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Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Nebraska. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3 ), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3 ).
Niobrara and Verdigre (Nebraska) Fire and Rescue are on stand-by." [ 10 ] As the floodwaters from the Niobrara reached the Missouri River, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers boosted releases at Gavins Point Dam to 90,000 cubic feet per second (2,500 m 3 /s), the highest level since 2011 and the second highest on record. [ 10 ]
The money was distributed throughout 5 towns, 5 counties, four families who had loved ones die in the flood, and the largest chunk (1/3) went to the Nebraska Farm Bureau to go directly to agriculture and farmer needs. [9] At least 1 million acres of U.S. farmland, in nine major grain producing states, flooded. [10]
These FIRMs are used in identifying whether a land or building is in flood zone and, if so, which of the different flood zones are in effect. In 2004, FEMA began a project to update and digitize the flood plain maps at a yearly cost of $200 million. The new maps usually take around 18 months to go from a preliminary release to the final product.
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The flood wiped out Republican City within minutes, and 100 people lost their lives. Nearly 10,000 cattle were reportedly lost along the Republican River Valley along with 300 county bridges and over 300 miles (480 km) of roads and railway. The flood was responsible for over $26 million in damages.
FEMA and mortgage lenders use these flood maps to help determine flood insurance rates. There are only a few floodplain areas in Branch County, and Hard is unsure of the numbers. "Most of the ...
On June 29, Nebraska reported its first flood-related death when the body of a 26-year-old fisherman was found in the river near the Little Nemaha River at Nemaha. [ 71 ] On July 1, the flood level at Omaha hit 36.29 feet (11.06 m), higher than the 30.26 feet (9.22 m) on July 10, 1993, during the 1993 flood but lower than the all-time record of ...