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.. " 6. Estimat6 of damages.- Area flooded: 85 aores munioipal Damages, Direot Indireot Total Munioipal Lincoln, Nebraska $12,600 $1, 600 $14,200 Total'damages $12,600 $1.600 $14.200 J. ANTELOPE CREEK, NEBRASKA (Tributary of Salt Creek in Linooln) Flood of 14 June 1. Cause.- Raini'all totalling approximately 2.1 inches oocurred over the AnteloPe Creek. dl'ainage.'area <;>n 14 June. The channel of Antelope Creek was too small to contain the flow which resulted and flcoding oocurred... Inadequate bridge openings, floating debris, and the .s~all size of the conduit at 24th and. M Streets aggravated the flood sitUation. A newly developed,resi- dential area betv,een 40th and 56th streets south. of Randolph Street in Lincoln, which had not been provided with adequate storm sewer facilities, speeded the runoff of surface waters. 2. Extent.- Flooding ooourred over an area estimated at approximately 760 acres adjacent to Antelope Creek from the head- waters to the State Fair Grounds in Lincoln, Nebraska,a distance of some 5.5 miles. 3. Duration.- at about 6 :30 p.m., same day. This WaS a flash flood. Overbank flow started 15 June and oeased at about 10:30 p.m. of the 4. Stages and discharges.- No data available, however, at no time were the stages exoessively high. 5. Damages.- Flood damages were of a moderate nature, with the worst damage ocourring to business places in the vicinity of 27th and Randolph Streets. In this vicinity 92 small establish- ments were inundated. 66 of which had water. up to 4 feet deep on the first floors. Of the .298 residences flooded, 13 had water over the first floors and 92 suffered basement wall failures. The asphalt. topping was stripped from 5 blocks of paving. The ballast w~s'removed from approximately 800 feet of Chicago, Rock Island and Paoific Railroad traoks. Considerable flood-borne debris and sediment were deposited in the area. There was no loss of human life. 15