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<br />5. Dama~es.- A total area estimated at 11,600 acres was <br />inundated during 'this flood, the greater portion of which is <br />devoted to agriculture. Agricultural damages were relatively <br />light, due to the early date of the flood and to generally shallow <br />depth of flooding. No loss of Ii vestock was reported,> and no <br />farmsteads were flooded. Transportation damages were also light, <br />as no railroad or Federal Highways were affected. Approximately <br />60 feet of approach fill was washed out at the right bank end of <br />State Highway No. 15 Bridge at Pilger, Nebraska, and the road was <br />closed to'traf!:tQ tor. about 2 days. About 2,000 feet of State <br />Highway No. 90 wa@ evertopped south of Beemer and in addition to <br />being severely eroded was closed to traffic for' 2' days. Approxh <br />mately 3,000 feet of State Highway No. 32 was overtopped west of <br />West Point, Nebraska, and was closed to traffic i'orabout .one <br />. week. One county road near Pilger and three near the mouth were <br />overtopped at points of bridge crossing and were closed to traffic <br />for several days as a result of washing and mud. .. West of Gretna, <br />Nebraska, a left bank levee was severely damaged. <br /> <br />6r Serious damage occurred in the town of West Point (2,510 <br />population in 1940), At this point a levee protecting the municipal <br />park failed, because of a rodent burrow, and let the. floodwaters <br />enter the park area and a large, residential area. Approximately <br />50 municipal blocks of the town area were flooded to shall.ow <br />depths. Six homes were flooded about one foot deep on the first <br />'floor, and approximately 20 persons evacuated the premises .for <br />4 days. Approximately 25 additional homes had'the.!r basements <br />and grounds flooded and another 20 homes had 2 feet' or more of <br />seep water in the basements. Approximately 100 chickens were <br />lost. .The grounds ol one poultry hatchery plant were inundated.. <br />Flooding of the town park will prevent use of this area for some <br />time. Washing and deposition of mud on streets and in alleys ' <br />necessitated considerable cleanup expense. No human. lives were <br />lost. <br /> <br />7. Estimate of dama~es.- <br />Areas flooded: <br /> <br />4,300 aores cropland <br />300 acreshayland <br />7,000 acres of pasture and timberland <br />11,600 acres total <br /> <br />Dama~es' <br /> <br /> Direot Indireot Total <br />Muni91pal <br />West Point,'Nebraska $16,500 $4,000 $20,500 <br />Transportation 6,800 700 7.,500 <br />Agriculture 16,000 1,600. " i 7,600 <br />Total damages $39,300 $6,300 . $45,600 <br /> <br />17 <br />