Jefferson County - East-West Gateway Coordinating Council

A Regional Overview All-Hazard Mitigation Plan 11
Variables for railroad damages were miles of lines flooded, amount of damages, and
revenues lost. These were determined by contacting the private railroad companies, local
officials, and the Federal Railroad Administration. The revenues lost depended upon the
cooperation of the railroad companies, information that was not always forthcoming.
Refer to Figure J20 above.
Variables for trucking damages were the number of trucking companies experiencing
damage, the amount of damages, and revenues lost. Damages were determined by
contact with the companies involved. Only in Kansas City and St. Louis Districts were
damages in this category reported.
Damages to airports included numbers of airports damaged, amounts of that damage, and
revenues lost by airports. These variables were acquired from the Federal Aviation
Administration and local officials.
Transportation damages were also acquired on miles of roads flooded, traffic rerouting
costs, and damages to roads and bridges. Information was gathered from local and state
officials and from the FEMA DSRs.
FIGURE J21 UTILITIES DAMAGES
Source: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
The utilities damages covered water, sewer, electric and general utilities. Data regarding
utilities damage was sought from state departments of natural resources or environmental
protection, the FEMA DSRs and local officials. Very few answers were obtained as to
numbers of water facilities damaged. Names of some water facilities, evidently those that
suffered some damage, are included in the records. Numbers of water customers affected
and dollar amounts of water facilities damage were more frequently reported. Very few
areas reported lost water revenues. Refer to Figure J21 above.
More information is available on sewerage systems as both the numbers damaged and the
dollar amounts of that damage are available.