The

Napa River The Napa River is a river approximately long in the U.S. state of California. It drains a famous wine-growing region called the Napa Valley, in the mountains north of the San Francisco Bay. Milliken Creek and Mt. Veeder watersheds are a few ...

flood of 1986 is considered by many to be the worst flood experienced by

Napa, California Napa is the largest city and county seat of Napa County and a principal city of Wine Country in Northern California. Located in the North Bay region of the Bay Area, the city had a population of 77,480 as of the end of 2021. Napa is a major t ...

during the 20th century. With 20 inches of rain that fell in a 48 hour period; 7,000 people were evacuated, 250 homes were destroyed and another 2,500 damaged, 3 people died and totaled an estimated $100 million in overall damage. Following the flood, residents expressed a renewed urgency to mitigate flooding caused by winter storms and man made created obstacles that slowed the flow of the river on its course to the San Francisco Bay. Since the flood, the Napa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District has been working on controlling the floods by way of the Napa River Flood Project. Another flood of lesser proportions occurred on December 31, 2005, after over a week of rain. Other smaller floods occurred in 1995 and 1997.

References

External links

The Napa County Flood Control Official Site

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 **Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal enter ...

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