| Flood Impacts |
| 22.0 | EXTREMELY SERIOUS SITUATION...LEVEES OVERTOPPED AT THIS STAGE. TOTAL EFFECTS OF THE FLOODING UNDEFINED. |
| 18.0 | LEVEE PATROLLING BEGINS IN CORNING AREA. MORE THAN A FOOT HIGHER THAN THE STAGE OF RECORD. RIVER HAS NOT BEEN THIS HIGH IN MODERN HISTORY. |
| 17.0 | FLOODING OF RECORD IS 16.9 FEET IN JUNE 1945. ABOVE THIS LEVEL...ACTUAL IMPACTS UNKNOWN...SHALLOW FLOODING MAY EXTEND FOR SEVERAL MILES FROM THE RIVER. WATER WILL BE BACKING INTO MOST LOW LYING AREAS OF THE COUNTY. |
| 16.0 | STUDIES BY FEMA PUT THE 100 YEAR RECURRENCE FLOOD LEVEL AT 16 FEET. THE RIVER CRESTED AT 15.5 FEET IN MARCH 1977. |
| 15.0 | MOST OF THE AREA INSIDE THE LEVEES IS FLOODED. HOMES AND CABINS ALONG THE RIVER WILL BE ISOLATED OR FLOODED. BACKWATER PREVENTS ADEQUATE RAINFALL RUNOFF IN CORNING AREA. FLOOD OF DECEMBER 1982 CRESTED AT 14.8 FEET. |
