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On Thursday, Jan. 26, city public works director Jack Page said the Colorado River had probably crested at about 9:30 a.m. at 21.45 feet.
“I think that’s about as high as it’s going to get,” Page said, adding that the water was already dropping.
Page said the water was not due to a release from LCRA dams upriver, but was the result of heavy rains in eastern Travis County and throughout Bastrop County. County officials said that wildfires in September that burnt a very large area has contributed to the volume of runoff that’s swelling the river.
High water from recent rains completely cover the Hwy 95 boat ramp in Smithville.
City worker Mike McBryar installs barricades at Riverbend Park. The fishing pier, parking lot and parts of the disc golf course are completely underwater.
Billy Nelson of Smithville fishes for catfish along the swollen Colorado River in Smithville. Nelson said he had always heard that "cats" bite when the river flooded.
The sign for the fishing pier at Riverbend Park is almost totally submerged by floodwaters along the Colorado River in Smithville.
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