Flood Plain Information, San Juan Creek (Including Arroyo Trabuco and Oso Creek) Orange County, California: Prepared for Orange County Flood Control District

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District, 1970-01-01. Paperback. Acceptable. 1970 first edition U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District (Los Angeles, California), copiously illustrated (7 tables, 42 figures and 32 plates), 8 x 10 1/2 inches tall stapled paperbound in green printed covers, v, 49 pp. plus 32 full page (or larger, folding) plates, many printed in blue and black ink. Covers foxed, stained and edgeworn, with a one-inch closed tear to the fore edge of the front cover. Staining or creasing to a couple of the folding plates. Otherwise, apart from minor age toning, a very good copy - clean and unmarked - of an important study, loaded with data from the era. Scarce. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~SP29~ Contents include: Introduction, Summary of Flood Situation, general Conditions (The streams and their valleys, Settlement, Developments on the flood plains, Bridges across the streams, Obstructions to floodflow, Flood warnings and forecasting services, Flood damage prevention measures, Flood records, Flood areas profiles and cross-sections), Past Floods (Floods of about 1825, 1862, 1884, 1916, 1927, 1931, 1937, 1938, 1943, 1966, 1969), Future Floods (Determination of Intermediate Regional Flood, Determination of Standard Project Flood, Possible larger floods, Hazards of great floods, Areas flooded and heights of flooding, velocity of water, duration and rate of rise, Tributary streams), Glossary of Terms, Authority and Interpretation of Data, Acknowledgements.