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<br />by soil,s:at,1Jratic;>n;-, however, this ,type of damage does not usually:
<br />become app~Emt" until 11lonths after :the floods" have passed. Other:',:'.
<br />damages to l:':<;lsid!3ntia;L" PTope,ty include damage, to lawns.,giITdens, "and,
<br />shrubbery, loss of poultry, and damage to floors, out::JUildings;,and
<br />fences.
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<br />3-03. Many of the commercial buildings in the flood plain are
<br />also provided with basements, and stored merchandise suffers .seVet'<;l
<br />damage during floods" The footings uneier these buildil'lgsare of
<br />better quality than thOSe under 'the residential units and structural
<br />damage dUEl to""fo\Xrtda:tibn s'ettlemetit is not as ,great. Damage;"'tii."''''''
<br />businesspr:oplll:'ty' al$6 'includes' losses to merchandise, fixtures, ,and
<br />equipment,"l~t:'atecl at first floor level and damage to floors and"rIoor ,.
<br />coverings fl:'om water and silt.
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<br />3-04. The flood of 14 July 1948, which had an estj.matedpeak
<br />discharge of 2,000 cubic feet per" second at Hillow" street,'.is the
<br />largest flood known to have occu:rreq within the memory of the oldep
<br />residents of the area. ;, large portior+ of the :t::).Qorlw,.ters broke out
<br />of the channel at the \,illow street bridge ar+d flowed southon:
<br />Willow Street to)aca street, as ~hoWl'l on plate,l'l tl}ence eastalqng
<br />Baca street to, the confluence with, additional water which overflowed
<br />the channel at' 'the 'Baca street brid'(Se. The combined floodwaters then
<br />flowed east and southeast inundating residential, property. The bulk
<br />of the residentiril 'damage occurred in the area bounded by Baca street
<br />on the north, K<I:!sas j,venue on tne south, Prospect street on the,. west,
<br />and state Street '6n theeast,Tii the vicinity of state street, "the
<br />floodwaters conv~rge,d and followe;dthe direction of the; (lha1),nel,align-
<br />me;nt to a point about midway be;tween Nevada Lvenue and Arizona Avenue,
<br />where they "bega::rCt6 'fIowsoiith throUgIi."""€lie-lJiiiilnei;s""Jiitrict' to'tne" . .. .--... ,.
<br />Purgatoi,re Rive;r,. Tl)e,heavie$t" d?mage :to hUli/inessprQperty ocourred
<br />in the vicinity ofPino,!fCanon and>J,:rizona'J,vifii1ie 'wi:).ere velo<l;btjand"
<br />depth were the gref\t,est. "D\lI'ing 1951;,. ,,":t::i;El.;Ld c&nv.ass was";ma,qe,, to ",,', "',,
<br />determine the d~g<?;"t~a,:t wo'!1d be caused .at 't4e,;p.resenttime f:rOlll a,
<br />repetition o,f,the 1948f.lood. Based on,tl>:.k~ :i,nvestigat:j.or+ :l,t,i;>,"
<br />estimated tha;t the totalcJ.amage would l)lllount to:"69;Oqo;,,,ssh;o1;fnin,
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<br />3-05", Th~ mostsecent damaging flood on ,pinon Canol1, J:r;roY9'oc,..
<br />curred 2"$ July 195,6~:"T)lts,flo!?d had;flne~timate.dpe!l~" .<1}~cha,rge,of"",
<br />1,570 cubic feet pe,r' seQond at .\itl+ow street af\d, f"org,';U]")iI:lqi.c,!-~,,
<br />tions is the second largest flood experienced since the area was
<br />developeq. Eye.n.,tI}~~"the,ma,gnitUd:eof this H09,j,l.Wa,S q~ya):lou:t:.. .. ."
<br />three-fourths,tlJ,at.e,;h",the ,1946 flood, the damage ca,P"'le.d"tq ,m(!llY:St'",
<br />the residentiaL and. .b'W.t,I)es$units was ,about" the same.;, r,h;i$"if!.. . ",,;
<br />because basements :Were t.loocJ.ed:tnboth Cases a.n4":+,h~"differell.Cebe,.,
<br />tween four feetof'waterand five feet ofwateri~s'ba5.,m~niisof
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<br />small consequencEl.namage 'to s'tr"uciUres, lawns, and shrubbery was
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