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Natural Hazards Mitigation PlanCity of Glendale, CaliforniaSection 8 – FloodsTable 8-2:Tropical Storms That Affected Southern California During the 20 th CenturyMonth- Date(s) Area(s) Affected RainfallJuly 1902 20th & 21st Deserts and southern mountains up to 2"Aug. 1906 18th & 19th Deserts and southern mountains up to 5"Sept. 1910 15th Mountains of Santa Barbara County 2"Aug. 1921 20th & 21st Deserts and southern mountains up to 2"Sept. 1921 30th Deserts up to 4"Sept. 1929 18th Southern mountains and deserts up to 4"Sept. 1932 28th - Oct Mountains and deserts, 15 fatalities up to 7Aug. 1935 25th Southern valleys, mountains and deserts up to 2"Sept. 19394th - 7th Southern mountains, southern and eastern deserts up to 711th & 12th Deserts, central and southern mountains up to 4"19th - 21st Deserts, central and southern mountains up to 3"25thLong Beach, with sustained winds of 50 MPH 5"Surrounding mountains 6 to 12"Sept. 1945 9th & 10th Central and southern mountains up to 2”Sept. 1946 30th - Oct Southern mountains up to 4"Aug. 1951 27th - 29th Southern mountains and deserts 2 to 5"Sept. 1952 19th - 21st Central and southern mountains up to 2"July 1954 17th - 19th Deserts and southern mountains up to 2"July 1958 28th & 29th Deserts and southern mountains up to 2"Sept. 1960 9th & 10th Julian 3.40"Sept. 1963 17th - 19th Central and southern mountains up to 7"Sept. 1967 1st - 3rd Southern mountains and deserts 2"Oct. 1972 6th Southeast deserts up to 2"Sept. 1976Aug. 197710th & 11thn/aCentral and southern mountains. Ocotillo was destroyed, 3fatalitiesLos Angeles 2"6 to 12"Mountains up to 8"Oct. 1977 6th & 7th Southern mountains and deserts up to 2Sept. 1978 5th & 6th Mountains 3"Sept. 1982 24th - 26th Mountains up to 4"Sept. 1983 20th & 21st Southern mountains and deserts up to 3"http://www.fema.gov/nwz97/eln_scal.shtmGeography and Geology:The local mountains are very steep and consist of rock types that are fairly impervious to water.Consequently, little precipitation infiltrates the ground; rainwater instead flows across thesurface as runoff, collecting in the major drainages that pass through the city. When a majorstorm moves in, water collects rapidly and runs off quickly, making a steep, rapid descent from2006 PAGE 8- 9
Natural Hazards Mitigation PlanCity of Glendale, CaliforniaSection 8 – Floodsthe mountains into man-made and natural channels within developed areas. Because of the steepterrain, scarcity of vegetation, and the constant shedding of debris from mountain slopes(primarily as dry ravel and rock falls), flood flows often carry large amounts of mud, sand, androck fragments. Sheet flow occurs when the capacities of the existing channels (either natural orman-made) are exceeded and water flows over and into the adjacent areas.The greater Los Angeles Basin has been shaped by erosion and sedimentation for millennia.Most of the mountains that ring the valleys and coastal plain have and are being uplifted alongmovement on faults; this movement has fractured the bedrock, allowing for their brittle slopesto be readily eroded. Rivers and streams have then carried boulders, rocks, gravel, sand, and siltdown these slopes to the valleys and coastal plain. Over time, these sediments have collected inthe valley bottoms, so that locally these sediments are as much as twenty thousand feet thick.This sediment generally acts as a sponge, absorbing vast quantities of water received asprecipitation in those years when heavy rains follow a dry period. But like a sponge that is nearsaturation, the same soil fills up rapidly when a heavy rain follows a period of relatively wetweather. So, in some years of heavy rain, flooding is minimal because the ground is relativelydry. The same amount of rain following a wet period, when the ground is already saturated, cancause extensive flooding.Built Environment:The greater Los Angeles basin is essentially built out. This leaves precious little open land toabsorb rainfall. This lack of open ground forces water to remain on the surface and accumulaterapidly. If it were not for the massive flood control system that has been built over the years,with its concrete lined rivers and stream beds, flooding in the Los Angeles basin would be amuch more common occurrence. And the tendency is towards even less and less open land. Infillbuilding is becoming a much more common practice in many areas: Developers tear downolder homes, which typically cover up to 40% of the lots that they sit on, and replace each ofthem with three or four town homes or apartments, which may cover 90-95% of the lot. Thisincrease in impervious surfaces (including concrete walkways, and roofs) results in a directincrease in runoff.Another potential reason for recurrent storm flooding in developed areas is “asphalt creep.”The street space between the curbs of a street is a part of the flood control system. Waterleaves the adjacent properties and accumulates in the streets, where it is directed towards theunderground portion of the flood control system. The carrying capacity of a given street isdetermined by the width of the street and the height of the curbs along the street. Often, whenstreets are being resurfaced, a one- to two-inch layer of asphalt is laid down over the existingasphalt. This added layer of asphalt subtracts from the rated capacity of the street to carrywater. Thus the original engineered capacity of the entire storm drain system is marginallyreduced over time. Subsequent re-paving of the street will further reduce its engineeredcapacity.How Are Flood-Prone Areas Identified:The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is mandated by the National FloodInsurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 to evaluate flood hazards.To promote sound land use and floodplain development, FEMA provides Flood Insurance RateMaps (FIRMs) for local and regional planners. Flood risk information presented on FIRMs isbased on historic, meteorological, hydrologic, and hydraulic data, as well as topographicsurveys, open-space conditions, flood control works, and existing development.Rainfall-runoff and hydraulic models are utilized by the FIRM program to analyze floodpotential, adequacy of flood protective measures, surface-water and groundwater interchangecharacteristics, and the variable efficiency of mobile (sand bed) flood channels. It is important to2006 PAGE 8- 10
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