Powell River at Dorchester

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What floods at each level

• 12.2 ft

  Bottom of gauge sensor. Two feet of water in the old Wise Coal building. Water might begin to threaten basements of structures just downstream and across Dorchester Road from the gauge.

• 11 ft

  Water might begin to reach the main floor level of the Free Will Baptist Church.

• 10 ft

  Water reaches the level of the main floor of the Wise Coal building.

• 9.5 ft

  Access bridge to the power facility begins to flood.

• 9 ft

  Overtops wall of bridge to the Wise Coal And Coke building.

• 8.5 ft

  The bridge along Dorchester Road near Frog Level Road begins to flood.

• 7.7 ft

  Water is at the level of the surface of the bridge leading to the Wise Coal building. Inundation of the parking lot.

• 7 ft

  Low spots along Dorchester Road, including near the Wise Coal building and near the Free Will Baptist Church, begin to flood.

• 6.3 ft

  Water begins to enter the upstream side of the parking lot of the Wise Coal and Coke building and gently drains infront of the bridge into the downstream side of the parking lot away from the building.

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