12 m. | 11,740 | 22,650 |
6 p.m. | 10,975 | 22,350 |
12 p.m. | 9,820 | 22,100 |
15. 6 a.m. | 9,180 | 21,150 |
12 m. | 8,330 | 19,900 |
6 p.m. | 7,700 | 18,900 |
12 p.m. | 7,005 | 17,350 |
16. 6 a.m. | 6,695 | 15,750 |
12 m. | 5,920 | 13,900 |
6 p.m. | 5,620 | 13,300 |
12 p.m. | 5,360 | 11,800 |
17. 6 a.m. | 4,855 | 10,650 |
Below full bank | 8,900 |
Do. | 8,500 |
Do. | 8,100 |
Do. | 8,200 |
Do. | 7,000 |
Do. | 6,250 |
Do. | 5,900 |
Do. | 5,300 |
Do. | 5,200 |
Do. | 4,900 |
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[Footnote A: At six-hour intervals.]

FLOOD FLOW OVER DUNDEE DAM.

The flood, as indicated by gage heights at Dundee dam, lasted from about
6.30 p. m. October 8 to about midnight October 18. Although the maximum
recorded gage height was 19 inches higher than during the flood of 1902,
the actual time during which the river was out of its banks was
forty-five hours less than at the earlier flood. Examination of fig. 1
shows that the flood of 1903 was decidedly more intense than that of
1902, the maximum height being reached in 1903 in about sixty hours,
while in 1902 the maximum was not reached until the expiration of about
one hundred and twenty hours.

At Dundee dam the familiar break in the progress of the flood took place
about thirty-five hours after the initial rise. It occurred before the
time of the maximum gage height at the mouth of Pompton River, and there
is nothing to indicate that it was caused, as has been claimed, by slack
water from the Pompton flood being forced back into Great Piece Meadows.
There is no doubt that a part of the Pompton flood was so diverted, but
there was maintained throughout at Little Falls a steady pressure, which
constantly increased to maximum. This flood check, at Dundee dam was
observed in 1902, but it could not be shown to arise from the frequently
mentioned phenomena at the mouth of Pompton River. It is important to
prove or disprove this hypothesis