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  • Monthly Image: Still Water at Red Oaks Mill Dam

    We walked past the Red Oaks Mill dam on a mild and dead-calm afternoon, with the headwater like a mirror:

    Red Oaks Mill Dam - still water
    Red Oaks Mill Dam – still water

    I liked the smooth curves formed where the surface drops through the rubble:

    Red Oaks Mill Dam - water curvature at breast
    Red Oaks Mill Dam – water curvature at breast

    We wonder how far upstream the dam affects the water level, because, after it completely disintegrates and washes away, the creek level will definitely fall. The flow rate surely makes the calculation more difficult than just tracing contour lines from the dam breast upstream until they meet the bottom of the channel…