J. V. B. Wells 1959 <p>Major floods occurred in four areas in the United States during 1953: western Oregon and northwestern California, Louisiana and adjacent States, the Missouri River basin in Montana, and northwestern Iowa.</p><p>Monetary loss from floods in 1953 was much lower than in any one of the preceding 3 years and was less than half the national annual average as computed by the Weather Bureau. </p> application/pdf 10.3133/wsp1320E en U.S. Government Printing Office Summary of floods in the United States during 1953 reports