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Pine Flat Dam, holding up to 1,000,000 acre-feet (1.2 km 3) of water, is the primary flood control facility in the Kings River Basin. The winter and spring flood control reservation is 475,000 acre-feet (0.586 km 3), although the reservoir can be drawn down further depending on the size of the Sierra snowpack. [104]
Periods of heavy rainfall caused by multiple atmospheric rivers in California between December 31, 2022, and March 25, 2023, resulted in floods that affected parts of Southern California, the California Central Coast, Northern California and Nevada. [3] [4] The flooding resulted in property damage [5] [6] [7] and at least 22 fatalities. [1]
King Salmon is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California, United States, located on the shore of Buhne Point directly across from the entrance to Humboldt Bay, [2] slightly south of Eureka and 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Fields Landing, [3] at an elevation of 3 feet (0.91 m). [1]
The river annually produced enormous salmon runs, one of the richest sub-basins in the Trinity watershed, and virgin old-growth forests covered most of the watershed. In the 19th century, many events the largest of which was the California Gold Rush spurred Europeans, Americans and others to flood the region in search of furs, and later gold.
Map of California showing the 34 counties declared disaster areas during the flood. The six red counties sustained more damage than the other 28 counties combined. Starting on December 21, intense downpours across Northern California caused numerous streams to flood, many to record-breaking levels.
Plumas County Flood Control & Water Conservation District 2,600 3,200 <0.1% San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District 102,600 126,600 2.5% San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District 28,800 35,500 0.7% San Gorgonio Pass Water Agency 17,300 21,300 4.2% San Luis Obispo County Flood Control and Water Conservation District 25,000 31,000 0.6%
The flood control reservation is one of the smallest among major California reservoirs because it allows for more water to be stored for power generation, but this has often resulted in inadequate flood protection such as in 1997 when the dam released more than 50,000 cubic feet per second (1,400 m 3 /s) – almost six times the capacity of ...
1852 U.S. Coast Survey map of Humboldt Bay. Map of the northwestern coast of America from latitude 39° to 44°, 1848. Humboldt Bay is the only deep water bay between the San Francisco Bay and Coos Bay, Oregon. The Port of Humboldt Bay is the only port in the region that is dredged regularly to accommodate large ocean-going vessels.
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