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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I inches of rain in his area was much higher and right up to the house (they did not live there yet, but that is what the previous residents told them.) In talking to neighbors, they believed that the rainfall was greater than 4 inches. Since this was a spilled gauge, and some of the memories of the storm were no longer consistent, the confidence in this reading must be judged as low (C). Rob Roberts 21280 CR 7, Merino T 9N R55 W Sec. 10 Original report: 7.5 inches as shown on map provided by Logan County Extension, but his data was not included in the table in October 1997 report He had written down "7 inches" on his calendar (not the 7.5 inch value shown on the Logan County map, He had forgotten most details about the storm, They had no flooding on their place, but they are on high ground. There was significant flooding south of them. He remembered that most of the rain came at night, and with no hail and not that much lightning. I asked him how much rain his gauge could hold. He said only 5-6 inches. He then started to wonder how he came up with 7 or 7.5 inches last year. He couldn't remember. He gave me names and numbers for other neighbors in the area (there aren't many). I found one neighbor 2 miles north of him (Dave and Charlene Lowen) who remembered their 6-inch rain gauge full to the top with "flooding in all directions." Their notes showed that two inches had fallen the previous evening (July 28). That was all the confirmation I could find. While the confidence in his observation was low, the reported value may be realistic or conceivably too low. Confidence, "B-C." Paul and Teresa Beintema 17843 CR3.5 (Logan County) T8N R55W See,S Original report: 5 inches from gauge Their low-cost cone-shaped "advertisement rain gauge" was full to the top and could have overflowed. They recall the heaviest rain at their location between 10:30 and 11 :00 PM MDT with the rain finally letting up before 3 AM, The river crested at 3 AM. Based on rainfall reports from neighbors, they seemed to be near the southern end of the heaviest rain area in Logan County. While their rainfall may have exceeded 5", it probably did not exceed it by much. However, it does lend support for extending the 6" rainfall isohyet farther south over western Logan County. While an accurate rainfall report for this site is unknown, there is good confidence (B) that more than 5 inches of rain fell at or near their location, as all reporting gauges from their location northward were full to the top. Toedtli Ranch (John and Barbara) 69664 WCR 120, Stoneham T ION R 57W See. 10 NE Original report: 5.5 inches from rain gauge They have a large ranch covering many miles. She believed that about one inch had fallen the previous evening and had been emptied from their gauge. She did not have a written 14