River channel is too deep to ever flood. They dig it out every few years to keep it straight and flowing. That is where I wanted to get 1400 feet of 2 or 3 inch hose to hook all my pumps together to pump water over to the garden tanks.
We are 3 miles from the head end of the Sangamon river and it ends up down southwest a long ways. It starts out 1/4 mile north of Ellsworth coming out of a 10 inch field tile across Butch Green's farm. By the time it gets this far its getting wild, so they made a bigger/deeper channel to contain it. I have seen it bank full only 2 times in 15 years.
Sis calls this area the tundra! lol! Colder than hell in winter and hotter than hell in summer. Wind never stops blowing either, I still say they need to build windfarms here!!! LOL!!!!
Last edited by sonny; 01/06/2023 07:42 PM.
