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at the rate of 17 cubic feet per second per square mile. In Febru- 

 ary, 1891, there was a flood estimated at 26,260 cubic feet per 

 second, or 20 cubic feet per second per square mile. On March 14, 

 1898, the flow was at the rate of 23,749 cubic feet per second, or 

 18.2 cubic feet per second per square mile. Since the gaging 

 record has been kept at Little Falls the following freshets have 

 occurred : 



, -Discharge s 



Cubic 



Date 



April 15, 1899 



Cubic feet 

 per second 



13,000 



feet per 

 second per 

 square mil» 



io. a 



April 20, 1900 



15,240 



11.7 



November 27, 1900 



. . . 15,669 



12.0 



March 27, 1901 



. .. 19,538 



14. & 



December 16, 1901 



26,280 



20.1 



March 3, 1902 



27,000 



20.7 



Oruiuary floods at Little Falls are from 12,000 to 15,000 cubic 

 feet per "second. 



The following information in regard to floods at Utica is mostly 

 from a report made in 1900 by Stephen E. Babcock to the Mo- 

 hawk River Straightening Commission of Utica. A few flood 

 hights determined in 1901 and 1902 have also been added. The 

 topographical elevations are pins tidewater: 



Date 



(1) 



Mean low water 



Freshet, November 22, 1900. . . . 

 Freshet, November 27, 1900. . . . 



High water of 1890 



High water, February 20, 1891 . 



High water, 1892 



Higli water, 1893 



Higli water, 1894 



High water, 1895 



High water, 1899 



High water, March 27, 1901. . . . 

 Higli water, December 15, 1901 

 Higli water, March 1, 1902 



Elevation 



(2) 



894.64 

 398.49 

 405.44 

 405.68 

 407.22 

 406.44 

 406.37 

 405.62 

 406.32 

 405.52 

 406.19 

 406.75 

 407.14 



Estimated Discharge 



Cubic feet 

 per second 



(3) 



Cubic feet per 

 second per 

 square mile 



355 



I . 470 

 8; 000 

 8,800 



1 7, 800 

 12,500 

 12.100 



H.OOO 

 1 1 . 900 



9, 300 



II. 100 

 14.300 

 17.200 



(4) 



0.7 

 2.1 

 16.0 

 17.4 

 84.6 

 25.0 

 •2 I . 'J 

 17.2 

 23.8 

 18.6 

 22.2 

 28.6 

 34.4 



