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  YORK 
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  Floods 
  in 
  Wallkill 
  river. 
  Very 
  little 
  information 
  is 
  available 
  

   as 
  to 
  the 
  flood-flows 
  of 
  this 
  stream 
  any 
  further 
  than 
  that 
  on 
  August 
  

   7, 
  1901, 
  the 
  discharge 
  at 
  New 
  Paltz 
  was 
  7365 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  

   ( 
  catchment, 
  736 
  square 
  miles) 
  , 
  or 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  10 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  

   second 
  per 
  square 
  mile. 
  The 
  extreme 
  flood 
  must 
  be 
  much 
  higher 
  

   than 
  this. 
  Mr 
  Vermeule 
  states 
  that 
  high-water 
  marks 
  on 
  Clove 
  

   river, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  tributaries 
  of 
  the 
  Wallkill 
  river^ 
  indicate 
  a 
  maxi- 
  

   mum 
  discharge 
  of 
  67 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  (catchment, 
  0.7 
  square 
  

   mile), 
  or 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  96 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  per 
  square 
  mile. 
  1 
  

   This 
  catchment 
  is 
  perhaps 
  rather 
  small 
  for 
  final 
  conclusions. 
  

  

  Floods 
  in 
  Esopus 
  creek. 
  According 
  to 
  the 
  statement 
  of 
  M. 
  E. 
  

   Evans 
  in 
  a 
  report 
  to 
  the 
  Saugerties 
  Manufacturing 
  Company, 
  the 
  

   maximum 
  flood 
  in 
  Esopus 
  creek 
  at 
  Saugerties 
  occurred 
  on 
  Decem- 
  

   ber 
  10, 
  1878. 
  Thisi 
  flood 
  resulted 
  from 
  a 
  snowfall 
  of 
  six 
  inches^ 
  

   followed 
  by 
  excessive 
  and 
  continuous 
  rain 
  for 
  three 
  days. 
  The 
  

   extreme 
  depth 
  on 
  the 
  crest 
  of 
  a 
  dam 
  330 
  feet 
  in 
  length 
  was 
  14 
  

   to 
  14.5, 
  feet, 
  indicating 
  a 
  flood 
  discharge 
  of 
  from 
  50,000 
  to 
  60,000- 
  

   cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  (catchment, 
  417 
  square 
  miles), 
  or 
  at 
  the 
  

   rate 
  of 
  from 
  120 
  to 
  145 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  1 
  per 
  square 
  mile. 
  

  

  Floods 
  in 
  Rondout 
  creek. 
  The 
  most 
  severe 
  flood 
  in 
  this 
  stream 
  

   was 
  that 
  of 
  March 
  1, 
  1902, 
  when 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  discharge 
  as 
  meas- 
  

   ured 
  at 
  Eosendale 
  of 
  about 
  14,000 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  (catch- 
  

   ment, 
  365 
  square 
  miles) 
  , 
  or 
  the 
  flow 
  was 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  38 
  cubic 
  

   feet 
  per 
  second 
  per 
  square 
  mile. 
  

  

  Floods 
  in 
  Catskill 
  creek: 
  This 
  stream 
  is 
  of 
  rapid 
  descent 
  and 
  

   subject 
  to 
  wide 
  variation 
  in 
  flow. 
  From 
  high 
  -water 
  marks 
  at 
  

   Woodstock 
  dam 
  the 
  flood-flow 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  1901 
  has 
  been 
  com- 
  

   puted 
  at 
  21,000 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  (catchment, 
  210 
  square 
  

   miles) 
  , 
  or 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  100 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  per 
  square 
  mile. 
  

  

  Floods 
  in 
  the 
  Normans 
  kill, 
  So 
  far 
  as 
  can 
  be 
  learned, 
  the 
  only 
  

   information 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  flood-flows 
  of 
  this 
  stream 
  is 
  given 
  in 
  a 
  re- 
  

   port 
  of 
  the 
  Water 
  Commissioners 
  of 
  Albany 
  to 
  the 
  Common 
  Coun- 
  

   cil 
  in 
  1891 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  advisability 
  of 
  utilizing 
  this 
  stream 
  for 
  a 
  water 
  

   supply 
  for 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Albany. 
  In 
  this 
  report 
  the 
  catchment 
  area 
  

   above 
  French 
  Mills 
  is 
  stated 
  at 
  111 
  square 
  miles. 
  From 
  

   measurements 
  taken 
  in 
  February, 
  1891, 
  the 
  flow 
  was 
  1240 
  cubic 
  

  

  1 
  Report 
  on 
  Water 
  Supply, 
  Water 
  Power, 
  the 
  Flow 
  of 
  Streams 
  and 
  Attend- 
  

   ant 
  Phenomena, 
  by 
  Cornelius 
  C. 
  Vermeule, 
  Vol. 
  Ill 
  of 
  the 
  Final 
  Report 
  of 
  

   the 
  State 
  Geologist 
  of 
  New 
  Jersey, 
  p. 
  149. 
  

  

  