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<br />July 30, 1989 <br /> <br />July 30-31, 1989 <br /> <br />North Fork Frenchman Creek at Paoli <br /> <br />Over 7 inches of rain fell at Fleming and <br />Sterling in the upper part of the drainage <br />basin. Debris carried by the flood blocked <br />the parallel bridges of U.S. Highway 36 and <br />the Burlington Northern railroad about half a <br />mile west of town. The backwater from the <br />blocked bridges flooded the entire town, <br />population of about 50 persons, filling <br />basements and damaging all but two homes. <br />The flood nearly destroyed the town's water <br />system. Three families have already moved <br />away. The town is one of 111 communities in <br />Colorado that are not participating in the <br />National Flood Insurance Program. <br /> <br />Sources: Marylin Miller, Town Clerk <br />Gary Johnson, Highway Department <br />The Haxtun Herald, 8/3/89, p. l,4,lO,l2 <br />Video. tapes by local residents <br /> <br />North Fork Frenchman Creek in Logan County <br /> <br />Unseasonably heavy rains fell over the upper <br />drainage basin of the North Fork of Frenchman <br />Creek. Logan County suffered approximately <br />$578,000 in flood related damages to county <br />roads and bridges. A state of disaster <br />emergency in Logan County was declared by <br />Governor Romer on December 18, 1989. Up to <br />$40,000 in assistance to address unmet <br />needs, under a 50-50 state-local match <br />requirement, was made available to the <br />county to replace County Bridge No. 17 and <br />to prepare a Hazard Mitigation Report. <br /> <br />Source: State-Local Disaster Assistance <br />Agreement, DODES-DR-102-89, dated <br />January 30, 1990. <br />