| Flood Impacts |
| 43.0 | FLOOD OF RECORD...WHICH OCCURRED PRIOR TO THE CONSTUCTION OF THE FLOOD CONTROL RESERVOIRS...WAS 43.3 FEET IN APRIL 1927. EVACUATIONS WILL BE NECESSARY. |
| 39.0 | RIVER HAS NOT BEEN THIS HIGH SINCE COMPLETION OF FLOOD CONTROL RESERVOIRS. THE RIVER CRESTED AT 39.1 FEET IN APRIL 1945. MOST CULTIVATED LAND IN FLOODPLAIN AFFECTED BY EITHER INUNDATION OR ISOLATION. MANY ROADS NEAR THE RIVER IN PRAIRIE...MONROE...AND ARKANSAS COUNTIES WILL BE AFFECTED. |
| 35.0 | RIVER FLOODING IS VERY SERIOUS. HIGHEST CREST SINCE THE COMPLETION OF THE FLOOD CONTROL RESERVOIRS WAS 34.9 FEET...MAY 1973. RIVER VALLEY IS LIKE A LARGE LAKE. MANY SECONDARY ROADS ARE FLOODED. MOST CROPLAND IN THE FLOODPLAIN FLOODED. |
| 33.0 | MOST ALL OF THE LAND WITHIN THE LEVEES IS INUNDATED. LARGE PORTIONS OF THE CACHE AND WHITE RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES ARE FLOODED. HISTORICALLY...THE RIVER CRESTED AT 32.8 FEET IN APRIL 1975 AND AGAIN IN DECEMBER 1982. |
| 32.0 | STATE HIGHWAY 302 NORTH OF CLARENDON MAY BE AFFECTED. SOME INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY IN CLARENDON ON RIVER SIDE OF LEVEE MAY BE FLOODED. MANY ACCESS PROBLEMS FOR RECREATIONAL PROPERTIES DOWNSTREAM OF CLARENDON...ACCESSABLE BY BOAT ONLY. |
| 30.0 | CLARENDON STORM SEWER SHOULD BE CLOSED TO KEEP RIVER FROM BACKING UP OUTFLOW PIPE. EXTENSIVE FLOODING IN THE DELTA. MOST CROPLAND AND TIMBER IN BOTTOMS ARE FLOODED. MUCH OF THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE LAND DOWNSTREAM OF CLARENDON WILL BE FLOODED. |
| 26.0 | RIVER FLOWS IN MANY SIDE CHANNELS AND CREATES ISLANDS BETWEEN THE RIVER AND SLOUGHS AND CREEKS. FLOODING OF CROPLAND AND TIMBER IS OCCURRING. PORTIONS OF THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE DOWNSTREAM OF CLARENDON FLOODING. |
