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The freeze of December 1964 that occurred before the flood. An atypical cold spell began in Oregon on December 13, 1964, that froze the soil, and it was followed by unusually heavy snow. [3] [8] Subsequently, an atmospheric river brought persistent, heavy, warm rain. [3] [8] The temperature increased by 30 to 40 °F (17 to 22 °C).
Exceeding the official flood stage of 11 feet (3.4 m) by more than 4 feet (1.2 m), the creek reached 15.33 feet (4.67 m) on December 7 of that year. The second-highest level,15.30 feet (4.66 m), occurred in November 1996, followed by the Christmas flood of 1964 on December 22, when the creek reached 14.68 feet (4.47 m) at Sycamore. [32] [36]
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This major flood between December 18, 1964, and January 7, 1965, [49] also impacted portions of southwest Washington, Idaho, Nevada, and especially northern California. [49] [50] In Oregon seventeen people died as a result of the disaster, and it caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage. [50] The flooding covered 152,789 acres (618.32 ...
The maximum flow occurred between December 1964 and January 1965 during the Christmas flood of 1964, ... by fire in 1893, Hume built a ... state of Oregon in 2005 ...
The deadly Christmas flood of 1964 begins, affecting the United States' Pacific Northwest and some of Northern California. It continues until January 7 and results in 19 deaths, damage to 10 towns, serious damage to 20 major highway and county bridges, and the loss of 4,000 head of livestock.
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The deadly Christmas flood of 1964, which would kill 47 people during the holiday season, began with a powerful Pacific Ocean storm that brought record snowfalls in northern California, Oregon and Washington, with accumulations of up to 10 feet (3.0 m) in Oregon's Cascade Mountains.