Ice jams can have many negative effects on infrastructure and the lives of many people that live around the areas. Ice jams are sheets of ice that is produced during the winter. Ice jams are formed when the the frozen ice breaks up.The ice will back up water and once the ice break it will release the water at a high velocity causing increase in stage elevation causing discharge. Over load of water might end up in the floodplain due to the water that is released from the ice jam once it breaks up. Without the building of new development a flooding will just be a natural process having little to no effect if building weren't to be build in those areas. Another problem that can result from this is that the new development prevents water …show more content…
Constriction is a significant problem that comes along with new development because new development are built in places that are supposed to be free for free flow of materials in the river. With new development we are becoming more vulnerable to losing our properties to flooding due to ice jams affected by constriction. Reparations will cost more money. Getting people back on their feet after floodings and repairing their homes will take years.The casino itself is built in a 100 year floodplain, which are floods that have one percent of occurrence in a