Hogtown Creek has encountered a heavy amount of rain since Wednesday afternoon. Many streets in the area are flooded.
Hogtown Creek is the northern part of Gainesville. One-third of the northwest area north of 16th Avenue and west of Sixth Street is flooded because of the Hogtown Creek flooding.
By Thursday, the flood begins to settle. Around 5 p.m. the rain has stopped, but the water in the Hogtown Creek area continues to rise until 7:30 p.m. and then starts to recede at 9 p.m.
The flood entered some homes in the northwest area east of fourth Street, north of 23rd Avenue, west of 34th Street and south of eighth by 2 to 3 feet of water.
Several homes northwest of Gainesville are underwater. The bridge on County Road 325, 3 miles southeast