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Flood Damage related to 1910 fire, Big Creek Valley Item Info

Title:
Flood Damage related to 1910 fire, Big Creek Valley
Photographer:
Swan, K.D.
Date Created (ISO Standard):
1938
Description:
Photo text: 'Result of 1910 fires. A view at the lower end of the Big Creek valley. This entire bottom was submerged during the spring freshet of 1938. Beaver dams which tended to hold back excessive stream flow in normal year were swept away. Many changes in the stream channel took place over night. Silt and gravel was carried downstream in enormous quantities. Thousands of dollars damage was done to highways, railroads, and building below.'
Subjects:
big burn flood Big Creek Valley creek national forests fire
Location:
Payette National Forest, Idaho
Idaho County:
Valley County
Latitude:
45.086761
Longitude:
-115.33838
Source:
NARA College Park RG 95; Box 480
Source Identifier:
NARA10StlPht1
USFS Number:
361711
Type:
image;stillimage
Format:
image/jpeg
Language:
eng

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Preferred Citation:
"Flood Damage related to 1910 fire, Big Creek Valley", Archival Idaho Photograph Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/archivalidaho/items/archivalidaho542.html
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