The Kickapoo River has a history of flooding the Gays Mill’s central business district and adjacent residential neighborhoods. After back-to-back 500-year flood events in 2007 and 2008, Gays Mills requested FEMA initiate a Long-Term Community Recovery (LTCR) Program. This action resulted in FEMA implementing an intense planning process that resulted in the preparation of the Gays Mills Long-Term Community Recovery Plan. Upon completion of the planning process, the Village implemented the following Long-Term Community Recovery project:
Village of Gays Mills
Gays Mills, Wisconsin