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Northwest Historical Flood Information |
Floods are a natural and inevitable part of life along the rivers in the United States. The average annual flood loss in the United States cost $3.5 billion, with a maximum loss of $49.7 billion in 2005. The annual deaths as a cause of flooding is 128 per year. The maximum in one year was 554 in the 1972. |
  January 2011, Oregon, Washington, and Central Idaho     - Summary |
  December 2010, Northwest Washington     - Summary | December 2007, SW Washington and NW Oregon - Introduction - Part 1, Summary of Events - Part 2, Verification |
June 2006, Libby - Bonners Ferry - Summary |
April 2006, Weiser River - Summary |
December 2005, Southwest Oregon - Full Report |
October 2003, Northwest Washington - Summary - Photos - Full Report |
February 1996, Pacific Northwest - NOHRSC - USGS |
November 1995, Western Washington - USGS |
Flood Related Papers and Publications |
  January 2003     - USGS - Report on Large Floods in the United States |
  November 1996     - Lessons Taught by Floods in the United States of America |
  June 1996     - The Great USA Flood of 1993 |
  April 1995     - Johnstown Floods |