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<br /> <br />4. Current FIOQdSituation.. <br /> <br />a. Grllllad.e.isarrordedllli.n1.maJ.pr-oteetionbyane:tist_ <br /> <br />ingle~e arolWdtheveflt sndnorthsectiOllll ottown. Capacity or <br />the uieting le~e system that extends b'om about 1/2 mile aouth <br /> <br />of U.S. Highw"i\' 50 to the AT&SF Railvs;y bri~ is about 10,000 <br /> <br />c.t.a. This aeetionottbe 1eveeis thelll&iIl.protection rorGranada. <br /> <br />!he leVOle C::OlItinues trom the north aide or the A:l'&SF Railvs;y bridge <br />northeast to U.S. Higl"'''il' 385 bridge, then turns east tor about 1-1/2 <br /> <br />lld1es. ltIe capacity or the right bank levee north ot the railroad <br /> <br />br:l.dgeisabout10,000c.r.a. !heeapac::ityotthee::d.8tingleft <br />bank 1e~e Lmmedh:tely north or the railroad bridge is 6,000 c.t.a. <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />r''''~' <br />f~'~II~' <br />'~illl ~ <br /> <br />'IhelOW'eete..pe.<:ityorthelettbanltleveeisl,OOOc.r.... !he <br /> <br /> <br />highv"il' sndrai1ros.dbridges restric::thigh nOlrS. <br /> <br />b. !he levee berm n"",ds widening.snd slopes revorked in <br /> <br />numeroU!lloc..ti~. 1"l"OlIlthe railroadbri,;g.. north, partialS ot <br /> <br />theleftbankle,,""'hav.eerodedaws;y. E1ghthundred reet north or <br /> <br />the rsilroadbridge the "X-Y" cmal overnOW'enters thell"olfCreek <br /> <br />o,,,-,,nel. Th'!' ovcrna; cll.1Illnel has erOded /l.r{)und the existing drop <br /> <br />structure UlItil nOW' it h \lllVorkable sndwill h..ve tobe repl..ced. <br /> <br />ltIe right bank le"ee ..t the lower end of the projeet muat be re- <br /> <br />builttoprotectthetwosewagelagOOllB. WoltCreekhe.snod&t:l.ned <br /> <br />ctu"me1 to the Arke.n8&11 River after the floodwater is deflected <br /> <br />F'igtlre 2. HISTORIC FLOOD SCENES <br />Top view is main street of Gn.ll.ada -- June 1965. <br />Bottom view shOW's "ClaMing Up" ..!tel' the nood.__ <br />June 1965. <br />(Photoa by Lavrence Melollllan) <br /> <br />around the t""tl. Local interests have built porticna of e. right <br /> <br />be.nk lev~ for !Ill outfe.ll ehe.nnel,hOlo'ever, it is ine.deque.te fll'Id <br /> <br />notcontinUOUlltotheriver. <br /> <br />.,..3 <br />9 <br /> <br />App.3 <br />'" <br />