Tygarts Creek above Olive Hill

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What floods at each level

• 23 ft

  Medical Center on US Route 60 in town floods.

• 21.5 ft

  The Lawton Road bridge at the gauge floods.

• 20.5 ft

  The Olive Hill Welcome Center and the bank at the intersection of Railroad Street and Cross Street flood.

• 20 ft

  Businesses on Cross Street, Scott Street, and Whitt Street flood. The Post Office on US Highway 60 in town floods. Tygart Creek Elementary School begins to flood.

• 19.5 ft

  Chili Street floods.

• 19 ft

  Scott Street in town, and Lawton Road above the gauge flood. Homes adjacent to the creek near Bond Hollow Road flood at 19 to 20 feet.

• 18.5 ft

  Railroad Street, businesses along Railroad Street, the Olive Hill Community Center, and homes on Chili Street next to the creek flood.

• 18 ft

  Lower floor units of Hydreco Apartment complex, the Olive Hill Fire Department, and Tygart Street flood at 18 to 19 feet. The Olive Hill waste water treatment plant begins to flood at 18 to 20 feet.

• 17 ft

  US Highway 60 at Tygart Elementary School floods at 17 to 19 feet.

• 15 ft

  Row of homes and barns on Ponderosa Drive near the creek flood at 15 to 16 feet.

• 14 ft

  Lower section of Chili Street floods. American Legion building off Lawton Road floods at 14 to 15 feet.

• 12 ft

  Most agricultural fields adjacent to the creek are inundated.

• 11 ft

  Low sections of Biggs Bridge Road next to the creek flood.

• 10 ft

  Agricultural fields adjacent to the creek begin to flood and soccer fields across from gauge begin to flood. Bond Hollow Road next to the creek floods at 10 to 11 feet.

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