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Published August 11, 2010, 12:00 AM

Photo gallery: Heavy rains swamp Pierce, St. Croix counties

Law enforcement active all night, evacuating and closing roads


The South Fork of the Kinnickinnic spilled its banks and left debris dangling from rails on both UWRF campus trail bridges. This was the scene about 7:15 a.m., Wednesday, near the recently remodeled UW-RF amphitheatre.

  • The South Fork of the Kinnickinnic spilled its banks and left debris dangling from rails on both UWRF campus trail bridges. This was the scene about 7:15 a.m., Wednesday, near the recently remodeled UW-RF amphitheatre.
  • Dairy cows try desperately to escape flood waters on the Rush River near Hwy. 63 in Martell. This photo was taken at about 10 a.m. Wednesday. Blaze Fugina photo.
  • Farmers and helpers found some of the cows and herded them back to safety. The cattle temporarily stopped traffic on Hwy. 63 around 10:30 a.m. Blaze Fugina photo.
  • When Roger and Lara Anderson, town of River Falls, prepared to leave for work Wednesday morning, they couldn’t. Heavy rains had washed out their end of 747th Street, the town road that leads to their house. Roger said runoff water had filled their pond, flowed over into a spillway and took out a culvert. The Andersons called the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department, which in turn called town workers. Roger Anderson said a town worker had their road ready for use within three hours of the time he called. In the meantime, he said, the Andersons had borrowed a truck to get Lara to her job.
  • This photo shows runoff water flowing down a spillway on Roger and Lara Anderson property in the town of River Falls, Pierce County. Submitted photo.
  • The camping park in Martell was underwater Wednesday morning. This photo was taken at about 7:30 a.m. Judy Wiff photo.
  • This street in the community of Martell in Pierce County ends abruptly in the Rush River in this photo taken Wednesday morning. bridge and the intersection of 790th Avenue and 535th Street were all under water. Judy Wiff photo.
  • A view of the Hwy. 63 bridge near Martell at about 7:30 Wednesday morning. Judy Wiff photo.