On Thursday April 21st the rains in Southern Illinois started. I wrote a post about the end of April being wet and that I was thankful that e got in our spring aerification just in time. Little did we know exactly how wet it would be. I am in my ninth season as superintendent at Hickory Ridge and have seen two of our greens (#7 & #8) partially under water. The flooding of this year has dwarfed anything that I or for that matter, anyone else in this area has seen. We are hoovering around the all time high.
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| Data from 4:30PM on 5/1 |
Historical Crests
(1) 42.00 ft on 05/15/1961
(2) 39.03 ft on 05/12/1961
(3) 37.65 ft on 05/02/1996
(4) 37.19 ft on 03/23/2008
(5) 36.85 ft on 05/05/1983
It is hard to get an exact estimate on the crest of the river but the range is somewhere between where we are at now which is around 40' and 42.5" which is the highest estimate I have seen.
The concerns at this point are how long will the three greens that are flooded stay under water and will the flood water which has entered the irrigation pupmhouse do any damage? With 3" more of rain on May 1st, we are not out of the woods yet.
