1st high water event of 2009

Due to excessive precipitation on Wednesday-Thursday, February 11-12, 2009, the river experienced its first high water event of 2009. The water rose from 1.70' to a crest of 3.70' at 7:30 am., Thursday, February 12. [Last year (2008) we had already had four significant high water events by this point: 9.1' on January 9, 4.98' on February 6, 4.05'on February 11, 7.73' on February 17, and then followed by 6.92' on March 3.]