Cocorahs South Dakota (2024)

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What is the history of Cocorahs? ›

THE ORIGIN OF COCORAHS

The CoCoRaHS network was created as a result of the Fort Collins, Colorado flash flood of July 28, 1997, and the storm the following evening on Pawnee Creek, near Sterling, Colorado. Both storms produced more than 12 inches of rain in a short period of time, but over very small areas.

Precipitation / Rain Total: 0.082 in.

In 1662, Christopher Wren created the first tipping-bucket rain gauge in Britain in collaboration with Robert Hooke. Hooke also designed a manual gauge with a funnel that made measurements throughout 1695.

The word itself comes from the verb kiper, meaning to cover or ignore. (It can also mean to deny; one who is "kafar b'ikar" denies the existence of God.) From this kapparah comes to mean "expiation;" something that wipes out or erases guilt or sin.

The most recent tornado inside the city limits of Rapid City occurred on Fathers' Day, June 18, 1967. The tornado touched down west of Mount Rushmore and north of Fairmont Boulevard, causing damage to a motel and breaking power poles, which left electric lines across the street.

The 481 residents of Pollock, South Dakota, felt the brunt of a bone-chilling -51 below zero on February 16, 1936. The Rapid City Journal article details South Dakota's all-time record low temp. Camp Crook in Harding County endured the second coldest temperature at -57 below on January 12, 1916.

100.5 inches – The greatest cumulative snow fall for Rapid City, South Dakota. This occurred during the year that ended December 31st, 2013.

In its early history the area known as Coedpoeth was not a settlement, but was described (in 1411) as a "waste" – an uncultivated area – and later as a "common", presumably a wood with rights of common, in the upper part of the township of Bersham.

The Spring Valley Water Company was a private company that held a monopoly on water rights in San Francisco from 1860 to 1930. Run by land barons, its 70-year history was fraught with corruption, land speculation, favoritism towards the moneyed elite, and widespread ill will from the general populace.

Town History

It is said that Grass Valley was named by settlers whose cattle had wandered from their campsite on Greenhorn Creek to a “grassy valley” nearby where the grazing was better. The “grassy valley” proved to be a convenient location for constructing buildings and Wolf Creek.

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