The Flood Control Act of 1941 was an Act of the United States Congress signed into law by US President Franklin Roosevelt that authorized civil engineering projects such as dams, levees, dikes, and other flood control measures through the United States Army Corps of Engineers and other Federal agencies. It is one of a number of Flood Control Acts that is passed nearly annually by the US Congress.
Projects
Dams
- Kinzua Dam (begun in 1960, completed in 1965)
- Fort Gibson Dam (begun in 1941, completed in 1949)
- Allatoona Dam (begun in 1946, completed in 1950)
- Railroad relocations due to reservoirs created by dams were included.[1]
Stormwater control
- Construction of mandatory storm drains and flood control channels throughout the city of Los Angeles in the wake of the Los Angeles Flood of 1938.[2]
See also
for related legislation which sometime also implement flood control provisions.
References
- Railway Age, Volume 111. Simmons-Boardman Publishing Company. 1941. p. 1076. Retrieved 24 March 2026.
- Crouch, W.W. (1952). Metropolitan Los Angeles, a Study in Integration: Intergovernmental relations. John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation. p. 94. Retrieved 24 March 2026.
- River Commission, and to the Flood Control Acts of July 24, 1946 and May 17, 1950, Volumes 4-6. United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Mississippi River and tributaries project ... United States Government Printing Office. 1964. pp. 49, 53. Retrieved 24 March 2026.