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• Flood of 2016

  … to take shape and become embedded in rain clouds as they were compressed into … air surging in from the southwest. The rain clouds and embedded thunderstorms formed into … . Nearby Lewisburg received eight inches of rain during the same period, almost twice …

• Guyandotte River

  … upstream. In the last quarter of the 19th century, logging was by far the principal industry along the Guyandotte. When a heavy rain caused the river to rise, intrepid raftsmen would set out on a wild downriver ride, guiding ‘‘fleets’’ of logs down to …

• William Starke Rosecrans

  … Wise, and John Floyd. Ensuing operations from August to mid-November were plagued on both sides by sickness, rain, muddy roads which stalled supplies, numerous incompetent officers, and what Rosecrans characterized as ‘‘monstrously green’’ troops. …

• Amphibians and Reptiles

  … toad is seldom seen because of its secretive nature of remaining underground, only surfacing to mate and deposit eggs during heavy rains. Frogs are found from the lowest elevations to the highest. They range in size from the tiny cricket frog to the …

• Seneca State Forest

  … 847 acres from A. D. Neill. At that time, the cutting of the virgin timber on the land was nearing completion. The Raine Lumber Company had timber rights when the state bought the property, and continued logging until 1929. The state built a fire tower …

• Sewell Mountain

  … and surface contour stripping at about 2,800 feet were common mining methods during the next century. In 1910, the Raine brothers established the "Meadow River Lumber Company":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/174 and the town of Rainelle …

• Audra State Park

  … ":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/75 border the Middle Fork River, which flows through the park. In spring, melting snow and rains feed the river’s boulder-filled channel. Land within the park has been used in various ways. As the town of …

• Shenandoah River

  … gardens and sent them downstream. The worst flood took place on October 16, 1942, after remnants of a tropical storm brought heavy rain to the state. The river at Millville crested at 32.4 feet, nearly 19 feet above flood stage. Other major floods took …

• Sinks of Gandy

  … be the most visited wild cave in West Virginia. The cave takes the entire flow of Gandy Creek and can flood suddenly following rain. An article in the _Saturday Evening Post_ in 1941 by Clay Perry recounts the story of four cavers who were trapped in the …

• Holly River State Park

  … neutralize the stream’s acidity, which had caused fish kills. It was one of the first liming devices created to combat acid rain’s effects on West Virginia trout streams. Holly River State Park, which includes more than 8,100 acres, has vacation cabins …

• Buffalo Creek Flood

  … of Buffalo Creek and other persons who live near coal-refuse impoundments.’’ Pittston officials blamed the flood on the 3.7 inches of rain that fell in the three days before February 26, and called the disaster ‘‘an act of God.’’ Six hundred and forty …

• Milton W. Humphreys

  … .org/articles/2246, May 19, 1862, Sergeant Humphreys fired his cannon at Union artillery from behind an intervening forest. The shells rained down on the Union fort, and troops thought they came from the sky. This demonstration set a precedent for modern …

• Topography

  … of any place in the state. Conversely, the low-lying valleys just east of the abrupt Allegheny Front lie in a ‘‘rain shadow’’ of the high mountains, and receive the least precipitation in the state. The western two-thirds of West Virginia lies in the …

• The Virginia

  … but after much maneuvering succeeded only in getting the boat to the bank, which was too soft and sandy to hold its weight. The rains came again, the river rose, and it re-floated itself. The owners refused to pay the bill, saying that their boat had been …

• The Weather

  … various weather elements. Some of the heaviest rains and deepest snows have occurred in … East Coast experienced high winds, heavy rains, and severe flooding, while the storm … of flood usually occurs when prolonged rains fall over saturated ground. Snow melt …

• West Fork River

  … Fork at Weston reached a record 25.50 feet, more than eight feel above flood stage. The great storm of November 1985 produced rain amounts of six to seven inches around Weston, Clarksburg, and Fairmont during a 24-hour period. On November 5, the West Fork …

• West Virginia Wesleyan College

  … ;National Register of Historic Places":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1586, stands alongside the slightly younger Lynch-Raine Administration Building and Annex to compose the historic heart of the campus. Campus construction since the mid-20th …

• Wildflowers

  … . The large green leaves will flourish in the warm spring rains. Sharp eyes will spot the fragrant pink and white flowers … and a paradise of magnificent spring wildflowers as temperatures rise and rain showers fall. The 27 species of violets vary from white …

• Climate

  … is frequently the wettest and October often the driest. Widespread rains and snows fall from late autumn into early spring. … tropical storm affect the state. Annual precipitation includes both the rain and melted snow. The least amounts are usually in the …

• Coal

  … ’s numerous coal beds formed in tropical rain forests on a low-lying coastal plain. It rained frequently, without long dry spells. Rainwater low in dissolved … resulted. The high growth rates of tropical rain forests allowed the peat to accumulate …

• Wood County

  … Register historic properties. The county’s weather is generally moderate. However, on July 18, 1889, more than 19 inches of rain fell on Limestone Hill, at the southern tip of the county, in about two hours. Devastating "floods":https://www. …

• Mosses

  … large amounts of water and restrict surface runoff, thus reducing erosion. Studies of stem flow on trees show that after light rains, little moisture reaches the forest floor since the dense moss layer near the tree base absorbs most of this water. Moss …

• Log Construction

  … were constructed well into the 20th century. Older log buildings today are most prevalent in the eastern counties where the ‘‘rain shadow’’ of the state’s highest ridges means limited rainfall,helping to preserve the structures. The most widely found …

• Lost River

  … sinks under some large rocks into a subterranean passage. It remains underground for a little more than two miles. If it has rained recently, the surface stream bed may still have some water in it, but the major flow remains underground. In flood times, …

• Natural History

  … to deposit heavier rainfall westward and create a desert-like ‘‘rain shadow’’ east of the mountains in the drier Ridge and … stagnant pools. Contemporary threats to nature come from acid rain from burning fossil fuels, strip mining and "mountaintop …