Bridge Washed out by Flood
Timm May 26th, 2009
The bridge at the east entrance to Little Wolf Nature Preserve was destroyed by flash flooding of Little Wolf Creek:
This was a good news/bad news situation. The bad news is now we have to build another bridge. The good news is this bridge didn’t collapse while we were crossing it! The bridge was getting pretty rickety before the flood. We wouldn’t even let visitors drive over it, though we still used it ourselves.
Unfortunately we weren’t around to witness the destruction — it would’ve been an awesome sight to see! But based on the flattened vegetation along the creek, we estimate Little Wolf Creek crested about 2 feet above its banks. There’s no doubt the swollen creek carried a massive pile of debris, much of it left on top of our bridge!
The debris and flood waters lifted the bridge off its support rails. Fortunately we are still able to use the west entrance.
