Originally Posted by elchivito

It comes with the territory. Glad you had no serious damage. In 2001 we had a flood here. The creek that crosses my property, which normally has a base flow of about 300cfs, crested at 22K cfs. I had no structures damaged as everything is well out of the flood plain, but my all my fences along the creek were toast, the property was littered with other peoples' stuff including propane tanks, dead cattle, outdoor furniture, an entire deck off somebody's house, you name it. Worst thing was we had an irrigation intake built into the creek that was grandfathered, and it blew out completely. I'm not allowed to replace it under the protected status of the creek. I now have to use a pump to pull my water rights out of the creek and into my ditch.