Title | Western Oregon Streams: Report on Floods of December 1955 |
Publication Type | Report |
Year of Publication | 1956 |
Authors | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Portland District |
Pagination | 85 p. |
Date Published | 1956, Oct. |
Institution | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Portland District, |
City | Portland, Or. |
Call Number | OSU Libraries: Valley GB1225.O7 A2 |
Keywords | climate, coastal hazards, Coos River, Coquille River Basin, Cow Creek, Deer Creek, Elk Creek, flooding, hydrology, Lookingglass Creek, Myrtle Creek, Nehalem River, Nestucca River, North Umpqua River, precipitation, Rogue River Basin, Siuslaw River, South Umpqua River, Sutherlin Creek, Tillamook Bay, Umpqua River, Umpqua River Basin, Willamette River Basin |
Notes | This work includes extensive reporting on the December, 1955 floods in the Willamette, Umpqua, Rogue and Coquille basins, with brief reports on damage to Nehalem River, Tillamook Bay, Nestucca, Siuslaw and Coos River areas. Over 2 million dollars worth of damage was done in the Umpqua River Basin, mostly to farmland. Fold-out charts. |
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