﻿HYDROLOGY 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  459 
  

  

  over 
  the 
  present 
  dam 
  and 
  through 
  the 
  water 
  wheels 
  of 
  13,968 
  cubic 
  

   feet 
  per 
  second. 
  In 
  1865, 
  which 
  was 
  a 
  year 
  of 
  unusually 
  high 
  

   floods 
  in 
  central 
  and 
  western 
  New 
  York, 
  it 
  is 
  stated 
  that 
  the 
  water 
  

   went 
  higher 
  than 
  this, 
  but 
  no 
  person 
  has 
  been 
  found 
  thus 
  far 
  who 
  

   is 
  able 
  to 
  give 
  the 
  exact 
  hight. 
  The 
  flood 
  of 
  1865 
  is 
  estimated 
  at 
  

   the 
  rate 
  of 
  6.4 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  per 
  square 
  mile. 
  

  

  All 
  statements 
  agree 
  that 
  floods 
  seldom 
  occur 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  of 
  the 
  

   year 
  in 
  the 
  Seneca 
  river. 
  

  

  Floods 
  in 
  Ghittenango 
  creek. 
  This 
  stream 
  is 
  tributary 
  to 
  

   Oneida 
  lake 
  and, 
  like 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  Oneida 
  lake 
  tributaries, 
  has 
  

   considerable 
  flat 
  area. 
  The 
  extreme 
  measured 
  flood 
  is 
  taken 
  at 
  

   4105 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  (catchment, 
  307 
  square 
  miles), 
  or 
  at 
  

   the 
  rate 
  of 
  13 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  per 
  square 
  mile. 
  

  

  Floods 
  in 
  Oneida 
  creek. 
  Kenwood, 
  where 
  the 
  records 
  are 
  kept 
  

   on 
  this 
  stream, 
  is 
  pretty 
  well 
  up 
  from 
  Oneida 
  lake, 
  of 
  which 
  

   Oneida 
  creek 
  is 
  a 
  tributary. 
  This 
  stream 
  has 
  a 
  rapid 
  descent 
  

   from 
  the 
  hills 
  above 
  the 
  point 
  of 
  gaging, 
  and 
  shows 
  a 
  maximum 
  

   flood 
  of 
  about 
  3930 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  (catchment, 
  59 
  square 
  

   miles), 
  or 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  41 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  per 
  square 
  mile, 
  

   while 
  ordinary 
  spring 
  floods 
  are 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  about 
  15 
  cubic 
  feet 
  

   per 
  second 
  per 
  square 
  mile. 
  

  

  December 
  15, 
  1901, 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  flood 
  in 
  this 
  stream 
  with 
  a 
  dis- 
  

   charge 
  of 
  2075 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second, 
  or 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  35 
  cubic 
  

   feet 
  per 
  second 
  per 
  square 
  mile. 
  

  

  Floods 
  in 
  Wood 
  creek. 
  The 
  catchment 
  area 
  of 
  this 
  stream 
  

   above 
  the 
  point 
  of 
  gaging 
  is 
  mostly 
  flat, 
  level 
  country. 
  The 
  

   highest 
  flood 
  reported 
  was 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  1895, 
  when 
  the 
  dis- 
  

   charge 
  was 
  about 
  2630 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  (catchment, 
  126.5 
  

   square 
  miles), 
  or 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  about 
  21 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  per 
  

   square 
  mile. 
  

  

  Floods 
  in 
  west 
  branch 
  of 
  Fish 
  creek. 
  The 
  swamp 
  and 
  marsh 
  

   area 
  of 
  this 
  stream 
  is 
  large 
  enough 
  to 
  distribute 
  the 
  flood-flows, 
  

   thus 
  keeping 
  the 
  maximum, 
  which 
  is 
  reported 
  as 
  having 
  occurred 
  

   in 
  1884, 
  as 
  measured 
  at 
  McConnellsville, 
  down 
  to 
  6170 
  cubic 
  feet 
  

   per 
  second 
  (catchment, 
  187 
  square 
  miles), 
  or 
  about 
  33 
  cubic 
  feet 
  

   per 
  second 
  per 
  square 
  mile. 
  The 
  ordinary 
  flood-flows, 
  as 
  taken 
  

   from 
  high-water 
  marks 
  on 
  McConnellsville 
  dam, 
  indicate 
  18.4 
  

   cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  per 
  square 
  mile. 
  

  

  