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Johnstown Flood Of 1977
The Johnstown flood of 1977 was a major flood which began on the night of July 19, 1977, when heavy rainfall caused widespread flash flooding in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States, including the city of Johnstown and the Conemaugh Valley. On July 19, 1977, a deluge of rain hit the area around Johnstown during the night. Nearly of rain fell in 24 hours when a thunderstorm stalled over the area, and six dams in the area over-topped and failed. The largest dam to fail was the Laurel Run Dam, releasing over of water that poured through the village of Tanneryville, killing 41 people. The combination of the other five dams released another , not counting the water from rains. Well over of water from the dams alone poured down the valley, and by dawn Johnstown was inundated with of water. The channel improvements were designed to carry , but the 1977 flood discharge was measured as . Ron Shawley, executive director of Laurel Highland's Historical Village, returned to John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Johnstown is a city in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 18,411 as of the 2020 census. Located east of Pittsburgh, Johnstown is the principal city of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Cambria County. It is also part of the Johnstown-Somerset, PA Combined Statistical Area, which includes both Cambria and Somerset Counties. History Johnstown was settled in 1770. The city has experienced three major floods in its history. The Johnstown Flood of May 31, 1889, occurred after the South Fork Dam collapsed upstream from the city during heavy rains. At least 2,209 people died as a result of the flood and subsequent fire that raged through the debris. Another major flood occurred in 1936. Despite a pledge by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to make the city flood free, and subsequent work to do so, another major flood occurred in 1977. Before becoming an independent town, Windber, Pennsylvania, was consid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flood Control
Flood control methods are used to reduce or prevent the detrimental effects of flood waters."Flood Control", MSN Encarta, 2008 (see below: Further reading). Flood relief methods are used to reduce the effects of flood waters or high water levels. Flooding can be caused by a mix of both natural processes, such as extreme weather upstream, and human changes to waterbodies and runoff. Though building hard infrastructure to prevent flooding, such as flood walls, can be effective at managing flooding, increased best practice within landscape engineering is to rely more on soft infrastructure and natural systems, such as marshes and flood plains, for handling the increase in water. For flooding on coasts, coastal management practices have to not only handle changes water flow, but also natural processes like tides. Flood control and relief is a particularly important part of climate change adaptation and climate resilience, both sea level rise and changes in the weather (climat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Summerhill, Pennsylvania
Summerhill is a borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 490 at the 2010 census. History Summerhill, a small borough in the Allegheny Mountains in southwestern Pennsylvania, was settled in the early 1800s and grew in large part from the Allegheny Portage Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad. The Thomas and Barbara Croyle family was one of the earliest recorded families to settle in the town in 1794. Their family homestead, a two-story stone structure that still stands, served the family as a fortress against Indian attacks. According to some sources, Indians burned the Croyles' cabin and property, causing the family to seek refuge at Fort Bedford. By 1800, Barbara Croyle chose to rebuild their homestead with stone; she limited windows to two sides of the house to keep it stronger if attacked. The Croyle family built a grist mill, known locally as Croyle's Mill, and a dam on the Little Conemaugh River to operate it. The establishment of the mil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windber, Pennsylvania
Windber is a borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States, about south of Johnstown. It was at one time a place of industrial activities which included coal mining, lumbering, and the manufacture of fire brick. In 1897, the community was founded by coal barons Charles and Edward Julius Berwind, owners of the Berwind Corporation; the name "Windber" simply switches the order of the two syllables in the family name "Berwind". 8,013 people lived in Windber in 1910 and 9,057 in 1940; the population was 3,930 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Windber started in 1897 as a company town for nearby coal mines in the vicinity of Johnstown. The Berwind-White Coal Mining Company imported workers from eastern and southern Europe and exploited ethnic divisions in the area (which had been settled by Germans and Irish in the 19th century). On Good Friday 1922, coal miners walked out of the mines in Windber and severa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Taylor Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania
West Taylor Township is a township in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 795 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography West Taylor Township is located in southwestern Cambria County and is bordered to the south by the city of Johnstown. The Conemaugh River forms the southwestern border of the township as it flows through the Conemaugh Gorge, a canyon carved through the ridge of Laurel Hill. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and , or 1.72%, is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 862 people, 364 households, and 252 families residing in the township. The population density was 146.9 people per square mile (56.7/km2). There were 392 housing units at an average density of 66.8/sq mi (25.8/km2). The racial makeup of the township was 96.17% White, 3.13% African American, 0.23% Native American, and 0 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strongstown, Pennsylvania
Strongstown is an unincorporated community in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community is located at the junction of U.S. Route 422 and Pennsylvania Route 403 Pennsylvania Route 403 (PA 403) is a north–south state route in Somerset, Cambria and Indiana counties of Pennsylvania. The southern terminus is at U.S. Route 30 (US 30) in the hamlet of Kantner in Quemahoning Township. The northern ..., west-northwest of Ebensburg. References Unincorporated communities in Indiana County, Pennsylvania Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania {{IndianaCountyPA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seward, Pennsylvania
Seward is a borough in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was four hundred and ninety-five at the time of the 2010 census. It is also one of three communities within the county to utilize the 814 area code, along with St. Clair and New Florence. History In June 1902, three men were killed instantly, two were fatally hurt and five others were injured, including one man who later died, following an explosion at the Cambria powder plant's coining mill in Seward. According to news coverage, "The explosion occurred as the men were loading a pot of powder on a wagon driven by" one of the victims, thirty-eight-year-old John Rhoads, who reportedly left a large family. The others who were killed were: Seward resident J. B. Smith, aged forty, who was also the head of a large family; Charles Drover, a thirty-five-year-old, unmarried resident of Wapwallopen in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; and Seward resident W. F. Bracken, who was married with three childre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dale, Pennsylvania
Dale is a borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,234 at the 2010 census, down from 1,503 at the 2000 census. Geography Dale is located in southwestern Cambria County at (40.310524, -78.903886). It is surrounded by the city of Johnstown, but is a separate municipality and part of a separate school district. According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of , all land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 1,503 people, 685 households, and 389 families residing in the borough. The population density was 8,516.1 people per square mile (3,224.0/km2). There were 745 housing units at an average density of 4,221.2 per square mile (1,598.0/km2). The racial makeup of the borough was 93.21% White, 4.59% African American, 0.27% Native American, 0.27% Asian, 0.33% from other races, and 1.33% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Conemaugh Borough Historic District
The Old Conemaugh Borough Historic District is a national historic district that is located in Johnstown in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. History and architectural features This district encompasses 330 contributing buildings that are located in a predominantly working-class residential area in Johnstown, and includes a few examples of high-style, Victorian-era dwellings that represent the Queen Anne and Second Empire styles. Notable buildings include the Young House (c. 1850), the Christian Kakuck House (1888), the Spenger House (c. 1890), the W. H. Smith Residence (c. 1870), the Otto M. Hornick House (1904), the American House (1832), the Brass Rail Bar (c. 1890), St. Joseph's German Catholic Church (1868), Central Catholic School (1906), and the Hudson Street School (1895, 1924). ''Note:'' This includes It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Place ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ebensburg, Pennsylvania
Ebensburg is a borough and the county seat of Cambria County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is located west of Altoona and surrounded by Cambria Township. It is situated in the Allegheny Mountains at about above sea level. Ebensburg is located in a rich bituminous coal region. In the past, sawmills, tanneries, wool mills, and a foundry operated there. The number of residents in 1900 was 1,574, and in 1910, 1,978. The population was 3,351 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. Ending in Ebensburg is the Ghost Town Trail, a rail trail established in 1991 on the right-of-way of the former Ebensburg and Black Lick Railroad. Also of note, next to the old Cambria County Jail, is the Veterans Park of Cambria County honoring the men from Cambria County who fought in the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Mexican-American War, Civil War, and the Spanish-American War. History Ebensburg originated in November 1796, when Congr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adams Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania
Adams Township in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States, is a township that is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 5,972 at the 2010 census, down from 6,495 at the 2000 census. History The Johnstown Flood National Memorial was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966. The South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club Historic District was listed in 1986. Geography Adams Township is located in the southeast corner of Cambria County at 40.392581, -78.542633, approximately east of Johnstown. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.26%, is water. The elevation rises to more above sea level in the southeast part of the township, on Pot Ridge near the crest of the Allegheny Front. Communities Census-designated places Census-designated places are geographical areas designated by the U.S. Census Bureau for the purposes of compiling demographic data. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania
Ehrenfeld is a borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 228 at the 2010 census. Geography Ehrenfeld is located in south-central Cambria County at (40.372273, -78.776394), in the valley of the Little Conemaugh River. It is bordered to the east by the borough of Summerhill and to the southwest by the borough of South Fork. U.S. Route 219 passes through the eastern part of Ehrenfeld, with access from one exit ( Pennsylvania Route 53). US 219 leads north to Ebensburg, the county seat, and southwest to Somerset. Johnstown, the largest city in Cambria County, is to the southwest via US 219 and Pennsylvania Route 56. According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough of Ehrenfeld has a total area of , of which is land and , or 2.98%, is water. Demographics At the 2000 census there were 234 people, 90 households, and 65 families in the borough. The population de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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