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Title |
Truckee River Flood 1958 |
Catalog Number |
M1992.046.003 |
Object Name |
Report |
Scope & Content |
Truckee River Flood 1958 >> On August 18, 1958 a rainstorm of cloudburst proportions deluges the Truckee River in the vicinity of Farad, three miles west of the California-Nevada State Line. Within an hour 2 men were dead, transcontinental highway 40 was closed by mud and rock slides. This report describes how the storm struck, how loss of life and damaged resulted, and ho these loses might have been decreased or possibly prevented. >> 11 pages with photographs |
Year Range from |
1958 |
Year Range to |
1958 |
People |
Saarni, Roy W. |
Subjects |
Tahoe NF Flood Watershed |
Search Terms |
Watershed |
Catalog date |
2020-05-30 |
Extent of Description |
Letter Size, 11 pages |
Collection |
Harvey Mack Collection |