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<br />Anevaluatia" ar drainage problems in the Tawnar Elizabeth requHca <br />hydrol,,~ic analysis for 11 number of sub-basina wi~hin the study area. the <br />tributary drainl1~e areaS of aome of these sub-basins at selected locationa <br />area presented in Table-6. <br /> <br />CIlAPTERVIIl <br />IlISTORYOF nOODING <br /> <br />Flooding within the Town of Eli~abeth has occurred a number of times <br /> <br />TABLE 6 <br />MAJOR DRAINAGEWAY AR&AS <br /> <br />in the put. Flood damage has been <br />flooding of low lying building. and <br /> <br />limited to street erooion and occasional <br /> <br />residences. <br /> <br />As is the case <br /> <br />"'ithRunning <br />the descrip- <br /> <br />Creek, no actual flood flo'" meaaurements have been recorded and <br /> <br />LOCATION <br /> <br />AREA (acres) <br /> <br />tiono of past floods are qualitative only. Information'l'lpastfloodeventa <br />i. based on interviews ",ith local residents of the town, discussions ",ith town <br />and county officials, and newspaper accounts. <br /> <br />South Town Limit <br /> <br />81.0 <br /> <br />Street erosion due to inadequate culvert capacity has been Q recurr~ng <br />problem over the years. Culverts are generally undersized snd many are restic- <br />ted by sediment deposits. A typical maintenance problem is described by the <br />following ne"'"p4per article: <br /> <br />Detention Pond <br /> <br />157.0 <br /> <br />Elbert-Elm Street Intersection <br /> <br />214.0 <br /> <br />Concrete Box Culvert Inlet <br /> <br />225.0 <br /> <br />From the "Divide Review" <br />Friday, August 2, 1957 <br /> <br />Climote <br /> <br />City Maintainer operator, Harold <br />~uldin, worked diligently and <br />efficiently all forenoon Tuesday <br />on the street north of St.~ry's <br />church and put it in fine shape <br />only to see it all washed away <br />.n the nearly two inches of rain <br />fall in the afternoon. \fuileit <br />rained very hard, there was very <br />little electrical display and <br />much of the tilllC the rain fell <br />straight down ",ithout a vestige <br />of wind to stir the branches of <br />the trees... <br /> <br />The Town of Elizabeth has weather tharatteriatits similar to theR unllinp, <br />Creek basin. The rainfall depths given in Table-3 for various storm durations <br />and frequencies are also applicable to the Eli~abeth drainage study. Refer <br />to the discussion of the climate and precipitation in the Running Creek section <br />.;.f this study for a more thorough description (P:lgc 14 through 15). <br /> <br />Initial flood history investiglHions focused on the dares of flooding on <br />Running Creek, assuming flooding in to"'n would likely occur at the same time. <br />However,newspaperaccount. for these dates did not reveat anysig.nificant <br />inforI>stion eoneer:ling Elizabeth. Alllllllberofnew"ite",sdeacribedlte..vyrsin. <br />snd hail storms, but none provided detaila of flood d"-magcs in town. Informa- <br />tion was very limited for the years that s newspaper ",a" not pubti.hed in <br /> <br />-4i- <br /> <br />-42- <br />