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Big Walnut Creek Flood of Jan-Feb 1959
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Encroachment on flood plains, such as artificial fill, reduces flood-carrying capacity, increases the flood heights of streams, and increases flood hazards in areas beyond the encroachment itself. One aspect of flood plain management involves balancing the economic gain from flood plain development against the resulting increase in flood hazard. A boulder brought from Canada by the Great Ice Age glaciers was donated by the Prince Family of Champaign County, Ohio, and the park was donated by Earl “Beck” Lintner, with landscaping donated by Warwicks Kiwanis EMH&T.
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