We have only 10 inches of annual rainfall in our area. We also have a dry creek 30' wide and 10 ' deep running through our poperty cutting off 2 acres for our house site.However we also have a hard pan on the surface or to just inches below it. So, the area is prone to flash floods. After a winter hard rain for 2 days that may be a total of under 1inch, the creek rises about a foot an hour untill it overlows it's banks. Then the water drops at about the same rate untill there is only a trickle and is bone dry within a week. I hired 3 D9s with land planes to deep rip then level and grade my 19.5 acres, and raise the house site by 3 feet then compact the newly raised soil at the house site , then a ditch witch to trench around and away from the barn site and house site leading to a drain ditch, installed 6" perforated plastic drain pipe and backfilled with rock. I also raise the creek sides by 3feet. Then built our house and barn. No flooding problems at all. It REALY helps to plan for a 100 year flood event ahead of time !
Barn flooded!!!!!
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I too can feel your pain. 
Our house floods before our barn though. We just had ten feet in our house from the basement up. The main floor of our house was flooded and everything in the basement destroyed. Our furnace and all appliances need replaced as well as our electrical system and a lot of our plumbing. On the bright side, the water hasn't been this high in 40 years, so hopefully it will be 40 more before it happens again!
Our animals were moved to higher ground but the barn did get a foot of water and so did the chicken house. The chickens were moved to the hay loft.
I'm still working on drying out and the ground water is still running into the basement. Its really a pain, but we'll get through.
So sorry you're going through this, I know its rough but you'll get there. At times you feel so overwhelmed you just feel like you're going in circles.
I really hope this is the end of the crazy weather for a while!
Our house floods before our barn though. We just had ten feet in our house from the basement up. The main floor of our house was flooded and everything in the basement destroyed. Our furnace and all appliances need replaced as well as our electrical system and a lot of our plumbing. On the bright side, the water hasn't been this high in 40 years, so hopefully it will be 40 more before it happens again!Our animals were moved to higher ground but the barn did get a foot of water and so did the chicken house. The chickens were moved to the hay loft.
I'm still working on drying out and the ground water is still running into the basement. Its really a pain, but we'll get through.
So sorry you're going through this, I know its rough but you'll get there. At times you feel so overwhelmed you just feel like you're going in circles.I really hope this is the end of the crazy weather for a while!
