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2006 Flood Press Releases
Kootenai River Dike Damage Assessment Map
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To: Public Notice
From: Dean Satchwell
CC:
Dave Kramer, Boundary County Emergency Management
Director Date: 6/11/2006 1400
Hrs. (2:00 P.M.) Re: Kootenai River Information (Boundary County) The current forecast for
Kootenai River in Boundary County is predicted to reach a peak of no higher the
1763 elevation. This means we are not threatened with water going over the
dike/levee. Currently water level is forecasted to be below flood stage level. Boundary County Emergency
Management is working with the Army Corp of Engineers and Idaho Bureau of
Homeland Security on an assessment of damage caused by high river flows
resulting in crop damage, loss of farm land and damage to the levees. Depending
on the preliminary damage assessment the State of Idaho on behalf of the county
may request a Presidential Disaster Declaration which may allow F.E.M.A. to
participate in our current damage problems. Boundary County Emergency
Management is also looking at options for mosquito abatement due to predictions
of high mosquito populations as a result the higher water levels. |