Heavy rains on March 1-2, 1997, in parts of southern Ohio caused floods that brought widespread damage to public and private property. Record peak water levels and stream flows occurred at U.S. Geological Survey stream flow-gaging stations on Ohio Brush Creek in Adams County, Raccoon Creek in Gallia County, and the Shade River in Meigs County. The storm was concentrated along the Ohio River from western Kentucky to West Virginia and produced floods on many tributaries to the river. As those tributaries drained into the Ohio River, communities along the river suffered some of the most severe flooding since March 1964. On March 5, 1997, the U.S. Geological Survey stream flow-gaging station on Raccoon Creek at Adamsville, 1.8 miles downstream from The Bob Evans Farm, recorded a peak stage of 29.11 feet and an estimated stream flow of 16,500 cubic feet per second, indicating a flood somewhere between a 50-and-100-year event. The U.S. Geological Survey stream flow-gaging stations on Ohio Brush Creek and the Shade River are estimated to have experienced floods exceeding a 100-year recurrence interval, meaning a flood with a 1 chance in 100, or a 1% chance, of occurring in any given year.