More flooding at Montauk

[Gavin]

Pidgeon Creek has a long drainage  and lots of pasture along it. Figure most of the gravel comes from up there. Read somewhere that Montauk Spring used to be a blue hole like Meramec, Round Spring, etc. but got filled with gravel during a flood up Pidgeon Creek. Apparently dynamited to clear the gravel & silt, but it did not work.

[bkbying89]

16 hours ago, Gavin said:

Pidgeon Creek has a long drainage  and lots of pasture along it. Figure most of the gravel comes from up there. Read somewhere that Montauk Spring used to be a blue hole like Meramec, Round Spring, etc. but got filled with gravel during a flood up Pidgeon Creek. Apparently dynamited to clear the gravel & silt, but it did not work.

I am always amazed at the amount of gravel that washes down from Pigeon Creek. I would think that the pasture grass would help keep the erosion down but obviously, it doesn't. I haven't been down below the park for a while. I may take a trip to see what is going on down there.

 

Bill

[Gavin]

Grass does not help much. You need about 100’ buffer of established trees & scrub brush if you want to minimize erosion.