Floods of October 1983 in southeastern Arizona

by R. H Roeske

Publisher: Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Publisher: Books and Open-File Reports Section [distibutor] in Tucson, Ariz, Denver, Colo

Written in English

Published: 1989 Pages: 77 Downloads: 323

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Floods -- Arizona

Edition Notes

The Physical Object
Statement	R.H. Roeske, J.M. Garrett, and J.H. Eychaner ; prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and Arizona Department of Water Resources
Series	Water-resources investigations report -- 85-4225-C
Contributions	Garrett, Joanne M, Eychaner, James H, Geological Survey (U.S.), United States. Army. Corps of Engineers, United States. Bureau of Reclamation, Arizona. Dept. of Water Resources
Pagination	v, 77 p. :
Number of Pages	77
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL13611544M

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Everyday low Author: R. H Roeske. The October flood was the largest flood of record in the Tucson area. Between 6 ½ to 7 ½ inches of rain fell across the Tucson area in five days, according to Pima County. The devastation. The effect of the October floods in southeastern Arizona, on a previously established generalized envelope for floods expected once in years (Q ), is studied.

The design envelope is found to produce more conservative estimates of Q than individual data sets find. The design envelope for Q is revised to correct for some longer periods of record now available, and to be.

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Floods of October in southeastern Arizona / R.H. Roeske, J.M. Garrett, and J.H. Eychaner ; prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and Arizona Department of Water Resources. The regional flood of October(water year ), caused $ million in damage in southeastern Arizona (Roeske and others, ).

Moisture from Tropical Storm Octave, which dissipated off the west coast of Mexico, moved northeastward across Arizona for several days.

Rainfall was most intense in a narrow band from south of Tucson to. The Online Books Page Flood of October and history of flooding along the San Francisco River, Clifton, Arizona / Title: Flood of October and history of flooding along the San Francisco River, Clifton, Arizona / Author: Hjalmarson, H.

Tropical Storm Octave was considered the worst tropical cyclone in the history of origins of Tropical Storm Octave were from a tropical disturbance that formed south of the Gulf of Tehuantepec on Septem Steered by a deep layer high over Mexico, the disturbance moved west for four days before becoming a tropical depression on September 27 off the southwest coast of t winds: 1-minute sustained: 50 mph (85 km/h).

The record-breaking floods in southern Arizona in September (Tropical Storm Norma) and in October (Tropical Storm Octave) were of this type, as were the floods in southwestern Texas in June (Hurricane Alice) (fig. 4B). Oct. 17, THE FLOOD OF '83 - ASPECIAL REPORT: THE BIG ONE.

This was the flood we'll re member. This was the flood ourchildren and grandchildren will be told about time and again as we warn of the awful power of the area's normally dry rivers. At le Arizonanswere at least temporarilyhomeless when flood dangers forced evacuation of. Flood Damage along Tucson's Rillito River, October These large storms begin out at sea, and, as they churn over Baja California, the storms pick up additional energy from the warm waters of the upper Gulf of California.

They reach the Sonoran Desert region with renewed energy. + Tropical Storm Octave, OctoberMoisture from Tropical Storm Octave moved northeastward across Arizona for several days in October resulting in $ million in flood damage in southeastern Arizona.

Rainfall was most intense in a narrow band from south of Tucson to Clifton. Peak discharges on the Santa Cruz River at Tucson and.

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Army. Corps of Engineers.; United States. Bureau of Reclamation.; Geological Survey (U.S.)]. Floods of October in Southeastern Arizona Roeske, R. () (). This marvelous article includes 17 black and white original photographs by Peter Kresan that capture the destructive nature of the October floods along Rillito Creek, Pantano Wash and the Santa Cruz River of Tucson and environs.

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The early morning hours of July 15th marked the beginning of flooding in Sabino Creek that would rival the October and January floods, the largest in recent history.

On the 15th, between a.m. and a.m., inches of rain was recorded near the top of the watershed. "The October flood was the largest flood of record in the Tucson area. In an unusual occurrence, between 6 ½ to 7 ½ inches of rain fell across the Tucson basin over a 5-day period.

See the article in its original context from October 3,Section A, Page 16 Buy Reprints. Similar flooding was visible along the San Pedro River in southeastern Arizona. TUCSON, Ariz. -- The worst floods in Arizona in the 20th century Monday swept through the southeastern part of the state, adding to the devastation that has taken at least 12 lives, temporarily.

The flood frequency characteristics of 18 watersheds in southeastern Arizona were studied using the log‐Boughton and the log‐Pearson Type 3 distribution. From the flood frequency study, a generalized envelope for Q for watersheds to mi 2 in area has been produced for southeastern Arizona.

Subject: Pantano Date: November Copyright Information: - Peter Kresan Description: Aerial view of Pantano Wash near Golf Links Download Image (43 Kb). Almost miles from Marana, the flooding dealt another blow to the neighboring southeastern Arizona mining towns of Clifton and Morenci.

Flood kills 14 In the first weekend of October14 people were killed due to flooding as the remnants of a tropical storm brought rain to .