Here are descriptions, pictures, and other information for the February, 1996 flood.

• Updated Detailed Flood Map
• Flood Narrative
• Flood Crest Summary
• Images
  • 24-hour precipitation from NEXRAD, 2/6/96
  • 24-hour precipitation from NEXRAD, 2/7/96
  • 24-hour precipitation from NEXRAD, 2/8/96
  • Infrared picture 2/5/96
  • Infrared picture 2/5/96
  • Infrared picture 2/7/96
  • 500 mb map 2/7/96
  • Stream flow at Hood River
  • Stream flow at McKenzie
  • Stream flow at Nehalem
• Corvallis Pictures (from Chris Hannan and Wayne Gibson, OCS)
  • Let's go boating!
  • The Van Buren Bridge 2/9/96
  • View eastward across the Willamette
  • Highway 34 West
  • Highway 34 East
  • Highway 34 East 2
  • Highway 34 and road to OSU Crew Docks
  • Bridge over the Willamette and river gauge
  • Golf Course off Highway 34
  • Brooklane under the Marys River
  • Apartments threatened by Oak Creek
  • Pioneer Park under water
  • Willamette River looking downstream
  • Willamette River at a house on Highway 20
• Reports and summaries
  • Stream flows from US Army Corps of Engineers
  • Reservoir storage from US Army Corps of Engineers
  • Flood statements and warnings 2/7/96
  • Flood statements and warnings 2/8/96

Other Flood Links

The best primary sources of flood information pointers are

• The Flood of '96 from The News-Review Online in the town of Roseberg in SW Oregon.
• The Flood of '96 from Greg Bothun of the University of Oregon
• Oregon Flood, maintained by Sam Churchill in Portland.
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Floods of 1996 Menu Page
• Oregon Sea Grant
• Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
• Flood Marker Home Page

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