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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  This 
  flood 
  is 
  stated 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  due 
  to 
  an 
  ice 
  gorge 
  farther 
  up- 
  

   stream. 
  

  

  On 
  April 
  22, 
  1901, 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  flood 
  of 
  38,400 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  

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

   This 
  flood 
  is 
  stated 
  to 
  have 
  resulted 
  from 
  heavy 
  rainfall. 
  

  

  The 
  flood-flows 
  of 
  this 
  stream 
  are 
  very 
  heavy, 
  and 
  probably 
  the 
  

   extreme 
  maximum 
  may 
  be 
  taken 
  at 
  from 
  60 
  to 
  65 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  

   second 
  per 
  square 
  mile. 
  

  

  The 
  headwaters 
  of 
  Schoharie 
  creek 
  issue 
  from 
  the 
  horizon 
  of 
  

   the 
  Catskill 
  group, 
  which 
  is 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  the 
  Chemung, 
  from 
  

   whence 
  it 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  like 
  the 
  Genesee 
  river, 
  in 
  the 
  western 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  floods 
  are 
  not 
  only 
  frequent, 
  but 
  very 
  heavy. 
  

   Exceedingly 
  heavy 
  floods 
  are 
  ascribed 
  to 
  Schoharie 
  creek 
  by 
  

   tradition. 
  

  

  Floods 
  in 
  Garoga 
  creek. 
  A 
  flood 
  of 
  16 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  per 
  

   square 
  mile 
  is, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  can 
  be 
  learned, 
  the 
  highest 
  flood 
  in 
  this 
  

   stream. 
  The 
  stream 
  rises 
  in 
  the 
  Garoga 
  lakes 
  and 
  Peck 
  pond. 
  

  

  Floods 
  in 
  East 
  Canada 
  creek. 
  The 
  maximum 
  flood 
  in 
  this 
  

   stream 
  at 
  Dolgeville 
  is 
  reported 
  as 
  having 
  occurred 
  on 
  August 
  25, 
  

   1898, 
  at 
  which 
  time 
  the 
  flow 
  was 
  6330 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  (catch- 
  

   ment, 
  256 
  square 
  miles), 
  or 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  25 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  

   per 
  square 
  mile. 
  The 
  flow 
  at 
  Dolgeville 
  on 
  April 
  18, 
  1900, 
  was 
  

   5385 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second, 
  or 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  21 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  

   second 
  per 
  square 
  mile. 
  

  

  In 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  moderate 
  flow 
  of 
  August 
  25, 
  1898, 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  

   remarked 
  that 
  probably 
  the 
  heavy 
  rainfall 
  of 
  August 
  23 
  and 
  24 
  

   did 
  not 
  extend 
  over 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  this 
  catchment. 
  At 
  North 
  

   lake 
  the 
  rainfall 
  of 
  these 
  two 
  days 
  was 
  only 
  0.89 
  inch. 
  

  

  On 
  December 
  15, 
  1901, 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  flow 
  at 
  Dolgeville 
  of 
  12,150 
  

   cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second, 
  or 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  47.4 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  

   per 
  square 
  mile. 
  

  

  Floods 
  in 
  West 
  Canada 
  creek. 
  The 
  maximum 
  flood 
  in 
  this 
  

   stream 
  as 
  measured 
  at 
  Trenton 
  Falls 
  dam 
  occurred 
  on 
  December 
  

   15, 
  1901. 
  It 
  is 
  estimated 
  at 
  36,300 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  (catch- 
  

   ment, 
  375 
  square 
  miles), 
  or 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  97 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  

   per 
  square 
  mile. 
  It 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  this 
  flood 
  was 
  considerably 
  

   increased 
  by 
  the 
  failure 
  of 
  the 
  Hinckley 
  dam, 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  

   upstream. 
  The 
  flood 
  was 
  caused 
  by 
  heavy 
  rains 
  falling 
  on 
  frozen 
  

   ground. 
  

  

  