Spring 1979 Flood

Mishicot, began to overrun its banks due to heavy rains and rapid snow melt, flooding the village park and part of Main Street. By the following Monday, the high water had receded.

This view is looking southeast down East Main Street. The Badger Bowl is on the left in the foreground, and the parking lot for Krause's Super Market (now the Mishicot Family Market) is on the left in the distance. To the right in the foreground, the Krajnik Chevrolet (now Brickner's Parkside Auto) car lot is partially visible. All of the cars on the lot were moved to the high school parking lot on Friday as the waters began to rise.

This photo was taken Saturday morning, March 3, 1979.

This view is looking across the South Main Street bridge toward downtown. As a point of reference, the crest of the river was normally 11 feet below the bridge.

This view of the Village Park is looking toward South Main Street from the top of the hill (the Rockway Street parking lot). As a point of reference, the bank of the river is normally by the tree line in the distance. 

This view is looking downstream over the Mishicot Dam, completely underwater, with several large pieces of ice caught on the edge of the dam. This was the original dam, and the drop was approximately five to six feet.