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The Sierra Nevada snowpack is the major source of water and a significant source of electric power generation in California. [46] Many reservoirs were constructed in the canyons of the Sierra throughout the 20th century, Several major aqueducts serving both agriculture and urban areas distribute Sierra water throughout the state.
Member of General Stephen W. Kearny's company, June 22, 1847 News of the Donner Party's fate was spread eastward by journalist Samuel Brannan, who ran into the salvage party as they came down from the pass with Keseberg. Accounts of the ordeal first reached New York City in July 1847. Reporting on the event across the U.S. was heavily influenced by the national enthusiasm for westward ...
Donner Pass. Donner Pass is a 7,056-foot-high (2,151 m) [ 2 ] mountain pass in the northern Sierra Nevada, above Donner Lake and Donner Memorial State Park about 9 miles (14 km) west of Truckee, California. Like the Sierra Nevada themselves, the pass has a steep approach from the east and a gradual approach from the west.
As of Friday, the snowpack in the southern Sierra Nevada was at 286% of normal — the highest figure ever, easily eclipsing the region’s benchmark of 263% set in 1969. In a tweet, the UC ...
Cars on Highway 395 along the east side of the Sierra Nevada near Lone Pine, Calif., on March 22, 2023. ... as record-deep snowpack in the southern Sierra Nevada is expected to send a cascade of ...
The statewide snowpack on Monday was 237% of normal for the date — the deepest on record since the state's network of snow sensors was established in the mid-1980s. The snow water equivalent ...
Consequently, the snowpack in the northern Sierra Nevada was only 60% of the average by April 1, and many major reservoirs in California did not fill to capacity from the spring snowmelt. [3] The flooding caused roughly $2 billion in damages ($2.94 billion in 2023) and was attributed to the deaths of 9 people. [ 2 ]
The California Department of Water Resource's forecasting chief, Sean de Guzman, left, and engineer Andy Reising measure Sierra Nevada snowpack near Lake Tahoe on Jan. 3.