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monitoring stations at 174 sites across the country, reported 19 record low stream flows in April, all in the Southeast. The Rapidan River station in Culpeper is 46 percent below normal flow for this time of the year, according to Gail Wendt, public affairs specialist for the USGS.
“And that station is the closest to normal flow reported from any monitoring stations in Virginia,” she said. “The South Fork of the Shenandoah at Front Royal reported 50 percent below normal, and the James River at Cartersville, which is frequently used as a gauge for this part of the state, is flowing at 62 percent below average. If the current flow continues at that site through the month it would break a record which has stood since 1930.”
Despite the grim litany of drought-associated problems, local orchardists are expecting “a bumper crop,” according to Birgitt Thornhill, cooperative extension agent.
Manfred Call agreed: “Last year, we had a bad freeze at blossom set, and there were no peaches at all. We got a good (blossom) set on the peaches this year — since the trees didn’t have any load last year.”
Mr. Call added that his apple trees also seem to be bearing well, although it is the first year that he will be able to harvest fruit from his trees.
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