Some of the municipalities that suffered damage from the flood of '97:

Butler, Ky.

• Population: 700.
  
• Residences destroyed: 20.
  
• Residences damaged: 54.
  
• Commercial buildings destroyed: 12.
  
• Of the total area of 4 square miles, 1.5 were covered by water.
  
• Value of damaged infrastructure: $5.7 million
  
• City Hall was destroyed and a new municipal building is under construction.

Falmouth, Ky.

• Population: 2,700.
  
• Residences destroyed: 90.
  
• Residences damaged: 575.
  
• Commercial buildings destroyed: 26.
  
• Of the total area of 6 square miles, 3 were covered by water.
  
• Value of damaged infrastructure: $30.9 million.
  
• The flooding killed five Falmouth residents, all of whom had evacuated their homes and had returned.

Maysville, Ky.

• Population: 9,400.
  
• Residences destroyed: None.
  
• Residences damaged: Fewer than 12 as a result of mudslides.
  
• Commercial buildings destroyed: 0.
  
• Of the total area of 23 square miles, no areas under water.
  
• Value of damaged infrastructure: $360,000.
  
• Floodwalls installed in the 1950s kept Maysville dry. While water inundated other Tristate cities, life remained unchanged.

Neville, Ohio

• Population: 226.
  
• Residences destroyed: 7.
  
• Residences damaged: 54.
  
• Commercial buildings destroyed: None.
  
• Of the total area of 0.5 square miles, almost the entire village was covered by water. Only 10 of the village's 71 homes went untouched by water.
  
• Value of damaged infrastructure: $3,500 to $5,000.

New Richmond, Ohio

• Population: 2,500.
  
• Residences destroyed: 40.
  
• Residences damaged: 395.
  
• Commercial buildings damaged: 45.
  
• Of a total 6.5 square miles, 21 square blocks flooded.
  
• Value of damaged infrastructure: $135,000.
  
• More green space has been created since the flood as village officials use federal money to buy and demolish about 30 structures in the most flood-prone areas, all in the village's core area within the floodplain. New structures built on the lots must be elevated.

Cincinnati

• Population: 364,040.
  
• Residences destroyed: 31.
  
• Residences damaged: 416.
  
• Commercial buildings destroyed: 1.
  
• Of 79.22 square miles in the city, 23 linear miles (the city's entire southern border) were flooded.
  
• Value of damaged infrastructure: $739,596
  
• Four feet of floodwaters in the first floor of the Children's Museum on Pete Rose Way accelerated the decision to move into the Museum Center at Union Terminal. Without the flood, moving date was October 1998. Instead, three exhibits from dry upper floors were moved to Union Terminal post-flood, opening in June. The full Children's Museum at Union Terminal scheduled to open in October.

Manchester, Ohio

• Population: 2,223.
  
• Residences destroyed: About 25.
  
• Residences damaged: About 80.
  
• Commercial buildings destroyed: None.
  
• Value of damaged infrastructure: about $100,000.
  
• Of the total area of about 4 square miles, half of the village was covered by water.

Aurora, Ind.

• Population: 3,825.
  
• Residences destroyed: 9.
  
• Residences damaged: 50-75.
  
• Commercial buildings destroyed: none destroyed; about 20 damaged.
  
• Of the total area of 2.9 square miles, about seven blocks were covered by water.
  
• Damaged infrastructure: None.
  
• Aid received: Federal Emergency Management Agency says Dearborn County received $279,736; couldn't break it down by community.

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