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View north of the Whittier Narrows Dam. The Whittier Narrows Recreation Area is a 1,500-acre (6.1 km 2) multi-use facility, mostly in an unincorporated part of Los Angeles County, containing North Lake, Center Lake, and Legg Lake (where radio-controlled model speedboats may be operated), a rifle and pistol shooting range, numerous softball and soccer fields with picnic tables, a paved airstrip ...
The 1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake occurred in the southern San Gabriel Valley and surrounding communities of Southern California, United States, at 7:42 a.m. PDT on October 1. The moderate magnitude 5.9 blind thrust earthquake was centered several miles north of Whittier in the town of Rosemead , had a relatively shallow depth, and was felt ...
Along the San Gabriel River, the Santa Fe Dam and Whittier Narrows Dam had both been proposed prior to 1938, but had little political support until the devastation of the 1938 flood, after which federal funds were made available for both dams. [22] Santa Fe was completed in 1949, and Whittier Narrows in 1956.
Its last update was in the 1980s, including renovations after the 1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake that badly damaged the area. Mary Gorman-Sullens, left, and Helen Radher, both of the Whittier ...
Silver Fire (1987 Oregon wildfire) W. 1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake This page was last edited on 5 February 2025, at 12:21 (UTC). Text ...
The source of the October 1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake was determined to be the Puente Hills thrust system (unknown at the time) and could be identified by the fault-plane solution of the mainshock and aftershocks, fault-plane reflections (up to 8 km deep), and by high resolution seismic profiles at shallower depths. [5]
The Whittier City Council voted on Tuesday night to move forward with razing 83 ficus trees as part of a ... including renovations after the 1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake that badly damaged the ...
Whittier Narrows Dam is a 56-foot (17 m) tall earth dam on the San Gabriel River and the smaller, parallel Rio Hondo. The dam is located, as the name implies, at the Whittier Narrows . It provides water conservation storage and is also the central element of the Los Angeles County Drainage Area (LACDA) flood control system.