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  Floods 
  in 
  Woodhull 
  creek. 
  The 
  flood-flow 
  of 
  this 
  stream 
  at 
  Hill 
  

   tannery 
  in 
  April, 
  1869, 
  was 
  4040 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  (catch- 
  

   ment, 
  108 
  square 
  miles), 
  or 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  37 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  

   per 
  square 
  mile. 
  

  

  Floods 
  in 
  Moose 
  river. 
  The 
  flow 
  of 
  this 
  stream 
  at 
  Ager's 
  paper 
  

   mill 
  in 
  April, 
  1869, 
  was 
  12,644 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  (catchment, 
  

   407 
  square 
  miles), 
  or 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  31 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  

   per 
  square 
  mile. 
  

  

  Floods 
  in 
  Otter 
  creek. 
  The 
  flow 
  of 
  this 
  stream 
  at 
  Casler's 
  

   paper 
  mill 
  in 
  April, 
  1869, 
  was 
  1944 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  (catch- 
  

   ment, 
  63 
  square 
  miles) 
  , 
  or 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  31 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  

   per 
  square 
  mile. 
  

  

  Floods 
  in 
  Independence 
  creek. 
  The 
  flow 
  of 
  this 
  stream 
  at 
  

   Crandall's 
  paper 
  mill 
  in 
  April, 
  1869, 
  was 
  6200 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  

   second 
  (catchment, 
  93 
  square 
  miles), 
  or 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  67 
  cubic 
  

   feet 
  per 
  second 
  per 
  square 
  mile. 
  

  

  Floods 
  in 
  Beaver 
  river. 
  The 
  flow 
  of 
  this 
  stream 
  at 
  Beaver 
  Falls 
  

   in 
  April, 
  1869, 
  was 
  5382 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  (catchment, 
  322 
  

   square 
  miles), 
  or 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  17 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  per 
  square 
  

   mile. 
  

  

  Floods 
  in 
  Deer 
  river. 
  The 
  flow 
  of 
  this 
  stream 
  at 
  Deer 
  Kiver 
  

   in 
  April, 
  1869, 
  was 
  7881 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  (catchment, 
  101 
  

   square 
  miles), 
  or 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  78 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  per 
  square 
  

   mile. 
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  Floods 
  in 
  Oswegatchie 
  river. 
  The 
  highest 
  flood 
  reported 
  in 
  the 
  

   Oswegatchie 
  river 
  at 
  Ogdensburg 
  (date 
  unknown) 
  gave 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  

   5.5 
  feet 
  on 
  the 
  crest 
  of 
  the 
  dam. 
  This 
  depth 
  corresponds 
  to 
  a 
  dis- 
  

   charge 
  of 
  15,500 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  (catchment, 
  1609 
  square 
  

   miles) 
  , 
  or 
  to 
  10 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  per 
  square 
  mile. 
  

  

  Above 
  the 
  Black 
  lake 
  inlet 
  the 
  flood 
  discharge 
  estimated 
  from 
  

   highwater 
  marks 
  is 
  9000 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  (catchment, 
  900 
  

   square 
  miles) 
  , 
  or 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  10 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  per 
  square 
  

   mile. 
  At 
  Town 
  Line 
  bridge 
  the 
  flood 
  discharge 
  of 
  Indian 
  river 
  

   on 
  September 
  28, 
  1900, 
  was 
  29 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second. 
  

  

  iThe 
  foregoing 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  flood-flows 
  in 
  1869 
  in 
  Woodhull 
  creek. 
  

   Moose 
  river, 
  Otter 
  creek. 
  Independence 
  creek, 
  Beaver 
  river 
  and 
  Deer 
  river 
  

   is 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  evidence 
  relating 
  to 
  the 
  Black 
  river 
  claims. 
  

  

  A 
  considerable 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  foregoing 
  flood-flows 
  are 
  from 
  table 
  No. 
  124, 
  

   in 
  the 
  report 
  to 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Engineers 
  on 
  Deep 
  Waterways, 
  to 
  which! 
  

   reference 
  may 
  be 
  made 
  for 
  detail 
  not 
  given 
  here. 
  

  

  