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An aerial view of the Willamette River's flood. The Willamette Valley flood of 1996 was part of a larger series of floods in the Pacific Northwest of the United States which took place between late January and mid-February 1996. It was Oregon 's largest flood event in terms of fatalities and monetary damage during the 1990s.
2410460 [3] Website. www .eugene-or .gov. Eugene ( / juːˈdʒiːn / yoo-JEEN) is a city in and the county seat of Lane County, Oregon, United States. It is located at the southern end of the Willamette Valley, near the confluence of the McKenzie and Willamette rivers, about 50 miles (80 km) east of the Oregon Coast. [9]
Precipitation varies considerably across the valley and is closely correlated with elevation. Annual totals range from 36 inches (910 mm) at the lowest elevations to more than 80 inches (2,000 mm) in the foothills. Eugene, at the southern end of the valley, is 425 feet (130 m) above sea level and receives 46 inches (1,200 mm) per year.
Snow falls on Willamette Street during a winter storm Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024, in Eugene, Ore.
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The Willamette Valley ecoregion is a Level III ecoregion designated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency in the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington.Slightly larger than the Willamette Valley for which it is named, the ecoregion contains fluvial terraces and floodplains of the Willamette River system, scattered hills, buttes, and adjacent foothills.
Glaciers remain year-round on some Cascade peaks higher than 7,000 feet (2,100 m) above sea level. Annual snowfall along the coastal plain averages 1 to 3 inches (2.5 to 7.6 cm) a year, including years with none. Further inland, between the Coast Range and the Cascades, snowfall generally averages from 5 to 10 inches (13 to 25 cm) a year.
Date. 20 days. December 18, 1964. ( 1964-12-18) – January 7, 1965. ( 1965-01-07) Location. California, Oregon, and Washington states. The Christmas flood of 1964 was a major flood in the United States' Pacific Northwest and some of Northern California between December 18, 1964, and January 7, 1965, spanning the Christmas holiday.