Flooding Continues In County
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By Daniel [email protected]
Residents of Heron Bay, a small neighborhood located on Little Barbee Lake, dealt with knee-deep waters Tuesday after a ditch flooded.[[In-content Ad]]Putney Ditch, which runs through Heron Bay, flooded, forcing residents to line up sandbags to hold the water back.
Residents Scott and Michelle Fox spent the better part of Tuesday trying to keep water out of their home in Heron Bay.
"We're just trying to slow it down and divert it," said Scott Fox.
Michelle Fox said she noticed that flooding around 8:30 a.m.
Roby Weed, who also lives at Heron Bay, got the sand bags from Kosciusko County Emergency Management and picked up the sand himself.
According to residents, the part of the ditch in Heron Bay hasn't been cleaned out in years despite four floods in that area in the past 25 years.
According to Scott Fox, he believes that reason the ditch hasn't been cleaned out is due to an agreement prior land owners made to clean it out themselves.
Since then, the land has been divided up by different land owners.
According to Ridinger Lake resident Ed DeWells, that lake has flooded and reached roads, some of which are more than 100 feet away from the lake.
DeWells, a resident on the east side of the lake, said that water is 3.5 feet deep in some parts and that some homes require a boat to get to them.
Emergency Management Director Ed Rock said it's yet to be determined whether they will seek state or federal funding for damage. Rock said that federal funding depends on how much uninsured land is affected.
Residents can pick up sandbags at two Embarq locations, either at 1401 W. Center St., Warsaw, in Boggs Industrial Park, east parking lot, or at 2000 W. Winona Ave., Warsaw. The public can volunteer to help fill sandbags, but should provide their own shovel. Times to volunteer are until 5 p.m. today. Embarq is supplying the sand, while Emergency Management is providing the sandbags.
In Syracuse, where a channel embankment that comes off Syracuse Lake and Lake Wawasee caved in Dec. 19, there has been no more significant flooding.
Subway manager Jody Ruch said that while there is some water in the back parking lot, the business is open and the temporary fix of the embankment is working.
For those who need help in Kosciusko County, call emergency management at 574-371-2602.
In North Manchester, Police Chief Dave Young issued a statement that the Eel River had flooded and it caused the East Side Trailer Court, on South Mill Street, to be closed by its owners. About 40 people in 19 residences were voluntarily evacuated Tuesday night.
The Wabash County Chapter of the American Red Cross opened a shelter at the Church of the Brethren on North Beckley Street for anyone affected by the flooding. Wabash County Emergency Management also is assisting in the relief effort.
Young stated that, as of this morning, the Eel River is gradually receding and there were no flood-related injuries reported.
Six Kosciusko County roads were closed Tuesday morning while that number has jumped to 18 as of this morning.
The following roads are closed by the Kosciusko County Highway Department and will remain closed until further notice:
- Packerton Road between CRs 600S and 700S
- County Farm Road between Ind. 14 and CR 1200S
- CR 700S between CRs 875W and 1000W
- East County Line Road between CR 1100N and King Arthur Trail
- CR 550S between Ind. 15 and CR 200W
- CR 450S between County Farm Road and Country Club Road
- CR 550N between CRs 75E and 1000E
- CR 75E between CRs 550N and 575N
- CR 600S west of CR 1300W (Fulton County Line)
- Kinsey Road between Hoppus Road and CR 600S
- CR 300E between CRs 600S and 700S
- CR 900S between CR 700E and Whitley County Line
- CR 350N between CR 950W and Ind. 19
- CR 950W between U.S. 30 and CR 400N
- County Farm Road between CR 1000S and Ind. 14
- CR 400E between CRs 850S and 900S
- CR 200W between CRs 700S and 800S
- CR 1000W between CRs 800S and 900S
Residents of Heron Bay, a small neighborhood located on Little Barbee Lake, dealt with knee-deep waters Tuesday after a ditch flooded.[[In-content Ad]]Putney Ditch, which runs through Heron Bay, flooded, forcing residents to line up sandbags to hold the water back.
Residents Scott and Michelle Fox spent the better part of Tuesday trying to keep water out of their home in Heron Bay.
"We're just trying to slow it down and divert it," said Scott Fox.
Michelle Fox said she noticed that flooding around 8:30 a.m.
Roby Weed, who also lives at Heron Bay, got the sand bags from Kosciusko County Emergency Management and picked up the sand himself.
According to residents, the part of the ditch in Heron Bay hasn't been cleaned out in years despite four floods in that area in the past 25 years.
According to Scott Fox, he believes that reason the ditch hasn't been cleaned out is due to an agreement prior land owners made to clean it out themselves.
Since then, the land has been divided up by different land owners.
According to Ridinger Lake resident Ed DeWells, that lake has flooded and reached roads, some of which are more than 100 feet away from the lake.
DeWells, a resident on the east side of the lake, said that water is 3.5 feet deep in some parts and that some homes require a boat to get to them.
Emergency Management Director Ed Rock said it's yet to be determined whether they will seek state or federal funding for damage. Rock said that federal funding depends on how much uninsured land is affected.
Residents can pick up sandbags at two Embarq locations, either at 1401 W. Center St., Warsaw, in Boggs Industrial Park, east parking lot, or at 2000 W. Winona Ave., Warsaw. The public can volunteer to help fill sandbags, but should provide their own shovel. Times to volunteer are until 5 p.m. today. Embarq is supplying the sand, while Emergency Management is providing the sandbags.
In Syracuse, where a channel embankment that comes off Syracuse Lake and Lake Wawasee caved in Dec. 19, there has been no more significant flooding.
Subway manager Jody Ruch said that while there is some water in the back parking lot, the business is open and the temporary fix of the embankment is working.
For those who need help in Kosciusko County, call emergency management at 574-371-2602.
In North Manchester, Police Chief Dave Young issued a statement that the Eel River had flooded and it caused the East Side Trailer Court, on South Mill Street, to be closed by its owners. About 40 people in 19 residences were voluntarily evacuated Tuesday night.
The Wabash County Chapter of the American Red Cross opened a shelter at the Church of the Brethren on North Beckley Street for anyone affected by the flooding. Wabash County Emergency Management also is assisting in the relief effort.
Young stated that, as of this morning, the Eel River is gradually receding and there were no flood-related injuries reported.
Six Kosciusko County roads were closed Tuesday morning while that number has jumped to 18 as of this morning.
The following roads are closed by the Kosciusko County Highway Department and will remain closed until further notice:
- Packerton Road between CRs 600S and 700S
- County Farm Road between Ind. 14 and CR 1200S
- CR 700S between CRs 875W and 1000W
- East County Line Road between CR 1100N and King Arthur Trail
- CR 550S between Ind. 15 and CR 200W
- CR 450S between County Farm Road and Country Club Road
- CR 550N between CRs 75E and 1000E
- CR 75E between CRs 550N and 575N
- CR 600S west of CR 1300W (Fulton County Line)
- Kinsey Road between Hoppus Road and CR 600S
- CR 300E between CRs 600S and 700S
- CR 900S between CR 700E and Whitley County Line
- CR 350N between CR 950W and Ind. 19
- CR 950W between U.S. 30 and CR 400N
- County Farm Road between CR 1000S and Ind. 14
- CR 400E between CRs 850S and 900S
- CR 200W between CRs 700S and 800S
- CR 1000W between CRs 800S and 900S
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