San Diego's Pat Fields Flood

Nearly 30 inches of rain fell in a month, making January 1916 the wettest period in San Diego County's recorded history. The county corner estimated that 50 people had died in what residents began to call Pat Fields Flood. As promised by Hatfield, water lapped to the top of Moreno Reservoir but no one was particularly happy about it. Spence: Charles Milker announced he would formally lay his claim for $10,000 before the City Council.