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  A 
  high-water 
  mark 
  at 
  the 
  Newport 
  dam 
  indicates 
  a 
  flood 
  dis- 
  

   charge 
  on 
  August 
  25, 
  1898, 
  of 
  22,000 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  (catch- 
  

   ment, 
  472 
  square 
  miles), 
  or 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  47 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  

   per 
  square 
  mile. 
  

  

  At 
  Middleville 
  the 
  flood 
  of 
  August 
  25, 
  1898, 
  is 
  estimated 
  to 
  have 
  

   discharged 
  12,950 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  (catchment, 
  519 
  square 
  

   miles), 
  or 
  the 
  flow 
  was 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  25 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  per 
  

   square 
  mile. 
  

  

  In 
  August, 
  1874, 
  a 
  flood 
  at 
  Hinckley 
  is 
  estimated 
  at 
  21,100 
  

   cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  (catchment, 
  360 
  square 
  miles), 
  or 
  at 
  the 
  

   rate 
  of 
  59 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  per 
  square 
  mile. 
  It 
  is 
  probable 
  

   that 
  flood 
  flows 
  as 
  high 
  as 
  from 
  60 
  to 
  70 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  per 
  

   square 
  mile 
  are 
  rather 
  common 
  in 
  West 
  Canada 
  creek. 
  

  

  Floods 
  in 
  Sanquoit 
  creek. 
  The 
  figures 
  for 
  this 
  stream 
  are 
  not 
  

   very 
  definite, 
  but 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  they 
  go 
  they 
  indicate 
  that 
  floods 
  of 
  50 
  

   cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  per 
  square 
  mile 
  are 
  not 
  uncommon. 
  

  

  Floods 
  in 
  Oriskany 
  creek. 
  In 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  1888 
  a 
  flood 
  is 
  re- 
  

   ported 
  in 
  this 
  stream 
  as 
  measured 
  at 
  Coleman 
  of 
  7830 
  cubic 
  feet 
  

   per 
  second 
  (catchment, 
  141 
  square 
  miles), 
  or 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  56 
  

   cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  per 
  square 
  mile. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  1896 
  a 
  flood 
  is 
  also 
  reported 
  in 
  this 
  stream, 
  as 
  

   measured 
  at 
  Oriskany, 
  of 
  7510 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  (catchment, 
  

   144 
  square 
  miles), 
  or 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  52 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  per 
  

   square 
  mile. 
  Ordinary 
  floods 
  in 
  this 
  stream 
  range 
  from 
  18 
  to 
  25 
  

   cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  per 
  square 
  mile. 
  

  

  Floods 
  in 
  Nine 
  Mile 
  creek. 
  On 
  August 
  25, 
  1898, 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  

   flood-flow 
  at 
  Stittsville 
  for 
  a 
  short 
  time 
  of 
  7820 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  

   second 
  (catchment, 
  63 
  square 
  miles), 
  or 
  the 
  stream 
  flowed 
  at 
  the 
  

   rate 
  of 
  125 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  per 
  square 
  mile. 
  

  

  On 
  March 
  12, 
  1898, 
  the 
  flow 
  at 
  Stittsville 
  was 
  1800 
  cubic 
  feet 
  

   per 
  second, 
  or 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  29 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  per 
  square 
  

   mile. 
  

  

  Floods 
  in 
  Allegheny 
  river. 
  Nothing 
  is 
  known 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  

   flood-flows 
  of 
  Allegheny 
  river 
  and 
  its 
  tributaries 
  any 
  further 
  than 
  

   that 
  the 
  tributaries 
  in 
  their 
  upper 
  portions 
  have 
  heavy 
  flows. 
  As 
  

   an 
  estimate, 
  purely, 
  many 
  of 
  them 
  may 
  be 
  placed 
  at 
  from 
  60 
  to 
  70 
  

   cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  per 
  square 
  mile, 
  but 
  like 
  streams 
  in 
  other 
  

   parts 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  they 
  need 
  to 
  be 
  studied 
  on 
  their 
  merits. 
  

  

  