Late in the afternoon the sky darkened and then it just poured, and poured. Probably a very hard rain for about 45-50 minutes. When it was done me & Patty took a tour on the ATV to see what happened around the farm. I was mostly worried about the big pond and the overflow as I’ve never seen it overflow before, although I suspect it had. Our first stop was the driveway where it crosses over the stream that feeds the pond. Seeing this I was pretty worried about what I would find at the dam.
Driveway inundated
This was the scene from the dam.
Water flows through the overflow
Overflow working perfectly, wide flat turf waterway keeps lots of water flowing smoothly but doesn’t erode the dam.
Dock is completely underwater
The ford over Mine Run is completely un-passable
Within a few hours the flow had subsided with little or no erosion thank god.
