Timeline of 1927 FloodTimeline of 1927 Flood

Create a timeline that indicates the climatic conditions and the sequence of physical catastrophes that resulted in 27,000 square miles being flooded. Highlight events on a map. (From LA CC 2008)

Dates and events may include:

• December 1926 (Heavy rains in Central/Great Plains) • February 1927 (Mississippi River and tributaries at flood stage)• April 21, 1927 (Crevasse* at Mounds Landing, MS, Yazoo Valley Floods)• April 29, 1927 (Levee dynamited near St. Bernard / Plaquemines Parishes

to divert water away from New Orleans)• May 3, 1927 (Crevasse at Cabin Teele, lower Red River valley floods,

Atchafalaya River overflows)• May 13, 1927 (Crevasse at Bayou de Glaise floods Cottonport,

Moreauville, Simmesport)• May 16, 1927 (Crevasse at Melville floods Melville and Plaucheville)• May 17, 1927 (Crevasse at Cecilia – Henderson)• May 1927. . . Red Cross Refugee Camps established in Mansura,

Marksville, Bunkie, Alexandria, Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Carencro, Opelousas and Jeanerette (segregated camps)

• May 22, 1927 (Vermilion River and Bayou Teche overflow, Breaux Bridge floods)

• May 23, 1927 (St. Martinville floods)• May 26, 1927 (New Iberia floods)• June – August 1927 (flood waters slowly subside, refugees leave Red

Cross camps and return home)