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backwaters on the park's bottomland
to flowing chutes, just as it did during
the Missouri River flood in 2011, and
damaged the boat ramp.
Flooding continued into November
and December on the Missouri in
southeastern Nebraska. At Nebraska
City, Riverview Marina SRA, where
the campground was damaged and
four feet of silt had to be removed from
the shower house, remains closed. At
Indian Cave State Park, numerous mud
slides damaged the boardwalk and
covered the road to the cave. While
the road was cleared and reopened in
November, repairs to the boardwalk
remain. The boat ramp remains closed.
The reservoir at Willow Creek SRA
rose 10 feet, damaging most of the
Slabs of ice remained on the trail at Niobrara State Park five days after flooding washed out a section of the historic
railroad bridge across the Niobrara River that linked the park to the village of Niobrara March 14.
PHOTO
BY
ERIC
FOWLER
Heavy rains in May, on the heels of a wet winter, caused numerous mud
slides that damaged the boardwalk and covered the road to the cave at
Indian Cave State Park in Richardson County. The road reopened in November.
