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BYBEE-MALOTT : THE FLOOD OP 1913 



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TABLE No. 2 A — Summary of Rainfall Upon While River Drainage Basin for 

 the Month of March, 1913. 



West Fork— 



Anderson 



Bloomington 



Eminence 



Farmland 



Hickory Hill 



Indianapolis 



Washington 



Whitestown 



Worthington 



East Fork— 



Biitlerville 



Columbus 



French Lick 



Greenfield 



Mauzy 



Nashville 



Scottsburg 



Seymour 



Shelby ville 



Shoals 



Greensburg 



Av erage for West Fork 

 Average for East Fork 

 Average for both Forki 



Precipitation 

 for March , 

 1-22. 



1.32 

 3.83 

 2.11 

 1.78 

 2.89 

 1.47 

 3.08 

 1.86 

 2.54 



2.92 

 2.05 

 3,28 

 1.58 

 2.42 

 2.72 

 2.27 

 2,76 

 2.18 

 4.08 

 1.61 

 2.54 

 2.32 

 2.43 



Precipitation 

 for March, 

 23-27. 



6.99 

 9.20 

 5.25 

 8.94 

 7.53 

 6.0] 

 8.91 

 7.05 

 7.59 



9.27 

 9,92 

 6.52 

 7.28 

 9.65 

 8.97 

 7.77 

 8.05 

 7.11 

 9.06 

 8.45 

 8.36 

 8.21 

 8.28 



Tolal 

 Precipitation 

 for March . 



8.50 

 13.03 



7.35 

 11.12 

 10.49 



7.75 

 11.99 



8.93 

 10.13 



12.36 

 12 01 



9.81 



8.86 

 12.08 

 11.69 

 10.04 

 10.82 



9.43 

 13.14 



9.96 

 10.92 

 10.14 

 10.53 



Departure 

 from the 

 Normal. 



4.71 

 7.71 



3.75 

 6.97 



6.10 



7.59 

 8.45 



8.45 



5.36 

 6.46 



5.30 

 6.93 

 6.17 

 6.55 



The average rainfall for the West Fork of White River, taken at 

 nine stations, for the month of March, was 10.14 inches. An aver- 

 age of the amount of rain that fell at the above nine stations for 

 the period commencing with March 23rcl and extending through to 

 March 27th, is about 80 per cent of the entire precipitation for the 

 month, or 8.21 inches. At seven of the nine stations therefore, an 

 average of 4.08 inches of rain fell on March 25th, or in other words, 

 50 per cent of the rain that fell on and between March 23rd and 

 March 27th, fell on March 25th, at seven of the nine stations. 

 That is, 42 per cent of the rainfall for the month fell on March 25th. 



On the East Fork of White River there were eleven stations 

 that reported to the United States Weather Bureau. During the 

 five days of the flood there was an average of 8.35 inches of rain- 

 fall at these stations. The average for the entire month was 10.92 

 inches. Thus 76.5 per cent of the precipitation for the month fell 

 during the five days of the flood. Also at nine of the stations 

 an average of 4.85 inches of rain fell on March 25th, or 58 per cent of 

 the rain that fell during the five days of the flood fell in one day, 

 i. e., 44 per cent of the rainfall for the month fell in one day. 



Taking both drainage areas together, there was an average 

 of 10.53 inches of rainfall for the month of March. During the 



