Flood in Broome County, New York

Both Broome and Susquehanna County were inundated with record flooding from the Susquehanna River near Conklin. Not only did the river rise to record levels, this left all the local tributary streams with no outlet. There was deep water from the backwater built-up in the communities of Conklin and Kirkwood in New York and Hallstead and Great Bend in Pennsylvania. Many homes and several businesses, big and small, were destroyed along the Route 11 and Route 7 corridors that parallel the Susquehanna River. The Conklin gage-house was flooded, and quit briefly near the flood crest. The river rose to the flood stage of 11 feet June 27th at 2:15 pm EDT. The river rose to the major flood level of 20.0 feet June 27 at 11:45 pm EDT. The river crested at 25.0 feet on June 28th at 11:30 am EDT. This broke the previous record of 20.83 feet set in 1948. The Susquehanna River at Conklin remained above the major flooding level of 20 feet through the end of June.