Levee work was done on Powderly Creek in 1969. In the early 1970s, a flooded strip pit in the vicinity of Powderly Creek gained national media attention due to allegations that a UFO had crashed into it. A number of locals reported that an object had fallen from the sky into the pit. Scuba divers searched the pit and found the cause of this event: a sealed beam railroad switchman's lantern.
