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<br />,;"kh (""np,.;,,,. pnmllni/:""""; at llh' Hi;!iIIlW'
<br />It) "",I Ili!<(n\wy l:;-,~:! "r",-,i"~>i, A bt'''''
<br />,he'd f!ow :tn:" would ",,~('n<i from th,-
<br />I!lghway t:\-7H9 (T""inj.[ "HLth~r:\' \;, tLe
<br />fb,l plain nf the Y,,,np:cl,ivrr.Tr.,:p';neipai
<br />a"l'~- uf 1I~1-)',,,,1' fl"oli"", He, C,'do, \I')'J"\,,in
<br />';u!ch N'nprN',h,,,'t ft"". w'\_tnflh., <lr<''''''
<br />on tll,' \'i~;nil)' "I tit(' up!""" ("'",_Irll'" "I
<br />]li"h"",':<,:"amloY<'t'!.ankno'.':l<>rlw,'<\'I'"
<br />th,' I"wl'" l",o.,tnll' "I' Hil!'h"''',- :~c,r), ,\ jl(J!:d'''K
<br />",,'a '.\wild (X'CU1' at th,. IIp''tn'am ,;d.' "I
<br />llil'hwa\' .W. and ,)]('<.'1 nnw that emnmill)>:'I,.,
<br />~'Ilh Pi"" Rill"". (;'Jit'h ,IH'l't fin'" 110,,111 '~:cl1"
<br />do'.v"'!"",-"" fr"'llll;~hw"y HI.
<br />Inl!l'm,,',d, ther,Ol)-y(.ar f)OOdWOllldfol!(lw
<br />,h,' 'am~ p"lkrn> ", the 101)-year n,""l. but
<br />inll1"jatiop "ouleI "~t,'nd farth,'r fr',," the
<br />,u"',,,n ch"pn,.I, ~nd lwsub,tantially (kew')'
<br />in Olf"!lr ltl"\\ti"n~. On Furt,;[;,ation Cre,'k, :,()Il-
<br />""a,' fluodflnws would break out to the "It't
<br />'urstr""'" fro[1\ the lIijl,"hway ill cr!)"in~ t<l
<br />inundat~ hi,u>rically [hxI<~1 "..ea, arolln,I
<br />r.nd "a'l<>rly ul the I"irl/,'rouncls, ~'i,,~-llllmh.t'(1
<br />VC':U' ,h",.t flow fl,>"linJl,"in t)w('entr"l,,'di,m
<br />;,f ~h~ city ",,,uI,1 ext~nd in " wi,I,'"inJl," I<\n
<br />shap,' from tlw \i:~inity of lOth ~tred on tht'
<br />no,'th to the ra:lrt"d llnth"""\1th,,,nd Irom
<br />Ha""_,':;,r",.jnnt.h,,ew'twtiwn"l'kunth,'
<br />,.a,t. Approxirr,,,t('Iy .j;; "ity bln('k, "mthnl
<br />Vict<",. Way wOl1ld b,' ~ub,if~t to ShH't flow
<br />[1,""tin,.;
<br />In total. th~ 1()()-yeH fi<~l<l would inumlnte
<br />~"nrt,xirnatdy \l.~<JO a~re,. "f whIch 1(1.l',o
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<br />FLOOD DAMAGES
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<br />A \(~). or 5(I(I.Yfarfh><:l in th,'Crai":<r",,
<br />would e"Ll<,'"ub,tantial re~idential. fumllwr.
<br />"iaL and il\du~trial damav~_ A.:rieulluml
<br />lo'<;~' "'uuld al"" I\<' <;i;;nifi""n, 1m" w"uld
<br />ucwr primarily in th~ oottum land" ahml( th~
<br />Yamp" Ri,..'r wh~r" ~r(lp" and Ii\'~,u)"k
<br />wtl\lldlx'd",truy~d:farm"nd)'and\impr"""-
<br />rrwnt<;"'s]w<,i,,lIyirr;lo:atinns,.,t<'m,.wouldbp
<br />clam".:"d: a.nd s"b~tantial Nt't, would h.,
<br />;n('urr"" tu ]'(';tI,re aop ~nd p~"t\lre land,
<br />"oY(')'"tI with ,iI, and dpbris or dam~lCl'd by
<br />",",,.'''In. Ik,idmlliaI I",,,,,,,, would indu,Ip
<br />,]amal':p w fO\lndr.tinn,. ('xl<'rlnr and inwr;nr
<br />Iyall,. floor" furnishin;:-:;. and a>,pli~",',',
<br />{i";"...i,,iI,. "ppli"m.,.~""d he".lin;: 'Y;k,,,' in
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<br />acre' ar~ ,q(riCllltura!. 3~5 acr~o are rL'hiden.
<br />lia!. .~OO an,'; an' commerciaHndm<triat.
<br />j,\OI) aae, are ,tr~amway. and~!'i a~reg are
<br />r;lo(hts-of.way, II shoulcl benotecl that all of tbe
<br />Ilooded area" "hown On Plaws 2.27 may nOI be
<br />inundated at the sam" lime beeau"",, fl",><l
<br />prw\ldnl(conditiong in the \'"rinuH tr,b~tar."
<br />waturshe..h would not nec~"ltrily ""cur con.
<br />"urr,'ntly. Shallow r.",~linl': (generally ie,,,
<br />than f, ;tld\b\ d'''p.1 may occur beyond th~
<br />fl",~led an"" ,hown. The depth of flow in th<'
<br />channels and atlja"entflO<J<Ied areasalonl(lh"
<br />"rram,; and oln'amways under,tudy can he
<br />dptermined from the watpr surface prufil,.,
<br />shown on I'I"les 2~+J.
<br />The flooded "n'a:; ,hown on Platt', 2-27
<br />rell,'ct unohstructed channel flow. 1,,<, j~m'
<br />could alt~r the patterns :;hown, especially
<br />alohlo( Fortificatioo Creek. Therdore, the
<br />".",sibiI;ty of icc jam<; all~ra\iatinl( th,' [1(l(><:l
<br />,;lu,,[ion shoulcl hI! lo(;wn con,ideration in
<br />,,,in>,: thi" r~port. AI'eas histerically flooded
<br />due to ice jam" are l(en~rally de,cribed and
<br />illu'lrat",l in the newspaper articles and
<br />photoJl,"raph" cowr;n" th" t92\ and \947
<br />fl(Mls (l'''l':e" 7.12 ancl co,"prphot<:>rrapn~)_lt
<br />mUotbe poin\edoul.howe,'cr, that,;"nificant
<br />chan.:", ;n the alil(nm~nt 01 Fnrtification
<br />Cn...k haH bt'en made ,joce 1947 and ;t,
<br />rarry;n~"apadty h&~incrca>l<'d.th"tehan;;e"
<br />in <tried, ,,~d hirhways h,l\'~' u,"'n made, and
<br />j,,,'.aIt1-cd chan;;C', In wl",,,rapny have
<br />,weurred, There/ore. ar.y luwn- flF",Jinl/,'
<br />r<'sultinj( rrom ie~ jam, wO\lld not n.'rp~rily
<br />:>ffcet ar,'"" ;de~t;"aI to IhOl;~ inundated from
<br />thi" tYI>" "f 1l.~~linj( in the pas\.
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<br />b&'~m('nt' ~ub,wct te lillinj( with flood"'at.~rJ.
<br />Ou!l<;d,' imprnvcmenb such a.~ lawns "nd
<br />;:ar,I,'",,,,oulr! 1", datna;;ed by clel""'it, of
<br />""no! and ,ilt. Con",wrcial I""e, would
<br />in"hld,.<;t.I.""turaland"qui;H"ehtda1l1aV":
<br />tompor"ry i<l>st1fb\l<ine",; 10"; "finH'!ltllr.l'
<br />.v,r<.d on I",",'r fh",rsrwd in h",,'mcnt'; and
<br />t.hp c,..,t, of e!eanup, rl'p~ir, .nd "",toration,
<br />Ka\lroad track, pmbanknwn,. ami ,ndu,trial
<br />,;di"", ",ould lw ~ubj~ct to d~ma,," from
<br />inundation, and .<treamba~ks would Ix.
<br />"n~led. Ac~~" tt\ \ariou" art"" rould \", "ut
<br />"lffor;x'1"i."isran";n..:lr.m\al,',-,'ho\JI.,t,,a
<br />fE'''' da.l"
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