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<br />1 <br /> <br />DAMAGE ASSESSMENT <br /> <br />A si~ty (60) square mile area was affected by the flood <br />event. Most damage occurred to agricultural cropland. However. <br />damage totals are not yet available. A severe hailstorm <br />accompanied the thunderstorm and as a result corn crops in the <br />area were hard hit. Other crops sustained damage as well <br />including onions. but as is usually the case~locations were <br />scattered throughout the ~-area and some farmers <br />received no hail damage a~Mr. George Goodell estimated <br />that 200 homes in the county sustained some sort of flooding <br />damage. County roads. bridges and culverts sustained $25 _ <br />$30.000 dollars in damages according to Mr. Goodell. County <br />road cre~s expended $2500/~ for their clean-up efforts. <br /> <br />The unincorporated town of Galeton recorded the highest <br />rainfall amount in a community with one rain gage measuring 6.5 <br />inches in ___minutes. Nearly every home and business in town <br />was touched by the flood waters though most homes sustained <br />minor damage since flood depths averaged 2 feet. <br />f~(",,4 .;we <br />Travel^in the affected area during the flood event wa.s <br />significant. Mr. Weber recounts having had to drive to the <br />Town of Gill (southeast of Greeley) before he could cross Lone <br />Tree Creek and drive back north to evacuate farm animals from <br />the affected area just 1/4 mile from his house which was <br />separated by flood waters. Other such incidents were told by <br />area residents. <br /> <br />All told. total damage estimates exceed $ <br />