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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  17 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  per 
  square 
  mile. 
  In 
  Febru- 
  

   ary, 
  1891, 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  flood 
  estimated 
  at 
  26,260 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  

   second, 
  or 
  20 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  per 
  square 
  mile. 
  On 
  March 
  14, 
  

   1898, 
  the 
  flow 
  was 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  23,749 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second, 
  or 
  

   18.2 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  per 
  square 
  mile. 
  Since 
  the 
  gaging 
  

   record 
  has 
  been 
  kept 
  at 
  Little 
  Falls 
  the 
  following 
  freshets 
  have 
  

   occurred 
  : 
  

  

  Date 
  

  

  April 
  15, 
  1899 
  

  

  April 
  20, 
  1900.... 
  

   November 
  27, 
  1900 
  

   March 
  27, 
  1901... 
  

   December 
  16, 
  1901 
  

   March 
  1, 
  1902 
  

  

  Cubic 
  feet 
  

   per 
  second 
  

  

  Cubic 
  

  

  feet 
  per 
  

  

  second 
  per 
  

  

  square 
  mile 
  

  

  13,000 
  

  

  io. 
  a 
  

  

  15,240 
  

  

  11.7 
  

  

  15,669 
  

  

  12.0 
  

  

  19,538 
  

  

  14.9 
  

  

  26,280 
  

  

  20.1 
  

  

  27,000 
  

  

  20.7 
  

  

  Ordinary 
  floods 
  at 
  Little 
  Falls 
  are 
  from 
  12,000 
  to 
  15.000 
  cubic 
  

   feet 
  per 
  second. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  information 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  floods 
  at 
  Utica 
  is 
  mostly 
  

   from 
  a 
  report 
  made 
  in 
  1900 
  by 
  Stephen 
  E. 
  Babcock 
  to 
  the 
  M<k 
  

   hawk 
  River 
  Straightening 
  Commission 
  of 
  Utica. 
  A 
  few 
  flood 
  

   hights 
  determined 
  in 
  1901 
  and 
  1902 
  have 
  also 
  been 
  added. 
  The 
  

   topographical 
  elevations 
  are 
  plus 
  tidewater 
  : 
  

  

  Date 
  

  

  (1) 
  

  

  Mean 
  low 
  water 
  

  

  Freshet, 
  November 
  22, 
  1900. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  Freshet, 
  November 
  27, 
  1900 
  

  

  High 
  water 
  of 
  1890 
  

  

  High 
  water, 
  February 
  26, 
  1891 
  . 
  

  

  High 
  water, 
  1892 
  

  

  High 
  water, 
  1893 
  

  

  High 
  water, 
  1894 
  

  

  High 
  water, 
  1895 
  

  

  High 
  water, 
  1899 
  

  

  High 
  water, 
  March 
  27, 
  1901. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

   High 
  water, 
  December 
  15, 
  1901 
  

   High 
  water, 
  March 
  1, 
  1902 
  

  

  Estimated 
  Discharge 
  

  

  Elevation 
  

  

  Cubic 
  feet 
  

   per 
  second 
  

  

  Cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  

   second 
  per 
  

   square 
  mile 
  

  

  (2) 
  

  

  (3) 
  

  

  (4) 
  

  

  394.64 
  

  

  355 
  

  

  0.7 
  

  

  398.49 
  

  

  1,470 
  

  

  2.1 
  

  

  405.44 
  

  

  8.000 
  

  

  16.0 
  

  

  405.68 
  

  

  8,800 
  

  

  17.4 
  

  

  407.22 
  

  

  17,300 
  

  

  34.6 
  

  

  406.44 
  

  

  12, 
  500 
  

  

  25.0 
  

  

  406.37 
  

  

  12,100 
  

  

  24.2 
  

  

  405.62 
  

  

  8,600 
  

  

  17.2 
  

  

  406.32 
  

  

  11,900 
  

  

  23.8 
  

  

  405 
  . 
  52 
  

  

  9,300 
  

  

  18.6 
  

  

  406.19 
  

  

  11,100 
  

  

  22 
  2 
  

  

  406.75 
  

  

  14, 
  300 
  

  

  28.6 
  

  

  407.14 
  

  

  17,200 
  

  

  34.4 
  

  

  