Only below the Bluffs. The highway that passes through Atlas essentially marks the absolute flood limits. The bluffs are just east of this highway and ascends rather steeply upwards from it. The floods in '93 just reached the edge of Rockport but did not inundate it. Before any flood would broach the top of the bluffs, the animals would begin gathering two-by-two :) :) :) If you want to see a topography map of the bluffs in all their glory, go to http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=39.5528&lon=-90.9203&s=200&size=m Lonna Poland wrote: > > Is there still a serious flood threat in that area after what happened in > '93? > > > Hah! I may have accidentally convinced my dad to buy a retirement house > > in Pike County. I happen to be telling him how cheap land is in parts - > > about $500 (that's five HUNdred) per acre, and that my brother-in-law > > bought a four-bedroom farmhouse with a couple acres in Summer Hill for > > $28,000. You can still buy shotgun houses in Rockport for $10,000. Also, > > since they put the superhighway through that now passes north of > > Pittsfield on it's way to Hannibal, MO, land values there are going to > > explode as people move out from Springfield which is about 50 miles from > > Pittsfield but is now a straight shot down an Interstate. > > > > After all this discussion, he's going to drive over there to look into > > it. (He lives in Bloomington-Normal).