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Columbus Destroyed…1913 and what has changed. Julie Dian-Reed NWS Weather Forecast Office Wilmington, OH [email protected]. OSU and Stream Gauging. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Columbus Destroyed…1913 and what has changed
Julie Dian-ReedNWS Weather Forecast Office
Wilmington, OH
OSU and Stream Gauging
In November of 1892, Ohio State University (OSU) students established the first known stream-gaging station in Ohio on the Olentangy River near the Columbus campus. Using instruments furnished by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), students installed a temporary gage and made the first current meter measurements in Ohio. Although the station was operated only until June 1893, it provided computations of daily discharge and was the first standardized approach in Ohio to stream gaging.
Historic Marker Near King Avenue Bridge
No Stranger to flooding…
1898 Columbus flood…
Drainage affecting Columbus
Franklinton
Columbus (1913)
Scioto River Upstream of Columbus
~27,000 cfs2.5 times all subsequent floods
Scioto River Volumenear Columbus
Scioto upstream of confluenceCalculated volume ~92,000CFS(increase of 85 KCFS in 24 hours)
Julian Griggs, 1913
But What about the Olentangy?
Railroad Bridge Remains of Tracks Temporary bridge erected
Flood aftermath in Delaware, OH
Olentangy River high water (before and after Delaware Lake)
• 1913 flood volume was roughly 3 TIMES more than any other flood
• 1922 and 1927 crests partially flooded Ohio Stadium
• Delaware Lake completed in 1951
1913 Crest
The ‘Official’ Columbus River Observations
17’ in 24 hours
1913 flood stage
A city in ruins…
Perspective
• Franklinton Railway station, now historic Fire Fighters Union
After Water Receded
COSI
Veteran’sMemorial
Batelle ParkSanta Maria
• Caption:
“Science must not overlook the great need of preventing great floods that destroy life and property”
Several proposed changes to the river…
Change…Broad St. Looking West Again…
River Channel Improvement Plan, 1919City of Columbus Public Works
Present Day Columbus (near/below confluence)
• 1993-2000Franklinton Floodwall Completed
OSU Campus?From OSU Online History
• Out of boundsIn April 1913, rivers throughout Ohio overflowed their banks after long and heavy rains. Nearly 200 acres of campus was flooded as the Olentangy rose almost to Townshend Hall, on Neil Avenue just off the Oval. Students pitched in to help in the aftermath, rescuing people from their houses and doing other relief work. The flood, which caused hundreds of deaths and massive destruction statewide, is still considered Ohio's greatest natural disaster.
Ohio State Effects…
FEMA 1% Flood Today
Moving a River“…Nature bats last” -Robert Pyle
Photo Courtesy OSU Libraries