| 30.0 | The entire lower Salinas Valley will have disastrous flooding. The entire city of Salinas is in danger of flooding. Most of Castroville will flood. All roads near the Salinas River will be flooded and impassable. 90,000 acres or more of agricultural land in the Salinas Valley will have disastrous flooding. | | 29.0 | All roads just South and West of Spreckels will be flooded. US 101 will flood just North of Soledad. Highway 1 just South of Castroville near Nashua Road will flood. Many roads...homes and agricultural land areas in the Salinas Valley will have major flood damage. | | 28.0 | The lower portions of Soledad...Gonzales...Chualar...Spence...Spreckels and Castroville will have major flooding. Major flooding will affect 40,000 acres or more of agricultural land in the Salinas Valley. Some primary roads and most secondary roads in the Salinas Valley will be flooded and impassable.Highway 156 and Highway 68 will be flooded and impassable. Water and Sewage treatment plants along the lower Salinas River are in danger of flooding. | | 27.0 | The lower portions of Castroville will begin to flood. Foster Road...one mile south of Salinas will flood. Highway 156 near Castroville will begin to flood. Many secondary roads in the Salinas Valley will be flooded and impassable. Large areas of agricultural land in the Salinas Valley will have major flood damage. | | 26.0 | The lower portions of Soledad...Gonzales...Chualar...Spence and Spreckels will have moderate flooding. At least 20,000 acres of farm land in the Salinas Valley are threatened with flooding. Levees along the lower Salinas River could breach. Some primary and many secondary roads along the Salinas River will begin to flood. Highway 68 will become inundated. | | 24.0 | The lowest areas of agricultural land along the lower portions of the Salinas River will have significant flooding. River Road will have moderate flooding. Spreckels Boulevard will begin to flood. | | 23.0 | A few homes near the Salinas River along the reach of the river gage will begin to flood. River Road near Spreckels will have minor flooding. | | 19.0 | Lowland agricultural areas will have minor flooding. |
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1) 30.29 ft on 03/12/1995
2) 25.82 ft on 02/26/1969
3) 25.00 ft on 02/12/1938
4) 24.54 ft on 02/08/1998
5) 23.90 ft on 02/08/1937
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