The Great Flood

We were out of town when this occurred; which is not to say we weren't concerned.  I was.  In fact I found myself nervously expecting an alert on my device notifying me of water in the basement.  Thankfully that alert never arrived and upon our return the basement was dry.  Not so much for some of our neighbors who had up to 2-4 feet of ground water in their cellar.

Anyway, we found ourselves on the receiving-end of roughly 8-10 inches of rain in relatively short order around April 14-15.  Noteworthy, is that we were still drying-out from three feet of snow a month earlier and additional inches of rain in the interim.  Things were rather soggy around here.   

I took this photo on April 21.

The view is east and the trail parallels Silver Creek which is out of sight immediately to the right.  A couple of things to note; The ruts in the trail left behind by the smaller Polaris ATV I was riding and the standing water.  Also, the grass covering the trail and to the left and right is all laid flat.  Clearly by water from the creek overflowing its banks. 

How much water?

From the trail camera positioned immediately in the flood plane are a couple of photos that show the extent.

Under normal circumstances there is never standing water in the viewfinder of the trail camera.  In this case Silver Creek flooded beyond its normal bank by about thirty-five yards, give or take.  And to a depth of about 8-10 inches; not enough to drown the camera, but certainly enough to float a wood duck.  First time photo of that critter.

As of today, the creek continues to run full-bore and we're a long way from drying-out.