Maricopa county flood maps series#

The Topeka Daily Capital also reported that 4,000 people were driven from their homes. A total of 57 people died, 38 of those were in Topeka. The flooding along the Arizona River during May 1903 was the greatest since 1844. The historic flood of 1903 affected the Missouri, Arizona, and lower Republican River Basins. +Spring Flood of 1978 (February 23-March 3) AZ Republic Newspaper Article (Feb 24th, 1891).AZ Republic Newspaper Article (Feb 20th, 1891).Scene from the Great Flood in Phoenix, 1891.This was the largest recorded flood in Arizona history and was preceded by high stream flow in 1890. The town of Clifton reported 15 deaths and damages were estimated at $1 Million. Extensive flooding also occurred all along the Gila River, with Florence and Yuma, AZ, nearly destroyed. Adobe homes along the Salt River were demolished and the railroad bridge between Tempe and Phoenix was destroyed, leaving Phoenix without a rail connection for 3 months. The Salt River had an estimated 300,000 cubic feet per second water flow, expanding to nearly 3 miles wide in the Phoenix area and rising to 18 feet above the wooden Arizona Diversion Dam at the confluence with the Verde River. Although the extent of flooding was probably more widespread than documented in local news articles, there were few people living in these areas to provide consistent reports. Major flooding occurred along most major rivers, including the Verde, Salt and Gila rivers in Maricopa County, where maximum floods of record were recorded.

Maricopa county flood maps series#

This flood resulted from a series of frontal systems that moved from the Pacific Ocean into the Southwest, causing extensive concurrent flooding in Arizona and southern California.