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Historic Aerial Flood Photos

Dramatic aerial views of severe flooding across multiple states, showcasing submerged landscapes and affected towns during historic flood events.

Floods - Ohio, Aerial Photograph.

Floods - Mississippi River Flood, Aerial Photograph.

Floods - Kentucky - Paducah, Aerial Photograph.

Flood Effects - Iowa. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Floods - West Virginia, Aerial Photograph.

Floods - Potomac & Shenandoa River Flood, Aerial Photograph.

Floods - Arkansas and Mississippi River Flood, Aerial Photograph.

Floods - Potomac & Shenandoa River Flood, Aerial Photograph.

Floods - Mississippi River Flood, Aerial Photograph.

Flood Effects - Iowa. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Ware River, flooded meadows near Old Furnace, drainage area - 137 square miles, flow - 1475 cubic feet per second - 11.8 cubic feet per second per square mile, Hardwick, Mass., 11:25 AM, Sep. 18, 1933 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events

Floods - Kentucky - Louisville, Aerial Photograph.

Floods - Rhode Island, Aerial Photograph.

Flood Effects - Missouri. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Floods - Ohio River Flood, Aerial Photograph.

Floods - Kentucky - Louisville, Aerial Photograph.

Floods - Mississippi River Flood, Aerial Photograph.

Towns and Cities: Occupied - Alaska. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Floods - West Virginia, Aerial Photograph.

Floods - Ohio - Cincinnati, Aerial Photograph.

Floods - Mississippi River Flood, Aerial Photograph.

Administrative Structures - Oregon. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Elsevier photo collection. Aerial recording. Flooding land grave. January 1926. Grave

Ware River, looking downstream from bridge at Barre Plains, drainage area - 117 square miles, flow - 1413 cubic feet per second - 12.1 cubic feet per second per square mile, Barre, Mass., 11:35 AM, Sep. 17, 1933 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events

Floods - Potomac & Shenandoa River Flood, Aerial Photograph.

Floods - Mississippi River Flood, Aerial Photograph.

Aerial view of a part of the area affected during the flood disaster of 1953. Note: The description of this photo is not yet complete and will be supplemented on the basis of the data available at a later stage. However, of many photos of the flood disaster 1953, the location is unknown.

Floods - California - Bueena Park through Yoba Linda, Aerial Photograph.

Floods - Mississippi River Flood, Aerial Photograph.

Floods - Ohio River Flood, Aerial Photograph.

Project #2 Stink Creek. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Flood Effects - Iowa. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Floods - Mississippi River Flood, Aerial Photograph.

Flood Effects - Iowa. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Timber Management: Types - Virginia. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Flood Effects - Pennsylvania. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Flood Effects - Iowa. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Floods - Kentucky - Louisville, Aerial Photograph.

Surging Rio Grand crested here today at 45.3 feet, after going five feet over the International Bridge. The river started its rise Friday following floods in Del Rio and Eagle Pass. There was comparatively little damage except to buildings near the river which were swept away. This air view shows the bridge under water, looking toward Mexico. June 26, 1948. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Flood Effects - Iowa. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Flood Effects - Iowa. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Floods - Mississippi River Flood, Aerial Photograph.

Floods - West Virginia, Aerial Photograph.

Floods - West Virginia, Aerial Photograph.

Floods - Mississippi River Flood, Aerial Photograph.

Floods - Arkansas and Mississippi River Flood, Aerial Photograph.

Kansas - Kansas City, Aerial Photograph.

Floods - Mississippi River Flood, Aerial Photograph.

Floods - Mississippi River Flood, Aerial Photograph.

Melting Snow in Belgium Results in Flooded Roads and Thick Clasping Mud, Impeding Delivery of Supplies. Original caption: The melting of the winter snows in many places in Belgium resulting in flooded roads and thick clasping mud made the delivery of supplies by motor truck an arduous and nervewracking job. State: Europe.

Swift River - looking upstream at outlet channel to diversion tunnel at dam site, flood photo, Mass., Mar. 19, 1936 : Parcel no. 208--, 9:30 AM , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, engineering, floods natural events

Flood Effects - Pennsylvania. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Flood Effects - Pennsylvania. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Floods - Indiana, Aerial Photograph.

Winimusset Brook, looking downstream from Hardwick-Oakham Road, drainage area - 5.7 square miles, flow - 47 cubic feet per second - 8.2 cubic feet per second per square mile, prorated from Pratt Brook, backwater from Ware River, New Braintree, Mass., 11:55 AM, Sep. 17, 1933 , waterworks, real estate, brooks, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events

Floods - Mississippi River Flood, Aerial Photograph.

Flooded highway near mouth of Muddy Brook on Ware-Palmer Road, Ware, Mass., 3:35 PM, Mar. 19, 1936 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events, roads, residential structures

Aerial view of a part of the area affected during the flood disaster of 1953. Note: The description of this photo is not yet complete and will be supplemented on the basis of the data available at a later stage. However, of many photos of the flood disaster 1953, the location is unknown.

Floods - West Virginia, Aerial Photograph.

Floods - Mississippi River Flood, Aerial Photograph.

Backwater from Chicopee River at center of Three Rivers, Palmer, Mass., 3:15 PM, Sep. 21, 1938 , New England Hurricane, 1938, waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events, railroad stations

Floods - Mississippi River Flood, Aerial Photograph.

Why they left - Flood waters tear residential area, part of main city of Maitland, a tpeak of this year's disaster. Houses being moved from circled area travel about three miles as crow flies. Ciba's followed devious route, traveled five miles. May 8, 1952.

Floods - Mississippi River Flood, Aerial Photograph.

Floods - Ohio River Flood, Aerial Photograph.

Chicopee River, A.G. Spalding and Brothers, tailrace #1 Unit, head-canal to river - 21.8ft., drainage area - 717 square miles, flow in river (visible in photo) - 4450 cubic feet per second, flow through Dwight Canal - 1000 cubic feet per second, total - 5450 cubic feet per second - 7.6 cubic feet per second per square mile, Chicopee, Mass., 1:25 PM, Apr. 6, 1933 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, tailraces, floods natural events, factories structures

Flood Effects - Iowa. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Clarence Rhode NWR. "This oil exploration activity, although located outside the range bounday is an example of the type of development that would not be compatible with wildlife management objective or wilderness.". Subjects: Wildlife refuges; Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge; Trans-Alaska Pipeline; TAPS; ARLIS; Alaska. . 1998 - 2011.

Aerial view of a part of the area affected during the flood disaster of 1953. Note: The description of this photo is not yet complete and will be supplemented on the basis of the data available at a later stage. However, of many photos of the flood disaster 1953, the location is unknown.

Floods - Mississippi River Flood, Aerial Photograph.

Floods - Ohio - Cincinnati, Aerial Photograph.

Aerial view of a part of the area affected during the flood disaster of 1953. Note: The description of this photo is not yet complete and will be supplemented on the basis of the data available at a later stage. However, of many photos of the flood disaster 1953, the location is unknown.

Floods - Mississippi River Flood, Aerial Photograph.

España. Extremadura. Badajoz. Presa de Montijo para distribuir el agua en las vegas bajas del río Guadiana. Fotografía, año 1950.

Floods - Ohio River Flood, Aerial Photograph.

Administrative Sites - Rangers Stations. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

New York - Coney Island. House washed away at 48th St., 250 yards East of lighthouse.

Floods - Mississippi River Flood, Aerial Photograph.

N.S.W. Floods - 1955 And Prior - Floods. November 23, 1955.

Floods - Ohio River Flood, Aerial Photograph.

Muddy Brook from Ware-Palmer Road (some backwater from the Ware River), drainage area of Muddy Brook - 19 square miles, flow 110 cubic feet per second - 5.8 cubic feet per second per square mile, 10:00 AM, Ware, Mass., Apr. 4, 1933 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events

Flood Effects - Washington. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Muddy Brook from Ware-Palmer Road (some backwater from the Ware River), drainage area of Muddy Brook - 19 square miles, flow 110 cubic feet per second - 5.8 cubic feet per second per square mile, 10:00 AM, Ware, Mass., Apr. 4, 1933 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events

Ware River, southwest of Ware, behind house #110 on the Palmer Road, west bank, looking northeast, Ware, Mass., 3:00 PM, Apr. 1, 1932 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events, residential structures

Missouri - Missouri Flood, Aerial Photograph.

Ware River, river channel below Otis Co. dam, Ware, Mass., 10:05 AM, Mar. 13, 1936 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events, dams hydraulic structures

Aerial view of flooding in Louisville, Kentucky

Water release disaster 1953. Air photo of Schelphoek and an overview of the area affected by the disaster.

Flood Water On The Field At Karachi, India, After The Storm.

Crossing Slough Filed By Overflow From Colorado River, Half Mile Distant, Slough is 500 Feet Wide and 5 Feet Deep, Boggy Bottom. Original caption: Crossing slough filed by overflow from Colorado River, half mile distant. Slough is 500 feet wide and 5 feet deep, boggy bottom. April 30, 1911. A. L. Westgard. State: California Place: Big Indian Slough.

Ware River at head of Three Rivers Pond, Three Rivers, Palmer, Mass., 12:10 PM, Mar. 13, 1936 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events

Ware River at dam above East Street, Ware, Mass., 3:05 PM, Sep. 24, 1938 , New England Hurricane, 1938, waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events, dams hydraulic structures

Groups, By State - District of Columbia. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Muddy Brook from Ware-Enfield Highway, drainage area - 19.4 square miles, Ware, Mass., Mar. 9, 1933 , waterworks, real estate, brooks, watershed sanitary conditions, billboards site elements, floods natural events

Muddy Brook at Ware-Enfield Road, looking towards Ware, Ware, Mass., 11:55 AM, Mar. 19, 1936 , waterworks, real estate, brooks, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events, road bridges, inhabited places, automobiles, people agents

Tent Caterpillars - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Air photo over the Marmaverk on Lake Marmen.

Floods - Ohio River Flood, Aerial Photograph.

Snow and ice residue after flooding in Tornedalen with men and telephone poles in the picture.

Mining - General. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Chicopee River at Indian Orchard dam, Ludlow and Springfield, Mass., 2:30 PM, Mar. 13, 1936 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events, dams hydraulic structures

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