Northwest Ohio is in the midst of some pretty nasty flooding along it’s rivers.  The 2-3″ of snow that melted during 2 days of heavy rain culminated in swollen creeks, streams and rivers.  It’s been worse along the Maumee River in the past, but this is still pretty bad.

I live in a rural area and in the 5+ years I’ve lived in my house I’ve not seen the amount of ponding water in yards and farm fields that I’ve seen in the last couple days.  There’s just nowhere for the water to go.  The ditches and creeks are all backed up cause the rivers are running above capacity.  I visited Waterville, snapped some pictures and took some video.

This is Waterworks Park on the west side of town.  That paved driveway winds to the right goes all the way to the river.  If you look closely in the upper right you’ll see some playground equipment.

 

 

This is a field at the same park.  That tree line waaay in the back?  Those are trees that grow on -what is normally- the edge of the Maumee River…that’s a lot of flooding.

 

Hey coach, we’re just watering the field real good for the games this spring. 

This is the famous Waterville Interurban Bridge with the famous Roche de Boeuf rock in front. 

Here’s a close-up of the rock.  For a view of how it normally looks for the majority of the year click here. 

And finally, some video from the Waterville bridge.  This river is insanely wide right now and running fast.  It’s usually about half the width that is shown in this video.