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quail hound
03-26-2011, 02:12 PM
This is the second time this year the "cotton wood" creek has had a little more water than it could handle. Last time it flooded about 6 square miles of ag land, this time it may flood more. This land was historically wetlands and I think I know why.

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jmac
03-26-2011, 02:44 PM
QH, Thas't alot of water... What are the things in the feild???? Grape fences??? Thanks for sharing the pic's
quail hound
03-27-2011, 11:33 AM
Yep those are grape stakes in the field. They just planted new vines there and I'm not sure if they will survive or not.
jmac
03-27-2011, 11:46 AM
That's not good ,I hope the new vines make through. I know the are releasing alot of water In Wyoming, trying to avoid flooding , from spring runoff. Is the flooding in your part of Cali. from Recent Rains or from Runoff???
How bad is the flooding ? Local or ???:)
quail hound
03-27-2011, 11:58 AM
Yeah all of our lakes are at capacity and the rain and snow isn't stopping. We get around 12" of rain total in a normal year and we got about 3.5" this week alone, 15" total so far this year and April is usually pretty wet around here. The flooding is pretty localized around canals and creeks that can't handle the high run off flows. On the bright side the cattle ranchers won't have to feed much as the range looks great right now.:thumbsup:
jmac
03-27-2011, 04:22 PM
Yea i'll bet the range looks good right now. What about fire danger??? you guys get alot of thunderstorms AKA lightening??? :)
quail hound
03-27-2011, 06:56 PM
Yea i'll bet the range looks good right now. What about fire danger??? you guys get alot of thunderstorms AKA lightening??? :)

No we don't see a whole lot of thunderstorms around here, maybe 1 or 2 a year. The real fire danger comes from man when things dry out in the hills.
sooty grouse
04-05-2011, 12:42 PM
Boy, you should see the rivers out my way, raging fast and furious....cant wait to fish em though!!..
FLDBRED
04-05-2011, 07:53 PM
Man...what the heck is going on! Seems like the whole country is having weird weather.
quail hound
04-05-2011, 08:08 PM
Man...what the heck is going on! Seems like the whole country is having weird weather.

Well its not really to weird, we've been in a drought for a few years and this season just snapped us out of it. We've got 15" of rain this year, normal is 12" and the record is 23".:eek: Like I said the land that flooded used to be wetlands about 70 years ago and maybe God wants them back.