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over the present dam and through the water wheels of 13,968 cubic 

 feet per second. In 1865, which was a year of unusually high 

 floods in central and western New York, it is stated that the water 

 went higher than this, but no person has been found thus far who 

 is able to give the exact hight. The flood of 1865 is estimated at 

 the rate of 6.4 cubic feet per second per square mile. 



All statements agree that floods seldom occur in the fall of the 

 year in the Seneca river. 



Floods in Ghittemmgo creek. This stream is tributary to 

 Oneida lake and, like many of the Oneida lake tributaries, has 

 considerable flat area. The extreme measured flood is taken at 

 4105 cubic feet per second (catchment. 307 square miles), or at 

 the rate of 13 cubic feet per second per square mile. 



Floods in Oneida creek. Kenwood, where The records are kept 

 on this stream, is pretty well up from Oneida lake, of which 

 Oneida creek is a tributary. This stream has a rapid descent 

 from the hills above the point of gaging, and shows a maximum 

 flood of about 3930 cubic feet per second (catchment, 59 square 

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

 while ordinary spring floods are at the rate of about 15 cubic feet 

 per second per square mile. 



December 15, 1901, there was a flood in this stream with a dis- 

 charge of 2075 cubic feet per second, or at the rate of 35 cubic 

 feet per second per square mile. 



Floods in Wood creel-. The catchment area of this stream 

 above the point of gaging is mostly flat, level country. The 

 highest flood reported was in the spring of 1895, when the dis- 

 charge was about 2630 cubic feet per second (catchment, 126.5 

 square miles), or at the rate of about 21 cubic feet per second per 

 square mile. 



Floods in west branch of Fish creek. The swamp and marsh 

 area of this stream is large enough to distribute the flood-flows, 

 thus keeping the maximum, which is reported as having occurred 

 in 1884, as measured at McConnellsville, down to 6170 cubic feet 

 per second (catchment, 187 square miles), or about 33 cubic feet 

 per second per square mile. The ordinary flood-flows, as taken 

 from high-water marks on McConnellsville dam. indicate 18.4 

 cubic feet per second per square mile. 



