puzzled

A good soaking rain.

A dreary day.

Something for me to look forward too!

Days like this pay off richly if you are interested in the river system like I am.

I drove from work to a little village by the name of Jersey in Licking county. They have a small stream that you drive over before entering the village. The stream was full and flowing fast. What I found most interesting was how twisty the little stream was. Not only did it twist and turn and contort right there but it did it for a few miles down stream.

The nearest road does not go directly next to this stream but I could more or less keep it in sight as I cruised south. I crossed back over the water in Pataskala, it was considerably larger by then.

From there it heads east to Kirkersville and grows into a full blown river. I was surprised to learn when I got home that my county map identifies it as the South Fork of the Licking River as far north as Jersey even though it is just a little stream there.

I drove into the cemetary in Kirkersville hoping to get a look at a little stream that flows into Feeder Creek, the main source of water for the lake. I was surprised at the size of the stream I drove over on my way in. It was flowing a lot of water east. I couldn't see any stream at the back of the cemetary.

I left and went down to Swamp Road, the road on the left in the ariel view of my previous post on this subject. I expected to see water in those ditches flowing west but they weren't. Mostly they were not flowing at all and had flooded the fields. One had moving water, moving the wrong way, east!

Now I am puzzled.

Then again it might not be that hard to figue out. I think there my be a place where the water flows into feeder creek only when it is allowed to. After all the lake was built to control the water level in the canals something was probably built to control the water level of the lake.