The Town of Martin and vicinity has been devastated by flooding events in 1957, 1963, 1977, 1984, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2009 and 2015. The April 1977 flood is considered the flood of record. Severe damage to residential and nonresidential structures led to Section 202 of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act of 1981.The project consists