Cache Creek was temporarily blocked north of Rumsey by a landslide caused by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake : "Our Rumsey correspondent mentions the fall of Cache Creek as a result of an earthquake shock Tuesday night. The water has continued to fall some since that date and in some places it is dry. Upon investigation by the officials of the Water Company it was found that a landslide had dammed the Creek near the Leonard ranch in Lake county..." The creek subsequently broke through, causing severe flooding in Rumsey.