Map of Boneyard Creek
Project type: Flood and Erosion control, Infrastructure and Utilities
New Deal Agencies: Civil Works Administration (CWA)
Completed: 1934
Quality of Information: Moderate
Marked:
No
Site Survival: Extant
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Description
Boneyard Creek runs through the cities of Urbana and Champaign.
In 1934 “Civil Works Administration (CWA) workers completed some maintenance work on the Boneyard Creek in Urbana and Champaign. Work consisted of clearing obstructions to the flow, cleaning channel banks, and stabilizing channel banks with timbers.”
Today, “Land use in the watershed is virtually all urban (residential, commercial, industrial)… The watershed and the channel have been greatly modified, the natural flood plain is highly developed.” (www.isws.illinois.edu)
Source notes
http://www.isws.illinois.edu/chief/library/boneyard/bone_bib.shtml The History of Storm Water Management in Urbana
Project originally submitted by Andrew Laverdiere on March 15, 2016.
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