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<br />'..i: <br /> <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />by soil saturation; howevef, this type of damage does not usually <br />become apparent until months after the floods have passed. Other <br />damages 'to:residehtia~propei'tS':inClude damage to lawns, gardens~.. and <br />shrubbery ,1ossOfpo1,:ltry ,and .a:amage :to floors, ou tbuildings ~an~ <br />fences.,.. . ,...... <br /> <br />3-03. Many of the commercial buil'dings in the' flood plain are <br />also provided with basements, and stored merchandise suffers severe <br />damage during floods. The footings under these buildings are of <br />better quality than those under the residential un~~~ and structural <br />damage due to foundation. settlement :is not as great:... . Damage t. <br />. business property also includes losses to merchandise., fixtures, and <br />equipment. .located at fi.r.st. floor level and damage. to floors and floor... ..... <br />eovedngs. from water..~~d.:Silt. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. , ...~ ~. .....-. .,. .... . <br />3-04. The floed of 14 July 1948, which had an estimated p.eak <br />discharge of 2,000 cubic feet per second at ~illow Street, is the <br />largest flood knohn to have occurred within the memory of the older <br />residents. of the area. A :large portion of the floodwaters broke but <br />of the channel at the willow. Street bridge and fl~wed south'on .: <br />\{illcw Street to Raca Street, as shf!wn on plate 1; thenS'e. east along <br />Baca Street to the confluence with additional.wat.er' which.'il'ver.flowed <br />the channel-.at the Baca Stre.et bridge. Theco!llbined floo.dwB:ters then <br />flowed east' .and southeast inundating residential. property:'.Tllp bulk <br />of the r.eSidential damage oc.curred in the area bounded by Baca'Street <br />on the n,9rth, Kansas Avenue on the south, Pr.-ospect Str.eet,Iln the west, <br />and State .Street on the east.. In the vicinity of State Street, the <br />floodwaters converged and followed the direction :.f the Channel.align-. <br />ment to a. point about midway between Nevada Avenue and Arizona Avehu.,>;.' <br />where they began to flow s.outh through the business district to the <br />Purgatoii-jl River. The heavi\ist damage to busin~s$ property occurred <br />in the ..vicinity of, Pinon Canon. and AFi.zona- Avenue where.. velocity .and.....---.... <br />depth were the greatest. During 1951, a field canva~s waS made t6. <br />determ.ine the damage' that would be caus.ed. at the~'l'esent time. from a <br />repetition ofth!3: 1948 flood. Based on this invest:Lgation it is .. . <br />estima~edtbat.the.t6tal.damage would amount to 069,000, aS$how~ in <br />table 2.. ' <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />.... .:/'! <br /> <br />J-O~.'. Therir6s.t recent damaging flood on' Pinon::.'C:anon .Arroyo o.c- <br />curred 25 July 195b; Thl.sfloodhad an estim:"ted p~akdiscbarge of. <br />1,570 cuoiC'feetper secorid at Willow Street and from all. indica- .. <br />tions is the second largest flood experienced'since the area was. . <br />developed; Even though the magnitude of thls flood .was.onlY ~bout <br />three-fourths' that of the 19"48 flooi:l, the'damage cat,se'd.t" martyof <br />the residential and business units was about t(le same. .This is. . <br />because base(1l-e.n"j;s were flooded in :bothcases and the 4ifferdilcebe;;' . <br />tween .four feet ilf water and five, feet. of water in abasement' is of . <br />small conseqUence. . Damage t,~ structures, lawns,.imdshrubDer;Y was. <br /> <br />';-.'. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />-3-. <br /> <br />Appendix III <br /> <br />. <br />