Flooding in Renfrew in January 2018 at the home of Stephen and Sheila Adams of West Main Street.

Heavy rains soaked the county this spring and early summer, causing countless headaches for stressed-out property owners living in flood zones.

Zelienople residents like Dan Karns consider their neighborhood the borough’s “bathtub.” Located at the lower end of Pine Street near Front Street, Karns said the backyards of his neighbors on the south side of Pine Street fills up during heavy rain.

The neighborhood’s backyards parallel Glade Run, which backs up during downpours at the entrance to the Zelienople-Harmony Sportsmen’s Club at the end of Front Street. Waters continue rising unchecked in a sustained rain event and eventually spill into basements and crawlspaces.

While Hurricane Ivan’s 2004 rainfall cursed Pine Street with the worst flooding in recent memory, the nearly five-inch deluge on May 28 was a close second, according to residents.

A large dumpster remains on the street, brimming with ruined tables, carpeting and various other drenched and swollen household goods awaiting the landfill.

This is an excerpt from an article that will appear in Thursday’s Butler Eagle. Be sure to pick up a copy or subscribe online to read about the flooding woes of other residents in the county as part of our “High Water Mark series”.