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I I was forced to overflow at elevation 940.5i into a second depression located to the east. Excess water from this depression flowed southeasterly to three landlocked off-site ponds having bottom ele- vations below 930 feet. I I I I I I I As indicated on the aerial photo of June 25, 1940 (Figure 3), the site and the area to the east and south contained four ponds. The westernmost pond, which formerly flowed into Silver Lake (and the only one on the site), was probably about 18 inches deep; during dry periods it dried up as shown ln the October 30, 1953 aerial photo (Figure 4). The u.s. Geological Survey (U.S.G.S.) maps of 1952 and 1967 and a 1957 aerial photo, Figures 5, 6 and 7 respectively, indicate that the western pond was intermittently open water or a dry mud depression depending on climatic conditions. !I !I I il il I [I I I These Figures also indicate that the present east- erly ponds did not exist, because they could drain completely to the east until Windsor Court was built, with up to 12 feet of fill across a land- locked pond below elevation 930. When Windsor Court was built, a storm drain to accept the flow was constructed into the southeast corner of the Windsor Center site. This storm sewer would have intercepted and propogated the southeasterly flow of storm water. However, surrounding its inlet elevation of 937.5, a berm has been landscaped to elevation 940t feet. The ponds having surface elevations exceeding 938 feet would not exist, except during storms, if the 15 inch drain in the southeastern portion of the site were functional. However, because of the berming around the storm I I 111-3 I