The Montrose-La Crescenta (California) Flood of January 1, 1934, and its Sedimentary Aspects

Author: Chawner, William Donald

Year: 1934

Degree: Master's thesis

Advisors: Maxson, John H.; Campbell, Ian

Committee Member: Unknown, Unknown

Option: Geology

DOI: 10.7907/F3ED-0V61

Abstract

New Year's morning, 1934, the residents of Southern California were aware that the rainstorm of the last two days had been severe, and especially so during the night before. But to most of them, if they thought about it at all, it was only a slight inconvenience. The majority of the residents of Los Angeles County did not realize or suspect that during the night a major disaster had occurred in their midst. The small foothill communities of Montrose and La Crescenta, twelve miles north of the center of Los Angeles, and a part of the larger community of Glendale, five miles south of Montrose, had been partially torn away or buried by an overwhelming flow of water, mud, and rock from the steep canyons of the San Gabriel Range to the north of them.

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