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An additional three inch rainfall in the St. Joseph or the St. Marys watersheds,
the dislodging of a maj or ice j am upstream, the loss of the supply of
potable water, or the isolation of segments of the City from emergency services
could have dramatically i~creased the number of deaths and injuries from
this disaster. Only by understanding the potential but unrealized dangers of
the Flood of 1982, can one fully comprehend and judge actions to prevent the
reoccurrence of flood damage.
IV. FLOOD PROTECTION CONCEPTS
The search for solutions to the flooding problems in Fort Wayne-Allen County
began after the Flood of 1913. Many of the ideas for flood damage reduction
that are examined in this Plan ha.ve been considered before, but never implemented.
The nine alternative solutions examined in the course of this planning effort
embody, to varying degrees, several basic concepts of flood protection. The
concepts that were given serious consideration included cut-off channels constructed
to divert some proportion of the St. Marys and St. Joseph Rivers I
flood flow around the built up areas of Fort Wayne, the evacuation of the
floodplain, the construction of dams and reservoirs upstream of Fort Wayne,
floodproofing buildings, modifying the river channels to increase their carrying
capacity, and improved diking with better drainage and pumping capabilities.
V. EVALUATLNG THE ALTERNATIVES
The process of selecting the optimal solution for protecting Allen County residents
from flooding involved careful analysis of alternatives, collecting
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Object Description
| Title | Fort Wayne-Allen County flood protection plan: abstract |
| Topic | Floodplain, Floods |
| Subject |
Flood control--Indiana--Fort Wayne Flood control--Indiana--Allen County Flood damage prevention--Indiana--Fort Wayne Flood damage prevention--Indiana--Allen County |
| Geographical Coverage |
Fort Wayne, Indiana Allen County, Indiana |
| Date of Original | May 1982 |
| Time Period | 1900-1999 |
| Source | Print version: Fort Wayne-Allen County flood protection plan: abstract. (Fort Wayne, Ind.: s.n., 1982), 18 p. |
| Additional Availability | Print version might be available at IPFW Helmke Library. See online catalog. |
| Rights | Copyright Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, 2006- . All rights reserved. May not be reproduced without permission. For information regarding reproduction and use see: http://cdm16776.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/about/collection/p16776coll1/ |
| Date Digitally Created | April 17 2012 |
| Digital Publisher | Walter E. Helmke Library, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne |
| Digitization Specifications | This pdf file was derived from 400 dpi, 1-bit, uncompressed TIFF images that were scanned from the originals using a Fujitsu 5750C scanner with Adobe Acrobat 9.0 Professional scanning software, black and white configuration. |
| Content Type | Text |
| Digital Format | text/pdf |
| Collection | Fort Wayne Area Government Information |
| Identifier | 30000121976348 |
| File Name | 30000121976348.pdf |
Description
| Title | Page 10 |
| Transcript | J An additional three inch rainfall in the St. Joseph or the St. Marys watersheds, the dislodging of a maj or ice j am upstream, the loss of the supply of potable water, or the isolation of segments of the City from emergency services could have dramatically i~creased the number of deaths and injuries from this disaster. Only by understanding the potential but unrealized dangers of the Flood of 1982, can one fully comprehend and judge actions to prevent the reoccurrence of flood damage. IV. FLOOD PROTECTION CONCEPTS The search for solutions to the flooding problems in Fort Wayne-Allen County began after the Flood of 1913. Many of the ideas for flood damage reduction that are examined in this Plan ha.ve been considered before, but never implemented. The nine alternative solutions examined in the course of this planning effort embody, to varying degrees, several basic concepts of flood protection. The concepts that were given serious consideration included cut-off channels constructed to divert some proportion of the St. Marys and St. Joseph Rivers I flood flow around the built up areas of Fort Wayne, the evacuation of the floodplain, the construction of dams and reservoirs upstream of Fort Wayne, floodproofing buildings, modifying the river channels to increase their carrying capacity, and improved diking with better drainage and pumping capabilities. V. EVALUATLNG THE ALTERNATIVES The process of selecting the optimal solution for protecting Allen County residents from flooding involved careful analysis of alternatives, collecting 3 |
