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The Caney
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Topography, Stream Flows, and Rainfall Records
The slope of fall in the river varies from sections
that are nearly level to definite falls. The latter occur at Great
Falls just below the Dam and at the upper end of "The Gulch" where
the river drops off the Cumberland Plateau.
The first beginnings of the river is at elevation 2000 feet.
There has been a wide range in the stream flow of the
Caney Fork River. At Rock Island it has varied from a low of 100
cubic feet per second (c.f.s.) to a high of 210,000 on Good Friday,
1929.
There is no information available on the flood of
1852 in respect to stream flow, but from flood elevations pointed
out to the writer by Old Timers, it was probably about the same as
the Good Friday flood of 1902 (1929?). Both floods washed out
practically every mill and bridge on the Caney Fork and its main
tributaries.
The table on the following page was prepared by the
writer after the 1929 flood and is included as it gives some idea of
the large floods which have occurred on the Caney Fork and Its
tributaries.
Rainfall records have been published by the U.S.
Weather Bureau for the stations listed below. The locations are
within or on the edge of the drainage area.
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