Comparing floods in the Tulare lakebed

Following this year's intense storms, floodwaters inundated different areas of the Tulare lakebed than in 1983, when the basin last experienced this scale of widespread flooding.

1983

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KINGS COUNTY

Corcoran

Flooded area

Tulare lakebed

2023

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10 MILES

United States Geological Survey, Kings County

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