Five Acre Silt

Susan Schmidlin February 12, 2016 barb wire, fence line, flood damage

Fence line before cleaning the flood debris and after.

What the fence line looks like before and after cleanup of flood damage.

Before and after views of the stretch that was the most affected by silt.

The fence line in the five acre field was under water during the flood. This is located near the river where there are a lot of large leaf maple and ash trees. The leaves from the trees had made a thick covering on the ground during the fall months.

When the waters levels raised, the silt and mud mixed with the layer of leaves and coated the wires of the fence and broke several strands in the process. The layered good needs to be pulled off the fence by hand before fixing the line.