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<br />5. Dama~es.- Moderate flood losses oocurred in a residential <br />area of Lincoln. The water rose to shallow depths on the first <br />floors of 20 homes, and the basements of .32 additional homes 'were <br />filled with muddy water. Four foundation:f'ailures ocourred. No <br />business establishments were flooded.. .,Par.t of the gravel surfaoe <br />was removed from 17 blooks of streets:' A short seotion of railroad <br />fill was eroded and the ballast. washed from the track. Considerable <br />debris and sediment were deposited in the.overflow area. No human <br />lives were lost. <br /> <br />6. Estimate of damal!;es.- <br /> Area flooded: <br /> 90 ac~es (municipal area) <br /> Damal!;es: <br /> Direot Indireot Total <br />", Munioipal <br /> " 1;1n601n. Nebraska $40.400 $6,200 $46.600 <br /> Tota,~ 'damages ~40,400 $6,200 $46,600 <br /> <br />NOTE::Anot1'ler':flood ocourred on Deadman's Run on2:June. whioh <br />'" '... appears, to . have been of about the same magnitude as the <br />,i ~~bove~d~s.~ribed flood.. This offioe had no.l!:llowledge of <br />. the .ocOiri'r'e.DOe of this flood and therefore, c911eoted no' <br />."<ietailed.data, regarding it. . <br /> <br />I. LYNN CREEK, NEBRASKA <br />" (Tributary of'Salt Cree~ in Linooln) <br /> <br />Flood of 31 May <br /> <br />1. ,C!1nse.-On31 May preoipitation to the amount of <br />"approximately 2.54 inches occurred inashort time over the <br />. Lyrin Creek' drainage area. The ,channel of Lynn. Creek was unable <br />to'O'ontain the runoff and flooding resulted. <br /> <br />: 2. Extent.- General flo~ding ocoUrred along the stream <br />from the6ity limits to U. S. ~ighway'77 within'the city of <br />Lincoln. <br /> <br />3. <br />backln <br /> <br />Dur,ation.-... TlIis WllS.'" flash flood, and the stream was <br />its'normal banks aft,er about. 3: hours. . <br /> <br />.. ,4. stal!;es and disoharges;- None avs:ilable; however, this <br />'flood~was o~ moder.ate magni~ude. <br /> <br />'. ,. . '.,. . <br />5. Damal!:es.- Approximately '41 city. blocks in~Linooln were <br />'nodded';: Gravel was YlBsned from streets in numerous places and <br />o on:ilidera ble debTi s !lod s.e\ii\llentwere:: ditilQj3.H!ld.~. Ba seVlentsof <br />50 low-prioed homes were fIo'oded 'and' 6'~adi.1;1on!1Lhom\l,ll had water <br />to shallow depth on the first floor. No business plaoes were <br />directly affeoted. No human lives were lost. <br />14 <br />