SP023: The 1997 New Year's Floods in Western Nevada |
Contents
Foreword | 3 |
Carson River Basin by Jim G Rigby and David A Davis | 39 |
Walker River Basin by Jim G Rigby and David A Davis | 56 |
LandSurface Failures Associated with the New Years Floods by Jim G Rigby | 64 |
Hydrology of the New Years Floods by Jim G Rigby | 72 |
Damages Caused by the New Years Floods by Scott F Hickman and Jim G Rigby | 78 |
How the New Years Floods Compare with Previous Floods by E James Crompton | 93 |
Afterthoughts by Jim G Rigby | 105 |
Glossary | 111 |
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Page 110 - GW, 1997, Flood of January 1997 in the Walker River Basin, California and Nevada: US Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS- 182-97, 2 p.