This document describes a plan of three small dams (floodwater- retarding dams 1, 3 and 4) to solve agricultural flooding problems Land treatment and woodland habitat management measures are also included to reduce erosion and to enhance terrestrial wildlife habitat. Alternatives considered during planning include: no project action, a primarily nonstructural plan, an environmental quality plan, a national economic development plan, and the recommended plan. Economic benefits exceed costs of the proposed plan. Sponsors will pay 14 percent of the project installation costs and will install other detention dams with other than PL-566 funds. Impacts include: reduced upland erosion, reduced sedimentation, reduced flooding, increase of aquatic habitat, and increase in habitat quality.

"The purpose of this report is to provide project data and identify existing flood hazards in Peyton Creek Watershed as a basis for further study and planning by local residents and officials for an effective flood plain management program."--Page 1 [page 5 of 58].