Talk:Floods in California

Inaccuracy

At least some portion of this page is entirely inaccurate. For example, in the floods of 1861-1862, the estimates of cattle drowned by the flood (200,000 head of cattle) are taken from statewide estimates but are claimed in this page to have been the count for southern California. The flow in the Santa Ana River is generally estimated to have been four feet in depth, but this page claims the standing water was to that depth. This is sadly lacking in care. When I complete the first phase of my research, I will publish them and correct the section on these floods. Unclepea (talk) 05:39, 31 December 2014 (UTC)

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1969 Southern California Flooding

Do we have 1969 Southern California flooding listed? Found an article on "Southern California's Trial by Mud and Water" by Nathaniel T Kenney, National Geographic. Vol. 136, no. 4 (Oct. 1969). Rjluna2 (talk) 19:57, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

Geography confusion

I'm not sure where to put this, but some of the geography is confused. The Russian River and Fort Ross are nowhere near the Sacramento River/Sacramento. They are on the other side of the Coast Range from the Central Valley drainage. The first reference to Ft. Ross being on the Sacramento River (it's on the coast, just north of the mouth at of the Russian) is at Floods_in_California#1909:_California_flood.

The second reference to flooding on the Russian River leading to opening the Sacramento Weir is at #January_2017:_Russian_River_flooding. Indeed, this latter section covers geography all over Northern California, which makes for some confusing reading. But the key point here is that the Sacramento Weir is upstream of Sacramento, CA on the Sacramento River and is used to divert water into the Bypass, taking some of the stress off the levees in Sacramento itself. The Russian River is a completely different watershed.

I'd fix these myself, but I'm not overly familiar with Wikipedia policies and procedures, so I figure I'd flag them here and maybe somebody else could help. Thanks! Katster (talk) 12:23, 3 January 2023 (UTC)

As you can tell, the links are mangled because I'm not familiar with Wiki syntax and there was no preview for me to see what I was doing. Ugh. Katster (talk) 12:25, 3 January 2023 (UTC)

@Katster: This article needs tidying up & a rework/expansion to cover more flood events, as I doubt this article is accurate, accurate.Jason Rees (talk) 17:03, 3 January 2023 (UTC)