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<br />miles the flood water flowed alongs:i.de 1;he highway. A ohannel was <br />eroded to a width of 20 to LID fe"t and to a depth of 8 or 10 feet, in <br />some places dangerously close to the road pavement. <br />The first opening under the hi ghway and ra:ilroad to the South <br />of Nunn crosses almost at right e.ngles te, the direc-bion of flow. The <br />clearanoe under the highway bridge at the present t:l!ne is only one <br />foot. This inadequate capacity forces the flood wa1::ers to continue <br />along the highway or to spre'~d Ot1t over 1;he fields 1;0 the west as the <br />flow oontinues Southward toward the town of Pieri:1e., <br />The second bridge S"uth of the Town of Nunn, about 1/2 mi.le <br />North of the Town of Pierce, is that of the Pierce lateral. At this <br />point a culvert four feet wide passes under the ra:t1.road. which is too <br />small to take cat'e of much of the runoff arriving at the Pierce Latet'al. <br />A thit'd bridge, on the North border of thEl Town of Pierce. is <br />located !l.t a point where the flow along the highwa:y joins with the dis- <br />charge of Spring Creek. The bridges at the highway and railroad cross" <br />ings ha:ve olearance areas of not J1lore than 80 square feet. SPring <br />Creek channel through the Town of Pierce has been '~x'Javated to some <br />extent;. but on aooount of the small capao:tty of thE' l)ridges the water <br />will spread through the town 'before drainlng away 1;0 the flat lands <br />Southeast of Pierce. <br />Arriving at the EatOll DHoh. where there is insufficient; cross- <br />drainage oapacity. the flood wate:t"s spread along the roads and far!l1 <br />lands of the vicinity. SubmeJ~genoe contill1les for conSiderable periods, <br />whenever high water ooours, bElfore draining away. <br /> <br />..11- <br />