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Prior to the 1913 flood, the Dayton area had suffered major floods nearly every other decade, with major water flows in 1805, 1828, 1847, 1866, and 1898. [6] Most of downtown Dayton was built in the Great Miami River's natural flood plain , which seemed advantageous in the early years when cities depended on rivers for transportation needs.
The death toll from the flood of 1913 places it second to the Johnstown Flood of 1889 as one of the deadliest floods in the United States. The flood remains Ohio's largest weather disaster. In the Midwestern United States, damage estimates exceeded a third of a billion dollars. Damage from the Great Dayton Flood at Dayton, Ohio, exceeded $73 ...
Dayton was totally devastated, being inundated for three days in late March 1913. The floods ended operations on the Ohio and Erie Canal , as they destroyed most of the locks and many miles of embankments.
On Easter 1913, the rains began for three days, and Ohio lost 470 people to one of the deadliest floods in U.S. history.
The Great Dayton Flood occurred on Easter Sunday, March 23, 1913. During this time, 8 to 11 inches of rain poured over a five-day period and caused the Great Miami River's water levels to rise.
The Stillwater River is a 69.3-mile-long (111.5 km) [5] tributary of the Great Miami River in western Ohio in the United States. Via the Great Miami and Ohio rivers, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed. It rises near the Indiana state line, in western Darke County, approximately 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Greenville.
The stream's confluence with the Great Miami River is in Deeds Park. The Mad River was one of the Great Miami River tributaries that flooded during the Great Dayton Flood of 1913, resulting in the creation of the Miami Conservancy District. The river derives its name from its mad, broken, and rapid current. [7]
During the Great Dayton Flood disaster, John H. Patterson contributed significantly to the recovery efforts. NCR employees built nearly 300 flat-bottomed boats and Patterson organized rescue teams to save the thousands of people stranded on roofs and the upper stories of buildings.