Ohio River Flood of March 1936 - Clarington, OH
Posted by: silverquill
N 39° 46.059 W 080° 52.233
17S E 511087 N 4401977
This high water mark on the side of the Municipal Building in Clarington, Ohio, indicates the flood of March 1936, though less known than the great flood of 1937.
Waymark Code: WM5PM1
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 01/30/2009
Views: 6
High Water Mark Flood of Mar 1936
Elev 646.47 ft.
U.S. Engineer Office Huntington WVa. Corps. of Engineers U.S. Army
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