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Sufficient Life
Where I live, there was a fertile area called Pepperwood. It was a large area near a large river with unusually good growing ground so a lot of truck farmers sprung up with accomanying little towns. This lasted for about 70 years. Then there was one "hundred" year flood in 1957 which took everything, houses, barns, livestock and people out. This "hundred year" flood repeated itself in 1964, in which all the highways into the area where under 30 feet of water for a month. There are signs along the freeway where you are a hundred feet above the river and the high water sign is still thirty feet above your head. Only recently has Pepperwood had people building again.
It's been at least 20 years since we have had a significant rainy season. If you have not seen it, you would not believe that 60 foot high bridges were under water.
So there has been a build up of houses in the flood plains- that nice flat land with good water. But there is a reason for the "flatness" and it is not good. The county has rules about building but it does not exclude building in flood plains.
A good reason to know what your land has done in the past- not that keeps new things from happening. One of the reasons why I like to go into winter (rainy season) with a full shed of hay.
It's been at least 20 years since we have had a significant rainy season. If you have not seen it, you would not believe that 60 foot high bridges were under water.
So there has been a build up of houses in the flood plains- that nice flat land with good water. But there is a reason for the "flatness" and it is not good. The county has rules about building but it does not exclude building in flood plains.
A good reason to know what your land has done in the past- not that keeps new things from happening. One of the reasons why I like to go into winter (rainy season) with a full shed of hay.