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Originally Posted by CM ONE
Perhaps I do not understand the concept of flood fringes. Why does my house flood and Riverbend remain dry? Also according to this map there is an island right outside my back fence that I could ride out the storm on if I don't want to canoe all the way to Riverbend. Which brings me to my main point: why is Riverbend not on the flood fringe?
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When the river swells during a large event there will be spill-over along all of it's banks. That grey area represents the approximate elevation that will retain this water during the event. Riverbend is at a higher elevation, this doesn't mean that it is immune to flood waters but it would take a pretty huge event to flood riverbend. Quarry Park on the other hand would be a diffent story.
Now keep in mind that you can access the same flood fringe map and it shows most of downtown under water. So it's not like it would happen every spring or anything. Just that it's a possible in major events.