'm guessing that discolored water is from a recent forest fire?

  • @gavingould5158
    @gavingould5158 7 років тому +1

    Anyone else thinking of the river spirit that was in Miyazaki's Spirited Away?

  • @mateuszr23
    @mateuszr23 10 років тому +1

    wow it's fast &powerful. Mother Nature...