The Enquirer's coverage of the 1884  Flood in Dayton is here and here and here.

In 1884, over 400 houses were under water in Dayton and Bellevue.

March 22, 1933	March 21, 1933 Fourth, looking west from Kenton	4th & Clark in the 1945 Flood	1945

 

Thanks to Cecilia Gastright Hudepohl for sending us these, and who tells us “These 2 pictures were taken from my Grandma's front porch, at 3rd & McKinney looking towards the river. The left picture (with cars) has writing on the back-- 'river at 64 feet, 8 a.m., 3-6-1945, crested at 69.2 ft., 5 p.m.'” The picture on the right is earlier, c. 1920's or 30's.

 

	These are all from the 1948 flood, and are taken at 2nd and McKinney. From a Facebook post by Gail Myers.

 

Dayton in the 1945 or 1948 floods

 

Tacoma 1964

. . . a few reference numbers for this page's floods:
1945 flood, 4th worst	69.2 feet
1948 flood, 8th worst	64.8 feet
1964 flood,, 6th worst	66.2 feet
1997 flood, 9th worst	64.7 feet
All of the worst floods are ranked here.

 

An aerial from the Enquirer of the 1964 flood
From a Facebook post by Tammy Cornett

 

1964 Flood Scenes

 

March 6, 1997
Enquirer photo by Michael E. Keating