After the prolonged drouth of the early 30's, the wet spring of 1935 had brought welcome relief to the region. By the end of May, however, the soil was nearing the saturation point. The rains of May 30th, concentrated in the basin of the South Fork and extending into the valleys of the Arikaree, Frenchman, Red Willow, and Medicine, poured into the main stream—normally 300 to 400 feet wide, turning it into a raging torrent one to four miles wide.
The flood water came as a wall, variously estimated at from three to eight feet in height. The advance of the crest was more rapid in the upper valley, reported at ten miles an hour above Trenton, at five between there and Oxford, and slowing to 2 1/2 miles an hour upon crossing over into Kansas.
To prevent the repetition of such a tragedy the federal government has built a series of six dams, five in Nebraska, across the Republican or its tributaries, serving not only as flood protection, but providing recreation and irrigation facilities as well.
| HM Number | HMWQB |
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| Series | This marker is part of the Nebraska: Nebraska State Historical Society series |
| Tags | |
| Marker Number | 39 |
| Placed By | Oxford Rotary Club - Historical Land Mark Council |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Saturday, October 11th, 2014 at 10:16am PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 14T E 442880 N 4456620 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 40.25810000, -99.67170000 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 40° 15.486', W 99° 40.302' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 40° 15' 29.16" N, 99° 40' 18.12" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 308 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 300-398 Rd 436, Oxford NE 68967, US |
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