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;ciau—Many noosier rivers anaj streams hit record levels during rhe i month of .Tune, according to a report issued by the water resources division of the Indiana Department of1 Conservation today. 'Average discharge at Shoals from j the east fork of White river was, some 500 per cent greater this year than the June average from 1004 to 1943, the report, issued in coopera-l tinn with the 1’. S. Geological Survey. says. Next highest flow on record was in June. If 16, when the average discharge was about two-thirds the 1945 volume.St. Mary's River at Fort Wayne made a similar record for June with an average discharge of 1.214 second-feet, compared to the next highest record of 972 second-feet in 1*41.Streams were generally at lffgh stages during the last half of (he month. The Wabash river hit 17.05 5-et at Vincennes on June 21, 2.05 feet over flood stage. No ex sivespaced fallsDamagp was confined primarily to rrop lo3? on bottom lands unprn- jtected by levees and planting delays occasioned by floodings. jfloods occurred, however,to
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East Chicago Calumet News
East Chicago, Indiana, US
Thu, Aug 09, 1945
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