SERVPRO Techs Are Ready to Help Nampa Residents With Flood Damage

12/9/2020 (Permalink)

The trained technicians at SERVPRO can mitigate the flood damage to your home. Call them now for the service needed to get you back into your home.

Nampa Properties Can Get Fast Help After Flood Damage From SERVPRO Professionals

Located in Canyon County, Nampa is the largest city in the county. The population is just under 100,000 residents, and it has a growing economy. The Shoshone Indians indigenous to the area are where the city's name came from; the word means "moccasin or footprint" in the native language. 

History of Nampa

As far as cities in the United States go, Nampa started later than many others as it did not exist until the early 1880s when the Oregon Short Line Railroad built tracks from Wyoming to Oregon and passed through the city. As time passed, more railroad lines made this area a hub. This rapid growth led to the town getting incorporated in 1890. In the present, the city has a thriving business center for: 

• Food processing and agri-business
• Manufacturing
• Technology companies 
• Healthcare-based companies are one of the fastest-growing sectors 

The Direction of Nampa Roads

The roads in Nampa have an unusual feature. Most towns that sprang up in the late 1800s had streets that ran north and south. However, because this city was so important to the railroad, the roads ran perpendicular to the tracks.

The founder of the town, Alexander Duffes, designed the streets to run in this fashion because he was the architect of the streets in Toronto, Canada, and he made the streets run parallel to the tracks, and it caused the deaths of a woman and her two children. The family got killed by a train after their wagon wheel got stuck. This tragedy led to the different layout for the streets in Nampa's region built around railroad tracks. 

The Idaho State School in Nampa

In 1910, a state school and hospital for developmentally challenged children and adults got established. The idea was to create a school, hospital, and farm that would be mostly self-sufficient with higher-functioning residents assisted in other residents' care. The farm on the site got sold and became Centennial and Ridgecrest golf courses. The facility, now over 100 years old, has been updated, and some older buildings get used to house juvenile offenders.

Top Places to Visit in Nampa

The city of Nampa has a large number of historical landmarks that serve as points of interest. The state of Idaho has a foundation that began with the railroad, and there are many restored depots throughout the state. The main one in this city has a unique architecture and was a stop along the Oregon Short Line when that railway was in operation. The depot, built-in 1903, was the reason that the municipality came into being. 

American history buffs will appreciate a visit to a dark part of Idaho history at the Bear River Monument. The Shoshone native Indian inhabitants of the area had several clashes with the settlers in what would later be Nampa. What now looks like a stretch of peaceful farmland was the site of the single worst massacre of Native Americans in United States history. The site has a monument, numerous plaques detailing what led to the event, and a beautiful tree where visitors pay their respects and leave memorials and offerings in honor of the hundreds of slain Shoshoni. The local Shoshone tribe gathers once a year on this spot to remember and pay tribute to their fallen ancestors. 

Military historians and enthusiasts enjoy a visit to the USS Hawkbill. This decommissioned attack sub has a fin that rests just outside of Nampa in Arco. The sub is sometimes referred to as the "Devil's Boat" since it has the number "666." Many people are surprised to learn that nuclear propulsion for submarines began in Idaho, rather than a coastal area of the country. Another frequently touted venue is the Warhawk Air Museum. The museum opened in 1989 and is a place where military aviation history gets preserved and displayed as an educational destination. Many of the vintage planes still fly, and the collection includes: 

• P-51C Mustang
• P-40N Warhawk
• F-86F Sabre Jet
• MiG-21
• F-104 Starfighter

Can Furniture With Flood Damage In A Nampa Home Get Restored?

After flood damage hits a Nampa home, the main thing that makes the difference in whether or not an item has restoration potential is the time that elapses between the event and SERVPRO arriving. Although most floodwater recedes as quickly as it enters a home, the migration path of the water can cause it to:

• Wind up wicked into walls
• Seeped under flooring
• Absorbed into the carpet and upholstered furnishings

Furniture with damage from floodwater generally has two primary outcomes: restoration using the proprietary methods used by the SERVPRO techs or disposal with approval from the property owner or adjuster. The technicians carefully inspect water-exposed furnishings and look for signs of absorption, swelling of the joints, cracks, or deterioration in cases of composite wood furniture. 

When the furniture has restoration potential, the techs use air movers and dehumidifiers to rapidly remove the moisture and then use wood-specific agents to remove water spots and help seal and protect the wood grain in cases of upholstered furnishings with exposure to water. A good deal of whether it can get restored depends on the type of water the technicians need to handle. If it is rainwater, there is a good chance the piece can get cleaned, dried, and sanitized for reuse. However, if it is groundwater, the article may very well be a loss due to this type of floodwater's toxic nature.

It is impossible to look at a piece and furniture and know that it is dry. The techs use various equipment types, including infrared cameras and probes, to ensure the furniture gets entirely dried before moving on to the final step of the mitigation to prep the furniture for reuse in the home.  

SERVPRO of Nampa / Caldwell at (208) 466-5000 is available 24/7 for local properties that need help with the cleanup of flood damage resulting from storms. The trained techs can remove the water and dry the structure to help life return to normal, "Like it never even happened."