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The storms caused an estimated $100 million (1861 USD) in damage, roughly equal to $3 billion in 2021. The governor, state legislature, and state employees were not paid for a year and a half. [2] At least 4,000 people were estimated to have been killed in the floods in California, which was roughly 1% of the state population at the time. [1]
A USGS map shows flooded areas during the 1861–1862 event. The conditions built into the scenario are "two super-strong atmospheric rivers, just four days apart, one in Northern California and one in Southern California, and one of them stalled for an extra day". [5] The ARkStorm 1.0 scenario would have the following effects:
Shortly after statehood, the California state government appointed its first State Geologist and began commissioning geologic surveys of its own. The state appointed John B. Trask to the position of State Geologist, and he served from 1850 to 1856. He compiled a report titled "On the Geology of the Sierra Nevada, or California Range."
The California flood resulted in 13 deaths, 50,000 people evacuated and over $400 million in property damage. [1] 3000 residents of Linda joined in a class action lawsuit Paterno v. State of California, which eventually reached the California Supreme Court in 2004. The California high court affirmed the District Court of Appeal's decision that ...
April 17 – The state of Virginia secedes from the Union. April 20 – American Civil War: Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the United States Army in order to command the forces of the state of Virginia. April 25 – American Civil War: The Union Army arrives in Washington, D.C. April 27 – American Civil War:
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California is already known for being vulnerable to natural disasters such as ... a disastrous megaflood that could cause more than $1 trillion in losses and turn low-lying areas into a ...
This large and detailed map of Ohio shows rapid progress of the township grid from the original surveys in the eastern part of the state in the 1790s. Hough & Bourne's map of Ohio is the second large format map of Ohio (after Mansfield's map of 1807, which measures 30 x 22 inches) and a large format landmark in the history of the mapping of the ...