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the extremes for the period from 1899 to 1914 have been recorded 

 in the table. 



Although the catchment basin of the lake is small (less than 

 8,000 acres) the lake is very sensitive to rains and responds 

 promptly. Every heavy rain causes an almost immediate rise in 

 the lake. High water will therefore be correlated with heavy 

 continued rainfall and low water with the dry season. The early 

 spring rains and melting snows put the lake up somewhat above 

 the winter conditions, and the heavy rains that usually come in 

 June and early July produce the highest water. The lake is there- 

 fore apt to be highest in June and July, after which it begins to 

 fall until minimum low water is reached toward the last of Octo- 

 ber and early in November. As already stated the lowest water 

 recorded was that of November 3, 1908, and the highest that of 

 July 8, 1902, when it was 281/0 inches above extreme low water. 

 This extreme high water of 28 V2 inches followed three weeks of 

 heavy and almost continuous rains. As early as June 15 the water 

 was higher than old residents about the lake had ever seen it. It 

 kept on rising until July 8. The ice-beach on the west and south 

 shores was entirely covered; it was impossible to walk along the 

 beach between Long Point and Arlington ; the swamps were full 

 of water and the low country generally flooded ; nearly all the 

 piers were under water, and a portion of the public road near the 

 Outlet was flooded. Green's marsh was flooded so that one could 

 go about all over it in a boat. One old resident says that the lake 

 was equally high in June or July, 1896, and quite high in May and 

 June, 1892. 



The extreme low water of November 3, 1908, followed a rather 

 dry summer and fall. Our records show very little rain in August, 

 September or October of that year. 



Volume of outflow: — The volume of water flowing from Lake 

 Maxinkuckee varies greatly from time to time. As already stated, 

 at times of high water, the depth at the bridge is 3 to 3i/o feet. 

 The current, however, is never strong, and does not vary much. 

 The water surface in the two lakes varies synchronously and the 

 current therefore does not vary greatly. 



Measurements of the outflow were taken at various times. The 

 results are recorded in the following table. It will be observed 

 that the variation in number of gallons is considerable. The mini- 

 mum, 1,168 gallons per minute, was recorded on September 25, 

 1899, at which time the average width was 15 feet, the depth 14.7 

 inches and the current 1.7 feet per second. This would mean an 

 outflow of 1,681,920 gallons per day. The greatest volume of out- 



