Flood, Somerset
- When
- July 17, 2:00 AM EST to 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Somerset County, 2 mi S of Bingham
- Property damage
- $1.0 million
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 45.514, -69.959 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Maine, July 17, 2000
A dam on Tibbetts Pond failed from the combined effects of beavers blocking the outlet pipe and 3 to 5 inches of rain. The dam, 100 ft long, 6 ft high, and 30 ft wide at the base, failed at about 3 am, causing water to flood Route 16.
Where it happened
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- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $1.0 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS GYX wrote it up.
A dam on Tibbetts Pond failed from the combined effects of beavers blocking the outlet pipe and 3 to 5 inches of rain. The dam, 100 ft long, 6 ft high, and 30 ft wide at the base, failed at about 3 am, causing water to flood Route 16. A car driven on Route 16 by a 32-year-old man was swept away by the 8-ft wall of water which accompanied the flash flood; fortunately the man survived. A 900 ft section of Route 16 was washed away by the flood waters; the water cut channels as deep as 20 ft. Damage was estimated at about 1 million dollars.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 17 to 18, 2000
- Hail in New Mexico, July 17, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 17, 2000
- Wildfire in Oregon, July 17, 2000
- Hail in Colorado, July 17, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, July 17 to 19, 2000
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Idaho, July 17, 2000
- Wildfire in Washington, July 17, 2000
More
Every storm in Maine in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Maine, July 2000
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5173384.