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  2. 2022–2023 California floods - Wikipedia

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    2022–2023 California floods. 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 ...

  3. List of California floods - Wikipedia

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    One small town along the flood path was inundated with 57.41 inches (1,458 mm) over the course of 20 days. The flood episodes of 1907 and 1909 in California resulted in an overhaul of planned statewide flood control designs. [1] March 1928 – The recently-constructed St. Francis Dam dam collapsed 40 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles. The ...

  4. Kern River - Wikipedia

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    Wild, Scenic, Recreational. Designated. November 24, 1987. The Kern River, previously Río de San Felipe, later La Porciúncula, is an Endangered, Wild and Scenic river in the U.S. state of California, approximately 165 miles (270 km) long. It drains an area of the southern Sierra Nevada mountains northeast of Bakersfield.

  5. Great Flood of 1862 - Wikipedia

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    Great Flood of 1862. The Great Flood of 1862 was the largest flood in the recorded history of California, Oregon, and Nevada, inundating the western United States and portions of British Columbia and Mexico. It was preceded by weeks of continuous rains and snows that began in Oregon in November 1861 and continued into January 1862.

  6. Floods in the United States (1900–1999) - Wikipedia

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    The industrial districts which border the Kansas River in Kansas City were protected by a 10 m (33 ft) dike which was equipped with floodgates at each tributary and topped by an 2.4 m (7.9 ft) wall, which was designed to manage a flood 1.5 m (4.9 ft) higher than the June 1903 flood. The onset of floodwaters reached Kansas City, Kansas on July ...

  7. Bakersfield Department of Water Resources - Wikipedia

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    The Bakersfield Department of Water Resources is a municipal utility in Bakersfield, California. Primarily it manages the city's water rights to the Kern River. Water is sent to water retailers that the city has contracts with, and recharge basins to seep into the groundwater table. The department also manages water distributions to most of ...

  8. Northeast Bakersfield - Wikipedia

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    Unlike most of Bakersfield, which sits on the flat valley floor floodplain, northeast Bakersfield is situated along rolling hills that formed a series of bluffs and are about 450 feet (137 m) higher in elevation than the rest of the city. The Panorama Bluffs provide scenic views of the Kern River oilfields, Oildale and downtown Bakersfield.

  9. 2017 California floods - Wikipedia

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    2017 California floods. The South Yuba River at Highway 49 floods after heavy rain on January 9, 2017. The flow is about 25,000 cubic feet per second (710 m 3 /s), more than 40 times the normal rate. Flooding in 2017 affected parts of California in the first half of the year. Northern California saw its wettest winter in almost a century ...

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