PDF: Dam Modifications Fact Sheet
PDF: Trion inspection reports
PDF: Senate Joint Resolution 306
ON THE WEB
To see an image from NASA's Earth Observatory showing flooding in the southeastern U.S. visit http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=40266&src=eoa-iotd
YOUR FLOOD PHOTOS
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FLOODING TIPS
* If flooding occurs, get to higher ground. Avoid areas subject to flooding, including dips, low spots, canyons and washes.
* Avoid areas that are already flooded. Do not attempt to cross flowing streams.
* Never drive through flooded roadways.
* If your vehicle is suddenly caught in rising water, leave it immediately and seek higher ground.
* Be especially cautious at night, when it is harder to recognize flood dangers
Source: National Weather Service
SHELTERS
Walker County
Walker County Civic Center on U.S. Highway 27 in Rock Spring
Hamilton County
Brainerd Recreation Center, 1010 N. Moore Road, Chattanooga
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AREA'S WORST FLOODS
Chattanooga's worst flooding occurred in the years before the Tennessee Valley Authority build its system of reservoirs and dams. Here are the highest waters in the city's history:
March, 1867 -- The largest flood in city history crested at 58 feet, 27.9 feet above flood stage, inundating downtown.
March, 1875 -- The Tennessee River crested at 23.5 feet above flood stage.
April, 1886 -- More than 4,000 homeless residents were taken by boats to higher ground at Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge. The river crested at 22.3 feet above flood stage.
March, 1917 -- The river crested at 17.7 feet above flood stage. Many homes, businesses were inundated.
March, 1973 -- More than 10,000 acres, much of that in Brainerd, were under water after about 10 inches of rain. The river crested at 6.9 feet above flood stage, and damage citywide was estimated at $66.6 million.
May, 2003 -- Three days of thunderstorm runoff damages an estimated 480 buildings in city's worst flooding since 1973.
September, 2009 -- Seven days of showers dumped nearly 10 inches of rain on the area. The South Chickamauga Creek reached 28.5 feet, nearing an all-time high.
Sources: TVA, newspaper archives, catskillarchive.com
Staff photo by Adam Crisp Residents of Superior Creek Lodge are evacuated in East Ridge as Chickamauga Creek crests Tuesday. Four hotels and more than a dozen homes were evacuated Monday Tuesday as water rose to higher than 28 feet.
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