RAIN
IN MARCH, 1982
Across
the Fence
By
Arvord Abernethy
April
2, 1982
Most
of
Hamilton
County
received good rains Saturday, but they were accompanied by high winds.
Little damage from the winds has been received; the value of the rains
would greatly outweigh any damage.
The
official rainfall at the Soil Conservation office was 1.61 inches, which
is slightly less than most reports over town. Amounts over the county
varied greatly as you will see from the following reports.
Mrs.
Willie Roberts, south of Indian Gap, reported .60 (6/10) of an inch and
Evelyn Fuqua, north of Gentry’s Mill reported .70 inch. Mrs. Roy Chumney
said it varied from 2.10 to 2.50 inch in the
West Point
community. Jeff Perry reported 3 inches at his place which is about 2
miles north of town, and the same amount was reported by Lester Roberts
and Cecil Grisham in the Lanham community. Mrs. James Billingsley also
reported three inches in the
Ohio
community.
Many
people reported that there was enough runoff water to fill stock tanks
that were either dry or nearly so. Very little rain was reported at
Comanche, so
Lake
Proctor
may not have caught much.
The
Texas Almanac gives the average rainfall for
Hamilton
County
in March to be 1.90 inches. The official amount recorded at the Soil
Conservation office for March is 3.98 and I recorded 4.45 inches, so we
are well above for March. The official amount received so far this year is
6.17 inches which is slightly less than the Texas Almanac gives for the
first three months.
Many
farmers report that they have their corn and maize planted and some of the
corn is up. The rain fell so hard along with the high winds, some farmers
may be concerned about the ground packing enough to keep freshly planted
maize from coming up. Some early gardens are really looking good and, with
some more spring rains, should do real well. A mess of new potatoes and
green beans would really hit the spot now.
Shared
by Roy Ables
ACROSS THE FENCE