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Eugene -Springfield Area Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan <br />6. Appendices <br />Table H-6 Significant Levee Failures <br />Reference <br />Levee <br />Year <br />Location <br />Fatalities <br />Cause <br />Number <br />1 <br />St. Elizabeth's <br />1421 <br />Netherlands <br />2,000- <br />Heavy <br />Flood <br />10,000 <br />rain/flooding <br />2 <br />All Saints' Flood <br />1570 <br />Netherlands <br />>20,000 <br />Heavy <br />rain/flooding <br />3 <br />St. Peter's Flood <br />1651 <br />Amsterdam, <br />>15,000 <br />Heavy <br />Netherlands <br />rain/flooding <br />4 <br />St. Martin's <br />1686 <br />Groningen, <br />1558 <br />Heavy <br />Flood <br />Netherlands <br />rain/flooding <br />Great Strom of <br />Netherlands <br />8,000- <br />Heavy <br />5 <br />1703 <br />1703 <br />and Great <br />15,000 <br />rain/flooding <br />Britain <br />Christmas Flood <br />Netherlands, <br />Heavy <br />6 <br />of 1717 <br />1717 <br />Germany, and <br />14,000 <br />rain/flooding <br />Scandinavia <br />7 <br />De Biesbosch <br />1809 <br />Netherlands <br />N/A <br />Ice. <br />Freeze <br />8 <br />Alblasserwaard <br />1820 <br />Alblasserwaard <br />N/A <br />N/A <br />, Netherlands <br />9 <br />Netherlands <br />1825 <br />Netherlands <br />>800 <br />N/A <br />10 <br />Lower Rhine <br />1855 <br />Netherlands <br />N/A <br />Ice. <br />11 <br />Zuyderzee <br />1916 <br />Netherlands <br />N/A <br />Heavy <br />rain/flooding <br />12 <br />Great Mississippi <br />1927 <br />United States <br />246 <br />Heavy <br />Flood of 1927 <br />rain/flooding <br />13 <br />Okeechobee <br />1928 <br />Florida <br />2,500 <br />Heavy <br />Surge <br />rain/flooding <br />14 <br />1938 Yellow <br />1938 <br />China <br />500,000 <br />War <br />River Flood <br />15 <br />Feather River <br />1955 <br />Yuba City, <br />38 <br />Heavy <br />United States <br />rain/flooding <br />16 <br />Vliet Dike Failure <br />1976 <br />Belgium <br />N/A <br />Heavy <br />rain/flooding <br />17 <br />Yuba River <br />1986 <br />United States <br />N/A <br />Heavy <br />rain/flooding <br />18 <br />Feather River <br />1997 <br />United States <br />3 <br />Heavy <br />rain/flooding <br />6-144 January 2020 <br />