Indeed, the positioning of the ethnic groups within the village reveals the order in which these groups came onto the scene. The Aboriginal residents live at a higher elevation, where the Catholic and Protestant churches are also to be found. Buildings at this height were able to escape the floodwaters. It was the Han Chinese living on the riverbanks whose residences suffered the most damage.
先來後到的次序，也顯現在各族群居住的位置，原住民普遍住在較高的地段，包括天主教和基督教教會位置也較高，安然躲過大水；至於水災受創嚴重的河岸，集居的多是漢人，漢人祭祀的土地公塑像，靠著居民搶救才逃過一劫。