Flood, Motherlode/Camptonville to Groveland
- When
- December 12, 7:00 AM PST to 7:00 PM PST
- Where
- Motherlode/Camptonville to Groveland forecast zone
Flooding in California, December 12, 1996
5 inches across El Dorado county during the early morning brought many small streams to above flood stage. On Deer Creek near the city of Cameron Park, 10 homes were evacuated.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS STO wrote it up.
Rains of 2 to 4.5 inches across El Dorado county during the early morning brought many small streams to above flood stage. On Deer Creek near the city of Cameron Park, 10 homes were evacuated. Further downstream, in eastern Sacramento county, the creek inundated the local area, damaging a restaurant in an historic building in the town of Sloughhouse. The city of El Dorado's post office ended up with 4 feet of water inside the building from Slate Creek.
Event by event
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Southern Sacramento Valley
- When
- December 12, 7:00 AM PST to 7:00 PM PST
- Where
- Southern Sacramento Valley forecast zone
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in Georgia, December 12, 1996
- Flood in Nevada, December 12, 1996
- Tornado in California, December 12, 1996
- Heavy Rain in New Jersey, December 12 to 14, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, December 12, 1996
- Dense Fog in Iowa, December 12, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Maryland, December 12 to 14, 1996
- Hail in Alabama, December 12, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, December 12 to 13, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Delaware, December 12 to 14, 1996
- Hail in Arkansas, December 12, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Arkansas, December 12, 1996
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5578667, 5578668.