Tucson Rillito River Flooding 7-31-06

the Rillito River near Dodge Road, Monday morning. This is just outside the Humane Society of Southern Arizona (www.hssaz.org); it's usually a deep and very dry wash that people ride horses and walk dogs in. This morning it was nearly full and flowing fast and dangerous, threatening to wash out a nearby bridge. It also had numerous trees in it that were being washed down from Mt. Lemmon.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• Tucson
• flooding
• storm
• river
• Rillito
• Dodge

[SaraOhio]

Holy Crap! I just filmed it this morning after the record rainfall of 2/28/10. I thought it was full then! We've never experienced monsoon season in Tucson. Nice video!

[MikePresents]

I was playing in the Rillito that day around 1st ave.

2006 was a good monsoon.

[kevinandger]

i go there to play survivor man with my friends haha

[ManditaBaby]

I used to paly in that riverbed when I was little.

[chrispycritter2]

Imagine if you could save all that water in a resivoir or lake!

[DobermansRock]

I used to trip lsd. From Campbell to Alvernon. Those were wild times.

[1973slimshady1973]

yep i had my back yard flood with 3 feet water like 200 foot from that wash its like 50 feet deep when it not runing that ware we like to ride our dirt bike and atv 4x4 we call it shit creak because the santacruze river is not water it shit water and that will be why we call it shit creak but it still one of my fav place lot of wild life the water you see here is flowing in to shit creak and yes it is very crazy place to be i never go to shit creak riding with out my pistle

[pilarlllorona]

that sky is amazing, o how i love the tucson monsoons.

[nadaquefazer]

This is incredible! I used to hike the dry Rillito River from Stone/Tucson Mall to Swan/River and I could never imagine it being full of water. But now I see that it's possible... I Love Tucson!!