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Flood Impacts & Photos
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18
479th Avenue begins to flood south of Castlewood.
17
Highway 22 begins to flood, as does 181st Street, and water reaches the bottom of the bridge on 459th Avenue south of Castlewood.
16
The river will be about 1 mile wide and many farm buildings around Castlewood will be flooded.
15
The water reaches the bottom of the bridges on Highway 22 and 181st Street.
13
Major agricultural flooding begins south of Castlewood.
11
Significant amounts of pasture and other agricultural lands will be flooded.
10
184th Street begins to flood.
9
Water overtops the culvert on 184th Street and significant agricultural flooding begins north of Castlewood.
8
Minor flooding of low-lying agricultural lands along the river will begin.
Effective on Friday, June 1 2012, the Minor Flood Stage has been changed to 9.0 feet, and the Moderate Flood Stage changed to 11.0 feet.
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