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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Little 
  Falls 
  where 
  the 
  gagings 
  were 
  made 
  was 
  about 
  4 
  feet 
  to 
  4.5 
  

   feet 
  in 
  depth, 
  equivalent 
  to 
  a 
  flow 
  of 
  from 
  12,000 
  to 
  14,000 
  cubic 
  

   feet 
  per 
  second, 
  the 
  temporary 
  storage 
  of 
  the 
  flats 
  reducing 
  the 
  

   quantity 
  at 
  Little 
  Falls 
  very 
  greatly. 
  

  

  By 
  way 
  of 
  showing 
  the 
  quantity 
  of 
  rainfall 
  causing 
  the 
  flood 
  

   of 
  August 
  24-26, 
  1898, 
  the 
  following 
  precipitations 
  at 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  

   points 
  in 
  the 
  central 
  and 
  eastern 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  are 
  cited 
  

   from 
  the 
  monthly 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  State 
  Weather 
  Bureau 
  : 
  

  

  Rainfall, 
  in 
  inches 
  

   f 
  a 
  : 
  

  

  Name 
  of 
  Place 
  August 
  23 
  August 
  24 
  Total 
  

  

  Cooperstown 
  1.96 
  1.40 
  3.36 
  

  

  Oneonta 
  1.10 
  2.18 
  3.28 
  

  

  Gloversville 
  1.24 
  1.30 
  2.54 
  

  

  Little 
  Falls 
  (near 
  city) 
  0.64 
  0.56 
  1.20 
  

  

  Little 
  Falls 
  reservoir 
  (8 
  miles 
  north) 
  . 
  1 
  . 
  68 
  2 
  . 
  78 
  4 
  . 
  46 
  

  

  Number 
  Four 
  1.71 
  0.88 
  2.59 
  

  

  Kings 
  Station 
  0.35 
  2.36 
  2.71 
  

  

  Albany 
  0.50 
  1.86 
  2.36 
  

  

  Greenwich....' 
  1.16 
  1.58 
  2.74 
  

  

  Rome 
  1.20 
  1.40 
  2.60 
  

  

  Saratoga 
  Springs 
  ... 
  0.23 
  1.79 
  2.02 
  

  

  Watertown 
  1.45 
  0.43 
  1.88 
  

  

  Taking 
  all 
  the 
  facts 
  into 
  consideration, 
  there 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  no 
  

   reasonable 
  doubt 
  but 
  that 
  the 
  streams 
  tributary 
  to 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  

   river 
  above 
  Little 
  Falls 
  for 
  a 
  short 
  time 
  on 
  August 
  24 
  or 
  25 
  deliv- 
  

   ered 
  water 
  into 
  the 
  flat 
  area 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  perhaps 
  40,000 
  cubic 
  feet 
  

   per 
  second. 
  By 
  way 
  of 
  illustrating 
  further 
  why 
  this 
  large 
  inflow 
  

   did 
  not 
  produce 
  a 
  greater 
  flow 
  at 
  Little 
  Falls, 
  we 
  may 
  consider 
  

   that 
  for 
  from 
  thirty 
  to 
  fifty 
  days 
  previous 
  to 
  August 
  23 
  the 
  rain- 
  

   fall 
  on 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  catchment 
  area 
  had 
  been 
  

   rather 
  low. 
  The 
  total 
  for 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  valley 
  in 
  July, 
  1898, 
  as 
  de- 
  

   duced 
  from 
  Weather 
  Bureau 
  stations 
  at 
  Little 
  Falls, 
  Canajoharie, 
  

   St 
  Johnsville 
  and 
  Rome 
  was 
  3.93 
  inches, 
  2.53 
  inches 
  of 
  this 
  having 
  

   fallen 
  on 
  July 
  18 
  and 
  19. 
  The 
  concentration 
  of 
  the 
  rainfall 
  of 
  

   the 
  month 
  into 
  these 
  two 
  days 
  had 
  the 
  effect 
  of 
  sending 
  a 
  very 
  

   large 
  portion 
  of 
  it 
  into 
  the 
  streams, 
  only 
  a 
  small 
  portion 
  going 
  

   to 
  replenish 
  ground 
  water. 
  On 
  August 
  1 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  valley 
  

   record 
  shows 
  1.18 
  inches 
  precipitation, 
  the 
  total 
  for 
  that 
  month 
  

   being 
  7.12 
  inches. 
  We 
  may 
  assume, 
  therefore, 
  that 
  ground 
  water 
  

  

  