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Rainbow Creek:
Stream monitoring after the 2007 fires


Rainbow Creek is a tributary of the Santa Margarita River, near Fallbrook, San Diego County, CA. Al Caldwell, deputy hydrologic monitoring chief for the USGS California Water Science Center, discusses the role of stream-gaging in monitoring the risk of floods and debris flows in this drainage following the 2007 Southern California wildfires. The video was produced by Kristopher Curry, a USGS Volunteer for Science.
Santa Margarita River web cam
Debris flow hazard maps for Southern California released. News release

Map of gage site on Rainbow Creek, near Fallbrook, San Diego County, CA. Data for Gage 11044250

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