Table 5. MacDowell Reservoir: Freciueiicy of Inundation^ 



to Specified Depllis, April, 1950 - April, 1955, and Acreages of Land 



and Water at Various Contour Elevations 



Elevation- Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total 



915.0-919.9 

 920.0-924.9 

 925.0-929.9 

 930.0-934.9 



Total 



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Contour Elevation- Total Acreage 



920 

 940 

 960 

 967 



Purchased 



130 



445 



1,152 



1,235 



1,289^ 



Land Acreage 



90 



388 



973 



1,154 



1.105 



Water-Acreage-*' 



30 



57 

 179 

 181 



1845 



1 Non-cumulative. 



2 Feet above mean sea level. 



3 River-bank level, normal flow idus ponds. 

 ^ Excludes borrow areas, Appendix Table IL 

 ^ Includes water surface. Appendix Table II. 



This land in the Franklin Falls resevoir area was formerly part of a small 

 dairy farm. Despite the fact that al least part of it is flooded every spring, 

 the land is now used for sweet corn, squash, potatoes, and legume-grass .seedings. 



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