Great Flood of 1862 - Wikipedia
The Great Flood of 1862 was the largest flood in the recorded history of California, Oregon, and Nevada, inundating the western United States and portions of British Columbia and Mexico. It was preceded by weeks of continuous rains and snows that began in Oregon in November 1861 and continued into January 1862.
100 years later - PressReader
Jan 22, 2016 · Yuma is a city that’s known for its relatively deep ties to the past, especially compared to other cities in Arizona and throughout the Southwest. But much of what was here a hundred years ago was wiped out by the most devastating of a series of floods which overtook the town near the convergence of two desert rivers.
California Megaflood: Lessons from a Forgotten Catastrophe
Jan 1, 2013 · Arizona was also impacted: floods occurred in the Gila, Verde, Bright Angel and Colorado River basins between January 19 and 23, 1862, and flooding was severe in Yuma, destroying the city.
AND THE YUMA INDIANS The history of Yuma, the city as we know it today, probably had its beginnings between the years 1854 and 1 1861. But the history of the vicinity around the junction of the Gila and Colorado Rivers, where the modern Yuma is located, may be traced back to the days of the early ex plorers in 1540.
Great Flood of 1861 - 1862. Myths: confirmed or busted ? Snow melt caused flood.
Colorado River--Flood Inundation Below Yuma — Calisphere
Scope/Content: Flooding of the Colorado River below Yuma, Arizona. Technique: Scanned using a Sinar x view camera with Schneider APO-Componon 150mm lens and Better Light Super 8K-2 digital scanning camera insert, 8-bit RGB at 800 ppi. Type.
Flood in Yuma | Arizona Memory Project
Flood in Yuma . Expand/collapse. Descriptive. Publisher Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records. History and Archives Division. Subject Floods--Arizona--Yuma Yuma (Ariz.) Colorado River (Ariz.) Description Photograph of a flood in Yuma (Ariz.).
Historical Arizona Storms of the 20th Century - National Weather Service
In early 1916, the flow on the Gila River around Yuma is estimated to have reached 200,000 cubic feet per second; a record which probably will never be broken as reservoirs on the Gila, Salt, and Verde rivers now greatly reduce the flow at Yuma even during the most serious flooding.
Great Flood of 1862 - Ancestry
From late 1861 to early 1862, the worst flood in the history of the American West devastated the coast and spilled inland. A storm of biblical proportions inundated the Pacific Coast and spilled inland during the winter of 1861.
Major Storms and Floods in Arizona 1862-1977 - Arizona Memory …
Part Of Climatological publications : Precipitation series Creator Arizona Office of the State Climatologist Contributor Robert W. Durrenberger Robert S. Ingram United States National Weather Service Publisher Arizona Office of the State Climatologist Report Number 4 Subject Floods--arizona Storms--Arizona Climatology--Arizona Date Original ...
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