July 15, 1935 - The Finger Lakes Flood

Known as “The Finger Lakes Flood,” major flooding affected much of central New York and northern Pennsylvania in July 1935. Devastation was evident in a wide region between the Catskills Mountains and Hornell, from the Pennsylvania border to the Mohawk Valley.  In Schuyler County, one source reported twelve inches of rain fell on the upper Meads Creek watershed in just nine hours. One person in Schuyler County died from the 1935 flood.