Fairfield Flooding

Driving through the Camas Prairie right now, one would think they were in a completely different place. Where there has been feet upon feet of snow, there now lies lakes, rivers and streams in every direction. Camas Creek runs west to east and is normally nothing more than a small trickle, if anything at all. But right now, the river is at least an eigth of a mile wide in some spots!



All over town there are lakes, and streams. Heath & Amanda's place has been submerged for 3 weeks already, and we refer to his backyard as "Lake Norton". Heath dug a ditch all the way from his back yard, down the alley behind his house, and to a storm drain he found. When that wasn't enough, he had to rig up a set of HDPE pipes and a 1/2 HP pump to get it out of his yard. The water is leaving slowly, but their backyard still looks pretty much like it does in the picture below.



It is simply amazing the changes that this area goes through throughout the seasons. Soon the lakes and rivers will dicipate and we will be left with green fields and camas lillies once again.