Creek on the Rise at the Farm

[leeave96]

I知 usually posting over on the haying forum section, but thought this belonged here...

We have a farm in the central-western mountains of VA and from time to time we will get a good rain overnight on top of a saturated ground and the creeks and rivers can rise rapidly. Different IMHO from the huge Midwest floods that seemingly cover square miles. The water can only channel down the valleys between the mountains and where there痴 is a break in the terrain, will overflow. The water rolls fast and recedes fast too - after the rain goes away, though some areas will see flooding (over in West Virginia) where it can be sunny down stream the next day and yet flooding occurs as the waters pour out of the mountains.

No damage to our farm, but the fast water gets our attention!

Here is a link to a video from our farm after an over night rain as mentioned above.

Creek On The Rise at the Farm - YouTube

We have other farming videos - (we make square bales of hay for the horse market) and you might find a few of those of interest too.

Thanks!

 

[JDAOWNER]

HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT HARNESSING THAT WATER WITH A HYDRO-ELECTRIC SYSTEM? I'M WORKING ON A SYSTEM FOR A FRIEND THAT HAS A CAMP WITH A STREAM ON IT. I TOOK VIDEOS OF THE STREAM AND WHAT WE'RE DOING, BUT I CAN'T SEEM TO SEND THEM FROM MY PHONE. I THINK THE FILE MIGHT BE TOO BIG AND I'M NOT SAVY ENOUGH TO KNOW HOW TO COMPRESS THEM.

 

[oosik]

Last week made a loop trip up north. It takes me 2X across Lake Roosevelt by ferry boat( Keller ferry & Incheleum ferry). Lk Roosevelt is the impoundment behind Grand Coulee dam. The lake has been lowered some 85 feet in anticipation of the spring snow melt & runoff.

 

[Thomas]

I知 usually posting over on the haying forum section, but thought this belonged here...

We have a farm in the central-western mountains of VA and from time to time we will get a good rain overnight on top of a saturated ground and the creeks and rivers can rise rapidly. Different IMHO from the huge Midwest floods that seemingly cover square miles. The water can only channel down the valleys between the mountains and where thereç—´ is a break in the terrain, will overflow. The water rolls fast and recedes fast too - after the rain goes away, though some areas will see flooding (over in West Virginia) where it can be sunny down stream the next day and yet flooding occurs as the waters pour out of the mountains.

No damage to our farm, but the fast water gets our attention!

Here is a link to a video from our farm after an over night rain as mentioned above.

Creek On The Rise at the Farm - YouTube

We have other farming videos - (we make square bales of hay for the horse market) and you might find a few of those of interest too.

Thanks!

Nice stone wash gravel also retainer stones for project.

 

[leeave96]

HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT HARNESSING THAT WATER WITH A HYDRO-ELECTRIC SYSTEM? I'M WORKING ON A SYSTEM FOR A FRIEND THAT HAS A CAMP WITH A STREAM ON IT. I TOOK VIDEOS OF THE STREAM AND WHAT WE'RE DOING, BUT I CAN'T SEEM TO SEND THEM FROM MY PHONE. I THINK THE FILE MIGHT BE TOO BIG AND I'M NOT SAVY ENOUGH TO KNOW HOW TO COMPRESS THEM.

Not really harnessing for power, but a long time ago, someone was considering a water ram to pump water out of the creek and to the cattle.