Ohio River Flood of March 1936 - Clarington, OH - High Level Marks on Waymarking.com

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High Water Mark Flood of Mar 1936 Elev 646.47 ft. U.S. Engineer Office Huntington WVa. Corps. of Engineers U.S. Army

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The only reference I found to this particular flood is in this study by E.L. Mosley. Clarington is nearer to Pittsurgh than the communities further downstream, such as Gallipolis, Portsmouth, and Cincinnati that suffered so much devastation in the great flood of 1937, not many months later. A brief quotation is given.

E. L. MOSELEY,
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, Ohio

"The great flood of 1936, which at Pittsburgh was even greater than that of 1937, came two months later in the year than that of 1937, as might have been expected from the fact that heavy rain in 1845 started later and continued later."
LONG TIME FORECASTS OF OHIO RIVER FLOODS

Natural or man made event?: Natural What type of marker?: Plaque When did this occur?: March 1936 Website related to the event..: [Web Link]

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A picture showing the level along with any markers telling of what had occurred can be used. Better yet would be a picture of you or someone standing next to the high level mark, that would show if you would have been just wading or completely submersed.

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