| Flood Impacts |
| 31.9 | FLOOD OF RECORD...FEBRUARY 1916 THE RIVER CRESTED AT 43.8 FEET AT THE LOCK ONE STAFF GAGE WHICH IS EQUILALENT TO A 31.9 FOOT CREST AT THE NEWER GAGE ON THE HIGHWAY 167 BRIDGE. LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. MUCH OF THE FLOOD PLAIN WILL BE IMPACTED. THERE WILL BE NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES...FLOODED HOMES...AND EVACUATIONS MAY BE NEEDED. LEVEE OPENINGS SHOULD BE CLOSED. |
| 30.0 | NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES...FLOODING IN PORTIONS OF BATESVILLE...OIL TROUGH...NEWARK. BATESVILLE LEVEE OPENINGS SHOULD BE CLOSED. A CREST OF 30 FEET AT THE BRIDGE IS EQUIVALENT TO A CREST OVER 42 FEET AT THE OLD LOCK ONE STAFF GAGE...FLOOD OF DECEMBER 1982 CRESTED AT 29.3 FEET AT THE BRIDGE...OR ABOUT 42 FEET AT LOCK ONE. COMMERCIAL PROPERTY ALONG HIGHWAY 167 AND THE SOUTHSIDE WATER PLANT MAY BE IMPACTED.
THE 29.3 FEET CREST...HIGHEST SINCE COMPLETION OF THE UPSTREAM FLOOD CONTROL RESERVOIRS. |
| 27.0 | FLOODING IN BATESVILLE AND OIL TROUGH. WATER LAPPING OVER LOWEST SILL OF INDUSTRIAL PARK LEVEE IN BATESVILLE. CLOSE LEVEE OPENINGS. HOMES BETWEEN BATESVILLE AND GUION WILL BE FLOODED. NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES. A 27 FOOT CREST AT GAGE ON BRIDGE EQUIVALENT TO CREST OF 39 FEET AT THE OLD LOCK 1 STAFF GAGE. |
| 26.0 | SERIOUS FLOODING IN BATESVILLE...OIL TROUGH...AND ALL ALONG THE RIVER VALLEY. NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES. WATER WILL BE ABOUT A FOOT BELOW THE LOWEST SILL OF THE LEVEE PROTECTING THE INDUSTRIAL AREA OF BATESVILLE. A CREST OF 26 FEET AT THE BRIDGE IS EQUAL TO A CREST OF 38 FEET AT THE OLD LOCK 1 STAFF GAGE. |
| 25.0 | SERIOUS PROBLEMS IN THE WHITE RIVER VALLEY THROUGHOUT INDEPENDENCE COUNTY...NUMEROUS STRUCTURES IMPACTED...EVACUATIONS MAY BE NEEDED...NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED. A 25 FOOT CREST AT THE BRIDGE IS EQUIVALENT TO A 37 FOOT STAGE AT THE OLD LOCK 1 STAFF GAGE. |
| 23.0 | THIS IS A SERIOUS FLOOD SITUATION. PORTIONS OF BATESVILLE AND OIL TROUGH WILL FLOOD. UPSTREAM...HOMES ALONG THE RIVER WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED IN APRIL 2004 WHEN THE RIVER CRESTED AT 23.1 FEET AT BATESVILLE.
STATE HIGHWAYS 14 AND 69 ARE FLOODED. A CREST OF 23 FEET AT THE BRIDGE IS EQUIVALENT TO A 35 FOOT CREST AT THE OLD LOCK 1 STAFF GAGE. |
| 22.0 | LOWER PORTIONS OF BATESVILLE AND OIL TROUGH WILL FLOOD. HOMES ALONG THE RIVER BETWEEN BATESVILLE AND GUION MAY BE IMPACTED. STATE HIGHWAYS 14 AND 69 WILL BE CLOSED. A CREST OF 22 FEET AT THE BRIDGE IS EQUIVALENT TO A 34 FOOT CREST AT THE OLD LOCK 1 STAFF GAGE. |
| 20.0 | PORTIONS OF OIL TROUGH AND LOWER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST BATESVILLE MAY BE FLOODED. HOMES ALONG THE RIVER BETWEEN BATESVILLE AND GUION MAY BE AFFECTED. STATE HIGHWAYS 14 AND 69 ARE AFFECTED. MANY THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF AGRICULTURAL LAND IS FLOODED. A 20 FOOT CREST AT THE BRIDGE IS EQUILVALENT TO A 32 FOOT CREST AT THE OLD LOCK 1 STAFF GAGE. |
| 18.0 | MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING. STATE HIGHWAY 14 NEAR OIL TROUGH...AND FARMLAND ALONG THE RIVER MAY BE FLOODED. A CREST OF 18 FEET AT THE BRIDGE IS EQUIVALENT TO A CREST OF 30 FEET AT THE OLD LOCK 1 STAFF GAGE. |
| 17.0 | A PORTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 14 NEAR OIL TROUGH MAY FLOOD. AGRICULTURAL LAND ALONG RIGHT BANK FLOODS. A CREST OF 17 FEET AT THE BRIDGE IS EQUIVALENT TO 28 FOOT CREST AT THE OLD LOCK 1 STAFF GAGE. |
| 15.0 | THERE WILL BE MINOR FLOODING OF AGRICUTURAL LAND ALONG THE RIVER. A 15 FOOT STAGE AT THE BRIDGE IS EQUIVALENT TO 23 FOOT FLOOD STAGE AT OLD LOCK GAGE. |
