LA River watershed, 1914

The Los Angeles River watershed, 1914 ENLARGE

PAST, PRESENT, AND POSSIBILITIES

  

1800s

1910s

1930s

1960s

1990s

1914
Deaths

0

Damage
in adujsted millions

$162.1

Flooded Area
% of non-mountainous area

110 sq mi
10 %

Peak River Outflow
in cubic feet / second

31,400
Floodwaters in Lynwood, 1914

Pacific Electric rails lines in Lynwood destroyed by floodwaters, 1914

Photograph from US Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District, published in Blake Gumprecht, The Los Angeles River

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