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• Buffalo Creek Flood

  … be susceptible to washouts. After the flood, state and federal investigations found that … five survivors and family members of flood victims filed suit against Pittston. … www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/843 for flood recovery work. The Buffalo Creek …

• Flood Control

  … the federal government began building massive flood-control projects in West Virginia. … 1940s. Several other Corps of Engineers flood-control dams followed, including " … dollars in property damage. Occasionally, floods strike even in watersheds protected …

• Flood of 1985

  … of darkness that Monday evening. Severe flooding took place overnight. After midnight, the … neighboring Virginia also had fatal record flooding. In the aftermath of this flood … presents West Virginia Public Broadcasting on Flood of 1985 <center>< …

• Floods

  … the nature of its formative flood events. Unfortunately, human intervention frequently … , occurring when no other streams flooded. Prolonged precipitation or melting snow … time. Two profound uncertainties cloud flood risk assessment. The first stems …

• Flood of 1937

  … quot;:http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1740 floods before. When the first settlers made … the city was in ruins. The 1937 flood prompted the federal government to erect … to protect Ohio River communities and flood-control dams and reservoirs that in …

• Flood of 2016

  … 125; the "1916 Cabin Creek flood":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2451; the "1985 “Election Day” floods":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles … Greenbrier River watersheds; and four other floods. <center> <iframe …

• Flood of 1916

  West Virginia’s second-deadliest flood struck suddenly and without warning during … several days helping homeless and hungry flood victims. Troops moved their tents, … in the relief effort following the flood. With mines inoperable and housing destroyed, …

• Greenbrier River

  … high water such as the major flood of 1877. However, following railroad … have been in danger from flooding. On November 5, 1985, the … .95 feet, more than nine feet above flood stage. That " … than 10 feet above flood stage. "Flood control":http …

• Guyandotte River

  … resulting in litigation. Construction was suspended, floods breached the dams, and the … Guyandotte watershed. The same kind of flooding that once signaled the beginning of … feet, more than eight feet above flood stage. Complaints from residents finally …

• Hardy County

  … worst of these being the 1949 flood. On June 18, 1949, the … feet, more than six feet above flood stage. The most "devastating … people’s lives. During that flood the river reached 19.99 … it was completed, two more floods hit in 1996. Transportation to …

• Bloch Brothers Tobacco Company

  … of flavoring the scrap cuttings that were left over from cigar making and selling it in paper bags as chewing tobacco. The flood of 1884 destroyed the store, and the Blochs decided to focus exclusively on "tobacco":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ …

• Bollman Truss Bridge

  … constructed and some of the remaining Bollman trusses were converted to highway use. On March 19, 1936, the Potomac River at Harpers Ferry crested at a record 36.50 feet, 15 feet above flood level. The flooding destroyed the last Bollman spans.

• Boone County

  … http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/918 were mined and shipped before these river improvements were largely lost in the great flood of 1861. The "mining industry":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1349 expanded greatly with the coming of …

• Arthur Ingraham Boreman

  … private practice of law in his hometown. In 1884, he organized a relief effort to assist the victims of a devastating Ohio River flood. In 1888, he was once again elected to a circuit judgeship, a post he would hold until his death. His funeral was held …

• Burnsville

  … of Interstate 79 and State Route 5, just west of "Burnsville Lake":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/731. The town flooded many times before the completion of the dam in 1978. The town's population peaked at 1,088 in 1920. Burnsville's …

• Burnsville Dam

  … .wvencyclopedia.org/articles/843 reservoirs, Burnsville’s purposes are "flood control":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2196, … storage capacity. That figure was reached during the largest flood on record, on August 1, 1996. The pastoral …

• Huntington

  … the city a regional health care center. Flooding was a serious problem in Huntington for many years. Serious floods occurred in 1884 and 1913, but … floodwall to protect the city from future floods. Unfortunately, the wall also prompted the …

• The Trough

  … routinely see the train’s namesake, since bald eagles reestablished themselves in the Trough in the early 1980s. The great flood of 1985 ripped through the Trough, doing great damage to railroad facilities. Water reportedly backed up to a depth of 90 …

• Tug Fork

  … be the major industry. The Tug Fork has flooded numerous times since first settlement. Historically, the river was used at flood stage to transport rafts and logs down … .56 feet, more than 25 feet above flood stage. Eleven counties were declared major …

• Tygart Dam and Lake

  … its construction ironically justified by both flood and drought. Pittsburgh and other places … Virginia had long suffered from periodic flooding of the "Monongahela River" … dual purposes were to help control flooding in the Monongahela Valley and …

• Camden Park

  … eventually gave way to a modern four-lane highway, U.S. 60, that goes past the park entrance. The "1937 Ohio River flood":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2372 and then World War II caused major setbacks. In 1946, Camden Park was sold to …

• Valley Falls State Park

  … many gunstocks were manufactured for the Civil War. In 1886, a fire burned much of the town, and two years later a flood destroyed many homes, buildings, bridges, and gristmills. After this, the town never fully recovered. ‘‘Valley Falls’’ was given as …

• Virginius Island

  … military occupation. Over the years since then, floods and vegetation have reclaimed the structures that once … 1851, a year before the first major flood came in 1852. The "flood of 1870":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/weather/events/16 proved to …

• The Weather

  … area of northeastern Kanawha County. The flood also devastated parts of Clay, … of the 20th century. Yet, major floods still occurred, including those of November … ://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1168, was flooded in September 2004. In sharp contrast …

• West Fork River

  … they were heavily damaged by a flood, and the project was abandoned … , more than eight feel above flood stage. The great storm of … , more than seven feet above flood stage. Plans for a West Fork flood-control dam date back to the 1930s, but disagreement …