Relief Map of The Sutter Buttes

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The Sutter Buttes are a ring of ancient volcanic domes that rise from the floor of the northern Sacramento valley. They are in the same 1 degree by 1 degree ASTER GEDEM tile as the Oroville Dam. - http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2115199 - The GEDEM data was sampled at 3 second intervals to make a relief map. The data, the fortran program that created the data, and the OpenSCAD program that calculated the relief map, are included. "ASTER GEDEM is a product of METI and NASA" Print Settings Printer Brand: MakerBot Printer: MakerBot Replicator (5th Generation) Rafts: Yes Supports: No Resolution: 0.2 mm Notes According to a USGS brochure, https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2011/3024/fs2011-3024.pdf, Dana, who studied the Buttes in 1841, was told that they were a refuge for deer and antelope during the winter flooding of the Sacramento valley. Levee's were soon constructed; their repeated failures led to dam building and a long tiresome history of attempts to control flooding in the Sacramento valley. Three Titan missle silos, situated near the edge of the Buttes, were once on active alert. They were retired in 1965 and have since been removed.