Genesee County 



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Record of Temperature and Precipitation at Elba 







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BIPEHATUBE 





Precipitation 







Hiuhi «t 



Lowest 





Amount in 24 









maximum 



minimum 



Average 



hours 



Snow, 





















age 











inches 



Greatest 





depth 







1 >■ gre i 



Year 



Degrees 



Year 





record, 

 inches 



Year 



in inches 



January 



23.6 



70 



1906 



—16 



1914* 



3.86 



1.80 



1902 



22 3 



February 



19.7 



64 



1906 



—21 



1914 



3.12 



1.10 



1900 



22.8 



March 



31.4 



80 



1905 



— / 



1912 



3.14 



1.60 



1900 



12.9 



April 



42.9 



88 



1910 



10 



1904 



3.25 



1.50 



1901 



7.1 



May 



55.4 



93 



1908 



24 



1911 



2 97 



1.50 



1910 



1.4 



June 



64 

 69.5 

 66 9 



93 



100 



95 



1908 

 1911 

 1914* 



33 

 44 

 38 



1912 



1913* 



1915 



2.45 

 3.81 

 2.93 



1 47 

 4.10 

 3.00 



1901 

 1902 

 1913 





July 





August 





September .... 



61.4 



95 



1900 



29 



1913 



2.42 



2 70 



1910 





October 



49 7 



88 



1900 



19 



1909 



2.60 



1.85 



1914 



0.G 



November. . . . 



37.6 



75 



1900 



6 



1905 



2.15 



1.33 



1900 



5.6 



December 



26.5 



64 



1908 



—13 



1914 



3.08 



2.04 



1907 



17.4 



Year 



45.7 



100 



1911 



—21 



1914 



i 



35.78 



4.10 



1902 



90.1 







* Also earlier j-ears. 



TOPOGRAPHY AND NATURAL CHARACTERISTICS 



The surface is mostly level or gently undulating, the southern 

 border being occupied by ranges of hills. These extend 

 north from Wyoming County, and attain an elevation of about 

 1,000 feet above tide. A limestone terrace, bordered in many 

 places by nearly perpendicular ledges, extends east and west 

 through the county north of the center. At either side of the 

 county this terrace ranges in height from 50 to 100 feet, declining 

 toward the center to a height of 20 to 40 feet. 



Tonawanda Creek enters Alexander from the south, flows 

 northeast to Batavia, then turning to the northwest and continu- 

 ing to the western border of the county. Its principal tributaries 

 are Little Tonawanda and Bowens creeks. The other principal 

 streams are Oak Orchard, Black, Murder, and Oatka creeks. 



DESCRIPTION BY TOWNSHIPS 



Alabama: The surface is level or gently undulating. The 



northern and western portions are covered by marshes which form 



a part of the Tonawanda Swamp. Oak Orchard Creek flows 



across the northeast corner, and Tonawanda Creek across the 



