To the residents of Apalachicola:
City officials and staff are asking all residents of the city to remain patience while crews work to alleviate neighborhood flooding brought on by recent heavy rains to our area.
The City of Apalachicola depend upon a system of drainage ditches to relieve the city of storm water, where smaller ditches drain into larger ones, which eventually end up in what we call major outfall ditches. Most of these major outfall ditches terminate into the Apalachicola River.
Currently all of our outfall ditches are draining as they should, however, as the River stage continues to rise above our outfall elevation, we can expect flooding in certain areas of the city.
At 9:00PM last night April 2, the River rose to 22.9 feet and is expected to continue rising to near 23.2 feet by early afternoon today April 3.
In addition, because the city borders the Apalachicola River and Bay, we have a very high groundwater table and that alone can cause many areas of the city to flood, especially during heavy rain events.
During non-rain events, residents of the city can help minimize neighborhood flooding by refraining from depositing debris or raking leaves into the drainage system, which impedes proper drainage flow.
However, please rest assured that we are currently during everything humanly possible to remedy the situation.
Sincerely,
Van W. Johnson, Sr., Mayor
The Historic City of Apalachicola
City officials and staff are asking all residents of the city to remain patience while crews work to alleviate neighborhood flooding brought on by recent heavy rains to our area.
The City of Apalachicola depend upon a system of drainage ditches to relieve the city of storm water, where smaller ditches drain into larger ones, which eventually end up in what we call major outfall ditches. Most of these major outfall ditches terminate into the Apalachicola River.
Currently all of our outfall ditches are draining as they should, however, as the River stage continues to rise above our outfall elevation, we can expect flooding in certain areas of the city.
At 9:00PM last night April 2, the River rose to 22.9 feet and is expected to continue rising to near 23.2 feet by early afternoon today April 3.
In addition, because the city borders the Apalachicola River and Bay, we have a very high groundwater table and that alone can cause many areas of the city to flood, especially during heavy rain events.
During non-rain events, residents of the city can help minimize neighborhood flooding by refraining from depositing debris or raking leaves into the drainage system, which impedes proper drainage flow.
However, please rest assured that we are currently during everything humanly possible to remedy the situation.
Sincerely,
Van W. Johnson, Sr., Mayor
The Historic City of Apalachicola
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