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Great Flood of 1938: March Storms Took Big Toll.
California Highways and Public Works Magazine.
Official Journal of the Division of Highways of the California Department of Public Works (Caltrans predecessor)
Vol. 16 No. 4 | April 1938.
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Abstract. Three separate storms during the period December 11 to March 4, damaged State highways and structures to the extent of $8,000,000. December and February storms took their heaviest toll in the northern part of the State, while the March storm concentrated on the southern section. The damage for the entire period, however, was almost equally divided between the two areas. December and March storms, which caused over 90 per cent of the damage, were of three to five days duration and brought rains of cloudburst proportions to the higher altitudes, while establishing record-breaking hourly and daily precipitation records in the valley and coastal regions. The March storm, which this article describes, swept in from a low-pressure area over the Pacific which extended from the Aleutian Islands south to a point about 800 miles west of San Francisco. Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, Ventura, and San Bernardino counties suffered the brunt of its attack.
In This Edition. March Storms Took Big Toll, Illustrated High Waters in Barton Wash Rip Away Wing on Bridge Maintenance Crews of Division of Highways Praised Scenes of Highway Damage in Southern California Pictures of Storm Damage in Los Angeles and San Bernardino Counties Map Showing Locations of Storm Damage in Los Angeles, Ventura and Orange Counties View of Flood Damage in City of San Bernardino Waters of Coyote Creek in Los Angeles and Santa Clara River in Ventura Go on Rampage Damage to Bridges Heavy, Illustrated Map Showing Locations of Damage in San Bernardino and Riverside Counties Picture of Damage on Highway Route 79 Near Fillmore Streams Tear Out Highways in District XI, Illustrated Pictures of Bridges Damaged by Floods Snow Removal to Date Totals One Hundred Million Cubic Yards Pictures of Snow Removal Crews and Equipment on Donner Summit El Camino Real Project in San Diego Dedicated by Governor, Illustrated Views of New Highway Between Oceanside and San Onofre Governor Joins San Diego and Orange Counties in "Wedding" Ceremony Ceremonies Launch Work on Arroyo Seco Highway, Illustrated Snow Removal Crews Commended Bay Bridge is Provided with Air Analyser, Illustrated Elevating Grader Cuts Construction Costs, Illustrated Monthly Report of the Division of Water Resources R.M. Cillis Wins Promotion In Memoriam Charles Stockton Pope - Samuel Alexander Hart
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