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<br />This was a minor flood. The greatest flood
<br />Shell Creek gaging 'station 8 miles north 'of
<br />2 June 1950. atwhich,,':time' a, crl)st, stag", of
<br />c.f~s. peak dischargfi,were noted...
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<br />of past record fa-the
<br />Coll.\IDbus occurred ;,
<br />21.4, feet~n.d' 6,00q,
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<br />,'5. "DamaJl;es'... 'F16cding'waa,Umitedi;0 ,a rslativsly ~mail ",
<br />area. of' agricultural lands,. ',': No'farmsteads or: communities 'were
<br />affeoted. Therewll.s. no;damage to the transportation system. Crop
<br />and pasture damages,were,negligible;"due to the advanc,ed stage()f
<br />the corn and the short period of floodiilg.,No estimate wasmadl)
<br />of areas inundated and damages sustained. "
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<br />P. WARM SLOUGH,-m:llMS'KA
<br />(Tributary of Platte Riv",r)
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<br />Flood of 30-31, May,
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<br />1. Cause.- On 30-31 May 'a heavy rainstorm occurred over the
<br />Warm Slough watershed and adjacent at"eas., ,The depot agent at
<br />Central City, Nebraska, measured 4 inches of rainfall on 30 May
<br />and 1.6 inches on 31 May. Runoff from this stonn, caused overflow
<br />of lands adjacent, to Warm ,Slol.\gh.
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<br />2. Extent .- Warm Slough overflowed a strip ,of land approxi-
<br />mate>ly 600 feet wide on ea.chbank in the- vicinity of Central City.
<br />Wat&rfr from the slough spilled into a'drainage ditch' paralleling
<br />the' ,right balik, which in turn caused additional flooding in
<br />Central City. ' ' ' '
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<br />, ",' ,.3',,, Dw:at.:Lcn,,- The period of flooding was, about. three days.
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<br />'< 4';: Sta,;;e&'s.nd discharges.':' At the cre'st,the wa<ters were 2 feet
<br />over the deck of the Nebraska state Highway No. 14 bridge over
<br />Warm Slough just north, ()f ,C.entral ~it~; No comparative flood data
<br />are available.
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<br />5. Damages.- A'"total 'area estimated at approximately 1,000
<br />acres was flooded. ,About 10 acres of this was in the village of
<br />Centra1:'City, ,the l"estwas 'pasture 18.nd. ,In CentJ:a1 City,the
<br />,bs'iiements of 12 homes were filled with water and about'i25.lawns.
<br />vreredamaged. 'Sediment and debris were left onlawnsFstreetll,,,,
<br />""and garden plcts. ,No human lives,:or livestock wel"e ,lost, 'and J;l9
<br />evacuations were neoessary.. <,'
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<br />6. Estimate of damages.-
<br />Area'fiooded ~
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<br />990 acres pasture land
<br />10 acres municipal
<br />1,,000 acres total,
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<br />Damages,:
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<br />Direct
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<br />Indirect
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<br />Total
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<br />Municipal
<br />,Central: Cicty.
<br />, ~riculture
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<br />Tctal damages
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<br />;, ..
<br />Nebrl/osk~$S ,.500
<br />, : '1900
<br />", .,.
<br />
<br />$,500
<br />, ,'700
<br />
<br />, ",$6' 000
<br />" ,
<br />, 2 60,0
<br />," .
<br />~8.600
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<br />"
<br />
<br />22
<br />
<br />$7,400
<br />
<br />$1,200
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