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Ellicott City Flooding Historical Dates
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Ellicott City Flood Gauge and Historical DatesThere have been four major floods in Ellicott City. Since the settlement was positioned near the water back in the day when most machinery utilize water for mill production, the city has been prone to flooding during the rainy or hurricane season. The flood gauge has recorded the major flooding events and flood levels in Ellicott City.
1868 (21.5ft) It wiped out most of early industry in the valley sparing only the flour mill. It destroyed the lower end of Main Street and killed a number of people living in Ellicott City. 1923 (9ft) 1972 (14.5ft) Hurricane Agnes flooded downtown Main Street area extensively destroying the Ellicott brothers’house and the mill. 1975 (9ft)
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