Quality of

Surface Waters of the 

United States 

1959

Parts 5 and 6. Hudson Bay and Upper 

Mississippi River Basins, and Missouri 

River Basin

Prepared under the direction of S. K. LOVE, Chief, Quality of Water Branch 

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 1643

Prepared in cooperation with the States 

of Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, 

South Dakota, Wisconsin, andlFyoming, 

and with other agencies

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON :
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

STEWART L. UDALL, Secretary

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 

Thomas B. Nolan, Director

For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington 25, D.C.
PREFACE

This report was prepared by the Geological Survey in cooperation with the States of Iowa. Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, South 

Dakota, Wisconsin, and Wyoming, and with other agencies by personnel of the Water Resources Division under the direction of L. B. 

Leopold, chief hydraulic engineer, and S. K. Love, chief. Quality 

of Water Branch. The data were collected and computed under 

the supervision of the following engineers or district chemists:

V. R. Bennion. ....................... Iowa City, Iowa

D. M. Culbertson .................... Lincoln, Nebr.

T. F. Hanly .......................... Worland, Wyo.

G. W. Whetstone ..................... Columbus, Ohio

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CONTENTS

Page

Introduction.................................... 1

Collection and examination of samples........... 3

Chemical quality.............................. 4

Temperature................................... 4

Sediment...................................... 5

Expression of results........................... 6

Composition of surface waters................... 9

Mineral constituents in solution.............. 10

Silica...................................... 10

Aluminum.................................... 10

Iron........................................ 10

Manganese................................... 10

Calcium..................................... 11

Magnesium................................... 11

Strontium................................... 11

Sodium and potassium........................ 11

Lithium..................................... 12

Bicarbonate, carbonate and hydroxide........ 12

Sulfate..................................... 12

Chloride.................................... 13

Fluoride.................................... 13

Nitrate..................................... 13

Phosphate................................... 14

Boron....................................... 14

Dissolved solids............................ 14

Chromium.................................... 15

Nickel and cobalt........................... 15

Copper...................................... 15

Lead........................................ 16

Zinc........................................ 16

Barium...................................... 16

Bromide..................................... 17

Iodide...................................... 17

Properties and characteristics of water....... 17

Hardness.................................... 17

Acidity..................................... 18

Sodium-adsorption-ratio..................... 18

Specific conductance........................ 19

Hydrogen-ion concentration.................. 19

Color....................................... 20

Oxygen consumed............................. 20

Organics.................................... 20

Temperature................................. 21

Turbidity................................... 22

Sediment...................................... 22

Streamflow...................................... 23

Publications.................................... 24

Cooperation..................................... 25

Division of work................................ 28

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Page 

Literature cited................................ 28

Chemical analyses, water temperatures, and sediment ..................................... 31

Part 5. Hudson Bay and upper Mississippi

River basins............................. 31

Red River of the North basin................. 31

Red River of the North at Fargo, N. Dak.... 31

Sheyenne River near Warwick, N. Dak........ 33

Mauvais Coulee near Churchs Ferry, N. Dak.. 35 

Sheyenne River at Lisbon, N. Dak........... 36

Red River of the North at Grand Forks,

N. Dak................................... 38

Red River of the North at Drayton, N. Dak.. 41 

Souris River near Verendrye, N. Dak........ 42

Souris River near Westhope, N. Dak......... 43

Miscellaneous analyses of lakes and streams 

in Red River of the North basin in North 

Dakota................................... 45

Lake of the Woods basin...................... 46

Sturgeon River near Chisholm, Minn......... 46

Miscellaneous analyses of streams in Lake

of the Woods basin in Minnesota.......... 47

Swan River basin............................. 49

Miscellaneous analyses of streams in Swan

River basin in Minnesota................. 49

Mississippi River at St. Paul, Minn. (main

stem).................................... 50

Miscellaneous analyses of lakes and streams 

on the Mississippi River main stem in 

Minnesota................................ 51

Wisconsin River basin........................ 52

Dell Creek near Lake Delton, Wis........... 52

Black Earth Creek at Black Earth, Wis...... 56

Turkey River basin........................... 60

Turkey River at Garber, Iowa............... 60

Rock River basin............................. 64

Rock River at Afton, Wis................... 64

Yellowstone River near Blanchardville, Wis. 65

Mount Vernon Creek near Mount Vernon, Wis.. 69

Iowa River basin............................. 73

Iowa River near Rowan, Iowa................ 73

Iowa River at Iowa City, Iowa.............. 76

Ralston Creek at Iowa City, Iowa........... 80

Shell Rock River at Shell Rock, Iowa....... 84

Des Moines River basin....................... 85

Des Moines River at Euclid Avenue Bridge

at Des Moines, Iowa...................... 85

Part 6. Missouri River basin.................. 88

Big Hole River basin......................... 88

Birch Creek near Glen, Mont................ 88

Jefferson River near Twin Bridges, Mont.

(main stem).............................. 90

Milk River basin............................. 95

Willow Creek near Glasgow, Mont............ 95
CONTENTS VII

Chemical analyses, etc. Continued Page 

Missouri River basin Continued

Yellowstone River basin Continued

Fivemile Creek near Shoshoni, Wyo........... 97

Badwater Creek at Bonneville, Wyo........... 101

Muddy Creek near Shoshoni* Wyo.............. 103

Fifteen Mile Creek near Worland, Wyo........ 106

Dry Creek at Greybull, Wyo.................. 110

Bighorn River at Kane, Wyo.................. Ill

Shoshone River near Garland, Wyo............ 115

Bitter Creek near Garland, Wyo.............. 116

Sage Creek near Sidon Canal, near Deaver,

Wyo....................................... 117

Shoshone River at Kane, Wyo................. 118

Bighorn River at Bighorn, Mont.............. 119

Tongue River at Miles City, Mont............ 121

Powder River near Locate, Mont.............. 123

Yellowstone River near Sidney, Mont......... 126

Missouri River near Williston, N. Dak. (main

stem)....................................... 128

Missouri River below Garrison Dam, N. Dak.

(main stem)................................. 131

Turtle Creek basin............................ 132

Miscellaneous analyses of lakes in Turtle

Creek basin in North Dakota............... 132

Painted Woods Creek basin..................... 132

Miscellaneous analyses of streams in Painted

Woods Creek basin in North Dakota......... 132

Grand River basin.. ...,% ....................... 133

Grand River near Shadehill, S. Dak.......... 133

Miscellaneous analyses, of lakes in Grand

River basin in South Dakota............... 135

Cheyenne River basin.......................... 136

Cheyenne River near Hot Springs, S. Dak..... 136

Cheyenne River at Angostura Reservoir outlet, S. Dak............................... 140

Belle Fourche River near Elm Springs,

S. Dak.................................... 141

Miscellaneous analyses of streams in

Cheyenne River basin...................... 143

Niobrara River basin.......................... 145

Niobrara River near Verdel, Nebr............ 145

Missouri River at Yankton, S. Dak. (main

stem)....................................... 146

James River basin............................. 148

James River at La Moure, N. Dak............. 148

James River at Columbia, S. Dak............. 150

James River upstream from diversion at

Huron, S. Dak............................. 151

James River near Scotland, S. Dak........... 153

Miscellaneous analyses of streams in

James River basin in North Dakota......... 155

Little Sioux River basin...................... 156

Little Sioux River at Correctionville,

Iowa...................................... 156
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Chemical analyses, etc. Continued Page 

Missouri River basin Continued

Platte River basin............................ 160

Rock Creek at Atlantic City, Wyo............ 160

North Platte River near Goose Egg, Wyo...... 164

North Platte River below Casper, Wyo........ 166

Chugwater Creek near Uva, Wyo............... 168

Laramie River near Uva, Wyo................. 169

Kiowa Creek at Kiowa, Colo.................. 170

South Platte River at Julesburg, Colo....... 174

Supply Canal (Tri-County Diversion) near

Maxwell, Nebr............................. 176

Platte River at Brady, Nebr................. 178

Platte River near Overton, Nebr............. 181

Miscellaneous analyses of streams in Platte

River basin............................... 184

Missouri River at Nebraska City, Nebr.

(main stem)............................... 190

Nishnabotna River basin....................... 193

Mule Creek near Melvern, Iowa............... 193

Davids Creek near Hamlin, Iowa.............. 197

Kansas River basin............................ 201

Republican River at Clay Center, Kans....... 201

Big Creek near Ogallah, Kans................ 206

Smoky Hill River at Ellsworth, Kans......... 210

Kanopolis Reservoir near Kanopolis, Kans.... 211

Saline River near Wakeeney, Kans............ 212

Solomon River at Niles, Kans................ 216

Smoky Hill River at Enterprise, Kans........ 218

Little Blue River near Deweese, Nebr........ 222

Kansas River at Wamego, Kans................ 228

Vermillion Creek near Wamego, Kans.......... 232

Miscellaneous analyses of streams in Kansas

River basin in Kansas..................... 236

Chariton River basin.......................... 239

Honey Creek near Russell, Iowa.............. 239

Missouri River at- Booneville, Mo. (main stem). 243 

Index............... .*..,........................... 245

ILLUSTRATION

Page

Figure 1. Map of the United States showing basins 

covered by the five water-supply papers on 

quality of surface waters in 1959............ 2
QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS 

OF THE UNITED STATES, 1959

PARTS 5 and 6 

INTRODUCTION

The quality-of-water investigations of the United States Geological Survey are concerned with chemical and physical characteristics of the surface and ground water supplies of the Nation. 

Most of the investigations carried on in cooperation with State and 

other Federal agencies deal with the amounts of matter in solution 

and in suspension in streams.

The records of chemical analysis, suspended sediment, and 

temperature for surface waters given in this volume serve as a 

basis for determining the suitability of the waters examined for 

industrial, agricultural, and domestic uses insofar as such use is 

affected by the dissolved or suspended mineral matter in the waters. The discharge of a stream and, to a lesser extent, the chemical quality are related to variations in rainfall and other forms 

of precipitation. In general, lower concentrations of dissolved 

solids may be expected during the periods of high flow than during periods of low flow. The concentration in some streams may 

change materially with relatively small variations in flow, whereas for other streams the quality may remain relatively uniform 

throughout large ranges in discharge. The quantities of suspended 

sediment carried by streams are also related to discharge, and 

during flood periods the sediment concentrations in many streams 

vary over wide ranges.

Publication of annual records of chemical analyses, suspended 

sediment, and water temperature was begun by the Geological 

Survey in 1941. The records prior to 1948 were published each 

year in a single volume for the entire country. Beginning in 1948, 

the records were published in two volumes, and beginning in 1950, 

in four volumes, covering the drainage basins shown in Figure 1. 

The samples for which data are given in this volume were collected from October 1,1958, to September 30, 1959. The records 

are arranged by drainage basins according to Geological Survey 

practice in reporting records of streamflow: Stations on tributary 

streams are listed between stations on the main stem in the order
QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959

Parts 1-2; WSP 1641 

Parts 3-4; WSP1642 

Parts 7-8; WSP 1644 

Parts 9-14: WSP 1645

Figure 1. --Map of the United States showing basins covered by the four water-supply papers on quality of surface 

waters in 1959. The shaded portion represents the section 

of the country covered by this volume; the unshaded portion 

represents the section of the country covered by other 

water-supply papers.

in which those tributaries enter the main stem.

A station number has been assigned as an added means of identification for each stream location where regular measurements 

of water quantity or quality have been made. The numbers have 

been assigned to conform with the standard downstream order of 

listing gaging stations. The numbering system consists of two 

digits followed by a hyphen and a six digit number. The notation 

to the left of the hyphen identifies the Part or hydrologic region 

used by the Geological Survey for reporting hydrologic data. The 

number to the right of the hyphen represents the position of the 

location in the standard downstream order listing measuring stations within each of the 14 parts. The assigned numbers are in 

numerical order but are not consecutive. They are so selected 

from the complete 6 digit number scale that intervening numbers 

will be available for future assignments to new locations. The 

identification number for each station in this report is printed to 

the left of the station name and contains only the essential digits. 

For example, the number is printed as 4-100 for a station whose 

complete identification number is 04-0100. 00.
COLLECTION AND EXAMINATION OF SAMPLES 3

Descriptive statements are given for each sampling station 

for which regular series of chemical analyses, temperature measurements, or sediment determinations have been made. These 

statements include the location of the station, drainage area, periods of records available, extremes of dissolved solids, hardness, specific conductance, temperature, sediment loads, and 

other pertinent data. Records of discharge of the streams at or 

near the sampling station are included in most tables of analyses.

During the water year ending September 30, 1959, the Geological Survey maintained 76 stations on 58 streams for the study 

of chemical and physical characteristics of surface water. Samples were collected daily or monthly at 37 of these locations for 

chemical-quality studies. Samples were also collected less frequently at many other points. Water temperatures were measured 

daily at 53 stations. Not all analyses of samples of surface water 

collected during the year have been included. Single analyses of 

an incomplete nature generally have been omitted. Also, analyses 

made of the daily samples before compositing have not been reported. The specific conductance of almost all daily samples was 

determined, and as noted in the table headings this information is 

available for reference at the district off ices listed under Division 

of Work, on page 28.

Quantities of suspended sediment are reported for 30 stations 

during the year ending September 30, 1959. Sediment samples 

were collected one or more times daily during periods of significant flow at most of the continuous-record stations. Particlesize distributions of sediments were determined for 23 of the 

stations.

COLLECTION AND EXAMINATION OF SAMPLES

Samples for analyses are usually collected at or near points 

on streams where gaging stations are maintained by Surface Water 

Branch of U. S. Geological Survey for measurement of water discharge. The concentration of solutes and sediments at different 

locations in the stream-cross section may vary widely with different rates of water discharge depending on the source of the material and the turbulence and mixing of the stream. In general, the 

distribution of sediment in a stream section is much more variable 

than the distribution of solutes. It is necessary to sample some 

streams at several verticals across the channel and especially for 

sediment, to uniformly traverse the depth of flow. These measurements require special sampling equipment to adequately integrate the vertical and lateral variability of the concentration in the 

section. These procedures yield a velocity-weighted mean con-
4 QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959

centration for the section in contrast to the average spatial concentration that existed without regard to the variable velocities of 

the individual fluid elements.

The nearly uniform dispersed ions of the solute move with the 

velocity of the transporting media. The mean section concentration of solutes determined from samples is a precise measure of 

the solute. The mean section concentration obtained from suspended-sediment samples is a less precise measure of the total 

sediment load, because sediment samplers did not traverse the 

bottom 0. 4 foot of the sampling vertical where the concentration 

of suspended sediment is greatest and because a significant part 

of the coarser particles in many streams move in essentially continuous contact with the bed and are not represented in the suspended sediment sample. Hence, the suspended sediment loads 

presented in this report are usually less than the total sediment 

loads. For most streams the difference between the suspended 

and total sediment loads will be small, in the order of a few 

percent.

CHEMICAL QUALITY

The methods of collecting and compositing water samples for 

chemical analysis are described in a manual by Rainwater and 

Thatcher (1960, 301 p.). No single method of compositing samples is applicable to all problems related to the study of water 

quality. Although generally holding to the principle of 10 day periods or equivalent to three composite samples per month modifications are usually made on the basis of dissolved-solids content 

as indicated by measurements of conductivity of daily samples, 

supplemented by other information such as chloride content, river 

stage, weather conditions and other background information of the 

stream.

TEMPERATURE

Daily water temperatures were measured at most of the stations at the time samples were collected for chemical quality or 

sediment content. So far as practicable, the water temperatures 

were taken at about the same time each day for an individual station in order that the data would be relatively unaffected by diurnal 

variations in temperature. Most large, swiftly flowing streams 

probably have a small diurnal variation in water temperature, 

whereas sluggish or shallow streams may have a daily range of 

several degrees and may follow closely the changes in air temperature. The thermometers used for determining water temperature 

were accurate to plus or minus 0. 5°F.
COLLECTION AND EXAMINATION OF SAMPLES 5

At stations where thermographs are located, the records 

consist of maximum and minimum temperatures for each day, 

and the monthly averages of maximum daily and minimum daily 

temperatures.

SEDIMENT

In general, suspended-sediment samples were collected daily 

with U. S. depth-integrating cable-suspended samplers (U. S. 

Interagency, 1948, p. 70-76 and U. S. Interagency, 1952, p. 86-90) 

from a fixed sampling point at one vertical in the cross section. 

The US DH-48 hand sampler was used at many stations during 

periods of low flow. Depth-integrated samples were collected periodically at three or more verticals in the cross section to determine the cross-sectional distribution of the concentration of 

suspended sediment with respect to that at the daily sampling vertical. In streams where transverse distribution of sediment concentration ranges widely, samples were taken at two or more verticals to define more accurately the average concentration of the 

cross section. During periods of high or rapidly changing flow, 

samples were taken two or more times throughout the day at most 

sampling stations.

Sediment concentrations were determined byfiltration-evapororation method. At many stations the daily mean concentration 

for some days was obtained by plotting the velocity-weighted instantaneous concentrations on the gage-height chart. The plotted 

concentrations, adjusted, if necessary for cross-sectional distribution were connected or averaged by continuous curves to obtain 

a concentration graph. This graph represented the estimated velocity-weighted concentration at any time, and for most periods 

daily mean concentrations were determined from the graph. The 

days were divided into shorter intervals when the concentration 

and water discharge were changing rapidly. During some periods 

of minor variation in concentration, the average concentration of 

the samples was used as the daily mean concentration. During 

extended periods of relatively uniform concentration and flow, 

samples for a number of days were composited to obtain average 

concentrations and average daily loads for each period.

For some periods when no samples were collected, daily loads 

of suspended sediment were estimated on the basis of water discharge, sediment concentrations observed immediately preceding 

and following the periods, and suspended-sediment loads for other 

periods of similar discharge, the estimates were further guided 

by weather conditions and sediment discharge for other stations.

In many instances where there were no observations for several days, the suspended-sediment loads for individual days are
6 QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959

not estimated, because numerous factors influencing the quantities 

of transported sediment made it very difficult to make accurate 

estimates for individual days. However, estimated loads of suspended sediment for missing days in otherwise continuous period 

of sampling have been included in monthly and annual totals in order 

to provide a complete record. For some streams, samples were 

collected about weekly, monthly, or less frequently, and only rates 

of sediment discharge at the time of sampling are shown.

In addition to the records of quantities of suspended sediment 

transported, records of the particle sizes of sediment are included. 

The particle sizes of the suspended sediments for many of the stations, and the particle sizes of the bed material for some of the 

stations were determined periodically.

The size of particles in stream sediments commonly range 

from colloidal clay (finer than 0.001 mm) to coarse sand or gravel 

(coarser than 1.0mm). The common methods of particle-size 

analyses cannot accomodate such a wide range in particle size. 

Hence, it was necessary to separate most samples into two parts, 

one coarser than 0. 062 mm and one finer than 0. 062 mm. The 

separations were made by sieve or by a tube containing a settling 

medium of water. The coarse fractions were classified by sieve 

separation or by the visual accumulation tube (U. S. Interagency, 

1957). The fine fractions were classified by the pipet method 

(Kilmer and Alexander, 1949) or the bottom withdrawal tube method 

(U.S. Interagency, 1943, p. 82-90).

EXPRESSION OF RESULTS

Quantities of water for analysis are most conveniently obtained 

in the laboratory by use of volumetric glassware. The analytical 

results thus obtained are expressed in weights of solute in a given 

volume of water. To express the results in parts of solute per 

million (ppm) of water the data must be converted. For most waters 

this conversion is made by assuming that the liter of water sample 

weighs 1 kilogram; and thus milligrams per liter are equivalent 

to parts per million.

Chemical equivalence in equivalents per million (epm) can be 

obtained by (a) dividing the concentration in parts per million by 

the combining weight of that ion, or (b) multiplying the concentration (in ppm) by the reciprocal of the combining weights. The 

following table lists the reciprocals of the combining weights of 

cations and anions generally reported in water analyses.

The terms "equivalents per million" is a contraction which 

has been generally adopted for convenience. In more exact language, these units are "milligram equivalents per kilogram" if 

derivedfrom part-per million data, or "milligram equivalents per
EXPRESSION OF RESULTS 7

liter" if derived from data expressed in milligrams per liter. 

Equivalent weights may be computed for use with any of the systems 

of expression of data (Hem, 1959, p. 30-34).

In an analysis expressed in equivalents per million, unit concentrations of all ions are chemically equivalent.

Conversion factors: Parts per million to equivalents per million

Ion

Aluminum (Al+3) .....

Barium (Ba+2) .......

Bicarbonate (HCCV1 ).

Bromide (Br'1 ) ......

Calcium (Ca+2) ......

Carbonate (CO3 ~ 2 ). . . .

Chloride (Cl'1 ) ......

Chromium (Cr+6 ) ....

Copper (Cu+2) .......

Fluoride (F'1 ) .......

Hydrogen (H+1 ) ......

Hydroxide (OH'1 ) ....

Iodide (I'1 ) ..........

Multiply

by

0.11119

.01456

.01639

.01251

. 04990

.03333

. 02820

.11536

.03148

.05263

. 99206

. 05880

.00788

Ion

Iron (Fe+3)

Lead (Pb+2). ........

Lithium (Li+1 ) ......

Magnesium (Mg+2). . .

A/Fa n era nocp ^TV/Tn ' \

Nitrate (NCV1 ). . . . . .

Phosphate (PO4 ~ 3). . .

Potassium (K+1 ).

Sodium (Na+1 ).......

Strontium (Sr+a).

Sulfate (SO,T2) ......

Zinc (Zn+2) .........

Multiply

by

0.05372

. 00965

. 14409

.08224

. 03640

.01613

.03159

.02558

. 04350

.02282

.02082

.03059

Results given in parts per million can be converted to grains 

per United States gallon by dividing by 17.12.

The hardness of water is conventionally expressed in all water analyses in terms of an equivalent quantity of calcium carbonate. Such a procedure is required because hardness is caused 

by several different cations, present in variable proportions. It 

should be remembered that hardness is an expression in conventional terms of a property of water. The actual presence of calcium carbonate in the concentration given is not to be assumed. 

The hardness caused by calcium and magnesium (and other cations 

if significant) equivalent to the carbonate and bicarbonate is called 

carbonate hardness; the hardness in excess of this quantity is 

called noncarbonate hardness. Hardness or alkalinity values expressed in parts per million as calcium carbonate may be converted to equivalents per million by dividing by 50.

The value usually reported as dissolved solids is the residue 

on evaporation after drying at 180°C for 1 hour. For some waters , 

particularly those containing moderately large quantities of soluble 

salts, the value reported is -calculated from the quantities of the 

various determined constituents using the carbonate equivalent of 

the reported bicarbonate. The calculated sum of the constituents 

may be given instead of or in addition to the residue. In the
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analyses of most waters used for irrigation, the quantity of dissolved solids is given in tons per acre-foot as well as in parts per 

million.

Specific conductance is given for most analyses and was determined by means of a conductance bridge and using a standard 

potassium chloride solution as reference. Specific conductance 

values are expressed in micromhos per centimeter at 25°C. Specific conductance in micromhos is 1 million times the reciprocal 

of specific resistance at 25°C. Specific resistance is the resistance in ohms of a column of water 1 centimeter long and 1 square 

centimeter in cross section.

The discharge of the streams is reported in cubic feet per 

second (see Streamflow, p. 23 ) and the temperature in degrees 

Fahrenheit. Color is expressed in units of the platinum-cobalt 

scale proposed by Hazen (1892, p. 427-428). A unit of color is 

produced by one milligram per liter of platinum in the form of the 

chloroplatinate ion. Hydrogen-ion concentration is expressed in 

terms of pH units. By definition the pH value of a solution is the 

negative logarithm of the concentration of gram ions of hydrogen. 

However, the pH meter that is generally used in Survey laboratories determines the activity of the hydrogen ions as distinguished 

from concentration.

An average of analyses for the water year is given for most 

daily sampling stations. Most of these averages are arithmetical 

or time-weighted; when analyses during a year are all on 10-day 

composites of daily samples with no missing days, the arithmetical 

and time-weighted averages are equivalent. A time-weighted average represents the composition of water that would be contained 

in a vessel or reservoir that had received equal quantities of water 

from the river each day for the water year. A discharge-weighted 

average approximates the composition of water that would be found 

in a reservoir containing all of the water passing a given station 

during the year after thorough mixing in the reservoir. A dischargeweighted average is computed by multiplying the discharge for the 

sampling period by the concentrations of the individual constituents 

for the corresponding period and dividing the sum of the products 

by the sum of the discharges. Discharge-weighted averages are 

usually lower than arithmetical averages for most streams because 

at times of high discharge the rivers generally have lower concentrations of dissolved solids.

The concentration of sediment in parts per million is computed 

as 1,000,000 times the ratio of the weight of sediment to the weight 

of water-sediment mixture. Daily sediment loads are expressed 

in tons per day and except for subdivided days are usually obtained 

by multiplying daily mean sediment concentration in parts per million by the daily mean discharge, and the appropriate conversion 

factor, normally 0. 0027.
COMPOSITION OF SURFACE WATERS 9

Particle-size analyses are expressed in percentages of material finer than indicated sizes in millimeters. The size classification used in this report is that recommended by the American 

Geophysical Union subcommittee on Terminology (Lane and others, 

1947, p. 937). Other data included as pertinent to the size analyses 

for many streams are the date of collection, the stream discharge 

and sediment concentration when sample was collected, the concentration of the suspension during analysis, and the method of analysis.

COMPOSITION OF SURFACE WATERS

All natural waters contain dissolved mineral matter. Water 

in contact with soils or rock, even for only a few hours, will dissolve some mineral matter. The quantity of dissolved mineral 

matter in a natural water depends primarily on the type of rocks 

or soils with which the water has been in contact and the length of 

time of contact. Some streams are fed by both surface runoff and 

ground water from spring or seeps. Such streams reflect the 

chemical character of their concentrated underground sources during dry periods and are more dilute during periods of heavy rainfall. Ground water is generally more highly mineralized than surface runoff because it remains in contact with the rocks and soils 

for much longer periods. The dissolved-solids content in a river 

is frequently increased by drainage from mines or oil fields, by 

the addition of industrial or municipal wastes, or--in irrigated 

regions--by drainage from irrigated lands.

The mineral constituents and physical properties of natural 

waters reported in the tables of analyses include those that have 

a practical bearing on the value of the waters for most purposes. 

The analyses generally include results for silica, iron, calcium, 

magnesium, sodium, potassium (or sodium and potassium together 

calculated as sodium), alkalinity as carbonate and bicarbonate, 

sulfate, chloride, fluoride, nitrate, boron, pH, dissolved solids 

and specific conductance. Aluminum, manganese, color, acidity, 

oxygen consumed, and other dissolved constituents and physical 

properties are reported for certain streams. Phenolic material 

and minor elements including strontium, chromium, nickel, copper, lead, zinc, cobalt, arsenic, cadmium, and others are occasionally determined for a few streams in connection with specific 

problems in local areas and the results are reported when appropriate. The source and significance of the different constituents 

and properties of natural waters are discussed in the following 

paragraphs. The constituents are arranged in the order that they 

appear on standard analytical statement cards which are used to 

process the chemical quality data in this report.

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MINERAL CONSTITUENTS IN SOLUTION

Silica (SiO2)

Silica is dissolved from practically all rocks. Some natural 

surface waters contain less than 5 parts per million of silica and 

few contain more than 50 parts, but the more common range is 

from 10 to 30 parts per million. Silica affects the usefulness of 

a water because it contributes to the formation of boiler scale; it 

usually is removed from feed water for high-pressure boilers. 

Silica also forms troublesome deposits on the blades of steam turbines.

Aluminum (Al)

Aluminum is usually present only in negligible quantities in 

natural waters except in areas where the waters have been in contact with the more soluble rocks of high aluminum content such as 

bauxite and certain shales. Acid waters often contain large amounts 

of aluminum. It maybe troublesome in feed waters where it tends 

to be deposited as a scale on boiler tubes.

Iron (Fe)

Iron is dissolved from many rocks and soils. On exposure to 

the air, normal basic waters that contain more than 1 part per 

million of iron soon become turbid with the insoluble reddish ferric 

oxide produced by oxidation. Surface waters, therefore, seldom 

contain as much as 1 part per million of dissolved iron, although 

some acid waters carry large quantities of iron in solution. Iron 

causes reddish-brown stains on white porcelain or enameled ware 

and fixtures and on fabrics washed in the water.

Manganese (Mn)

Manganese is dissolved in appreciable quantities from rocks 

in some sections of the country. It resembles iron in its chemical 

behavior and in its occurrence in natural waters. However, manganese in rocks is less abundant than iron. As a result the concentration of manganese is much less than that of iron and is not 

regularly determined in many areas. Waters impounded in large 

reservoirs may contain manganese that has been dissolved from 

the mud on the bottom of the reservoir by action of carbon dioxide 

produced by anaerobic fermentation of organic matter. It is especially objectionable in water used in laundry work and in textile
COMPOSITION OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959 11

processing. Concentrations as low as 0. 2 part per million may 

cause a dark-brown or black stain on fabrics and porcelain fixtures. 

Appreciable quantities of manganese are often found in waters containing objectionable quantities of iron.

Calcium (Ca)

Calcium is dissolved from almost all rocks and soils, but the 

highest concentrations are usually found in waters that have been 

in contact with limestone, dolomite, and gypsum. Calcium and 

magnesium make water hard and are largely responsible for the 

formation of boiler scale. Most waters associated with granite or 

silicious sands contain less than 10 parts per million of calcium; 

waters in areas where rocks are composed of dolomite and limestone contain from 30 to 100 parts per million; and waters that 

have come in contact with deposits of gypsum may contain several 

hundred parts per million.

Magnesium (Mg)

Magnesium is dissolved from many rocks, particularly from 

dolomitic rocks. Its effect in water is similar to that of calcium. 

The magnesium in soft waters may amount to only 1 or 2 parts per 

million, but water in areas that contain large quantities of dolomite 

or other magnesium-bearing rocks may contain from 20 to 100 

parts per million or more of magnesium.

Strontium (Sr)

Strontium is a typical alkaline-earth element and is similar 

chemically to calcium. Strontium may be present in natural water 

in amounts up to a few parts per million much more frequently 

than the available data indicate. In most surf ace water the amount 

of strontium is small in proportion to calcium. However, in sea 

water the ratio of strontium to calcium is 1:30.

Sodium and potassium (Na and K)

Sodium and potassium are dissolved from practically all rocks, 

sodium is the predominant cation in some of the more highly mineralized waters found in the western United States. Natural waters that contain only 3 or 4 parts per million of the two together 

are likely to carry almost as much potassium as sodium. As the
12 QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959

total quantity of these constituents increases, the proportion of 

sodium becomes much greater. Moderate quantities of sodium 

and potassium have little effect on the usefulness of the water for 

most purposes, but waters that carry more than 50 or 100 parts 

per million of the two may require careful operation of steam 

boilers to prevent foaming. More highly mineralized waters that 

contain a large proportion of sodium salts may be unsatisfactory 

for irrigation.

In this report, the potassium values not shown are usually calculated in with the sodium and reported as sodium.

Lithium (Li)

Data concerning the quantity of lithium in water are scarce. 

It is usually found in small amounts in thermal springs and saline 

waters. Lithium also occurs in streams where some industries 

dump their waste water. The scarcity of lithium in rocks is responsible more than other factors for relatively small amounts 

present in water.

Bicarbonate, carbonate and hydroxide (HGO3 , CO3 , OH)

Bicarbonate, carbonate, or hydroxide is sometimes reported 

as alkalinity. The alkalinity of a water is defined as its capacity 

to consume a strong acid to pH 4. 5. Since the major causes of 

alkalinity in most natural waters are carbonate and bicarbonate 

ions dissolved from carbonate rocks, the results are usually reported in terms of these constituents. Although alkalinity may 

suggest the presence of definite amounts of carbonate, bicarbonate 

or hydroxide, it may not be true due to other ions that contribute 

to alkalinity such as silicates, phosphates, borates, possibly fluoride, and certain organic anions which may occur in colored waters. 

The significance of alkalinity to the domestic, agriculture, and 

industrial user is usually dependent upon the nature of the cations 

(Ca, Mg, Na, K) associated with it. However, moderate amounts 

of alkalinity does not adversely affect most users.

Hydroxide may occur in water that has been softened by the 

lime process. Its presence in streams usually can be taken as an 

indication of contamination and does not represent the natural 

chemical character of the water.

Sulfate (SO4 )

Sulfate is dissolved from many rocks and soils--in especially 

large quantities from gypsum and from beds of shale. It is formed 

also by the oxidation of sulfides of iron and is therefore present
COMPOSITION OF SURFACE WATERS 13

in considerable quantities in waters from mines. Sulfate in waters 

that contain much calcium and magnesium causes the formation of 

hard scale in steam boilers and may inc'rease the cost of softening 

the water.

Chloride (Cl)

Chloride is dissolved from rock materials in all parts of the 

country. Surface waters in the humid regions are usually low in 

chloride, whereas streams in arid or semiarid regions may contain several hundred parts per million of chloride leached from 

soils and rocks, especially where the streams receive return drainage from irrigated lands or are affected by ground-water-in-flow 

carrying appreciable quantities of chloride. Large quantities of 

of chloride may affect the industrial use of water by increasing 

the corrosiveness of waters that contain large quantities of calcium and magnesium.

Fluoride (F)

Fluoride has been reported as being present in some rocks to 

about the same extent as chloride. However, the quantity of fluoride in natural surf ace waters is ordinarily very small compared 

to that of chloride. Recent investigations indicate that the incidence of dental caries is less when there are small amounts of 

fluoride present in the water supply than when there is none. However, fluoride in excessive concentrations is undesirable in waters 

used for drinking. It is stated in a comprehensive report by the 

California State Water Pollution Control Board (1952, p. 257) on 

water-quality standards". . . that water containing less than 0. 9 to 

1. 0 ppm of fluoride will seldom cause mottled enamel in children, 

and for adults concentrations less than 3 or 4 ppm are not likely 

to cause endemic cumulative fluorosis and skeletal effects. "

Nitrate (NO3)

Nitrate in water is considered a final oxidation product of nitrogenous material and may indicate contamination by sewage or 

other organic matter. The quantities of nitrate present in surface 

waters are generally less than 5 parts per million (as NO3) and 

have no effect on the value of the water for ordinary uses.

It has been reported that as much as 2 parts per million of nitrate in boiler water tends to decrease intercrystalline cracking 

of boiler steel. Studies made in Illinois indicate that nitrates in 

excess of 70 parts per million (as NO3) may contribute to methe-
14 QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959

moglobinemia ("blue babies") Faucett and Miller, 1946, p. 593), 

and more recent investigations conducted in Ohio show that drinking water containing nitrates in the range of 44 to 88 ppm or more 

(as NO3) may cause methemoglobinemia (Waring, 1949). In a report published by the National Research Council, Maxcy (1950, 

p. 271) concludes that a nitrate content in excess of 44 parts per 

million (as NO3) should be regarded as unsafe for infant feeding.

Phosphate (PO4 )

Phosphorus is an essential element in the growth of plants and 

animals, and some sources that contribute nitrate, such as organic wastes and leaching of soils, may be important as sources 

for phosphate in water and its occurrence may add to the apparent 

alkalinity. The addition of phosphates in water treatment constitutes a possible source, although the dosage is usually small. In 

some areas, phosphate fertilizers may yield some phosphate to 

water. A more important source is the increasing use of phosphates in detergents. Domestic and industrial sewage effluents 

may therefore contain considerable amounts of phosphate.

Boron (B)

Boron in small quantities has been found essential for plant 

growth, but irrigation water containing more than 1 part per million boron is detrimental to citrus and other boron-sensitive crops . 

Boron is reported in Survey analyses of surface waters in arid and 

semiarid regions of the Southwest and West where irrigation is 

practiced or contemplated, but few of the surface waters analyzed 

have harmful concentrations of boron.

Dissolved solids

The reported quantity of dissolved solids--the residue on evaporation--consists mainly of the dissolved mineral constituents in 

the water. It may also contain some organic matter and water of 

crystallization. Waters with less than 500 parts per million of 

dissolved solids are usually satisfactory for domestic and some 

industrial uses. Water containing several thousand parts per million of dissolved solids are sometimes successfully used for irrigation where practices permit the removal of soluble salts through 

the application of large volumes of water on well-drained lands, 

but generally water containing more than about 2,000 ppm is considered to be unsuitable for long-term irrigation under average 

conditions.
COMPOSITION OF SURFACE WATERS 15

Chromium (Cr)

Few if any waters contain chromium from natural sources. 

Natural waters can probably contain only traces of chromium as 

a cation unless the pH is very low. When chromium is present in 

water, it is usually the result of pollution by industrial wastes. 

Fairly high concentrations of chromate anions are possible in waters having normal pH levels. Concentrations of more than 0.05 

ppm of Cr in the hexavalent form constitutes ground for rejection 

of a water for domestic use on the basis of the standards of the 

U.S. Public Health Service (1946).

Nickel and Cobalt (Ni, Co)

Nickel and cobalt are very similar in chemical behavior and 

also closely related to iron. Both are present in igneous rocks in 

small amounts and are more prevalent in silicic rocks. Any nickel 

in water is likely to be in small amounts and could be in a colloidal 

state. Cobalt may be taken into solution more readily than nickel. 

It may be taken into solution in small amounts through bacteriological activity similar to that causing solution of manganese. 

However, few data on the occurrence of either nickel or cobalt in 

natural water are available.

Copper (Cu)

Copper is a fairly common trace constituent of natural water. 

Small amounts maybe introduced into water by solution of copper 

and brass water pipes and other copper-bearing equipment in contact with the water, or from copper salts added to control algae 

in open reservoirs. Copper salts such as the sulfate and chloride 

are highly soluble in waters with a low pH but in water of normal 

alkalinity these salts hydrolyze and the copper may be precipitated. In the normal pH range of natural water containing carbon 

dioxide, the copper might be precipitated as carbonate. The oxidized portions of sulfide-copper ore bodies contain other copper 

compounds. The presence of copper in mine water is common.

Copper imparts a disagreeable metallic taste to water. As 

little as 1. 5 ppm can usually be detected, and 5 ppm can render 

the water unpalatable. Copper is not considered to be a cumulative systemic poison like lead and mercury; most copper ingested 

is excreted by the body and very little is retained. The pathological effects of copper are controversial, but it is generally believed very unlikely that humans could unknowingly ingest toxic 

quantities from palatable drinking water. The U.S. Public Health 

Service (1946) recommends that copper should not exceed 3. 0 ppm
16 QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959

in drinking and culinary water on carriers subject to Federal quarantine regulations.

Lead (Pb)

Lead is only a minor element in most natural waters, but industrial or mine and smelter effluents may contain relatively large 

amounts of lead. Many of the commonly used lead salts are water 

soluble.

Traces of lead in water usually are the result of solution of 

lead pipe through which the water has passed. Amounts of lead of 

the order of 0.1 ppm are significant, as this concentration is the 

upper limit for drinking water in the standards adopted by the 

U.S. Public Health Service (1946). Higher concentrations may be 

added to water through industrial and mine-waste disposal. Lead 

in the form of sulfate is reported to be soluble in water to the extent of 31 ppm (Seidell, 1940, p. 1409) at 25°C. In natural water 

this concentration would not be approached, however, since a pH 

of less than 4. 5 would probably be required to prevent formation 

of lead hydroxide and carbonate. It is reported (Pleissner, 1907) 

that at 18 C water free of carbon dioxide will dissolve the equivalent of 1.4 ppm of lead and the solubility is increased nearly 

four fold by the presence of 2. 8 ppm of carbon dioxide in the solution. Presence of other ions may increase the solubility of lead.

Zinc (Zn)

Zinc is abundant in rocks and ores but is only a minor constituent in natural water because the free metal and its oxides are 

only sparingly soluble. In most alkaline surface waters it is present only in trace quantities, but more maybe present in acid water. 

Chlorides and sulfates of zinc are highly soluble. Zinc is used in 

many commercial products, and industrial wastes may contain 

large amounts.

Zinc in moderate concentrations is not known to have adverse 

physiological effects on man or stock, but zinc salts give water an 

unpleasant astringent taste and form a greasy film on boiling water 

(Howard, 1923, p. 411). The U. S. Public Health Service (1946, 

p. 13) recommends that the zinc content not exceed 15 ppm in 

drinking and culinary water on carriers subject to Federal quarantine regulations.

Barium (Ba)

Barium may replace potassium in some of the igneous rock
COMPOSITION OF SURFACE WATERS 17

minerals, especially feldspar and barium sulfate (barite) is a common barium mineral of secondary origin. Only traces of barium 

are present in surface water and sea water. Because natural water contains sulfate, barium will dissolve only in trace amounts. 

Barium sometimes occurs in brines from oil-well wastes.

The U. S. Public Health Service (1946) states that salts of barium, which have a deleterious physiological effect, must not be 

added to drinking and culinary water on carriers subject to Federal quarantine regulations.

Bromide (Br)

Bromine is a very minor element in the earth's crust and is 

normally present in surface waters in only minute quantities. 

Measurable amounts may be found in some streams that receive 

industrial wastes, and some natural brines may contain rather high 

concentrations. Probably trace amounts of bromide are of frequent occurrence in surface water since compounds containing 

bromine are generally readily soluble. It resembles chloride in 

that it tends to be concentrated in sea water.

Iodide (I)

Iodine,like bromine,is a minor element andis normallypresent in natural waters in only minute quantities. Measurable amounts may be found in some streams that receive industrial 

wastes, and some natural brines may contain rather high concentrations. It occurs in sea water to the extent of less than 1 ppm. 

Rankama and Sahama (1950, p. 767) report iodide present in rainwater to the extent of 0. 001 to 0. 003 ppm and in river water in 

about the same amount. Few waters will be found to contain over 

2. 0 ppm.

PROPERTIES AND CHARACTERISTICS OF WATER

Hardness

Hardness is the characteristic of water that receives the most 

attention in industrial and domestic use. It is commonly recognized by the increased quantity of soap required to produce lather . 

The use of hard water is also objectionable because it contributes 

to the formation of scale in boilers, water heaters, radiators, 

and pipes, with the resultant decrease in rate of heat transfer,
18 QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959

possibility of boiler failure, and loss of flow

Hardness is caused almost entirely by compounds of calcium 

and magnesium. Other constituents such as iron, manganese, 

aluminum, barium, strontium, and free acid--also cause hardness, although they usually are not present in quantities large 

enough to have any appreciable effect. Water that has less than 

60 parts per million of hardness is usually rated as soft and suitable for many purposes without further softening. Waters with 

hardness ranging from 61 to 120 parts per million may be considered moderately hard, but this degree of hardness does not seriously interfere with the use of water for many purposes except for 

use in high-pressure steam boilers and in some industrial processes. Waters with hardness ranging from 121 to 200 parts per 

million are considered hard, and laundries and industries may 

profitably soften such supplies. Water with hardness above 200 

parts per million generally required some softening before being 

used for most purposes.

Acidity (H+1 )

The use of the terms acidity and alkalinity is widespread in 

the literature of water analysis and is a cause of confusion to those 

who are more accustomed to seeing a pH of 7. 0 used as a neutral 

point. Acidity of a natural water represents the content of free 

carbon dioxide and other uncombined gases, organic acids and 

salts of strong acids and weak bases that hydrolyze to give hydrogen ions. Sulfates of iron and aluminum in mine and industrial 

wastes are common sources of acidity. The presence of acidity 

is reported in those waters which have a pH below 4. 5.

Sodium-adsorption-ratio (SAR)

The term "sodium-adsorption-ratio (SAR)" was introduced by 

the U. S. Salinity Laboratory Staff (1954). It is a ratio expressing 

the relative activity of sodium ions in exchange reaction with soil 

and is an index of the sodium or alkali hazard to the soil. Sodiumadsorption-ratio is expressed by the equation:

SAR. Ca+++

where the concentrations of the ions are expressed in milliequiv-
COMPOSITION OF SURFACE WATERS 19

alents per liter (or equivalents per million for most irrigation 

waters).

Waters are divided into four classes with respect to sodium or 

alkali hazard: low, medium, high, and very high, depending upon 

the SAR and the specific conductance. At a conductance of 100 micromhos per centimeter the dividing points are at SAR values of 

19, 18, and 26, but at 5,000 micromhos the corresponding dividing 

points are SAR values of approximately 2.5, 6. 5 and 11. Waters 

range in respect to sodium hazard from those which can be used 

for irrigation on almost all soils to those which are generally unsatisfactory for irrigation.

Specific conductance (micromhos per centimeter at 25°C)

The specific conductance of a water is a measure of its capacity to conduct a current of electricity (see p. 8 ). The conductance varies with the concentration and degree of ionization of the 

different minerals in solution and with the temperature of the water. 

When considered in conjunction with results of determinations for 

other constituents, specific conductance is a useful determination 

and plays an important part in indicating changes in concentration 

of the total quantity of dissolved minerals in surface waters.

Specific conductance of most waters in the Eastern United 

States is less than 1,000 micromhos, but in the arid western parts 

of the country, a specific conductance of more than 1,000 micromhos is common.

Hydrogen-ion concentration (pH)

Hydrogen-ion concentration is expressed in terms of pH units 

(see p. 8 ). The values of pH often are used as a measure of the 

.solvent power of water or as an indicator of the chemical behavior 

certain solutions may have toward rock minerals.

The degree of acidity or alkalinity of water, as indicated by 

the hydrogen-ion concentration, expressed as pH, is related to the 

corrosive properties of water and is useful in determining the 

proper treatment for coagulation that may be necessary at watertreatment plants. A pH of 7. 0 indicates that the water is neither 

acid nor alkaline. pH readings progressively lower than 7.0 denote 

increasing acidity and those progressively higher than 7. 0 denote 

increasing alkalinity. The pH of most natural surface waters 

ranges between 6 and 8. Some alkaline surface waters have pH 

values greater than 8. 0, and waters containing free mineral acid 

or organic matter usually have pH values less than 4. 5.

The investigator who utilizes pH data in his interpretations of 

water analyses should be careful to place pH values in their proper
20 QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959 

perspective.

Color

In water analysis the term "color" refers to the appearance of 

water that is free from suspended solids. Many turbid waters 

that appear yellow, red, or brown when viewed in the stream show 

very little color after the suspended matter has been removed. 

The yellow-to-brown color of some waters is usually caused by 

organic matter extracted from leaves, roots, and other organic 

substances in the ground. In some areas objectionable color in 

water results from industrial wastes and sewage. Clear deep water may rppear blue as the result of a scattering of sunlight by the 

water molecules. Water for domestic use and some industrial 

uses should be free from any perceptible color. A color less than 

10 units generally passes unnoticed. Some swamp waters have 

natural color of 200 to 300 units or more.

The extent to which a water is colored by material in solution 

is commonly reported as a part of a water analysis because a significant color in water may indicate the presence of organic material that may have some bearing on the dissolved solids content. 

Color in water is expressed in terms of units between 0 and 500 

or more based on the above standard (see p. 8).

Oxygen consumed

Oxygen consumed is a measure of the amount of oxygen required to oxidize unstable materials in water and may be correlated with natural-water color or with some carbonaceous organic 

pollution from sewage or industrial wastes.

Tolerances for oxygen consumed in feed water for low- and 

high-pressure boilers are 15 and 3 ppm, respectively (Northeast 

Water Works Association, 1940). Wash water containing more 

than 8 ppm has been reported to impart a bad odor to textiles; 

concentrations for water used in beverages and brewing range from 

0. 5 to 5. 0 ppm (California State Water Pollution Control Board, 

1952, 1954).

Organics

Phenols. --Phenolic material in water resources is invariably 

the result of pollution. Phenols are widely used as disinfectants 

and in the synthesis of many organic compounds. Waste products 

from oil refineries, coke areas, and chemical plants may contain 

high concentrations. Fortunately, phenols decompose in the pres-
COMPOSITION OF SURFACE WATERS 21

ence of oxygen and organic material, and their persistence downstream from point of entry is relatively short lived. The rate of 

decomposition is dependent on the environment.

Very low concentrations impart such a disagreeable taste to 

water that it is highly improbable that harmful amounts could be 

consumed unknowingly. Reported thresholds of detection of taste 

and odor range from 0. 01 to 0.1 ppm.

Detergents (ABS). --The major type of detergents is the alkylbenzene-sulfonate group, which are highly resistant to biological 

degradation so that the effect of ABS in water persists over a long 

period of time. Waste water may carry these detergents to surface water supplies with resulting deterioration of water quality 

which includes unpleasant taste, odor, and 'foaming. Very little 

is known concerning the nature and the extent of occurrence and 

movement of detergents in waters or of the chemical and physical 

change that they may undergo after being added to surface waters 

(U.S. Geological Survey-Federal Housing, 1959).

Temperature

Temperature is an important factor in property determining 

the quality of water. This is very evident for such a direct use 

as an industrial coolant. Temperature is also important, but perhaps not so evident, for its indirect influence upon aquatic biota, 

concentrations of dissolved gases, and distribution of chemical 

solutes in lakes and reservoirs as a consequence of thermal stratification and variation.

Surface water temperatures tend to change seasonally and daily 

with air temperatures, except for the outflow of large springs. 

Superimposed upon the annual temperature cycle is a daily fluctuation of temperature which is greater in warm seasons than in 

cold and greater in sunny periods than with a cloud cover. Natural warming is due mainly to absorption of a solar radiation by 

the water and secondarily to transfer of heat from the air or from 

the bottom. Condensation of water vapor at the water surface is 

reported to furnish measurable quantities of heat. Heat loss takes 

place largely through radiation, with further losses through evaporation and conduction to the air and bottom. Thus the temperature of a small stream generally reaches a maximum in mid-to 

late afternoon due to solar heating and reaches a minimum from 

early to mid-morning after nocturnal radiation.

Temperature variations which commonly occur during summer in lakes and reservoirs of temperate regions results in a 

separation of the water volume into a circulating upper portion 

and a non-circulating lower portion. Separating the two is a stratum of water of variable vertical thickness in which the temperature
22 QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959

decreases rapidly with increasing depth. This physical division 

of the water mass into a circulating and a stagnant portion is the 

result of density differences in the water column associated with 

the temperature distribution. Knowledge of the stratification in a 

body of water may result in increased utility by locating strata of 

more suitable characteristics. For example, the elevation of an 

intake pipe may be changed to obtain water of lower temperature, 

higher pH, less dissolved iron, or other desirable properties. 

Temperature is a major factor in determining the effect of 

pollution on aquatic organisms. The resistance of fish to certain 

toxin substances has been shown to vary widely with temperature. 

The quantity of dissolved oxygen which the water can contain is 

also temperature dependent. Oxygen is more soluble in cold water than in warm water, hence the reduction of oxygen concentrations by pollution is especially serious during periods of high 

temperature when oxygen levels are already low. Increased temperatures also accelerate biological activity including that of the 

oxygen-utilizing bacteria which decompose organic wastes. These 

pollutional effects may be especially serious when low flow conditions coincide with high temperatures. Summary temperature 

data of water are essential for planning multiple uses of water 

resources.

Turbidity

Turbidity is the optical property of a suspension with reference to the extent to which the penetration of light is inhibited by 

the presence of insoluble material. Turbidity is a function on both 

the concentration and particle size of the suspended material. 

Although it is reported in terms of parts per million of silica, it 

is only partly synonymous with the weight of sediment per unit 

volume of water.

Turbid water is abrasive in pipes, pumps, and turbine blades. 

In process water, turbidities much more than 1 ppm are not tolerated by several industries, but others permit up to 50 ppm 

higher (Rainwater, Thatcher, 1960, p. 289).

SEDIMENT

Fluvial sediment is generally regarded as that sediment which 

is transported by, suspended in, or deposited by water. Suspended 

sediment is that part of it which remains in suspension in water 

owing to the upward components of turbulent currents or by colloidal suspension. Much fluvial sediment results from the natural 

process of erosion, which in turn is part of the geologic cycle of
STREAMFLOW 23

rock transformation. This natural process may be accelerated 

by agricultural practices. Sediment is also contributed by a number of industrial and construction activities. In certain sections, 

waste materials from mining, logging, oil-field, and other industrial operations introduce large quantities of suspended as well as 

dissolved material.

The quantity of sediment, transported or available for transportation, is affected by climatic conditions, form or nature of 

precipitation, character of the soil mantle, plant cover, topography, and land use. The mode and rate of sediment erosion, 

transport, and deposition is determined largely by the size distribution of the particles or more precisely by the fall velocities of 

the particles in water. Sediment particles in the sandsize (larger 

than 0. 062 mm) range do not appear to be affected by flocculation 

or dispersion resulting from the mineral constituents in solution. 

In contrast, the sedimentation diameter of clay and silt particles in 

suspension may vary considerably from point to point in a stream 

or reservoir, depending on the mineral matter in solution and in 

suspension and the degree of turbulence present. The size of sediment particles in transport at any point depends on the type of 

erodible and soluble material in the drainage area, the degree of 

flocculation present, time in transport, and characteristics of the 

transporting flow. The flow characteristics include velocity of 

water, turbulence, and the depth, width, and roughness of the channel. As a result of these variable characteristics, the size of 

particles transported, as well as the total sediment load, is in 

constant adjustment with the characteristics and physical features 

of the stream and drainage area.

STREAMFLOW

Most of the records of stream discharge, used in conjunction 

with the chemical analyses and in the computation of sediment 

loads in this volume, are published in Geological Survey reports 

on the surface-water supply of the United States. The discharge 

reported for a composite sample is usually the average of daily 

mean discharges for the composite period. The discharges reported in the tables of single analyses are either daily mean discharges or discharges for the time at which samples were collected, computed from a stage-discharge relation or from a discharge measurement.
24 QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959 

PUBLICATIONS

Reports giving records of chemical quality and temperatures 

of surface waters and suspended-sediment loads of streams in the 

area covered by this volume for the water years 1941-59, are 

listed below:

Numbers of water-supply papers containing records for 

Parts 5-6, 1941-59

Year

1941 

1942 

1943 

1944 

1945

WSP

942 

950 

970 

1022 

1030

Year

1946 

1947 

1948 

1949 

1950

WSP

1050 

1102 

1132 

1162 

1187

Year

1951 

1952 

1953 

1954 

1955

WSP

1198 

1251 

1291 

1351 

1401

Year

1956 

1957 

1958 

1959

WSP

1451 

1521 

1572 

1643

Geological Survey reports containing chemical quality, temperature, and sediment data obtained before 1941 are listed below. Publications dealing largely with the quality of ground-water 

supplies and only incidentally covering the chemical composition 

of surface waters are not included. Publications that are out of 

print are preceded by an asterisk.

PROFESSIONAL PAPER

*135. Composition of river and lake waters of the United States, 

1924.

BULLETINS

*479. The geochemical interpretation of water analyses, 1911. 

770. The data of geochemistry, 1924.

WATER-SUPPLY PAPERS

*108. Quality of water in the Susquehanna River drainage basin, 

with an introductory chapter on physiographic features, 

1904.

*161. Quality of water in the upper Ohio River basin and at Erie, 

Pa. , 1906.

*193. The quality of surface waters in Minnesota, 1907.

*236. The quality of surface waters in the United States, Part 1, 

Analyses of waters east of the one hundredth meridian, 

1909.
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*237. The quality of the surface waters of California, 1910.

*239. The quality of the surface waters of Illinois, 1910.

*273. Quality of the water supplies of Kansas, with a preliminary report on stream pollution by mine waters in southeastern Kansas, 1911.

*274. Some stream waters of the western United States, with 

chapters on sediment carried by the Rio Grande and the 

industrial application of water analyses, 1911.

*339. Quality of the surface waters of Washington, 1914.

*363. Quality of the surface waters of Oregon, 1914.

*418. Mineral springs of Alaska, with a chapter on the chemical 

character of some surface waters of Alaska, 1917.

*596-B. Quality of water of Colorado River in 1925-26, 1928.

*596-D. Quality of water of Pecos River in Texas, 1928.

*596-E. Quality of the surface waters of New Jersey, 1928.

*636-A. Quality of water of the Colorado River in 1926-28, 1930.

*636-B. Suspended matter in the Colorado River in 1925-28, 1930.

*638-D. Quality of water of the Colorado River in 1928-30, 1932.

*839. Quality of water of the Rio Grande basin above Fort Quitman, Tex. , 1938.

*889-E. Chemical character of surface water of Georgia, 1944.

*998. Suspended sediment in the Colorado River, 1925-41, 1947. 

1048. Discharge and sediment loads in the Boise River drainage

basin, Idaho, 1939-40, 1948.

1110-C. Quality of water of Conchas Reservoir, New Mexico, 

1939-49, 1952.

Many of the reports listed are available for consultation in the 

larger public and institutional libraries. Copies of Geological 

Survey publications still in print may be purchased at a nominal 

cost from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing 

Office, Washington 25, D. C. , who will, upon request, furnish 

lists giving prices.

COOPERATION

The chemical quality of water and sediment investigations in 

the Missouri River and Red River of the North basins in Colorado, 

Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and 

Wyoming were begun in 1945. Most of the investigations were 

made as part of the program of the United States Department of the 

Interior for development of the Missouri River basin with funds 

provided directly to the Geological Survey. Financial assistance 

was provided by the Bureau of Reclamation of the Interior Department for some of the investigations in South Dakota; by the Soil

706-462 O - 63 - 3
State Cooperating agency Drainage basin

Iowa

Kansas

Minnesota

Nebraska

Iowa Geological Survey 

H. G. Hershey, director and 

State Geologist.

Kansas Water Resources Board, 

Robert L. Smith, executive 

secretary.

City of Wichita, Robert H. Hess, 

director of water.

Minnesota Iron Range Resources 

and Rehabilitation, Kaarlo J. 

Otava, commissioner.

Nebraska Mid-State Reclamation 

District, J. R. McKinney, 

secretary.

Hudson Bay and upper

Mississippi River b

Missouri River basin

Missouri River basin

Hudson Bay and upper 

Mississippi River b
State Cooperating agency Drainage basin 

South Dakota

Wisconsin

Wyoming

South Dakota Water Resources 

Commission, J. W. Grimes, 

chief engineer.

Wisconsin Conservation Department, L. P. Voigt, director, 

through the Committee on 

Water Pollution, George P. 

Steinmetz, chairman, Thedore 

F. Wisniewski, director.

Wyoming Natural Resources 

Board, Edwin R. Lang, chief 

of Water Development.

Office of State Engineer 

Earl Lloyd, State Engineer.

Missouri River basin

Missouri River basin
28 QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959

Conservation Service of the Department of Agriculture for some 

of the investigations in Colorado and Nebraska; and by the Corps 

of Engineers of the Department of the Army for some of the investigations in North Dakota and South Dakota.

The investigations in Minnesota and Wisconsin and some of 

the investigations in Iowa were made in cooperation with these 

States. In addition to the continued cooperating programs with the 

states of Kansas, South Dakota, and Wyoming; Nebraska became 

a cooperating state in 1959.

The table on page 26 lists State and local agencies that cooperated in quality-of-water investigations in the drainage basins included in this volume, and the locations of quality-of-water district offices responsible for the data collected.

DIVISION OF WORK

The quality-of-water program was conducted by the Water ReResources Division of the Geological Survey, L. B. Leopold, chief 

hydraulic engineer, and S. K. Love, chief of the Quality of Water 

Branch.

Most of the investigations were made under the direction of 

D. M. Culbertson, district engineer, Lincoln, Nebr., and by T. 

F. Hanly, district engineer, Worland, Wyo. The sediment investigations in Iowa were made under the direction of V. R. Bennion, 

district engineer, Iowa City, Iowa, and those in Wisconsin under 

the direction of G. W. Whetstone, district chemist, Columbus, 

Ohio.

Additional basic data on file for the streams, lakes, and reservoirs shown in this report can be obtained by writing the responsible Survey district office.

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Pa. , p. 356.

Baker, M. N. , 1949, The quest for pure water: Am. Water Works 

Assoc. , New York, N. Y.

Brandt, H. J. , 1948, Intensified injurious effects on fish, especially the increased toxic effect produced by a combination 

of sewage poisons: Chem. abs. 42, p. 9015.
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Busch, Werner, 1927, The applicability of electrometric titration 

to the determination of the solubility of slightly soluble 

oxides; Zeitschr. Anorg. Chem. , v. 161, p. 161-179.

California State Water Pollution Control Board, 1952, Waterquality criteria: California State Water Pollution Control 

Board, pub. 3. , p. 257, 291-292, 377-378.

___ _1954, Water-quality criteria: California State Water 

Pollution Control Board, pub. 3, Addendum no. 1. , p. 291- 

292.

Eriksson, E. , 1952, Composition of atmospheric precipitation II; 

sulfur, chloride, iodine compounds, bibliography: Tellus, 

v. 4, p. 280-303.

Faucett, R. L. and Miller, H. C. , 1946, Methemoglobinemia 

occurring in infants fed milk diluted with well waters of 

high nitrate content: Jour. Pediatrics, v. 29, p. 593.

Hazen, Alien, 1892, A new color standard for natural waters: 

Am. Chem. Jour. , v. 12, p. 427-428.

Hem, John D. , 1959, Study and interpretation of chemical characteristics of natural water: U.S. Geo. Survey Water-Supply 

Paper 1473, 269 p.

Howard, C. D. , 1923, Zinc contamination in drinking water: Am. 

Water Works Assoc. Jour. , v. 10, p. 411.

Kilmer, V. J. and Alexander, L. T. , 1949, Methods of making 

mechanical analyses of soils: Soil Sci. , v. 68, p. 15-24.

Lackey, J. B. , and Sawyer, C. N. , 1946, Plankton productivity 

of certain southeastern Wisconsin lakes as related to fertilization: Sewage Works Jour. , v. 17, p. 573.

Lane, E. W. , and others, 1947, Report of the Subcommittee on 

Terminology: Am. Geophys. Union Trans. , v. 28, p. 937.

Magistad, O. C. , and Christiansen, J. E. , 1944, Saline soils, 

their nature and management: U. S. Dept. , Agriculture 

Circ. 707, p. 8-9.

Maxcy, K. F. , 1950, Report on the relation of nitrate concentrations in well waters to the occurrence of methemoglobinemia: Natl. Research Council, Bull. Sanitary Eng. and 

Environment, App. D. , p. 271.

Moore, E. W. , 1950, The desalting of saline waters, a review of 

the present status; Natl. Research Council Comm. on Sanitary Eng. and Environment, Rept. to Subcomm. on Water 

Supply.

National Research Council, 1954, Sodium restricted diets: Natl. 

Research Council, pub. 325.

Northeastern Water Works Association, 1940, Progress report, 

Committee on quality Tolerances of Water for Industrial 

Uses: Northeast Water Works Assoc. Jour., v. 54.

Pleissner, M. , 1907, Arb. Kais. Gesundheitsamt, v. 26, p. 384- 

443.
30 QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959

Rainwater, F. H. , and Thatcher, L. L. , 1960, Methods for collection and analysis of water samples: U. S. Geol. Survey 

Water-Supply Paper 1454, 301 p.

Rankama, K. , and Sahama, T. G. , 1950, Geochemistry: Chicago 

Univ. Press, Chicago, 111. , p. 767.

Riffenburg, H. B. , 1925, Chemical character of ground waters of 

the northern Great Plains: U. S. Geol. Survey WaterSupply Paper 560-B, p. 31-52.

Seidell, Atherton, 1940, Solubilities of inorganic and metal organic compounds, 3d ed. , v. 1, D. van Nostrand, New 

York.

U.S. Interagency Report 6, 1952, A study of methods used in measurements and analysis of sediment loads in streams, the 

design of improved types of suspended samplers, p. 86- 

90; U.S. Engineer Office, St. Paul, Minn.

U. S. Interagency Report 7, 1943, A study of methods used in 

measurement and analysis of sediment loads in streams , 

a study of new methods of size analysis of suspended sampler, p. 82-90; U. S. Engineer Office, St. Paul, Minn.

U.S. Interagency Report 8, 1948, A study of methods used in 

measurement and analysis of sediment loads of streams, 

measurement of the sediment discharge of streams, p. 70- 

76; U.S. Engineer Office, St. Paul, Minn.

U. S. Interagency Report 11, 1957, A study of methods used in 

measurement and analysis of sediment loads in streams, 

the development and calibration of the visual-accumulation 

tube, p. 1-109.

U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, 1959, A reconnaissance study of anionic surfactants in ground water: 

Federal Housing Adm. , Washington 25, D. C.

U.S. Public Health Service, 1946, Drinking water standards: U.S. 

Public Health Service Repts. , v. 61, no. 11.

___1946, Public Health Reports, reprint 2698.

U.S. Salinity Laboratory Staff, 1954, Diagnosis and improvement 

of saline and alkali soils: U.S. Dept. Agriculture, Agriculture Handb. 60, p. 1-160.

Waring, F. H. , 1949, Significance of nitrates in water supplies: 

Am. Water Works Assoc. Jour., V. 41, no. 2. , p. 147-150.
CHEMICAL ANALYSES, WATER TEMPERATURES, AND SEDIMENT 

PART 5. HUDSON BAY AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASINS

RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN 

5-540. RED RIVER OF THE NORTH AT FARGO, N. DAK.

LOCATION. At intake of Fargo Water Works, about 2.3 miles downstream from gaging station at Fargo, Cass Co

Sheyenne River. Prior to April 13, 1959, gaging station 3 miles downstream. 

DRAINAGE AREA. 6,800 square miles, approximately. 

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Chemical analyses: October 1955 to September 1959.

Water temperatures: October 1955 to September 1959. 

EXTREMES, 1958-59. Hardness: Maximum, 294 ppm Dec. 1-31; minimum, 155 ppm May 31.

Specific conductance: Maximum daily, 646 micromhos Dec. 9; minimum daily, 34/ micromhos May 31.

Water temperatures: Maximum, 80°F July 28-30, Aug. 1; minimum, 33°F Feb. 1. 

EXTREMES, 1955-59. Dissolved solids (1955-58): Maximum, 650 ppm May 6-9, 1958; minimum, 174 ppm Dec. 1-2, 

Hardness: Maximum, 420 ppm May 6-9, 1958; minimum, 154 ppm Dec. 1-2, 18-19, 1955.

Specific conductance: Maximum daily, 960 micromhos May 6, 1958; minimum daily, 275 micromhos Dec. 1, 195

Water temperatures: Maximum, 82°F July 15, 16, 18, 1957; minimum, 33°F on many days during winter months

REMARKS. Daily samples for chemical analysis composited by discharge. Records of specific conductance of 

Lincoln, Nebr. Records of discharge for water year October 1958 to September 1959 given in WSP 1628.

Chemical analyses, In parts per million, water year October 1958 to Septembe

Date of collection

Oct. 1-31, 1958....

Jan. 1-31, 1959....

June 21-July 1 .....

Sept. 1-30.........

w ,

Mean 

discharge 

(eta)

148 

152 

161 

245 

243 

364

566 

316 

361 

718 

653 

621

823 

630 

914 

463 

216 

165

32n

Silica 

(SiO,)

16

9.1 

6.2

Iron 

(Fe)

0.01

.01 

.01

Calcium 

(Ca)

44

44 

39

Magnesium 

(Mg)

32

26 

29

Sodium 

(Na)

11 

12 

13 

11 

11 

12

11 

9.7 

9.5 

9.3

9 9

13

12 

9.7 

9.1 

8.9 

8.5 

9.7

11

Potassium 

(K)

4.6

4.9 

4.7

Bicarbonate 

(HCO,)

259 

262 

326 

326 

333 

267

222 

238 

251 

240 

147 

213

224 

222 

202 

233 

245 

251

252

Sulfate 

(S04 )

41

54

29

Chloride 

(Cl)

5.3

3.7

3.5

Fluoride 

(F)

0.3

.1

.3

Nitrate 

(NO,)

2.1

.9

.5

Boron 

(B)

0.07

.09

.07

Dissol

(residu

Parts 

per 

million

301

273

249

T

p

a

f

a Represents 100 percent of runoff for water year October 1958 to September 1959.
32 QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959

RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN Cont inued

5-540. RED RIVER OF THE NORTH AT FARGO, N. DAK. Continued

Temperature (° F) of water, water year October 1958 to September 1959 

/Once-daily measurement between 7 a.m. and 11 a.in./

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Average

Oct.

56

54

55

56

55

54

54

54

54

52

50

48

5052'

53

53

53

53

a 56

55

55

55

53

53

50

50

51

51

49

49

49

53

Nov.

50

50

52

48

46

45

46

45

43

42

43

43

42

42

42

40

42

40

40

37

37

38

35

36

36

36

36

36

36

35

41

Dec.

36

36

36

- 36

36

36

36

36

36

36

36

36

35

35

35

35

35

35

36

36

35

36

37

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

36

Jan.

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

Feb.

33

35

35

35

35

35

34

34

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

Mar.

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

36

36

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

36

36

35

35

35

36

35

35

Apr.

35

35

35

36

36

36

38

38

38

37

38

42

45

45

48

48

48

48

48

48

49

50

51

51

50

51

51

53

53

54

45

May

56

60

61

61

60

58

57

59

60

60

58

57

55

53

54

55

56

60

60

58

58

58

58

59

63

64

62

63

62

63

62

59

June

64

65

66

67

70

72

74

76

76

75

75

73

71

72

72

73

73

73

74

74

73

72

72

71

70

71

72

72

69

69

72

July

68

a 69

71

72

72

72

74

75

72

72

73

74

75

75

76

76

76

76

76

76

76

78

78

78

76

77

79

80

80

80

79

75

Aug.

80

79

79

78

78

77

75

76

75

75

74

73

72

72

74

73

71

72

74

76

76

76

76

76

77

75

75

75

a 75

a 74

73

75

Sept.

73

70

66

66

a 67

a 67

69

70

69

66

65

65

66

66

65

62

61

61

61

a 62

61

62

62

62

62

61

60

60

58

56

64

a Measurement between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m.
RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN Continued 

5-560. SHEYENNE RIVER NEAR WARWICK, N. DAK.

LOCATION. At gaging station at highway bridge, 3.3 miles south of Warwick, Benson County.

DRAINAGE AREA. 2,100 square miles, approximately.

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Chemical analyses: January 1951 to September 1959.

Water temperatures: January 1951 to September 1959. 

EXTREMES, 1958-59. Dissolved solids: Maximum, 853 ppm Mar. 20; minimum, 275 ppm Aug. 15-31.

Hardness: Maximum, 572 ppm Mar. 20; minimum, 154 ppm Mar. 27 to Apr. 5.

Specific conductance: Maximum daily, 1,350 micromhos Mar. 14; minimum daily, 429 micromhos Aug. 4.

Water temperatures: Maximum, 74°F June 18, Aug. 3, 4. 

EXTREMES, 1951-59. Dissolved solids: Maximum, 1,230 ppm Mar. 21-23, 1955; minimum, 174 ppm Apr. 17-22, 

Hardness: Maximum, 572 ppm Mar. 20, 1959; minimum, 76 ppm Mar. 30 to Apr. 2, 1955..

Specific conductance: Maximum daily, 1,940 micromhos Feb. 1, 1955; minimum daily, 240 micromhos Apr. 

Water temperatures: Maximum (1951-55, 1956-59), 86°F July 21, 1955; minimum, freezing point on severa

REMARKS. Daily samples for chemical analysis composited by discharge. Records of specific conductance 

office at Lincoln, Nebr. Records of discharge for water year October 1958 to September 1959 given in 

Chemical analyses, In parts per million, water year October 1958 to Septe

Date of collection

Oct. 1-19, 1958.... 

Oct. 20-Nov. 15 ... 

Nov. 16-Dec. 31... 

Jan. 1-19, 1959.... 

Jan. 20-Feb. 27 ...

Feb. 28-Mar. 8. ... 

Mar. 9-15.........

Mar. 27-Apr. 5....

Apr. 18-May 6.....

June 28-July 7 .....

July 23-Aug. 14. ...

Sept. 1-30.........

Weighted average a ..........

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

3.57 

2.27 

5.79 

3.58 

2.54

3.30 

6.03 

22.5 

123 

119

91.0 

36.7 

16.3 

24.2 

5.33

7.58 

1.99 

1. 36 

.66 

.80

11.7

Silica 

(Si02)

16 

35

11 

30

..

Iron 

(Fe)

0.01 

.01

.01 

.00

Calcium 

(Ca)

62 

110

60 

50

..

Magnesium 

(Mg)

34 

54

30 

22

..

Sodium 

(Na)

22 

45 

78 

53 

27

30 

77 

72 

82 

58

42 

47 

60 

71 

68

78 

46 

18 

11 

13

56

Potassium 

(K)

7.3 

9.1

6.6 

2.3

..

Bicarbonate 

(HCO,)

249 

291 

417 

392 

316

342 

591 

619 

730 

264

198 

220 

304 

366 

365

366 

302 

252 

249 

242

309

Sulfate 

(S04 )

102 

113

106 

33

..

Chloride 

(Cl)

19 

21

16 

2.5

_

Fluoride 

(F)

0.3 

.6

.2 

.2

..

Nitrate 

(N03)

9.6 

1.8

1.0 

.2

..

Boron 

(B)

0.19 

.16

.16 

.05

Di

(res

Parts 

per 

million

294 

365 

540 

479 

370

392 

698 

728 

853 

423

309 

329 

423 

495 

485

502 

380 

291 

275 

276

428

a Represents 100 percent of runoff for water year October 1958 to September 1959.
QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959

RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN Continued

5-560. SHEYENNE RIVER NEAR WARWICK, N. DAK.--Continued

Temperature (° F) of water, water year October 1958 to September 1959 

/Once-daily measurement between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m./

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Average

Oct.

46

49

53

53

--

53

50

52

48

49

41

--

53

51

52

51

50

50

49

48

48

49

50

48

..

47

43

46

46

48

49

Nov.

47

--

44

43

41

42

40

39

41

..

40

38

37

36

..

35

35

35

--

35

33

33

--

--

Dec.

33

33

36

33

33

33

33

33

33

33

33

33

33

33

33

33

33

._

33

33

..

33

33

33

--

Jan.

..

33

33

33

36

36

36

36

38

37

39

38

38

38

38

38

38

38

36

36

36

37

37

37

38

37

36

37

Feb.

..

35

36

36

35

36

36

37

38

37

38

38

38

38

38

39

39

37

37

39

40

40

39

40

~

Mar.

..

40

40

42

41

42

41

__

42

42

41

42

43

42

--

43

a 42

44

43

42

41

43

42

a 43

a 43

a 45

36

37

42

42

Apr.

40

a 37

38

45

--

43

38

36

38

36

41

--

50

47

47

-

50

49

49

..

48

48

_

49

49

55

~

May

60

62

56

52

51

54

56

58

-

_

--

48

52

a 55

58

64

56

54

56

56

60

68

56

56

56

60

June

..

65

67

66

70

_

-_

72

70

72

68

67

70

70

70

74

70

73

_

68

65

70

68

69

72

_

65

65

--

"

July

68

a 70

a 70

-_

--

70

71

60

a 65

68

68

62

70

70

a 70

68

67

_

70

73

71

a 65

_.

70

72

70

70

65

70

70

68

Aug.

71

74

74

a 65

64

67

68

_

67

68

64

58

59

60

..

62

66

63

62

65

65

_

66

60

59

65

68

a 53

53

64

Sept.

54

50

58

60

61

_

53

55

56

a 56

55

50

50

49

49

48

49

56

57

59

58

a 57

_

53

51

49

54

a Measurement between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m.
RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN Cont inued 

5-564. MAUVAIS COULEE NEAR CHURCHS FERRY, N. DAK.

LOCATION. At gaging station at bridge on U.S. Highway 281, 1 mile downstream from Little Coulee and 6 mi

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Chemical analyses: June 1954 to September 1959.

REMARKS. No flow on many days. Records of discharge for water year October 1958 to September 1959 given 

Chemical analyses, in parts per million, March to May 1959

Date of collection

May 28 .............

Discharge 

(cfs)

2.1 

1.8 

.1 

.02

Silica 

(SiO.)

Iron 

(Fe)

Calcium 

(Ca)

56 

288

Magnesium 

(Mg)

15 

161

Sodium 

(Na)

30 

35 

103 

407

Potassium 

(K)

Bicarbonate 

(HCO,)

114 

105 

226 

277

Carbonate 

(CO,)

0 

0 

0 

0

Sulfate 

(S04)

165 

1,780

Chloride 

(C1J

13 

170

Fluoride 

(FT

Nitrate 

(NO,)

Boron 

(B)
RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN Continued

5-587. SHEYENNE RIVER AT LISBON, N. DAK.

LOCATION. At gaging station, 150 feet downstream from dam at State fish hatchery, at north edge of city 

from Timber Coulee.

DRAINAGE AREA. 8,560 square miles, approximately (includes 3,940 square miles in closed Devils Lake basi

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Chemical analyses: August 1956 to September 1959.

Water temperatures: August 1956 to September 1959. 

EXTREMES, 1958-59. Hardness: Maximum, 380 ppm Nov. 28 to Dec. 31; minimum, 180 ppm Mar. 28 to Apr. 12.

Specific conductance: Maximum daily, 1,270 micromhos Dec. 17; minimum daily, 522 micromhos Apr. 5, 7.

Water temperatures: Maximum, 90°F Aug. 23; minimum, freezing point on many days during November to Apr

EXTREMES, 1956-59. Dissolved solids (1956-58): Maximum, 671 ppm May 2-31, 1958; minimum, 269 ppm Nov. 

Hardness: Maximum, 380 ppm Nov. 28 to Dec. 31, 1958; minimum, 146 ppm Nov. 7-8, 1957.

Specific conductance: Maximum daily, 1,270 micromhos Dec. 17, 1958; minimum daily, 349 micromhos Nov. 

Water temperatures: Maximum, 90°F Aug. 23, 1959; minimum, freezing point on many days during winter mo

REMARKS. Daily samples for chemical analysis composited by discharge. Records of specific conductance o

at Lincoln, Nebr. Records of discharge for water year October 1958 to September 1959 given in WSP 162

Chemical analyses, in parts per million, water year October 1958 to Septemb

Date of collection

Oct. 1-31, 1958....

Nov. 28-Dec. 31... 

Jan. 1-31, 1959....

Mar. 28-Apr. 12...

May 29-June 17 ....

July 28-Aug. 31.... 

Sept. 1-30.........

Weighted average a ..........

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

21.1 

31.4 

36.1 

36.0 

33.5

46.5 

48.0 

58.9 

16.0 

14.7

16.3 

18.2 

33.5 

290 

43.1

26.3 

9.92 

5.25

28.4

Silica 

(Si02)

20 

7.5

19 

16

__

Iron 

(Fe)

0.01 

.01

.01 

.02

..

Calcium 

(Ca)

75 

40

59 

44

..

Magnesium 

(Mg)

41 

19

27 

21

..

Sodium 

(Na)

93 

91 

116 

108 

. 105

84 

69 

51 

52 

65

78 

81 

106 

78 

94

64 

75 

60

88

Potassium 

(K)

12 

6.4

12 

11

._

Bicarbonate 

(HCO,)

332 

342 

449 

425 

415

320 

260 

199 

201 

236

261 

266 

304 

263 

300

211 

252 

197

323

Sulfate 

(SO,)

190

104

167

132

Chloride 

(Cl)

35

21

42

34

Fluoride 

(F)

0.5

.5

.4

.3

Nitrate 

(NO,)

3.8

.9

2.2

1.3

Boron 

(B)

0.29

.13

.26

.20

Dis

(resid

Parts 

per 

million

716

355

552

425

a Represents 100 percent of runoff for water year October 1958 to September 1959.
HUDSON BAY AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASINS

RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN Continued 

5-587. SHEYENNE RIVER AT LISBON, N. DAK. Continued

Temperature (° F) at water, water year October 1958 to September 1959 

/Once-daily measurement between 2 p.m. and 6 p.mj

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Average

Oct.

a 56

b 55

54

54

53

53

53

53

54

54

54

53

b 54

b 54

54

53

a 53

53

53

53

53

a 53

52

52

52

52

52

52

53

Nov.

a 52

51

51

51

50

b51

b 51

a 51

a 50

a 49

a 47

b45

42

40

a 40

a 39

39

b39

37

b37

37

36

b35

34

32

32

32

32

32

32

42

Dec.

32

b 32

32

32

32

a 32

32

32

32

_

32

b32

32

32

b32

b 32

32

32

32

b32

32

32

32

32

a 32

32

32

32

32

32

Jan.

b32

32

b32

32

32

32

32

32

32

a 32

32

32

32

32

32

b32

b32

32

b32

32

32

32

b32

b32

32

b32

32

32

32

32

32

32

Feb.

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

_

32

32

32

--

_

32

32

32

32

32

Mar.

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

b32

b32

b 32

b32

b 32

32

32

32

32

b32

32

32

32

32

32

b32

32

32

32

32

Apr.

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

34

34

38

36

36

36

37

a 37

40

41

43

46

--

34

May

46

a 46

a 49

48

49

52

54

55

a 57

a 57

57

59

59

59

60

61

a 61

61

61

62

62

62

63

63

63

b62

b62

b62

a 62

a 62

b62

58

June

..

..

a 74

a 77

b 75

a 78

79

a 68

a 74

73

72

72

74

74

73

72

71

70

b68

70

70

a 70

70

70

66

~

~

July

66

65

76

a 70

a 70

70

75

70

72

73

a 72

75

a 77

79

82

75

a 74

77

b77

a 76

a 76

a 80

a 79

b77

a 76

a 80

a 83

a 87

a 88

a 89

76

Aug.

a 89

a 78

a 75

84

a 80

a 79

a 80

a 75

75

a 70

a 79

a 81

a 76

a 75

a 70

a 80

a 80

a 81

a 79

a 80

90

a 80

a 70

a 70

a 76

a 72

75

b68

a 75

77

Sept.

70

a 65

70

a 70

a 69

' 74

75

a 86

a 64

74

a 75

a 79

74

a 70

a 69

..

60

a 55

a 55

55

a 55

a 69

a 69

a 60

~

a 59

a 60

a 55

a 55

66

a Measurement between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. 

b Measurement between 7 p.m. and 11 p.m.
RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN Continued 

5-825. RED RIVER OF THE NORTH AT GRAND FORKS, N. DAK.

LOCATION. At gaging station, 500 feet downstream from dam at Riverside Park in Grand Forks, Grand Forks 

DRAINAGE AREA. 30,100 square miles, approximately (includes 3,940 square miles in closed Devils Lake ba

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Chemical analyses: September 1956 to September 1959.

Water temperatures; October 1956 to September 1959. 

EXTREMES, 1958-59. Hardness; Maximum, 468 ppm Dec. 29-31; minimum, 170 ppm Apr. 1-4.

Specific conductance: Maximum daily, 976 micromhos Dec. 29-31; minimum daily, 353 micromhos Apr. 4.

Water temperatures: Maximum, 8l°F Aug. 3, 4; minimum, 33°F Jan. 29-31, Feb. 1. 

EXTREMES, 1956-59. Dissolved solids (1956-58): Maximum, 1,490 ppm Dec. 1-31, 1956; minimum, 246 ppm Mar

Hardness: Maximum, 468 ppm Dec. 29-31, 1958; minimum, 170 ppm Apr. 1-4, 1959.

Specific conductance: Maximum daily, 976 micromhos Dec. 29-31, 1958; minimum daily, 353 micromhos Apr

Water temperatures: Maximum, 81°F Aug. 3, 4, 1959; minimum, 33°F on several days during winter months

REMARKS.--Daily samples for chemical analysis composited by discharge. Records of specific conductance 

Lincoln, Nebr. Records of discharge for water year October 1958 to September 1959 given in WSP 1628.

Chemical analyses, In parts per million, water year October 1958 to Septemb

Date of collection

Oct. 1-31, 1958....

Nov. 22-Dec. 6....

Jan. 1-31, 1959....

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

398 

399 

587 

269 

290

376 

375 

389 

768 

2,490

4,600 

5,452 

2,900 

1,696 

1,605

2,048 

3,343

1,788

Silica 

(SiOa)

20 

12

--

Iron 

(Fe)

0.01 

.02

"

Calcium 

(Ca)

64 

50

--

Magnesium 

(Mg)

40 

22

--

Sodium 

(Na)

22 

26 

26 

37 

43

34 

28 

28 

23 

15

8.5 

11 

14 

14 

15

17 

16 

15 

16 

15

Potassium 

(K)

5.9 

5.2

Bicarbonate 

(HCO,)

294 

303 

330 

421 

480

394 

366 

363 

274 

208

168 

201 

235 

239 

276

275 

196 

248 

275 

230

Sulfate 

(S04)

61

69

Chloride 

(Cl)

16

3 9

Fluoride 

(F)

0.4

.2

Nitrate 

(NO,)

8.4

1.7

Boron 

(B)

0.27

.07

Dis

(res

Parts 

per 

mil- " 

lion

439

289
HUDSON BAY AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASINS 39

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1

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Weighted average .........
QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959

RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN Continued 

5-825. RED RIVER OF THE NORTH AT GRAND FORKS, N. DAK. Continued

Temperature (° F) of water, water year October 1958 to September 1959 

/Once-daily measurement between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.7

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

1

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Average

Oct.

a 60

60

b 60

a 60

60

59

58

58

58

b 57

58

56

b 56

56

56

55

55

55

55

55

55

55

55

55

51

51

51

51

b51

b51

51

56

Nov.

51

50

b 50

50

50

49

b49

48

48

48

48

46

46

46

46

45

44

44

44

43

42

42

40

40

38

38

37

37

36

36

44

Dec.

42

40

40

38

37

36

38

38

39

39

40

40

41

41

40

42

42

41

41

42

42

42

41

42

41

42

41

41

41

42

41

40

Jan.

39

39

39

39

38

38

38

38

38

38

38

38

b38

38

38

38

38

37

37

37

36

36

35

35

34

34

34

34

33

33

33

37

Feb.

33

35

35

35

35

35

36

36

37

37

37

37

37

37

39

39

39

39

39

40

40

42

42

44

45

47

48

49

-.

--

39

Mar.

36

36

36

36

36

36

36

37

37

37

37

37

37

37

37

38

38

38

38

38

38

b38

38

b 38

38

38

39

b 39

39

b 39

b39

37

Apr.

39

39

39

b39

39

a 39

39

39

39

39

39

39

b39

39

39

40

40

40

40

40

a 40

41

41

41

41

41

41

a 42

42

a 42

--

40

May

42

43

43

43

43

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

45

45

b45

45

45

45

46

46

b46

47

47

47

47

49

51

51

53

a 55

55

46

June

56

56

58

60

62

62

65

a 68

a 69

a 70

70

70

b72

72

72

72

73

73

b73

73

a 73

b 73

a 73

70

a 72

b 72

72

72

72

--

69

July

72

72

73

73

b73

73

73

73

73

72

73

b 72

a 72

73

a 72

a 72

a 72

b 72

b 72

72

72

72

a 72

72

72

b72

a 72

a 75

75

76

--

73

Aug.

__

__

b81

b81

b80

_

79

_

b 79

79

77

b 74

74

b74

b74

b74

b 74

b74

b 74

74

74

b 74

b 74

b 74

b74

74

b 74

b74

b 74

76

Sept.

b73

b73

b73

b 73

73

72

72

b71

b71

b 71

b70

70

b70

70

b69

b 69

69

68

65

62

61

60

b60

b60

60

b60

b60

b 59

b 58

b 58

67

a Measurement between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. 

b Measurement between 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.
RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN Continued

5-920. RED RIVER OF THE NORTH AT DRAYTON, N. DAK

LOCATION. Temperature recorder at gaging station at interstate highway bridge, 1J miles northeast of Dray

DRAINAGE AREA. 34,800 square miles, approximately (includes 3,940 square miles in closed Devils Lake basi

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Chemical analyses-. June 1954 to September 1955.

Water temperatures; December 1956 to September 1959. 

EXTREMES, 1958-59. Water temperatures: Minimum, 33°F Mar. 1. 

EXTREMES, 1956-59. Water temperatures: Maximum (1956-58), 80°F on several days during July and August 1

during winter months. 

REMARKS. Records of discharge for water year October 1958 to September 1959 given in WSP 1628.

Temperature (° F) of water, water year October 1958 to September 1

/Recorder with temperature attachment, continuous ethyl alcohol-actuated the

Day

1............ .......

2. ..................

3........... ........

4. ..................

9. ..................

10. ..................

11...................

12...................

13. ..................

14............... ....

15...................

16...................

17. ..................

18. ..................

19...................

20................ ...

21...................

22...................

23.... ..... ........

24.. .................

25. ..................

26. ..................

27. ....... .......

28. ..................

29... ...............

30..... ., ..........

31. .. . ........

Average .......

October

max

48 

48 

50 

51 

49

49 

49 

50 

50 

48

46 

47 

47 

48 

48

48 

48 

48 

48 

50

50 

50 

50 

50 

48 

46 

46 

46 

45 

44 

44

48

min

46 

45 

47 

48 

46

47 

48 

49 

48 

44

43 

45 

45 

47 

46

46 

46 

46 

47 

48

50 

50 

49 

47 

46 

44 

44 

43 

42 

42 

42

46

November

max

45 

44 

44 

44 

43

41 

39 

39 

38 

38

40 

40 

40 

41 

41

41 

41 

41 

40 

40

39 

39 

39 

39 

40

40 

39 

39 

39 

39

40

min

42 

42 

42 

42 

41

39 

38 

38 

36 

37

38 

39 

39 

40 

41

41 

41 

40 

40 

39

39 

39 

39 

39 

39

39 

39 

38 

38 

38

39

December

max

38 

39 

39 

38 

38

38 

37 

37 

37 

37

37 

37 

36 

36 

36

36 

36 

36 

36 

36

36 

36 

36 

36 

36

36 

36 

36 

36 

36 

36

37

min

38 

38 

38 

38 

38

37 

37 

37 

37 

37

37 

36 

36 

36 

36

36 

36 

36 

36 

36

36 

36 

36 

36 

36

36 

36 

36 

36 

36 

36

36

January

max

36 

36 

36 

36 

35

35 

35 

35 

35 

35

35 

35 

35 

35 

35

35 

35 

35 

35 

35

35 

35 

35 

35 

35

35 

35 

35 

35 

35 

35

35

min

36 

36 

36 

35 

35

35 

35 

35 

35 

35

35 

34 

35 

35 

35

35 

35 

35 

35 

35

35 

35 

35 

35 

35

35 

35 

35 

35 

35 

35

35

February

max

35 

35 

35 

35 

35

35 

35 

35 

35 

35

35 

35 

35 

35 

35

35 

35 

35 

35 

35

35 

35 

34 

34 

34

34 

34 

34

35

min

35 

35 

35 

35 

35

35 

35 

35 

35 

35

35 

35 

35 

35 

35

35 

35 

35 

35 

35

35 

34 

34 

34 

34

34 

34 

34

35

March

max

34 

34 

34 

34 

34

34 

34 

34 

34 

34

35 

35 

35 

35 

35

35 

35 

35 

35 

35

34 

34 

34 

34 

34 

34 

34 

35 

35 

35 

35

34

min

33 

34 

34 

34 

34

34 

34 

34 

34 

34

34 

35 

35 

35 

35

34 

34 

34 

34 

34

34 

34 

34 

34 

34

34 

34 

34 

35 

35 

35

34

April

max

35 

35 

35 

35 

35

35 

35

37 

38 

40 

43 

43

43 

43 

43 

43 

44

46 

46 

46 

46 

46

47 

47 

48 

48 

50

42

min

35

35 

35 

35 

35

35 

35

37 

37 

38 

41 

43

43 

43 

42 

42 

43

44 

45 

46 

46 

45 

45 

46 

47 

48 

48

41

Ma

max

52 

53 

54 

54 

54

53 

52 

53 

55 

55

55 

55 

53 

50 

51

53 

55 

56 

56 

55

54 

54 

55 

58 

60

60 

58 

57 

57 

57 

59

55
RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN--Continued 

5-1200. SOURIS RIVER NEAR VERENDRYE, N. DAK.

LOCATION. At gaging station, 2.7 miles north of Verendrye, McHenry County, and 7| miles southwest of (19 

DRAINAGE AREA. 12,200 square miles, approximately.

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Chemical analyses: October 1949 to August 1951, August 1952 to September 1959.

REMARKS. Records of discharge for water year October 1958 to September 1959 given in WSP 1628.

Chemical analyses, in parts per million, water year October 1958 to September 

Date of collection

July 29............

Aug. 14........... 

Aug. 25 .......

Sept. 22...........

Discharge 

(cfs)

18 

30 

40 

29 

70

150 

76 

105 

24 

11

12 

12 

11 

8.8 

25

Silica 

(Si02)

4.1

7.8 

13

Iron 

(Fe)

0.02

. 03 

.20

Calcium 

(Ca)

56

43 

67

60 

54

Magnesium 

(Mg)

40

22 

38

37 

38

Sodium 

(Na)

112 

1C 

93 

122 

94

58 

100 

90 

108 

130

141 

125 

122 

117 

103

Potassium 

(K)

15 

3

12 

14

Bicarbonate 

(SCO,)

367 

367 

388 

463 

288

207 

273 

254 

416 

452

475 

418 

392 

444 

384

Sulfate 

(SO,)

187

177

190

178

166

Chloride 

(Cl)

45

22

35

36

15

Fluoride 

(F)

0.5

-

.4

-

.2

Nitrate 

(N03 )

4.3

-

4.2

-

.4

Boron 

(B)

0.19

-

.39

"

.23

Disso

(residu

Parts 

per 

million

672

533

718

694

659

T

a

0
RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN Continued 

5-1240. SOURIS RIVER NEAR WESTHOPE, N. DAK.

LOCATION. At gaging station, 1,200 feet upstream from second crossing of international boundary, 1 mile 

357, 7 miles northeast of Westhope, Bottineau County, and 11 miles downstream from Boundary Creek. 

DRAINAGE AREA. 17,600 square miles, approximately. 

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Chemical analyses: June 1954 to September 1959.

Water temperatures: October 1954 to September 1955, October 1956 to September 1959. 

EXTREMES, 1958-59. Hardness: Maximum, 1,050 ppm Mar. 17-31; minimum, 249 ppm Sept. 25-30.

Specific conductance: Maximum daily, 3,910 micromhos Mar. 22; minimum daily, 1,100 micromhos June 1.

Water temperatures: Minimum, freezing point Nov. 8, 12, and on several days during November to March

EXTREMES, 1954-55, 1956-59. Dissolved solids (1954-55, 1956-58): Maximum, 1,280 ppm Feb. 10 to Mar. 5

Hardness: Maximum, 1,050 ppm Mar. 17-31, 1959; minimum, 85 ppm Apr. 13-18, 1957.

Specific conductance: Maximum daily (1956-59), 3,910 micromhos Mar. 22, 1959; minimum daily, 232 micr

Water temperatures: Minimum, freezing point on many days during winter months.

REMARKS.--Daily samples for chemical analysis composited by discharge. Records of specific conductance 

at Lincoln, Nebr. Records of discharge for water year October 1958 to September 1959 given in WSP 1

Chemical analyses, in parts per million, water year October 1958 to Septe

Date of 

collection

Oct. 1-31, 1958. 

Nov. 1-19......

Mar. 17-31,1959

Apr. 13-30.....

June 11-30 .....

July 1-31....... 

Aug. 1-31......

Sept. 25-30..... 

Weighted average a .......

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

14.7 

1.42 

1.79 

.45

.17 

.74 

43.1 

15.8

24.0 

19.2 

17.4 

12.7

12.6

Silica 

(SiOa )

20 

33

5.3 

8.6

Iron 

(Fe)

0.03 

.05

.02

.03 

.34

Calcium 

(Ca)

58 

169

52 

46

..

Magnesium 

(Mg)

53 

153

50 

36

..

Sodium 

(Na)

148 

147 

366 

190

161 

164 

121 

138

150 

164 

158 

149

150

Potassium 

(K)

15 

32

15 

16

..

Bicarbonate 

(HCOj)

453 

467 

1,260 

649

524 

423 

352 

382

361 

302 

281 

284

361

Sulfate 

(SO,)

247 

671

285

324

Chloride 

(CD

39 

105

35

45

Fluoride 

(F)

0.5 

.8

*

.4

.5

Nitrate 

(NO,)

22 

15

2.4

13

Boron 

(B)

0.23 

.45

.20

.22

Dis

Parts per mi

Residue 

at 180°C

897 

2,310

770

835

S

2

a Represents 99.6 percent of runoff for water year October 1958 to September 1959.
44 QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959

RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN--Continued

5-1240. SOURIS RIVER NEAR WESTHOPE, N. DAK.--Continued

Temperature (* F) of water, water year October 1958 to September 1959 

/Once-daily measurement between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m./

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Average

Oct.

a 43

45

50

50

a 47

51

51

51

45

43

45

b 44

43

49

a 49

50

b51

a 46

a 46

50

49

46

46

46

a 44

b 43

44

44

42

43

--

47

Nov.

..

b 45

43

41

a 38

39

--

a 32

--

33

36

31

--

34

..

--

__

a 33

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--

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40

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35

41

a 34

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40

39

41

41

a 42

42

39

37

39

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48

50

50

50

48

43

43

a 41

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56

52

50

45

a 40

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50

50

49

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45

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38

35

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June

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b 69

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62

a 59

71

75

a 71

74

73

73

70

--

--

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72

71

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63

66

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76

a 70

75

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69

70

79

75

b 75

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79

78

77

80

78

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76

76

76

76

74

76

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b 70

75

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73

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70

68

65

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70

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76

75

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65

63

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60

52

62

56

68

51

52

55

b 60

55

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55

a 54

--

..

.-

--

a 43

--

--

a Measurement between 8 a.m. and 12 m. 

b Measurement between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.

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Date

Aug. 27...................

Discharge 

(cfs)

21 

20 

6.3 

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2 . 8

16 

10 

20 

27 

23

26 

18 

18

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59 

46 

67 

80 

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20 

81 

58 

41 

37

11 

19 

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3.3 

2.5 

1.1 

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2.2 

3.1 

3.0 

2.3

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5-1305. STURGEON RIVER NEAR CHISHOLM, MINN.

LOCATION. At highway bridge, 1,000 feet downstream from gaging station, about 0.8 mile downstream from Ea

north of Chisholm, St. Louis County. 

DRAINAGE AREA. 187 square miles.

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Chemical analyses: July 1958 to September 1959. 

REMARKS. Records of discharge for water year October 1958 to September 1958 given in WSP 1628.

Chemical analyses, in parts per million, water year October 1958 to Septembe

Date of collection

Oct. 2, 1958 a.....

Jan. 22, 1959 ..... 

Feb. 25...........

May 27 ...........

Sept. 5 a. .........

Discharge 

(cfs)

62 

47 

179 

26 

18

11 

19 

93 

313 

186

43 

93 

274

Silica 

(Si02)

9.3

11 

12 

13

17 

16 

6.9 

5.3 

6.9

7.8 

10 

9.0

Iron 

(Fe)

0.79

.15 

.08 

.05

.44 

.19 

.10 

.16 

.52

.28 

.09 

.74

Calcium 

(Ca)

13

10 

13 

16

18 

19 

9.2 

8.0 

9.0

13 

12 

11

Magnesium 

(Mg)

3.1

3 2 

4^0 

4.4

6.6 

5.0 

2.9 

2.7 

2.8

3.3 

3.4 

2.6

Sodium 

(Na)

2.3

2.3 

3.1 

3.1

3.7 

4.0 

1.9 

1.6 

1.9

2.1 

2.5 

1.7

Potassium 

(K)

1.2

1.2 

1.5 

1.5

1.7 

1.6 

1.0 

.8 

.7

.6 

1.0 

.6

Bicarbonate 

(HCOS)

45

36 

48 

69

83 

84 

39 

31 

35

50 

48 

37

Sulfate 

(S04 )

14

9.5 

9.8 

7.0

20 

3.0 

8.0 

9.5 

8.3

7.3 

5.8 

9.5

Chloride 

(Cl)

0.2

.1 

.1 

.3

.4 

1.7 

.0 

.0 

.1

.1 

.1 

.0

Fluoride 

(F)

0.2

.2 

.2

.1

.1 

.1 

.1 

.2 

.2

.3 

.2 

.3

Nitrate 

(NO,)

1.9

1.5 

7.3 

.5

.8 

.8 

.9 

1.8 

1.2

1.0 

2.6 

2.3

Boron 

(B)

Diss

(residu

Parts 

per 

million

91

94 

112 

105

128 

109 

75 

86 

81

97 

87 

105

a Also manganese (Mn), 0.00 ppm.
MISCELLANEOUS ANALYSES OF STREAMS IN LAKE OF THE WOODS BASIN 

Chemical analyses, in parts per million, water year October 1958 to Sep

collection

charge 

(els)

fciOi) (Fe)

Manganese 

(Mn)

Cal

cium 

(Ca)

Magsium 

(Mg)

dium 

(Na)

Posium 

(K)

bonate 

(HCQJ

bonate 

(COJ

fate 

<$OJ

rids 

(Cl)

rids 

(F)

trate 

(NOJ

ron 

(B)

Dissol

(residu

Parts 

per 

million

5-1250. SOUTH KAWISHIWI RIVER NEAR ELY

Apr. 18, 1958.

June 2, 1959.. 

Sept. 2.......

324 

446 

955 

892

9.8 

7.8 

7.0 

5.7

0.58 

.49 

.28 

.38

0.23 

.00 

.00 

.00

6.5 

6.6 

4.7 

4.3

2.9 

2.6 

2.2 

2.2

2.0 

1.7 

1.5 

1.3

0.8 

.2 

.2 

.2

30 

29 

22 

22

0 

0 

0 

0

4.8 

7.8 

5.5 

5.3

0.8 

.2 

.1 

.1

0.1 

.2 

.1 

.2

1.0 

.5 

.9 

.8

0.05 60 

70 

53 

53

5-1255. STONY RIVER NEAR ISABELLA

Apr. 18, 1958.

June 2, 1959. . 

Sept. 1.......

186 

131 

348 

194

8.8 

8.9 

4.7 

7.8

0.24 

.73 

.34 

.57

0.23 

.00 

.00 

.00

6.5 

6.0 

4.2 

7.5

3.4 

3.2 

2.6 

4.0

1.6 

1.3 

1.3 

1.8

0.5 

.2 

.1 

.3

32 

24 

19 

38

0 

0 

0 

0

6.3 

9.5 

8.3 

8.5

1.2 

.4 

.2 

.2

0.1 

.2 

.2 

.2

0.9 

.5 

.4 

1.3

0.05 67 

94 

66 

76

5-1260. DUNKA RIVER NEAR BABBITT

Apr. 18, 1958.

June 3, 1959.. 

Sept. 2.......

70

70 

116

9.6 

12

4.5 

12

0.67 

1.2

.49 

.94

0.28

.00 

.00

6.5

4.2 

8.6

2.4

3.0 

5.2

2.0

1.5 

3.1

1.0

.2 

.9

22

17 

15

0

0 

0

6.3

8.3 

15

2.6

.1 

2*8

0.1 

.2

.2 

.3

2.0

1.8 

22

0.09 77

73 

149

5-1265. BEAR ISLAND RIVER NEAR ELY

Apr. 18, 1958.

June 2, 1959.. 

Sept. 2.......

40

103 

26

4.8

2.5 

3.0

0.45

.30 

.31

0.00

.00 

.00

3.7

4.3 

4.8

1.6

1.8 

2 2

1.2

1.6 

1.4

0.6

.1 

.0

14

17 

19

0

0 

0

6.3

7.3 

5.0

0.2

.1 

.0

0.2

.1 

.2

0.8

.5 

1.6

47

52 

61

5-1270. KAWISHIWI RIVER NEAR WINTON

June 2, 1959..12,430 

Sept. 2.......| 553

I 0.2 5.5 

6.5

0.2 

.2

0.81 

1.0

5-1284. SAND RIVER NEAR BRITT

June 4, 1959..

Sept. 4....... 313

1.6

9.4

0.78 

.92

1.4

0.00

.00

3.7

5.5

1.9

2 

A

2.0

1.4

1.7

0.1 1 13

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0

0

8.3 

9.5

12

0.1 

.1

.0

0.2

Q

.2

1.0

3.8

71

89

115
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MISCELLANEOUS ANALYSES OF STREAMS IN LAKE OF THE WOODS BASIN IN MI

Chemical analyses, in parts per million, water year October 1958 to September 

Date of 

collection

Discharge 

(els)

Silica 

(SiOJ

Iron 

(Fe)

Manganese 

(Mn)

Calcium 

(Ca)

Magnesium 

(Mg)

Sodium 

(Na)

Potassium 

(K)

Bicarbonate 

(HCO,)

Carbonate 

(C03)

Sulfate 

(SOJ

Chloride 

(Cl)

Fluoride 

(F)

Nitrate 

(NOS)

Boron 

(B)

Dissolv

(residue 

Parts 

per 

million

T

p

a

f

5-1285. PIKE RIVER NEAR EMBARRASS

Apr. 18, 1958. 

Oct 1

June 3, 1959.. 

Sept. 3......

87

258 

-JH_

7.1

3.1 

9.9

0.69

.73 

1.3

0.00

.00 

.00

7.0

5.4 

6.3

1.6

2.1 

3.0

2.0

1.6 

1.6

0.9

.2

.4

20

18 

17

0

0 

0

11

10 

16

0.8 

.8

.5 

.1

0.1 

.2

.2

.4

1.5 

.5

.8 

.8

66 

105

78 

120

0

5-1296.5. LITTLE FORK RIVER AT COOK

June 4, 1959..

Sept. 4...... .

2.1

9.2

0.51

.82

0.00

.01

7.3

7.7

2.9

5.5

4.1

2.3

4.9

2.0

0.3

.8

24

20

0

0

0

12

18

21

0.1

.5

.3

0.3

.4

.3

.4

1.3

5.1

5.1

113 

168

168

169

0

5-1298. RICE RIVER NEAR ANGORA

June 4, 1959.. 

Aug. 4.......

Aug. 26 ...... 

Sept. 4.......

8.57

26.9

2.1 

8.8

9.8 

8.8

0.42 

.23

.27 

.75

0.00

.00

4.8

7.2 

6.5

1.9

2.9 

2.6

1.3 

1.8

1.7 

1.6

0.4

.8 

.4

15 

32

29 

18

0 

0

0 

0

8.3 

8.5

11 

14

0.1 

.1

.1

.0

0.2 

.2

.2 

.3

' 0.8

.4

1.1 

3.1

75 

78

88 

116

"0

5-1299. SOUTH BRANCH LITTLE FORK RIVER NEAR COOK

Oct. 2, 1958. .

May 1, 1959..

Aug. 26 ...... 

Sept. 4 ......

30.2 

166 

59.7 

202

14.0 

31.1

9.6

12 

6.8 

4.8

4.0 

6.4 

7.4 

10

0.59

.16 

.13 

.34

.40 

.32 

.24 

.66

0.00

.00 

.00

9.5

7.0 

7.2 

6.9

6.5 

11 

12 

6.6

2.5

3.1 

2.4 

2.6

2.6 

3.8 

3.4 

4.3

1.9

2.0 

2.0 

1.7

1.7 

2.1 

2.3 

2.4

1.0

1.4 

.9 

.8

.4 

.8 

1.3 

.6

27

19

27 

24

24 

46 

48 

24

0

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0

13

15 

11 

11

9.3 

7.8 

8.0 

15

0.5

.4 

.1 

.1

.1 

.1 

.1 

.0

0.3

.3 

.2 

.3

.2 

.2 

.2 

.3

1.1

1.0 

.4 

.4

.9 

.8 

1.6 

3.3

100

108 

74 

92

88 

96 

90 

126

0

5-1310. DARK RIVER NEAR CHISHOLM

Apr. 18, 1958.

June 4, 1959.. 

Sept. 5.......

24 

28

53 

95

10

5.1 

8.3

0.98

.51 

.83

0.21

.00 

.00

10

6.6 

6.9

2.9

2.3

2.6

2.2

1.8

1.6

1.3

.6 

.6

41

27 

26

0

0 

0

9 3

7.8 

8.5

0.7

.3

.0

0.1

.2 

.2

1.1

.9 

2.4

0.06 77

72 

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5-3310. MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT ST. PAUL, MINN.

LOCATION. Temperatur.e recorder at gaging station, 300 feet upstream from Robert Street Bridge in St. 

from Minnesota River.

DRAINAGE AREA. 36,800 square miles, approximately.

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Water temperatures: October 1956 to September 1959.

EXTREMES, 1958-59. Water temperatures: Maximum, 84°F Aug. 1-6; minimum, freezing point on several da

EXTREMES, 1956-59. Water temperatures: Maximum, 85°F Aug. 13-18, 1958; minimum, freezing point on ma

REMARKS. Records of discharge for water year October 1958 to September 1959 given in WSP 1628.

Temperature (° F) of water, water year October 1958 to September 

/Recorder with temperature attachment, continuous ethyl alcohol-actuated 

Day

2. ..................

3...................

4.... ...............

5. ..................

6...................

7. ..................

8. ............. ....

9. ..................

10. ..................

11...................

12...................

14...................

15...................

16...................

17...................

18. ..................

19...................

20. ..................

21...................

22...................

23...................

24. ..................

25...................

27...................

28...................

29. ..................

30...................

31...................

October

max

64 

63 

62 

62 

61

60 

60 

59 

59 

59

58 

58

57 

57 

57

56 

56 

56 

55 

55

55 

55 

55 

54 

54

53 

53 

53 

53 

53 

52

mln

63 

62 

62 

61 

60

60 

59 

59 

59 

58

58 

57 

57 

57 

56

56 

56 

55 

55 

55

55 

55 

54 

54 

53

53 

53 

53 

53 

52 

52

November

max

52 

52 

52 

52 

51

40 

40

39 

39 

39 

39 

39

min

52 

52 

52 

51 

51

40 

39

39 

39 

39 

39 

38

December

max

38 

38 

38 

37 

36

36 

36 

36 

36 

35

35 

35

35 

35 

35 

34 

34

34 

34 

34 

34 

33

33 

33 

33 

33 

32 

32

min

38 

38 

37 

36 

36

36 

36 

36 

35 

35

35 

35

35 

35 

34 

34 

34

34 

34 

34 

33 

33

33 

33 

33 

32 

32 

32

January

max

32 

33 

33 

33 

33

33 

33 

33 

33 

33

33 

33 

33 

32 

32

33 

33 

33 

32

min

32 

32 

33 

33 

33

33 

33 

33 

33 

33

33 

33 

32 

32 

32

32 

33 

32 

32

February

max

32 

32

32 

33 

33

33 

33 

34 

34 

34

35 

35 

35 

35 

35

35 

36 

36

min

32 

32

32 

32 

33

33 

33 

33 

34 

34

34 

35 

35 

35 

35

35 

35 

36

March

max

36 

37 

37 

38 

38

38 

38 

39 

39 

39

39 

39 

40 

40 

40

41 

41 

41 

41 

41

42 

42 

42 

42 

42

42 

43 

43 

43 

43 

43

min

36 

36 

37 

37 

38

38 

38 

38 

39 

39

39 

39 

39 

40 

40

40 

41 

41 

41 

41

41 

42 

42 

42 

42

42 

42 

43 

43 

43 

43

April

max

44 

44 

45 

45 

45

46 

46

47 

47 

47

47 

48 

48 

49 

49

50 

51 

51 

52 

52

53 

53 

53 

53 

53

54 

54 

54 

54 

54

min

43 

44 

44 

45 

45

45 

46 

46 

47 

47

47 

47 

48 

48 

49

49 

50 

51 

51 

52

52 

53 

53 

53 

53

53 

54 

54 

54 

54

M

max

55 

56 

57 

58 

60

63 

63 

63 

63 

63

62 

62 

62 

62 

62

61 

61 

61 

61 

61

61 

61 

61 

61 

62

62 

62 

63 

63 

64 

64

a Includes estimated temperature of 35° F on days of no record.
HUDSON BAY AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASINS 51

5; g ° 3 S, 5* -a

SoIS

sIs:

 38

s If

s

s c -s§

3 S
52 QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959

WISCONSIN RIVER BASIN 

5-4037. DELL CREEK NEAR LAKE DELTON, WIS.

LOCATION. At gaging station at Butterfield Bridge on Town Road, 6 miles southwest of Lake Delton, Sauk County, 7 miles east of Reedsburg, and 7 miles upstream from mouth. 

DRAINAGE AREA. 44.9 square miles. 

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Water temperatures: October 1957 to September 1959

Sediment records: October 1957 to September 1959. 

EXTREMES, 1958-59. Water temperatures: Maximum, 69°F Aug. 22; minimum, freezing

point on many days during November to March.

Sediment concentrations: Maximum daily, 438 ppm May 11; minimum daily, 1 ppm Mar 14. 

Sediment loads: Maximum daily, 512 tons May 11; minimum daily, less than 0 05 ton 

Mar. 14. 

EXTREMES, 1957-59.--Water temperatures: Maximum, 69°F Aug. 22, 1959; minimum,

freezing point on many days during winter months each year. 

Sediment concentrations: Maximum daily, 438 ppm May 11, 1959; minimum daily, 1 ppm

Sediment loads: Maximum daily, 512 tons May 11, 1959; minimum daily, less than 

0.05 ton May 1, 1958, Mar.14, 1959.

REMARKS. Flow affected by ice Nov. 23 to Feb. 23, Mar. 5-8, 14-18. Records of discharge for water year October 1958 to September 1959 given in WSP 1628.

Temperature (° F) of water, water year October 1958 to September 1959 

/Once-daily measurement between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m./

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Average

Oct.

44

45

49

51

48

48

55

55

55

47

46

44

49

53

54

56

48

45

45

50

53

51

47

47

48

48

46

42

41

40

41

48

Nov.

42

41

41

42

42

39

36

44

41

38

40

36

44

51

48

47

51

44

38

40

38

36

40

37

38

32

32

32

32

32

--

40

Dec.

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

35

35

34

37

32

32

32

Jan.

32

34

32

32

32

32

31

31

31

31

34

41

40

33

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

38

31

32

33

Feb.

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

36

--

--

32

Mar.

34

38

36

32

32

36

32

36

36

32

36

34

33

34

34

_

33

36

40

37

33

34

36

38

36

33

36

34

38

36

36

35

Apr.

34

36

36

36

41

38

42

40

38

36

40

39

41

44

48

52

54

48

44

40

41

52

51

48

48

46

44

43

48

50

--

43

May

52

60

63

62

64

63

54

52

52

56

62

60

54

50

49

51

54

57

58

60

66

59

52

54

58

60

62

60

59

59

58

57

June

62

57

58

60

60

62

63

63

64

64

65

62

60

56

58

62

57

57

56

57

57

58

55

58

58

60

66

64

60

56

60

July

54

53

56

58

59

58

57

63

61

61

56

55

57

58

58

59

60

61

59

59

60

61

62

59

58

58

61

64

64

64

61

59

Aug.

60

58

61

61

62

63

61

59

59

57

60

61

62

64

62

59

61

58

59

63

65

69

64

63

64

65

64

66

64

61

59

62

Sept.

59

58

55

54

59

62

65

64

64

55

50

50

53

55

53

48

47

46

52

56

59

59

59

55

55

60

57

55

53

50

56
HUDSON BAY AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASINS 53

WISCONSIN RIVER BASIN Continued

5-4037. DELL CREEK NEAR LAKE DELTON, WIS. Continued 

Suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to September 1959

Day

1, .....

2. ..... 

3......

4. ..... 

5, .....

6. .....

7. .....

8. .....

9. .....

10, .....

11......

12. .....

13. .....

14. ..... 

15. .....

16. .....

17. .....

18. .....

19. .....

20. .....

21......

22. ..... 

23. .....

24. ..... 

25. .....

27. .....

28. .....

29. .....

30. ..... 

31......

Total.

i...... 

2...... 

3...... 

4...... 

5......

6. .....

&..... 

9. ..... 

10. .....

13...... 

14. ..... 

15. .....

19. ..... 

20. .....

22. ..... 

23. ..... 

24. ..... 

25. .....

26. ..... 

27. ..... 

28. ..... 

29. ..... 

30. ..... 

31...... 

Total.

October

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

14.0 

14.0 

14.0 

13.8 

13.5

13.8

14.0 

17.4 

18.5 

16.0

15.4 

15.4 

15.4 

15.4 

15.4

15.4 

15.4 

15.4 

15.4 

15.4

15.4 

16.8 

15.4 

15.4 

14.9

15.2 

15.2 

14.6 

14.3 

14.3 

14.0

468.5

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

2 

2 

3 

2 

2

2 

3 

4 

4 

3

2 

2 

3 

4 

3

2 

2 

2 

2 

2

2 

2 

2 

2 

3

3 

3 

3 

2

3 

3

--

Tons 

per 

day

0.1 

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1

.1 

.1 

.2 

.2 

.1

.1 

.1 

.1 

.2 

.1

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1

3.4

January

13 

13 

12 

11 

11

11 

12 

12 

12 

12

13 

13 

13 

13 

13

12 

12 

12 

12 

12

12 

12 

12 

12 

12

12 

13 

13 

13 

13 

13

381

4 

5 

6 

3 

3

3 

3 

2 

2 

2

3 

3

3 

4 

6

7 

3 

3

3

--

0.1 

.2 

.2 

.1 

.1

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1 

.2

.2 

.1 

.1

e'.l

3.5

November

discharge 

(cfs)

14.0 

14.0 

14.0 

13.8 

13.8

13.8 

13.8 

13.8 

14.0 

13.8

13.5 

13.2 

13.5 

13.5 

13.5

13.5 

15.7 

23 

18.0 

17.1

16.6 

16.3 

16 

16 

15

15 

15 

15 

14 

14

446.2

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

2 

2 

3

4 

5

5 

4 

3 

4 

2

3 

3 

3 

3 

3

3 

8 

12 

2

4

5 

6 

6 

5 

6

6 

6 

6 

7 

8

--

Tons 

per 

day

0.1 

.1 

.1 

.1 

.2

.2 

.1 

.1 

.2 

.1

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1

.1 

.3 

.7 

.1 

.2

.2 

.3 

.2 

.2 

.2

.2 

.2 

.2 

.3 

.3

5.5

February

12 

11 

11 

11 

11

11 

11 

11 

11 

11

12 

13 

13

14 

15

14 

14 

14 

13 

13

14 

15 

16 

16 

16

16.3 

16.3 

15.4

371.0

2 

3 

3

4 

4 

4 

6 

4

5 

5 

6 

8 

6

5 

5 

5 

5 

6

6 

7 

6

"

eO.l

.1 

.1 

.1

.1 

.1 

.1 

.2 

.2

.2 

.2 

.2 

.3 

.2

.2 

.2 

.2 

.2 

.2

.2 

.3 

.2

4.5

December

Mean

discharge 

(cfs)

14

14 

14 

14 

13

12 

11 

11 

11 

11

11 

11 

11 

11 

11

11 

11 

11 

12 

12

12 

12 

12 

12 

13

13 

13 

13 

13 

13 

13

376

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

8 

8 

9 

13

6

8

7 

5 

6 

3

4 

8 

4 

4 

8

6 

5 

5 

5 

5

5 

4 

4 

4 

3

4 

4 

7 

6 

5 

4

-

Tons 

per 

day

0.3 

.3 

.3 

.5 

.2

.2 

.2 

.1 

.2 

.1

.1 

.2 

.1 

.1 

.2

.2 

.1 

.1 

.2 

.2

.2 

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1

.1 

.1 

.2 

.2 

.2 

.1

5.4

March

15.4 

15.7 

15.7 

15.7 

15

15 

15 

15 

16.6 

17.1

16.8 

16.8 

16.8 

16 

16

16 

16 

16 

19.1 

24

26 

24 

23 

33 

61

75 

45 

46 

50 

56 

93

861.7

4 

2 

3 

3 

2

2 

3 

3

4 

3

3 

3 

2 

1 

2

3 

3

4 

4 

11

10 

9 

12 

35 

78

70 

30 

23 

39 

35 

70

0.2 

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1

a .1 

a .1 

a .1 

.2 

.1

.1 

.1 

.1

(t) 

.1

a .1 

.1 

.2 

.2

.7

.7 

.6 

.7 

b3 

13

sb 15 

3.6 

2.8 

5.3 

5.3 

819

71.9

e Estimated.

s Computed by subdividing day.

t Less than 0.050 ton.

a Computed from estimated concentration graph.

b Computed from partly estimated concentration graph.
QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959 

WISCONSIN RIVER BASIN Continued

5-4037. DELL CREEK NEAR LAKE DELTON, WIS. Continued 

Suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to September 1959 Continued

Day

1. .....

2. .....

3. .....

4. .....

6. .....

7. .....

8. .....

9. .....

10. .....

11......

12. .....

13. .....

14. ..... 

15. .....

16......

17. .....

18. .....

19. .....

20. .....

21......

22. .....

24. ..... 

25. .....

26......

27. .....

28......

29. .....

30. ..... 

31......

Total.

L..... 

2...... 

3...... 

4...... 

5......

6. .....

8...... 

9. ..... 

10. .....

11......

13. ..... 

14. ..... 

15. .....

16. .....

18. .....

20. .....

91

24. ..... 

25......

26. ..... 

27. ..... 

28. ..... 

29. ..... 

30. ..... 

31......

Total.

April

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

184 

188 

232 

264 

236

171 

111 

81 

48 

39

35 

33 

32 

31 

30

30 

31 

35 

29 

27

26 

25 

24 

24 

24

23 

23

77 

41 

31

2,185

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

52 

38 

33 

20 

20

24 

28 

38 

25 

18

14 

10 

9 

9 

10

10 

16 

15 

9 

6

2 

3 

3 

2 

2

3 

2 

32 

10 

3

-

Tons 

per 

day

26 

19 

21 

14 

13

11 

8.4 

8.3 

3.2 

1.9

1.3 

.9 

.8 

.8 

.8

.8 

1.3 

1.4 

.7 

.4

.1 

.2 

.2 

.1 

.1

.2 

.1 

s 7.1 

s 1.2 

.2

144.5

July

24 

19.7 

17.1 

15.7 

16.0

14.9 

14.3 

17.4 

33 

30

51 

21 

18.0 

16.8 

16.0

15.4 

15.4 

14.3 

13.8 

13.2

12.9 

12.7 

12.7 

12.4 

12.2

11.9 

11.6 

11.6 

12.2 

12.7 

12.4

532.3

19 

10 

10 

9 

7

6 

7 

25 

73

19 

6 

11 

8

8 

8 

7 

6 

6

7 

8 

6

5 

5

12 

11 

14 

16 

14 

14

Total discharge for year (cfsTotal load for year (tons). . . .

1.2 

.5 

.5 

.4 

.3

.2 

.3 

b 1 

6.5 

e 12

e 30 

1.1 

.3 

.5 

.3

.3 

.3 

.3 

.2 

.2

.2 

.3 

.2 

.2 

.2

.4 

.3 

.4 

.5 

.5 

.5

60.1

May

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

27 

25 

23 

23 

22

32 

30 

24 

22 

27

345 

103 

33 

27 

24

22 

20 

19.7 

20 

42

59 

27 

26 

- 24 

21

20 

22 

20 

21 

19.4 

43

1,213.1

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

3

4 

4 

4 

3

8 

4 

3 

10

438 

82 

18 

6 

5

5 

6 

13 

6

320 

30 

13 

9 

7

7 

9 

11 

7 

5

-

Tons 

per 

day

0.2 

.3 

.2 

.2 

.2

e 2 

.6 

.2 

.2 

.7

s 512 

s 26 

1.6 

.4 

.3

.3 

.3 

.7 

.3 

e45

sb 60 

2.2 

.9 

.6 

.4

.4 

.5 

.6 

.4 

.3 

e 45

703.0

August

11.1 

11.1 

17.7 

16.3 

14.0

14.0 

15.7 

13.5 

12.9 

12.7

17.1 

14.9 

13.8 

12.7 

22

21 

23 

16.8 

15.7 

15.2

14.9 

14.6 

14.3 

13.8 

13.2

12.9 

45 

39 

18.0 

16.3 

16.3

529.5

11 

12 

33 

14 

10

13 

15 

13 

12 

10

21 

13 

10 

11 

24

17 

15 

10 

6 

4

3

4 

4 

6 

8

12

30 

15 

8 

8

0.3 

.4

B 1.7

.6 

.4

.5 

.6 

.5 

.4 

.3

1.0 

.5 

.4 

.4 

1.4

1.0 

.9 

.4 

.2 

.2

.1 

.2 

.2 

.2 

.3

.4 

e 13 

s3.6 

.7 

.4 

.4

31.6

June

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

44 

25 

22 

20 

19.4

17.7 

16.8 

16.3 

15.7 

15.7

23

17.7 

15.7 

15.4 

18.8

16.8 

15.4 

15.4 

15.4 

14.9

14.3 

14.0 

13.5 

14.0 

15.7

21 

16.8 

16.8 

18.8 

21

547.0

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

310 

32 

16 

12 

11

13 

13 

10 

9 

16

32

14 

17 

12 

12

13 

11 

8 

7 

6

6 

8 

8 

9 

12

15 

8 

9 

18 

20

-

Tons 

per 

day

sb40 

2.2 

1.0 

.6 

.6

.6 

.6 

.4 

.4 

.7

s 2.1 

.7 

.7 

.5 

.6

.6 

.4 

.3 

.3 

.2

.2 

.3 

.3 

.3 

.5

.8 

.4 

.4 

.9 

1.1

58.7

September

15.2 

15.7 

14.6 

13.5 

13.2

12.9 

12.4 

12.2 

12.2 

12.4

12.4 

12.4 

12.4 

12.4 

12.4

12.4 

12.4 

12.4 

12.9 

19.1

17.1 

22 

26 

18.0 

28

46 

67 

40 

25 

21

575.6

9 

14 

6 

9 

12

10 

8 

8 

8 

15

16 

10 

8 

7 

7

7 

10 

8 

9 

32

18

25 

11

150 

65 

31 

15 

12

toys). ............................................................

0.4 

.6 

.2 

.3 

.4

.3 

.3 

.3 

.3

.5

.5 

.3 

.3 

.2 

.2

.2 

.3 

.3 

.3

s 1.8

.8 

e 2 

b 2

.5 

e 14

sb 20 

12 

3.3 

1.0 

.7

64.3

8,486.9 

1,156.4

e Estimated

s Computed by subdividing day.

b Computed from partly estimated concentration graph.
WISCONSIN RIVER. BASIN Continued

5-4037. DELL CREEK NEAR LAKE DELTON, WIS. Conti

Particle-size analyses of suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to 

(Methods of analysis: B, bottom withdrawal tube; C, chemically dispersed; M, m

N, in native water; P, plpet; 8, sieve; V, visual accumulation tube; W, in 

Date 

of 

collection

May 11, 1959.....

June 1 ...........

Time

8:55 a.m. 

8:55 a.m. 

8: 20 a.m. 

7: 10 a.m.

Discharge 

(cfs)

723 

723 

74 

54

Water 

temperature 

(°F)

Suspended sedim

Concentration 

of sample 

(ppm)

810 

810 

441 

480

Concentration 

of suspension 

analyzed 

(ppm)

887 

852 

674 

883

Percent finer t

0.002

85 

75 

83 

94

0.004

92 

91 

90 

95

0.008

97 

97 

95 

96

0.016

98 

98 

96 

97

0.0
QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959

WISCONSIN RIVER BASIN Continued 

5-4065. BLACK EARTH CREEK AT BLACK EARTH, WIS.

LOCATION.--At gaging station, 0.7 mile east of Black Earth, Dane County, 2 1 miles upstream from Vermont Creek, and 150 feet south of U.S. Highway 14. 

DRAINAGE AREA. 45.9 square miles. 

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Water temperatures:' February 1954 to September 1959.

Sediment records: February 1954 to September 1959. 

EXTREMES, 1958-59. Water temperatures: Maximum, 76°F May 5, June 26, July 8; minimum,

freezing point on many days during November to February. 

Sediment concentrations: Maximum daily, 550 ppm Aug. 22; minimum daily, 1 ppm

Sediment loads: Maximum daily, 701 tons Apr. 1; minimum daily, less than 0.05 ton

Oct. 19-21. 

EXTREMES, 1954-59. Water temperatures: Maximum, 78°F July 7, 1955, June 10, 1956,

July 20, 1957; minimum, freezing point on many days during winter months. 

Sediment concentrations: Maximum daily, 2,010 ppm May 13, 1956; minimum daily 1 ppm

Dec. 31, 1955, Oct. 19-21, 1958. 

Sediment loads: Maximum daily, 3,960 tons July 3, 1954; minimum daily less than

0.05 ton Oct. 19-21, 1958. 

REMARKS. Flow affected by ice Nov. 30, Dec. 6-15, Jan. 3 to Feb. 12, Feb. 19-20,

23, Mar. 6-7, 15-17, 20-21. Records of discharge for water year October 1958

to September 1959 given in WSP 1628.

Temperature (° F) of water, water year October 1958 to September 1959

Day

1

2

.3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Average

Oct.

50

55

60

60

50

_

60

60

61

--

55

54

62

63

65

..

58

57

52

--

6?

60

53

50

49

48

54

54

52

55

56

56

Nov.

52

44

51

54

47

46

45

44

42

49

54

48

53

67

48

..

55

42

48

44

.

45

46

43

--

32

33

32

45

Dec.

..

34

38

38

32

32

32

32

32

32

--

32

32

33

36

32

34

34

33

32

31

34

36

--

--

33

Jan.

_

38

32

32

32

33

32

33

34

34

39

39

40

36

32

31

33

34

32

33

__

_

32

--

32

33

36

34

32

34

Feb.

32

32

33

32

32

32

36

_

33

--

33

38

34

34

37

35

_.

..

--

_

_

43

39

38

39

39

_.

_.

--

Mar.

37

42

38

44

--

35

42

44

46

41

36

47

40

_

37

43

48

48

34

39

44

39

36

35

46

39

37

46

41

Apr.

38

39

42

46

50

46

53

45

42

48

44

55

57

61

60

57

56

46

47

50

57

60

48

50

52

45

55

56

62

50

May

53

72

_.

59

76

65

65

55

68

67

61

53

55

62

62

63

61

70

62

70

57

56

56

67

71

68

69

70

62

70

64

June

63

71

69

~

66

72

75

74

71

74

64

64

62

72'

71

64

68

61

65

73

69

71

68

76

74

70

57

--

69

July

62

70

68

59

70

72

76

72

68

67

63

67

73

70

67

73

68

63

70

74

73

69

71

--

71

70

69

67

70

66

69

Aug.

_

67

64

71

73

_

65

_

74

66

66

73

67

71

_

71

70

70

74

65

72

66

63

64

Sept.

64

_.

58

74

75

70

63

_

54

64

65

55

56

57

56

68

67

62

65

--

62

58

61

60

54

--
HUDSON BAY AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASINS

WISCONSIN RIVER BASIN Continued 

5-4065. BLACK EARTH CREEK AT BLACK EARTH, WIS. Continued

57

Suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to September 1959

Day

1......

2. .....

5. .....

6. .....

7. .....

9. .....

11......

12. .....

15. .....

17. .....

19. .....

22......

24. .....

25......

26......

27......

29. .....

31......

Total.

L..... 

2...... 

3...... 

4...... 

5......

6. .....

&..... 

9. ..... 

10. .....

13. ..... 

14. ..... 

15. .....

19. ..... 

20. .....

21......

99

24. ..... 

25. .....

26. ..... 

27. ..... 

28. ..... 

29. ..... 

30. ..... 

31...... 

Total.

October

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

16 

16 

16 

16 

15

16 

18 

20 

26 

18

17 

16 

16 

16 

16

16 

16 

16 

16 

16

16 

16 

16 

16 

16

16 

16 

16 

16 

16 

16

514

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

2 

3

6 

7 

6

5 

3 

3 

12 

3

3 

2 

2 

2 

2

4

5 

4 

1 

1

1 

4 

3 

3 

8

10 

6 

3 

6 

6 

5

-

Tons 

per 

day

0.1 

.1 

.2 

.3 

.2

a .2 

.1 

.2 

.8 

a .1

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1

a .2 

.2 

.2

(t) 

(t)

(t) 

.2 

.1 

.1 

.3

.4 

.2 

.1 

.2 

.2 

.2

5.5

January

16 

16 

15 

15 

15

15 

15 

15 

15 

15

15 

16 

16 

16 

16

15 

15 

15 

15 

15

15 

15 

15 

15 

15

15 

15 

15 

15 

14 

14

469

16 

18 

17 

15 

13

12 

12 

14 

13 

14

14 

12 

9 

8 

15

21 

19 

16 

24 

20

18 

17 

15 

13 

15

22 

17 

20 

19 

17 

24

--

a 0.7 

.8 

a .7 

.6 

.5

.5 

.5 

.6 

.5 

.6

.6 

.5 

.4 

.3 

.6

.8 

.8 

.6 

1.0 

.8

.7 

a .7 

a .6 

.5 

.6

.9 

.7 

.8 

.8 

.6 

.9

20.2

November

discharge 

(cfs)

16 

16 

16 

16 

16

16 

16 

16 

16 

16

16 

16 

16 

16 

16

16 

20 

27 

19 

18

18 

16 

16 

17 

18

18 

16 

16 

14 

15

504

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

13 

13 

5 

3

--

Tons 

per 

day

0.6 

.6 

.2 

.1

e .4

e .7

e .4

12.2

February

14 

15 

15 

15 

14

15 

15 

15 

15 

15

15 

15 

16 

16 

16

16 

16 

15 

15 

17

18 

18 

18 

18 

17

17 

18 

18

447

28 

25 

18 

10 

6

13 

15 

16 

21 

25

26 

25 

26 

32 

17

20

18 

17 

15 

13 

16

17 

17 

17

--

1.0 

1.0 

.7 

.4 

.2

.5 

.6 

.6 

.8 

a 1

1.0 

1.0 

1.1 

1.4 

.7

.9 

e .7

.9 

a .8 

a .7 

.6 

.7

.8 

.8 

.8

21.8

December

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

17 

17 

17 

16 

15

16 

16 

16 

16 

16

16 

15 

15 

15 

15

16 

16 

16 

16 

16

16 

16 

16 

16 

16

16 

16 

16 

16 

16 

16

494

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

Tons 

per 

day

eO.4

12.4

March

18 

19 

19 

18 

17

17 

17 

18 

18 

18

18 

18 

18 

18 

17

17 

17 

17 

26 

40

58 

69 

106 

247 

284

174 

118 

118 

129 

167 

360

2,215

12 

17 

13 

13

1

18 

13

15

19 

20 

20 

20

20 

21 

20 

30 

28

43 

38

110 

401 

289

83

59 

80

450

--

0.6 

.9 

.7 

.6

e .9

.9 

.6

.7 

.9 

1.0 

a 1 

a .9

a .9 

1.0 

.9 

b 2 

3.0

6.7 

7.1 

sb45 

s 360 

s 233

39 

e 25 

s 21 

sb35 

e 110 

sbSOO

1,402.0

e Estimated.

s Computed by subdividing day.

t Less than 0.050 ton.

a Computed from estimated concentration graph.

b Computed from partly estimated concentration graph.

706-462 O - 63 - 5
QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959 

WISCONSIN RIVER BASIN Continued

5-4065. BLACK EARTH CREEK AT BLACK EARTH, WIS. Continued 

Suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to September 1959 Continued

Day

1......

3. .....

5. .....

6. .....

7. .....

9. .....

10. .....

11......

14. .....

15. .....

17. .....

18. .....

23. .....

25. ..... 

26......

29......

31...... 

Total.

L..... 

2...... 

3...... 

4. ..... 

5......

8......

10. ..... 

11......

13. .....

16. .....

18. ..... 

19. ..... 

20. .....

22. ..... 

23. .....

25. .....

26. ..... 

27. ..... 

28. ..... 

29. ..... 

30. ..... 

31...... 

Total.

April

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

702 

271 

154 

86 

65

52 

52 

46 

41 

36

33 

32 

30 

29 

28

27 

28 

29 

26 

26

24 

24 

23 

24 

23

23 

22 

34 

27 

25

2,042

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

370 

164 

120 

68 

76

61 

92 

57 

36 

36

35 

35 

48 

42 

37

36 

27 

23 

23 

24

25 

27 

30 

36 

40

37 

49 

45 

23 

38

--

Tons 

per 

day

701 

123 

s 53 

16 

13

8.6 

13 

7.1 

4.0 

3.5

3.1 

3.0 

3.9 

3.3 

2.8

2.6 

2.0 

1.8 

1.6 

1.7

1.6 

1.7 

1.9 

2.3 

2.5

2.3 

2.9 

s 3.9 

1.7 

2.6

991.4

July

26 

23 

20 

20 

20

20 

19 

18 

19 

19

19 

18 

18 

18 

17

17 

17 

50 

23 

20

20 

19 

20 

20 

19

19 

18 

18 

26 

42 

25

667

41 

39 

40 

42 

43

30 

20 

24 

21 

19

18 

17 

17 

16 

16

26 

15

28 

12

10 

8 

11 

18 

13

10 

11 

35

10

--

Total discharge for year (cfsTotal load for year (tons) ....

2 9 

2A 

a 2 

2.3 

2.3

1.6 

1.0 

1.2 

1.1 

1.0

.9 

.8 

.8 

.8 

.7

1.2 

.7 

e 50 

1.7 

.6

.5 

.4 

.6 

1.0 

a .7

.5 

.5 

1.7 

e 13 

e 15 

.7

110.6

May

discharge

(cfs)

23 

23 

22 

21 

21

21 

20 

20 

20 

24

26 

22 

20 

20 

19

19 

19 

19 

20 

25

23 

20 

22 

20 

19

22 

29 

22 

21 

20 

19

661

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

40 

21 

17 

25 

15

11 

15 

32 

25 

16

26 

20 

24 

28 

27

24 

17 

11 

13

20 

16 

20 

23 

23

37

40 

37 

42 

35

-

Tons 

per 

day

2.5 

1.3 

a 1 

1.4 

.8

a .6 

.8 

1.7 

1.4 

1.0

1.8 

1.2 

1.3 

1.5 

1.4

1.2 

.9 

.6 

.7 

e 8

b 1 

.9 

1.2 

1.2 

1.2

s2.8 

e 11 

2.4 

2.1 

2.3 

1.8

59.0

August

22 

21 

29 

26 

23

22 

22 

21 

20 

20

23 

22 

20 

23 

36

25 

32 

23 

21 

20

30 

154 

52 

30 

23

21 

152 

70 

40 

33 

32

1,108

7 

7 

23 

11 

8

11 

13

85 

35

65 

57 

62

550 

174 

65 

44

32

80 

39 

37 

27

a 0.4 

.4 

1.8 

.8 

.5

a .6 

.8

.7

e 3 

sb 9

2.4 

e 15 

a 4 

3.2 

3.3

e 25 

sb 270 

s26 

a 5 

2.7

1.8 

e 90 

sb 17 

4.2 

3.3 

2.3

496.7

June

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

19 

19 

19 

18 

18

25 

32 

20 

19 

19

19 

18 

18 

17 

18

17 

17 

18 

18 

17

17 

17 

17 

17 

18

20 

19 

29 

34 

30

603

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concen - 

tration 

(ppm)

35 

35 

31 

30 

35

300 

38 

28 

33

21

13 

27 

17 

12

12 

28 

38 

30 

39

30 

35 

45 

25 

22

21 

20

44 

27

Tons 

per 

day

1.8 

a2 

1.6 

1.4 

a2

e 19 

sb35 

2.0 

1.4 

1.7

1.1 

a .6 

1.3 

.8 

.6

.6 

1.3 

1.8 

1.4 

1.8

1.4 

1.6 

2.1 

1.1 

1.1

1.1 

1.0 

e 5 

4.0 

2.2

99.8

September

29 

28 

26 

25 

24

23 

23 

22 

22 

21

21 

21 

20 

20 

20

20 

20 

20 

20 

20

20 

20 

20 

20 

21

25 

33 

28 

25 

24

681

37 

40 

40 

40 

43

38 

30 

20 

13 

6

5 

7 

3 

6 

7

3 

3 

5 

7 

10

10 

10 

10 

10 

9

8

2.9 

a3 

2.8 

a3 

2.8

2.4 

a 2 

a 1 

.8 

.3

.3 

.4 

.2 

.3 

.4

.2 

a .2 

a .3 

.4 

.5

.5 

.5 

.5 

.5 

.5

e .8 

e 2 

e .6 

e .5 

.5

31.1

10,405 

3,262.7

e Estimated.

s Computed by subdividing day.

a Computed from estimated concentration graph.

b Computed from partly estimated concentration graph.
HUDSON BAY AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASINS

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s-s-1

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a

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Concentration of suspension

Concentration

S&i 5 S.H

Discharge 

(cfs)

V

S

1-s

a ;

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s

o

o

o

o 

o

o

§

o

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60 QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959

TURKEY RIVER BASIN 

5-4125. TURKEY RIVER AT CAREER, IOWA

LOCATION. At gaging station on downstream side of bridge at Garber, Clayton County,

800 feet upstream from Wayman Creek, 2,000 feet downstream from Elk Creek, and 1 mile 

downstream from Volga River. 

 iAINAGE AREA. 1,545 square miles. 

tCORDS AVAILABLE. Water temperatures: October 1957 to September 1959.

Sediment records: October 1957 to September 1959. 

EXTREMES, 1958-59. Water temperatures: Maximum,''80°F Aug. 12; minimum, freezing point

on many days during November to March. 

Sediment concentrations: Maximum daily, 19,300 ppm May 20; minimum daily, not

determined.

Sediment loads: Maximum daily, 294,000 tons June 26; minimum daily, not determined. 

EXTREMES, 1957-59.--Water temperatures: Maximum, 82°F Aug. 19, 1958; minimum,

freezing point on many days during winter months each year. 

Sediment concentrations: Maximum daily, 19,300 ppm May 20, 1959; minimum daily, not

determined. 

Sediment loads: Maximum daily, 294,000 tons June 26,1959; minimum daily, not

determined. 

REMARKS. Maximum observed sediment concentration during water year, 31,600 ppm

May 26. Flow affected by ice Nov. 26 to Mar. 23. Records of discharge for water year 

October 1958 to September 1959 given in WSP 1628.

Temperature (° F) of water, water year October 1958 to September 1959 

/Once-daily measurement at varying hours/

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Average

Oct.

46

48

50

55

51

50

59

59

60

48

40

45

51

56

59

60

50

49

48

52

58

50

--

50

--

48

43

40

--

51

Nov.

40

--

39

--

46

__

40

--

39

-

38

42

--

47

--

55

46

43

41

39

36

41

38

._

32

--

32

--

--

--

Dec.

32

--

32

--

32

_

32

--

32

--

32

--

32

32

32

32

32

--

32

--

32

--

32

-.

32

32

32

a 32

Jan.

__

32

-_

32

--

32

32

_-

32

__

32

--

32

--

32

32

--

32

__

32

--

32

--

32

32

32

--

a 32

Feb.

32

--

32

--

32

..

32

32

--

32

_

32

_-

32

._

32

--

32

--

32

__

32

-_

32

..

32

__

-_

--

--

a 32

Mar.

32

32

_.

32

--

32

--

32

32

--

32

__

33

-_

33

..

32

34

34

33

32

32

34

34

35

34

33

34

33

34

35

--

Apr.

37

37

38

36

42

46

46

43

42

43

46

44

45

46

46

58

53

53

48

47

45

44

48

52

60

50

47

46

61

64

--

47

May

58

63

70

68

71

77

56

67

58

60

60

62

56

52

51

52

56

62

60

64

64

65

58

60

61

66

65

68

64

66

69

62

June

62

64

64

66

64

70

75

72

72

74

72

72

66

66

64

68

68

70

66

69

72

75

64

68

70

72

72

73

68

64

--

69

July

58

60

65

66

66

64

66

72

68

68

66

68

68

70

70

72

72

71

70

--

_

73

__

72

"

78

._

78

74

76

--

Aug.

72

-_

69

72

75

70

-_

68

--

72

80

74

72

68

70

--

76

76

74

75

78

76

_

74

_

75

70

--

Sept.

62

68

_

62

--

76

__

74

_

60

..

59

_

64

58

55

60

62

..

68

__

64

--

64

60

58

58

58

--

--

a Includes estimated temperature, 32° F, on missing days.
HUDSON BAY AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASINS

TURKEY RIVER BASIN Continued 

5-4125. TURKEY RIVER AT CAREER, IOWA Continued

61

Suspended sediment, water vear October 1958 to September 1959

Day

1. .....

2. .....

3. .....

4. .....

6. .....

8. .....

10. .....

11......

12. .....

13. .....

14. .....

16. .....

17. .....

19. .....

22. .....

25. .....

31......

Total.

L..... 

2...... 

3...... 

4...... 

5......

6. .....

8......

10. ..... 

11......

13. ..... 

14. ..... 

15......

16. .....

20. .....

22. ..... 

23. ..... 

24. ..... 

25. .....

26. ..... 

27. ..... 

28. ..... 

29. ..... 

30. ..... 

31...... 

Total.

October

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

82 

82 

90 

92 

82

82 

83 

115 

373 

111

93 

90 

88 

100 

82

82 

83 

83 

85 

85

97 

100 

86 

88 

106

90 

102 

110 

95 

100 

110

3,147

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

19

440 

2,100 

1,300

48 

27 

38 

54

28

35 

31

15

38 

26 

15

-

Tons 

per 

day

4

sb460 

sb3,100 

390

12 

7 

9 

15

6

9 

8

a 6

4,128

January

74 

74 

70 

70 

68

66 

64 

64 

66 

66

66 

68 

70 

72 

74

76 

76 

76 

76 

74

72 

72 

70 

70 

68

66 

64 

62 

60 

60 

58

2,132

9 

8

10 

8 

6

7 

7

21 

13 

8

17 

11

13 

7 

10

-

a2

62

November

Mean 

discharge

(cfs)

90 

97 

98 

111 

88

93 

113 

88 

95 

95

97 

97 

100 

113 

88

97 

130 

624 

776 

435

274 

252 

208 

220 

180

140 

120 

105 

100 

120

5,244

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

12 

14 

23

10 

12

12 

11 

15

300 

2,700 

1,200 

500

255 

190 

95

100 

33

-

Tons 

per 

day

a 4

sb 160 

sb 5,400 

sb 2,600 

587

189 

129 

53 

e 60 

49

e 10

9,341

February

58 

56 

56 

56 

56

56 

56 

58 

58 

58

60 

60 

60 

62 

62

62 

62 

60 

58 

58

60 

64 

66 

70 

68

68 

68 

68

1,704

12 

12 

11

12 

13

14 

13 

16

12 

13

14 

19 

12

10

-

a 2

56

December

Mean 

discharge

(cfs)

140 

130 

100 

90 

100

110 

100 

90 

80 

72

68 

64 

62 

60 

60

60 

60 

60 

62 

64

66 

68 

70 

72 

72

74 

74 

76 

76 

76 

76

2,432

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

34 

42 

27

34 

40

15 

14 

20

37 

8

8

8 

7 

10

13 

13 

12

--

Tons 

per 

day

a 10 

a 3

149

March

90 

120 

160 

140 

120

110 

100 

94 

90 

84

80 

76 

76 

80 

90

100 

110 

150 

400 

5,600

3,200 

2,700 

3,100 

7,970 

11,100

13,000 

10,600 

10,800 

11,000 

12,100 

13,200

106,640

52 

35

39

44 

34

25 

38 

14

17 

44 

885 

1,860

1,100 

500 

1,760 

3,410 

2,820

2,550 

2,010 

2,170 

2,270 

2,420 

2,160

-

13 

11 

e 17 

15 

e 13

e 12 

e 11 

11

a6

18 

956 

28,100

9,500 

3,650 

14,700 

s 80,500 

s 86,600

s 90,300 

s 58,100 

s 63, 900 

s 67, 500 

s 79,400 

77,000

660,381

Estimated, 

s Computed by subdividing day.

a Computed from samples obtained three or four times a week, 

b Computed from partly estimated concentration graph.
62 QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959

TURKEY RIVER BASIN Continued

5-4125. TURKEY RIVER AT CAREER, IOWA Continued 

Suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to September 1959 Continued

Day

3. .....

4. ..... 

5. .....

6. .....

8. .....

9. .....

10. .....

12. .....

14. ..... 

15. .....

18...... 

19...... 

20......

21......

22. .....

24. .....

25...... 

26......

29......

31. .....

Total.

1...... 

2...... 

3...... 

4...... 

5......

6. .....

8...... 

9...... 

10. .....

11......

13...... 

14. ..... 

15......

16. .....

1ft

20. .....

22. ..... 

23...... 

24. ..... 

25......

26. ..... 

27. ..... 

28. ..... 

29. ..... 

30. ..... 

31......

Total.

April

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

14,000 

11,800 

9,740 

5,960 

4,700

3,280 

2,400 

1,980 

1,650 

1,380

1,240 

1,100 

1,020 

932 

850

800 

775 

775 

750 

700

675 

630 

590 

557 

533

496 

482 

514 

514 

435

71,258

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

2,050 

2,000 

1,890 

1,340 

1,190

620 

395 

275 

195 

145

120 

73 

100 

96 

100

53 

100 

100 

76 

60

65 

66 

71 

61 

64

50 

47 

93 

62 

51

-

Tons 

per 

day

a 77,600 

63,700 

a 50,600 

a 21,800 

15,100

5,490 

2,560 

1,470 

869 

529

402 

217 

275 

242 

230

114 

209 

209 

154 

113

118 

112 

113 

92 

92

67 

61 

129 

86 

60

242,813

July

6,050 

3,980 

2,640 

2,120 

1,710

1,380 

1,150 

1,040 

1,240 

988

1,070 

960 

780 

760 

650

605 

566 

605 

581 

524

463 

426 

408 

376 

322

296 

277 

277 

342 

326 

274

33, 186

2,870 

1,240 

640 

900 

450

290 

240 

230 

550 

380

500 

410 

700 

420 

180

150 

140 

125 

110

92 

77

72

74 

220 

120

"

46,900 

13,300 

4,560 

sb5,400 

2,080

1,080 

745 

646 

sb 1,900 

1,010

1,440 

1,060 

sb 1,800 

sb900 

316

245 

214 

204 

173 

e 140

e 130 

106 

e90 

78 

e60

58 

e 55 

55 

203 

106 

e 80

85,134

May

discharge 

(cfs)

435 

403 

367 

376 

334

376 

390 

359 

342 

431

1,040 

620 

500 

421 

376

334 

281 

299 

1,780 

3,670

2,050 

1,530 

1,210 

1,040 

960

1,550 

1,560 

988 

1,800 

1,710 

3,220

30,752^

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

47 

41 

42 

39 

41

66 

37 

35 

32 

1,400

6,000 

610 

220 

120 

95

110 

92 

83 

9,660 

19,300

9,000 

2,000 

750 

470 

370

6,730 

13,000 

4,400 

6,550 

5,400 

9,540

-

Tons 

per 

day

55 

45 

42 

40 

37

67 

39 

34 

30 

sb2,500

sb 19,000 

1,020 

297 

136 

96

99 

70 

67 

a 59,900 

8 204,000

49,800 

8,260 

2,450 

1,320 

959

s 75,900 

sb62,000 

11,700 

s 32, 800 

24,900 

s 106,000

663,663

August

242 

233 

2,110 

970 

581

467 

430 

376 

351 

342

326 

330

322;

318 

403

385 

376 

326 

296 

281

430 

3,570 

1,440 

960 

800

700 

1,120 

960 

800 

800 

725

21,770

100 

100 

3,860 

1,680 

340

220 

120

81

82 

80 

105 

150 

295

120 

90 

78 

70 

71

480 

6,800 

2,420 

650 

500

420 

2,000 

750 

320 

420 

490

"

65 

c 65 

s 30,100 

s 4,730 

533

c280 

139

a 75

91 

sc 140 

321

125 

c 90 

69

c 55 

54

sb2,700 

sb 70,000 

s 10,200 

1,680 

1,080

c800 

sb6,300 

c 1,900 

691 

c900 

959

134,442

June

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

4,070 

2,330 

1,650 

1,320 

1,070

960 

800 

725 

650 

605

562

510 

449 

417 

390

334 

351 

307 

307 

296

281 

266 

242 

804 

3,120

8,950 

4,600 

3,810 

3,440 

3,840

47,456

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

7,450 

1,800 

930 

630 

405

320 

265 

210 

188 

160

130 

100 

100 

93 

93

105 

100 

78 

110 

105

105 

98 

75 

3,800 

15,000

12,000 

3,700 

7,530 

3,500 

2,900

-

Tons 

per 

day

87,500 

11,300 

4,140 

2,250 

1,170

829 

572 

411 

330 

261

197 

138 

121 

105 

98

95 

95 

65 

91 

84

80 

70 

49 

sb 34,000 

sb 150,000

s 294,000 

46,000 

s 88, 700 

33,000 

sb35,000

790,751

September

562 

514 

640 

635 

571

547 

463 

408 

338 

342

318 

299 

274 

277 

270

259 

252 

246 

246 

246

236 

236 

236 

307 

538

1,310 

3,260 

1,710 

1,530 

1,120

18,190

200 

130 

170 

255 

140

130 

110 

105 

90 

81

45

53 

31

24 

37 

32

37

27 

50

2,600 

3,800 

1,000 

360 

270

"

303 

180 

c300 

437 

c 220

192 

c 140 

116 

c 80 

75

a 34

a 22

22

c 75

sb 19,000 

sb42,000 

4,620 

1,490 

816

70,412

Total discharge for year (cfs-days)............................................................. 343,911

Total load for year (tons)....................................................................... 2,661,332

e Estimated. b Computed from partly estimated concentration graph, 

s Computed by subdividing day. c Computed from estimated concentration graph, 

a Computed from samples obtained three or four times a week.
TURKEY RIVER BASIN Continued 

5-4125. TURKEY RIVER AT GARBER, IOWA Cont inued

Particle-size analyses of suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to Se

(Methods of analysis: B, bottom withdrawal tube; C, chemically dispersed; M, mech

N, in native water; P, pipet; S, sieve; V, visual accumulation tube; W, In dis

Date 

of 

collection

Oct. 9, 1958.....

Mar. 20, 1959...

Mn _ OK

Mar 29

Mav 19

Sept. 27.........

Time

6:45 a.m. 

6:45 a.m. 

9:45 a.m. 

4:30 p.m. 

4:30 p.m. 

7:45 a.m.

8:00 p.m. 

6:00 a.m. 

3:50 p.m. 

3:50 p.m. 

9:00 a.m. 

10:30 a.m.

7:00 a.m. 

7:00 a.m. 

2:45 p.m. 

2:45 p.m. 

6:50 a.m. 

3:55 p.m.

8:10 a.m. 

6:00 a.m. 

5:00 p.m.

Discharge 

(cfs)

645 

645 

850 

5,600 

5,600 

6,460

11,800 

12,600 

9,580 

9,580 

10,900 

14,900

1,290 

3,980 

4,070 

4,070 

2,260 

3,800

4,430 

4,250 

2,480

Water 

temperature 

(° F)

60 

60 

46 

33 

33 

34

34 

35 

34 

34 

33 

37

60 

60 

66 

66 

68 

71

74 

60 

60

Suspended sedimen

Concentration 

of sample 

(ppm)

2,910 

2,910 

3,880 

3,370 

3,370 

2,230

4,500 

3,020 

2,160 

2,160 

2,480 

2,180

7,340 

24,400 

5,620 

5,620 

15,200 

4,520

7,760 

5,400 

2,380

Concentration 

of suspension 

analyzed 

(ppm)

3,920 

3,470 

3,410 

3,220 

2,880 

3,390

3,630 

4,660 

3,950 

3,590 

3,430 

3,050

2,950 

5,770 

3,040 

2,670 

2,920 

3,130

2,760 

4,000 

3,930

Percent finer than 

0.002

27

21 

30 

34

0.004

51 

40 

54 

36 

16 

25

22 

23 

22 

16 

36 

25

52 

43 

34 

26 

44 

35

29 

40 

47

0.008 0.016

81 

77 

80 

39 

34 

41

39 

45 

42 

35 

40 

42

78 

63 

55 

53 

73 

64

44 

70 

74

0.031 
ROCK RIVER BASIN

5-4305. ROCK RIVER AT AFTON, WIS.

LOCATION. Temperature recorder at gaging station,0.2 mile downstream from highway bridge in Afton, R

DRAINAGE AREA. 3,300 square miles, approximately.

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Water temperatures: September 1954 to September 1959.

EXTREMES, 1958-59. Water temperatures: Maximum, 83°F Aug. 25; minimum, freezing point on many days 

EXTREMES, 1954-59. Water temperatures: Maximum, 89°F July 27-30, Aug. 4, 1955; minimum, freezing p

REMARKS. Records of discharge for water year October 1958 to September 1959 given in WSP 1628.

Temperature (° F) of water, water year October 1958 to September 

/Recorder with temperature attachment, continuous ethyl alcohol-actuated 

Day

1...................

2. ..................

3...................

4. ..................

5. ............ . .

6...................

7. ..................

8. ............. ....

9. ..................

10. ..................

11........ ...........

12. ..................

13. ..................

14...................

15. ..................

16. ..................

17. ..................

18. ..................

19.............. ....

20. ..................

21...................

22............ .. .

23. .................

24. ..................

25. ..................

26.'............ .....

27. ..................

28. ..................

29. ..................

30............

31. ..................

Average .......

October

max

5$ 

58 

59 

62 

60

59 

59 

60 

60 

59

57 

56 

59 

61 

61

62 

61 

59 

57 

59

58 

60 

56 

54 

53

53 

53 

53 

52 

52 

52

57

min

54 

52 

52 

54 

56

54 

57 

57 

58 

55

53 

51 

53 

55 

56

57 

56 

55 

51 

53 

54 

56 

52 

52 

53

52 

51 

49 

49 

47 

47

53

November

max

51 

51 

51 

51 

51

48 

47 

47 

46 

45

46 

47 

46 

48 

48

49 

51 

51 

45 

45

42 

41 

41 

41 

40

38 

35 

34 

34 

34

45

min

47 

47 

45 

46 

47

45 

44 

46 

44 

42

43 

42 

44 

46 

47

47 

48 

44 

42 

42

41 

40 

39 

39 

38

35 

34 

34 

34 

34

42

December

max

34 

33 

33 

34 

34

33 

33 

33 

34 

35

34 

33 

34 

35 

33

33 

33 

33 

33 

33

33 

33 

32 

32 

32

33 

34 

35 

35 

34 

34

33

min

33 

33 

33 

33 

33

33

33 

33 

33 

33

33 

33 

33 

33 

33

33 

32 

32 

32 

33

33 

32 

32 

32 

32

32 

33 

34 

34 

32 

33

33

January

max

33 

33 

33 

33 

33

33 

34 

34 

34 

35

34 

33 

33 

32 

33

33 

33 

33 

33 

33

33 

33 

33 

33 

33

33 

33 

33 

32 

33 

33

33

min

33 

32 

32 

32 

32

32 

32 

33 

33 

32

33 

32 

32 

32 

32

33 

33 

33 

32 

33

33 

33 

33 

32 

33

32 

33 

32 

32 

32 

33

32

February

max

33 

33 

33 

33 

33

33 

34 

34 

34 

33

33 

32 

32 

33 

33

33 

34 

33 

33 

33

35 

35 

36 

35 

34

35 

34 

35

34

min

33 

33 

33 

33 

33

33 

32 

33 

32 

32

32 

32 

32 

32 

32

33 

33 

33 

33 

33

32 

33 

34 

33 

33

33 

33 

33

33

March

max

37 

35 

34 

35 

33

34 

35 

35 

35 

37

37 

36 

37 

36 

36

35 

36 

37 

39 

38

38 

38 

39 

40 

39

37 

36 

38 

37 

36 

37

37

min

33 

33 

33 

33 

33

32 

33 

33 

33 

34

35 

35 

35 

35 

33

33 

33 

33 

35 

35

34 

34 

35 

37 

37

34 

34 

36 

36 

36 

36

34

April

max

37 

37 

37 

37 

37

38 

37 

38 

38 

38

40 

42 

43 

45 

47

49 

51 

52 

51 

50 

48 

49 

50 

51 

51

51 

50 

48 

49 

51

45

min

36 

36 

36 

36 

36

37 

37 

37 

36 

37

37 

40 

41 

43 

45

47 

49 

51 

50 

47

47 

48 

49 

50 

50

50 

48 

47 

48 

49

43

max

5

5

5

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

5

5

5

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

7

7

7

7

7

6
HUDSON BAY AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASINS 65

ROCK RIVER BASIN Continued 

5-4335. YELLOWSTONE RIVER NEAR BLANCHARDVILLE, WIS.

LOCATION. At gaging station, 0.6 mile upstream from bridge on County Road F, 2.7 miles 

upstream from Yellowstone Lake dam, 7 miles southwest of Blanchardville, Lafayette 

County, and about 9 miles upstream from East Branch Pecatonica River. 

DRAIN4GE AREA. 29.1 square miles. 

RECORDS AVAILABLE.--Water temperatures-. August 1954 to September 1959.

Sediment records: August 1954 to September 1959. 

EXTREMES, 1958-59. Water temperatures: Maximum, 84°F Aug. 24; minimum, freezing point

on many days during November to March. 

Sediment concentrations: Maximum daily, not determined; minimum daily, 2 ppm

Apr. 17-18. 

Sediment loads: Maximum daily, 3,750 tons Apr. 1; minimum daily, 0.1 ton on many

days during October, December to April. 

EXTREMES, 1954-59. Water temperatures: Maximum, 89°F July 27, 1955; minimum, freezing

point on many days during winter months. 

Sediment concentrations: Maximum daily, not determined; minimum daily, 1 ppm on

many days. 

Sediment loads: Maximum daily, 3,750 tons Apr. 1, 1959; minimum daily, less than

0.05 ton on many days.

REMARKS. Flow affected by ice Dec. 5, Dec. 7 to Mar. 14, Mar. 16-24. Records of discharge for water year October 1958 to September 1959 given in WSP 1628.

Temperature (° F) of water, water year October 1958 to September 1959 

/Once-daily measurement between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m./

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Average

Oct.

56

55

56

55

54

59

59

58

60

58

57

57

56

56

56

56

56

56

56

54

54

53

52

50

51

50

50

44

43

43

42

54

Nov.

42

42

41

41

43

47

45

42

42

40

40

38

37

34

34

34

33

33

33

32

32

38

38

38

36

35

32

33

33

32

--

37

Dec.

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

Jan.

32

32

32

32

32

_

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

Feb.

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

33

33

33

33

33

32

33

33

33

32

--

--

--

._

32

--

32

32

32

32

--

32

Mar.

32

33

33

33

33

32

33

33

33

33

33

33

33

33

33

34

34

34

34

36

35

36

36

38

35

34

38

38

36

38

42

34

Apr.

38

39

39

41

40

40

41

42

42

44

44

46

46

46

46

43

43

43

42

40

_

_

_-

-

_

60

62

65

66

--

46

^JUay

66

67

69

71

74

..

67

57

58

71

68

65

59

50

48

64

69

64

69

68

68

68

69

70

70

74

75

72

65

73

74

67

June

71

71

75

74

74

68

80

80

80

75

78

78

77

77

75

78

74

67

75

74

_

75

73

70

75

78

74

73

64

64

74

July

64

66

76

68

73

74

77

77

75

67

70

72

75

79

79

..

80

78

74

78

78

_

76

75

75

74

74

74

74

78

79

74

Aug.

79

78

66

67

68

69

67

69

71

74

74

74

75

73

74

73

75

76

79

83

82

83

83

84

83

83

73

_

..

71

75

Sept.

_

_

75

80

76

77

83

73

66

67

67

68

67

53

54

57

58

56

59

66

72

66

64

62

64

62

63

61

61

66
66 QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959

ROCK RIVER BASIN Continued

5-4335. YELLOWSTONE RIVER NEAR BLANCHARDVILLE, WIS. Continued 

Suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to September 1959

Day

1. .....

2. ..... 

3. .....

5. .....

6. .....

7. .....

8. .....

9. .....

10. .....

11......

12. .....

13. .....

16. .....

17. .....

18. .....

20. .....

22......

24. ..... 

25. .....

26......

27. .....

29. .....

31......

Total.

L..... 

2...... 

3...... 

4...... 

5......

6. .....

8...... 

9. ..... 

10. .....

12. .....

13. ..... 

14. .....

15......

16. .....

19. ..... 

20. .....

22. ..... 

23. ..... 

24. ..... 

25......

26. ..... 

27. ..... 

28. ..... 

29. ..... 

30. ..... 

31...... 

Total.

October

Mean 

discharge 

(ds)

4.2 

4.4 

4.2 

4.2 

4.2

4.4 

7.5 

9.7 

37 

7.5

5.6 

5.0 

4.8 

4.6 

4.6

4.6 

4.4 

4.4 

4.4 

4.4

4.6 

6.4 

5.0 

4.8 

4.8

6.1 

5.8 

5.3 

5.0 

5.0 

5.0

191.9

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

12 

14 

14 

22 

26

23

97 

142 

350 

44

20 

24 

27 

34 

21

10 

14 

24 

19 

10

24 

124 

66 

24 

33

38 

A3 

41 

33 

25 

24

--

Tons 

per 

day

0.1 

.2 

.2 

.2 

.3

.3 

s 2.7 

s 5.5 

saSS 

.9

.3 

.3 

.3 

.4 

.3

.1 

.2 

.3 

.2 

.1

.3 

2.1 

.9 

.3 

.4

.6 

.7 

.6 

.4 

.3 

.3

74.8

January

3.5 

3.5 

3.5 

3.5 

3

3 

3 

3 

3 

3

3 

3 

3.5 

3.5 

3.5

3.5 

3.5 

3 

3 

3

3 

3 

3 

3 

3

3 

3 

3 

3 

3 

2.5

97.0

19 

18

18 

15 

13 

14

11

10

18 

14 

14 

16

17 

18 

19 

20 

14

14 

16 

10 

7 

7 

11

--

eO.l

.2

.1

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1

.1 

.2 

.1 

.1 

.1

.1 

.1 

.2 

.2

.1

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1

3.5

November

discharge 

(cfs)

5.0 

5.0 

4.8 

4.6 

4.8

5.3 

5.6 

6.1 

6.4 

6.1

6.1 

6.4 

6.7 

7.0 

8.4

7.2 

11.4 

11.0 

6.7 

5.8

5.3 

5.3 

5.3 

5.6 

6.1

5.6 

5.0 

4.8 

4.4 

4.0

181.8

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

24 

40 

28 

14 

12

22 

20

15 

14 

12

28 

49 

59 

57 

49

48 

66 

80 

69 

81

80 

75 

105 

86 

65

63 

66 

90 

96 

61

~

Tons 

per 

day

0.3 

.5 

.4 

.2 

.2

.3 

.3 

.2 

.2 

.2

.5

.8 

1.1 

1.1 

1.1

.9 

s2.1 

2.4 

1.2 

1.3

1.1 

1.1

1.5 

1.3 

1.1

1.0 

.9 

1.2 

1.1 

.6

26. 2

February

2.5 

3 

3 

3 

3

3 

3 

3.5 

3.5 

3.5

3.5 

3.5 

3.5 

3 

3

3 

3.5 

3.5 

4.5 

5.5

6 

6 

6 

5.5

5

5 

5 

5

111.0

10 

13 

10 

10 

13

14 

15 

15 

15 

14

14 

14 

21 

18 

16

18

17 

15 

17 

14

14 

15 

14

--

0.1 

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1

.1 

.1 

.2

.1 

.1

.1 

e .2

.3 

.2 

.2 

.2

.2 

.2 

.2

4.2

December

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

4.2

4.4 

5.0 

4.8 

4

3.6 

3.5 

3.5 

3 

3

3 

3 

3 

3 

3.5

3.5 

3.5

4 

4 

4

3.5 

3.5 

3.5 

3.5 

3.5

3.5 

3.5 

3.5 

3.5 

3.5 

3.5

112.0

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

24 

35 

36 

34

47

45 

28 

20

~

Tons 

per 

day

0.3 

.4 

.5 

.4 

.5

.4 

.3 

.2

e .1

5.3

March

5 

5.5 

6 

5.5 

5

4.5 

5 

5.5 

5.5 

5.5

5 

5 

4.5 

4.5 

4.0

4.5 

5 

5

11 

110

200 

150 

150 

450 

267

394 

185 

204 

236 

314 

427

3,188.5

18 

18 

16 

13 

18

19 

15 

26 

23 

16

15 

11 

7 

15 

42

58 

27 

10 

122 

791

365 

350 

1,090 

2,120 

998

952 

379 

995 

971 

904 

1,300

--

0.2 

.3 

.2 

.2 

.2

.2 

.2 

.4 

.3 

.2

.2 

.1

.1 

.2

.4

.7 

.4 

.1 

s 12 

s 253

197 

142 

589 

s 3,200 

719

s 1,280 

s 266 

s 731 

8 832 

s 1, 190 

s 2, 190

11,605.6

e Estimated.

s Computed by subdividing day.

a Computed from estimated concentration graph.
HUDSON BAY AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASINS 67

ROCK R'lVER BASIN Continued

5-4335. YELLOWSTONE RIVER NEAR BLANCHARDVILLE, WIS. Continued 

Suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to September 1959--Continued

Day

1. .....

2. .....

4. ..... 

5. .....

7. .....

8. .....

9. .....

10. .....

12. .....

14. ..... 

15. .....

17. .....

18......

22. .....

24. .....

25. .....

29. .....

30. ..... 

31. .....

Totai.

L..... 

2...... 

3...... 

4...... 

5......

6. .....

8......

a.....

10. .....

12. ..... 

13. ..... 

14. ..... 

15......

16. .....

18. ..... 

19. ..... 

20. .....

22. ..... 

23. .....

25......

26. ..... 

27. ..... 

28. ..... 

29. ..... 

30. ..... 

31. ..... 

Total.

April

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

861 

114 

61 

43 

36

30 

28 

24 

23 

19.9

17.8 

16.6 

15.4 

14.6 

13.9

13.2 

15.0 

15.8 

13.5 

12.8

12.1 

11.7 

11.0 

12.1 

11.0

10.4 

10.7 

21 

14.6 

13.5

1,516.6

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

1,210 

404 

205

92

35 

5 

5 

10 

14

15 

10 

4 

6

5

3 

2 

2 

3 

3

6 

8 

5 

6 

10

15 

19

22 

18

--

Tons 

per 

day

s 3,750 

s 141 

34 

e 14 

8.9

2.8 

.4 

.3 

.6 

.8

.7 

.4 

.2 

.2 

.2

.1 

.1 

a .1 

a .1

.1

.2 

.2 

.1 

.2 

.3

.4 

.5 

e 4 

.9 

.6

3,962.4

July

28 

21 

17.4 

22 

22

16.2 

14.6 

13.9 

13.9 

14.6

17.0 

12.4 

11.7 

10.7 

10.0

10.0 

9.7 

12.4 

10.4 

9.7

9.1 

8.8 

10.0 

9.4 

8.8

8.4 

8.1 

8.4 

10.0 

10.7 

8.1

397.4

87 

74 

72 

92 

84

63 

59 

65 

57 

67

75 

45 

49 

43 

42

41 

31 

30 

25 

23

30 

29 

27 

26 

25

16 

20 

17 

17 

19 

17

Total discharge for year (cfsTotal load for year (tons). . . .

6.5 

4.2 

3.4 

s 6.5 

5.0

2.8 

2.3 

2.4 

2.1 

s 3.2

s 3.8 

1.5 

1.5 

1.2 

1.1

1.1 

.8 

1.0 

.7 

.6

.7 

.7 

.7 

.6 

.6

.4 

.4 

.4 

.4 

.5 

.4

57.5

May

discharge 

(cfs)

12.1 

11.4 

11.0 

10.7 

10.4

10.4 

9.4 

8.8 

9.1 

11.0

14.2 

10.0 

9.7 

9.4 

9.1

8.8 

8.4 

8.8 

11.4 

9.7

9.4 

8.4 

9.4 

8.4 

8.1

11.0 

11.7 

9.1 

10.0 

8.4 

8.4

306.1

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

15 

24 

18 

12 

16

17 

17 

18 

20 

22

20 

27 

37 

32 

34

36 

33 

30 

29 

25

28 

37 

36 

34 

31

68 

53 

54 

37

-

Tons 

per 

day

0.5 

.7 

.5 

.3 

.4

a .5 

.4 

.4 

.5 

.6

.8 

.7 

1.0 

.8 

.8

.8 

.7 

.7 

.9 

.6

.7 

.8 

.9 

.8

.7

e 5 

e6 

1.7 

1.4 

1.2 

.8

32.6

August

7.8 

7.8 

161 

23 

17.4

15.4 

14.2 

13.2 

12.4 

11.7

11.0 

10.7 

10.4 

15.4 

23

14.2 

13.5 

11.7 

10.7 

10.4

10.0 

15.4 

10.7 

9.7 

9.4

9.4 

21 

17.0 

12.8 

14.2 

13.9

558.4

16 

20 

658 

53

44 

43 

54 

57 

53

48

46 

44 

33

24 

200 

150 

45 

41

0.3 

.4 

a 707 

3.3

e .5

e 17 

e 14

1.7 

1.6 

1.7 

1.6

1.5

1.3 

e 4 

1.3 

1.2 

.8

.6 

sb20 

sa 16 

a2 

1.6 

e2

805.4

June

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

8.1 

7.5 

7.2 

7.0 

6.7

6.7 

6.7 

6.4 

6.4 

7.5

8.1 

6.7 

6.4 

6.4 

6.4

6.1 

5.8 

6.4 

6.4 

6.1

5.8 

5.8 

5.8 

64 

27

175 

18.2 

34 

22 

31

523.6

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration

(ppm)

46 

47 

40 

51 

57

40 

30 

29 

28 

40

47 

25 

29 

28 

25

26 

21 

19 

17 

18

17 

20 

17 

1,660 

1,600

115 

480 

280 

138

-

Tons 

per 

day

1.0 

1.0 

.8 

1.0 

1.0

.7 

.5 

.5 

.5 

b .8

1.0 

.4 

.5 

.5 

.4

.4 

.3 

.3 

.3 

.3

.3 

.3 

.3

a 1,050 

sb250

e3,200 

5.6 

s64 

17 

12

4,611.7

September

12.4 

12.1 

11.0 

10.4 

9.7

9.4 

9.4 

9.1 

9.1 

8.8

8.4 

8.4 

8.1 

8.1 

8.4

8.4 

8.1 

8.1 

8.4 

8.4

8.1 

8.1 

14.2 

8.8 

12.4

19.5 

21 

13.9 

12.4 

11.4

314.0

42 

37

34 

33 

30 

34 

34

36 

33 

35 

33 

40

45 

44 

50 

37 

20

18 

26

30 

25

90 

110 

30 

25 

32

--

e 1 

e 1

e 1 

1.2 

1.0

.9 

.8 

.7 

.8 

.8

.8 

.7 

.8 

.7 

.9

1.0 

1.0 

1.1 

.8 

.4

.4 

.6 

e 6 

.7 

.8

sb9 

sb7 

1.1 

.8 

1.0

44.8

7,498.3 

21,234.0

e Estimated.

s Computed by subdividing day.

a Computed from estimated concentration graph.

b Computed from partly estimated concentration graph.
ROCK RIVER BASIN Continued 

5-4335. YELLOWSTONE RIVER NEAR BLANCHARDVILLE, WIS.--Co

Particle-size analyses of suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to S

(Methods of analysis: B, bottom withdrawal tube; C, chemically dispersed; M, mec

N, in native water; P, pipet; S, sieve; V, visual accumulation tube; W, in di

Date 

of 

collection

Mar. 20, 1959...

June 24 .........

Time

5:00 p.m. 

5:30 p.m. 

5:30 p.m. 

4:30 p.m.

4:30 p.m. 

7:00 p.m. 

7:00 p.m. 

8:10 p.m.

Discharge 

(cfs)

965 

883 

883 

1,310

1,310 

526 

526 

434

Water 

temperature 

(°F)

Suspended sedimen

Concentration 

of sample 

(ppm)

1,740 

4,710 

4,710 

3,970

3,970 

9,040 

9,040 

4,690

Concentration 

of suspension 

analyzed 

(ppm)

2,690 

2,570 

3,490 

2,200

2,580 

2,950 

3,080 

4,070

Percent finer tha

0.002

24 

20 

6 

28

19 

30 

18 

40

0.004

31 

24 

11 

35

22 

40 

22 

54

0.008

45 

34 

20 

40

33 

53 

47 

72

0.016

62 

47 

31 

56

49 

73 

60 

90

0.03

8

7

7

8

8

9

9

9
HUDSON BAY AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASINS 69

ROCK RIVER BASIN Continued 

5-4360. MOUNT VERNON CREEK NEAR MOUNT VERNON, WIS.

LOCATION At gaging station at bridge on State Highway 92, 0.9 mile upstream from West

Branch Sugar River, and 2.5 miles southeast of Mount Vernon, Dane County. 

DRAINAGE AREA. 16.1 square miles. 

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Water temperatures: January 1954 to September 1959.

Sediment records: January 1954 to September 1959. 

EXTREMES, 1958-59. Water temperatures: Maximum, 76°F Aug. 21; minimum, freezing point

on many days during November to March.

Sediment concentrations: Maximum daily, 761 ppm Apr. 1; minimum daily, 2 ppm Feb. 17. 

Sediment loads: Maximum daily, 1,120 tons Apr. 1, 1959; minimum daily, 0.1 ton on

several days during February and March. 

EXTREMES, 1954-59. Water temperatures: Maximum, 76°F Aug. 21, 1959; minimum, freezing

point'on many days during winter months. .,. ,, 

Sediment concentrations: Maximum daily, 2,010 ppm Apr. 7, 1954; minimum daily, 1 ppm

Sediment loads:' Maximum daily, 1,120 tons Apr. 1, 1959; minimum daily, less than

0.05 ton Sept. 20, 1955. _, . 

REMARKS Flow affected by ice Nov. 29 to Dec. 1, Dec. 5-18, Jan. 3-10, Jan. 15 to 

Feb. 7, Feb. 10-11, 13-21, Mar. 5-8, 15-22. Records of discharge for water year 

October 1958 to September 1959 given in WSP 1628.

Temperature (° F) of water, water year October 1958 to September 1959 

/Once-dally measurement between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m./

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Average

Oct.

49

51

54

58

55

58

56

58

56

57

49

59

59

60

59

52

54

51

52

56

54

53

49

49

50

49

49

48

47

47

48

53

Nov.

48

44

48

49

45

43

44

43

43

43

46

50

51

56

55

56

56

42

44

42

41

40

38

38

40

32

32

32

--

44

Dec.

34

36

40

36

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

33

33

33

33

36

37

37

37

_

--

36

37

Jan.

36

34

32

32

32

-

..

35

_

--

32

_

--

32

_

32

Feb.

33

32

32

33

33

32

32

32

33

33

33

34

33

34

35

36

35

35

35

35

33

34

35

36

36

34

38

--

--

34

Mar.

39

36

35

33

33

33

32

34

33

34

35

33

35

32

32

32

32

36

40

36

32

32

34

33

34

33

34

35

34

34

36

34

Apr.

36

41

41

51

49

52

51

42

45

47

50

50

55

56

59

60

56

54

44

46

55

57

60

51

55

48

45

56

58

63

--

51

May

64

73

67

71

74

67

67

60

55

68

66

61

53

54

59

61

53

59

66

63

60

55

59

58

68

68

72

65

70

67

62

63

June

62

67

69

68

69

67

67

72

72

62

72

70

60

57

68

68

68

59

70

72

61

62

64

64

68

74

71

69

60

59

--

66

July

58

67

65

61

64

67

68

71

70

67

65

69

70

70

68

70

69

69

62

69

62

69

64

69

70

69

69

67

70

69

67

Aug.

.-

59

63

63

63

65

63

65

66

_

70

66

60

71

67

67

75

76

74

70

70

71

68

67

69

66

60

62

67

Sept.

62

62

62

65

66

61

71

70

65

59

58

61

59

53

52

53

56

54

56

55

65

65

63

60

60

59

58

57

57

56

--

60
QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959

ROCK RIVER BASIN--Continued

5-4360. MOUNT VERNON CREEK NEAR MOUNT VERNON, WIS . Continued 

Suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to September 1959

Day

2. .....

3. .....

4. ..... 

5. .....

6. .....

7. .....

8. .....

9. .....

10. .....

11......

12. .....

14. .....

15. .....

16. .....

17. .....

18. ..... 

19. .....

20. .....

22. .....

24. ..... 

25. .....

26......

29......

31...... 

Total.

L..... 

2...... 

3...... 

4....... 

5......

&..... 

9. ..... 

10. .....

13...... 

14. ..... 

15......

18. .....

20. .....

22

23...... 

24. ..... 

25......

26. ..... 

27. ..... 

28. ..... 

29. ..... 

30. ..... 

31...... 

Total.

October

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

9.9 

9.9 

9.9 

9.9 

9.9

9.9 

9.9 

11 

32 

12

11 

11 

11 

11 

11

10 

10 

10 

10 

10

10 

10 

10 

10 

10

11 

11 

10 

10 

10 

9.9

341.2

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

60 

41 

42 

45 

23

23 

30 

36 

250 

55

34 

27 

30 

31 

30

43 

29 

15 

21 

22

20 

13 

11 

12 

13

14 

15 

17 

13 

16 

20

--

Tons 

per 

day

1.6 

1.1 

1.1 

1.2 

.6

.6 

a .8 

1.1 

sb30 

a 2

1.0 

.8 

.9 

.9 

.9

1.2 

.8 

.4 

.6 

.6

.5 

.4 

.3 

.3 

.4

.4 

.4 

.4 

.4 

.4 

.5

52.6

January

11 

10 

9.5 

9.5 

9.5

9.5 

9.5 

9.5 

9.5 

9.5

10 

10 

10 

10 

10

9.5 

9.5 

9.5 

11 

10

9.5 

9.5 

9.5 

9.5 

9.5

9.5 

9.5 

9.5 

9.5 

9.5 

9.0

300.5

e 0.4

e .2

10.2

November

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

9.9 

9.9 

10 

10 

10

9.9 

10 

10 

10 

10

9.9 

9.9 

10 

10 

11

10 

14 

16 

12 

12

11 

11 

11 

12 

12

12 

11 

11 

10 

10

325.5

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

17 

21 

25 

27 

27

23 

20 

19 

23 

29

43 

36 

40 

54 

31

18 

58 

58 

35 

24

19 

16 

16 

16

17

18 

14 

12

Tons 

per 

day

0.4 

.6 

.7 

.7 

.7

.6 

.5 

.5 

.6 

.8

1.1 

1.0 

1.1 

1.4 

.9

.5 

s 2.8 

2.5 

1.1 

.8

.6 

.5 

.5 

.5 

.6

.6 

.4 

.4 

e .4 

e .4

24.2

February

8.5 

8.5 

9.0 

8.5 

8.5

8.5 

8.8 

8.8 

9.0 

9.0

9.0 

9.3 

9.5 

9.5 

9.5

9.5 

9.5 

9.0 

9.0 

10

10 

11 

11 

10 

10

10 

10 

10

262.9

4 

3 

5 

6 

9

16 

10 

4 

15 

27

10 

2 

4 

5 

5

6 

4 

5 

7 

14

15 

6 

6

--

eO.2

.1 

.1 

.1

.1 

.2

.4 

.2 

.1 

.4 

.7

.2

'.2

.4

.4 

.2 

.2

5.8

December

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

11 

11 

11 

11 

10

10 

10 

10 

10 

10

9.5 

9.5 

9.5 

9.5 

9.5

10 

10 

10 

10 

10

10 

10 

10 

10 

10

10 

10 

10 

10 

10 

10

311.5

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

Tons 

per 

day

eO.4

12.4

March

11 

12 

12 

12 

11

10 

10 

11

12 

12

12 

12 

11 

11

10

10 

10 

10 

12

25

50 

45 

40 

128 

188

89 

65 

38

41 

65 

249

1,234

5 

8 

8 

10 

11

14 

19 

14 

11

24

35 

29 

23

22 

20

16 

48 

44 

35 

118

184 

110 

109 

330 

260

70 

66 

102 

140 

266 

600

--

0.1 

.2 

.2 

.3 

.3

.4 

.5 

.4 

.4 

.8

1.1 

.9

.7 

.6 

.5

.4 

1.3 

1.2 

1.1 

8 10

25 

13 

12 

s 145 

8 153

s 18 

12 

10 

15 

8 58 

s 510

992.4

Estimated. 

s Computed by subdividing day. 

a Computed from estimated concentration graph, 

b Computed from partly estimated concentration graph.
HUDSON BAY AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASINS 71

ROCK RIVER BASIN Continued

5-4360. MOUNT VERNON CREEK NEAR MOUNT VERNON, WIS. Continued 

Suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to September 1959 Continued

Day

1. .....

3. .....

4...... 

5. .....

6. .....

9. .....

10. .....

11. .....

12. ..... 

13......

15. .....

17. .....

19. ..... 

20......

22. ..... 

23. ..... 

24. ..... 

25. .....

26. .....

28. ..... 

29. .....

30......

31. .....

Total.

L..... 

2...... 

3...... 

4...... 

5......

6......

8...... 

9...... 

10. .....

11. .....

13...... 

14. ..... 

15. .....

16. .....

18. ..... 

19. ..... 

20. .....

21. .....

99

23. ..... 

24. ..... 

25 .....

26. ..... 

27. ..... 

28. ..... 

29. ..... 

30. ..... 

31. ..... 

Total.

April

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

464 

102 

62 

35 

28

21 

21

20 

18 

17 .

16 

15 

15 

14 

14

14 

16 

17 

15 

14

14 

14 

14 

14 

14

14 

14 

21 

16 

14

1,087

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

761 

319 

152 

118 

114

79

52

44

48 

88 

58 

26 

27

40 

41 

36 

33 

30

28 

21

30 

30

Tons 

per 

day

s 1,120 

88 

s 28 

a 13 

8.6

4.5

e 2

2.0 

1.7

1.8 

S4.5 

2.7 

1.0 

1.0

1.5 

1.5 

1.4 

1.2 

1.1

1.0 

.8 

e5 

1.3 

1.1

1,306.7

July

19 

16 

14 

15 

15

14 

14 

14 

14 

14

16 

14 

14 

14 

14

14 

14 

14 

14 

14

14 

14 

15 

15 

14

14 

14 

14 

14 

15 

14

448

50 

27 

28 

33 

29

23 

24 

25 

23

15

12 

16 

24 

13

13 

18 

12 

20 

16

15 

20 

28 

18 

13

18 

16 

14 

10 

18 

22

Total discharge for year (cfs2.6 

1.2 

1.0 

1.3 

1.2

.9 

.9 

.9 

.9 

.6

e 2 

.4 

.6 

.9

.5

.5 

.7 

.4 

.8 

.6

.6 

.8 

1.1 

.7 

.5

.7 

.6 

.5 

.4 

.7 

.8

26.3

May

discharge

(cfs)

14 

13 

13 

12 

12

12 

12 

12 

12 

14

16 

12 

12 

12 

12

12 

12 

12 

14 

14

13 

12 

12 

12 

12

12 

11 

11 

12 

12 

12

385

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

31 

32 

33 

29 

36

43 

43 

38 

33 

38

28 

38 

44 

32

24 

48 

39 

49 

44

45 

36 

31 

40 

44

50 

53 

54 

56 

55 

65

Tons 

per 

day

1.2 

1.1 

1.2 

.9 

1.2

1.4 

1.4 

1.2 

1.1 

1.4

e3 

.9 

1.2 

1.4 

1.0

.8 

1.6 

1.3 

1.8 

1.7

1.6 

1.2 

1.0 

1.3 

1.4

1.6 

1.6 

1.6 

1.8 

1.8 

2.1

43.8

August

14 

14 

19 

16 

15

15 

14 

14 

14 

14

14 

14 

14 

14 

18

14 

20 

15 

14 

14

15 

23 

14 

14 

13

13 

20 

18 

14 

14 

14

472

15 

12 

34 

22 

11

12 

20 

23 

25 

27

30 

30 

31 

30 

60

40 

50 

26 

21 

15

50

13 

40 

36

27 

47 

37 

21 

40 

31

0.6 

.4 

1.7 

1.0 

.4

.5 

.8 

.9 

.9 

1.0

a 1 

a 1 

1.2 

a 1 

b3

1.5 

b3 

1.0 

.8 

.6

sb 2 

e 13 

.5 

1.5 

1.3

.9 

3 3.0 

s 2.0 

.8 

1.5 

1.2

50.0

June

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

12 

12 

11 

11 

12

12 

12 

11 

11 

11

11 

11 

11 

11 

11

11 

11 

12 

12 

12

12 

12 

12 

12 

14

50 

15 

38 

21 

25

439

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

47 

43 

47 

33 

26

25 

25 

26 

28 

28

28 

21 

28 

33 

27

23 

30 

29 

21 

25

35 

20 

28 

29 

40

49 

266 

135 

87

Tons 

. ' per 

day

1.5 

1.4 

1.4 

1.0 

.8

.8 

.8 

.8 

.8 

.8

.8 

.6 

.8 

1.0 

.8

.7 

.9 

.9 

.7 

.8

1.1 

.6 

.9 

.9

sb 2

e 75 

2.0 

s 38 

7.6 

5.9

152.1

September

13 

13 

12 

12 

12

12 

12 

11 

11 

11

11 

11 

11 

11 

11

11 

11 

11 

11 

11

11 

11 

22 

12 

15

20 

27 

16 

15 

14

392

25 

29 

29 

26 

32

44 

30

23

14

206 

10 

20

120 

24 

15 

19

0.9 

1.0 

.9 

.8 

1.0

1.4 

1.0

e .6

s 16 

.3 

.8

e 20 

sb 14 

1.0 

.6 

.7

69.4

5,998.6 

2,745.9

Estimated. 

s Computed by subdividing day. 

a Computed from estimated concentration graph, 

b Computed from partly estimated concentration graph
ROCK RIVER BASIN Continued 

5-4360. MOUNT VERNON CREEK NEAR MOUNT VERNON, WIS. Con

Particle-size analyses of suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to Se

(Methods of analysis: B, bottom withdrawal tube; C, chemically dispersed; M, mec

N, in native water; P, pipet; S, sieve; V, visual accumulation tube; W, in di

Date 

of 

collection

Apr. 1, 1959..... 

Apr. 1 ..........

Time

8:30 a.m. 

3:30 p.m.

Discharge 

(cfs)

88 

114

Water 

temperature 

("«

Suspended sedimen

Concentration 

of sample 

(ppm)

1,630 

474

Concentration 

of suspension 

analyzed 

(ppm)

2,090 

719

Percent finer tha

0.002

42 

47

0.004

44 

57

0.008

S3 

66

0.016

67 

80

0.03

7

8
HUDSON BAY AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASINS 7

IOWA RIVER BASIN 

5-4495. IOWA RIVER NEAR ROWAN, IOWA

LOCATION. At gaging station on downstream side of highway bridge, 3.8 miles northwest 

of Rowan, Wright County, and 9.4 miles downstream from confluence of East and 

West Branches.

DRAINAGE AREA. 429 square miles. 

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Water temperatures; October 1957 to September 1959.

Sediment records: October 1957 to September 1959. 

EXTREMES, 1958-59. Water temperatures: Maximum, 86°F Aug. 21; minimum, freezing point

on several days during November to January.

Sediment concentrations: Maximum daily, 600 ppm May 22; minimum daily, not determined. 

Sediment loads: Maximum daily, 1,100 tons May 31; minimum daily, not determined. 

EXTREMES, 1957-59. Water temperatures: Maximum, 86°F Aug. 4, 1958, Aug. 21, 1959;

minimum, freezing point on many days during winter months. 

Sediment concentrations: Maximum daily, 750 ppm May 27, 1958; minimum daily, not

determined.

Sediment loads: Maximum daily, 1,100 tons May 31, 1959; minimum daily, not determined. 

REMARKS. Flow affected by ice Nov. 25 to Mar. 27. Records of discharge for water year 

October 1958 to September 1959 given in WSP 1628.

Temperature (° F) of water, water year October 1958 to September 1959 

/Once-daily measurement between 3 p.m. and 7 p.m./

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10 

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Average

Oct.

54

56

60

64

56

62

62

60

a 56

--

64

--

66

-.

61

60

--

58

51

46

45

--

52

--

a 50

Nov.

48

50

43

a 40

--

44

43

50

--

46

-.

54

--

42

--

42

--

38

38

-.

36

32

--

Dec.

32

36

--

33

__

32

32

32

a 33

--

33

_.

33

35

--

33

--

40

--

36

--

a 38

33

34

Jan.

--

34

33

--

34

--

33

a 33

34

36

36

33

33

--

33

_.

32

--

32

--

32

32

--

32

--

Feb.

33

--

33

33

__

33

--

33

a 33

33

--

33

_

33

--

33

--

33

33

33

__

34

--

--

--

Mar.

34

34

--

"

__

34

--

34

34

--

34

--

33

__

34

--

34

--

33

--

35

34

33

33

34

36

42

38

37

Apr.

38

42

42

42

41

44

50

42

50 

48

46

44

54

54

60

61

54

50

46

48

54

56

60

62

58

50

50

50

58

66

--

51

May

70

72

74

76

72

58

56

59

58 

60

64

68

58

52

58

62

64

62

70

70

64

58

58

60

64

60

58

70

66

64

58

63

June

64

66

a 68

66

69

72

76

74

a 74 

76

74

72

72

71

72

80

78

76

74

74

76

74

72

73

75

78

78

77

60

60

--

72

July

62

68

72

74

74

74

74

72 

74

74

74

77

75

73

76

74

a 76

75

76

74

76

76

74

78

76

78

80

82

80

78

75

Aug.

78

72

80

80

75

a 78

a 74

72

72 

74

78

80

80

72

72

75

81

82

82

84

86

80

81

80

82

78

80

80

78

76

--

78

Sept.

74

68

72

74

76

80

80

78

75 

64

68

70

70

70

a 58

54

58

53

64

70

a 70

72

64

65

64

62

60

58

55

52

--

67

a Measurement before 3 p.r

706-462 O -
74 QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959

IOWA RIVER BASIN Continued

5-4495. IOWA RIVER NEAR ROWAN, IOWA Continued 

Suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to September 1959

Day

2......

5. .....

7. .....

9. .....

10. .....

11......

15. .....

16. .....

17. .....

19. .....

24. .....

28. .....

30. .....

31......

Total.

1.. .... 

2...... 

3...... 

4...... 

5......

&.....

10......

13. ..... 

14. .....

16. .....

18. ..... 

19

20. .....

22. ..... 

23. ..... 

24. ..... 

25......

26. ..... 

27. ..... 

28. ..... 

29. ..... 

30. ..... 

31. .....

Total.

October

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

8.8 

8.5 

8.2 

7.9 

8.5

9 3

11

12 

11

9 3

9.0 

9 3 

6.8 

8. 2 

10 .

8.8 

8.8 

9.0 

9.3 

9.6

9.3 

8.5 

7.1 

7.6 

8.5

9.0 

9.0 

9.6 

10 

9.9 

11

284.8

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

42 

54

54

64 

76

91 

26

12

11

63

26 

23

29 

38

"

Tons 

per 

day

a 1.2

2.3 

e 3.0 

2.7 

e 1.3

 a .6 

 e .3

a .7

33.6

January

4.9 

4.5 

4.2 

3.9 

3.7

3.7 

3.7 

3.9 

4.0 

4.1

4.2 

4.2 

4.3 

4.2 

4.0

3.8 

3.6 

3.4 

3.2 

3.0

2.9 

2.9 

2.9 

3.0 

3.1

3.2 

3 2 

3.'2 

3.2 

3.2 

3.1

112.4

6 

5

6

7 

4

17 

9

8

8 

24 

9

17 

12

5 

7

"

aO.l

3.1

November

discharge 

(cfs}

10 

10 

10 

10 

10

12 

18 

14 

12 

13

12 

12 

12 

11 

11

12 

14 

15 

14 

14

14 

14 

14 

14 

13

9.0 

9.1 

9.2 

9.0 

8.6

359.9

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

34 

35

14 

19

13

8 

28

12

9 

3 

12

2 

7

-

Tons 

per 

day

a 0.6 

a .1

15.5

February

3.1 

3.0 

3.0 

3.0 

3.0

3.1 

3.1 

3.0 

3.0 

3.0

3.0 

3.1 

3.2 

3.3 

3.4

3.5 

3.5 

3.5 

3.5 

3.5

3.6 

3.8 

4.0 

4.2 

4.5

4.8 

5.0 

5.3

99.0

7 

6 

6

14 

11

11

7 

7

7

4 

4 

7

6

--

aO.l

2.8

December

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

7.6 

8.0 

8.4 

8.8 

9.0

8.8 

8.4 

7.6 

7.2 

6.4

6.0 

5.2 

4.9 

4.6 

4.5

4.5 

4.5 

4.6 

4.8 

5.2

5.4 

5.8 

6.2 

6.4 

6.4

6.4 

6.4 

6.4 

6.0 

5.6 

5.2

195.2

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

6

20 

7

4 

5 

19

19

4

10 

6 

2

7 

4

-

Tons 

per 

day

a 0.2

6.2

March

5.4 

5.6 

5.8 

6.2 

6.6

7.2 

7.9 

8.8 

9.5 

10

11 

12 

13 

15 

14

13 

12 

15 

20 

25

30 

26 

100 

300 

500

450 

400 

492 

381 

362 

301

3,565.0

9 

19

17 

17

12 

20 

7

6 

6

4

15 

18 

21

26 

30 

58 

50 

21 

27

 aO.3

a .4

a .3

4.0 

15 

28

32 

32 

77 

51 

21 

22

289.4

e Estimated.

a Computed from samples obtained about three times a week.
HUDSON BAY AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASINS

IOWA RIVER BASIN Continued

5-4495. IOWA RIVER NEAR ROWAN, IOWA Continued 

Suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to September 1959--Continued

75

Day

1......

2. ..... 

3. .....

4. .....

5. .....

6. .....

8. .....

10. .....

11......

15. .....

17. .....

18. ..... 

19. .....

20......

23. ..... 

24. ..... 

25. .....

30. .....

31. .....

Total.

L..... 

2...... 

3...... 

4...... 

5......

6. .....

8...... 

9. ..... 

10. .....

11. .....

13. ..... 

14. ..... 

15......

16. .....

20. .....

22. ..... 

23. ..... 

24. ..... 

25......

26. ..... 

27. ..... 

28...... 

29. ..... 

30. ..... 

31. ..... 

Total.

April

discharge 

(cfs)

254 

238 

224 

209 

175

163 

120 

111 

89 

66

59 

54 

50 

45 

44

43

47 

54 

55 

52

50 

44 

42 

39 

40

39 

37 

36 

36

35

2,550

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

17 

14 

16 

12 

33

15 

10 

8 

10 

5

9 

5

7

--

Tons 

per 

day

12 

9.0 

9.7 

6.8 

16

6.6 

3 2 

2.4 

2.4 

.9

1.4 

.7

.7

83.7

July

224 

209 

184 

140 

115

109 

88 

68 

63 

66

69 

59 

50 

43 

38

38 

36 

35 

33 

33

26 

19 

19 

19 

19

22 

22 

21 

22 

21 

20

1,930

40 

26 

39 

29 

33

43 

53

40 

27

32

"

24 

15 

19 

11 

10

13 

13

6.7 

2.7

1.8

183.9

May

discharge 

(cfs)

37 

39 

31 

32 

41

54 

70 

62 

50 

45

48 

46 

41 

37 

34

32 

32 

27 

26 

32

94 

698 

1,200 

1,420 

1,020

900 

532 

370 

597 

780 

990

9,417

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

14

29 

18 

19

15

23

140 

600 

230 

120 

81

90 

80 

74 

380 

170 

400

--

Tons 

per 

day

1.4

4.2 

3.4 

3.2

1.9

1.9

sb95 

sb 1,000 

745 

460 

223

219 

115 

74 

sb600 

358 

b 1, 100

5,029.6

August

20 

23 

26 

25 

25

22 

21

19 

19 

19

19 

19 

19 

19 

20

22 

23 

20 

18 

16

15 

47 

54 

52 

109

98 

70 

54 

40 

33 

27

1,013

37

51 

53

42 

72 

71 

67 

61

57 

91 

69 

69 

55

52 

45 

47 

47 

52 

36

-

2.1

2.6 

2.9

2.5 

4.5 

3.8 

3.3 

2.6

2.3 

12 

10 

9.7 

16

14 

8.5 

6.9 

5.1 

4.6 

2.6

141.2

June

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

1,360 

1,480 

1,300 

900 

511

318 

254 

209 

174 

147

133 

116 

103 

87 

76

71 

68 

61 

61 

57

52 

47 

44 

45 

43

39 

41 

65 

58 

173

8,093

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

200 

80 

43 

51 

49

48 

50 

46 

32 

28

29 

35 

34 

36

20

29

65 

60 

100

"

Tons 

per 

day

734 

320 

151 

124 

68

41 

34 

26 

15 

11

10 

11 

9.5 

8.5

3.6

3.4

b 11 

sb 18 

47

1,684.4

September

28 

71 86' 

48 

42

35 

28 

24 

20 

18

17 

16 

15 

15 

15

15 

15 

16 

18 

19

19 

26 

40 

35 

29

30 

56 

104 

97 

74

1,071

44 

65 

49 

48 

50

44 

32 

41 

44

48

35

27

26 

59 

50 

61 

46

50 

74 

67 

40 

33

3.3

12 

11 

6.2 

5.7

4.2 

2.4 

2.7 

2.4

2.1

1.5

1.4

1.3 

4.1 

5.4 

5.8 

3.6

4.0 

11 

19 

10 

6.6

140.1

Total discharge for year (cfs-days). ............................................................ zo,osu. 3 

Total load for year (tons). ..................................................................... 7, 613. 5

s Computed by subdividing day.

b Computed from partly estimated concentration graph.
76 QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959

IOWA RIVER BASIN -Continued 

5-4545. IOWA RIVER AT IOWA CITY, IOWA

LOCATION. At Benton Street Bridge at Iowa City, Johnson County, 0.5 mile downstream from 

gaging station, 0.4 mile upstream from Ralston Creek, and 4.1 miles downstream from 

Clear Creek.

DRAINAGE AREA. 3,271 square miles. 

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Chemical analyses: September 1906 to September 1907, January 1944 to

September 1954.

Water temperatures: January 1944 to September 1959. 

Sediment records: October 1943 to September 1959.

EXTREMES, 1958-59. Water temperatures: Maximum, 90°F Aug. 24, 25; minimum, freezing 

point on many days during November to March. 

Sediment concentrations; Maximum daily, 1,920 ppm Apr. 28; minimum daily, 4 ppm

Feb. 12.

Sediment loads; Maximum daily, 19,000 tons Apr. 28; minimum daily, 3 tons Feb. 12. 

EXTREMES, 1943-59. Water temperatures (1944-59): Maximum, 90°F July 19, 1957, Aug. 24,

25, 1959; minimum, freezing point on many days during winter months. 

Sediment concentrations: Maximum daily, 7,800 ppm June 13, 1953; minimum daily, 3 ppm

Jan. 29, 31, Feb. 6, 8, 1958. 

Sediment loads: Maximum daily, 177,000 tons May 23, 1944; minimum daily, 2 tons on

several days during 1951 and 1958. 

REMARKS. Flow affected by ice Dec. 3-7, 11, 14-17, Dec. 29 to Jan. 4, Feb. 23-25.

Diurnal fluctuation at low stages caused by powerplants upstream from station. High 

flow regulated by Coralville Reservoir upstream from Iowa City beginning Sept. 17, 1958 

(total capacity, 475,000 acre-feet). Records of discharge for water year October 1958 

to September 1959 given in WSP 1628.

Temperature (° F) of water, water year October 1958 to September 1959 

/Once-daily measurement between 12 m. and 6 p.m.7

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Average

Oct.

60

60

61

63

60

62

61

61

61

58

58

59

62

62

63

63

62

62

a 58

62

58

52

57

56

a 54

a 52

53

53

51

52

51

58

Nov.

51

49

50

51

49

46

46

47

46

46

46

46

49

51

50

52

54

46

47

44

48

43

46

42

32

32

32

32

32

32

--

45

Dec.

32

32

34

36

33

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

33

34

34

36

34

32

32

33

Jan.

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

Feb.

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

_-

-.

--

32

Mar.

32

33

32

33

33

34

34

35

35

35

35

35

34

34

34

34

35

35

36

36

37

37

35

36

36

36

37

37

38

37

42

34

Apr.

42

--

43

45

46

44

45

43

46

45

46

45

45

46

46

46

46

47

47

42

42

44

48

48

47

47

47

51

48

49

--

46

May

a 56

64

68

68

72

68

70

80

66

70

68

64

62

58

56

60

60

64

66

66

68

64

64

66

66

68

74

__

72

a 70

72

66

June

68

72

72

72

"

76

78

78

80

80

82

80

76

76

76

78

78

76

78

78

80

74

78

80

82

82

80

82

78

72

July

a 68

68

70

74

76

76

80

74

78

78

78

80

80

80

80

a 76

82

82

82

80

a 78

84

82

82

82

82

86

84

84

77 | 79

Aug.

84

78

78

86

78

a 80

82

76

--

80

80

82

86

84

82

78

86

84

84

86

89

--

--

90

90

84

86

88

86

84

84

83

Sept.

80

80

78

80

80

82

82

84

84

76

76

74

76

76

72

66

64

64

66

72

72

76

76

74

72

70

70

70

66

64

--

74

a Measurement before 12 m.
HUDSON BAY AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASINS

IOWA RIVER BASIN Continued

5-4545. IOWA RIVER AT IOWA CITY, IOWA Continued 

Suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to September 1959

Day

1......

3......

5. .....

7. .....

8. .....

9. .....

10. .....

15......

18. .....

20. .....

22. .....

24. .....

25......

28. .....

30. .....

31......

Total.

L.... . 

2...... 

3...... 

4...... 

5......

8...... 

9. ..... 

10. .....

13. .....

14. ..... 

15. .....

19. ..... 

20. .....

23. ..... 

24. ..... 

25......

26. ..... 

27...... 

28. ..... 

29. ..... 

30. ..... 

31. ..... 

Total.

October

discharge 

(cfs)

585 

565 

452 

522 

495

490 

479 

622 

2,120 

2,340

1,720 

756 

642 

640 

621

746 

699 

663 

639 

603

592 

618 

466 

532 

480

374 

540 

480 

444 

470 

478

21,873

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

100

110 

900 

400

140 

120

105

78 

103

-

Tons 

per 

day

141

a 180 

a 5,200 

2,530

650 

221

180

100 

133

12,665

January

260 

260 

260 

250 

204

257 

257 

251 

258 

252

280 

221 

213 

265 

169

212 

202 

205 

202 

205

245 

292 

319 

319 

316

316 

312 

312 

316 

318 

311

8,059

19 

13

--

12 

11

362

November

discharge

(cfs)

424 

362 

493 

335 

364

442 

314 

340 

336 

417

366 

244 

344 

406 

360

283 

526 

756 

1,730 

2,130

1,360 

1,190 

940 

420 

535

453 

432 

455 

466 

471

17,694

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

81

94 

155 

175 

160

180 

250 

220 

140 

100

87 

71 

50 

36 

25

--

Tons 

per 

day

80

133 

316 

817 

920

661 

803 

558 

159 

144

106 

83 

61 

45 

32

6,118

February

287 

292 

289 

252 

223

197 

197 

228 

174 

223

273 

305 

308 

527 

507

428 

507 

540 

527 

424

428 

475 

1,000 

1,800 

2,900

4,000 

5,140 

4,400

26,851

14

4 

9 

19 

20

8

74 

155 

165

145 

330 

375

"

9

3

7 

27 

27

10

200 

753 

1,280

1,570 

4,580 

4,460

13,076

December

Mean 

discharge

(cfs)

455 

368 

330 

330 

350

360 

380 

385 

355 

340

330 

316 

316 

310 

305

300 

300 

276 

252 

202

237 

294 

242 

213 

252

259 

268 

412 

370 

310 

285

9,702

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(PPm)

13 

18 

15 

80 

80

49 

34

9

-

Tons 

per 

day

16 

18 

13 

71 

76

47 

26

7

787

March

3,820 

4,200 

5,000 

5,000 

4,800

3,460 

2,770 

2,530 

2,290 

1,970

2,050 

1,970 

2,290 

3,640 

4,000

4,400 

4,600 

4,600 

5,970 

7,300

3,310 

1,340 

2,360 

4,780 

5,770

6,820 

8,080 

7,560 

7,430 

6,820 

3,820

134,750

470 

485 

510 

420 

265

340 

300 

240 

215 

175

190 

205 

320 

365 

350

355 

330 

335 

500 

660

380 

275 

550 

700 

645

550 

420 

370 

360 

270 

260

"

4,850 

5,550 

6,890 

5,670 

3,430

3,180 

2,240 

1,640 

1,330 

931

1,050 

1,090 

sa 2,100 

3,590 

3,780

4,220 

4,100 

4,160 

sa9,100 

13,000

3,400 

995 

sa4,400 

a 9,000 

10,000

10,100 

9,160 

7,550 

7,220 

4,970 

b 2,700

151,396

s Computed by subdividing day.

a Computed from partly estimated concentration graph.

b Computed from estimated concentration graph.
QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959 

IOWA RIVER BASIN Continued

5-4545. IOWA RIVER AT IOWA CITY, IOWA Continued 

Suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to September 1959--ConUnued

Day

1. .....

2. .....

5. .....

7. .....

9. .....

10. .....

11......

12. .....

17. .....

18. .....

20. .....

22. .....

25......

27......

31. .....

Total.

1.... .. 

2...... 

3...... 

4...... 

5......

8......

10. .....

13

16. .....

22. ..... 

23. .....

25......

26. ..... 

27. ..... 

28. ..... 

29...... 

30. ..... 

31...... 

Total.

April

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

4,000 

4,990 

7,950 

9,120 

9,120

9,120 

9,120 

9,120 

9,120 

9,120

9,120 

9,250 

9,250 

8,990 

8,080

7,060 

6,700 

6,700 

6,150 

4,950

2,990 

2,290 

2,210 

2,210 

2,210

2,210 

2,500 

3,270 

2,390 

3,370

182,680

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

320 

650 

605 

510 

440

460 

400 

400 

315 

270

250 

160 

175 

120 

90

105 

80 

650 

200 

95

50 

75 

85 

85 

120

160 

420 

1,920 

1,100 

970

--

Tons 

per 

day

3,460 

sb 9,000 

13,000 

12,600 

10,800

11,300 

9,850 

9,850 

7,760 

6,650

6,160 

4,000 

4,370 

2,910 

1,960

2,000 

1,450 

a 12,000 

3,320 

1,270

404 

464 

507 

b 500 

b700

955 

sa 3,400 

a 19,000 

sa 7,600 

8,830

176,070

July

2,830 

4,600 

4,100 

4,100 

3,600

2,930 

2,930 

2,850 

2,370 

1,570

1,680 

1,430 

1,270 

1,090 

988

988 

1,030 

1,220 

1,020 

1,060

897 

656 

408 

272 

380

328 

340 

264 

226 

334 

136

47,897

1,300 

1,160 

735 

360 

220

160 

145 

165 

160 

150

175

135 

115 

98

105 

115 

310 

165 

120

150 

275 

270 

230 

100

50 

100 

98 

75 

60 

240

-

Total discharge for year (cfsTotal load lor year (tons) ....

a 12,800 

14,400 

8,140 

3,990 

2,140

1,270 

1,150 

1,270 

1,020 

636

794 

e 600 

463 

338 

261

280 

320 

1,020 

454 

343

363 

487 

297 

169 

103

44 

92 

70 

46 

54 

88

53,502

May

Mean

discharge 

(cfs)

3,820 

3,730 

3,640 

3,640 

3,640

3,640 

3,640 

3,550 

3,640 

3,280

3,730 

4,400 

3,910 

3,550 

3,010

2,290 

1,930 

1,810 

2,530 

2,610

3,460 

3,640 

3,910 

4,100 

4,400

4,600 

4,500 

4,200 

4,100 

4,800 

4,500

112,200

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

230 

200 

200 

120 

110

99 

115 

135 

155 

360

1,300 

480 

255 

200 

215

220 

220 

160 

1,420 

815

1,520 

670 

790 

480 

300

180 

180 

340 

380 

1,270 

390

--

Tons 

per 

day

2,370 

2,010 

1,970 

1,180 

1,080

973 

1,130 

1,290 

1,520 

sa 3,600

a 13,000 

s 5,730 

2,690 

1,920 

1,750

1,360 

1,150 

782 

s 10,400 

5,740

14,200 

6,580 

8,340 

5,310 

3,560

2,240 

2,190 

3,860 

4,210 

S 17,300 

4,740

134,175

August

137 

170 

223 

104 

109

414 

110 

107 

168 

107

200 

167 

100 

226 

145

347 

195 

150 

206 

144

152 

182 

107 

141 

156

189 

139 

122 

192 

107 

158

5,174

165 

140 

105 

55 

40

110 

120 

160 

130 

65

51 

50 

43 

57 

42

100 

125 

88 

86 

78

54

61 

64 

63 

15 

12

123 

36 

46 

59 

19

28 

23 

12 

35 

16

94 

66 

36 

48 

30

22

1,128

June

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

4,300 

4,300 

4,200 

4,200 

4,200

4,200 

4,100 

4,000 

3,820 

3,640

3,280 

2,630 

1,780 

1,790 

1,600

1,450 

1,200 

1,230 

1,120 

1,020

1,010 

1,260 

988 

955 

825

621 

705 

795 

795 

988

67,002

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

171

160 

170

190 

205 

175 

235 

170

150 

130 

125 

115 

96

120 

400 

200 

150 

120

110 

115 

145 

140 

300

--

Tons 

per 

day

1,930

1,650 

1,670

1,680 

1,460 

841 

1,140 

734

587 

421 

415 

348 

264

327 

1,360 

534 

387 

267

184 

219 

311 

301 

a 811

31,351

September

214 

114 

124 

128 

180

91 

124 

206 

88 

154

107 

164 

89 

202 

92

104 

122 

124 

177 

112

229 

81 

104 

124 

178

132 

301 

154 

492 

508

5,019

68

71

110 

110 

72 

100 

82

--

25

26

39 

89 

30 

133 

112

1,038

638,901 

581,668

e Estimated. 

s Computed by subdividing day.

a Computed from partly estimated concentration graph. 

b Computed from estimated concentration graph.
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80 QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959

IOWA RIVER BASIN Continued 

5-4550. RALSTON CREEK AT IOWA CITY, IOWA

LOCATION. At gaging station on upstream side of bridge on State Highway 1, at east edge

of Iowa City, Johnson County, and 2.2 miles upstream from mouth. 

DRAINAGE AREA. 3.01 square miles.

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Sediment records; April 1952 to September 1959. 

EXTREMES, 1958-59. Sediment concentrations: Maximum daily, 6,280 ppm May 19; minimum

daily, no flow Oct. 1-6, Sept. 12-18. 

Sediment loads: Maximum daily, 2,110 tons May 19; minimum daily, 0 tons Oct. 1-6,

Sept. 12-18. 

EXTREMES, 1952-59. Sediment concentrations: Maximum daily, 8,230 ppm May 21, 1957;

minimum daily, no flow on many days. 

Sediment loads: Maximum daily, 2,300 tons July 18, 1956; minimum daily, 0 tons on

many days. 

REMARKS. Maximum observed sediment concentration during water year, 48,100 ppm May 19.

Flow affected by ice Nov. 28 to Dec. 2, Dec. 6 to Mar. 19, Mar. 21-24. Records of

discharge for water year October 1958 to September 1959 given in WSP 1628.

Suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to September 1959

Day

1...... 

2. .....

4. .....

5. .....

6......

8. .....

9. .....

10. .....

11......

12. .....

15......

16. ..... 

17. ..... 

18. ..... 

19. ..... 

20. .....

21...... 

22. ..... 

23...... 

24. ..... 

25......

26...... 

27...... 

28. ..... 

29...... 

30...... 

31...... 

Total.

October

discharge 

(cfs)

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

.06 

13 

38 

.72

.41 

.29 

.23 

.18 

.14

.13 

.11 

.08 

.08 

.07

.12 

.20 

.09 

.06 

.06

.06 

.06 

.05 

.05 

.04 

.05

54.34

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

120 

825 

815

60

55 

60

--

Tons 

per 

day

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

(t) 

s 282 

s 473 

e .1

 (t)

(t) 

(t)

(t)

755.5

November

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

0.05 

.05 

.05 

.05 

.03

.03 

.03 

.03 

.03 

.02

.02 

.02 

.03 

.18 

.40

.09 

3.5 

.61 

.31 

.21

.18 

.16 

.15 

.13 

.15

.10 

.07 

.06 

.05 

.04

6.83

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

36

90 

420

140 

90 

305 

140 

96

Tons 

per 

day

(t)

sa 0.3 

sa .7

(t) 

s 20 

.5 

b .1 

.1

(t)

22.0

December

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

0.05 

.07 

.11 

.11 

.05

.04 

.02 

.02 

.01 

.01

.01 

.01 

.01 

.01 

.01

.01 

.01 

.01 

.01 

.01

.02 

.04 

.04 

.03 

.02

.03 

.04 

.05 

.04 

.03 

.02

0.95

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

70 

77

Tons 

per 

day

(t)

0.2

e Estimated.

s Computed by subdividing day.

t Less than 0.050 ton.

a Computed from partly estimated concentration graph.

b Computed from estimated concentration graph.
HUDSON BAY AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASINS

IOWA~RIVER BASIN Continued

5-4550. RALSTON CREEK AT IOWA CITY, IOWA Continued 

Suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to September 1959--Continued

Day

1......

4. .....

5. .....

6. .....

7. .....

8. ..... 

9. .....

10. .....

12. .....

16. .....

17. .....

19. ..... 

20. .....

25. .....

26......

28......

31...... 

Total.

L..... 

2...... 

3...... 

4...... 

5......

6. .....

8...... 

9. ..... 

10......

11...... 

12. ..... 

13......

15...... 

16. .....

18. ..... 

19. ..... 

20. .....

23. ..... 

24. ..... 

25......

26. ..... 

27. ..... 

28. ..... 

29. ..... 

30. ..... 

31...... 

Total.

January

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

0.02 

.01 

.01 

.01 

.01

.01 

.01 

.02 

.03 

.05

.02 

.02 

.04 

.13 

.35

.07 

.01 

.02 

.02 

.02

.01 

.01 

.01 

.01 

.01

.02 

.02 

.02 

.02 

.02 

.02

1.05

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

34 

120

35 

16

25 

24

-

Tons 

per 

day

(t)

(t) 

(t)

 (t)

0.1

April

6.4 

3.5 

2.5 

1.6 

1.2

.93 

.93 

.72 

.69 

.63

.57 

.50 

.45 

.41 

.38

.34 

2.5 

1.2 

.84 

3.7

2.4 

1.8 

1.3 

1.1 

.80

.66 

31 

42 

5.8 

3.2

120.05

900 

110 

180

115 

57

29

40 

360 

120 

31

70

4,710 

2,800 

100 

46

--

sa 18 

sa 1.2 

sa 1.4 

e .6 

e .4

.3 

.1

 (0

sa 6.0 

b .4 

.1 

e 9.0

.5 

e .2

e .1

si ,190 

sa700 

b 1.6 

.4

1,931.0

February

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

0.01 

.01 

.01 

.01 

.01

.01 

.01 

.02 

.15 

.60

2.0 

4.0 

7.0 

13 

3.0

.90 

.50 

.32 

.25 

.20

.17 

3.0 

100 

25 

40

58 

25 

10

293 . 18

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

22 

15

15 

16

10 

8

8

140 

40 

130

420 

700 

150

-

Tons 

per 

day

(t)

(t)

e 0.1 

e .2 

.3 

.6 

e .1

(t)

e .2 

a 38 

a 2.8 

a 14

a 65 

a 48 

b 4.0

173.4

May

1.9 

1.6 

1.2 

.93 

.84

.84 

.72 

.57 

.65 

9.1

3.6 

1.4 

1.0 

.88 

.80

.66 

.57 

.93 

28 

3.8

19 

3.0 

2.2 

1.5 

1.3

3.7 

1.2 

4.3 

3.6 

35 

5.0

139.79

62

40

3,800 

600

} -

150 

6,280 

750

2,800 

50

33

1,400 

150 

1,400 

1,400 

2,500 

130

"

e 0.3

e .1

saSOO 

sa 9.5 

e .2

e .1

sa .6 

s 2,110 

sa 12

sa 460 

b .4

} -

sa 46 

b .5 

sa 44 

sa24 

sa950 

b 1.8

3,961.7

March

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

3.0 

1.3 

.60 

.30 

.09

.20 

.50 

.90 

2.0 

8.0

5.0 

2.5 

12 

12 

6.0

2.5 

.90 

2.5 

94 

21

5.0 

3.1 

3.7 

3.4 

2.3

8.4 

3.8 

1.9 

1.4 

2.3 

1.9

212.49

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

100 

50 

30 

14

62 

120

600 

360

500 

2,300 

800

92 

140

900 

480 

220 

140 

300 

150

--

Tons 

per 

day

bO.8 

b .2 

(t)

 (t)

.3

2.6

e 1.1 

e .3 

a 19 

b 12 

e 3.2

e .7 

e .1 

b 3.4 

584 

a 46

e 2.8 

e 1.3 

.9 

e .9 

.9

b 20 

4.9 

b 1.1 

b .5 

sa 2.6 

b .8

710.5

June

3.0 

2.1 

1.5 

1.0 

.91

.70 

.62 

.57 

.55 

2.0

1.7 

.55 

.40 

.31 

.31

.24 

.19 

.19 

.19 

.16

1.6 

.45 

.19 

.16 

.13

.11 

.10 

.90 

.86 

3.1

24.79

48

170

750 

480

"

[ eO.2

e .1

e 24

e 2.0 

.3

(t)

sa 13 

sa .8

(t)

e .2 

e 5.0 

e 40

87.0

e Estimated.

s Computed by subdividing day.

t Less than 0.050 ton.

a Computed from partly estimated concentration graph.

b Computed from estimated concentration graph.
82 QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959

IOWA RIVER BASIN Continued

5-4550. RALSTON CREEK AT IOWA CITY, IOWA--Continued 

Suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to September 1959 Continued

Day

t..... 

2...... 

3...... 

4...... 

5......

6. .....

a.....

ia .....

11......

IS. ..... 

14. ..... 

15. .....

19. ..... 

20. .....

44

23. ..... 

24. ..... 

25. .....

28. .....

30. ..... 

31...... 

Total.

July

discharge 

(cfs)

0.57 

.30 

.22 

.62 

.34

.16 

.13 

.12 

.13 

.09

.08 

.05 

.06 

.05 

.05

.04 

2.2 

16 

.32 

.18

.16 

3.8 

.48 

.20 

.12

.10 

.07 

.06 

.05 

4.1 

.27

31.12

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

> ::

1,200 

1,450 

200 

60

42 

1,000 

150

2,100 

400

Total discharge for year (cfsTotal load for year (tons). . . .

Tons 

per 

day

eO.l

e 5.0 

e .2

(t)

sa 70 

s 311 

b .2 

(t)

(t) 

sb44 

b .2

(t)

salOO 

.3

531.6

August

discharge 

(cfs)

0.13 

.11 

.33 

.15 

.11

12 

.66 

.41 

.31 

.21

.15 

.11 

.08 

.16 

3.3

8.9 

1.2 

.50 

.34 

.26

.19 

.16 

.14 

.13 

.09

.09 

.08 

.08 

.07 

.07 

.06

30.58

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm) .

} -

} "

1,900 

98

} ::

36

Tons 

per 

day

(t) 

e 3.0 

(t)

sa 220 

e .2

(t)

e 2 

e 50

e 180 

e .3

(t) 

(t)

456.2

September

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

0.36 

.82 

.09 

.06 

.05

.03 

.02 

.01 

.01 

.01

.01 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

.01 

.02

.01 

.01 

.03 

.02 

.11

1.6 

1.9 

.14 

.07 

.05

5.44

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

280 

120

240

-

Tons 

per 

day

e4.0 

e!4 

.1

(t) 

(t)

(t)

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0

(t)

e .5

e 24 

e 3.0 

a .1 

(t) 

(t)

45.8

920.61 

8,675.0

Estimated. 

a Computed by subdividing day. 

t Less than 0.050 ton.

a Computed from partly estimated concentration graph, 

b Computed from estimated concentration graph.
IOWA RIVER BASIN Continued 

5-4550. RALSTON-CREEK AT IOWA CITY, IOWA Continue

Particle-size analyses of suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to S

(Methods of analysis: B, bottom withdrawal tube; C, chemically dispersed; M, mec

N, In native water; P, ptpet; S, sieve; V, visual accumulation tube; W, in di

Date 

of 

collection

Oct. 8, 1958.....

Mar. 19, 1959...

Aug. 6 ..........

Time

10:30 p.m. 

10:30 p.m. 

11:45 p.m. 

11:45 p.m. 

5:00 p.m. 

3:45 p.m.

3:45 p.m. 

5:30 p.m. 

5:30 p.m. 

10:45 p.m. 

9:00 p.m.

8:00 a.m. 

5:45 p.m. 

10:45 p.m. 

1:15 a.m. 

6:15 a.m.

Discharge 

(cfs)

1.8 

1.8 

725 

725 

4.0 

306

1.1 

60 

60 

206 

101

328 

241 

5.8 

206 

127

Water 

temperature 

(« F)

60 

60 

60 

60

45 

44 

44 

44 

54

59 

69 

72 

70 

70

Suspended sedimen

Concentration 

of sample 

(ppm)

8,040 

8,040 

6,670 

6,670 

1,080 

4,410

15,200 

13,000 

13,000 

13,800 

10,200

33,300 

19,600 

23,000 

11,400 

9,820

Concentration 

of suspension 

analyzed 

(ppm)

2,970 

3,160 

2,430 

2,080 

1,050 

3,550

3,370 

5,610 

4,700 

2,840 

3,570

3,820 

2,700 

4,810 

3,710 

3,540

Percent finer tha

0.002

35

0.004

46 

37 

35 

26 

75 

29

52 

37 

22 

51 

41

41 

41 

35 

34 

45

0.008 0.016

70 

70 

65 

59 

80 

44

64 

66 

56 

58 

64

72 

65 

61 

64 

76

0.03
IOWA RIVER BASIN--Continued

5-4620. SHELL ROCK RIVER AT SHELL ROCK, IOWA

LOCATION. Temperature recorder at gaging station, 400 feet upstream from bridge on State Highway 3 in 

upstream from mouth. 

DRAINAGE AREA. 1,746 square miles.

RECORDS AVAILABLE.--Water temperatures: June 1953 to September 1959.

EXTREMES, 1958-59. Water temperatures: Maximum, 78'F Aug. 25-27; minimum, 33°F Mar. 23-31.

EXTREMES, 1953-59. Water temperatures: Maximum, 88°F June 19, 1953; minimum, freezing point on sever

REMARKS. Records of discharge for water year October 1958 to September 1959 given in WSP 1628.

Temperature (° F) of water, water year October 1958 to September 

/Recorder with temperature attachment, continuous ethyl alcohol-actuated 

Day

2.... ...............

3...................

4. ............... .

5. .......

6. ..................

7.......... .

8........ ...... ....

9. ........ .

10. ..................

11....... ...... ...

12.... ...............

13. ..................

14. ..................

15...................

16. ............ .

17.... ...............

18. ............... ..

19............... ....

20. .......... . .

21...................

22. ..................

23............ .......

24........ ......... .

25. ..........

26. ..................

27...................

28. ...............

29. ..................

30. ....,. «.......

31...................

Average .......

October

max

56 

53 

53 

56 

56

55 

56 

57 

58 

58

52 

51 

53 

56 

58

59 

59 

56 

54 

55

56 

56 

54 

52 

50

50 

48 

48 

48 

47 

47

54

mm

52 

52 

52 

53 

55

55 

55 

56 

57 

52

50 

50 

51 

53 

56

58 

56 

54 

54 

54

55 

54 

52 

50 

50

48 

47 

47 

47 

46 

46

52

November

max

46 

46 

46 

46 

47

47 

44 

43 

43 

43

42 

42 

43 

45 

46

47 

49 

49 

46 

42

42 

42 

41 

41 

41

40 

37 

37 

37 

38

43

min

46 

46 

46 

46 

46

44 

43 

43 

43 

42

42 

42 

42 

43 

45

46 

47 

46 

42 

42

42 

41 

41 

41 

40

37 

37 

37 

37 

37

42

December

max

37 

37 

37 

36 

37

37 

37 

37 

37 

37

37 

37 

37 

37 

37

37 

36 

36 

36 

36

36 

36 

35 

35 

35

35 

35 

35 

36 

36 

36

36

min

37 

37 

36 

36 

36

36 

36 

37 

37 

37

37 

37 

37 

37 

37

36 

36 

36 

36 

36

36 

35 

35 

35 

35

35 

35 

35 

35 

35 

35

36

January

max

35 

36 

36 

36 

36

36 

35 

35 

35 

36

36 

36 

35 

35 

36

36 

36 

36 

36 

36

36 

36 

36 

36 

36

36 

36 

36 

35 

35 

36

36

min

35 

35 

36 

36 

36

35 

35 

35 

35 

35

36 

35 

35 

35 

35

36 

36 

36 

36 

36

36 

36 

36 

36 

36

36 

36 

35 

34 

35 

35

36

February

max

36 

36 

36 

36 

36

36 

36 

36 

36 

36

36 

36 

35 

35 

35

35 

35 

36 

36 

36

36 

35 

35 

35 

35

35 

35 

35

36

min

36 

36 

35 

35 

36

36 

35 

35 

35 

35

35 

35 

35 

35 

35

35 

35 

35 

36 

35

35 

35 

35 

35 

34

34 

34 

34

35

March

max

35 

35 

36 

36 

36

35 

36 

35 

36 

36

37 

37 

37 

37 

35

35 

36 

36 

39 

40

34 

34 

34 

33 

33

33 

33 

34 

34 

34 

34

35

min

35 

35 

35 

36 

35

35 

35 

35 

35 

36

36 

37 

36 

35 

35

35 

35 

36 

36 

34

34 

34 

33 

33 

33

33 

33 

33 

33 

33 

33

35

April

max

34 

38 

39 

41

44

45 

46 

46 

45 

45

44 

45 

46 

49 

51

51 

51 

50 

50 

47

49 

51 

51 

55 

55

54 

50 

51 

54 

57

48

min

34 

34 

38 

38 

41

43

45 

44 

42 

44

43 

43 

43 

45 

47

50 

50 

49 

47 

45

45 

47 

49 

50 

53

50 

48 

48 

50 

53

45

M

max

60 

63 

65 

68 

68

67 

64 

62 

62 

61

63 

63 

62 

57 

55

56 

60 

60 

59 

63

63 

63 

60 

60 

62

65 

67 

67 

68 

67 

67

63
HUDSON BAY AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASINS

DES MOINES RIVER BASIN 

5-4820. DES MOINES RIVER AT EUCLID AVENUE BRIDGE AT DES MOINES, IOWA

LOCATION. At Euclid Avenue Bridge in Des Moines, Polk County, 2.1 miles upstream from 

gaging station, 4.9 miles upstream from Raccoon River, and 2.4 miles downstream 

from Beaver Creek.

DRAINAGE AREA. 6,245 square miles, upstream from gaging station. 

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Chemical analyses: November 1954 to June 1955. 

Water temperatures; November 1954 to September 1959. 

Sediment records: November 1954 to September 1959. 

EXTREMES, 1958-59. Water temperatures; Maximum, 90°F Aug. 29; minimum, freezing point

on many days during November to March.

Sediment concentrations: Maximum daily, 3,100 ppm May 21; minimum daily, not determined.

Sediment loads; Maximum daily, 88,000 tons May 31; minimum daily, not determined. 

EXTREMES, 1954-59. Water temperatures: Maximum (1954-57, 1958-59), 95°F July 28,

1955; minimum, freezing point on many days during winter months each year. 

Sediment concentrations: Maximum daily, 5,900 ppm June 16, 1957; minimum daily,

not determined. 

Sediment loads: Maximum daily, 99,000 tons June 16, 1957; minimum daily, not

determined.

REMARKS. Maximum observed sediment concentration during water year, 5,390 ppm May 21. 

Flow affected by ice Nov. 27 to Mar. 8, Mar. 15-17. No appreciable inflow between 

sampling site and gaging station except during periods of heavy local runoff. 

Discharge records at gaging station at Des Moines for water year October 1958 to 

September 1959 given in WSP 1628.

Temperature (° F) of water, water year October 1958 to September 1959 

/Once-daily measurement at varying hours/

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Average

Oct.

55

56

63

67

58

64

65

65

62

55

59

66

70

68

66

62

58

61

62

60

56

54

52

47

48

47

48

49

50

49

58

Nov.

45

47

49

50

48

44

44

'45

45

45

45

44

53

54

51

54

54

40

50

42

43

43

44

38

34

32

32

32

32

32

--

44

Dec.

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

Jan.

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

Feb.

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

--

--

--

32

Mar.

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

39

33

35

32

32

41

43

39

32

32

42

43

38

36

40

39

43

42

44

36

Apr.

46

49

48

54

53

54

53

47

47

49

47

46

49

52

60

56

57

52

46

40

48

53

55

59

58

53

50

54

58

63

52

May

66

72

74

75

73

62

63

63

65

62

66

62

58

56

58

60

62

62

64

67

67

62

63

64

64

67

67

68

69

68

69

65

June

64

66

69

69

73

73

73

77

78

77

76

75

75

74

--

78

78

76

80

78

76

74

75

79

82

81

80

78

71

65

--

75

July

64

66

69

73

73

76

78

78

77

74

78

78

78

78

76

80

75

81

81

81

82

84

80

79

82

82

81

81

88

81

82

78

Aug.

80

76

86

87

81

80

84

78

80

82

81

83

86

89

80

82

82

82

84

89

89

89

82

86

85

88

85

89

90

81

80

84

Sept.

78

73

76

79

76

83

83

82

74

67

68

74

74

73

73

51

56

54

68

74

76

69

68

76

67

64

64

64

51

56

70
QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959 

DBS MOINES RIVER BASIN--Continued

5-4820. DBS MOINES RIVER AT EUCLID AVENUE BRIDGE AT DES MOINES, IOWA Continued 

Suspended sediment; water year October 1958 to September 1959

Day

1......

2. .....

3......

4. .....

6. .....

7. .....

8. .....

9. .....

10. .....

11......

13. ..... 

14. ..... 

15. .....

16. .....

18. ..... 

19. .....

21......

25. .....

26......

28. .....

30. .....

31......

Total.

1...... 

2...... 

3...... 

4...... 

5......

&..... 

9. ..... 

10. .....

11. .....

13. ..... 

14. ..... 

15......

19

20. .....

91

22. ..... 

23. ..... 

24. ..... 

25......

26. ..... 

27. ..... 

28. ..... 

29. ..... 

30. ..... 

31. ..... 

Total.

October

discharge 

(cfs)

179 

179 

172 

172 

165

172 

165 

172 

285 

210

210 

228 

210 

186 

172

165 

157 

157 

157 

150

157 

142 

142 

135 

135

135 

142 

142 

142 

142 

135

5,212

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

27

34 

57

52

-

Tons 

per 

day

13

e 160 

19

24 

20

727

January

80 

72 

69 

66 

64

62 

60 

56 

56 

56

56 

56 

60 

68 

60

55 

50 

50 

47 

45

46 

47 

48 

50 

50

50 

50 

50 

50 

48 

47

1,724

23 

31

--

3.9 

4.1

124.1

November

discharge 

(cfs}

135 

135 

142 

142 

128

128 

135 

135 

128 

128

122 

128 

128 

142 

142

150 

297 

245 

219 

202

219 

219 

219 

194 

194

128 

113 

133 

130 

95

4,755

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

44

86

42

22

-

Tons 

per 

day

16

e 260 

57

24 

7.1

776.5

February

47 

47 

47 

46 

45

45 

47 

48 

50 

50

50 

50 

50 

50 

50

52 

54 

54 

54 

54

60 

74 

120 

230 

210

270 

420 

700

3,074

26

18

38 

230 

88 

75

60 

190 

485

--

3.2

2.5

7.6 

75 

55 

43

44 

215 

917

1,414.7

December

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

117 

130 

140 

150 

100

90 

100 

94 

90 

85

80 

75 

72 

70 

68

68 

68 

70 

74 

78

82 

84 

86 

88 

90

96 

104 

108 

108 

102 

95

2,862

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

36

24

"

Tons 

per 

day

9.4 

5.7

232.2

March

1,120 

1,400 

1,340 

1,200 

500

230 

300 

370 

510 

710

1,530 

2,100 

2,160 

2,220 

1,650

3,700 

3,300 

2,320 

1,950 

4,060

4,930 

5,040 

4,160 

4,160 

4,600

5,150 

6,610 

6,610 

5,590 

4,490 

3,840

87,850

445 

625 

450 

375 

85

32 

40

42 

235

530 

620 

810 

880 

455

380 

220 

255 

1,080 

2,180

1,780 

1,090 

720 

770 

1,000

1,150 

1,200 

1,020 

660 

470 

400

--

1,350 

2,360 

1,630 

1,220 

115

20 

32 

e 50 

58 

450

2,190 

3,520 

4,720 

5,270 

2,030

3,800 

1,960 

1,600 

5,690 

23,900

23,700 

14,800 

8,090 

8,650 

12,400

16,000 

21,400 

18,200 

9,960 

5,700 

4,150

205,015

e Estimated.
HUDSON BAY AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASINS 87

DBS MOINES RIVER BASIN Continued

5-4820. DBS MOINES RIVER AT EUCLID AVENUE BRIDGE AT DES MOINES, IOWA Continued 

Suspended sediment, water year October 1956 to September 1959 Continued

Day

1......

2. .....

3. .....

4. .....

5. .....

6. .....

8. .....

9. .....

10. .....

11......

13......

14. ..... 

15. .....

16. .....

18. .....

19. ..... 

20. .....

22. .....

23. .....

24. .....

25. .....

26. .....

27. .....

28. ..... 

29. .....

31...... 

Total.

1...... 

2...... 

3...... 

4...... 

5......

6. .....

a.....

9. ..... 

10. .....

11...... 

12. ..... 

13. ..... 

14. ..... 

15. .....

16. .....

18. ..... 

19. ..... 

20. .....

22. ..... 

23. .....

25......

26. ..... 

27. ..... 

28. ..... 

29. ..... 

30. ..... 

31...... 

Total.

April

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

3,530 

3,320 

3,110 

2,700 

2,260

1,990 

1,800 

1,610 

1,440 

1,310

1,210 

1,080 

1,030 

1,000 

938

876 

830 

800 

830 

1,050

1,260 

1,680 

2,040 

2,060 

1,910

1,700 

1,910 

1,990 

1,780 

1,550

50,594

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

370 

310 

330 

315 

305

210 

140 

130 

95 

120

110 

93 

87 

91

97 

99 

60 

87 

135

150 

135 

295 

270 

220

180 

240 

395 

250 

180

--

Tons 

per 

day

3,530 

2,780 

2,770 

2,300 

1,860

1,130 

680 

565 

369 

424

359 

271 

242 

246 

e 240

229 

222 

173 

195 

383

510 

613 

1,620 

1,500 

1,130

826 

sa 1,500 

2,120 

1,200 

754

30,741

July

4,380 

5,590 

5,150 

4,270 

3,530

3,000 

2,500 

2,160 

1,910 

1,680

1,570 

1,310 

1,220 

1,080 

984

938 

1,030 

938 

830 

725

654 

587 

522 

510 

460

424 

413 

391 

402 

391 

347

49,896

1,070 

1,000 

685 

530 

480

305 

310 

280 

255 

260

345 

255 

170 

145 

135

145 

300 

185 

150 

140

65 

40 

54 

31 

29

30

--

12,700 

15,100 

9,520 

6,110 

4,580

2,470 

2,090 

1,630 

1,320 

1,180

1,460 

902 

560 

423 

359

367 

sa950 

469 

336 

274

115

63 

76 

43 

36

32

63,325

May

discharge 

(cfs)

1,390 

1,240 

1,170 

1,100 

1,220

1,330 

1,310 

1,370 

1,720 

2,210

2,400 

2,400 

2,200 

2,000 

1,850

1,640 

1,510 

1,480 

1,570 

1,460

2,800 

3,640 

4,380 

7,950 

9,680

9,920 

8,240 

6,840 

6,610 

8,240 

10,900

111,770

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

150 

170 

170 

150 

190

200 

190 

185 

250 

950

600 

580 

400 

275 

200

160 

140 

190 

250 

260

3,100 

1,650 

1,600 

1,900 

1,200

820 

730 

600 

560 

950 

3,000

-

Tons 

per 

day

563 

569 

537 

446 

626

718 

672 

684 

1,160 

335,600

3,890 

3,760 

2,380 

1,490 

999

708 

571 

759 

1,060 

1,020

sa 28,000 

16,200 

sa 20,000 

a 41, 000 

31,400

22,000 

16,200 

11,100 

9,990 

a 21,000 

a 88,000

333,102

August

325 

315 

305 

295 

347

448 

460 

402 

380 

315

295 

255 

228 

228 

275

305 

237 

237 

228 

202

228 

210 

210 

612 

668

969 

1,020 

954 

969 

892 

770

13,584

Y 35

64 

54 

69 

51

43

28

65 

700 

645

530 

310 

160 

295 

160 

80

-

30

77 

67 

75 

52

32

17

 i

37 

a 1,200 

1,160

1,390 

854 

412 

772 

385 

166

7,123

June

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

14,100 

14,900 

16,100 

14,900 

12,600

9,920 

7,530 

6,150 

5,260 

4,380

3,640 

3,110 

2,700 

2,440 

2,220

1,990 

1,850 

1,780 

1,640 

1,510

1,390 

1,260 

1,150 

1,140 

1,000

954 

938 

954 

1,460 

3,740

142,706

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

1,300 

940 

580 

480 

540

580 

570 

495 

450 

365

360

290 

265

155 

130 

105 

105 

125

100 

105 

105

130 

130 

135 

600 

1,600

-

Tons 

per 

day

a 48, 000 

37,800 

25,200 

19,300 

18,400

15,500 

11,600 

8,220 

6,390 

4,320

3,540 

e 2,900 

2,110 

1,750 

e 1,200

833 

649 

506 

465 

510

375 

357 

326 

e 320 

e 340

335 

329 

348 

333,200 

sa 17,000

232,123

September

695 

695 

710 

770 

725

560 

472 

380 

358 

380

369 

358 

305 

265 

265

228 

219 

228 

255 

285

255 

275 

245 

228 

315

380 

325 

574 

654 

628

12,401

90 

240 

410 

335 

210

180 

140 

80 

58 

51

42 

47 

37

39

45

68 

45 

160 

100 

140

169 

450 

786 

696 

411

272 

178 

82 

56 

52

42 

45 

30

26

38

70 

40 

248 

177 

237

4,365

Total discharge for year (cfs-days). . ........................................................... *ao,*ta 

Total load for year (tons) ...................................................................... 879, 068. 5

e Estimated.

a Computed by subdividing day.

a Computed from partly estimated concentration graph.
PART 6. MISSOURI RIVER BASIN 

BIG HOLE RIVER BASIN

6-260. BIRCH CREEK NEAR GLEN, MONT.

LOCATION.--At gaging station, 2i miles downstream from Sheep Creek and 8 miles southwest of Glen, Beaverh

DRAINAGE AREA. 36.0 square miles.

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Chemical analyses: September 1958 to September 1959 (discontinued).

REMARKS. Records of discharge for water year October 1958 to September 1959 given in WSP 1629.

Chemical analyses, in parts per million, September 1958 to September 

Date of collection

Sept. 23, 1958.....

Aug. 4............

Sept. 3 ...........

Discharge 

(cfs)

10 

9.2 

15 

15 

7.8 

14

11 

32 

85 

62 

7.8

Silica 

(Si02)

13 

13 

11 

14 

14 

12

13 

10 

8.4 

7.4 

12

Iron 

(Fe)

0.02 

.01 

.02 

.02 

.01 

.02

.01 

.01 

.00 

.01 

,01

Calcium 

(Ca)

14 

15 

12 

15 

16 

12

12 

7.8 

6.3 

6.5 

16

Magnesium 

(Mg)

3.2 

3.1 

2.4 

2.3 

3.2 

2.4

2.0 

1.3 

1.0 

.9 

2.0

Sodium 

(Na)

3.7 

2.9 

2.4 

2.8 

3.0 

3.0

3.7 

1.8 

1.6 

1.5 

2.7

Potassium 

(K)

1.6 

1.1 

.9 

1.2 

1.0 

1.5

1.6 

.4 

.4 

.4 

1.4

Bicarbonate 

(HC03 )

60 

61 

49 

57 

62 

51

48 

31 

28 

27 

60

Sulfate 

(S04 )

5.0 

5.3 

5.3 

7.5 

8.0 

6.0

5.5 

4.0 

1.8 

2.5 

6.2

Chloride 

(Cl)

0.9 

.0 

.1 

.2 

.2 

.0

.7 

.1 

.1 

.1 

.3

Fluoride 

(F)

0.1 

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1

.1 

.0 

.0 

.0

.1

Nitrate 

(N0a )

0.1 

.1 

.1 

.2 

.2 

.3

.4 

.3 

.1 

.0 

.2

Boron 

(B)

0.06 

.01 

.01 

.01 

.01 

.02

.01 

.01 

.00 

.00 

.01

Diss

(resid

Parts 

per 

million

74 

76 

58 

73 

79 

66

63 

50 

41 

40 

70
MISSOURI RIVER BASIN

BIG HOLE RIVER BASIN Continued

6-260. BIRCH CREEK NEAR GLEN, MONT.--Continued

Periodic determinations of suspended-sediment discharge, September 1958 to September 1959

Date

Sept. 23, 1958..............

Jan. 7, 1959 ...............

Apr. 2.....................

Sept. 3 ....................

Water discharge 

(cfs)

10 

9.2 

15 

15 

7.8 

14

11 

32 

85 

62 

7.8

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

4 

2 

4 

1 

13 

11

4 

56 

8 

4 

4

Discharge 

(tons per day)

0.1 

.1 

.2

(t) 

.3 

.4

.1 

4.8 

1.8 

.7 

.1

t Less than 0.050 ton.

706-462 O - 63 - 7
MISSOURI RIVER MAIN STEM

6-265. JEFFERSON RIVER NEAR TWIN BRIDGES, MONT.

LOCATION. At gaging station at private bridge, an eighth of a mile upstream from Hell Canyon Creek, 4 m

Big Hole Rivers, and 5 miles north of Twin Bridges, Madison County. 

DRAINAGE AREA. 7,632 square miles. 

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Chemical analyses; September 1957 to September 1959 (discontinued).

Water temperatures: March 1958 to September 1959 (discontinued).

Sediment records: October 1957 to September 1959 (discontinued). 

EXTREMES, 1958-59. Dissolved solids: Maximum, 380 ppm Oct. 1-11; minimum, 93 ppm June 1-14.

Hardness: Maximum, 266 ppm Oct. 1-11; minimum, 53 ppm June 1-14.

Specific conductance-. Maximum daily, 602 micromhos Oct. 4; minimum daily, 124 micromhos June 7, 8, 11

Water temperatures: Maximum, 78°F July 16; minimum, freezing point probably on many days during winte

Sediment concentrations: Maximum daily, not determined; minimum daily, not determined.

Sediment loads: Maximum daily, 2,830 tons June 8; minimum daily, not determined. 

EXTREMES, 1957-59. Dissolved solids: Maximum, 390 ppm Sept. 30, 1957; minimum, 93 ppm June 1-14, 1959.

Hardness: Maximum, 272 ppm Aug. 28 to Sept. 30, 1958; minimum, 49 ppm May 11-31, 1958.

Specific conductance: Maximum daily, 640 micromhos Sept. 25, 1958; minimum daily, 102 micromhos May 2

Water temperatures (1958-59) : Maximum, 78°F July 16, 1959; minimum, freezing point probably on many d

Sediment concentrations: Maximum daily, not determined; minimum daily, not determined.

Sediment loads: Maximum daily, 2,830 tons June 8, 1959; minimum daily, not determined.

REMARKS.--Daily samples for chemical analysis composited by discharge. Records of specific conductance 

at Worland, Wyo. Flow affected by ice Nov. 16-18, 27, 28, Dec. 5-9, 14, 29, Jan. 3-6, 15, 19-21, Jan

year October 1958 to September 1959 given in WSP 1629.

Chemical analyses, in parts per million, water year October 1958 to Septem

Date of collection

Oct. 1-11, 1958....

Jan. 1-31, 1959....

May 1-31..........

June 26-July 5 .....

July 23-31.........

Mean 

discharge 

(els)

1,188 

1,192 

1,472 

1,320

1,136 

969 

1,126 

2,188

2,392 

4,761 

5,891 

4,992

2,030 

909

Silica 

(Si02)

21 

21 

21 

21

21 

20 

19 

16

16 

15 

15 

19

18 

16

Iron 

(Fe)

0.01 

.02 

.01 

.01

.01 

.00 

.00 

.02

.03 

.03 

.02 

.02

.01 

.01

Calcium 

(Ca)

67 

63 

61 

58

63 

60 

56 

32

18 

15 

19 

33

38 

40

Magnesium 

(Mg)

24 

22 

21 

19

21 

19 

18 

9.7

5.1 

3.8 

4.5 

8.9

11 

13

Sodium 

(Na)

25 

23 

22 

19

21 

19 

18 

11

7.0 

5.7 

5.7 

12

13 

14

Potassium 

(K)

5.0 

4.4 

4.2 

3.6

4.1 

3.5 

3.7 

3.5

1.8 

1.9 

1.6 

2.8

3 3 

3.3

Bicarbonate 

(HCOS)

254 

236 

226 

214

233 

214 

203 

126

73 

63 

78 

132

150 

160

Sulfate 

(S04)

94 

86 

83 

76

85 

79 

74 

38

19 

11 

13 

32

42 

48

Chloride 

(Cl)

13 

12 

12 

11

11 

11 

10 

5.5

1.9 

.1 

.1 

3.1

4.8 

5.5

Fluoride 

(F)

0.3 

.2 

.3 

.3

.4 

.3 

.3 

.2

.2 

.2 

.2 

.3

.2 

.2

Nitrate 

(NO,)

1.2 

.9 

1.4 

1.3

1.2 

1.1 

.9 

.6

.3 

.4 

.3 

.4

.4 

.5

Boron 

(B)

0.11 

.08 

.07 

.04

.06 

.06 

.06 

.04

.02 

.03 

.04 

.05

.06 

.05

Dis

(resi

Parts 

per 

million

380 

351 

338 

319

347 

318 

306 

188

118 

93 

105 

194

212 

226
Sept. 21-30 .......

Weighted average a ..........

649

1,344

1,733

21

22

18

.00

.01

0.02

60

57

39

22

19

12

23

23

14

5.4

5.3

3.2

224

216

151

95

90

49

13

6.2

.5

.4

0.3

.3

.2

0.6

.06

.06

0.05

353

345

225

a Represents 100 percent of runoff for water year October 1958 to September 1959.
QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959

MISSOURI RIVER MAIN STEM Continued 

6-265. JEFFERSON RIVER NEAR TWIN BRIDGES, MONT . Continued

Temperature (° F) of water, water year October 1958 to September 1959 

/Once-daily measurement between 2 p.m. and 8 p.m^7

Day

1

2

3

4

5

7 

8

10

11

12

14

15

17 

18

19

21

23

24

25

28

29

31

AverOct.

a 49

a 48

a 48

a 47

a 47 

a 49

a 50 

a 51 

a 48

a 50

a 47

a 53 

a 46

a 46

a 46

a 4b 

a 48

a 48 

a 40

a 39

a 39

--

a 39

a 40

a 39

a 39

a 37

45

Nov.

a 37

a 37

a 41

a 41

a 40

--

--

._

a 36

..

"

--

a 43

--

_.

--

a 33

._

--

--

Dec.

--

--

a 33

--

"

--

a 33

..

--

__

~~

a 34

--

--

__

a 33

"

..

--

34

Jan.

--

--

--

~"

a 32

--

__

--

a 32

""

"

--

a 32

..

--

 ~

32

--

--

Feb.

--

a 32

"

--

a 31

--

__

 

31

--

--

32

__

--

--

Mar.

--

--

--

--

a 31

-

--

35

--

._

""

41

--

._

a 37

..

_-

--

Apr.

47

50

--

"

a 35

--

_.

a 43

"

--

--

a 45

--

"

_.

a 49

-

May

"

a 47

a 46

60

a 51

a 54

a 49 

a 48

a 41

a 46

50

58

a 52

49

54

a. 54

62

June

64

65

62

65

65

55 

57

60

64

64

61

62 

66

67

72

70

64

61

56

56

July

65

70

68

56

65

55 

63

69

70

B6

73

74 

75

75

75

73

77

69

68

68

71

Aug.

--

72

72

70

73

72

68

64

65

70 

65

--

69

..

--

64

63

63

61

Sept.

--

--

a 57

..

--

._

62

"

58

56

--

_.

47

Measurement between 7 a.m. and 11 a.m
MISSOURI RIVER BASIN 

MISSOURI RIVER MAIN STEM Continued

6-265. JEFFERSON RIVER NEAR TWIN BRIDGES, MONT.--Continued 

Suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to September 1959

93

Day

1. .....

2. .....

3. .....

4. .....

5. .....

6. .....

7. .....

8. .....

9. .....

10. .....

11......

14. .....

16......

18. .....

20. .....

22. .....

25. .....

27. .....

28. .....

31......

Total.

L..... 

2...... 

3...... 

4...... 

5......

&.....

10. ..... 

11. .....

15. .....

1 fl

19. ..... 

20. .....

22. ..... 

23. ..... 

24. ..... 

25. .....

26. ..... 

27. ..... 

28. ..... 

29. ..... 

30. ..... 

31...... 

Total.

October

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

1,220 

1,200 

1,180 

1,190 

1,220

1,220 

1,180 

1,130 

1,140 

1,190

1,200 

1,220 

1,200 

1,180 

1,150

1,130 

1,130 

1,120 

1,110 

1,100

1,130 

1,160 

1,210 

1,220 

1,220

1,240 

1,250 

1,260 

1,270 

1,270 

1,270

36,910

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

26 

19 

17 

34 

43

48 

38 

31 

31 

29

26 

19

17 

17

13

-

Tons 

per 

day

86 

62 

54 

109 

142

158 

121 

95 

95 

93

84 

63 

55 

54

42

1,985

January

1,160 

1,120 

500 

500 

850

1,150 

1,250 

1,470 

1,420 

1,340

1,330 

1,260 

1,240 

1,250 

1,200

1,160 

1,200 

1,160 

1,120 

1,100

1,070 

1,150 

1,190 

1,310 

1,210

1,180 

1,120 

1,080 

1,060 

1,040 

1,020

35,210

20

17

42 

25

--

e 100

3,100

November

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

1,270 

1,260 

1,280 

1,360 

1,390

1,470 

1,480 

1,580 

1,590 

1,670

1,680 

1,610 

1,560 

1,610 

1,540

1,420 

1,290 

1,260 

1,360 

1,560

1,650 

1,650 

1,640 

1,700 

1,600

1,550 

1,330 

1,260 

1,250 

1,280

44,150

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

16

60 

25

8

-

Tons 

per 

day

57 

e 130

3,535

February

1,000 

950 

950 

900 

880

880 

880 

860 

830 

810

810 

870 

930 

960 

1,000

1,010 

1,000 

990 

980 

1,000

1,030 

1,090 

1,110 

1,100 

1,070

1,100 

1,070 

1,070

27,130

34

14

22

27 

28

--

e 70

1,960

December

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

1,340 

1,390 

1,460 

1,560 

1,500

1,460 

1,440 

1,430 

1,430 

1,440

1,430 

1,440 

1,410 

1,370 

1,330

1,250 

1,310 

1,340 

1,340 

1,310

1,330 

1,310 

1,240 

1,150 

1,150

1,120 

1,140 

1,140 

1,120 

1,100 

1,140

40,920

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

26 

34

30 

26

21 

17

--

Tons 

per 

day

e 90

2,790

March

1,110 

1,160 

1,120 

1,080 

1,080

1,070 

1,100 

1,080 

1,060 

1,100

1,050 

1,100 

1,120 

1,060 

1,020

1,100 

1,160 

1,210 

1,190 

1,120

1,100 

1,120 

1,160 

1,190 

1,190

1,180 

1,190 

1,160 

1,180 

1,200 

1.150

34,910

34 

31

46

42 

47

--

e 120

3,720

e Estimated.
QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959 

MISSOURI RIVER MAIN STEM--Continued

6-265. JEFFERSON RIVER NEAR TWIN BRIDGES, MONT.--Continued 

Suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to September 1959--Continued

Day

1......

2. .....

3. .....

4. .....

6. .....

7. .....

8. .....

9. .....

10. .....

11......

13. .....

14. ..... 

15. .....

16. .....

17. .....

18. ..... 

19. .....

21......

23. .....

24. .....

25. .....

27. .....

28. .....

31......

Total.

L..... 

2...... 

3...... 

4...... 

5......

7. .....

8...... 

9. ..... 

10. .....

11......

13...... 

14. ..... 

15......

16. .....

18. .....

20. .....

22. ..... 

23. .....

25......

26. ..... 

27. ..... 

28. ..... 

29. ..... 

30. ..... 

31. ..... 

Total.

April

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

1,140 

1,280 

1,740 

2,160 

2,480

3,240 

5,220 

4,460 

3,180 

2,360

2,010 

1,890 

2,080 

2,350 

2,410

2,380 

2,010 

1,780 

1,720 

1,680

1,610 

1,630 

1,710 

1,700 

1,750

1,750 

1,960 

2,070 

1,910 

1,980

65,640

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

49 

55 

96

68

18

24 

17

--

Tons 

per 

day

151 

190 

451 

e 700 

e 900

e 1,300 

e 2,800 

e 1,400 

eSOO

e 180

12,172

July

5,500 

4,960 

3,940 

3,570 

3,260

2,920 

2,680 

2,730 

2,840 

2,730

2,460 

2,200 

2,040 

1,960 

1,910

1,810 

1,680 

1,560 

1,390 

1,320

1,200 

1,080 

1,030 

942 

931

900 

890 

880 

900 

890 

820

63,923

76 

60 

53 

59 

53

35 

28 

31 

29 

22

15 

14 

11

8 

10

Total discharge for year (cfs1,130 

804 

564 

569 

466

276 

203 

228 

222 

162

100 

83 

61 

e42 

41

31

5,447

May

discharge 

(cfs)

2,180 

2,520 

2,640 

2,430 

2,200

2,000 

1,850 

1,720 

1,780 

1,910

1,940 

1,860 

1,780 

1,860 

2,160

2,670 

3,480 

3,690 

3,520 

3,210

2,850 

2,540 

2,300 

2,080 

2,080

2,330 

2,620 

2,680 

2,650 

2,410 

2,200

74, 140

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

12

12

17

21 

13 

11 

21 

31

51 

59 

42 

.28 

24

17 

13 

12 

10 

11

13 

13 

12 

10 

9

--

Tons 

per 

day

e 220 

e 280 

e 320 

e 220 

e 140

e90 

60 

e 55 

58 

88

110 

65 

53 

105 

181

368 

554 

418 

266 

208

131 

89 

74 

56 

62

e 70 

92 

94 

86 

65 

53

4,731

August

811 

860 

890 

870 

830

784 

739 

690 

650 

629

615 

574 

594 

580 

574

538 

532 

505 

526 

574

658 

757 

784 

793 

775

757 

739 

690 

658 

658 

636

21,270

12 

24

22 

46

946

June

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

2,060 

1,950 

2,040 

2,410 

3,020

3,800 

5,770 

7,540 

7,560 

7,790

6,410 

5,280 

5,190 

5,830 

6,380

7,060 

7,080 

7,010 

6,570 

5,960

5,660 

5,440 

5,040 

4,440 

4,160

4,770 

6,070 

5,990 

6,120 

5,740

160,140

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

10 

10 

13 

21 

32

111 

139

78

57 

55 

56 

69 

103

113 

90 

77 

62 

48

59 

62 

42 

41 

38

68 

108 

78 

74 

95

--

Tons 

per 

day

56 

53 

72 

137 

261

e 550 

1,730 

2,830 

e 2,200 

1,640

986 

784 

785 

1,090 

1,770

2,150 

1,720 

1,460 

1,100 

772

902 

911 

572 

492 

427

876 

1,770 

1,260 

1,220 

1,470

32,046

September

643 

658 

666 

690 

722

739 

757 

739 

714 

714

730 

722 

706 

706 

766

757 

802 

840 

870 

880

1,130 

1,320 

1,330 

1,330 

1,340

1,340 

1,360 

1,420 

1,430 

1,440

28,261

23 

21

11

19

13

31 

63 

41

25

25 

30

e 34

95 

225 

147

 e 100

1,847

632,604 

74,279

e Estimated.
MISSOURI RIVER BASIN 95

MILK RIVER BASIN 

6-1740. WILLOW CREEK NEAR GLASGOW, MONT.

LOCATION. At gaging station, 6 miles south of Glasgow, Valley County, and 8 miles upstream from mouth.

DRAINAGE AREA. 536 square miles.

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Sediment records: October 1953 to September 1959.

EXTREMES, 1958-59. Sediment concentrations: Maximum daily, not determined; minimum daily,

no flow on many days.

Sediment loads: Maximum daily, 170,000 tons (estimated) Mar. 19; minimum daily, 0 tons 

on many days.

EXTREMES, 1953-59. Sediment concentrations: Maximum daily, 58,000 ppm Apr. 5, 1954; 

minimum daily, no flow on many days each year.

Sediment loads: Maximum daily, 390,000 tons Apr. 6, 1954; minimum daily, 0 tons on 

many days each year.

REMARKS. Maximum observed sediment concentration during water year, 27,400 ppm June 17. 

Flow affected by ice Dec. 3-9, 15-31, Feb. 28, Mar. 7-12. Bureau of Land Management 

has extensive spreader systems on some of the tributaries upstream from station. 

Records of discharge for water year October 1958 to September 1959 given in WSP 1629.

Monthly and annual summary of water and suspended-sediment discharge, water year October 1958 to September 1959

Month

September ............

Discharge 

(cfs-days)

0 

4.0 

700.5

0 

10 

21,688 

430.1 

5.8 

203.5 

4.8 

0 

59.3

23,106.0

Runoff 

(acre -feet)

0 

7.9 

1,390

0 

20 

43,020 

853 

12 

404 

9.5 

0 

118

45,830

Suspended sediment

Load 

(tons)

0 

e 4 

a 3, 569

0 

e4 

a 863, 616 

a 4, 499 

e 2 

a 5, 965 

e 8 

0 

e 775

878,442

Daily load (tons)

Mean

0 

.1 

115

0 

.1 

27,900 

150 

.1 

199 

.2 

0 

26

2,410

Maximum

0 

e 2 

a 2,300

0 

e4 

e 170,000 

1,420

e 2, 600 

e 2 

0 

e440

e 170,000

Minimum

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

e 3 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0

Concentration (ppm)

Weighted 

mean

Maximum 

observed

3,900

22,400 

6,600 

120 

27,400

27,400

e Estimated.

a Partly estimated.
MILK RIVER BASIN Continued 

6-1740. WILLOW CREEK NEAR GLASGOW, MONT.--Continue

Particle-size analyses of suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to S

(Methods of analysis: B, bottom withdrawal tube; C, chemically dispersed; M, mech

N, in native water; P, plpet; S, sieve; V, visual accumulation tube; W, in dis

Date 

of 

collection

Mar. 17, 1959...

Apr. 1 .........

Time

11:40 a.m. 

1:50 p.m. 

12:15 p.m.

Discharge 

(cfs)

1,360 

1,180 

a 75

Water 

temperature 

(°F)

48

Suspended sedimen

Concentration 

of sample 

(ppm)

14,800 

22,400 

6,600

Concentration 

of suspension 

analyzed 

(ppm)

2,870 

4,680 

3,290

Percent finer tha

0.002 0.004

59 

61 

83

0.008 0.016

82 

84 

98

0.031 

a Daily mean discharge.
MISSOURI RIVER BASIN

YELLOWSTONE RIVER BASIN 

6-2530. FIVEMILE CREEK NEAR SHOSHONI, WYO.

LOCATION. At gaging station, li miles upstream from normal high-water line of Boysen

Reservoir and 5 miles west of Shoshoni, Fremont County. 

DRAINAGE AREA. 397 square miles.

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Chemical analyses: September 1949 to November 1951. 

Water temperatures: December 1948 to September 1959. 

Sediment records: August 1948 to September 1959. 

EXTREMES, 1958-59. Water temperatures: Minimum, freezing point on many days during

November to March.

Sediment concentrations; Maximum daily, not determined; minimum daily, not determined. 

Sediment loads: Maximum daily, 7,200 tons (estimated) June 16; minimum daily, not

determined.

EXTREMES, 1948-59. Water temperatures: Maximum (1948-58), 84°F June 10, 1949; minimum, freezing point on many days during winter months. 

Sediment concentrations: Maximum daily, 136,000 ppm June 12, 1949; minimum daily,

10 ppm Jan. 31, 1951. 

Sediment loads: Maximum daily, 350,000 tons (estimated) Sept. 19, 1948; minimum

daily, less than 0.50 ton Jan. 31, 1951. 

REMARKS. Maximum observed sediment concentration during water year, 10,900 ppm

July 17. Flow affected by ice Nov. 17-23, 26-30, Dec. 6-18, 22-26, Jan. 2 to Mar. 1. 

Records of discharge for water year October 1958 to September 1959 given in WSP 1629.

Temperature (° F) of water, water year October 1958 to September 1959 

/Once-daily measurement between 8 a.m. and 12 m./

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21 

22 

23

24

25 

26

27

28

29

30 

31

AverOct.

42

45

47

a 57

49

a 60

54

46

47

47

a 57

50

59

45

49

46

42

45

a 55

40 

40

a 46 

42

a 44 

a 45

a 45

45

a 45

40

a 40

47

Nov.

_.

a 43

35

41

a 43

a 43

39

--

a 47

a 48

44

a 43

a 45

a 48

a 37

..

a 33

a 32

34

a 40 

32

"

32

--

a 32

Dec.

__

32

a 32

--

._

--

32

32

--

33

--

--

32

_.

32

a 34

"

a 34 

34

a 36

a 32

"

Jan.

..

--

--

a 32

--

32

--

._

a 32

--

--

32

--

--

"

32

a 32

32

a 32

32

Feb.

__

a 32

a 35

a 35

a 33

a 34

a 34

a 31

a 35

a 33

33

a 34

a 35

a 32

a 35

a 34

32

a 35

--

"

"

32

--

--

-

Mar.

__

--

--

32

--

-_

32

32

a 32

"

32

--

--

32

"

--

33

--

-

Apr.

39

--

--

"

_

--

38

_

36

..

--

41

__

37

41

48

50

-_

45

47

"

May

._

46

-

__

--

47

__

"

__

--

50

--

50

_

--

-_

~-

45

--

50

"

June

54

--

--

64

._

--

_.

57

._

--

--

a 73

-.

65

~~

70

71

a 71

64

--

53

"

July

58

59

60

59

59

61

61

53

56

61

60

66

70

61

65

64

66

65

67

67 

67

64 

66

68 

65

68

68

65

61

60 

68

RS

Aug.

67

67

65

60

63

64

62

62

65

63

62

66

61

60

--

58

.64

64

65

61 

63

65 

59

a 63 

58

62

57

59

65

60 

62

RO

Sept.

57

52

56

59

59

62

60

66

52

53

57

62

62

59

62

55

53

51

57

56 

54

48 

51

50 

48

45

49

45

45

46

*A

a Measurement between 1 p.m. and 8 p.m.
98 QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959

YELLOWSTONE RIVER BASIN--Continued

6-2530. FIVEMILE CREEK NEAR SHOSHONI, WYO. Continued

Suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to September 1959

Day

1......

2. ..... 

3......

4. ..... 

5. .....

6......

8. .....

9. .....

10. .....

11......

14. ..... 

15. .....

16. .....

18......

20. .....

21......

22. .....

24. .....

25. ..... 

26. .....

30. .....

31......

Total.

L..... 

2...... 

3...... 

4...... 

5......

&..... 

9. ..... 

10. .....

13...... 

14. ..... 

15. .....

16. .....

Ifi

20. .....

23. ..... 

24. ..... 

25. .....

26. ..... 

27. ..... 

28. ..... 

29. ..... 

30. ..... 

31. ..... 

Total.

October

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

305 

298 

288 

295 

285

265 

262 

259 

265 

295

243 

173 

130 

114 

108

101 

139 

130 

114 

112

114 

118 

108 

101 

98

101 

101 

99 

98 

94 

98

5,311

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

2,170 

2,070 

2,540 

2,880 

2,790

2,400 

2,350 

2,470 

2,240 

2,900

2,330 

1,220 

980 

690 

590

550 

2,600 

1,960 

1,050 

1,180

1,210 

1,090 

896 

742 

796

913 

841 

766 

728 

890 

977

-

Tons 

per 

day

1,790 

1,670 

1,980 

2,290 

2,150

1,720 

1,660 

1,730 

1,600 

2,310

1,530 

570 

344 

212 

172

150 

976 

688 

323 

357

372 

347 

261 

202 

211

249 

229 

205 

193 

226 

258

26,975

January

80 

60 

50 

50 

60

80 

80 

80 

80 

80

80 

80 

80 

80 

80

80 

80 

80 

80 

70

60 

60 

70 

90 

85

80 

80 

80 

80 

75 

75

2,325

156 

143

259

244 

460

845

--

e40

a 85 

180

2,405

November

discharge

(cts)

98 

94 

98 

98 

94

94 

99 

96 

92 

94

96 

94 

92 

96 

94

86 

75 

70 

70 

75

75 

80 

90 

107 

96

85 

75 

70 

70 

75

2,628

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

751 

971 

948 

960

697 

1,000

817

394

706 

950 

1,100

 1,430 

1,460

800

-

Tons 

per 

day

e 220 

191 

257 

251 

244

177 

267

207

100

e 130 

143 

180 

208

309

422 

e260

e 180 

e 150 

e 150 

a 150 

e 190

6,555

February

75 

75 

75 

75 

75

75 

75 

75 

75 

75

85 

85 

85 

85 

85

85 

80 

80 

80 

80

80 

80 

80 

80 

80

80 

80 

85

2,225

483

540 

680 

700 

700 

900

1,280 

1,330 

1,200

5,040

-

98

124 

156 

161 

161 

a 200

294 

287 

a 260

e 260

e 460

1,090 

e 1,300 

e 1,500

8,533

December

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

96 

105 

120 

118 

94

80 

85 

90 

90 

90

100 

90 

80 

70 

70

75 

80 

90 

118 

103

94 

80 

80 

75 

70

70 

74 

77 

80 

72 

72

2,688

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

2,300 

2,300

780 

800

1,600

400

490 

2,300

1,880 

1,650 

1,410

1,100

-

Tons 

per 

day

e 300 

e 500 

a 750 

a 750

e 190

a 440 

e95

sa700 

e600

e 550 

406 

356

e 260

9,237

March

90 

86 

79 

77 

74

75 

79 

80 

79 

71

60 

74 

84 

80 

84

80 

77 

89 

87 

84

79 

84 

86 

82 

66

66 

63 

58 

58 

52 

54

2,337

2,930

3,100

2,800 

3,260

3,680 

3,400

4,900

4,200 

5,400

-

e 1,800 

e 1,200 

e 900 

e 700 

e600

593 

e 700 

e 750 

e 750 

594

a 460 

651 

e 700 

795 

e 800

734 

e 900 

e 1,300 

e 1,200 

a 1,100

e 1,000 

e950 

e 900 

e 800 

a 750

sa950 

e 850 

e 800 

e650 

e 600 

eSOO

25,977

Estimated, 

s Computed by subdividing day. 

a Computed from partly estimated concentration graph.
MISSOURI RIVER BASIN 99

YELLOWSTONE RIVER BASIN--Continued

6-2530. FIVEMILE CREEK NEAR SHOSHONI, WYO . Continued 

Suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to September 1959--Continued

Day

1......

2. .....

3. .....

4. .....

5. .....

6......

7. .....

9. .....

10. .....

11......

12. .....

15. ..... 

16. .....

17. .....

18. .....

20. .....

90

24. ..... 

25. .....

30. ..... 

31......

Total.

L..... 

2...... 

3...... 

4...... 

5......

6. .....

&..... 

9. ..... 

10. .....

13. ..... 

14. ..... 

15. .....

1ft

19. ..... 

20. .....

21. ..... 

22. ..... 

23. .....

25......

26...... 

27. ..... 

28. ..... 

29. ..... 

30. ..... 

31...... 

Total.

April

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

52 

55 

52 

50

45

43 

45 

45 

45 

45

45 

42 

42 

43 

63

95 

164 

130 

124 

118

110 

112 

118 

143 

139

154 

211 

176 

152 

132

2,790

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

3,200 

3,400

1,200 

1,330

8,800 

5,500 

1,860

3,800 

4,600

2,880 

2,360

Tons 

per 

day

a 440 

a 500 

e 420 

e 340 

e 280

e 220 

e 180 

146 

e 150 

162

e 160 

e 160 

e 170 

e 300 

a 1,500

e 1,300 

a 2,400 

e 1,200 

e 700 

593

e 600 

e 750 

a 1,200 

a 1,800 

e 2,000

e 2,600 

e 3,500 

1,370 

969 

e950

27,060

July

337 

295 

291 

295 

298

285 

272 

259 

240 

253

268 

285 

275 

262 

272

302 

363 

398 

359 

337

302 

308 

308 

312 

308

308 

326 

333 

312 

319 

333

9,415

4,600 

4,300 

3,300 

3,300 

3,200

3,000 

2,600 

2,500 

2,400 

3,060

3,140 

2,900 

2,900 

2,900 

2,900

3,140 

5,100 

5,000 

4,000 

3,200

2,630 

2,540 

2,900 

2,650 

2,600

2,630 

3,040 

3,150 

3,200 

3,400 

3,400

Total discharge for year (cfsTotal load for year (tons) ....

4,190 

3,420 

2,590 

2,630 

2,570

2,310 

1,910 

1,750 

1,560 

2,090

2,270 

2,230 

2,150 

2,050 

2,130

2,560 

sa 5,300 

sa 5,700 

3,880 

2,910

2,140 

2,110 

2,410 

2,230 

2,160

2,190 

2,680 

2,830 

2,700 

2,930 

3,060

83,640

May

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

136 

134 

132 

173 

159

152 

159 

159 

143 

164

171 

164 

134 

154 

168

154 

154 

161 

147 

216

228 

217 

214 

217 

214

202 

194 

200 

202 

200 

240

5,462

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

2,770 

3,800

2,180

2,400 

2,240

2,900 

2,880

Tons 

per 

day

1,020 

e 1,100 

e 1,200 

1,770 

e 1,300

e 1,000 

e 950 

936 

e 1,100 

e 1,200

e 1,200 

e 1,000 

a 850 

e950 

1,020

e 1,000 

e 1,000 

e 1,000 

e 1,000 

e 1,700

e 1,900 

a 1,700 

e 1,700 

e 1,600 

e 1,600

e 1,600 

e 1,600 

1,560 

e 1,600 

e 2,100 

e 3,100

42,356

August

330 

330 

337 

340 

344

344 

348 

344 

330 

337

322 

322 

340 

363 

378

363 

363 

337 

322 

298

295 

288 

282 

291 

278

265 

259 

259 

253 

246 

250

9,758

3,230 

3,820 

3,700 

3,380 

3,300

3,150 

2,900 

2,800 

2,600 

2,640

2,550 

2,510 

2,310 

2,450 

2,480

2,250 

2,500 

2,400 

2,320 

2,220

1,950 

1,820 

2,020 

2,100 

1,930

1,990 

1,670 

1,600 

1,580 

1,700 

1,820

2,880 

3,400 

3,370 

3,100 

3,060

2,930 

2,720 

2,600 

2,320 

2,400

2,220 

2,180 

2,120 

2,400 

2,530

2,210 

2,450 

2,180 

2,020 

1,790

1,550 

1,420 

1,540 

1,650 

1,450

1,420 

1,170 

1,120 

1,080 

1,130 

1,230

65,640

June

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

237 

240 

194 

220 

202

178 

181 

214 

225 

228

208 

205 

217 

220 

240

348 

326 

308 

278 

262

298 

316 

319 

322 

302

295 

295 

312 

337 

355

7,882

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

4,700 

2,810

2,410

6,800 

4,620

4,300

5,650 

5,190

4,650 

4,700

--

Tons 

per 

day

3,010 

e 3,100 

e 2,700 

e 2,800 

1,530

e 1,400 

e 1,300 

e 1,300 

e 1,400 

1,480

e 1,400 

e 1,400 

e 1,400 

e 1,400 

e 1,500

e 7,200 

5,990 

e 4,500 

3,470 

e 3,400

e 3,500 

3,670 

e4,300 

4,910 

4,230

3,700 

e 3,800 

e 4,000 

a 4, 300 

e 4,800

92,890

September

240 

246 

243 

246 

250

246 

243 

240 

225 

222

220 

225 

231 

234 

225

225 

256 

256 

259 

259

272 

272 

262 

272 

253

237 

231 

240 

220 

228

7,278

1,620 

1,680 

1,470 

1,440 

1,650

1,410 

1,300 

1,350 

1,160 

1,200

1,160 

1,220 

1,300 

1,490 

1,510

1,390 

2,000 

1,890 

1,920 

1,740

1,850 

1,550 

1,400 

1,570 

1,560

1,510 

1,410 

1,540 

1,230 

1,200

1,050 

1,120 

964 

956 

1,110

937 

853 

875 

705 

719

689 

741 

811 

941 

917

844 

1,380 

1,310 

1,340 

1,220

1,360 

1,140 

990 

1,150 

1,070

966 

879 

998 

731 

739

29,505

60,099 

420,773

Estimated, 

s Computed by subdividing day. 

a Computed from partly estimated concentration graph.
YELLOWSTONE RIVER BASIN Continued 

6-2530. FIVEMILE CREEK NEAR SHOSHONI, WYO. Continu

Particle-size analyses of suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to S

(Methods of analysis: B, bottom withdrawal tube; C, chemically dispersed; M, mec

N, in native water; P, pipet; S, sieve; V, visual accumulation tube; W in di

Date 

of 

collection

Oct. 2, 1958.....

Feb. 26, 1959 ...

Mav 28

Sept. 14.........

Time

1:55 p.m. 

12:40 p.m. 

12:30 p.m. 

3:15 p.m. 

4:20 p.m.

3:05 p.m. 

5:55 p.m. 

1:25 p.m. 

9:00 a.m. 

8:40 a.m.

4:35 p.m. 

8:45 a.m. 

5:05 p.m. 

5:10 p.m. 

3:55 p.m.

2:55 p.m. 

5:20 p.m. 

2:10 p.m. 

10:30 a.m. 

5:40 p.m.

3:45 p.m. 

5:05 p.m.

Discharge 

(cfs)

302 

108 

101 

75 

95

84 

74 

61 

72 

143

164 

186 

128 

197 

228

340 

291 

262 

374 

322

288 

225

Water 

temperature

51 

53 

40 

39 

32

32 

39 

48 

41 

50

56 

46 

65 

64 

66

73 

68 

71 

68 

75

72 

68

Suspended sedime

Concentration 

of sample 

(ppm)

2,140 

590 

1,200 

1,700 

1,500

10,000 

3,250 

3,550 

8,390 

4,780

2,600 

4,350 

1,850 

2,680 

2,400

6,270 

4,390 

3,050 

3,200 

3,440

2,000 

1,320

Concentration 

of suspension 

analyzed 

(ppm)

3,160 

1,500 

2,940 

3,090 

2,780

4,430 

3,110 

4,150 

3,610 

3,530

3,700 

4,260 

2,920 

3,800 

3,790

4,400 

3,220 

4,360 

3,980 

2,870

4,220 

3,200

Percent finer tha

0.002

16 

17

0.004

22 

25 

31 

17 

15

25 

19 

36 

38 

28

21 

15 

22 

20 

21

24 

19 

19 

18 

21

13 

11

0.008

28 

32

0.016

33 

36 

46 

28 

24

47 

32 

57 

58 

42

32 

24 

37 

33 

34

39 

28 

32 

29 

36

30 

27

0.03
MISSOURI RIVER BASIN 101 

YELLOWSTONE RIVER BASIN Continued 

6-2570. BADWATER CREEK AT BONNEVILLE, WYO.

LOCATION. At gaging station at Bonneville, Fremont County, 3 miles upstream from

normal high-water line of Boysen Reservoir. 

DRAINAGE AREA. 790 square miles, approximately. 

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Sediment records: October 1947 to February 1954, August 1954 to

September 1959. 

EXTREMES, 1958-59. Sediment concentrations: Maximum daily, not determined; minimum

daily, no flow on many days. 

Sediment loads: Maximum daily, 3,500 tons (estimated) Mar. 19; minimum daily 0 tons

on many days. 

EXTREMES, 1947-59. Sediment concentrations: Maximum daily, 108,000 ppm July 11, 1949;

minimum daily, no flow on many days each year. 

Sediment loads: Maximum daily, 210,000 tons May 29, 1956; minimum daily, 0-tons on

many days each year. 

REMARKS. Maximum observed sediment concentration during water year, 19,200 ppm Mar. 16.

Records of discharge for water year October 1958 to September 1959 given in WSP 1629.

Monthly and annual summary of water and suspended-sediment discharge, water year October 1958 to September 1959

Month

September ...........

Water year .........

Discharge 

(cfs-days)

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

599.4 

122.6 

314.8 

0 

0 

0 

0

1,036.8

Runoff 

(acre-feet)

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

1,190 

243 

624 

0 

0 

0 

0

2,060

Suspended sediment

(tons)

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

a 17,909 

a 1,164 

a 4,997 

0 

0 

0 

0

24,070

Daily load (tons)

Mean

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

578 

38.8 

161 

0 

0 

0 

0

66

Maximum

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

e 3,500 

465 

e 750 

0 

0 

0 

0

e 3,500

Minimum

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0

Concentration (ppm)

Weighted 

mean

Maximum 

observed

19,200 

8,090 

10,300

19,200

e Estimated.

a Partly estimated.
YELLOWSTONE RIVER BASIN Continued 

6-2570. BADWATER CREEK AT BONNEVILLE, WYO. Continu

Particle-size analyses of suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to Se

(Methods of analysis: B, bottom withdrawal tube; C, chemically dispersed; M, mec

____ N, In native water; P, pipet; S, sieve; V, visual accumulation tube; W, in di

Date 

of 

collection

Mar. 16, 1959...

May 4 ..........

Time

5:10 p.m. 

3:35 p.m. 

3:55 p.m. 

10:00 a.m.

Discharge 

(cfs)

19 

110 

26 

32

Water 

temperature 

C F)

47 

50 

59 

54

Suspended sedimen

Concentration 

of sample 

(ppm)

19,200 

15,400 

9,140 

10,300

Concentration 

of suspension 

analyzed 

(ppm)

5,590 

5,210 

5,480 

5,240

Percent finer tha

0.002 0.004

53 

36 

39 

46

0.008 0.016

88 

54 

61 

72

0.03
MISSOURI RIVER BASIN

YELLOWSTONE RIVER BASIN Continued 

6-2580. MUDDY CREEK NEAR SHOSHONI, WYO.

LOCATION. At gaging station, 2i miles upstream from normal high-water line of Boysen

Reservoir and 9 miles northwest of Shoshoni, Fremont County. 

DRAINAGE AREA. 340 square miles, approximately. 

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Water temperatures: March to July 1949, October 1956 to September

1959.

Sediment records: March 1949 to September 1959. 

EXTREMES, 1958-59. Water temperatures: Minimum, freezing point probably on many days

during November to March.

Sediment concentrations: Maximum daily, not determined; minimum daily, not determined. 

Sediment loads: Maximum daily, 3,300 tons (estimated) July 5; minimum daily, less than

0.50 ton on several days during February.

EXTREMES, 1949-59. Water temperatures: Maximum (1956-58), 87°F July 12, 1958; minimum (1949, 1956-59), freezing point on many days during winter months. 

Sediment concentrations: Maximum daily (1951-58), 119,000 ppm July 22, 1951; minimum daily, no flow on many days. 

Sediment loads: Maximum daily, 200,000 tons (estimated) July 5, 1950; minimum daily,

0 tons on many days.

REMARKS. Maximum observed sediment concentration during water year, 20,300 ppm Apr. 29. 

Flow affected by ice Nov. 17 to Mar. 27. Records of discharge for water year October 

1958 to September 1959 given in WSP 1629.

Temperature (° F) of water, water year October 1958 to September 1959 

/Once-daily measurement between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m./

Day

1

6

8

10

11 

12

15 

16

20

22

no

26

29

AverOct.

46

61

a 49

58

60

a 40

48

--

45

Nov.

--

39

_

-

32

Dec.

--

--

a 32

"

a 32

--

32

--

32

Jan.

--

32

--

32

--

"

--

-

--

Feb.

--

--

32

32

--

"

32

-

Mar.

--

32

--

32 

32

33

33

--

36

--

Apr.

53

46

39

a 44

a 45

--

58

May

--

--

a 54

a 55

--

a 48

--

June

a 59

-

68

ft 9

a 74

a 68

a 53

July

72

a 62

70

a 66

a 75

a 73

a 68

Aug.

--

00

a. 63

81 

79--

78

78 

a 70

75

79

77

Sept.

70 

75

on

a 69

a 51

70 

a 68

a 55

--

54

a Measurement between 9 a.m. and 12 m.
QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959 

YELLOWSTONE RIVER BASIN Continued

6-2580. MUDDY CREEK NEAR SHOSHONI, WYO.--Continued 

Monthly and annual summary of water and suspended-sediment discharge, water year October 1958 to September 1959

Month

May

September ...........

Water year .........

Discharge 

(cfs-days)

550 

283.5 

117

71 

57 

493 

376.6 

583.8 

1,303 

1,502 

1,165 

462.8

6,964.7

Runoff 

(acre-feet)

1,090 

562 

232

141 

113 

978 

747 

1,160 

2,580 

2,980 

2,310 

918

13,810

Suspended sediment

Load 

(tons)

a 3, 574 

a 1,035 

e 104

e 62 

e26 

a 2, 654 

a 3,798 

a 5,383 

a 14,423 

a 21,637 

a 7, 975 

a 1,063

61,734

Daily load (tons)

Mean

115 

34 

3.4

2 

.9 

86 

127 

174 

481 

698 

257 

35

169

Maximum

a 600

e400 

a 1,200 

1,160 

e 1,900 

e3,300 

e 700 

e 90

e 3 , 300

Minimum

(t)

a 80 

17 

e 17 

8

(t)

Concentration (ppm)

Weighted 

mean

Maximum 

observed

6,060 

5,240 

404

312 

198 

8,260 

20,300 

15,000 

6,790 

8,970 

3,580 

1,500

20,300

e Estimated.

t Less than 0.50 ton.

a Partly estimated.
YELLOWSTONE RIVER BASIN Cont inued

6-2580. MUDDY CREEK NEAR SHOSHONI, WYO. Cont inu

Particle-size analyses of suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to S

(Methods of analysis: B, bottom withdrawal tube; C, chemically dispersed; M, me

in native water; P, plpet; S, sieve; V, visual accumulation tube; W, in d

Date 

of 

collection

Oct. 1, 1958.....

Mar. 26, 1959 ...

July 17..........

Time

3:55 p.m. 

2:25 p.m. 

11:35 a.m. 

3:05 p.m. 

5:35 p.m.

3:30 p.m. 

9:05 a.m. 

2:05 p.m. 

11:30 a.m. 

10:05 a.m.

3:25 p.m. 

4:15 p.m. 

2:55 p.m. 

11:05 a.m. 

11:20 a.m.

Discharge 

(cfs)

21 

20 

41 

17 

25

16 

47 

23 

64 

48

64 

109 

63 

36 

35

Water 

temperature 

(° F)

46 

60

42 

34

53 

47 

57 

57 

63

80 

72 

70 

69 

75

Suspended sedim

Concentration 

of sample 

(ppm)

2,120 

1,600 

6,050 

1,580 

7,800

3,890 

20,300 

10,200 

15,000 

4,940

5,540 

7,740 

5,000 

2,050 

1,570

Concentration 

of suspension 

analyzed 

(ppm)

2,060 

1,410 

3,720 

2,310 

4,040

3,440 

3,050 

2,670 

4,120 

3,600

3,900 

3,880 

3,220 

2,550 

930

Percent finer th

0.002

10 

9 

18

0.004

14 

13 

25 

28 

30

46 

42 

46 

31 

20

19 

20 

18 

21 

12

0.008

17 

14 

28

0.016

20 

17 

35

40 

49

61 

66 

74 

58 

22

30 

31 

28 

30 

17

0.0

Particle-size analyses of bed material, water year October 1958 to Sep

(Methods of analysis: B, bottom withdrawal tube; C, chemically dispersed; M, m

N, in native water; P, pipet; S, sieve; V, visual accumulation tube; W, in di

Date of collection

May 13, 1959....... J

Time

9:30 a.m. 

12:05 p.m.

Discharge 

(cfs)

81 

65

Number of 

sampling 

points

22 

21

Bed ma

Percent finer than indicat

0.016 0.031 0.062

5 

1

0.125

15 

5

0.250

74 

31

0.500

96 

72
106 QUALITY OF SURFACE WATKRS, 1959

YELLOWSTONE RIVER BASIN Continued 

6-2685. FIFTEEN MILE CREEK NEAR NORLAND, WYO.

LOCATION. At gaging station, If miles upstream from mouth and 2} miles west of Worland, 

Washakie County.

DRAINAGE AREA. 594 square miles.

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Sediment records: March 1951 to September 1959.

EXTREMES, 1958-59. Sediment concentrations: Maximum daily, 93,400 ppm June 27; minimum daily, no flow on many days.

Sediment loads: Maximum daily, 108,000 tons May 4; minimum daily, 0 tons on many 

days.

EXTREMES, 1951-59. Sediment concentrations: Maximum daily, 125,000 ppm Apr. 16, 1952; 

minimum daily, no flow on many days each year.

Sediment loads: Maximum daily, 418,000 tons May 22, 1952; minimum daily, 0 tons on 

many days each year.

REMARKS. Flow affected by ice Mar. 6-22. Bureau of Land Management has extensive 

spreader systems on some of the tributaries upstream from station. Records of discharge for water year October 1958 to September 1959 given in WSP 1629.

Suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to September 1959

Day

1. .....

2. .....

3. .....

4. .....

5. .....

6. .....

7. .....

9. .....

10. .....

11......

12. .....

13. .....

14. ..... 

15. .....

16. ..... 

17. ..... 

18. ..... 

19. ..... 

20......

21...... 

22. ..... 

23. ..... 

24. ..... 

25. .....

26. ..... 

27. ..... 

28. ..... 

29...... 

30. ..... 

31. ..... 

Total.

October

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

3.1

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

3.1

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

6,500

Tons 

per 

day

VIp= 

oooooo oooo ooooo

260

November

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

0

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

Tons 

per 

day

0

December

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

0

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

Tons 

per 

day

0

s Computed by subdividing day.

a Computed from estimated concentration graph.
MISSOURI RIVER BASIN 

YELLOWSTONE RIVER BASlN--Continued

"6-2685. FIFTEEN MILE CREEK NEAR NORLAND, WYO. Continued 

Suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to September 1959 Continued

107

Day

1......

2. .....

5. .....

7. .....

8. ..... 

9. .....

10. ..... 

11......

12. .....

15. ..... 

16......

17. .....

18. ..... 

19. .....

22. .....

23. .....

24. ..... 

25. .....

26......

28. .....

31. .....

Total.

I...... 

2...... 

3...... 

4...... 

5......

6......

8...... 

9...... 

10. .....

11......

13...... 

14. ..... 

15......

16. .....

18. ..... 

19...... 

20. .....

22. ..... 

23...... 

24. ..... 

25......

26. ..... 

27. ..... 

28. ..... 

29. ..... 

30. ..... 

31...... 

Total.

January

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

0

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

Tons 

per 

day

0

April

6.2 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

7.5 

30 

39 

53

52 

84 

83 

43 

23

12 

7.2 

6.9 

4.4 

.8

452.0

7,000

9,700 

34,200 

29,100 

34,900

29,500 

41,600 

38,600 

31,300 

23,400

16,300 

10,400 

6,100 

6,200 

4,800

-

sa 300 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

sa850 

s 3,040 

s3,360 

5,180

s 4,720 

s 10,400 

8,970 

3,630 

1,450

528 

202 

114 

74 

10

42,828

February

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

0

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

Tons 

per 

day

0

May

0.6 

.3 

31 

401 

55

21 

15 

12 

8.9 

4.7

1.9

.4 

.1 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

38 

6.9 

1.9 

.6

599.3

2,300 

800 

20,600 

92,800 

44,800

22,600 

19,100 

15,000 

11,300 

9,700

9,000 

8,200 

2,300

41,200 

35,200 

25,500 

13.500

a 4 

a 1 

s 6,250 

108,000 

6,900

1,280 

774 

486 

272 

a 120

46 

9 

1 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

s 6,840 

680 

131 

22

131,816

March

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

5 

8 

25 

10 

9

10 

30 

20 

7 

5

15 

30 

45 

25 

10

4 

2 

1.7 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

4.1

265.8

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

750 

1,640 

5,090 

9,330 

6,970

9,780 

8,700 

10,900 

8,400 

5,790

7,740 

13,400 

21,200 

20,400 

15,500

12,500 

9,600 

8,200

7,900

-

Tons 

per 

day

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

a 10 

35 

344 

252 

169

264 

705 

589 

159 

78

313 

1,080 

2,580 

1,380 

418

135 

52 

38 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

sa 320

8,921

June

1.0 

4.4 

3.7 

4.7 

4.0

3.5 

3.0 

3.2 

3.0 

2.7

1.9 

.4 

0 

0 

0

0 

119 

5.4 

.6 

.4

.7 

6.2 

.7 

1.9 

12

28 

25 

5.8 

50 

361

652.2

10,000 

31,500 

28,000 

12,000 

5,500

3,800 

3,400 

2,900 

2,800 

3,300

3,800 

3,600

91,800 

63,200 

18,000 

9,000

6,000 

11,000 

5,580 

800 

19,200

88,600 

93,400 

82,100 

83,500 

90,700

--

a 28 

374 

280 

152 

59

36 

28 

25 

23 

24

a 19 

4 

0 

0 

0

0 

s 52,500 

s 1,180 

29 

a 10

all 

184

8 13

4 

s 3,680

s8,440 

s 8,510 

s 1,480 

s 21,800 

95,000

193,893

s Computed by subdividing day.

a Computed from estimated concentration graph.
108 QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959 

YELLOWSTONE RIVER BASIN Continued 

6-2685. FIFTEEN MILE CREEK NEAR WORLAND, WYO. Continued

Suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to September 1959--Continued

Day

2. .....

3......

4. .....

5. .....

6. .....

7. .....

8. .....

9. .....

10. .....

11......

13. .....

15. .....

16. .....

17. .....

19. .....

20. .....

30. ..... 

31...... 

Total.

July

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

63 

29 

27 

29 

26

22 

19 

17 

13 

11

7.6 

2.7 

.4 

.3 

.3

44 

16 

7.1 

7.5 

7.9

7.1 

6.7 

3.0 

.5 

18

3.5 

.5 

0 

0 

0 

0

389.1

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

43,800 

28,000 

24, 000 

17,400 

13,800

12,200 

13,200 

12,200 

12,200 

15,000

15,000 

14,000 

15,000 

18,000 

19,400

43,000 

63,800 

48,000 

26,100 

16,800

16, 200 

14,000 

11,800 

8,950 

26,600

17,900 

5,800

Total discharge for year (elsTotal load for year (tons) .....

Tons 

per 

day

s 9,040 

2,190 

1,750 

1,360 

969

725 

677 

560 

428 

446

a 300 

a 100 

16 

14 

16

s 9,530 

2,860 

954 

529 

358

311 

253 

96 

12 

s 2,930

s 213 

8 

0 

0 

0 

0

36,645

August

Mean 

discharge

(cfs)

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

1.2 

.2 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

1.3 

48

5.0 

.9 

.3 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

56.9

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

61,300 

21,000

11,700 

50,300

40,500 

24,000 

8,000

Tons 

per 

day

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

s 2,710 

sa 22 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

s 161 

s 15,900

s 649 

a 60 

a 6 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

19,508

September

Mean 

discharge

(cfs)

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

.7 

.2 

.4 

.2 

.1

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

9.8

54 

6.7 

2.5

74.6

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

J2..000 

5,600 

6,530 

3,200 

400

11,700 

42,400 

19,800 

11,300

Tons 

per 

day

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

sa 70 

sa 6 

s 10 

a 2 

(t)

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

S 971 

s 7,530 

s 400 

76

9,065

2,493.0 

442,936

s Computed by subdividing day.

t Less than 0.50 ton.

a Computed from estimated concentration graph.
YELLOWSTONE RIVER BASIN Continued 

6-2685. FIFTEEN MILE CREEK NEAR NORLAND, WYO.--Con

Particle-size analyses of suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to 

(Methods of analysis: B, bottom withdrawal tube; C, chemically dispersed; M, m

N, In native water; P, pipet; S, sieve; V, visual accumulation tube; W, in 

Date 

of 

collection

Mar. 10, 1959...

Sept. 28 ........

Time

1:45 p.m. 

10:35 a.m. 

3:45 p.m. 

10:05 a.m. 

8:45 a.m.

10:15 a.m. 

1:40 p.m. 

8:50 a.m. 

1:25 p.m. 

9:00 a.m.

9:20 a.m. 

8:30 a.m.

Discharge 

(cfs)

9.7 

50 

43 

80 

139

624 

355 

302 

55 

488

59 

105

Water 

temperature 

(° F)

32 

37 

44 

39

45 

69

56 

43

Suspended sedim

Concentration 

of sample 

(ppm)

7,240 

48,000 

32,500 

32,200 

45,000

104,000 

103,000 

100,000 

102,000 

69,700

44,400 

50,000

Concentration 

of suspension 

analyzed 

(ppm)

4,940 

3,690 

5,410 

3,970 

4,180

2,700 

4,650 

5,400 

3,490 

4,710

3,840 

4,360

Percent finer 

0.002 0.004

86 

77 

73 

64 

59

42 

40 

39 

57 

49

75 

56

0.008 0.016

100 

95 

93 

82 

76

56 

56 

62 

87 

65

92 

83

0.
YELLOWSTONE RIVER BASIN Continued 

6-2780. DRY CREEK AT GREYBULL, WYO.

LOCATION. At gaging station, half a mile north of Greybull, Big Horn County, and half a mile upstream 

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Chemical analyses; December 1950 to September 1951, August 1957 to September 1959.

Water temperatures: October 1951 to June 1953.

Sediment records: April 1951 to June 1953. 

REMARKS. Records of discharge for water year October 1958 to September 1959 given in WSP 1629.

Chemical analyses, in parts per million, water year October 1958 to Septe

Date of 

collection

Oct. 3, 1958....

Jan. 7, 1959....

May 8..........

Sept. 3.........

Discharge 

(cfs)

42 

9.5 

a 10 

a 5 

a 6 

10

24 

2. 8 

67 

7.0 

5.5

Silica 

(SiOa)

17 

18 

23 

28 

20 

18

16 

14 

16 

14 

15

Iron 

(Fe)

0.01 

.02 

.01 

.01 

.01 

.01

.00 

.00 

.01 

.01 

.00

Calcium 

(Ca)

92 

221 

180 

263 

191 

182

145 

137 

87 

109 

166

Magnesium 

(Mg)

41 

124 

85 

127 

95 

98

82 

70 

29 

59 

84

Sodium 

(Na)

172 

641 

452 

623 

460 

520

453 

353 

209 

286 

400

Potassium 

(K)

3.8 

9.8 

4.4 

6.0 

3.8 

12

14 

5.0 

7.2 

4.2 

5.7

Bicarbonate 

(HCO,)

297 

391 

432 

520 

472 

420

351 

268 

260 

240 

325

Sulfate 

(SO,)

500 

2,030 

1,330 

2,000 

1,390 

1,540

1,330 

1,140 

530 

864 

1,300

Chloride 

(Cl)

11 

50 

35 

48 

34 

58

65 

35 

20 

22 

33

Fluoride 

(F)

0.9 

1.2 

2.0 

2.0 

1.5 

1.3

1.1 

.9 

1.0 

1.0 

1.3

Nitrate 

(NO,)

4.2 

19 

16 

25 

18 

11

7.5 

5.5 

7.2 

6.9 

5.7

Boron 

(B)

0.19 

.49 

.41 

.52 

.36 

.37

.46 

.33 

.22 

.30 

.41

D

Parts per m

Residue 

at 180°C

1,020 

3,400 

2,410 

3,480 

2,560 

2,750

2,380 

1,990 

1,060 

1,580 

2,250

a Daily mean discharge.

Periodic determinations ot suspended-sediment discharge, water year October 1958 to 

Date

Sept v3. ...................

Water discharge 

(cfs)

42 

9.5 

a 10 

10 

24

2. 8 

67 

7.0 

5.5

Suspended sed

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

79 

15 

92 

350 

1,460

118 

8,120 

59 

74

a Daily mean discharge.
MISSOURI RIVER BASIN

YELLOWSTONE RIVER BASIN Continued 

'6-2795. BIGHORN RIVER AT KANE, WYO.

LOCATION. At bridge on State Highway 14, half a mile upstream from Shoshone River, li 

miles northeast of Kane, Big Horn County, and 12i miles downstream from gaging 

station.

DRAINAGE AREA. 15,900 square miles, approximately. 

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Chemical analyses: December 1949 to September 1953, June 1955 to

September 1957.

Water temperatures: July to September 1949, October 1950 to September 1959. 

Sediment records: March 1946 to September 1959.

EXTREMES, 1958-59. Water temperatures: Maximum, 78°F July 22, 25; minimum, freezing 

point Dec. 10 and probably on several other days during winter months. 

Sediment concentrations: Maximum daily, 25,200 ppm July 1; minimum daily, not 

determined.

Sediment loads: Maximum daily, 470,000 tons July 1; minimum daily, not determined. 

EXTREMES, 1946-59. Water temperatures (1950-59): Maximum, 85°F July 14, 30, 1953,

July 12, 1954; minimum, freezing point on many days during winter months. 

Sediment concentrations: Maximum daily, 33,000 ppm Apr. 20, Sept. 21, 1948; minimum 

daily, not determined. 

Sediment loads: Maximum daily, 972,000 tons June 25, 1946; minimum daily, not

determined.

REMARKS. Flow affected by ice Dec. 8 to Mar. 5. No appreciable inflow between gaging 

station and sampling point except during periods of intense local precipitation. 

Records of discharge for water year October 1958 to September 1959 given in WSP 

1629.

Temperature (° F) of water, water year October 1958 to September 1959 

____/Once-daily measurement between 5 a.m. and 10 a..raj_____

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Average

Oct.

48

46

52

50

51

52

56

54

50

46

49

50

52

52

a 64

a 58

a 61

a 56

a 58

a 45

a 58

--

a 50

a 48

a 50

a 51

a 50

a 47

a 50

46

43

51

Nov.

a 48

a 46

44

a 46

42

39

--

--

--

--

..

a 41

--

..

--

--

a 37

..

..

--

--

--

--

--

Dec.

..

--

a 39

--

--

..

--

a 32

--

--

--

--

..

--

--

..

--

--

--

a 34

--

--

"

Jan.

a 42

Feb.

..

--

a 33

--

--

_.

--

--

--

a 33

..

--

--

--

--

..

a 35

..

--

a 34

--

_.

--

Mar.

a 39

_

-.

--

38

..

a 41

--

--

--

--

..

--

"

..

--

--

a 52

Apr.

..

--

--

_

42

--

a 46

..

a 58

_

.-

--

43

--

--

..

-_

-_

--

"

May

..

--

52

--

_

a 62

54

53

53

52

51

53

57

64

57

a 60

54

50

a 54

53

a 63

a 66

a 69

58

56

a 62

56

55

55

57

June

57

59

a 69

66

66

67

63

58

57

56

55

58

64

64

65

64

64

67

68

67

68

66

68

69

69

68

61

58

58

56

--

63

July

56

58

64

61

67

65

66

59

65

66

65

66

72

72

72

65

69

74

74

72

73

78

75

75

78

77

74

72

63

69

69

69

Aug.

74

72

69

69

71

65

67

69

68

68

70

68

63

64

68

74

69

68

70

66

68

66

65

65

63

65

61

67

62

68

a 75

68

Sept.

61

54

55

62

64

64

66

68

54

59

61

64

66

66

64

55

54

53

56

63

62

60

55

54

58

53

54

48

46

45

--

58

a Measurement between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m.
QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959

YELLOWSTONE RIVER BASIN Continued

6-2795. BIGHORN RIVER AT KANE, WYO. Continued

Suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to September 1959

Day

1......

2. .....

3. .....

4. ..... 

5. .....

6. .....

7. .....

8. .....

9. .....

10. .....

11......

12. .....

13. .....

14. .....

15. .....

16. .....

17. .....

18...... 

19. ..... 

20......

21......

22. .....

23. ..... 

2425. '. '. '. '. '.

26. .....

27. .....

28. .....

29. .....

30

31......

Total.

L..... 

2...... 

3...... 

4......

a.....

6. ..... 

7. .....

a.....

9. ..... 

10. .....

11......

12. .....

13...... 

14. ..... 

15. .....

16. ..... 

17. .....

18. ..... 

19. ..... 

20. .....

21......

22

23...... 

24. ..... 

25......

26. ..... 

27. ..... 

28. ..... 

29. ..... 

30. ..... 

31...... 

Total.

October

Mean 

discharge

(cfs)

2,270 

2,320 

2,320 

2,330 

2,350

2,410 

2,410 

2,410 

2,360 

2,360

2,520 

2,480 

2,490 

2,490 

2,510

2,510 

2,510 

2,490 

2,490 

2,510

2,520 

2,600 

2,620 

2,590 

2,570

2,570 

2,590 

2,590 

2,570 

2,570 

2,560

76,890

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

1,160 

1,220 

1,340 

1,360 

1,420

1,390 

,300 

,310 

,260 

,240

,000 

,700 

,540 

,500 

1,360

1,270 

1,360 

1,270 

1,020 

1,210

1,370

1,280 

1,400 

972

1,030 

1,120 

1,150 

864 

924 

888

--

Tons 

per 

day

7,110 

7,640 

8,390 

8,560 

9,010

9,040 

8,460 

8,520 

8,030 

7,900

a 14,000 

11,400 

10,400 

10, 100 

9,220

8,610 

9,220 

8,540 

6,860 

3,200

9,320 

e 9,200 

9,050 

9,790 

6,740

7,150 

7,830 

8,040 

6,000 

6,410 

6,140

264,880

January

2,400 

2,000 

1,750 

1,750 

1,800

2,000 

2,250 

2,600 

2,750 

2,800

2,800 

2,800 

2,800 

2,800 

2,700

2,600 

2,500 

2,500 

2,500 

2,300

2,200 

2,000 

2,200 

2,500 

2,600

2,600 

2,600 

2,500 

2,300 

2,300 

2,200

74,400

55 

70

121 

437

813

e 1,500

46,500

November

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

2,560 

2,560 

2,590 

2,640 

2,640

2,600 

2,620 

2,600 

2,640 

2,660

2,640 

2,660 

2,620 

2,660 

2,710

2,670 

2,540 

2,490 

2,480 

2,620

2,750 

2,760 

2,750 

2,710 

2,640

2,560 

2,780 

2,620 

2,520 

2,570

78,860

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

816 

780 

888 

912 

1,040

908 

634

730 

666

-

Tons 

per 

day

5,640 

5,390 

6,210 

6,500 

7,410

6,370 

 e4,700

150,320

February

2,000 

1,600 

1,500 

1,500 

1,500

1,400 

1,300 

1,100 

1,000 

1,000

1,100 

1,100 

1,200 

1,300 

1,300

1,300 

,200 

,200 

,200 

,200

,200 

,200 

,200 

,200 

1,200

1,200 

1,300 

1,300

35,800

278 

1,190

114 

122

 e 1,500

42,000

December

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

2,660 

2,590 

2,620 

2,690 

2,670

2,760 

2,890 

2,300 

1,750 

2,000

2,300 

2,400 

2,400 

2,300 

2,400

2,500 

2.60C 

2,600 

2,700 

2,600

2,600 

2,600 

2,600 

2,600 

2,500

2,250 

2,400 

2,500 

2,500 

2,600 

2,500

77,180

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

562 

26

218 

54

--

Tons 

per 

day

 e 1,500

46,500

March

1,300 

1,300 

1,300 

1,300 

1,300

1,360 

1,500 

1,610 

1,810 

1,740

1,600 

1,640 

1,680 

1,680 

1,470

1,450 

1,610 

2,140 

2,360 

2,100

1,790 

1,730 

1,680 

1,660 

1,600

1,460 

1,380 

1,320 

1,260 

1,140 

1,110

48,380

1,320

954

3,350 

1,760 

410

--

e 6,000

186,000

e Estimated.

a Computed from partly estimated concentration graph.
MISSOURI RIVER BASIN

YELLOWSTONE RIVER BASIN Continued

6-2795. BIGHORN RIVER AT KANE, WYO.--Continued

Suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to September 1959 Continued

313

Day

1. ...

2. .....

3......

4. .....

5. .....

6......

7. .....

8. .....

9. .....

10. .....

11......

13. .....

14. ..... 

15. .....

16. .....

17. .....

18. .....

19. .....

20. .....

21......

22......

23

24. ..... 

25. .....

26......

27......

28......

29......

30. .....

31......

Total.

L..... 

2...... 

3...... 

4...... 

5......

6. .....

a.....

10. .....

11......

13...... 

14. .....

15. .....

1 ft

19. ..... 

20. .....

23. .....

*)A

25. .....

26. ..... 

27...... 

28. ..... 

29. ..... 

30. ..... 

31...... 

Total.

April

Mean 

discharge

(els)

1,040 

1,030 

1,000 

1,050 

1,140

2,150 

2,190 

1,790 

1,790 

1,730

1,680 

1,640 

1,630 

1,400 

1,410

1,440 

1,780 

1,?80 

1,890 

1,890

1,730 

1,950 

2,100 

1,740 

1,530

1,440 

1,290 

1,160 

1,080 

995

46,465

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

755 

1,030

384

2,600 

713

-

Tons 

per

day

 e 4,500

135,000

July

6,910 

3,920 

3,380 

3,290 

3,290

3,020 

2,490 

2,100 

1,980 

1,670

1,350 

1,180 

1,100 

1,040 

910

847 

838 

812 

772 

950

920 

856 

796 

740 

692

668 

700 

716 

676 

642 

642

49,897

25,200 

14,600 

4,800 

2,330 

1,560

1,030 

860 

740 

640 

640

450 

390 

400 

310 

260

250 

200 

200 

240 

1,700

2,140 

500 

390 

260 

220

170 

130 

140 

150 

120 

120

--

Total discharge for year (cfsTotal load for year (tons)

470,000 

154,000 

43,800 

20,700 

13,800

8,400 

5,780 

4,200 

3,420 

2,880

1,640 

1,240 

1,190 

870 

639

572 

452 

438 

500 

a 4, 400

5,320 

1,160 

838 

519 

411

307 

246 

271 

274 

208 

208

748,683

May

Mean 

discharge

(ds)

959 

959 

1,130 

1,360 

2,540

1,840 

1,660 

1,600 

1,460 

1,380

1,320 

1,330 

1,310 

1,230 

1,200

1,220 

1,310 

1,460 

1,560 

1,500

1,490 

1,380 

1,180 

1,070 

1,060

1,160 

1,290 

1,420 

1,410 

1,380 

1,370

42,538

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

1,090

2,290 

1,760 

1,270

1,090 

1,020 

696 

636 

684

888 

1,560 

2,040 

1,660 

1,220

1,090 

900 

864 

588 

480

612 

660 

912 

876 

996 

1,260

-

Tons 

per

day

e 2,000 

e 2,000 

e 2,700 

4,000 

e 20,000

e 14,000 

e 11,000 

9,890 

6,940 

4,730

3,880 

3,660 

2,460 

2,110 

2,220

2,920 

5,520 

8,040 

6,990 

4,940

4,380 

3,350 

2,750 

1,700 

1,370

1,920 

2,300 

3,500 

3,330 

3,710 

4,660

152,970

August

636 

636 

642 

630 

624

590 

580 

585 

618 

624

624 

630 

642 

838 

772

724 

676 

668 

660 

660

764 

788 

676 

684 

748

970 

920 

618 

624 

642 

692

21,185

190 

140 

130 

150 

120

120 

120 

100 

90 

110

90 

110 

110 

800 

2,100

2,240 

610 

280 

230 

240

160 

1,200 

1,290 

820 

480

1,200 

650 

330 

250 

140 

130

326 

240 

225 

255 

202

191 

188 

158 

150 

185

152 

187 

191 

a 1,800 

a 4,400

4,380 

1,110 

505 

410 

428

330 

a 2, 600 

2,350 

1,510 

969

a 3, 100 

1,610 

551 

421 

243 

243

29,610

June

Mean 

discharge

(cfs)

1,380 

1,270 

1,230 

1,530 

2,360

3,290 

4,420 

5,990 

5,240 

4,580

4,470 

3,900 

4,800 

4,200 

4,180

4,010 

3,900 

3,500 

2,850 

2,850

2,540 

2,820 

3,880 

2,890 

2,280

2,270 

3,520 

2,480 

2,120 

4,360

99,110

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

768 

624 

492 

1,080 

3,040

4,130 

4,730 

4,980 

3,140 

2,420

1,810 

1,460 

3,360 

1,520 

1,420

1,320 

1,360 

1,490 

3,000 

1,370

940 

7,700 

11,000 

4,500 

3,600

2,350 

11,000 

9,600 

3,350 

9,100

-

Tons 

per

day

2,860 

2,140 

1,630 

4,460 

19,400

36,700 

56,400 

80,500 

44,400 

29,900

21,800 

15,400 

43,500 

17,200 

16,000

14,300 

14,300 

14,100 

23,100 

10,500

6,450 

a 59,000 

a 120,000 

35,100 

22,200

14,400 

a 100,000 

64,300 

19,200 

s 149,000

1,058,240

September

716 

684 

684 

700 

724

748 

804 

829 

812 

812

856 

856 

788 

829 

812

883 

1,240 

1,260 

1,090 

1,080

1,060 

1,060 

1,070 

1,090 

1,070

1,120 

1,210 

1,310 

1,440 

1,300

28,937

120 

110 

110 

80 

110

130 

140 

190 

130 

130

150 

130 

120 

140 

120

350 

1,860 

2,100 

2,800 

660

510 

410 

370 

340 

270

330 

440 

750 

1,400 

2,980

-

232 

203 

203 

151 

215

262 

304 

425 

285 

285

347 

300 

255 

313 

263

834 

6,230 

a 7, 100 

a 8,200 

1,920

1,460 

1,170 

1,070 

1,000 

780

998 

1,440 

a 2,700 

a 5, 400 

10,500

54,845

679,642 

2,915,548

Estimated, 

s Computed by subdividing day. 

a Computed from partly estimated concentration graph.
YELLOWSTONE RIVER BASIN Continued

6-2795. BIGHORN RIVER AT KANE, WYO.--Continued

Particle-size analyses of suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to S

(Methods of analysis: B, bottom withdrawal tube; C, chemically dispersed; M, me

N, in native water; p pipet; S. sieve: V, visual accumulation tube; W, in d

Date 

of 

collection

Oct. 3, 1958.....

Apr. 10, 1959 ...

Aug. 12.........

Time

10:15 a.m. 

2:40 p.m. 

5:40 p.m. 

5:45 p.m.

7:20 a.m. 

1:05 p.m. 

10:15 a.m.

Discharge 

(cfs)

2,320 

2,600 

2,020 

1,580

1,980 

8,030 

630

Water 

temperature 

(°F)

52 

43 

46 

62

64 

60 

68

Suspended sedime

Concentration 

of sample 

(ppm)

1,270 

894 

1,040 

2,240

1,870 

26,600 

123

Concentration 

of suspension 

analyzed 

(ppm)

4,830 

1,780 

1,260 

4,230

3,750 

2,680

Percent finer th

0.002

8 

3 

12

0.004

14 

5 

15 

29

18 

69

0.008

17 

7 

20

0.016

23 

10 

23 

38

38 

88

0.0
YELLOWSTONE RIVER BASIN -Continued

6-2844. SHOSHONE RIVER NEAR GARLAND, WYO.

LOCATION.-'-At gaging station on county road, 300 feet downstream from Penrose Dam, 4i miles upstream fr

Park County, and 8 miles east of Powell. 

DRAINAGE AREA. 2,040 square miles, approximately.

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Chemical analyses: August 1958 to October 1959 (discontinued). 

REMARKS. Records of discharge for water year October 1958 to September 1959 given in WSP 1629.

Chemical analyses, In parts per million, August 1958 to October 1

Date of 

collection

Aug. 20, 1958...

Oct. 3.. ........

Jan. 6, 1959 ....

Oct. 2 .........

Discharge 

(cfs)

2,040 

2,250 

17 

562 

502

333 

a 110 

a 75 

5.0 

2.0

61 

57 

112 

224

Silica 

(Si02 )

16 

15 

14 

17 

21

18 

16 

14 

16 

16

16 

17 

14 

16

Iron 

(Fe)

0.01 

.02 

.01 

.01 

.01

.00 

.01 

.03 

.00 

.00

.01 

.02 

.00 

.01

Calcium 

(Ca)

31 

33 

56 

92 

123

130 

153 

134 

80 

63

51 

49 

48 

59

Magnesium 

(Mg)

11 

11 

26 

35 

38

45 

75 

66 

28 

19

18 

16 

20 

20

Sodium 

(Na)

31 

31 

97 

100 

108

126 

185 

168 

96

77

67 

67 

72 

68

Potassium 

(K)

2.0 

2.2 

3.8 

5.2 

5.8

6.3 

10 

9.6 

4.5 

2.4

2.3 

2.4 

3.2 

2.8

Bicarbonate 

(HCO,)

131 

127 

214 

267 

346

356 

379 

344 

245 

225

180 

181 

178 

197

Sulfate 

(SO.)

77 

85 

271 

343 

383

455 

697 

640 

311 

211

183 

169 

210 

199

Chloride 

(Cl)

2.9 

3.7 

8.6 

11 

12

16 

26 

24 

11 

7.5

6.0 

5.1 

6.7 

5.8

Fluoride 

(F)

0.4 

.3 

.6 

.6 

.6

.6 

.9 

1.1 

.6 

.5

.4 

.4 

.3 

.5

Nitrate 

(NO,)

2.2 

1.4 

3.8 

3.5 

6.6

7.6 

7.8 

5.3 

2.8 

4.1

3 . 8 

3.7 

.4 

2.9

Boron 

(B)

0.07 

.08 

.17 

.28 

.29

.36 

.54 

.47 

.25 

.20

.13 

.13 

.16 

.15

Di

Parts per m

Residue 

at 180° C

241 

258 

600 

757 

879

1,010 

1,440 

1,330 

690 

527

443 

433 

466 

478

S

1

1

a Daily mean discharge.
YELLOWSTONE RIVER BASIN Continued

6-2845. BITTER CREEK NEAR GARLAND, WYO.

LOCATION. At gaging station, three-quarters of a mile upstream from mouth, 4 miles southeast of Garland

DRAINAGE AREA. 50 square miles, approximately.

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Chemical analyses; August 1958 to September 1959.

REMARKS. Records of discharge for water year October 1958 to September 1959 given in WSP 1629.

Chemical analyses, in parts per million, August 1958 to September 1

Date of 

collection

Aug. 20, 1958...

Jan. 7, 1959 ....

Sept. 3 .........

Discharge 

(cfs)

309 

252 

232

74 

24

32 

a 24 

17 

51 

239

228 

215 

268

Silica 

(Si02 )

18 

17 

18 

19 

21

22 

20 

7.9 

16 

18

18 

19 

17

Iron 

(Fe)

0.01 

.01 

.01 

.01 

.00

.01 

.01 

.01 

.00 

.00

.01 

.02 

.00

Calcium 

(Ca)

48 

51 

74 

79 

85

78 

85 

50 

70

77

62 

61 

62

Magnesium 

(Mg)

16 

18 

25 

33 

34

32 

33 

36 

32 

14

19 

17 

19

Sodium 

(Na)

93 

100 

121 

238 

275

238 

281 

340 

182 

116

106 

119 

105

Potassium 

(K)

3.0 

3.3 

4.0 

3.5 

3.4

3.3 

3.3 

3.8 

4.7 

3.0

2.8 

3.0 

3 9

Bicarbonate 

(HCOj)

215 

208 

269 

341 

390

366 

375 

217 

250 

255

222 

241 

229

Sulfate 

(S04 )

198 

232 

307 

544 

599

506 

609 

767 

469 

281

262 

256 

269

Chloride 

(Cl)

6.6 

7.4 

8.3 

15 

16

14 

17 

19 

15 

8.9

7.5 

7.2 

6.6

Fluoride 

(F)

0.8 

.7 

.8 

1.2 

1.4

1.2 

1.1 

1.0 

.8

.7

.7 

.8

.7

Nitrate 

(NO,)

6.6 

6.2 

4.8 

14 

16

19 

15 

2.5 

5.9 

8.1

6.0 

9.8 

2.9

Boron 

(B)

0.13 

.15 

.19 

.25 

.25

.27 

.26 

.25 

.25 

.24

.18 

.16 

.21

Dis

Parts per mill

Residue 

at 180°C

508 

555 

711 

1,130 

1,240

1,100 

1,270 

1,380 

950 

662

603 

630 

601

Su

1

1

1

1

1

a Daily mean discharge.
YELLOWSTONE RIVER BASIN Continued 

6-2854. SAGE CREEK AT SIDON CANAL, NEAR DEAVER, WY

LOCATION. At gaging station, 300 feet downstream from mouth of Pole Cat Creek, 400 feet upstream from 

Big Horn County.

DRAINAGE AREA. 340 square miles, approximately.

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Chemical analyses: August 1958 to September 1959. 

REMARKS. Records of discharge for period August 1958 to September 1959 given in WSP 1629.

Chemical analyses, in parts per million, August 1958 to September 

Date of 

collection

Aug. 20, 1958...

Jan. 6, 1959 ....

Sept. 3.........

Discharge 

(cfs)

160 

100 

138 

70 

a 32

10 

a 6 

a 18 

a 108 

59

208 

80 

144

Silica 

(Si02 )

15 

14 

15 

14 

13

11 

11 

9.5 

15 

16

16 

14 

14

Iron 

(Fe)

0.00 

.00 

.01 

.02 

.01

.01 

.01 

.01 

.00 

.00

.01 

.01 

.01

Calcium 

(Ca)

86 

102 

115 

194 

245

280 

268 

231 

121 

122

88 

103 

100

Magnesium 

(Mg)

37 

54 

56 

125 

148

175 

175 

176 

57 

52

35 

47 

43

Sodium 

(Na)

139 

207 

191 

443 

562

702 

690 

590 

190 

201

127 

188 

148

Potassium 

(K)

4.0 

3.8 

4.8 

6.2 

6.2

6.4 

6.1 

6.2 

6.4 

4.5

3.3 

4.1 

4.0

Bicarbonate 

(HCO,)

207 

232 

262 

338 

403

470 

436 

360 

275 

249

191 

223 

203

Sulfate 

(SO.)

487 

709 

664 

1,640 

2,060

2,460 

2,380 

2,190 

689 

729

447 

625 

544

Chloride 

(Cl)

13 

16 

14 

33 

35

41 

44 

51 

20 

17

11 

12 

12

Fluoride 

(F)

0.5 

.5 

.5 

.8 

.7

.7 

.7 

1.0 

.6 

.5

.4 

.4 

.5

Nitrate 

(NO,)

3.0 

3.1 

2.0 

9.3 

16

21 

20 

11 

3.8 

5.4

3.2 

4.5 

1.9

Boron 

(B)

0.20 

.24 

.28 

.55 

.53

.60 

.59 

.56 

.32 

.33

.21 

.23 

.27

D

Parts per m

Residue 

at 180°C

906 

1,260 

1,250 

2,770 

3,510

4,230 

4,090 

3,700 

1,310 

1,350

864 

1,170 

1,000

a Daily mean discharge.
YELLOWSTONE RIVER BASIN Continued 

6-2862. SHOSHONE RIVER AT KANE, WYO.

LOCATION. At gaging station at bridge on county road, 1 mile north of Kane, Big Horn County, and 

DRAINAGE AREA. 2,990 square miles, approximately.

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Chemical analyses: October 1950 to June 1953, August 1958 to September 1959. 

REMARKS. Records of discharge for water year October 1958 to September 1959 given in WSP 1629.

m

Chemical analyses, in parts per million, August 1958 to September 

Date of 

collection

Aug. 20, 1958...

Jan. 6, 1959....

Sept. 3.........

Discharge 

(cfa)

3,300 

3,130 

792 

784 

610

658 

a 150 

242 

334 

345

1,150 

550 

1,190

Silica 

(Si02 )

15 

15 

15 

16 

19

22 

17 

13 

15 

18

16 

17 

15

Iron 

(Fe)

0.00 

.00 

.01 

.02 

.01

.01 

.01 

.00 

.00 

.00

.02 

.01 

.01

Calcium 

(Ca)

53 

50 

108 

125 

138

175 

185 

153 

111 

123

81 

101 

90

Magnesium 

(Mg)

17 

17 

42 

49 

47

61 

81 

80 

48 

42

26 

36 

31

Sodium 

(Na)

64 

63 

157 

164 

168

183 

270 

288 

186 

175

120 

154 

128

Potassium 

(K)

2.8 

3.0 

4.6 

5.6 

5.6

8.0 

8.7 

7.4 

5.1 

4.1

3.7 

3.7 

3.9

Bicarbonate 

(HCO,)

176 

166 

271 

300 

356

450 

412 

328 

268 

271

209 

242 

232

Sulfate

(so«)

192 

188 

530 

571 

572

658 

920 

990 

643 

622

369 

499 

437

Chloride 

(Cl)

6.5 

5.5 

12 

16 

16

20 

32 

31 

19 

15

9.5 

12 

10

Fluoride- 

(F)

0.5 

.5 

.5 

.7 

.6

.8 

1.0 

1.1 

.6 

.7

.5 

.6 

.6

Nitrate 

(NO,)

3.3 

1.9 

3.3 

5.3 

4.8

7.5 

8.6 

5.6 

1.6 

5.6

5.3 

5.2 

1.7

Boron 

(B)

0.11 

.10 

.24 

.29 

.32

.45 

.50 

.43 

.29 

.37

.17 

.21 

.25

D

Parts per m

Residue 

at 180°C

452 

438 

1,060 

1,160 

1,170

1,420 

1,820 

1,840 

1,210 

1,200

760 

988 

850

a Daily mean discharge.
YELLOWSTONE RIVER BASIN Continued 

6-2947. BIGHORN RIVER AT BIGHORN, MONT.

LOCATION. At gaging station at bridge on U.S. Highway 10, three-quarters of a mile upstream from mouth

and 4 miles east of Custer. 

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Chemical analyses: February 1950 to September 1959.

Water temperatures: April 1949 to September 1951, August 1952 to November 1958, June to September 19

Sediment records: July 1947 to September 1954, October 1955 to September 1958. 

EXTREMES, 1958-59. Dissolved solids: Maximum, 977 ppm Mar. 20 to Apr. 30; minimum, 377 ppm June 11-20

Hardness: Maximum, 432 ppm Mar. 20 to Apr. 30; minimum, 211 ppm June 11-20.

Specific conductance: Maximum daily, 1,370 micromhos Apr. 2, 30; minimum daily, 550 micromhos June 

Water temperatures: Maximum, 77°F July 15, 26. 

EXTREMES, 1949-59. Dissolved solids (1951-59): Maximum, 1,190 ppm July 28-31, 1955; minimum, 304 ppm 

Hardness (1951-59): Maximum, 544 ppm July 28-31, 1955; minimum, 151 ppm June 23, 1951.

Specific conductance (1951-59): Maximum daily, 1,640 micromhos Nov. 18, 1955; minimum daily, 384 mic

Water temperatures (1949-51, 1952-59): Maximum, 89°F Aug. 7, 1953; minimum, freezing point on many d

REMARKS. Daily samples for chemical analysis composited by discharge. Records of specific conductance 

Worland, Wyo. Records of discharge for water year October 1958 to September 1959 given in WSP 1629.

Chemical analyses, in parts per million, water year October 1958 to Sep

Date of collection

Oct. 1-17, 1958....

Jan. 1-24, 1959 ...

Jan. 25-Feb. 25 ... 

Feb. 26-Mar. 19... 

Mar. 20- Apr. 30...

Aug. 16-31........

Sept. 18-30........

Weighted average a

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

3,623 

4,251 

3,907 

3,688 

2,881

2,294 

2,741 

2,578 

2,617 

2,655

4,017 

5,808 

4,234 

4,284 

1,149

1,187 

1,571 

1,357 

1,353 

2,498

2,898

Silica 

(Si02)

13

10

12

9.7

12

Iron 

(Fe)

0.01

.00

.01 

.01

.00

Calcium 

(Ca)

82

102

76 

59

101

--

Magnesium

(Me)

29

37

25 

16

36

--

Sodium 

(Na)

102 

98 

107 

111 

113

111 

85 

142 

118 

75

64 

40 

63 

85 

128

130 

127 

129 

139 

121

103

Potassium 

(K)

3.6

4.0

3.2 

2.1

4.3

--

Bicarbonate 

(HCO,)

211 

209 

228 

252 

232

250 

188 

252 

230 

199

207 

170 

188 

211 

203

195 

220 

186 

206 

233

221

Sulfate 

(SO,)

338

411

266 

151

451

--

Chloride 

(Cl)

13

17

8.8 

4.1

17

--

Fluoride 

(F)

0.4

.5

.3 

.3

.5

Nitrate 

(NOS)

1.2

1.5

1.5 

.9

1.6

Boron 

(B)

0.14

.16

.13 

.08

.17

--

(r

Par

per 

mil

lion

7

6

7

8

8

8

6

9

8

5

5

3

5

6

8

8

8

8

9

8

7

a Represents 100 percent of runoff for water year October 1958 to September 1959.
120 QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959 

YELLOWSTONE RIVER BASIN Continued 

6-2947. BIGHORN RIVER AT BIGHORN, MONT. Continued

Temperature (° F) of water, water year October 1958 to September 1959 

/Once-daily measurement between 7 a.m. and 11 a..m.J

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Average

Oct.

49

46

50

51

52

54

54

54

a 52

a 52

48

50

a 53

a 53

52

52

50

50

50

50

49

46

45

45

43

43

42

42

41

40

40

48

Nov.

40

41

42

_

41

--

_.

_

..

--

..

--

--

Dec. Jan.

a 33

Feb. Mar. Apr. May June

--

69

71

67

61

61

62

60

60

67

67

70

67

70

70

69

74

69

67

70

72

72

70

66

63

60

60

--

67

July

63

66

66

61

63

66

67

63

63

65

67

70

73

76

77

74

73

73

74

74

75

76

75

75

76

77

75

74

67

69

72

70

Aug.

74

75

75

71

70

67

69

71

70

67

67

67

67

65

65

65

66

69

67

65

69

69

67

65

67

68

65

66

66

65

67

68

Sept.

64

60

60

66

66

68

a 74

64

66

a 68

a 68

a 70

66

64

64

60

54

54

56

57

a 59

a 56

54

57

a 56

55

54

49

44

46

60

a Measurement between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m.
YELLOWSTONE RIVER BASIN--Continued

6-3085. TONGUE RIVER AT MILES CITY, MONT.

LOCATION. At gaging station, 4 miles south of Miles City, Custer County, and 8 miles upstream from mou

DRAINAGE AREA. 5,420 square miles, approximately.

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Chemical analyses: January 1951 to September 1959.

Water temperatures: April 1949 to September 1959.

Sediment records: June 1946 to September 1951. 

EXTREMES, 1958-59. Dissolved solids; Maximum, 750 ppm July 15-21; minimum, 280 ppm Mar. 1-16.

Hardness: Maximum, 440 ppm Jan. 1-31; minimum, 104 ppm Oct. 22-23.

Specific conductance: Maximum daily, 1,320 micromhos July 20; minimum daily, 409 micromhos Mar. 14.

Water temperatures: Maximum, 73°F June 17, 18, July 28, Aug. 1; minimum, freezing point probably on 

EXTREMES, 1949-59.--Dissolved solids (1951-59): Maximum, 1,790 ppm Sept. 11, 1958; minimum, 200 ppm Jun

Hardness (1951-59): Maximum, 688 ppm Sept. 11, 1958; minimum, 94 ppm May 4, 1955.

Specific conductance (1951-59): Maximum daily, 2,390 micromhos Sept. 11, 1958; minimum daily, 288 mi

Water temperatures: Maximum, 86°F July 20, 1954; minimum, freezing point on many days during winter 

REMARKS. Daily samples for chemical analysis composited by discharge. Records of specific conductance 

Worland, Wyo. Records of discharge for water year October 1958 to September 1959 given in WSP 1629.

Chemical analyses, in parts per million, water year October 1958 to Sept

Date of collection

Oct. 1-21, 1958....

Jan. 1-31, 1959....

Mar. 29-Apr. 30 ...

June 23- July 14 ....

Sept. 24-30........

Weighted average a

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

150 

880 

221 

256 

243

197 

191 

1,076 

2,235 

546

450 

420 

544 

200 

81.7

204 

221 

222 

192 

141

382

Silica 

(Si02)

9.0 

7.0

5.9 

10

9.4

--

Iron 

(Fe)

0.01 

.07

.02 

.01

.02

-

Calcium 

(Ca)

79 

33

62 

42

58

--

Magnesium 

(Mg)

57 

15

40 

21

39

--

Sodium 

(Na)

65 

66 

56 

61 

67

68 

58 

34 

56 

59

49 

39 

25 

48 

128

46 

39 

43 

49 

58

52

Potassium 

(K)

5.0 

5.7

5.3 

2.6

5.3

--

Bicarbonate 

(HCO,)

273 

176 

250 

298 

344

350 

350 

154 

253 

261

253 

228 

188 

232 

351

213 

221 

225 

228 

246

250

Sulfate 

(S04 )

286 

93

210 

91

219

--

Chloride 

(Cl)

4.6 

.2

3.0 

.1

4.7

--

Fluoride 

(F)

0.4 

.2

.3 

.2

.3

--

Nitrate 

(N03 )

0.9 

1.8

.6 

.2

.3

-

Boron 

(B)

0.13 

.08

.13 

.07

.15

D

(re

Parts 

per 

million

55

314 

506 

61

69

692 

649 

280 

502 

555

516 

406 

290 

406 

750

408 

393 

432 

474 

519

490

a Represents 100 percent of runoff for water year October 1958 to September 1959.
122 QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959 

YELLOWSTONE RIVER BASIN Continued 

6-3085. TONGUE RIVER AT MILES CITY, MONT . Continued

Temperature (° F) of water, water year October 1958 to September 1959 

/Once-daily measurement at 7 a. raj

Day

2 

3

4

6 

7 

8

10 

11

13 

14 

15

17 

18

20

21 

22

24 

25

27 

28 

29

31

AverOct.

38 

47 

50

50 

49 

50

38 

43

48 

48 

48

45 

46 

44

46

39 

38

00

36 

35

 >A

34 

34 

35 

34

34

17.

Nov.

35 

36 

38

34

__

36

32

32

--

Dec.

--

32

32

--

32

"

32

--

Jan.

32

--

32

--

32

--

32

--

32

Feb.

--

32

::

32

--

32

32

Mar.

;;

32

::

34

--

36

--

40

Apr.

45

--

39

"

38

-

45

--

--

May

51

46 

44 

48

53 

48

48 

50 

53

59 

56

51

50 

53

58 

58

54 

50 

53

ec

59

R.I

June

CO

60 

65 

66

68 

67 

65

60 

58

65 

68 

72

73 

73

70

69 

65

69 

70

61 

55 

56

CD

RR

July

63 

70 

60

65 

64 

56

cn

60 

63

68 

68 

68

62 

63

62

68 

67

69 

72

72 

73 

62

66

RR

Aug.

72 

69 

67

62 

65 

66

66 

65

64 

58 

56

63 

67

64

65 

67

65 

63

61 

63 

62

65

RR

Sept.

51 

52 

60

64 

62 

63

51 

51

60 

61 

56

45 

46

55

57 

53

50 

47

49 

44 

39

53
YELLOWSTONE RIVER BASIN Continued 

6-3265. POWDER RIVER NEAR LOCATE, MONT.

LOCATION. At gaging station at bridge on U.S. Highway 12, at present site of Locate (5 miles west of 

upstream from Locate Creek, and 25 miles east of Miles City. 

DRAINAGE AREA. 12,900 square miles, approximately. 

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Chemical analyses: December 1949 to September 1959.

Water temperatures: February 1951 to May 1954, October 1954 to September 1959.

Sediment records: March 1950 to September 1953. 

EXTREMES, 1958-59. Dissolved solids: Maximum, 2,090 ppm Sept. 15-24; minimum, 490 ppm Mar. 11-31.

Hardness: Maximum, 902 ppm Jan. 1-26; minimum, 168 ppm Oct. 21-24.

Specific conductance: Maximum daily, 2,700 micromhos Oct. 8; minimum daily, 555 micromhos Mar. 17.

Water temperatures: Maximum, 86°F July 26; minimum, freezing point probably on many days during Nov

EXTREMES, 1951-59. Dissolved solids: Maximum, 5,430 ppm Dec. 15-17, 1955; minimum, 278 ppm Mar. 29, 

Hardness: Maximum, 2,120 ppm Dec. 15-17, 1955; minimum, 62 ppm Oct. 22-24, 1953.

Specific conductance: Maximum daily, 9,270 micromhos Dec. 16, 1955; minimum daily, 407 micromhos Fe

Water temperatures: Maximum (1951-53, 1954-59), 86°F July 26, 1959; minimum, freezing point on many 

REMARKS. Daily samples for chemical analysis composited by discharge. Records of specific conductanc

Worland, Wyo. Records of discharge for water year October 1958 to September 1959 given in WSP 1629

Chemical analyses, in parts per million, water year October 1958 to Sep

Date of 

collection

Oct. 1-20, 1958.

Oct. 21-24 .....

Oct. 25-27 .....

Oct. 28-31 .....

Nov. 1-30..... .

Dec. 1-31......

Jan. 1-26, 1959..

Jan. 27-Feb. 15 .

Feb. 16-Mar. 10

Mar. 11-31.....

Apr. 1-30......

Mav 1 -7

May 8-21 ......

May 22 -June 5 . .

June 6-11 ......

June 12-24 .....

June 25 -July 12 .

July 13-21 .....

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

17.7

268

103

74.5

83.8

145

104

132

138

3,872

495

466

670

748

563

490

924

162

Silica 

(Si02 )

--

9.4

--

13

..

__

--

__

13

--

--

Iron 

(Fe)

--

--

0.04

--

.01

-_

__

__

.01

--

Calcium 

(Ca)

--

--

195

171

..

__

--

__

99

._

Magnesium 

(Mg)

--

85

--

74

._

__

__

32

..

--

Sodium 

(Na)

317

154

206

234

245

217

232

170

157

68

184

186

142

106

172

99

130

176

Potassium 

(K)

--

7.7

..

5.4

._

__

.-

__

5.3

..

Bicarbonate 

(HCO,)

260

222

222

237

285

338

376

328

286

156

252

250

226

230

254

208

225

212

Sulfate 

(SOJ

--

-

1,070

704

..

__

.-

__

367

..

Chloride 

(Cl)

--

--

58

_.

54

..

__

..

__

23

..

--

Fluoride 

(F)

--

--

0.4

.4

..

__

--

__

.5

Nitrate 

(NO 3 )

--

--

3.5

_.

3.4

..

__

..

__

2.5

..

Boron 

(B)

0.22

.16

..

__

.-

__

.13

D

Parts per m

Residue 

at 180°C

2,060

700

1,390

1,670

1,910

1,750

1,870

1,490

1,310

490

1,390

1,400

1,060

836

1,270

773

1,360

1,300
YELLOWSTONE RIVER BASIN Continued 

6-3265. POWDER RIVER NEAR LOCATE, MONT . Continue

Chemical analyses, In parts per million, water year October 1958 to Septembe

Date of 

collection

July 22-31, 1959. 

Aug. 1-13...... 

Aug. 14-23.....

Aug. 25 -Sept. 14. 

Sept. 15-24..... 

Sept. 25-30..... 

Weighted average a .......

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

45.6 

13.4 

1.43

44

2.01 

3.02 

48.0

456

Silica 

(SiOa )

13

--

Iron 

(Fe)

0.00

Calcium 

(Ca)

181

Magnesium 

(Mg)

69

Sodium 

(Na)

265 

295 

328 

332

332 

348 

264

113

Potassium 

(K)

11

-

Bicarbonate 

(HCO,)

238 

242 

255 

291

271 

277 

275

204

Sulfate 

(S04 )

1,150

Chloride 

(Cl)

52

Fluoride 

(F)

0.5

--

Nitrate 

(NOS )

0..1

Boron 

(B)

0.26

D

Parts per m

Residue 

at 180°C

1,720 

1,890 

2,040 

2,080

2,060 

2,090 

1,210

890

a Represents 100 percent of runoff for water year October 1958 to September 1959.
MISSOURI RIVER BASIN 125

YELLOWSTONE RIVER BASIN Continued 

6A-3265. POWDER RIVER NEAR LOCATE, MONT. Continued

Temperature (° F) of water, water year October 1958 to September 1959 

/Once-daily measurement between 8 a.m. and 11 a.m

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6 

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Average

Oct.

42

54

60

54

59

48 

60

47

43

38

42

50

46

45

48

50

42

42

56

43

39

39

42

41

37

37

35

41

34

36

35

45

Nov.

34

36

41

42

33

"

..

--

"

_

42

--

--

"

_

34

--

__

--

--

--

_

--

--

--

--

--

Dec.

_-

33

--

--

--

..

--

32

--

--

"

__

34

--

__

--

33

--

__

--

--

--

32

Jan.

.-

_-

--

--

32

__

a 32

--

_

_-

--

--

--

__

--

_-

--

32

--

--

--

__

--

32

--

--

--

Feb.

..

--

_-

32

--

-

__

_-

--

32

--

--

--

--

_

--

32

--

..

-_

--

a 32

..

--

--

--

--

Mar.

..

32

--

-

..

--

--

a 33

"

__

a 35

-_

--

--

__

--

--

--

42

_

--

_-

--

--

--

Apr.

..

--

--

-

36

--

36

39

48

48

42

a 38

40

a 39

a 43

48

48

47

41

42

47

48

51

58

59

59

--

May

51

59

61

51

55

47 

49

57

58

54

54

53

50

56

58

60

60

61

55

54

57

58

60

63

69

57

54

58

61

62

62

57

June

68

65

71

69

68

72 

72

70

69

66

66

73

65

74

a 83

74

78

78

76

80

69

66

77

77

74

a 73

68

71

67

65

71

July

64

a 75

71

a 66

a 72

76 

a 72

72

71

71

71

73

76

80

73

75

68

77

77

73

72

76

76

80

83

86

73

75

78

79

77

74

Aug.

78

78

83

82

74

65 

70

a 81

a 76

a 75

73

a 67

71

73

72

73

75

76

72

74

78

81

78

60

64

69

62

68

65

67

a 64

72

Sept.

62

65

66

68

67

58 

63

55

53

58

57

57

61

59

54

46

44

39

41

43

48

50

49

53

45

44

45

47

43

41

--

53

a Measurement between 12 m. and 5 p.m.
YELLOWSTONE RIVER BASlN Continued

6-3295. YELLOWSTONE RIVER NEAR SIDNEY, MONT.

LOCATION. At bridge on State Highway 23, 2 miles south of Sidney, Richland County, 4| miles downstream 

Creek, and 30 miles upstream from mouth. 

DRAINAGE AREA. 69,450 square miles, approximately. 

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Chemical analyses: October 1950 to September 1959.

Water temperatures; January 1951 to September 1959.

EXTREMES, 1958-59. Dissolved solids: Maximum, 712 ppm Dec. 1 to Jan. 31; minimum, 186 ppm June 14-26. 

Hardness: Maximum, 358 ppm Jan. 1-31; minimum, 120 ppm June 14-26.

Specific conductance: Maximum daily, 1,100 micromhos Dec. 19; minimum daily, 265 micromhijs June 22. 

Water temperatures: Maximum, 81°F July 26; minimum, freezing point probably on many days during Novem

EXTREMES, 1951-59. Dissolved solids: Maximum, 1,370 ppm Jan. 2-3, 1954; minimum, 173 ppm June 5-16, 19

Hardness: Maximum, 649 ppm Jan. 2-3, 1954; minimum, 102 ppm June 5-16, 1956.

Specific conductance: Maximum daily, 2,780 micromhos Jan. 14, 1951; minimum daily, 257 micromhos June 

Water temperatures: Maximum, 82°F July 14, 15, 1953; minimum, freezing point on many days during win

REMARKS. Daily samples for-chemical analysis composited by discharge. Records of specific conductance 

Worland, Wyo. No appreciable inflow between gaging station and sampling station. Records of dischar

given in WSP 1629.

Chemical analyses, in parts per million, water year October 1958 to Septe

Date of collection

Oct. 1-15, 1958....

Jan. 1-31, 1959 ... 

Feb. 1-Mar. 3.....

May 1-18..........

June 27 -July 11....

Sept. 1-19.........

Sept. 24-30........

Weighted average a ..........

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

6,361 

8,317 

7,420 

6,179 

5,132

4,390 

20,270 

7,411 

9,252 

11,960

19,930 

45,060 

32,720 

14,630 

9,146

6,316 

4,081 

3,473 

5,555 

7,509

10,730

Silica 

(Si02)

11

9.9 

12 

10

--

Iron 

(Fe)

0.01

.02 

.00 

.00

--

Calcium 

(Ca)

68

50 

36 

51

--

Magnesium 

(Mg)

29

17 

7.3 

21

Sodium 

(Na)

89 

84 

86 

96 

90

82 

51 

93 

65 

40

30 

15 

27 

29 

37

47 

68 

84 

88 

88

53

Potassium 

(K)

4.1

5.0 

1.8 

4.1

.-

Bicarbonate 

(HCO,)

209 

209 

228 

260 

266

248 

158 

218 

188 

158

167 

128 

151 

124 

137

148 

177 

196 

208 

215

177

Sulfate 

(SOJ

289

161 

45 

205

Chloride 

(Cl)

12

7.3 

1.2 

93

--

Fluoride 

(F)

0.5

.4 

.1 

.05

--

Nitrate 

(N03 )

1.3

1.3 

.2 

.4

--

Boron 

(B)

0.19

.31

.06 

.18

--

D

(res

Parts 

per 

million

620 

599 

641 

712 

712

678 

398 

677 

486 

347

302 

186 

275 

244 

294

350 

475 

553 

599 

614

425

a Represents 100 percent of runoff for water year October 1958 to September 1959.
MISSOURI RIVER BASIN 127

YELLOWSTONE RIVER BASIN--Continued 

6-3295. YELLOWSTONE RIVER NEAR SIDNEY, MONT.--Continued

Temperature (° F) of water, water year October 1958 to September 1959 

/Once-daily measurement between 3 p.m. and 8 p.m./

Day

1 

2

4 

5

6

9 

10

12 

13

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

24 

25

26

28

on

Average

Oct.

48 

49

53 

55

55 

54

49 

48

AO

50 

55

53

53 

a 53 

56 

55 

a 54

44 

46

45

a, 43

43

50

Nov.

44 

44 

a 43

40

"-

41

a 32

"

32

Dec.

--

32

"

32

32

32

"

Jan.

--

32

32

32

32

--

Feb.

a 32

--

32

--

a 32

-

32

Mar.

32

--

32

--

a 32

41

-

Apr.

a 47

"

42

--

42

42

-

May

a 58

53

a 56 

55

51 

a 53

56 

58 

62 

57 

55

62 

64

56

54

57

June

64 

66

70 

71

a 71

65

64

72 

a 71 

a 69 

68

70

68 

69

68

62

RR

July

65 

68

65 

66

68

67

72 

a 74

75 

75 

a 74 

75 

77

78 

78

81

75

73

Aug.

75 

76

78 

76

73

74 

72

68 

67

a 70 

72 

73 

67 

68

72 

a 72 

72

70

70

79

Sept.

60 

a 59

64 

65

65

63 

62

63 

62

51

49 

52 

55

54 

53

43

57

a Measurement between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
MISSOURI RIVER MAIN STEM--Continued 

6-3300. MISSOURI RIVER NEAR WILLISTON, N. DAK.

LOCATION.--At gaging station at Lewis and Clark Highway bridge, 5 miles southwest of Williston, William

stone River.

DRAINAGE AREA. 164,500 square miles, approximately. 

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Chemical analyses: December 1950 to September 1959.

Water temperatures: May 1951 to September 1959. 

EXTREMES, 1958-59.--Dissolved solids: Maximum, 547 ppm Dec. 19 to Jan. 22; minimum, 199 ppm June 21-26

Hardness: Maximum, 290 ppm Dec. 19 to Jan. 22; minimum, 115 ppm June 21-26.

Specific conductance: Maximum daily, 917 micromhos Dec. 21; minimum daily, 303 micromhos June 22.

Water temperatures: Maximum, 75°F July 26-28; minimum, freezing point on many days during November t

EXTREMES, 1950-59. Dissolved solids: Maximum, 604 ppm Mar. 9, 1955; minimum, 199 ppm June 21-26, 1959

Hardness: Maximum, 308 ppm Mar. 9, 1955; minimum, 115 ppm June 21-26, 1959.

Specific conductance: Maximum daily, 957 micromhos Jan. 10, 12, 1958; minimum daily, 303 micromhos J

Water temperatures-. Maximum (1951-59), 80°F July 21, 22, 1958; minimum (1954-55, 1956-59), freezing 

REMARKS. Daily samples for chemical analysis composited by discharge. Records of specific conductance 

at Lincoln, Nebr. Records of discharge for water year October 1958 to September 1959 given in WSP 1

Chemical analyses, in parts per million, water year October 1958 to Sept

Date of collection

Oct. 1-31, 1958....

Dec. 19-Jan. 22, 

1959 ............

Jan. 23-Mar. 7 .... 

Mar. 8-13.........

May 1-21..........

June 21-26 ........

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

14,380 

14,770

12,480 

11,610 

20,820

32,670 

49,330 

110,000 

55,100 

31,560

17,620 

17,380 

19,220 

19,090 

29,800

39,500 

43,450 

40,650 

56,800 

54.630

Silica 

(Si02)

11 

9.2 

11

11

Iron 

(Fe)

0.00 

.02 

.02

.01

Calcium 

(Ca)

63 

37 

50

32

Magnesium 

(Mg)

27 

14 

18

8.5

Sodium 

(Na)

67 

65

67 

64 

52

45 

44 

43 

42 

44

65 

59 

42 

48 

48

38 

28 

23 

21 

18

Potassium 

(K)

3.7 

5.5 

3.3

2.0

Bicarbonate 

(HCO3 )

205 

210

230 

219 

164

148 

142 

195 

160 

170

198 

197 

174 

177 

188

190 

157 

135 

129 

118

Sulfate 

(S04 )

222 

114 

137

54

Chloride 

(Cl)

10 

6.0 

7.5

2.0

Fluoride 

(F)

0.6 

.3 

.5

.2

Nitrate 

(NO,)

1.2 

1.6

1.2 

.9

Boron 

(B)

0.17 

.11 

.12

.06

D

(re

Parts 

per 

million

506 

509

547 

518 

406

345 

323 

374 

345 

364

497 

457 

364 

380 

390

342 

274 

228 

21

199
June 27-July 1 .....

Sept. 22-30........

Weighted average a

Weighted av erage b

53,900 

41,980

23,760

17,470

16,090

19,400

18,810

"

8.8

--

"

.01

--

--

--

57

--

"

23

--

31 

29

41

34

38

co

59

68

50

50

"

4.3

--

154 

144

156

146

154

199

201

180

182

"

194

--

"

__

__

.7

--

--

..

_

.7

"

"

_

.3

~

-

-

_

_

.14

--

--

2

2

3

2

3

4

5

4

4

a Represents 97 percent of runoff for water year October 1958 to September 1959.

b Includes estimated data for missing period. Represents 100 percent of runoff for water year October 1958 to September 1959.
130 QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959 

MISSOURI RIVER MAIN STEM- -Continued 

6-3300. MISSOURI RIVER NEAR WILLISTON, N. DAK . Continued

Temperature (° F) of water, water year October 1958 to September 1959 

/Once-daily measurement between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m.7

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

g

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Average

Oct.

48

53

48

b48

a 48

47

46

46

44

46

a 45

a 49

44

47

46

a 45

46

b 45

a 47

46

48

48

48

48

a 47

49

46

47

46

46

46

47

Nov.

a 46

48

46

44

42

42

40

a 42

a 42

44

46

42

41

38

38

32

32

--

--

..

--

Dec.

..

..

..

..

b31

b32

a 31

b 31

b 31

b 31

a 31

a 31

a 31

a 31

b 31

--

Jan.

a 32

--

a 32

a 32

..

a 32

a 32

a 33

a 32

a 32

a 32

a 32

a 32

a 32

a 32

a 33

..

a 31

a 32

a 32

a 32

a 32

a 33

--

Feb.

a 32

32

32

32

32

a 31

31

a 31

a 32

a 31

a 31

a 31

a 31

31

a 31

31

31

a 31

31

31

31

a 31

a 31

31

a 31

31

31

31

31

Mar.

a 31

31

31

a 31

31

31

31

a 32

32

--

_

32

32

32

a 32

32

32

a 32

32

32

32

a 32

32

32

a 33

33

33

34

a 34

34

34

32

Apr.

a 37

37

39

40

a 42

43

43

a 41

39

39

39

a 39

41

43

a 45

45

42

40

41

41

42

a 45

46

43

41

a 44

45

46

a 48

49

42

May

53

54

52

50

a 49

46

48

52

a 54

51

49

a 48

48

50

53

a 55

a 59

a 55

a 54

53

50

51

a 57

58

57

a 53

50

50

a 53

a 57

52

June

58

59

62

65

66

67

a 67

68

67

a 66

63

60

60

a 65

67

68

a 68

70

67

67

a 65

66

66

a 66

64

67

65

a 61

60

60

65

July

a 60

62

66

a 64

65

66

a 64

63

63

65

a 69

69

70

a 72

72

70

72

a 72

73

73

a 73

71

72

74

a 75

75

75

69

69

70

69

Aug.

70

a 70

70

70

a 71

68

67

67

a 67

67

66

a 65

63

63

64

a 64

64

64

a 64

65

66

68

a 67

67

67

a 66

65

66

66

a 65

66

66

Sept.

64

a 64

64

64

64

a 63

a 62

62

a 58

58

59

59

a 58

58

58

58

58

56

56

a 57

57

56

56

56

a 54

a 52

a 52

a 50

48

a 48

58

a Measurement between 8 a.m. and 12 m. 

b Measurement between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.
MISSOURI RIVER MAIN STEM Continued

6-3390. MISSOURI RIVER BELOW GARRISON DAM, N

LOCATION. Temperature recorder at gaging station, 4.3 miles north of Stanton, Mercer County, 5 mi

stream from Garrison Dam.

DRAINAGE AREA. 181,400 square miles, approximately. 

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Water temperatures: June 1952 to September 1959.

EXTREMES, 1958-59. Water temperatures: Maximum, 66°F July 30, Aug. 17; minimum, freezing point o

EXTREMES, 1952, 1954-59. Water temperatures: Maximum, 76°F July 27, 28, 1954; minimum (1954-59), 

REMARKS. Records of discharge for water year October 1958 to September 1959 given in WSP 1629.

Temperature (° F) of water, water year October 1958 to Septem

/Recorder with temperature attachment, continuous ethyl alcohol-actua

Day

2. ..................

3...................

4. ..................

5. ..................

6. ..................

7. ..................

8.............. ....

9. ..................

10. ..................

11...................

12...................

13. ..................

14...................

15. ..................

16. ........... .....

17...................

18. ..................

19. ..................

20. ..................

21...................

22. ..................

23...................

24. ..................

25. ..................

26. ..................

27...................

28...................

29. ........... .....

30. ..................

31...................

Average .......

October

max

56 

56 

56 

56 

55

55 

55 

55 

55 

53

52 

52 

52 

52 

52

52 

52 

52 

52 

52

52 

51 

51 

51 

51

51 

51 

50 

50 

50 

50

52

min

56 

56 

56 

55 

55

55 

55 

55 

53 

52

52 

52 

52 

52 

52

52 

52 

52 

52 

52

51 

51 

51 

51 

51

51 

50 

50 

50 

50 

50

52

November

max

50 

50 

50

47 

46 

46

46 

46 

46 

46 

45 

43 

41 

41 

41 

41

40 

40 

40 

40 

39

36 

36 

36 

36 

35

42

min

50 

50 

49

47 

46 

46 

46

46 

46 

46 

45 

43

41 

41 

40 

40 

40

40 

40 

40 

39 

36

36 

36 

36 

35 

34

42

December

max

34 

34 

34 

34 

33

33 

33 

33 

33 

33

33 

33 

33 

33 

32

32 

32 

32 

32 

32

32 

32 

32 

32 

32

32 

32 

32 

32 

32 

32

32

min

34 

34 

33 

33

33 

33 

33 

33 

33

33 

33 

33 

32 

32

32 

32 

32 

32 

32

32 

32 

32 

32 

32

32 

32 

32 

32 

32 

32

32

January

max

32 

32

32

32 

32 

32 

32 

32

32 

32 

32 

32 

32

32 

32 

32 

32 

32 

32

-

min

Vi 

32

32

32 

32 

32 

32 

32

32 

32 

32 

32 

32

32 

32 

32 

32 

32 

32

--

February

max

32 

32 

32 

32

32 

32 

32 

32 

32

32 

32 

32 

32 

32

32 

32 

32 

32 

32

32 

33 

33 

33 

33

33 

33 

33

32

min

32 

32 

32 

32 

32

32 

32 

32 

32 

32

32 

32 

32 

32 

32

32 

32 

32 

32 

32

32 

32 

32 

33 

33

33 

33 

33

32

March

max

33 

33 

33 

33 

33

33 

33 

33 

33 

33

33 

33 

33 

33 

33

33 

34 

33 

33 

33

33 

34 

33 

34 

34

34 

33 

34 

35 

34 

35

33

min

33 

33 

33 

33

33 

33 

33 

33 

33

33 

33 

33 

33 

33

33 

33 

33 

33 

32

33 

33 

33 

33 

33

33 

33 

33 

34 

34 

34

33

April

max

35 

35 

36 

37

37 

37 

37 

38 

38

38 

38 

38 

39 

39

38 

38 

39 

38 

39

39 

39 

39 

39 

39

39 

38 

39 

39 

40

38

min

33 

34 

34 

35 

36

37 

37 

37 

37 

38

38 

38 

38 

37 

38

38 

38 

38 

38 

38

38 

38 

38 

38 

38

38 

38 

38 

39 

39

37

m
TURTLE CREEK BASIN 

MISCELLANEOUS ANALYSES OF LAKES IN TURTLE CREEK BASIN IN NO

Date of collection

Water 

Ievel2./

Chemical analyses, in parts per million, water year October 1958 to Sept

Silica 

(SiOa)

Iron 

(Fe)

Calcium 

(Ca)

Magnesium 

(Mg)

Sodium 

(Na)

Potassium 

(K)

Bicarbonate 

(HCOS )

Carbonate 

(CO,)

Sulfate 

(S04)

Chloride 

(Cl)

Fluoride 

(F)

Nitrate 

(N03 )

Boron 

(B)

LAKE ORDWAY NEAR TURTLE LAKE

Oct. 9, 1958........

Sept. 29............

9.42 

8.75

9.58

9.8

19 .06 3.5 61

2,4

5,150

80 

54

137

3,030

4,450

688 

659

2,360

1,790

4,110

32

119 .7 1.8 10

a In feet below temporary reference mark. 

b Sum, 6,230 ppm. 

c Sum, 14,200 ppm.

PAINTED WOODS CREEK BASIN 

MISCELLANEOUS ANALYSES OF STREAMS IN PAINTED WOODS CREEK BASIN IN 

Chemical analyses, in parts per million

Date of 

collection

Discharge 

(cfs)

Silica 

(Si02 )

Iron 

(Fe)

Calcium 

(Ca)

Magnesium 

(Mg)

Sodium 

(Na)

Potassium 

(K)

Bicarbonate 

(HC0 3 )

Sulfate 

(S04)

Chloride 

(Cl)

water year October 1958 to Septem

Fluoride 

(F)

Nitrate 

(NO 3 )

Boron 

(B)

Diss

Parts per milli

Residue 

at 180°C

Sum

6-3418. PAINTED WOODS CREEK NEAR WILTON

Oct. 27, 1958.. 

June 9, 1959 . . .

0.1 

.04 14 0.07 38 62

557 

419 | 12

894 

a 658

814 

676

20 

11 0.3 2.1 0.60

2,030 

1,600 1,

a Includes equivalent of 8 ppm of carbonate (CO,).
GRAND RIVER BASIN

6-3575. GRAND RIVER NEAR SHADEHILL, S. DAK.

LOCATION. At spillway and irrigation outlets of Shadehill Reservoir, a quarter of a mile upstream fr

of Shadehill, Perkins County, and 4 miles downstream from confluence of North and South Forks of G

three-quarters of a mile downstream. 

DRAINAGE AREA. 3,120 square miles, approximately. 

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Chemical analyses: April to October 1952, March 1953 to September 1959.

Water temperatures: August 1954 to September 1959. 

EXTREMES, 1958-59. Hardness: Maximum, 154 ppm Feb. 28 to Mar. 21 (irrigation outlet); minimum, 100 

Specific conductance: Maximum daily, 1,630 micromhos Feb. 27 (irrigation outlet); minimum daily, 9

EXTREMES, 1954-59. Dissolved solids (1954-58): Maximum, 990 ppm Sept. 3-30, 1958 (irrigation outlet

Hardness: Maximum, 167 ppm Apr. 4-7, 1955 (irrigation outlet); minimum, 100 ppm Mar. 31 to Apr. 3, 

Specific conductance: Maximum daily, 1,630 micromhos Feb. 27, 1959 (irrigation outlet); minimum da

REMARKS. Records of specific conductance of daily samples available in district office at Lincoln, N

a regulated irrigation outlet. Discharge records for gaging station at Shadehill for water year O

Chemical analyses, in parts per million, water year October 1958 to Sep

Date of 

collection

Oct. 1-18, 1958., 

Oct. 19-Dec. 4..

Dec. 27 -Jan.

31 1QKQ

Feb. 1-27.......

Feb. 28-Mar. 21 . 

Mar. 22-30...... 

Mar. 22-30 b. . . . 

Mar. 31-Apr. 3 . 

Mar. 31-Apr. 3b

Apr. 4-29 b..... 

Apr. 30-Mayl2.. 

Apr. 30 -May 12 b 

May 13-31 ......

Sept. 1-30 ......

Weighted average d .........

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

9.47 

8.37 

9.23

9.56 

9.58

13.5 

310 

310 

207 

207

82.9 

82.9 

46.5 

46.5 

15.4

\Q A

15.5 

13 2

13.1

27.9

Silica 

(SiOa )

4.4 

5.8

-

3.4

Iron 

(Fe)

0.00 

.03

"

.02

Calcium 

(Ca)

30 

20

"

27

Magnesium 

(Mg)

18

17

"

16

Sodium 

(Na)

298 

300 

309

314 

328

327 

325 

237 

294 

197

277 

279 

272 

273 

269

276 

286 

300 

294

299

Potassium 

(K)

8.5 

7.2

8.6

--

Bicarbonate 

(HCO,)

424 

430 

440

457 

470

a 477 

468 

348 

433 

298

410 

410 

407 

406 

407

412 

418 

427 

c 439

437

Sulfate 

(SO.)

467 

335

415

Chloride 

(Cl)

6.2 

4.4

5.7

Fluoride 

(F)

0.6 

.4

.5

Nitrate 

(NO,)

0.5 

.7

.5

Boron 

(B)

0.45 

.33

.35

D

Parts per m

Residue 

at 180°C

1,100 

814

993

a Includes equivalent of 3 ppm of carbonate (CO3).

b Sample collected at spillway outlet. Not included in weighted average.

c Includes equivalent of 14 p

d Represents 100 percent of 
134 QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959

GRAND RIVER BASIN Continued 

6-3575. GRAND RIVER NEAR SHADEHILL, S. DAK. Continued

Temperature (° F) of water, water year October 1958 to September 1959 

/Once-daily measurement between 8 a.m. and 12 m./

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Average

Oct.

a 57

56

58

--

--

57

57

57

a 54

..

55

54

55

54

a 55

a 53

_.

a 50

--

--

..

--

49

a 49

a 50

a 49

Nov.

._

--

48

48

42

56

57

47

._

a 46

44

..

40

a 42

a 41

41

40

37

35

--

Dec.

35

37

33

..

--

34

34

a 34

a 34

35

--

34

a 34

34

35

34

34

_

34

35

35

_

--

a 35

35

Jan.

..

34

35

35

34

34

33

34

..

34

34

34

34

34

a 34

a 34

a 34

a 34

a 34

--

34

a 35

35

35

35

--

Feb.

_

34

34

a 35

a 35

a 35

35

35

a 35

34

34

35

a 35

35

35

_

-.

a 36

a 36

36

37

37

Mar.

..

36

36

35

a 36

36

a 36

37

37

a 37

37

--

a 38

a 38

38

38

37

a 38

38

38

38

38

39

39

39

39

Apr.

39

38

a 39

--

39

39

39

40

_

40

41

41

40

a 40

--

a 41

a 44

a 43

--

--

_

a 44

a 44

a 45

44

--

May

47

--

a 45

a 47

47

50

--

49

48

49

a 51

_

a 54

a 50

52

55

a 55

53

53

54

June

57

a 62

..

63

--

62

64

62

63

62

63

63

a 65

a 67

_

--

67

63

--

--

--

July

..

65

66

66

a 67

67

68

..

66

66

67

67

70

--

70

70

73

73

--

_

72

73

75

72

72

Aug.

..

74

75

72

..

70

71

72

70

69

71

70

71

70

70

70

69

72

69

70

70

70

69

Sept.

68

65

65

67

--

_

65

64

64

64

64

a 64

60

60

58

_

55

a 54

54

a Measurement between 1 p.m. and 6 p.m.
GRAND RIVER BASIN Continued 

MISCELLANEOUS ANALYSES OF LAKES IN GRAND RIVER BASIN IN SO

Chemical analyses, in Darts per million, water vear October 1958

Date of collection

Pool 

elevation 

(feet)

Silica 

(Si02)

Iron 

(Fe)

Calcium 

(Ca)

Magnesium 

(Mg)

Sodium 

(Na)

Potassium 

(K)

Bicarbonate 

(HCO,)

Sulfate 

(SO.)

Chloride 

(Cl)

Fluoride 

(F)

Nitrate 

(NOS)

Boron 

(B)

o Sen

D

(r

Part

per 

million

6-3570. SHADEHILL RESERVOIR AT SHADEHILL

Apr. 9, 1959....... 2,272.48 2.8 .02 26 16 276 8.2 402 385 5.1 .4 .6 .35 94

a Includes equivalent of 14 ppm of carbonate (CO,).
136 QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959

CHEYENNE RIVER BASIN 

6-4005. CHEYENNE RIVER NEAR HOT SPRINGS, S. DAK.

LOCATION. At gaging station at bridge on State Highway 87, a quarter of a mile downstream from Cascade Creek and 10 miles southwest of Hot Springs, Fall River County. 

DRAINAGE AREA. 8,710 square miles, approximately. 

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Chemical analyses: April 1947 to September 1951.

Water temperatures: July 1947 to September 1949, April 1951 to September 1959. 

Sediment records: April 1946 to September 1959.

EXTREMES, 1958-59. Sediment concentrations: Maximum daily, 23,400 ppm June 2; minimum daily, not determined. 

Sediment loads: Maximum daily, 72,000 tons June 24; minimum daily, less than 0.50 ton

on many days. 

EXTREMES, 1946-59. Water temperatures: Maximum (1947-49, 1951-55, 1956-58), 91°F

Aug. 9, 1958; minimum (1947-49, 1951-56), freezing point on many days during winter 

months. 

Sediment concentrations; Maximum daily, 55,000 ppm June 19, 1950; minimum daily,

not determined. 

Sediment loads; Maximum daily, 612,000 tons June 28, 1952; minimum daily, 0.1 ton

or less on several days during some years.

REMARKS. Records of discharge for water year October 1958 to September 1959 given in 

WSP 1629.

Temperature (° F) of water, water year October 1958 to September 1959 

/Once-daily measurement between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m./

Day

1 

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14 

15

16

17

18

19 

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Average

Oct.

._

68

67

a 58

--

58

68

70 

a, 64

65

-

52

--

--

58

..

52

--

57

Nov.

58

__

a 51

50

--

--

--

__

60

-

..

-

_.

--

a 45

--

51

--

Dec.

..

..

..

--

--

..

--

--

--

..

a 50

46

--

__

54

--

_.

--

a 50

Jan.

..

_.

45

a 44

--

--

..

"

--

_

38

__

--

--

_.

a 48

52

--

_.

48

"

Feb.

_.

51

--

..

--

49

._

--

--

-

54

--

a 42

._

--

53

..

a 43

--

Mar.

..

_.

"

._

a 40

a 39

44

a 48

48

a 37

a 47

b 52

~

--

._

a 41

a 47

38

a 39

a 43

a 45

b53

b 52

a 46

--

Apr.

61

a 60

..

b68

60

--

._

-

60

49

57

69

60

--

..

--

--

May

.-

..

--

__

a 60

--

b62

..

a 69

b 67

..

--

b 70

62

..

--

b70

76

a 66

--

b64

June

a 65

a 70

78

81

b 76

b 76

--

b 76

--

-_

b 75

b 80

a 82

b 72

--

b78

77

a 64

76

76

b 77

a 73

a 58

a 59

--

July

a 67

77

a 65

b78

b 80

79

a 68

b 70

b 77

-.

b74

a 66

79

82

a 76

80

b75

83

b 74

87

80

.-

80

a 75

Aug.

78

QL09

a 77

a 74

--

78

--

70

-

78

--

a 72

80

--

79

--

74

--

--

a 80

Sept.

77

--

77

--

77

75

"

53

69

--

70

61

--

a 50

a 47

55

--

a Measurement between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. 

b Measurement between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m.
MISSOURI RIVER BASIN 

CHEYENNE RIVER BASINT-Continued 

6-4005. CHEYENNE RIVER NEAR HOT SPRINGS, S. DAK. Continued

Suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to September 1959

Day

1......

4. .....

6. .....

7. .....

8. .....

10. .....

12. .....

15. .....

18. .....

20. .....

23. ..... 

24. .....

25. .....

28. .....

29......

31......

Total.

I...... 

2...... 

3...... 

4...... 

5......

8......

10. ..... 

11......

13. ..... 

14. ..... 

15......

18. .....

20......

91

23

24. ..... 

25......

26. ..... 

27. ..... 

28. ..... 

29. ..... 

30. ..... 

31. ..... 

Total.

October

discharge 

(cfs)

18 

17 

18 

18 

17

19 

20 

20 

20 

20

20 

20 

19 

19 

19

18 

16 

12 

10 

10

12 

12 

12 

12 

13

14 

14 

12 

12 

12 

12

487

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

65 

73

"

Tons 

per 

day

3 

2

79

January

18 

18 

17 

17 

17

17 

17 

17 

17 

17

17 

17 

17 

17 

17

17 

17 

18 

18 

19

19 

18 

18 

18 

19

19 

19 

20 

20 

20 

20

556

10 (t)

16

November

discharge 

(cfs)

11 

11 

12 

14 

13

14 

17 

17 

19 

20

20 

23 

25 

25 

24

25 

22 

22 

23 

23

23 

23 

26 

30 

31

23 

21 

21 

21 

20

619

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

62

40

79

44 

I 20

-

Tons 

per 

day

3

2

6 

e 8 

e 10

3 

1

86

February

20 

19 

19 

19 

19

19 

19 

19 

20 

20

20 

19 

19 

19 

19

19 

19 

19 

19 

19

19 

19 

20 

21 

21

21

23 

23

551

13 1

28

December

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

20 

21 

22 

23 

19

19 

18 

18 

18 

18

18 

19 

19 

19 

19

18 

19 

19 

19 

19

19 

19 

18 

18 

18

18 

18 

18 

18 

17 

18

583

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

12

Tons 

per 

day

1

31

March

26 

24 

24 

34 

50

57 

59 

68 

69 

57

51 

62 

65 

57 

46

52 

74 

78 

72 

79

109 

282 

329 

261 

232

217 

191 

137 

100 

78 

67

3,107

100 

110 

150 

180

180 

190 

225 

255 

190

98 

135 

210 

170 

195

145 

400 

540 

450 

480

1,090 

4,750 

4,980 

3,800 

3,050

2,810 

2,510 

1,340 

730 

590 

300

"

e 1

a 6 

a 7 

14 

24

a 28 

a 30 

41 

48 

29

13 

s 25 

37 

a 26

s 27

s 25 

80 

114 

87 

102

s 377 

3,620 

4,420 

2,680 

1,910

1,650 

1,290 

496 

197 

124 

54

17,582

e Estimated.

s Computed by subdividing day.

t Less than 0.50 ton.

a Computed from estimated concentration graph.

706-462 O - 63 - 10
138 QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959

CHEYENNE RIVER BASIN Continued:

6-4005. CHEYENNE RIVER NEAR HOT SPRINGS, S. DAK. Continued 

Suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to September 19S9--Contlnued

Day

1......

2. .....

3......

5. .....

6......

10. .....

12. .....

13......

15. .....

16. .....

17. .....

18. .....

20. ..... 

21......

25. ..... 

26......

28. .....

30. ..... 

31......

Total.

1...... 

2...... 

3...... 

4...... 

5......

6. .....

&..... 

9. ..... 

10. .....

13. ..... 

14. ..... 

15. .....

18. ..... 

19. ..... 

20. .....

21......

23

24. ..... 

25. .....

26. ..... 

27...... 

28. ..... 

29. ..... 

30. ..... 

31...... 

Total.

April

discharge 

(cfs)

54 

47 

40 

36 

32

27 

25 

25 

25 

25

24 

24 

24 

23 

22

21 

21 

22 

23 

24

26 

26 

25 

25 

25

24 

23 

23 

22 

21

804

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

245 

145 

130 

75 

42

24

--

Tons 

per 

day

36 

18 

a 14 

a7 

4

2

129

July

306 

422 

440 

240 

137

98 

78 

72 

57 

42

35 

30 

93 

144 

132

242 

210 

114 

91 

71

57 

47 

40 

32 

24

22 

22 

21 

19 

18 

17

3,373

6,690 

16,200 

15,700 

9,870 

4,400

1,920 

990 

640 

295 

150

86 

60 

3,450 

7,180 

2,550

10, 100 

7,390 

1,500 

200 

110

72 

50 

38

16

--

s 5,990 

18,500 

18,700 

6,400 

1,630

508 

208 

124 

45 

17

8 

5 

sa2,700 

s 3,080 

909

s 8, 290 

s4,420 

s493 

a 49 

21

11 

6 

3 

e 2

1

72,126

May

discharge

(cfs)

22 

24 

22 

24 

31

32 

42 

32 

30 

28

26 

24 

24 

22 

17

17 

17 

17 

21 

23

23 

22 

21 

20 

20

21 

20 

23 

22 

23 

23

733

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

15

60 

220 

21

22

16

52

75

[ 50

--

Tons 

per 

day

1

a5 

a 25 

2 

e 2

1

1

3 

a5

3

73

August

14 

12 

12 

12 

33

40 

18 

12 

12 

10

9 

8 

6 

7 

7

7 

8 

8 

10 

10

10 

10 

10 

10 

10

10 

10 

10 

10 

10 

10

365

[ 28

1,410

1,820 

94 

65 

55 

44

38 

26

--

1

sa 320

s 246 

5 

a2 

a2 

a 1

1 

1

601

June

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

158 

274 

159 

111 

72

47 

36 

27 

22 

22

21 

17 

17 

17 

17

17 

19 

19 

19 

243

116 

85 

694 

1,170 

1,060

509 

231 

196 

202 

201

5,798

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

14,400 

23,400 

14,300 

6,200 

1,750

430 

145 

110 

70 

55

42 

34 

28 

26 

25

41 

32 

26 

28 

3,840

3,980 

2,250 

23,200 

21,400 

19,200

13,800 

6,000 

5,400 

2,820 

2,760

--

Tons 

per 

day

s 16,500 

17,300 

6,140 

1,860 

340

55 

14 

a8 

4 

a3

a2 

a2 

a 1

1 

a 1

2 

2 

a 1 

a 1 

s4,010

s4,740 

516 

s 49,200 

s 72,000 

55,000

19,000 

s 3,940 

2,860 

1,540 

s 1,610

256,653

September

10 

10 

10 

10 

10

8 

8 

8 

9 

10

9 

9 

10 

11 

12

13 

13 

13 

14 

14

14 

14 

15 

20 

38

30 

33

33 

26 

21

455

32

8

100 

315

180 

110 

46 

555

1

(t)

sa8 

32

sa 17 

a 10 

4 

39 

e6

131

Total discharge for year (cfs-days). . . .......................................................... 17,931 

Total load for year (tons) ...................................................................... 347, 535

e Estimated.

s Computed by subdividing day.

t Less than 0.50 ton.

a Computed from estimated concentration graph
CHEYENNE RIVER BASIN Cont inued 

6-4005. CHEYENNE RIVER NEAR HOT SPRINGS, S. DAK . Co

Particle-size analyses of suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to 

(Methods of analysis: B, bottom withdrawal tube; C, chemically dispersed; M, m

N, in native water; P, plpet; S, sieve; V, visual accumulation tube; W, in 

Date 

of 

collection

Mar. 22, 1959....

Aug. 6...........

Sept. 29 .........

Time

10:00 a.m. 

10:00 a.m. 

8:30 a.m. 

10:30 a.m. 

6:30 a.m.

2:00 p.m. 

7:55 p.m. 

7:45 a.m. 

2:10 p.m. 

2:10 p.m.

6:00 p.m. 

9:00 a.m. 

10:30 a.m. 

5:00 p.m. 

9:30 a.m.

11:00 a.m. 

8:30 a.m.

Discharge 

(cfs)

301 

350 

630 

113 

990

701 

393 

1,220 

1,550 

1,550

1,040 

556 

209 

182 

310

38 

26

Water 

temperature 

(° F)

41 

47 

66 

75 

64

76 

75 

68 

76 

76

78 

73 

58 

79 

72

77 

47

Suspended sedim

Concentration 

of sample 

(PPm)

6,600 

6,040 

6,870 

3,820 

31,600

22,000 

12,200 

25,300 

21,700 

21,700

19,600 

15,200 

2,830 

2,220 

18,700

1,690 

2,220

Concentration 

of suspension 

analyzed 

(ppm)

3,560 

4,080 

4,630 

2,880 

5,360

5,550 

4,200 

7,510 

6,230 

6,250

5,770 

9,380 

2,010 

1,490 

2,830

1,450 

1,8.60

Percent finer t

0.002

49 

58 

51 

68 

52

60 

54 

48 

48 

2

60 

68 

72 

63 

67

80 

52

0.004

62 

70 

62 

84 

64

66 

67 

59 

58 

3

71 

78 

85 

73 

78

91 

75

0.008 0.016

89 

91 

83 

96 

88

77 

94 

83 

81 

80

90 

93 

96 

90 

88

98 

98

0.0
140 QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959 

CHEYENNE RIVER BASIN Continued 

6-4015. CHEYENNE RIVER AT ANGOSTURA RESERVOIR OUTLET, S. DAK.

LOCATION. At outlet to powerplant below Angostura Dam, 800 feet upstream from gaging

station, 4i miles upstream from Fall River, and 6i miles southeast of Hot Springs,

Fall River County.

DRAINAGE AREA.--9,100 square miles, approximately. 

RECORDS AVAILABLE.--Sediment records: October 1951 to September 1953, October 1954 to

September 1959. 

REMARKS. Discharge reco*rds for gaging station below Angostura Dam for water year October

1954 to September 1959 given in WSP 1629.

Monthly and annual summary of water and suspended-sediment discharge, water year October 1958 to September 1959

Month

April .................

May ..................

September ............

Water year ..........

Discharge 

(cfs-days)

1,904.1 

1,466.6 

1,690.2

1,762.0 

1,790.1 

42.2 

40.0 

46.9 

105.8 

58.2 

84.9 

37.8

9,028.8

Runoff 

(acre-feet)

3,780 

2,910 

3,350

3,490 

3,550 

84 

79 

93 

210 

115 

168 

75

17,900

Suspended sediment

Load 

(tons)3

149.6 

65.8 

28.7

23.9 

24.2 

1.2 

2.1 

4.7 

7.7 

3.6 

3.1 

.6

315.2

Daily load (tons)

Mean

4.83 

2.19 

.93

.77 

.86 

.04 

.07 

.15 

.26 

.12 

.10 

.02

0.86

Maximum Minimum

Concentration (ppm)

Weighted 

mean

29 

17 

6

5 

5 

11 

19 

37 

27 

23 

14 

6

13

Maximum 

daily

a Based on infrequent samples.
CHEYENNE RIVER BASIN--Continued 

6-4380. BELLE FOURCHE RIVER NEAR ELM SPRINGS, S. DA

LOCATION. At gaging station at highway bridge, 4j miles northwest of Elm Springs, Meade County, and 5\ 

DRAINAGE AREA. 7,210 square miles, approximately.

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Chemical analyses: October 1950 to September 1951, July 1956 to September 1959.

REMABKS. Determinations of manganese, copper, lead, zinc, arsenic, selenium, cyanides, and sulfides av

of discharge for water year October 1958 to September 1959 given in WSP 1629.

Chemical analyses, in parts per million, water year October 1958 to Sept

Date of 

collection

Oct. 10, 1958...

Jan. 5, 1959....

Sept. 14 ........

Discharge 

(cfs)

56 

46 

35 

10 

30

190 

133 

46 

62 

104

64 

10

Silica 

(SiO,)

6.6 

8.2

5.1

Iron 

(Fe)

0.03 

.13

Calcium 

(Ca)

270 

268

158

Magnesium 

(Mg)

130 

139

89

Sodium 

(Na)

184 

200 

332 

390 

268

236 

179 

200 

290 

148

190 

270

Potassium 

(K)

15

14

14

Bicarbonate 

(HCOj)

184 

214 

353 

447 

397

171 

168 

176 

150 

149

148 

138

Sulfate 

(SO.)

1,390 

1,410

947

Chloride 

(Cl)

20 

28

26

Fluoride 

(F)

0.8 

.3

.4

Nitrate 

(NO,)

6.4 

15

18

Boron 

(B)

0.43 

.21

.23

D

Parts per m

Residue 

at 180°C

2,250 

2,400

1,660
CHEYENNE RIVER B4SIN--Continued

6-4380. BELLE FOURCHE RIVER NEAR ELM SPRINGS, S. DAK. 

Periodic determinations of suspended-sediment discharge, October 195

Date

May 11....................

Water discharge 

(cfs)

56 

46 

35 

10 

30

190 

133 

46

Suspende

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

218 

104 

99 

27 

4

3,610 

2,560 

85

Particle-size analyses of suspended sediment, October 1958 to M

(Methods of analysis: B, bottom withdrawal tube; C, chemically dispersed; M, m

N, in native water; P, pipet; S, sieve; V, visual accumulation tube; W, in 

Date 

of 

collection

Oct. 10, 1958..... 

Mar. 26, 1959 ....

Time

12:50 p.m. 

8:25 p.m.

Discharge 

(cfs)

56 

133

Water 

temperature 

(' F)

47 

44

Suspended sedim

Concentration 

of sample 

(ppm)

218 

2,560

Concentration 

of suspension 

analyzed 

(ppm)

3,160 

6,140

Percent finer 

0.002

35 

36

0.004

58

57

0.008

89 

86

0.016

97 

98

0
MISCELLANEOUS ANALYSES OF STREAMS IN CHEYENNE RIVER B

Chemical analyses, in parts per million, water year October 1958 to Sept

Date of 

collection

Discharge 

(cfs)

Silica 

(Si02 )

Iron 

(Fe)

Calcium 

(Ca)

Magnesium 

(Mg)

Sodium 

(Na)

Potassium 

(K)

Bicarbonate 

(HCO,)

Sulfate 

(SO.)

Chloride 

(Cl)

Fluoride 

(F)

Nitrate 

(NO,)

Boron 

(B)

Di

Parts per mi

Residue 

at 180°C

S

WHITEWOOD CREEK NEAR VALE, S. DAK.

Mar. 26, 1959 a. 

Sept. 3.........

16 

9.0

9.1 

13

0.03 1 127 

.25 1 141

63 

69

34 1 18 

48 | 24

220 

214

457 

553

17 

24

0.5 

.6

0.1 

.2

0.10 

.11

883 

1,030 

a Also copper (Cu), 0.90 ppm; lead (Pb), 0.00 ppm; zinc (Zn), 0.13 ppm; arsenic (As), 0.11 ppm; cyanides as CN, 6.0 ppm; sulfides 
CHEYENNE RIVER BASIN Continued

MISCELLANEOUS ANALYSES OF STREAMS IN CHEYENNE RIVER BA

Periodic determinations of suspended-sediment discharge, water year October 

Date

Water discharge 

(cfs)

Suspen

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

6-3860. LANCE CREEK AT SPENCER, WYO.

June 22 ....................

Sept. 25 ...................

39

1.2

8

17

12

12

2,53

Particle-size analyses of suspended sediment, water year October 1958 t

(Methods of analysis: B, bottom withdrawal tube; C, chemically dispersed; M, 

Date 

of 

collection

Time

Discharge 

(cfs)

Water 

temperature

Suspended sedi

Concentration 

of sample 

(ppm)

Concentration 

of suspension 

analyzed 

(ppm)

Percent finer 

0.002 0.004 0.008 0.016 0

6-3860. LANCE CREEK AT SPENCER, WYO.

June 19, 1959....

July 2 ..........

2:55 a.m.

11:55 a.m.

7.1 

199

54

11,600 

26,100

12,200

6,230 

5,770

4,010

86 

68

86

98 

87

97
NIOBRARA RIVER BASIN 

6-4655. NIOBRARA RIVER NEAR VERDEL, NEBR

LOCATION. Temperature recorder at gaging station at Pishelville bridge, 6 miles south of Verdel, 

DRAINAGE AREA. 10,900 square miles, approximately.

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Water temperatures: June 1958 to September 1959.

EXTREMES, 1958-59. Water temperatures: Maximum, 95°F Aug. 23; minimum, freezing point on many da

EXTREMES, June 1958 to September 1959. Water temperatures: Maximum, 95°F Aug. 23, 1959; minimum, 

REMARKS. Records of discharge for water year October 1958 to September 1959 given in WSP 1629.

Temperature (° F) of water, water year October 1958 to Septem

/Recorder with temperature attachment, continuous ethyl alcohol-actua

Day

1...................

2...................

3...................

4. ..................

5. ..................

6. ..................

7. ..................

8.............. ....

9. ..................

10. ..................

11...................

12............... ....

13. ..................

14. ..................

15............ .......

16. ..................

17. ..................

18. ..................

19...................

20. ..................

21...................

22...................

23. ..................

24. ..................

25. ..................

26. ..................

27. .................

28. ..................

29. ..................

30. ..................

31...................

Average .......

October

max

57 

61 

67 

66 

62

68 

66 

64 

58 

52

53 

63 

69 

70 

69 

64 

61 

62 

65 

62

54 

54 

54 

54 

52

49 

48 

48 

49 

49 

50

59

min

44 

49 

52 

56 

52

56 

60 

58 

50 

43

46 

47 

57 

58 

57

56 

51 

49 

54 

54

47 

46 

48 

44 

46

41 

41 

40 

40 

40 

40

49

November

max

51 

50 

51 

48 

47

46 

44 

46 

47 

49

48 

46 

49 

48 

44

46 

42 

34 

34 

37

41 

43 

40 

37 

35

35 

35 

34 

34 

35

42

min

42 

41 

42 

42 

38

38 

40 

38 

42 

39

43 

41 

41 

42 

42

42 

34 

33 

33 

33

34 

36 

35 

34 

33

33 

34 

33 

34 

34

37

December

max

35 

34 

37 

36 

34

35 

34 

35 

35 

34

34 

34 

34 

35 

35

34 

35 

35 

35 

35

35 

35 

34 

34 

34

34 

34 

34 

35 

34 

34

34

min

33 

33 

34 

34 

34

34 

34 

34 

33 

33

33 

33 

33 

34 

34

33 

33 

33 

34 

34

34 

33 

33 

32 

32

32 

32 

33 

33 

33 

32

33

January

max

34 

33 

34 

35 

36

35 

35 

35 

34 

34

34 

34 

34 

34 

34

33 

34 

34 

33 

34

34 

34 

34 

34 

34

34 

33 

33 

33 

34 

34

34

min

32 

32 

32 

34 

35

32 

33 

32 

32 

32

32 

32 

32 

32 

32

32 

33 

32 

32 

33

33 

32 

32 

32 

32

33 

32 

32 

33 

33 

33

32

February

max

34 

33 

32 

33 

33

34 

34 

34 

34 

34

34 

33 

34 

33 

33

33 

33 

34 

34 

34

33 

32 

33 

34 

33

33 

33 

33

33

min

32 

32 

32 

32 

32

33 

33 

33 

33 

33

32 

32 

33 

32 

32 

33 

33 

33 

32 

32

32 

32 

32 

32 

32

32 

32 

32

32

March

max

34 

33 

33 

32 

33

33 

33 

33 

33 

34

35 

33 

32 

32 

33

32 

32 

33 

32 

32

35 

39 

45 

48 

42

39 

45 

43 

47 

53 

47

37

min

32 

32 

32 

32 

32

32 

32 

32 

32 

32

32 

32 

32 

32 

32

32 

32 

32 

32 

32

32 

32 

33 

39 

39

32 

32 

35 

39 

41 

42

33

April

max

55 

53 

53 

59 

61

60 

52 

47 

47 

44

42 

50 

54 

58 

61

63 

55 

47 

44 

45

47 

59 

60 

63 

58

57 

52 

61 

66 

73

55

min

38 

44 

40 

41 

48

46 

47 

41 

38 

40

39 

35 

38 

39 

46 

49 

46 

43 

35 

35

40 

44 

48 

48 

46

45 

47 

47 

50 

55

43

m
MISSOURI RIVER MAIN STEM 

6-4675. MISSOURI RIVER AT YANKTON, S. DAK.

LOCATION. 4t gaging station at Meridian Highway Bridge on U.S. Highway 81 in Yankton, Yankton County, 5

downstream from Gavins Point Dam.

DRAINAGE AREA . 279, 500 square miles, approximately. 

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Chemical analyses: October 1950 to September 1951, October 1956 to September 1959 

Water temperatures: October 1956 to September 1959 (discontinued). 

EXTREMES, 1958-59. Hardness: Maximum, 239 ppm Aug. 17 to Sept. 22; minimum, 177 ppm Dec. 1-5.

Specific conductance: Maximum daily, 760 micromhos Sept. 13, 14, 19; minimum daily, 443 micromhos Dec

Water temperatures: Maximum, 80°F Aug. 27; minimum, 33°F on many days during December to February. 

EXTREMES, 1956-59. Dissolved solids (1956-58): Maximum, 559 ppm Aug. 29 to Sept. 30, 1957; minimum, 32

Hardness: Maximum, 250 ppm Aug. 29 to Sept. 30, 1957; minimum, 168 ppm Mar. 16-31, 1957.

Specific conductance: Maximum daily, 839 micromhos Aug. 24-25, Sept. 5-8, 1957; minimum daily, 443 mi

Water temperatures: Maximum, 81°F Aug. 19, 1958; minimum, freezing point on many days during winter m

REMARKS. Daily samples for chemical analysis composited by discharge. Records of specific conductance 

Lincoln, Nebr. Records of discharge for water year October 1958 to September 1959 given in WSP 1629.

Chemical analyses, in parts per million, water year October 1958 to Septe

Date of collection

Oct. 1-31, 1958....

Jan. 1-31, 1959....

Mar. 30-Apr. 5....

May 30-June 5 .....

July 25-Aug. 16.... 

Aug. 17-Sept. 22... 

Sept. 23-30........

Weighted average a ..........

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

29,980 

19,130 

8,184 

8,340 

10,160

8,264 

10,240 

10,530 

10,550 

21,140

25,410 

23,130 

14, 130 

26,580 

26,260

28,890 

31,340 

28,650

20,080

Silica 

(S102)

12 

8.3

..

Iron 

(Fe)

0.00 

.01

..

Calcium 

(Ca)

57 

57

..

Magnesium 

(Mg)

18 

18

__

Sodium 

(Na)

66 

62 

60 

39 

54

47 

57 

55 

49 

40

54 

57 

54 

56 

59

65 

67 

67

60

Potassium 

(K)

4.2 

4.7

..

Bicarbonate 

(HCO,)

190 

190 

189 

145 

186

170 

194 

190 

178 

160

188 

192 

184 

183 

185

195 

202 

200

190

Sulfate 

(S04 )

164

176

Chloride 

(Cl)

9 2

8.8

Fluoride 

(F)

0.5

.5

Nitrate 

(NO,)

0.9

.3

Boron 

(B)

0.12

.12

Di

(res

Parts 

per

million

416

432

a Represents 100 percent of runoff for water year October 1958 to September 1959.
MISSOURI RIVER BASIN

MISSOURI RIVER MAIN STEM Continued 

6-4675. MISSOURI RIVER AT YANKTON, S. DAK.--Continued

Temperature (° F) of water, water year October 1958 to September 1959 

/Once-daily measurement between 8 a.m. and 12 m./

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Average

Oct.

..

60

59

a 60

b60

a 60

b60

b61

a 59

b 58

57

59

b 61

b63

a 63

b 61

b 60

a 60

a 60

b 60

..

56

54

54

53

53

b54

51

58

Nov.

..

51

b51

b 51

48

47

48

b48

48

b48

b48

b48

a 48

b48

a 45

a 43

b43

42

--

b42

41

41

41

a 38

b 36

a 36

36

b36

b 37

--

44

Dec.

a 37

b38

_.

--

b34

_

b34

b34

b 33

b33

b33

a 33

33

33

a 33

33

b 33

b33

33

b 33

b34

b 33

33

--

..

33

33

a 33

33

34

Jan.

b33

b33

b33

33

b33

b33

a 33

33

33

33

33

a 33

33

b35

b33

b33

34

34

33

33

33

33

33

33

33

b 33

b33

a 33

b33

33

33

33

Feb.

-_

33

b33

b33

34

33

a 33

b33

b33

a 34

b34

34

a 34

a 34

34

b33

33

a 33

b 33

34

34

b34

a 34

33

b34

34

34

Mar.

b34

b35

34

b 34

a 34

a 34

b 34

34

b35

b35

b35

a 35

35

34

34

b34

b 35

35

37

--

a 37

b38

b39

b 37

b 38

b 36

b 37

37

b39

37

36

Apr.

37

b38

a 39

b 40

a 42

..

b 47

b47

a 47

46

b46

b46

46

b 52

47

47

b46

45

44

44

b43

47

b 48

b48

b47

47

a 47

a 48

b49

51

--

46

May

a 53

56

b 57

a 58

a 58

55

a 58

b 58

58

58

58

b 58

b 57

b58

b 57

58

b 58

a 58

a 59

59

a 58

58

60

b61

60

60

b 60

60

62

58

June

..

b66

a 68

a 68

b 68

70

--

b72

73

b 73

73

72

73

73

b 73

73

b 74

a 73

72

a 72

a 70

a 71

--

73

73

a 73

a 69

b 71

--

71

July

71

a 72

a 73

b 72

a 73

a 72

a 73

72

a 73

a 73

a 73

a 73

73

a 73

a 74

74

73

74

b74

a 75

75

76

a 77

b 77

b77

78

78

--

74

Aug.

a 78

a 78

b 79

b 79

b 78

b78

78

78

78

b 78

..

78

78

75

76

a 76

b77

77

77

77

77

78

77

a 77

76

b 80

78

77

76

77

Sept.

75

73

73

72

a 73

a 72

a 72

a 73

71

70

69

69

69

66

64

62

61

62

--

..

63

b64

b64

b 54

62

58

59

--

67

a Measurement between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. 

b Measurement between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m.
JAMES RIVER BASIN

6-4705. JAMES RIVER AT LA MOURE, N. DAK.

LOCATION. Temperature recorder at gaging station, downstream from bridge on State Highway 13, half i m

12 miles upstream from Cottonwood Creek.

DRAINAGE AREA. 5,740 square miles, approximately, of which about 2,800 square miles is probably nonco

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Water temperatures: June 1953 to September 1959.

EXTREMES, 1958-59 . Water temperatures: Maximum, 83°F July 19; minimum, freezing point Dec. 6, 7, Feb

EXTREMES, 1953-59. Water temperatures: Maximum, 91°F July 12, 13, 1957; minimum, freezing point on m

REMARKS. Records of discharge for water year October 1958 to September 1959 given in WSP 1629.

Chemical analyses, in parts per million, November 1958 to Septemb

Date of collection

Sept. 27............

Discharge 

(cfs)

12 

19 

7.3

Silica 

(SiO,)

4.3 

15

Iron 

(Fe)

0.01 

.04

Calcium 

(Ca)

86 

63

Magnesium 

(Mg)

38 

32

Sodium 

(Na)

118 

12 

88

Potassium 

(K)

10 

0 

12

Bicarbonate 

(HCOS)

445 

399 

348

Carbonate 

(COS )

0 

0 

0

Sulfate 

(S04 )

196 

188 

131

Chloride 

(Cl)

49 

52 

52

Fluoride 

(F)

0.2 

.1

Nitrate

(NO,)

0.4 

2.6

Boron 

(B)

0.33 

.42
JAMES RIVER BASIN Continued 

6-4705. JAMES RIVER AT LA MOURE, N. DAK

Temperature (° F) of water, water year October 1958 to Septe

/Recorder with temperature attachment, continuous ethyl alcohol-actu

Day

2. ..................

3...................

4. ..................

5. ..................

6...................

7. ..................

8. ..................

9. ..................

10. ..................

11...................

12...................

13...................

14...................

15...................

16...................

17...................

18. ..................

19. ..................

20. ..................

21...................

22...................

23...................

24...................

25. ..................

26...................

27...................

28. ..................

29. ..................

30. ..................

31...................

Average .......

October

max

50 

50 

54 

53 

53

54 

53 

54 

51 

48

46 

47 

50 

50 

53

54 

52 

51 

53 

54

52 

48 

48 

48

47

46 

44 

44 

44 

44 

45

50

min

46 

47 

48 

51 

50

50 

51 

50 

48 

44

43 

43 

44 

46 

48

49 

48 

48 

49 

51

48 

47 

47 

45 

46

44 

44 

43 

42 

42 

43

47

November

max

44 

44 

44 

44 

43 

41 

40 

40 

40 

40

40 

40 

40 

40 

39

37 

37 

35 

33 

35

35 

35 

36 

36 

36

35 

35 

35 

35 

35

38

min

43 

43 

43 

43 

40

39 

40 

39 

39 

39

40 

39 

39 

39 

37

37 

35 

33 

33 

33

34 

35 

35 

36 

35

35 

35 

35 

35 

34

37

December

max

34 

34 

34 

34 

34

33 

32

"

min

34 

33 

33 

33 

33

32 

32

--

January

max min

February

max

32

33 

33 

33

--

min

31

31 

33 

33

"

March

max

34 

34 

34 

35 

35

34 

34 

34 

34 

34

35 

35 

35 

35 

35

35 

35 

34 

35 

35

35 

34 

34 

35 

36

39 

44 

42 

44 

42 

43

36

min

33 

33 

33 

34 

34

34 

34 

34 

34 

34

34 

34 

34 

34 

34

34 

34 

34 

34 

34

32 

33 

34 

34 

35

35 

35 

35 

36 

36 

37

34

April

max

42 

40 

43 

43 

42

48 

45 

44 

45 

46

45 

50 

50 

55 

56 

54 

46 

48 

46 

49

51 

55 

54 

53 

49

50 

54 

52 

58 

58

49

min

37 

37 

37 

38 

37

41 

44 

42 

41 

43

43 

42 

44 

45 

48

46 

44 

44 

44 

44

45 

47 

50 

48 

46

47 

47 

49 

49 

52

44
JAMES RIVER BASIN Continued

6-4710. JAMES RIVER AT COLUMBIA, S. DAK. 

(formerly published as James River near Columbia)

LOCATION. At bridge on county road, 3.5 miles north of Columbia, Brown County, approximately 5 miles u

stream from Columbia Road Reservoir. 

DRAINAGE AREA. 7,050 square miles, approximately.

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Chemical analyses: October 1951 to September 1952, November 1954 to September 1959

REMARKS. No flow during water year.
JAMES RIVER BASIN Continued 

6-4760. JAMES RIVER UPSTREAM FROM DIVERSION, AT HURON, S

LOCATION. Just upstream from Chicago and North Western Railway Co. bridge, 135 feet upstream from gagin

Beadle County, and 300 feet upstream from bridge on U.S. Highway 14. 

DRAINAGE AREA. 16,800 square miles, approximately. 

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Chemical analyses: April 1950 to September 1951, August 1956 to September 1959.

Water temperatures: August 1956 to September 1959. 

EXTREMES, 1958-59. Hardness: Maximum, 790 ppm Mar. 1-14; minimum, 299 ppm Oct. 1-31.

Specific conductance: Maximum daily, 2,640 micromhos Mar. 1; minimum daily, 1,050 micromhos Oct. 1.

Water temperatures: Maximum, 80°F Aug. 3, 21; minimum, freezing point on several days during November 

EXTREMES, 1956-59. Dissolved solids (1956-58): Maximum, 1,580 ppm Mar. 6-15, 1957; minimum, 340 ppm Ma

Hardness: Maximum, 790 ppm Mar. 1-14, 1959; minimum, 166 ppm Mar. 29 to Apr. 5, 1958.

Specific conductance: Maximum daily, 2,640 micromhos Mar. 1, 1959; minimum daily, 483 micromhos Mar. 3

Water temperatures: Maximum, 83°F July 17, 1957; minimum, freezing point on many days during winter m

REMARKS. Records of specific conductance of daily samples available in district office at Lincoln, Nebr

downstream from diversion, for water year October 1958 to September 1959 given in WSP 1629.

Chemical analyses, in parts per million, water year October 1958 to Septem

Date of 

collection

Oct. 1-31, 1958 .

Jan. 1-15, 1959 .

Mar. 15-23 ..... 

Mar. 24-Apr. 11. 

Apr. 12-May31 .

July 29- Aug. 25 . 

Aug. 26-Sept. 8. .

Sept. 22-30 .....

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs) V

10.4 

4.78

Silica 

(SiOJ

19 

33

13 

13

Iron 

(Fe)

0.02 

.01

.02

.02 

.08

Calcium 

(Ca)

70 

137

58 

57

Magnesium 

(Mg)

49 

105

41 

49

Sodium 

(Na)

128 

136 

187 

216 

257

289 

276 

242 

133 

136

130 

145 

189 

230 

249 

246

Potassium 

(K)

15 

21

20 

23

Bicarbonate 

(HCO,)

323 

333 

346 

397 

466

588 

641 

643 

349 

314

264 

232 

201 

212 

232 

245

Sulfate 

(S0t)

340

689

358

557

Chloride 

(Cl)

no

151

68

112

Fluoride 

(F)

0.5

.6

.4

.5

Nitrate 

(NO,)

7.9

1.6

7.1

11

Boron 

(B)

0.57

.77

.51

.88

Dis

Parts per mi

Residue 

at 180°C

999

1,900

848

1,230

S

1,

1,

a No flow at the gaging station at Huron, downstream from the diversion, except during Mar. 15-28, Mar. 31 to Apr. 3, Apr. 5, 7-8
152 QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959

JAMES RIVER BASIN Continued 

6-4760. JAMES RIVER UPSTREAM FROM DIVERSION, AT HURON, S. DAK.--Continued

Temperature (° F) of water, water year October 1958 to September 1959 

/Once-daily measurement between 8 a.m. and 10 a.raj

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Average

Oct. a

51

51

54

55

54

55

55

58

55

50

52

52

53

55

56

55

55

54

54

55

53

49

49

49

46

44

46

44

44

42

42

51

Nov.a

42

42

42

43

45

40

45

40

40

40

42

41

40

42

40

42

40

34

32

34

40

38

39

34

--

32

32

32

32

32

38

Dec.a

36

38

36

38

35

33

33

33

33

35

33

34

33

32

35

38

38

37

35

37

36

38

38

37

37

37

37

39

37

35

36

36

Jan.a

36

35

35

35

35

35

36

35

34

35

36

37

35

37

34

35

34

35

35

33

34

33

33

35

34

34

34

35

35

35

35

35

Feb.a

34

35

35

34

35

33

34

35

34

34

34

34

35

34

33

35

33

34

33

33

34

34

35

34

34

34

35

34

34

Mar.

35

34

36

36

36

36

37

39

39

39

39

39

42

38

38

36

37

40

44

42

40

40

45

40

40

40

39

40

42

44

44

39

Apr.

45

48

46

47

49

50

50

47

44

44

44

43

45

50

50

50

47

45

44

42

45

45

46

50

47

47

51

50

53

57

--

47

May a

57

64

65

62

60

55

55

58

59

55

55

55

52

49

53

55

57

64

65

61

55

56

55

56

65

67

66

65

65

65

61

59

Junea

63

63

62

65

70

71

71

72

75

74

73

73

72

71

71

73

78

73

78

76

74

73

72

71

74

75

76

75

70

70

72

Julya

64

67

71

71

72

74

74

75

73

75

75

74

72

75

74

76

74

76

75

74

75

74

76

77

76

77

77

79

79

77

77

74

Aug.a

75

76

80

78

79

77

75

75

74

74

76

71

69

72

70

70

72

75

77

78

80

78

78

78

76

73

73

73

74

72

71

75

Sept.a

68

65

64

64

68

72

70

72

68

63

60

62

62

62

62

57

52

52

54

58

62

65

62

60

62

60

58

58

53

50

62

a No flow for entire month, at gaging station downstream from diversion.
JAMES RIVER BASIN Continued

6-4785. JAMES RIVER NEAR SCOTLAND, S. DAK.

LOCATION. At gaging station, 50 feet upstream from highway bridge, 500 feet upstream from Dawson Creek, 

DRAINAGE AREA. 21,550 square miles, approximately.

RECORDS AVAILABLE.--Chemical analyses; August 1956 to September 1959.

Water temperatures; January 1953 to September 1959.

EXTREMES, 1958-59. Water temperatures: Maximum, 88°F June 16-18; minimum, freezing point on many days 

EXTREMES. 1953-59. Water temperatures: Maximum, 90°F Aug. 1, 2, 1957; minimum, freezing point on many 

REMARKS. Records of discharge for water year October 1958 to September 1959 given in WSP 1629.

Chemical analyses, In parts per million, water year October 1958 to Septe

Date of 

collection

Oct. 28, 1958...

Jan. 6, 1959....

Apr. 2.........

Sept. 25........

Discharge 

(cfs)

3.8 

19 

12 

69 

43

54 

33 

30 

10 

15

.002 

.8 

10

7

Silica 

(Si02 )

9.8 

7.6 1

Iron 

(Fe)

0.02

.06 

.02

Calcium 

(Ca)

100

193 

108 

140

162

86 

106

Magnesium 

(Mg)

64

75 

57 

56

89

37 

52

Sodium 

(Na)

150 

142 

187 

200 

161

135 

164 

122 

150 

146

225 

224 

82 

110

Potassium 

(K)

20 

18

Bicarbonate 

(HCO,)

252 

296 

417 

384 

300

134 

161 

231 

274 

226

180 

146 

118 

136

Sulfate 

(S0«)

510

750 

559

562

894

371 

511

Chloride 

(Cl)

83

80 

79

62

111

42 

56

Fluoride 

(F)

0.5

-

-

.4

Nitrate 

(NO,)

0.0

_

-

-

3.2

Boron 

(B)

0.57

.57 

.75

.53

.85

.33

.47

Dis

Parts per mi

Residue 

at 180"C

1,130

1,560 

1,110

1,150

1,770

754 

1,020

S

1,
JAMES RIVER BASIN Continued

6-4785. JAMES RIVER NEAR SCOTLAND, S. DAK. Contin

Temperature (° F) of water, water year October 1958 to Septembe

/Recorder with temperature attachment, continuous ethyl alcohol-actuated 

Day

3...................

4. ..................

5. ..................

6. ..................

7. ..................

9. ..................

10...................

11...................

13. ..................

15...................

16...................

17...................

18. ..................

19. ..................

20...................

21. ..................

22. ..................

23. ..................

24...................

25...................

26. ..................

27. ..................

28. ..................

29...................

30. ..................

31...................

Average .......

October

max

61 

59 

62 

64 

64

64 

64 

64 

64 

60

56 

57 

60 

63 

63

63 

63 

61 

60 

61

61 

57 

56 

56 

55

53 

52 

52 

51 

50 

49

59

mln

58 

58 

58 

61 

60

61 

64 

64 

60 

55

55 

54 

57 

60 

62

62 

60 

58 

59 

60 

57 

56 

56 

54 

53

50 

51 

50 

50 

49 

48

57

November

max

48 

48 

48 

48 

47 

46 

45 

45 

44 

44

44 

44 

44 

44 

44

44 

44 

40 

38 

38

38 

38 

38 

38 

37

36 

35 

35 

34 

34

42

min

48 

48 

48 

47 

46

45 

45 

44 

44 

43

44 

44 

44 

44 

44

43 

40 

38 

38 

38

38 

38 

38 

37 

35

35 

35 

34 

34 

34

41

December

max

34 

34 

33 

33 

33

33 

33 

34 

34 

34

34 

34 

34 

35 

35

35 

34 

34 

34 

35 

34 

33 

33 

33 

33

33 

33 

33 

34 

33 

33

34

mln

34 

33 

33 

33 

33

33 

33 

33 

34 

34

34 

34 

34 

34 

35

34 

34 

34 

34 

34

33 

33 

33 

33 

33

33 

33 

33 

33 

33 

33

33

January

max

33 

33 

33 

33 

33

33 

33 

33 

33 

33

33 

33 

33 

33 

33

33 

33 

33 

33 

33

33 

33 

33 

33 

33

33 

34 

34 

34 

34 

34

33

min

33 

33 

33 

33 

33

33 

33 

33 

33 

33

33 

33 

33 

33 

33

33 

33 

32 

32 

33

33 

33 

33 

33 

33

33 

33 

34 

34 

34 

34

33

February

max

34 

34 

33 

33 

33

33 

33 

33 

33 

33

33 

33 

32 

32 

32

32 

32 

32 

33 

33

33 

32 

32 

32 

32

32 

32 

32

33

min

34 

33 

33 

33 

33

33 

33 

33 

33 

33

33 

32 

32 

32 

32

32 

32 

32 

32 

33 

32 

32 

32 

32 

32

32 

32 

32

32

March

max

32 

32 

33 

33 

33 

34 

34 

34 

34 

34

34 

34 

34 

34 

34

34 

35 

35 

34 

35

35 

35 

36 

42 

43

43 

42 

41 

43 

46 

47

36

min

32 

32 

32 

33 

33

33 

33 

33 

34 

34

34 

34 

34 

34 

34

34 

34 

34 

34 

34

35 

35 

35 

36 

42

41 

41 

41 

41 

43 

46

36

April

max

47 

48 

48 

50 

55

58 

59 

57 

53 

51

51 

51 

51 

56 

58

59 

59 

59 

59 

54

55 

58 

61 

62 

62

61 

60 

60 

62 

65

56

min

47 

45 

45 

47 

47 

55 

57 

53 

51 

51

50 

49 

50 

51 

56

58 

59 

58 

54 

53

53 

55 

58 

60 

61

60 

60 

59 

59 

62

54

max

71 

73 

73 

74 

73

70 

67 

67 

66 

66

64 

67 

67 

65 

63

64 

66 

68 

71 

71

70 

66 

63 

65 

67

69 

69 

69 

65 

66 

67

68
JAMES RIVER BASIN--Continued 

MISCELLANEOUS ANALYSES OF LAKES AND STREAMS IN JAMES RI

Chemical analyses, in parts per million, water year October 1958 to Sep

Date of 

collection

Discharge 

(cfs)

Silica 

(Si02 )

Iron 

(Fe)

Calcium 

(Ca)

Magnesium 

(Mg)

Sodium 

(Na)

Potassium 

(K)

Bicarbonate 

(HCOS )

Sulfate 

(SOJ

Chloride 

(Cl)

Fluoride 

(F)

Nitrate 

(NO,)

Boron 

(B)

D

Parts per m

Residue 

at 180°C

LAKE JUANITA NEAR GRACE CITY, N. DAK.

Oct. 2, 1958.... 

May 29, 1959...

a 3.30 

a 3.15

46 

28

0.03 

.02

21 

24

31 

32

62 

56

11 

10

328 

284

53 

64

2.8 

19

0.4 

.2

0.5 

.4

0.14 

.15

399 

415

6-4695. PIPESTEM CREEK NEAR BUCHANAN , N. DAK.

Oct. 1, 1958... . 

May 29, 1959 . . .

0.1 

3.4

20 

8.4

0.03 

.02

67 

54

48 

37

144 

129

11 

8.9

458 

403

252 

166

42 

52

0.3 

.3

1.7 

1.9

0.31 

.23

817 

675

NICCUM RESERVOIR ON KELLY CREEK NEAR BORDULAC, N. DAK

Oct. 2, 1958.... 

May 29, 1959...

a 6.8 

a 6.02

12 

14

0.05 

.02

35 

41

39 

38

86 

73

12 

11

292 

339

154 

123

30 

26

0.2 

.2

1.5 

3.3

0.14 

.14

551 

529

6-4700. JAMES RIVER AT JAMESTOWN, N. DAK.

Oct. 29, 1958... 

June 7, 1959.... 

Sept. 27........

3.3 

5.0 

2. 6

25 

19

0.01 

.05

80 

71

36 

32

156 

1 

112

9.2 

18 

12

448 

408 

416

229 

161 

162

67 

36 

32

0.2 

.3

2.3 

1.8

0.59 

.41

836 

643 

666

6-4676. JAMES RIVER NEAR MANFRED , N. DAK.

Nov. 21, 1958 . . 

June 7, 1959....

(b) 

0.2 8.0 0.08 48 36

2 

218

)0 

10

799 

564

235 

248

14 

20 0.5

0.7 

1.5

1 1,090 

0.64 | 908

6-4745. TURTLE CREEK AT REDFIELD, S. DAK.

Aug. 10, 1949 ..

Mar. 30, 1950..

Sept. 26, 1959..

0.17

1,430

.2

15

8.3

21

0.10

.30

.03

55

20

44

19

2.6

21

792

12

648 | 33

402

71

386

1,240

18

1,050

216

2.8

175

1.4

.1

4.5

10

8.1

16

0.79

.30

3.1

2,640

136

2,260

a Water level, in feet below temporary reference mark, 

b Practically no flow.
156 QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959

LITTLE SIOUX RIVER BASIN 

6-6066. LITTLE SIOUX RIVER AT CORRECTIONVILLE, IOWA

LOCATION. At gaging station at bridge on State Highway 31, 0.2 mile upstream from Bacon 

Creek, 0.5 mile west of Correctionville, Woodbury County, and 0.8 mile downstream 

from Pierson Creek. 

DRAINAGE AREA. 2,500 square miles.

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Chemical analyses: November 1954 to June 1955. 

Water temperatures: May 1951 to September 1959. 

Sediment records: May 1950 to September 1959. 

EXTREMES, 1958-59. Water temperatures: Maximum, 80°F Aug. 5, 20-22; minimum, freezing

point on many days.during November to March.

Sediment concentrations: Maximum daily, 12,000 ppm May 31; minimum daily, 6 ppm 

Mar. 11.

Sediment loads: Maximum daily, 220,000 tons May 31; minimum daily, not determined. 

EXTREMES, 1950-59.--Water temperatures (1951-59): Maximum, 84°F July 31, 1955; minimum, freezing point on many days during winter months. 

Sediment concentrations: Maximum daily, 13,300 ppm June 22, 1957; minimum daily, not

determined. 

Sediment loads: Maximum daily, 257,000 tons June 19, 1954; minimum daily, less than

0.50 ton Feb. 18-25, 1957.

REMARKS. Maximum observed sediment concentration during water year, 33,400 ppm June 11. 

Flow affected by ice Nov. 26 to Mar. 22. Records of discharge for water year 

October 1958 to September 1959 given in WSP 1630.

Temperature (° F) of water, water year October 1958 to September 1959 

/Once-daily measurement between 7 a.m. and 10 a. ifi

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Average

Oct.

46

58

--

57

55

57

64

a 64

58

45

--

57

60

._

56

--

53

--

54

51

49

._

45

42

40

"

Nov.

--

40

40

--

38

40

40

43

38

42

39

40

44

44

48

47

38

37

38

37

38

40

35

39

32

32

33

32

a 32

39

Dec.

33

34

--

34

--

a 32

--

a 32

--

a 32

..

a 32

a 32

a 36

--

a 34

32

__

32

32

--

34

34

--

a 32

--

--

Jan.

32

--

a 32

--

a 32

_

a 32

33

a 34

"

a 34

36

--

a 32

_

a 32

--

32

--

a 32

--

a 32

--

32

_

a 32

32

a 32

--

Feb.

..

a 32

a 32

32

--

32

32

--

32

__

32

--

32

a 32

32

32

..

32

.-

32

"

32

32

--

--

Mar.

32

32

32

32

"

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

34

32

32

35

34

32

34

38

40

42

37

34

38

38

42

40

34

Apr.

41

45

45

44

45

50

49

52

48

44

42

44

42

43

50

54

54

47

46

37

42

44

50

50

51

51

50

48

52

58

--

47

May

62

66

64

69

68

54

56

56

56

57

55

59

59

54

52

56

59

61

63

68

66

60

57

61

64

65

64

65

64

64

62

61

June

62

64

66

68

68

72

74

74

76

77

77

72

71

70

74

74

76

76

77

74

74

72

70

73

77

79

76

78

72

62

--

72

July

59

62

66

72

72

71

74

76

71

72

70

70

73

74

72

73

74

70

72

73

74

76

77

75

74

77

77

78

79

76

76

73

Aug.

72

74

75

76

80

78

73

70

70

74

75

76

75

72

70

73

71

76

79

80

80

80

78

78

79

78

76

76

74

77

75

75

Sept.

72

65

63

65

70

74

76

76

72

59

60

60

62

62

62

55

50

52

54

64

63

70

62

62

64

62

58

59

53

50

--

62

a Measurement between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.
MISSOURI RIVER BASIN 

LITTLE SIOUX RIVER BASIN Continued

6-6066. LITTLE SIOUX RIVER AT CORRECTIONVILLE, IOWA Continued 

Suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to September 1959

157

Day

1......

2. .....

3......

4. .....

5. .....

6......

7. .....

8. .....

9. .....

10. .....

13. .....

17. .....

18......

19. ..... 

20. .....

22......

26......

28......

29......

31...... 

Total .

2...... 

3...... 

4..... 

5......

8. ..... 

g

10......

13. ..... 

14. ..... 

15. .....

18. .....

20. .....

23. ..... 

24. ..... 

25......

26. ..... 

27. ..... 

28. ..... 

29...... 

30. ..... 

31...... 

Total.

October

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

9.0 

9.0 

9.0 

9.0

11 

11 

11 

12 

14

11 

11 

11

11 

12

11 

10 

10 

12 

12

lv>

13 

14 

13 

14

25" r

17 

17 

25 

22

406.0

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

21

36 

42 

52

63 

50

76

49 

64 

84

75 

73

85 

83 

49

42 

42 

42

-

Tons 

per 

day

a 1

a 2

2 

e 3

i a2

2 

e 5

} -

e 5 

2

65

January

11 

11 

10 

10 

9.5

9.5 

9.5 

9.5 

9.5 

9.0

9.0 

8.5 

8.5 

8.5 

8.5

8.0 

8.0 

8.0

7.4 

7.4

7.4 

7.4 

7.4 

7.4 

6.8

6.8 

6.8 

6.8 

6.8 

6.8 

6.8

257.5

25 

16

17

20 

15 

52

42 

37 

41

58 

37

57 

31 

29

25 

18 

15

--

a 1 

a 1

a 1

31

November

discharge 

(cfs)

22 

22 

22 

22 

22

22 

23 

24 

25 

25

24 

23 

24 

25 

25

26 

27 

28 

28 

33

33 

32 

31 

31 

32

24 

23 

21 

20 

20

759

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

32 

41

24

43 

50

63 

73

-

Tons 

per 

day

a 2

2

3 

3

4 

5

1

54

February

6.8 

6.8 

6.8 

6.8 

6.8

7.0 

7.0 

7.0 

7.0 

7.0

7.0 

7.0 

7.0 

7.0 

7.0

7.0 

7.0 

6.8 

6.5 

6.5

6.5 

6.5 

6.5

7.0 

8.0

8.0 

9.0 

9.0

198.3

12 

30 

59

44 

46

48

32

68 

31 

32

38 

31

26

47

--

a 1

28

December

Mean 

discharge

(cfs)

21 

22 

23 

23 

22

20 

16 

15 

14 

14

13 

13 

12 

12 

12

13 

13 

13 

14 

14

14 

14 

14 

14 

14

14 

14 

14 

13 

12 

12

468

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

15 

17

13

49 

54 

34

47 

43

48 

30 

33

32

27 

44 

29

-

Tons 

per 

day

a 1 

a 2

a 1

36

March

50 

90 

100 

110 

90

70 

60 

55 

50 

45

40 

35 

35 

70 

55

50 

45 

45 

50 

60

50 

47 

46 

266 

257

311 

330 

311 

330 

284 

257

3,694

77 

20 

33 

30

41 

20 

30 

19 

13

6 

9 

53 

27 

20

11 

12

9 

47 

20

22 

27 

88 

160 

130

190 

160 

135 

135 

130 

98

--

e 1 

19 

5 

10

7

8 

3 

4 

3 

2

1 

1 

5 

5 

3

1 

1 

1 

6 

3

3 

3 

11 

115 

90

160 

143 

113 

120 

100 

68

1,015

e Estimated.

a Computed from samples obtained three or four times a week.
QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959

LITTLE SIOUX RIVER BASIN Continued

6-6066. LITTLE SIOUX RIVER AT CORRECTIONVILLE, IOWA--Continued

Day

1. .....

3. .....

4. ..... 

5. .....

6......

8. .....

10. .....

11......

13......

15. .....

17. .....

21......

22......

25. .....

31......

Total .

2

3. ..... 

4...... 

5......

8...... 

9. ..... 

10......

14. ..... 

15......

91

23...... 

24. ..... 

25. .....

26...... 

27. ..... 

28. ..... 

29. ..... 

30. ..... 

31...... 

Total.

April

Mean 

discharge

(cfs)

240 

232 

223 

211 

196

184 

172 

164 

146 

136

130 

122 

114 

106 

103

98 

104 

113 

107 

134

158 

144 

131 

118 

106

95 

92 

87 

82 

76

4,124

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

100 

80 

83 

71 

89

84 

105 

76 

41 

47

37 

55 

35 

54 

86

90 

87 

65 

40 

37

61 

93 

96

77 

75

66 

70 

64 

69 

79

-

Tons 

per 

day

65 

50 

50 

40 

47

42 

49 

34 

16 

17

13 

18 

11 

15 

24

24 

24 

20 

12 

13

26 

36 

34 

25 

21

17 

17 

15 

15 

16

806

July

1,440 

1,220 

1,080 

916 

760

644 

566 

496 

452 

400

360 

330 

330 

320 

311

284 

276 

351 

302 

257

232 

209 

192 

177 

164

152 

142 

134 

125 

121 

114

12,857

Total discharge for 

Total load for year

1,830 

1,050 

760 

575 

470

400 

350 

315 

270 

215

175 

145 

165 

260 

185

190 

240 

700 

545 

260

185 

145 

150 

145 

155

155 

145 

155 

150 

155 

145

year (cfs-< 

tons) .....

7,120 

3,460 

2,220 

1,420 

964

696 

535 

422 

329 

232

170 

129 

147 

225 

155

146 

sb 190 

sb 750 

444 

180

116 

82 

78 

69 

69

64 

56 

56 

51 

51 

45

20,671

May

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

72 

66 

74 

86 

121

266 

360 

380 

420 

991

829 

631 

518 

430 

370

320 

293 

266 

248 

330

546 

775 

860 

1,290 

1,650

1,650 

1,010 

1,730 

3,300 

1,550 

6,580

28,012

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

96 

88 

82 

95 

130

250 

270 

220 

280 

4,760

1,780 

685 

580 

405 

310

275 

260 

245 

270 

1,800

3,810 

2,850 

1,700 

2,100 

1,560

1,050 

950 

8,100 

9,700 

4,000 

12,000

-

Tons 

per 

day

19 

16 

16 

22 

42

180 

262 

226 

318 

s 13,000

s 4,410 

1,170 

811 

470 

310

238 

206 

176 

181 

sb 1,800

s 5,920 

5,960 

3,950 

7,310 

6,950

4,680 

2,590 

sbllO.OOO 

sb 110, 000 

sb 23,000 

sb220,000

524,233

August

110 

160 

1,400 

869 

553

471 

693 

380 

302 

240

206 

180 

160 

172 

205

214 

201 

180 

161 

140

125 

115 

107 

103 

98

112 

100 

108 

108 

106 

94

8,173

145 

1,100 

3,800 

1,370 

1,230

800 

2,150 

680 

305 

140

180 

150 

135 

175 

140

130 

125 

82 

75 

67

75 

83 

78 

80 

82

98 

94 

86 

86 

83 

78

--

43 

sb 650 

b 14,000 

s 3,270 

1,840

1,020 

4,020 

698 

249 

91

100 

73 

58 

81

77

75 

68 

40 

33 

25

25 

26 

23 

22 

22

30 

25 

25 

25 

24 

20

26,778

June

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

4,720 

2,770 

2,280 

2,180 

2,280

2,790 

3,440 

3,580 

3,100 

2,390

2,660 

1,560 

1,220 

1,050 

916

805 

730 

670 

670 

631

592 

579 

529 

496 

463

430 

418 

860 

1,520 

1,560

47,889

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

2,750 

,700 

,160 

,080 

,060

,060 

,020 

890 

805 

710

6,250 

840 

560 

510 

425

370 

315 

290 

310 

350

340 

205 

230 

185 

185

190 

270 

3,100 

3,900 

4,010

-

Tons 

per 

day

s 35,600 

12,700 

7,140 

6,360 

6,530

7,990 

9,470 

8,600 

6,740 

4,580

s 67,100 

3,540 

1,840 

1,450 

1,050

804 

621 

525 

561 

596

543 

320 

329 

248 

231

221 

305 

8,800 

16,000 

16,900

227,694

September

90 

90 

84 

78 

76

76 

74 

66 

60 

56

53 

51 

50 

48 

46

47 

54 

57 

58 

75

376 

141 

96 

96 

95

107 

117 

142 

121 

106

2,686

77 

115 

73 

83 

87

93 

79 

73 

78

58

j- 40

360

2,000 

300 

210 

180 

145

135 

205 

115 

62 

40

lays) .............................................................

19 

28 

17 

17 

18

19 

16 

13 

13

8

6

sb 220

sb 2,900 

114 

54 

45 

37

39 

65 

44 

20 

11

3,781

109,523.8 

805,192

s Computed by subdividing day.

b Computed from partly estimated concentration graph.
LITTLE SIOUX RIVER BASIN Continued 

6-6066. LITTLE SIOUX RIVER AT CORRECTIONVILLE, IOWA C

Particle-size analyses of suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to 

(Methods of analysis: B, bottom withdrawal tube; C, chemically dispersed; M, m

N, in native water; P, pipet; S, sieve; V, visual accumulation tube; W, in 

Date 

of 

collection

Aug. 5 ...........

Time

7:00 a.m. 

6:50 a.m. 

7:00 a.m. 

7:00 a.m. 

5:30 p.m.

9:50a,m. 

1:00 p.m. 

12:40 p.m.

Discharge 

(cfs)

715 

3,780 

6,960 

6,960 

2,230

3,930 

1,790 

605

Water 

temperature 

(°F)

57 

64 

62 

62 

67

77 

75 

80

Suspended sedim

Concentration 

of sample 

(?pm)

14,600 

7,320 

11,200 

11,200 

1,030

33,400 

3,770 

2,620

Concentration 

of suspension 

analyzed 

(ppm)

3,470 

3,510 

4,980 

5,070 

3,830

3,890 

2,850 

4,010

Percent finer t

0.002

28

0.004

43 

53 

52 

35 

38

32 

75 

37

0.008 0.016

69 

80 

78 

75 

65

56 

82 

67

0.0
PLATTE RIVER BASIN 

6-6379.1. ROCK CREEK AT ATLANTIC CITY, WYO.

LOCATION.--At gaging station, 500 feet below Slate Creek and 1.4 miles northwest of Atlantic City, Fremo

DRAINAGE AREA. 21.3 square miles.

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Chemical analyses: April to June 1957, November 1957 to September 1958.

Water temperatures: June to September 1957, May to September 1958, May to September 1959.

Sediment records: June 1957 to September 1959. 

EXTREMES, 1958-59. Water temperatures: Maximum, 70°F July 23.

Sediment concentrations: Maximum daily, 11 ppm May 15; minimum daily, not determined.

Sediment loads: Maximum daily, 0.7 ton May 15; minimum daily, less than 0.05 ton on many days. 

EXTREMES, 1957-59.--Water temperatures: Maximum, 70"F July 23, 1959.

Sediment concentrations: Maximum daily, 99 ppm May 17, 1958; minimum daily, not determined.

Sediment loads-. Maximum daily, 14 tons May 17, 1958; minimum daily, less than 0.05 ton on many days. 

REMARKS. Flow affected by ice Nov. 14-19, 26-30, Dec. 14, 15, 26-29. Records of discharge for water ye

Chemical analyses, in parts per million, Januarj

Date of collection

June 7 ............

Discharge 

(cfs)

2.54 

28

Silica 

(Si02)

16 

10

Iron 

(Fe)

0.02 

.07

Calcium 

(Ca)

18 

5.8

Magnesium 

(Mg)

2.7 

1.6

Sodium 

(Na)

4.4 

2.3

Potassium 

(K)

0.8 

.6

Bicarbonate 

(HCO,)

75 

29

Sulfate 

(S04 )

4.3

1.0

Chloride 

(Cl)

0.1

.1

Fluoride 

(F)

0.1 

.1

Nitrate 

(N03 )

0.2 

.3

r to June 1959

Boron 

(B)

0.00 

.01

D

(re

Parts 

per 

million

88 

48
MISSOURI RIVER BASIN 

PLATTE RIVER BASIN--Continued 

6-6379.1. ROCK CREEK AT ATLANTIC CITY, WYO.--Continued

Temperature (° F) of water, water year October 1958 to September 1959 

/Once-daily measurement between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m.7

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Average

Oct.

--

a 37

--

--

--

.-

--

--

"

--

--

--

--

--

__

--

a 42

--

_-

--

--

--

--

_-

--

--

--

--

--

Nov.

--

--

--

a 36

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

a 32

--

--

..

--

--

Dec.

a 32

Jan.

a 32

Feb.

a 32

Mar. Apr.

..

--

--

--

--

..

--

--

--

--

-.

--

a 35

..

--

--

--

--

_.

a 40

--

--

__

--

--

--

--

May

40

39

--

a 44

39

38

34

39

40

a 46

43

43

42

42

44

44

40

38

38

40

36

a 42

a 42

a 53

44

44

46

42

44

45

43

42

June

42

44

47

47

48

_

52

49

50

48

50

51

59

58

59

58

54

59

58

60

a 61

55

57

59

59

57

52

50

a 50

a 48

--

53

July

a 51

a 63

a 55

a 60

a 62

58

a 56

57

a 66

a 61

a 65

58

a 68

57

56

a 64

a 61

a 62

a 65

56

a 70

a 69

--

58

57

a 67

a 68

a 67

59

61

Aug.

--

a 67

a 65

--

a 67

--

55

a 60

_.

a 65

a 60

--

50

--

a 60

a 61

_.

59

--

a 58

--

a 60

50

--

--

"

Sept.

a 57

--

a 59

--

._

a 60

--

-_

--

..

--

a 57

__

a 48

--

50

__

--

--

__

a 46

--

--

--

-

a Measurement between 10 a.m. and 7 p.
162 QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959 

PLATTE RIVER BASIN Continued

6-6379.1. ROCK CREEK AT ATLANTIC CITY, WYO.--Continued 

Suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to September 1959

Day

1......

2. .....

5. .....

6......

8. .....

9. ..... 

10. .....

17......

18. .....

19. ..... 

20. .....

22. .....

25. .....

26......

31......

Total.

2...... 

3...... 

4...... 

5......

8...... 

g

10. .....

13

15. .....

19. ..... 

20. .....

22. ..... 

23. ..... 

24. ..... 

25. .....

26...... 

27...... 

28. ..... 

29. ..... 

30. ..... 

31......

Total.

October

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

2.7 

2.9 

2.8 

2.7 

2.7

2.6 

2.3 

2.3 

2.3 

2.4

2.4 

2.4 

2.4 

2.4 

2.3

2.4 

2.2 

2.2 

2.4 

2.3

2.3 

2.3 

2.4 

2.4 

2.4

2.4 

2.6 

2. 6 

2.6 

2.2 

2.3

75.6

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

2 

2

--

Tons 

per 

day

 (t)

0.3

January

2 

2.5

3.5

3 

2.5

87.5

3

 (t)

0.6

November

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

2.3 

2.3 

2.6 

2.7 

2.4

2.4 

2. 8 

2.8 

2.9 

3.0

2.9 

2.8 

2.8 

2.8 

2.8

2.5 

2.5 

2.5 

3.0 

3.4

3.4 

3.4 

3.4 

3.3 

3.3

3.0 

3.0 

3.0 

3.0 

3.0

86.0

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

8 

8

--

Tons 

per 

day

e 0.1

3.0

February

2 

2.5

2

) "_

62.5

6

(t)

1.1

December

Mean 

discharge

(cfs)

3.0 

2.9 

2.9 

2.9 

2.9

2.9 

2.9 

2.9 

2.8 

2.8

2.8 

2.9 

2.9 

2.8 

2.8

2.8 

2.6 

2.4 

2.3 

2.3

2.2 

2.2 

2.2 

2.2 

2.2

2.5 

2.5 

2.5 

2.5 

2.5 

2.5

81.5

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

6

Tons 

per 

day

(t)

1.2

March

3

93

2

4

--

(t)

0.6

e Estimated.

t Less than 0.050 ton.
MISSOURI RIVER BASIN 163

PLATTE RIVER BASIN Continued

6-6379.1. ROCK CREEK AT ATLANTIC CITY, WYO. Continued 

Suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to September 1959--Continued

Day

1. .....

2. .....

3. ... ..

5. .....

6. .....

7. .....

9. .....

10. .....

11......

14. .....

15......

17. .....

18. .....

22......

23. .....

25. .....

26......

27......

28. ..... 

29. ... ..

31......

Total.

1. ..... 

2...... 

3...... 

4...... 

5......

&..... 

9. ..... 

10. .....

13...... 

14. ..... 

15. .....

18. ..... 

19

20. .....

25......

26. ..... 

27. ..... 

28. ..... 

29. ..... 

30. ..... 

31...... 

Total.

April

discharge 

(cfs)

2.5 

1.8 

2.2 

2.6 

3.2

4.2 

4.4 

3.2 

3.3 

3.5

4 

4.5 

7 

8 

8.5

8.5 

8.5 

8.5 

8 

8

8.5 

9 

10 

17 

17

19 

14 

11 

13 

18

240.9

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

10 

6

-

Tons 

per 

day

(t) 

e 0.1

e .2 

e .3

5.1

July

10 

8.5 

8.0 

9.0 

7.0

5.7 

5.5 

5.0 

5.0 

4.7

4.4 

4.4 

4.4 

4.4 

4.2

4.7 

4.4 

3.9 

4.2 

4.4

3.9 

3.7 

3.3 

3.2 

3.0

3.0 

3.0 

2.9 

2.7 

2.7 

2.8

146.0

4 

3

--

Total discharge for year (cfsTotal load for year (tons)

0.1

(t)

1.4

May

discharge

(cfs)

24 

26 

23 

20 

16

14 

13 

13 

17 

19

17 

20 

24 

24 

22

28 

24 

22 

21 

19

18 

20 

24 

33 

33

28 

30 

28 

24 

28 

29

701

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

10

5

5 

7 

11

7 

7

2

4 

7 

5

3

-

Tons 

per 

day

0.6

.2

.3 

.5 

.7

.5 

.5

.1

.3 

.6 

.4

.2

9.1

August

2.8 

2.8 

2.6 

2.8 

2.9

2.9 

2.8 

2.4 

2.3 

2.3

2.3 

2.3 

2.7 

2.3 

2.2

2.3 

2.1 

2.1 

2.2 

2.8

2.7 

2.2 

2.1 

2.0 

2.0

2.0 

2.0 

1.8 

1.7 

1.7 

1.7

71.8

3 (t)

0.6

June

discharge

(cfs)

27 

27 

28 

29 

28

30 

31 

30 

28 

26

23 

21 

20 

20 

19

19 

17 

16 

16 

15

18 

16 

14 

11 

10

10 

10 

10 

15 

14

598

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

4 

3

-

Tons 

per 

day

0.3 

.1

5.0

September

1.7 

1.8 

1.8 

1.6 

1.5

1.5 

1.4 

1.4 

1.4 

1.2

1.2 

1.1 

1.1 

1.3

1.4

1.8 

2.8 

2.7 

2.2 

2.2

3.2 

2.8 

2.8 

3.7 

3.4

3.0 

3.2 

4.2 

3.7 

3.3

66.4

2

days). . ..........................................................

(t)

0.3

2,310.2 

28. 3

e Estimated.

t Less than 0.050 ton.
PLWTE RIVER BASIN--Continued 

6-6435. NORTH PLATTE RIVER NEAR GOOSE EGG, WYO.

LOCATION. At gaging station, 0.3 mile downstream from Cottonwood Creek, 2* miles downstream from Poiso

Natrona County, and 13 miles southwest of Casper. 

DRAINAGE AREA. 11,500 square miles, approximately. 

RECORDS AVAILABLE.--Chemical analyses; October 1950 to August 1951, October 1957 to September 1959.

Water temperatures: June 1950 to September 1952, April to September 1953, August 1956 to September 1

Sediment records: June 1950 to September 1953, August 1956 to September 1958. 

EXTREMES, 1958-59. Dissolved solids: Maximum, 433 ppm Oct. 17-31; minimum, 298 ppm Mar. 29 to Apr. 30

Hardness: Maximum, 239 ppm Dec. 1-27; minimum, 174 ppm Mar. 29 to Apr. 30.

Specific conductance: Maximum daily, 716 micromhos Sept. 24; minimum daily, 257 micromhos Apr. 2.

Water temperatures: Maximum, 68°F July 26; minimum, freezing point Nov. 16, Dec. 14, 28, Feb. 8, 22, 

February. 

EXTREMES, 1950-53, 1956-59. Dissolved solids (1957-59): Maximum, 1,710 ppm Jan. 1, 1958; minimum, 269 

Hardness (1957-59): Maximum, 740 ppm Jan. 1, 1958; minimum, 156 ppm June 1-15, 1958.

Specific conductance (1957-59): Maximum daily. 2,030 micromhos Nov. 22, 1957; minimum daily, 257 mic

Water temperatures: Maximum(1953,1957-59),77'F June 11, 1953; minimum (1950-52, 1956-59), freezing p

REMARKS.--Daily samples for chemical analysis composited by discharge. Records of specific conductance 

Worland, Wyo. Records of discharge for water year October 1958 to September 1959 given in WSp 1630.

Chemical analyses, in parts per million, water year October 1958 to Sep

Date of collection

Oct. 1-16, 1958....

Dec. 28-Jan. 18, 

1959

Jan. 19-Feb. 28 ...

Mar. 29-Apr. 30...

Sept. 25-30........

Weightedaverage a.

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

1,351 

644 

592 

561

505

496 

538 

1,937 

1,342 

1,294

1,765 

1,284 

1,720 

2 033 

l'879

1,793 

1,453 

1,323

1,128

Silica 

(Si02)

14 

12 

12 

13

14

12 

11 

12 

12 

12

12 

10 

12 

12 

12

12 

12 

13

12

Iron 

(Fe)

0.01 

.01 

.01 

.01

.01

.01 

.01 

.03 

.01 

.01

.00 

.00 

.00 

.00 

.00

.00 

.01 

.02

0.01

Calcium 

(Ca)

55 

64 

63 

65

63

64 

61 

48 

49 

49

48 

51 

51 

52 

53

53 

61 

59

53

Magnesium 

(Mg)

17 

19 

18 

19

18

19 

19 

13 

14 

15

17 

17 

16 

17 

16

17 

18 

18

16

Sodium 

(Na)

36 

46 

45

44

43 

42 

28 

31 

30

30 

33 

32 

33 

33

35 

37 

36

34

Potassium 

(K)

3.5 

3.8 

3.6 

3.9

3.6

3.4 

3.3 

2.3 

2.4 

2.8

2.8 

2.8 

2.9 

2.8 

3.2

3.1 

3.7 

3.3

3.0

Bicarbonate 

(HCO3 )

157 

164 

158 

165

161

160 

158 

139 

143 

146

145 

147 

147 

145 

147

147 

159 

159

149

Sulfate 

(S04 )

142 

180 

181 

179

170

175 

172 

107 

122 

120

119 

130 

136 

142 

140

141 

162 

156

138

Chloride 

(Cl)

9.6 

13 

13 

13

12

12 

11 

7.4 

8.2 

8.1

7.9 

7.9 

9.1 

9.5 

11

9.5 

11 

11

9.5

Fluoride 

(F)

0.4 

.4 

.4 

.4

.4

.3 

.3 

.3 

.4 

.4

.4 

.4 

.4

.4 

.4

.3 

.4 

.4

0.4

Nitrate 

(N03)

2.0 

3.1 

2.2 

1.8

1.8

1.8 

1.6 

.3 

.3 

.4

.4 

.1 

.1 

.2 

.2

1.2 

.4 

.8

0.8

Boron 

(B)

0.08 

.11 

.10 

.07

.10

.07 

.08 

.06 

.07 

.11

.06 

.06 

.06 

.07 

.06

.06 

.08 

.06

0.07

D

(re

Part

per 

million

36

43

42

43

42

43

41

29

32

31

32

34

34

34

36

35

40

39

35

a Represents 100 percent of runoff for water year October 1958 to September 1959.
MISSOURI RIVER BASIN

PLATTE RIVER BASIN--Continued 

6-6435. NORTH PLATTE RIVER NEAR GOOSE EGG, WYO.--Continued

Temperature (° F) of water, water year October 1958 to September 1959 

/Once-daily measurement between 4 p.m. and 8 p.in.7

Day

1

3

4

5

6

7 

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19 

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Average

Oct.

57

a 56

57

60

59 

59

55 

59

a 51

55

57

57

57

55

56

53

53 

53

42

45

46

47

47

46

45

a 45

47

a 44

a 43 

a 43

52

Nov.

-.

--

--

"

"

49

--

__

--

_.

--

--

32

--

--

--

--

42

--

__

--

--

37

--

Dec.

.-

--

--

--

"

34

--

--

._

--

__

32

-

..

--

"

36

36

--

__

32

--

"

--

Jan.

-.

--

--

"

--

--

33

--

--

__

33

"

-.

--

--

33

._

--

--

"

""

Feb.

-.

--

"

32

"

..

--

-_

--

33

..

--

-

-.

31

--

--

._

--

37

--

--

--

Mar.

41

--

"

39

--

--

..

-_

--

37

__

--

"

-_

--

--

39

__

--

42

-

Apr.

43

43

44

44

45

36

35

37

36

44

45

44

43

38

42

 3Q oy 

41

45

46

46

41

48

48

45

47

48

47

43

May

50

51

47

45

50 

42

47 

53

55

52

55

58

58

57

58

54

51 

49

49

49

50

--

55

a 55

53

54

53

54

55

50 

53

52

June

56

56

58

56

58 

60

59 

60

58

56

60

60

61

59

61

60

61 

63

61

a 59

59

62

64

60

62

59

a 55

54

52

56

59

July

60

63

60

58

61 

61

58 

59

60

60

61

61

59

62

61

63

62 

a 60

a 63

64

65

66

67

66

a 65

68

67

66

63

6> 

66

63

Aug.

67

66

66 

64

65 

67

64

66

65

63

63

64

64

66

66 

65

65

65

65

64

66

64

66

64

64

65

--

65

63

65

Sept.

62

63

65

64

62 

64

66

65

62

65

65

a 64

66

65

62

60

63 

60

58

60

56

59

54

55

54

54

51

49

50

51

60

a Measurement between 9 p.m. and 12
PLATTE RIVER BASIN Continued 

6-6450. NORTH PLATTE RIVER BELOW CASPER, WYO.

LOCATION. At gaging station, 0.3 mile upstream from Claude Creek, half a mile north of U.S. Highways 2

Natrona County, and 9? miles downstream from Casper Creek. 

DRAINAGE AREA. 12,600 square miles, approximately . 

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Chemical analyses: October 1950 to August 1952, August 1957 to September 1959 (dis

Water temperatures: June 1949 to September 1952, August 1957 to September 1959 (discontinued).

Sediment records: April 1947 to September 1952. 

EXTREMES, 1958-59. Dissolved solids: Maximum, 603 ppm Oct. 19-30; minimum, 330 ppm Apr. 1-30.,

Hardness: Maximum, 320 ppm Oct. 19-30; minimum, 186 ppm Apr. 1-30. 

Specific conductance: Maximum daily, 1,170 micromhos Oct. 24; minimum daily, 471 micromhos Apr. 19.

Water temperatures: Maximum, 79°F Aug. 25, 30, 31. 

EXTREMES, 1949-52, 1957-59. Dissolved solids (1957-59): Maximum, 1,700 ppm Apr. 1-2, 1958; minimum, 2

Hardness (1957-59): Maximum, 720 ppm Jan. 1-2, 1958; minimum, 162 ppm June 2-5, 1958.

Specific conductance (1957-59): Maximum daily, 2,360 micromhos Nov. 29, 1957; minimum daily, 434 mic

Water temperatures: Maximum, 79°F Aug. 25, 30, 31, 1959; minimum, freezing point on many days during 

REMARKS. Daily samples for chemical analysis composited by discharge. Records of specific conductance 

Worland, Wyo. Records of discharge for water year October 1958 to September 1959 given in WSP 1630.

Chemical analyses, in parts per million, water year October 1958 to Septem

Date of collection

Oct. 1-18, 1958....

Oct. 31-Nov. 30 ...

Dec. 25 -Jan. 31,

Sept. 25-30........

Weightedaverage a

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

1,351 

646 

597 

582

503 

528

598 

790 

2,080 

1,365 

1,332 

1,217

1,717 

1,380 

1,827 

1,903 

1,987 

1,548 

1,368

1,148

Silica 

(SiO,)

13 

11 

10 

11

13 

11

9.9 

12 

11 

11 

11 

11

11 

9.0 

11 

12 

13 

11 

13

11

Iron 

(Fe)

0.01 

.01 

.01 

.01

.01 

.01

.01 

.00 

.00 

.02 

.00 

.01

.01 

.00 

.00 

.01 

.01 

.01 

.00

0.01

Calcium 

(Ca)

56 

81 

74 

73

73 

75

67 

66 

49 

54 

52 

55

53 

54 

55 

56 

58 

64 

72

58

Magnesium 

(Mg)

19 

29 

25 

24

23 

23

24 

22 

15 

17 

17 

18

17 

18 

18 

19 

20 

20 

22

19

Sodium 

(Na)

40 

69 

65 

62

60 

61

59 

57 

33 

39 

37 

42

37 

41 

38 

42 

46 

45 

55

44

Potassium 

(K)

3.6 

4.0 

4.0 

3.6

3.9 

3.6

3.5 

3.9 

2.8 

2.8 

2.8 

3.1

3.0 

3.3 

3.0 

3.3 

3.3 

3.3 

3.8

3.2

Bicarbonate 

(SCO,)

163 

196 

177 

178

176 

180

172 

169 

144 

151 

150 

154

152 

154 

154 

156 

158 

171 

182

159

Sulfate 

(S04 )

152 

269 

244 

237

224 

235

222

214 

124 

151 

140 

157

143 

157 

156 

166 

174 

181 

218

169

Chloride 

(Cl)

12 

20 

18 

20

17 

21

16 

15 

9.2 

11 

10 

11

9.8 

12 

11 

16 

12 

14 

15

13

Fluoride 

(F)

0.3

.4 

.4 

.4

.4 

.4

.5 

.4 

.4 

.4 

.4 

.4

.4 

.4 

.4 

.4 

.4 

.4 

.5

0.4

Nitrate 

(NO,)

2.3 

3.4 

4.6 

4.0

4.6 

2.7

3.5 

2.6 

.8 

.7 

.2 

.3

.2 

.1 

.0 

.7 

2.5 

1.1 

2.1

1.4

Boron 

(B)

0.08 

.13 

.11 

.10

.10 

.09

.12 

.11 

.09 

.08 

.08 

.09

.07 

.08 

.07 

.06 

.08 

.07 

.06

0.08

Dis

(resi

Parts 

per 

million

391 

603 

556 

545

530 

542

516 

496 

330 

378 

353 

384

363 

388 

378 

410 

420 

447 

516

414

a Represents 100 percent of runoff for water year October 1958 to September 1959.
MISSOURI RIVER BASIN

PLATTE RIVER BASIN Continued

6-6450. NORTH PLATTE RIVER BELOW CASPER, WYO. Continued

Temperature (° F) of water, water year October 1958 to September 1959 

/Once-daily measurement between 1 p.m. and 7 p.m^7

167

Day

1

3 

4

7 

8 

9

11

13

14 

15

16

18 

19

21 

22

24 

25

26 

27

30

AverOct.

a 52 

a. 45

a 49

a. 54

a 49 

a 48 

a 46

a 45

a 45 

a 44

a 46 

42

a 49 

a 50

a 45 

a 39 

a 39

a 39 

a 42

45 

43

a 43

45

Nov.

a 39

a 43 

41

a 44

-

a 36

--

_

45

47

Dec.

34

-

"

-

a 33

-

a 34 

35

33

-

Jan.

--

34

_

a 34

"

35

--

a 35

--

Feb.

a 34

a 34

--

a 33

a 33

39

--

Mar.

a 36

--

a 37

--

a 37

--

a 44

41

a 39

Apr.

--

-

--

-

49

a 39

--

a 50

--

May

--

49

a 42 

a 40 

a 51

a 50

a 52 

a 53

54 

a 50

a 49 

a 48

49 

58

58 

58

a 55

R1

June

a 63

a 65 

69

a 70

72 

73

70 

71

68 

72

73 

72

61

July

a 65

a 66

69

70

72

70

r»o

73 

73

75 

74

rjC

75

Aug.

a 76

76

r»c

77 

77

75

75 

76

7ft

78 

78

a 76 

79

78

no

79

Sept.

65

63

63

75 

62

CQ

61 

60

58 

58

55 

54

54 

53

CO

52

a Measurement between 6 a.m. and 12 m.
PLATTE RIVER BASIN Cont inued

6-6698.5. CHUGWATER CREEK NEAR UVA, WYO.

LOCATION. Lat 42°07'12", long 104°51 "5", in SEiSEj sec. 23, T. 25 N., R. 67 W. , at bridge on county roa

Platte County.

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Chemical analyses: May 1958 to September 1959 (discontinued). 

REMARKS. No discharge records available for this station.

Chemical analyses, in parts per million, November 1958 to Septembe

Date of collection

Jan. 15, 1959 .....

Sept. 25 ..........

Discharge 

(cfs)

28.8 

21.3 

40.4 

41.5

41.9 

39.0 

5.28 

15.1

Silica 

(Si02)

33 

35 

31 

38

37 

36 

40 

38

Iron 

(Fe)

0.02 

.02 

.01 

.01

.01 

.00 

.00 

.01

Calcium 

(Ca)

107 

105 

63 

100

77 

100 

97 

104

Magnesium 

(Mg)

27 

26 

27 

26

39 

24 

23 

27

Sodium 

(Na)

59 

55 

62 

63

62 

62 

61 

61

Potassium 

(K)

6.5 

6.3 

6.8 

6.4

6.3 

6.7 

6.5 

6.5

Bicarbonate 

(HCO3 )

319 

314 

223 

315

308 

311 

325 

323

Sulfate 

(SO,)

196 

193 

190 

189

194 

199 

187 

202

Chloride 

(Cl)

20 

20 

18 

18

17 

20 

18 

19

Fluoride 

(F)

0.6 

.6 

.6 

.6

.6 

.7 

.7

.7

Nitrate 

(N03 )

6.9 

6.9 

2.7 

5.3

4.6 

6.1 

3.3 

5.4

Boron 

(B)

0.11 

.11 

.14 

.09

.10 

.18 

.13 

.11

Di

(re

*" Parts 

per 

million

626 

618 

527 

624

611 

620 

611 

639
PLATTE RIVER BASIN--Continued 

6-6700. LARAMIE RIVER NEAR UVA, WYO.

LOCATION .--At gaging station at private bridge, 7-? miles east of Uva, Platte County, and 9J miles downs

DRAINAGE AREA. 4,440 square miles, of which 623 square miles is probably noncontributing.

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Chemical analyses: October 1956 to June 1957, September 1957, May 1958 to Septembe

Water temperatures: October 1952 to September 1957.

Sediment records: October 1952 to September 1957. 

REMARKS. Records of discharge for water year October 1958 to September 1959 given in WSP 1630.

Chemical analyses, in parts per million, November 1958 to Septembe

Date of collection

Jan. 15, 1959 .....

Sept. 25 ..........

Discharge 

(cfs)

54 

74 

88 

96

106 

213 

3.5 

20

Silica 

(Si02)

32 

30 

21 

32

28 

25 

38 

37

Iron 

(Fe)

0.02 

.02 

.01 

.01

.01 

.02 

.02 

.00

Calcium 

(Ca)

96 

91 

56 

96

90 

66 

76 

86

Magnesium 

(Mg)

29 

29 

31 

25

28 

21 

22 

26

Sodium 

(Na)

56 

51 

53 

55

55 

39 

53 

56

Potassium 

(K)

5.3 

4.9 

4.3 

5.0

4.4 

4.4 

6.5 

7.2

Bicarbonate 

(HCO3 )

307 

303 

219 

305

297 

223 

281 

285

Sulfate 

(SO,)

192« 

173 

172 

177

182 

132 

143 

194

Chloride 

(Cl)

19 

18 

17 

18

18 

14 

16 

19

Fluoride 

(F)

0.7 

.7 

.6 

.6

.6 

.5 

.8

.7

Nitrate 

(NO,)

3.9 

4.2 

1.1 

4.2

1.1 

3.5 

2.0 

.3

Boron 

(B)

0.11 

.11 

.16 

.10

.11 

.09 

.16 

.11

D

(re

Parts 

per

million

60

570 

475 

577

581 

421 

501 

575
170 QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959

PLATTE RIVER BASIN Continued 

6-7582. KIOWA CREEK AT KIOWA, COLO.

LOCATION.--At gaging station, at cableway 0.7 mile upstream from bridge on State Highway 86 and 0.7 mile south of Kiowa, Elbert County.

DRAINAGE. Ill square miles.

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Sediment records: April 1956 to September 1959.

EXTREMES, 1958-59. Sediment concentrations: Maximum daily, not determined; minimum

daily, no flow on many days.

Sediment loads: Maximum daily, 44 tons (estimated) May 22; minimum daily, 0 tons on 

many days.

EXTREMES, 1956-59. Sediment concentrations: Maximum daily, 15,000 ppm Aug. 1, 1956;

minimum daily, no flow on many days each year.

Sediment loads: Maximum daily, 43,000 tons July 31, 1956; minimum daily, 0 tons on 

many days each year.

REMARKS. Maximum observed sediment concentration during water year, 10,200 ppm July 16. 

Flow affected by ice during most of period Oct. 27 to Mar. 24. Records of discharge 

for water year October 1958 to September 1959 given in WSP 1630.

Suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to September 1959

Day

1......

2

3

4. .....

5. .....

6. .....

7. .....

8

9. .....

10. .....

11......

12

13......

14. .....

15. .....

16. .....

17. .....

18. .....

19. .....

20. .....

21......

22......

23. .....

24. .....

25. .....

26......

27. .....

28. ..... 

29. .....

30. ..... 

31...... 

Total.

October

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

0

.1

J

0.6

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

Tons 

per 

day

0

(t)

(t)

November

Mean 

discharge

(cfs)

0.1

..

3.0

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

Tons 

per 

day

(t)

_

1

December

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

0.2

6.2

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

Tons 

per 

day

(t)

2

t Less than 0.50 ton.
MISSOURI RIVER BASIN 171

PLATTE RIVER BASIN--Continued 

6-7582. KIOWA CREEK ST KIOWA, COLO. Continued 

Suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to September 1959--Continued

Day

1......

2. .....

4. .....

5. .....

7. .....

8. .....

9. .....

10. .....

12. .....

15. .....

17. .....

18. .....

20. .....

21......

22......

24. .....

25. .....

26......

28......

31......

Total.

1...... 

2...... 

3...... 

4...... 

5......

8......

10. .....

13. ..... 

14. ..... 

15......

18. .....

20. .....

22. ..... 

23. ..... 

24. ..... 

25......

26. ..... 

27. ..... 

28. ..... 

29. ..... 

30. ..... 

31. .....

Total.

January

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

0.3

9.3

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

Tons 

per 

day

(t)

3

AprU

13 

11 

17 

15 

17

6.6 

7.4 

5.8 

5.0 

3.4

5.0 

5.8 

5.8 

4.2 

5.8

5.8 

3.4 

2.6 

4.2 

5.0

1.0 

2.6 

2.6 

2.6 

1.0

1.0 

1.0 

1.0 

1.8 

1.0

164.4

1,000

e30 

20 

e 38 

e 34 

e 36

|- e 10 

e 7

e 10

e 8 

e 2

} -

e3

332

February

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

0.3

4 

1

32.5

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

Tons 

per 

day

(t)

e 3 

e 1

24

May

1.0 

1.0 

1.8 

5.0 

4.2

.8 

.8 

.9 

3.4 

3.4

3.4 

1.8 

4.2 

5.0 

7.4

7.4 

8.2 

7.4 

6.6 

15

11 

18 

11 

5.8 

4.2

2.6 

2.6 

2.6 

2.6 

3.4 

5.8

158.3

} "

} .7 

} "

} - 

e 2 

e 7

e 12

e 40

e 30 

e44 

e22

} e8

e 6 

e 7

314

March

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

1

7 

7 

7 

1.8

.8 

1.8 

.8 

2.6 

2.0 

5.0

56.8

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

Tons 

per 

day

e 2

e 16 

e 14 

e 14 

e4

e 1 

e 2 

e 1 

e 3 

e 2 

e 8

107

June

8.2 

3.4 

.9 

.7 

.5

.3 

.2

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0

.1

0 

0

.1

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

14.4

420 9 

e 5 

e 2

} ' 

} »

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

e 1

0 

0 

e 1 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

21

e Estimated.

t Less than 0.50 ton.
QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959

PLATTE RIVER B4SIN--Continued

6-7582. KIOWA CREEK AT KIOWA, COLO. Continued 

Suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to September 1959--Continued

Day

1. .....

2......

5......

6......

7. .....

8. .....

9. .....

12. .....

13. .....

14. .....

20. .....

22......

24. .....

25......

26......

28......

31......

Total.

July

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

0

.2 

.3

0

0.5

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

1,280 

1,140

--

Total discharge for year (cfsTotal load for year (tons) ....

Tons 

per 

day

0

s 6 

s 9

0

15

August

Mean

discharge 

(cfs)

0

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

Tons 

per 

day

0

September

Mean 

discharge

(cfs)

0

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

Tons 

per 

day

0

446.0 

819

s Computed by subdividing day.
PLATTE RIVER BASIN Continued 

6-7582. KIOWA CREEK AT KIOWA, COLO. Continue

Particle-size analyses of bed material, water year October 1958 to S

(Methods of analysis: B, bottom withdrawal tube; C, chemically dispersed; M, m

N, in native water; P, pipet; S, sieve; V, visual accumulation tube; W, in d

Date of collection

June 2. ............

July 16 ............

Time Discharge 

(cfs)

a 11 

a 3.4 

0 

1.8

Number of 

sampling 

points

2 

1 

8 

1

Bed m

Percent finer than indica

0.031 0.062

1 

1

0

0.125

2 

1 

0 

1

0.250

9 

9 

8 

7

0.500

40 

40 

38 

38

1.000

78 

77 

70 

73

a Daily mean discharge.
PL4TTE RIVER BASIN Continued

6-7640. SOUTH PLATTE RIVER AT JULESBURG, COLO

LOCATION.--At gaging station at bridge on State Highway 51, 0.9 mile southeast of Julesburg, Sedgwick C

line, and 8 miles downstream from Lodgepole Creek. 

DRAINAGE AREA. 22,800 square miles, approximately. 

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Chemical analyses: October 1945 to September 1959.

Water temperatures: October 1945 to September 1959. 

EXTREMES, 1958-59. Dissolved solids: Maximum, 1,520 ppm Nov. 1 to Dec. 31; minimum, 912 ppm May 27-30

Hardness: Maximum, 729 ppm Dec. 1-31; minimum, 458 ppm May 27-30.

Specific conductance: Maximum daily, 1,980 micromhos Jan. 6, 7; minimum daily, 1,250 micromhos May 

Water temperatures: Maximum, 85°F July 16; minimum, freezing point on several days during December 

EXTREMES, 1945-59. Dissolved solids: Maximum, 1,860 ppm Apr. 13, 1955; minimum, 429 ppm June 16, 1956

Hardness: Maximum, 846 ppm Feb. 20, 1955; minimum, 173 ppm Mar. 1-12, 1947.

Specific conductance: Maximum daily, 2,350 micromhos Apr. 13, 1955; minimum daily, 617 micromhos Aug

Water temperatures: Maximum (1946-49, 1950-59), 93°F July 28, Aug. 1, 1953; minimum, freezing point 

REMARKS. Records of specific conductance of daily samples available in district office at Lincoln, Neb

to September 1959 given in WSP 1630.

Chemical analyses, in parts per million, water year October 1958 to Sept

Date of 

collection

Oct. 1-31, 1958.

Jan. 1-31, 1959 .

Apr. 20 -May 2 ..

May 31-June 1 . .

Sept. 22-30..... 

Weighted average a ........

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

202 

318 

327 

280 

310

437 

1,030 

1,040 

714 

779

1,730 

1,560 

215 

29.9 

20.5

31.2

344

Silica 

(SiOj)

31 

27

18

31

..

Iron 

(Fe)

0.00 

.00

.01

.02

._

Calcium 

(Ca)

204 

179

118

189

..

Magnesium 

(Mg)

54 

58

40

53

..

Sodium 

(Na)

170 

180 

174 

174 

176

175 

168 

149 

157 

124

108 

127 

166 

176 

178

170

176

163

Potassium 

(K)

16 

13

9.4 

18

__

Bicarbonate 

(HCO,)

291 

324 

340 

312 

300

293 

300 

272 

275 

240

226 

244 

260 

235 

215

226 

264

289

Sulfate

(so«)

735 

726

447 

731

__

Chloride 

(Cl)

64 

60

35 

70

..

Fluoride 

(F)

0.7 

.8

.8 

.8

_.

Nitrate 

(NO,)

2.9 

3.3

5.6 

2.7

..

Boron 

(B)

0.28 

.28

.19 

.22

..

D

Parts per m

Residue 

at 180°C

1,440 

1,520 

1,520 

1,490 

1,470

1,440 

1,430 

1,270 

1,330 

1,020

912 

1,050 

1,320 

1,350 

1,330

1,360 

1,450

1,370

a Represents 100 percent of runoff for water year October 1958 to September 1959.
MISSOURI RIVER BASIN

PLATTE RIVER BASIN Continued

6-7640. SOUTH PLATTE RIVER AT JULESBURG, COLO. Continued

Temperature (° F) of water, water year October 1958 to September 1959 

/Once-daily measurement between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.7

175

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Average

Oct.

58

62

65

67

a 65

67

72

66

63

64

64

a 67

68

--

66

59

62

66

a 58

53

55

52

53

53

a 53

55

54

46

48

50

52

59

Nov.

52

54

54

50

53

51

53

a 54

53

53

52

50

a 50

a 45

40

37

35

37

39

47

48

38

43

39

35

33

33

36

a 40

--

45

Dec.

4]

43

44

37

38

a 33

34

33

33

37

33

33

32

33

36

38

38

38

40

40

40

40

40

40

38

39

40

a 40

39

40

40

38

Jan.

41

32

a 32

32

36

38

39

39

38

38

39

39

40

38

33

36

37

39

33

33

34

38

36

33

32

32

32

33

32

36

Feb.

a 33

33

37

36

35

37

36

a 32

33

33

36

37

39

40

a 41

42

35

36

34

36

36

34

38

42

45

43

42

42

--

37

Mar.

40

41

39

40

38

42

42

43

43

43

45

49

50

44

40

50

46

45

46

44

48

50

a 56

53

"

41

43

48

a 50

50

50

45

Apr.

51

53

51

50

a 55

60

50

48

43

48

a 43

49

54

57

60

63

61

48

44

47

49

59

61

58

57

61

62

64

65

68

--

55

May

63

a 65

60

63

60

61

53

52

51

-

_

68

69

68

65

72

70

63

61

59

56

67

71

69

a 71

_

70

63

a 68

67

64

June

71

72

76

76

78

78

78

80

82

81

83

81

a 82

a 83

84

81

79

80

80

81

78

74

78

80

82

73

73

a 71

70

72

--

78

July

76

78

80

84

76

77

78

80

80

81

80

77

82

83

84

85

77

76

78

73

..

72

76

78

80

76

81

78

75

77

76

78

Aug.

76

a 78

a 84

77

77

79

73

_

_

78

82

a 81

78

a 70

78

81

78

78

78

77

79

79

78

79

78

79

78

80

78

a 79

77

78

Sept.

76

78

77

79

80

78

82

74

69

75

76

a 76

a 74

67

64

58

53

68

73

76

72

67

62

61

63

60

59

56

53

--

69

a Measurement between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.
PLATTE RIVER BASIN Continued 

6-7657. SUPPLY CANAL (TRI-COUNTY DIVERSION) NEAR MAXWEL

LOCATION. At gaging station at Parshall Flume in sec. 28, T. 13 N., R. 29 W., near Maxwell, Lincoln C

RECORDS AVAILABLE.--Chemical analyses: March 1951 to September 1959.

Water temperatures: March 1951 to September 1959. 

EXTREMES, 1958-59 .--Dissolved solids: Maximum, 938 ppm June 9-21; minimum, 453 ppm Sept. 1-30.

Hardness: Maximum, 438 ppm June 9-21; minimum, 190 ppm Sept. 1-30.

Specific conductance: Maximum daily, 1,410 micromhos June 17; minimum daily, 596 micromhos Mar. 26.

Water temperatures: Maximum, 84°F June 15, 17, 25: minimum, 33°F on many days during November to Ma

EXTREMES, 1951-59. Dissolved solids: Maximum, 1,010 ppm Mar. 1-4, 1958; minimum, 368 ppm May 15, 195

Hardness: Maximum, 492 ppm Mar. 1-4, 1958; minimum, 171 ppm May 15, 1951.

Specific conductance: Maximum daily, 1,440 micromhos Mar. 1, 1958; minimum daily, 403 micromhos Jan

Water temperatures: Maximum, 85°F June 13, 15, 1952, July 27, 31, 1957; minimum, freezing point on 

REMARKS. Daily samples for chemical analysis composited by discharge. Composite periods normally ide

Records of specific conductance of daily samples available in district office in Lincoln, Nebr. Re

to September 1959 given in reports of State Engineer.

Chemical analyses, in parts per million, water year October 1958 to Sep

Date of collection

Oct. 1-31, 1958....

Nov. 17-Dec. 5....

Jan. 1-31, 1959....

June 22-July 2 .....

Sept. 1-30.... .....

Weighted average a ..........

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

1,069 

923 

1,125 

1,085 

1,017

1,172 

1,232 

1,493 

1,325 

1,264

1,571 

1,905 

1,428 

2,043 

2,055

2,138 

2,093 

1,891 

1,537

1,367

Silica 

(Si02)

29 

32

15 

18

--

Iron 

(Fe)

0.00 

.00

.01 

.01

Calcium 

(Ca)

77 

76

107 

51

Magnesium 

(Mg)

20 

20

42 

17

--

Sodium 

(Na)

67 

62 

69 

77 

81

82 

70 

87 

94 

106

125 

87 

86 

81 

76

75 

76 

72 

70

80

Potassium 

(K)

10 

9.2

12 

11

--

Bicarbonate 

(HCO,)

221 

216 

222 

233 

238

238 

213 

207 

197 

201

200 

214 

218 

222 

223

224 

224 

224 

214

218

Sulfate 

(S04 )

--

221 

218

465 

161

--

Chloride 

(Cl)

24 

23

41 

19

--

Fluoride 

(F)

0.6 

.6

.7 

.5

"

--

Nitrate 

(N0a )

1.1

1.9 

.8

.6

--

Boron 

(B)

0.17 

.13

.20 

.14

--

(

Par

per

mil

lion

4

4

5

5

6

6

5

6

7

8

9

6

6

5

4

4

4

4

4

5

a Represents 100 percent of runoff for water year October 1958 to September 1959.
MISSOURI RIVER BASIN 

PLATTE RIVER BASIN Continued 

6-7657. SUPPLY CANAL (TRI-COUNTY DIVERSION) NEAR MAXWELL, NEBR. Continued

Temperature (° F) of water, water year October 1958 to September 1959 

/Once-daily measurement between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m.7

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Average

Oct.

48

a 61

53

a 63

54

a 61

52

a 63

55

a 58

51

a 57

52

a 58

55

a 58

54

a 61

53

a 57

51

a 56

49

a 56

48

a 54

45

a 50

44

a 51

42

54

Nov.

a 46

40

a 48

40

a 46

39

a 45

40

a 47

39

a 45

39

a 46

38

a 39

37

a 36

35

a 38

37

a 35

34

a 37

36

a 38

33

a 35

33

a 36

34

--

39

Dec.

a 35

36

a 38

36

a 35

33

a 33

33

a 33

33

a 33

33

a 33

33

a 33

33

a 34

34

a 35

34

a 35

35

a 38

33

a 38

36

a 39

35

a 33

33

a 34

34

Jan.

34

a 33

33

a 33

33

a 34

33

a 34

33

a 35

34

a 36

34

a 36

33

a 33

33

a 35

34

a 33

33

a 33

33

a 36

35

a 34

33

a 36

33

a 33

33

34

Feb.

a 33

33

a 33

33

a 34

33

a 34

33

a 33

33

a 33

33

a 34

33

a 33

33

a 34

33

a 33

33

a 34

33

a 34

33

a 34

33

a 34

33

_.

-_

--

33

Mar.

a 36

34

a 35

34

a 33

33

a 35

34

a 37

34

a 36

34

a 37

33

a 35

34

a 37

35

a 37

34

a 37

34

a 37

35

a 36

33

a 34

35

a 37

37

a 38

35

Apr.

35

a 38

36

a 40

36

a 42

37

a 38

36

a 37

36

a 38

35

a 39

36

a 42

39

a 48

45

a 47

44

a 55

52

a 54

50

a 56

51

a 61

54

a 64

--

44

May

55

a 63

57

a 60

55

a 57

55

a 56

53

a 68

55

a 64

57

a 64

55

a 61

57

a 69

58

a 61

56

a 58

54

a 60

57

a 62

62

a 68

62

a 70

61

60

June

a 67

61

a 73

67

a 76

68

a 76

68

a 77

67

a 78

69

a 79

70

a 84

76

a 84

78

a 82

76

a 80

75

a 76

73

a 84

74

a 77

73

a 62

57

--

74

July

a 70

65

a 76

69

a 75

70

a 81

69

a 75

69

a 78

69

a 77

70

a 78

71

a 75

70

a 80

72

a 77

71

a 75

74

a 80

73

a 81

74

a 76

72

a 77

74

Aug.

73

a 78

74

a 79

74

a 80

73

a 78

74

a 79

72

a 81

71

a 78

67

a 78

70

a 78

73

a 80

78

a 80

75

a 79

72

a 77

71

a 78

74

a 74

68

75

Sept.

a 72

66

a 71

66

a 79

70

a 74

69

a 67

60

a 69

60

a 68

60

a 69

58

a 55

56

a 64

62

a 70

62

a 63

57

a 62

58

a 64

58

a 55

52

64

a Measurement between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m.
PLATTE RIVER BASIN--Continued

6-7660. PLATTE RIVER AT BRADY, NEBR.

LOCATION. At gaging station at highway bridges, half a mile and 2| miles south of Brady, Lincoln Coun

Platte and South Platte Rivers.

DRAINAGE AREA. 56,900 square miles, approximately. 

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Chemical analyses: November 1950 to September 1959.

Water temperatures: March 1951 to September 1959. 

EXTREMES, 1958-59. Dissolved solids: Maximum, 742 ppm June 9-21; minimum, 410 ppm Jan. 1-31.

Hardness: Maximum, 351 ppm June 9-21; minimum, 190 ppm Aug. 1-8.

Specific conductance: Maximum daily, 1,250 micromhos June 17 (chan. 1) ; minimum daily, 397 micromhos 

Water temperatures: Maximum, 81°F Sept. 7 (chan. 1); minimum, freezing point on many days during No

EXTREMES, 1951-59. Dissolved solids: Maximum, 896 ppm Feb. 19-22, 1953; minimum, 278 ppm Nov. 26, 195

Hardness: Maximum, 404 ppm Mar. 1-4, 1958; minimum, 151 ppm June 8, 1951.

Specific conductance: Maximum daily, 1,250 micromhos June 17 1959 (chan. 1); minimum daily, 305 mic

Water temperatures: Maximum, 90°F July 19, 20, 1951 (chan. 1); minimum, freezing point on many days 

REMARKS.--Daily samples for chemical analysis from each of t*o major channels composited by discharge. 

Supply Canal (Tri-County Diversion) near Maxwell, Nebr. Records of specific conductance of daily sa

available in district office at Lincoln, Nebr. Records of discharge for water year October 1958 to 

Chemical analyses, in parts per million, water year October 1958 to Sep

Date of collection

Oct. 1-31, 1958....

Nov. 17-Dec. 5 ....

Jan. 1-31, 1959....

Mar. 1-31.........

June 22-July 2 .....

A 

no- Q 1Q

Sept. 1-30.........

Weighted average a.

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

172 

160 

184 

222 

221

217 

274 

256 

227 

178

180 

324 

166 

504 

887

1,130 

608 

137 

125

270

Silica 

(SiOa)

41 

38

28 

27

Iron 

(Fe)

0.00 

.01

.01 

.01

-

Calcium 

(Ca)

64 

64

94 

52

. 

Magnesium 

(Mg)

15 

15

28 

15

-

Sodium 

(Na)

58 

54 

50 

48 

43

43 

45 

54 

58 

63

93 

76 

70 

68 

66

68 

65 

59 

56

58

Potassium 

(K)

8.5 

9.2

12 

11

--

Bicarbonate 

(HCO,)

224 

224 

220 

220 

216

206 

218 

218 

221 

219

209 

216 

220 

224 

233

234 

232 

224 

215

222

Sulfate 

(S04 )

. 129 

127

329 

135

Chloride 

(Cl)

16 

15

31 

17

--

Fluoride 

(F)

0.6 

.6

.6 

.6

-

Nitrate 

(NO,)

2.2 

2.1

1.2 

.3

-

Boron 

(B)

0.11 

.11

.16 

.14

-

D

(re

Part

per 

million

47

46

45

44

41

41

43

48

52

54

74

58

56

48

45

44

44

45

44

46

a Represents 100 percent of runoff for water year October 1958 to September 1959.
MISSOURI RIVER BASIN 179

PLATTE RIVER BASIN Continued

6-7660. PLATTE RIVER AT BR4DY, NEBR. Continued 

CHANNEL 1

Temperature (° F) of water, water year October 1958 to September 1959 

/Once-daily measurement between 7 a.m. and 11 a.m./

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Average

Oct.

45

49

50

53

50

55

54

54

53

49

48

49

53

58

a 68

a 62

52

53

53

51

47

41

41

42

45

45

47

45

46

40

40

50

Nov.

39

41

41

43

40

40

44

42

45

43

42

40

40

43

44

44

33

32

33

34

34

37

36

35

37

32

32

32

32

32

--

38

Dec.

34

36

35

40

33

32

32

32

32

32

34

32

32

32

32

32

34

35

35

34

34

35

34

33

34

33

32

35

32

32

32

33

Jan.

32

32

32

32

a. 32

a 32

a 32

a 32

a 32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

a 32

a 32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

Feb.

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

a 32

32

32

32

32

32

34

33

32

a 32

a 32

32

32

32

33

33

33

33

34

--

32

Mar.

34

35

33

33

33

33

33

35

36

36

35

34

40

38

33

33

39

39

38

39

33

39

42

39

40

_

38

40

40

42

48

37

Apr.

41

46

43

45

50

49

47

42

39

36

39

35

38

44

48

53

48

45

40

37

40

42

48

54

46

45

52

49

53

54

--

45

May

57

57

56

53

54

49

52

50

53

54

51

56

53

49

49

52

56

61

60

61

51

53

51

57

61

63

61

65

60

61

60

56

June

61

60

64

64

65

68

69

66

68

69

73

68

70

69

77

70

73

75

72

71

72

68

68

72

74

73

73

69

62

59

--

69

July

61

66

69

69

69

66

68

66

62

64

67

67

69

69

70

72

72

72

71

72

69

72

74

73

75

74

73

73

74

70

75

70

Aug.

72

a 80

76

77

76

76

72

68

72

72

71

71

71

72

69

70

70

70

71

74

72

71

74

72

70

68

69

69

68

71

67

72

Sept.

65

59

60

60

69

69

a 81

68

57

52

54

53

53

56

57

55

48

51

61

62

58

59

56

49

45

50

53

54

49

46

--

57

a Measurement between 12 m. and 2 p.m.
QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959 

PLATTE RIVER BASIN--Continued

6-7660. PLATTE RIVER AT BRADY, NEBR. Continued 

CHANNEL 4

Temperature (° F) of water, water year October 1958 to September 1959 

/Once-daily measurement between 7 a.m. and 11 a.m./

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Average

Oct.

48

51

52

55

53

57

55

55

55

52

50

50

52

58

a 69

a 61

52

53

54

54

49

45

45

46

48

47

49

46

47

43

43

51

Nov.

42

43

44

46

43

42

47

44

48

45

46

44

43

46

46

47

36

34

35

44

39

41

41

39

42

32

33

32

36

36

--

41

Dec.

38

41

40

39

37

35

34

32

34

32

38

32

32

32

33

35

37

38

40

38

37

39

40

36

36

37

35

39

32

32

32

36

Jan.

34

32

32

32

a 32

a 32

a 32

a 34

33

32

34

36

37

36

33

32

34

36

35

32

a 32

32

32

32

34

34

33

34

32

32

32

33

Feb.

32

32

33

35

33

33

35

32

32

32

32

34

36

36

35

40

38

35

34

a 32

32

36

34

38

40

40

39

42

--

35

Mar.

39

41

38

36

35

36

39

40

41

42

41

39

44

43

38

36

44

44

43

45

36

43

44

42

43

_.

40

42

42

45

49

41

Apr.

43

49

45

48

52

51

49

44

41

39

41

39

41

44

49

55

50

47

42

40

42

44

51

58

49

48

52

50

53

55

--

47

May

58

59

57

54

56

51

55

52

55

55

53

57

--

--

54

56

60

60

62

52

54

50

57

62

62

60

64

60

62

60

57

June

62

58

62

64

69

65

67

66

68

68

71

67

69

69

74

70

73

72

71

70

70

68

67

69

72

72

71

69

62

58

--

68

July

60

64

68

67

69

66

68

67

62

64

65

66

67

68

68

70

70

69

68

69

66

69

70

70

72

72

70

71

72

68

73

68

Aug.

71

a 76

75

74

73

73

70

65

69

70

69

69

69

70

64

68

69

70

71

72

72

71

73

71

70

69

70

70

68

70

66

70

Sept.

66

60

60

60

69

67

a 81

67

60

54

55

55

55

57

58

56

50

51

61

62

59

60

58

51

46

52

54

56

51

49

--

58

a Measurement between 12 m. and 2 p.m.
PLATTE RIVER BASIN--Continued 

6-7680. PLATTE RIVER NEAR OVERTON, NEBR.

LOCATION. At gaging station at highway bridge, 4 miles south of Overton, Dawson County, and 4 miles do

DRAINAGE AREA. 58,400 square miles, approximately.

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Chemical analyses: December 1951 to September 1952, November 1958 to September 195

Water temperatures: November 1958 to September 1959. 

EXTREMES, November 1958 to September 1959. Dissolved solids: Maximum, 650 ppm June 1-30; minimum, 508 

Hardness: Maximum, 304 ppm June 1-30; minimum, 220 ppm Sept. 1-30.

Chemical analyses, in parts per milllgn, March 1957 to September 1

Date of collection

Mar. 30, 1957 a... 

Nov. 6-30, 1958...

Jan. 1-31, 1959...

July 17-Aug. 10 ...

Sept. 1-30........

Weighted average b .........

Weighted average c .........

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

771 

1,071 

1,088 

1,100 

1,396

1,696 

1,769 

813 

232 

282

171 

157 

492

907

896

Silica 

(Si02)

32 

26 

30 

31 

32

32 

30 

26 

25 

27

29 

26 

21

29

28

Iron 

(Fe)

0.01 

.01 

.01 

.01

.01 

.00 

.01 

.01 

.01

.01 

.01 

.01

0.01

0.01

Calcium 

(Ca)

64 

70 

76 

79

76 

71 

77 

79 

80

71 

66 

56

73

71

Magnesium

(MB)

19 

21 

21 

21

21 

22 

24 

26 

24

22 

22 

20

21

21

Sodium 

(Na)

6 

65 

66 

69 

70

65 

66 

72 

81 

80

72 

76 

73

68

68

Potassium 

(K)

4 

11 

11 

11 

11

11 

11 

12 

14 

14

15 

14 

12

11

11

Bicarbonate 

(HCOS)

207 

218 

231 

237 

239

230 

219 

222 

214 

220

228 

220 

217

227

227

Sulfate 

(S04 )

145 

184 

186 

203 

211

196 

201 

228 

269 

261

216 

210 

190

203

199

Chloride 

(Cl)

17 

22 

22 

26 

24

23 

23 

25 

29 

27

25 

25 

22

24

23

Fluoride 

(F)

0.6 

.6 

.5 

.6 

.5

.6 

.6 

.6 

.6 

.6

.6 

.6 

.6

0.6

0.6

Nitrate 

(N0a )

1.2 

1.9 

2.1 

2.4 

2.9

3.4 

1.3 

1.9 

1.3 

1.7

1.0 

.8 

. 1.2

2.2

2.1

Boron 

(B)

0.19 

.13 

.20 

.13

.13 

.12 

.12 

.14 

.13

.12 

.12 

.13

0.14

0.14

D

(re

Parts 

per 

million

50

53

57

58

55

54

59

65

63

57

55

50

55

55

a Not included in weighted average.

b Represents 91 percent of runoff for water year October 1958 to September 1959.

c Includes estimates where data are missing. Represents 100 percent of runoff for water year October 1958 to September 1959.
182 QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959

PLATTE RIVER BASIN Continued

6-7680. PLATTE RIVER NEAR OVERTON, NEBR.--Continued 

NORTH CHANNEL

Temperature (" F) of water, November 1958 to September 1959 

/Once-daily measurement between 9 a.m. and 12

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Average

Oct. Nov.

__

--

b 52

45

a 51

44

a 55

45

a 50

44

a 55

45

a 50

35

a 42

33

a 44

38

a 48

39

a 39

37

b47

32

a 38

33

a 38

--

43

Dec.

34

a 47

36

a 40

34

a 33

33

a 33

33

a 32

33

b33

32

a 33

33

a 34

33

a 37

34

a 39

36

a 40

36

a 38

32

a 39

32

b37

31

a 33

32

35

Jan.

a 34

32

a 33

31

b32

32

a 32

32

a 33

32

b33

33

a 39

33

a 34

32

a 34

32

a 34

32

a 33

33

a 33

32

a 33

32

a 32

31

SL 32

31

a 32

33

Feb.

32

32

a 32

32

a 38

32

a 32

32

a 32

32

a 33

33

a 32

34

a 37

34

a 35

32

a 33

33

a 39

35

a 40

34

a 43

36

a 43

37

-.

--

--

35

Mar.

a 46

40

a 46

37

a 42

35

a 46

41

a 48

40

a 42

38

b 53

39

a 37

38

a 52

47

a 51

39

._

--

41

a 41

..

a 48

43

b44

49

a 52

44

Apr.

50

a 58

49

a 60

55

a 63

50

a 53

44

a 51

48

a 55

47

a 59

48

a 67

55

a 49

46

a 45

47

a 58

55

a 67

53

a 52

55

a 64

60

a 71

--

54

May

64

a 65

71

a 65

57

a 70

59

a 58

56

a 68

60

a 59

59

a 73

60

a 60

60

a 80

70

a 67

59

a 58

60

a 68

68

a 74

67

a 80

65

a 78

65

65

June

b67

72

b83

62

a 89

77

b84

73

a 85

74

a 87

76

a 94

80

a 88

79

a 97

81

a 89

80

a 82

71

a 86

79

a 87

81

a 97

75

a 61

61

--

80

July

a 82

72

b87

74

a 81

76

a 83

74

a 89

75

a 80

68

a 81

73

a 83

75

a 84

78

b92

78

a 89

79

a 93

82

b 92

75

a 88

82

a 78

79

a 88

81

Aug.

75

a 94

84

a 92

03 O-3

a 84

76

a 89

73

a 69

78

a 82

73

b76

74

a 84

73

a 83

79

a 87

78

a 89

91

b 89

76

b 83

77

a 90

77

a 78

74

81

Sept.

a 77

76

a 84

73

b90

90

a 87

74

a 76

75

a 79

65

b 80

75

a 78

55

b53

58

a 73

69

a 79

78

a 64

59

a 66

64

a 67

60

a 53

55

--

71

a Measurement between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. 

b Measurement between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.
MISSOURI RIVER BASIN 

PLATTE RIVER BASIN Continued

6-7680. PLATTE RIVER NEAR OVERTON, NEBR. Continued 

SOUTH CHANNEL

Temperature (° F) of water, November 1958 to September 1959 

/Once-daily measurement between 9 a.m. and 12 m./

183

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Average

Oct. Nov.

_.

--

b 52

46

a 52

45

a 34

54

a 51

44

a 53

44

a 49

36

a 43

35

a 44

38

a 48

38

a 40

37

b47

31

a 39

34

a 39

--

43

Dec.

35

a 47

36

a 38

33

a 35

32

a 35

32

a 32

32

b 32

32

a 32

32

a 36

32

a 37

34

a 39

34

a 38

35

a 37

32

a 39

31

b38

31

a 35

32

35

Jan.

a 36

31

a 32

31

b31

32

a 32

32

a 32

32

a 32

32

a 41

34

a 34

32

a 37

32

a 36

31

a 32

a 31

33

a 35

33

a 36

31

a 33

32

a 33

33

Feb.

32

31

a 31

31

a 32

31

a 33

32

a 31

32

b 32

33

a 34

32

a 38

33

a 37

33

a 33

32

a 38

34

a 39

33

a 41

35

a 39

34

--

--

--

34

Mar.

a 47

36

a 45

37

a 41

32

a 44

40

a 44

38

a 41

37

a 47

38

a 41

36

a 46

45

a 45

37

__

45

a 40

..

a 46

41

b43

47

a 44

42

Apr.

48

a 52

47

a 54

49

a 58

47

a51

42

a 50

46

a 53

45

a 57

48

a 61

53

a 48

44

a 47

47

a 57

53

a 61

50

a 55

54

a 60

57

a 65

--

52

May

60

a 62

67

a 61

56

a 68

57

a 57

56

a 65

57

a 59

58

a 70

58

a 60

59

a 74

67

a 65

56

a 59

58

a 67

67

a 72

64

a 76

64

a 78

63

63

June

b66

69

b 83

61

a 87

74

a 85

71

a 84

73

a 85

73

a 98

79

a 84

76

a 94

78

a 86

77

a 82

69

a 84

76

a 89

79

a 95

73

a 60

60

--

78

July

a 82

69

b85

70

a 80

74

a 84

72

a 86

73

a 81

68

a 84

71

a 81

72

a 81

75

b 88

76

a 88

76

a 90

78

b92

76

a 90

78

a 79

76

a 88

79

Aug.

74

a 93

81

a 91

81

a 85

74

a 90

75

a 91

76

a 87

72

b 74

70

a 83

70

a 86

76

a 89

76

a 89

88

b 89

74

b 79

75

a 89

75

a 76

73

81

Sept.

a 80

75

a 83

72

b 90

86

a 86

72

a 74

72

a 78

63

b79

73

a 77

55

b 53

58

a 70

67

a 76

76

a 65

59

a 65

64

a 65

59

a 56

54

--

70

a Measurement between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. 

b Measurement between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.
PLATTE RIVER BASIN Continued

MISCELLANEOUS ANALYSES OF STREAMS IN PLATTE RIVER B

Chemical analyses, in parts per million, water year October 1958 to Sep

Date of collection Discharge 

(cfs)

Silica 

(Si02)

Iron 

(Fe)

Calcium 

(Ca)

Magnesium 

(Mg)

Sodium 

(Na)

Potassium 

(K)

Bicarbonate 

(HCO3 )

Sulfate 

(SO,)

Chloride 

(Cl) (F)

Nitrate 

(N03 ) (B)

D

(re

Parts 

per

million

6-6655. WHEATLAND CANAL NO. 1 NEAR WHEATLAND, W

176

186

147

217

8.4

16

0.4 0.09 

.11

June 17, 1959..... 386 15 0.01 63 20 32

Sept. 25.......... 24 8.9 .00 72 30 _45_

Sept. 30, 1958.... 15.0 14~~ 0.02 79~ 27~ 4T

Nov. 4 ........... 9.51 14 .02 93 29 44

Dec. 2........... 21.6 14 .02 76 26 34

Feb. 16, 1959.... 26 14 .00 64 28 28

Mar. 19.......... 29 13 .01 70 20 _26_

June 18, 1959..... 171 13 0.00 67~ 25 37"

Sept. 25.......... ____9.8 17 .37 100 36 56 __ __

	6-6666. SYBILLE CREEK AT MULESHOE RANCH, NEAR WHEATLA

June 17, 1959..... 377~~15 0.01 I08~ 31 52"

Sept. 25.......... _____8.3 19 .00 106 35 _57_

6-6658. WHEATLAND CANAL NO. 3 NEAR WHEATLAND, W

242

264

266

252

240

168

196

124

108

95

0.6 

.6 

.6 

.5 

.5

0.9 

2.1

1.6 

.2

0.12 

.11 

.10 

.07 

.08

4

54

43

3

3

6-6660. WHEATLAND CANAL NO. 2 NEAR WHEATLAND, W

213

294

157

243

0.6 1.0 0.09 

1.2 .12

43

64

~32T 

321

~202~ 

247

~OTT

"TTFTTTT 60

.2 .13 6

Mar. 30, 1957. 

June 23, 1959..

6-7705. PLATTE RIVER NEAR GRAND ISLAND, NEBR.

~sn ran 2o~

244 105

0.6 0.1 985 

a 2

6-7725. WOOD RIVER NEAR CHAPMAN, NEBR.

Nov. 10, 1958 .. 

June 26, 1959 b . 

Sept. 22........

a 2 

13

308

220

226

0.4

.4

0.2

30

0.10

.15

PLATTE RIVER NEAR SILVER CREEK, NEBR.

Nov. 6, 1958 ... 

June 27, 1959...

a 830 

a 40

76 23 81

77

231

225

241

240

26 0.15 
6-7915. CEDAR RIVER NEAR SPALDING, NEBR.

Oct. 6, 19S8..... 

Aug. 25, 1959....

49.4 

79.2 38 0.01 23 3.3

5.7 

6.1 5.5

117 

104 3.8 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.02

a Estimated.

b Sample 2.4 miles downstream from staff gage

Particle-size analyses of suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to 

Methods of analysis: B, bottom withdrawal tube; C, chemically dispersed; M, m

___N, in native water; P, pipet; S, sieve; V, visual accumulation tube; W, in 

Date

of

collection

Discharge 

(cfs)

Water 

temperature

r F)

Suspended sedim

Concentration

of sample

(ppm)

Suspended

sediment

discharge

(tons per day)

Percent finer 

0.002 0.004 0.008 0.016 0

6-6655. WHEATT.AND CANAL NO. 1 NEAR WHEATLAND, WYO.

June 11, 1958....

June 17, 1959....

Aug. 17......... 

Sept. 25.........

10:00 a.m.

12:55 p.m.

12:10 p.m.

408 

245

386 

371

a 291 

24

--

71

53

98 

25

218 

137

155 

8

108 

17

227 

137

122 

.5

7 15 32

6-6660. WHEATLAND CANAL NO. 2 NEAR WHEATLAND, WYO.

June 12, 1958....

June 18, 1959.. ..

Sept. 25.........

9:50 a.m.

3:45 p.m.

-

122

118

171

155

9.8

73

350

209

240

8

115

96

100

.2

12 19 36

a Daily mean discharge.
PLATTE RIVER BASIN Continued

MISCELLANEOUS ANALYSES OF STREAMS IN PLATTE RIVER BASIN 

Particle-size analyses of suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to Septe

(Methods of analysis: B, bottom withdrawal tube; C, chemically dispersed; M, m

N, in native water; P, pipet; S, sieve; V, visual accumulation tube; W, in 

Date 

of 

collection

Time

Discharge 

(cfs)

Water 

temperature

Suspended sedim

Concentration 

of sample 

(ppm)

Suspendedsediment 

discharge 

(tons per day)

Percent finer t

0.002 0.004 0.008 0.016 0.0

6-7915. CEDAR RIVER NEAR SPALDING, NEBR.

Oct. 6, ItfbB. ...

Jan. 12, 1959...

Sept. 22........

3:00 a.m.

2:10 p.m.

11:30 a.m.

12:20 p.m.

2:40 p.m.

47

a 123

138

117

76

61

66

58

66

32

32

38

82

78

70

34

83

64

72

42

4.3

28

13

12

22

6.6

6-7918. CEDAR RIVER AT BELGRADE, NEBR.

Aug. 25, 1959 ..

Sept. 21........

1:30 p.m.

6:15 p.m.

e 140 

135

204

e 200

83 

82

73

73

498 

494

583

512

190 

180

321

280
6-7920. CEDAR RIVER NEAR FULLERTON, NEBR

Aug. 25, 1959...

Sept. 21........

2: 50 p.m.

10:35 a.m.

36

162

8S

69

331

Af\A

499

86

218

ELKHORN RIVER NEAR WATERLOO, NEBR.

June 20, 1958 b . 

July 2, 1959 b...

July 2 b ........

10:35 a.m. 

1:40 p.m.

6:15 p.m.

582 

3,100

2,620

2,400

68

69

278 

3,700

3,140

437 

31,000

20,300

31 

48

56

37 

59

60

49 

81

71

e Estimated, 

a Daily mean discharge, 

b At upper cableway. 

c At lower cableway.
PLATTE RIVER BASIN Continued 

MISCELLANEOUS ANALYSES OF STREAMS IN PLATTE RIVER BASIN 

Particle-size analyses of bed material, water year October 1958 to Sep

(Methods of analysis: B, bottom withdrawal tube; C, chemically dispersed; M, m

N, in native water; P, pipet; S, sieve; V, visual accumulation tube; W, in di

Date of collection Time Discharge 

(cfs)

Number of 

sampling 

points

Bed ma

Percent finer than indicate

0.031 0.062 0.125 0.250 0.500 1.000 

6-7915. CEDAR RIVER NEAR SPALDING, NEBR.

Oct. 6, 1958.......

Sept. 22...........

3:00 a.m.

11:30 a.m.

10:15 a.m.

2:40 p.m.

47

58

7 

13

10

0

o

3

1

3

18

8

4

9

46

64

48

51

94

no

93

98

95

94

96

98

99

99

99

100

6-7918. CEDAR RIVER AT BELGRADE, NEBR.

Aug. 25, 1959 .....

Sept. 21...........

1:30 p.m.

2:20 p.m.

e 140

204

9

18

6

1

12

5

66

56

98

97

100

100

6-7920. CEDAR RIVER NEAR FULLERTON, NEBR.

Aug. 25, 1959 .....

Sept. 21...........

2:50 p.m.

10:35 a.m.

96

162

10

16

7

2

12

7

65

67

95

97

98

100
ELKHORN RIVER NEAR WATERLOO, NEBR.

June 20, 1958 b....

June 20 b .........

July 2, 1959 b .....

July 2 c ...........

July 2 b ...........

10:35 a.m.

10:35 a.m.

1:40 p.m.

2:05 p.m.

4:20 p.m.

582

582

3,100

3,000

2,620

32

32969

20131

67

16

14

16

52

53

82

34

82

80

84

99

51

99

9

9

10

6

10

e Estimated.

a Dally mean discharge.

b At upper cableway.

c At lower cableway.
MISSOURI RIVER MAIN STEM

6-8070. MISSOURI RIVER AT NEBRASKA CITY, NEBR.

LOCATION. At gaging station at Waubonsie Highway Bridge at Nebraska City, Otoe County.

DRAINAGE AREA. 414,400 square miles, approximately.

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Chemical analyses: January 1951 to September 1959.

Water temperatures: May 1951 to September 1959. 

EXTREMES, 1958-59. Dissolved solids: Maximum, 504 ppm Jan. 1-11; minimum, 316 ppm June 4-5.

Hardness: Maximum, 254 ppm Jan. 1-11; minimum, 179 ppm Aug. 1-7.

Specific conductance: Maximum daily, 860 micromhos Dec. 13; minimum daily, 435 micromhos Aug. 4.

Water temperatures: Maximum, 82°F Aug. 22, 23, 26; minimum, freezing point on many days during January 

EXTREMES, 1951-59. Dissolved solids: Maximum, 600 ppm Jan. 1-10, 1952; minimum, 252 ppm June 18-19, 195

Hardness: Maximum, 344 ppm Jan. 1-10, 1952; minimum, 141 ppm Aug. 6-11, 1958.

Specific conductance-. Maximum daily, 936 micromhos Jan. 6, 1953; minimum daily, 361 micromhos Mar. 29, 

Water temperatures: Maximum, 85°F July 25, 1952; minimum, freezing point on many days during winter mon

REMARKS. Daily samples for chemical analysis composited by discharge. Records of specific conductance o

at Lincoln, Nebr. Records of discharge for water year October 1958 to September 1959 given in WSP 1630

Chemical analyses, in parts per million, water year October 1958 to Septembe

Date of collection

Oct. 1-31, 1958....

Jan. 1-11, 1959....

Jan. 21-Feb. 27 ....

May 30-June 3 .....

June 29-July 5 ..... 

Julv 6-31..........

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

32,280 

17,640 

12,050 

10,770 

17,000

17,130 

16,400 

15,830 

21,000 

23,070

33,040 

41,340 

61,750 

39,680 

43,170

67 , 680 

37,600 

33,510 

42,070 

31.800

Silica 

(Si02)

20 

21

14

Iron 

(Fe)

0.00

.00 

.01

Calcium 

(Ca)

65

53 

54

Magnesium 

(Mg)

21

16 

14

Sodium 

(Na)

68 

64 

64 

63 

41

63 

46 

57 

45 

44

48 

53 

39 

47 

42

34 

28 

48 

40 

58

Potassium 

(K)

5.8

6.0 

7.2

Bicarbonate 

(HCOa )

195 

207 

224 

223 

184

215 

168 

191 

184 

180

193 

202 

186 

203 

199

202 

186 

199 

a 189 

194

Sulfate 

(SOJ

162

117 

103

Chloride 

(Cl)

29

21 

14

Fluoride 

<F)

0.5

.4 

.4

Nitrate 

(NO,)

2.2

4.1 

4.9

Boron 

(B)

0.15

.09 

.11

Dis

(resid

Parts 

per 

million

493 

478 

488 

504 

382

493 

361 

442 

386 

378

413 

429 

352 

404 

376

348 

316 

409 

371 

433
MISSOURI RIVER BASIN

1 1 CO

TP to N 

C- C- CIft C- c222

co co co

o o c- TJ. tO COi Ift ^H

000 

to N TF TF -4* TF

C- CO C01 to o 

n -v -v

I 1 3

1 1 00

' ' <0-

! ! rt

: :s

O »H o 

C- O O

1 '£

5SS

: i s

1 1 to

I 1 o

1 1 C

0 O O 

CO to CC

rH 0 

rH 00 rt

bi bi* 

3 3 S 

« 01

1

1

Cg

to

CO

m

«

O

c-

<D

^

!

!

1

'

!

S

1

s

'

1

1

'

ic^

Weighted averb age ..........

s c £ 8
192 QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959

MISSOURI RIVER MAIN STEM--Continued

6-8070. MISSOURI RIVER AT NEBRASKA CITY, NEBR. Continued

Temperature (° F) of water, water year October 1958 to September 1959 

/Once-daily measurement between 4 a.m. and 8 a.m^7

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Average

Oct.

65

62

61

61

60

60

59

59

59

58

56

56

56

56

57

57

58

58

58

58

57

57

56

56

56

54

54

53

51

50

49

57

Nov.

49

49

49

49

48

47

47

46

46

46

46

46

47

47

47

48

46

45

45

43

42

42

42

42

41

39

37

37

36

35

--

44

Dec.

35

35

35

35

35

34

34

34

34

34

34

34

34

34

34

34

34

34

34

34

34

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

34

34

34

Jan.

34

34

33

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

33

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

33

33

33

33

33

32

32

32

Feb.

32

32

32

32

32

32

33

33

32

32

32

. 32

33

33

33

33

33

33

32

32

32

33

33

33

33

34

34

34

--

33

Mar.

34

34

35

35

35

34

34

35

35

35

35

35

36

37

36

36

36

36

37

37

37

37

37

38

38

38

38

40

41

40

40

36

Apr.

41

42

43

43

43

43

44

44

43

43

43

42

43

44

45

45

45

47

47

47

47

48

49

49

50

50

50

50

51

52

--

46

May

52

56

61

62

62

64

65

65

65

64

64

64

63

62

58

58

59

59

59

60

63

63

64

65

66

65

65

66

66

66

66

62

June

66

66

64

68

68

68

69

69

69

69

71

72

72

73

73

74

74

76

76

76

76

76

76

76

77

77

77

77

77

77

--

July

70

68

68

70

72

74

74

75

75

75

75

75

75

75

74

74

74

74

75

75

76

76

76

76

76

79

79

79

79

80

80

73 | 75

Aug.

80

78

78

78

79

79

80

80

79

80

79

78

78

78

78

78

78

78

79

79

81

82

82

81

81

82

81

80

80

80

80

79

Sept.

79

77

76

75

75

75

75

75

75

72

69

68

68

68

67

66

65

64

61

63

64

66

66

66

66

66

66

66

64

63

--

69
MISSOURI RIVER BASIN 193 

NISHNABOTNA RIVER BASIN 

6-8080. MULE CREEK NEAR MALVERN, IOWA

LOCATION. At gaging station at highway bridge, 1.8 miles upstream from mouth and

4.4 miles south of Malvern, Mills County. 

DRAINAGE AREA. 10.6 square miles. 

RECORDS AVAILABLE.--Water temperatures: October 1958 to September 1959.

Sediment records; July 1954 to September 1959. 

EXTREMES, 1958-59. Water temperatures: Maximum, 88°F Aug. 3; minimum, freezing point

on many days during November to March.

Sediment concentrations: Maximum daily, 10,000 ppm May 29; minimum daily, not 

determined. 

Sediment loads: Maximum daily, 13,000 tons May 18; minimum daily, less than 0.05 ton

on many days. 

EXTREMES, 1954-59. Sediment concentrations: Maximum daily, 14,000 ppm June 17, 1957;

minimum daily, no flow Jan. 20-25, 1956. 

Sediment loads; Maximum daily, 22,000 tons Aug. 21, 1954; minimum daily, 0 tons

Jan. 20-25, 1956.

REMARKS. Maximum observed sediment concentration during water year, 65,000 ppm May 18. 

Flow affected by ice Nov. 25 to Dec. 1, Dec. 4-24, Dec. 28 to Jan. 11, Jan. 13 to 

Feb. 2, Feb. 10-26, Mar. 4-9, 14-16, 19-21. Records of discharge for water year 

October 1958 to September 1959 given in WSP 1630.

Temperature (° F) of water, water year October 1958 to September 1959 

/Once-daily measurement at varying hours/

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

art OU

31

fcveracrp

Oct.

40

40

40

60

68

52

--

50

50

--

64

..

69

--

69

_.

60

--

50

..

49

60

--

Nov.

49

60

60

..

60

--

50

-.

55

--

60

-.

58

--

42

"

..

46

--

40

"

32

--

32

--

Dec.

35

--

33

32

32

..

32

--

32

__

32

32

_.

32

--

32

__

32

--

32

--

..

32

32

32

Jan.

--

32

32

..

32

32

-.

32

32

__

32

32

32

--

32

--

32

32

-

32

Feb.

--

32

--

32

32

._

32

--

32

32

32

--

32

32

32

..

32

32

34

34

32

32

-

-

Mar.

--

32

36

--

_.

44

38

40

40

--

40

46

52

--

--

34

--

--

40

43

48

40

--

Apr.

50

--

55

--

52

50

42

40

40

45

40

58

52

50

45

45

50

45

40

50

--

50

45

60

45

48

58

50 

48

4R

May

50

40

66

50

--

60

60

75

62

55

66

60

60

56

60

66

62

60

50

60

64

60

64

66

64

60

64

59

64

65

FiS

June

68

60

64

62

66

60

63

63

60

62

62

74

62

60

62

60

63

60

60

60

60

62

74

82

82

62

78

72

62 

60

fi5

July

70

66

70

70

70

64

70

72

70

70

71

64

72

74

68

80

74

72

80

70

..

70

72

70

68

80

70

76

76 

76

75

19

Aug.

73

80

88

74

82

82

82

78

74

66

78

78

80

78

86

72

82

84

84

86

--

82

72

80

80

--

82

74 

82

78

70

Sept.

76

74

76

74

74

76

75

68

66

_.

68

68

--

64

60

54

64

72

--

64

68

64

60

58

--
QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959

NISHNABOTNA RIVER BASIN Continued

6-8080. MULE CREEK NEAR MALVERN, IOWA Cont inued

Suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to September 1959

Day

1. .....

2......

3. .....

4. .....

5. .....

6. .....

7......

8. .....

9. .....

10. .....

11......

12......

13. .....

14......

15. .....

16. .....

17. .....

18......

19. .....

20. .....

21......

22......

23......

24......

25......

26......

27. ... ..

28......

29......

30. .....

31......

Total .

1. ..... 

2...... 

3. ..... 

4...... 

5......

6. .....

7. .....

8...... 

9. .....

10. ..... 

11......

12. .....

13.

14. . . '. '. '.

15. .....

16. .....

17......

18......

19. .....

20. .....

21......

22......

23. ..... 

24. ..... 

25......

26. ..... 

27...... 

28...... 

29. ..... 

30. ..... 

31...... 

Total.

October

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

1.4 

1.4 

1.6 

1.8 

1.6

2.2 

2.2 

1.8 

1.8

1.4

1.2 

1.2 

1.4 

1.4 

1.4

1.4 

1.2 

1.2 

1.0

1.6

1.6 

1.6 

1.6 

1.4 

1.6

1.6 

1.2 

1.2 

1.2 

1.2 

1.2

45.6

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

10 

26

320 

75

32

15 

5 

12

9 

7

7 

8 

5

--

Tons 

per 

day

 aO.l

sb 3.6 

.4

 (t)

5.5

January

0.96 

1.0 

1.0 

1.0 

1.0

1.0 

1.0 

1.0 

1.0 

1.0

1.0 

1.0 

1.0 

1.0 

1.0

1.0 

.96 

.94 

.90 

.85

.82 

.80 

.80 

.80 

.80

.80 

.80 

.80 

.80 

.80 

.80

28.43

35

46

48 

18

25 

30

12 

24

18 

12

11 

16

13

-

aO.l

 (t)

2.1

November

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

1.4 

1.4 

1.2 

1.0 

1.4

.91 

1.0 

1.4 

1.4 

.91

.91 

1.0 

1.2 

1.6 

1.8

1.6 

2.9 

2.0 

1.2 

1.0

1.0 

1.0 

1.0 

1.0 

1.1

1.0 

1.0 

.90 

.84 

.96

37.03

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

9 

9 

20

10 

14

2 

47

51 

49

8 

34

14 

18

--

Tons 

per

day

 (0

a 0 2

.4 

e .3 

.2

 (t)

2.5

February

0.80 

.84 

1.0 

1.0 

.91

.91 

1.0 

1.2 

1.2 

1.0

.90 

.90 

1.0 

1.0 

1.1

1.1 

.90 

.80 

1.0 

1.1

1.0 

1.5 

15 

25 

32

25 

13 

6.0

138.16

16

34 

5

76 

79 

49

26 

37 

53

320 

1,500 

1,200 

3,800

1,900 

1,100 

690

--

 aO.l

c 1.3 

b 60 

b 80 

b 320

b 130 

b 38 

11

642.4

December

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

1.1 

1.2 

1.6 

1.7 

1.5

1.3 

1.1 

.96 

.86 

.80

.80 

.80 

.80 

.80 

.80

.80 

.80 

.84 

.88 

.92

.94 

1.0 

1.0 

1.0 

1.0

1.0 

1.0 

1.0 

1.0 

.92 

.84

31.06

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

27 

34 

63

24 

25

30 

43 

31 

42

37 

60

28 

34

--

Tons 

per 

day

aO.l 

a .3

a .1

3.7

March

4.3 

4.0 

3.1 

2.9 

2.7

2.6 

3.1 

3.8 

4.8 

4.6

4.0 

4.0 

4.3 

5.2 

6.0

4.0 

2.9 

3.7 

5.8 

5.2

4.2 

4.0 

3.4 

3.4 

7.7

38 

12 

8.0 

7.2 

8.4 

7.6

184.9

440 

310 

100 

110

1,800

8,400 

1,300 

750 

480 

800 

380

--

c 5.0 

3.3 

.8 

.9

e .8

e 1.0

sb 120

sb 1,200 

c 42 

b 16 

c 9.5 

b 18 

c 8.0

1,441.9

e Estimated.

s Computed by subdividing day.

t Less than 0.050 ton.

a Computed from samples obtained three or four times a week,

b Computed from partly estimated concentration graph,

c Computed from estimated concentration graph.
MISSOURI RIVER BASIN

NISHNABOTNA RIVER BASIN Continued

6-8080. MULE CREEK NEAR MALVERN, IOWA Continued

Suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to September 1959 Continued

Day

1......

2. ... ..

4. .....

5. .....

6......

7. .....

8. .....

10. .....

12. .....

13......

15......

16. .....

17. .....

18. ..... 

19. .....

23. .....

25......

27......

28. .....

31......

Total.

1. ..... 

2...... 

3...... 

4...... 

5......

6. .....

a.....

9. ..... 

10......

1 ^

14. ..... 

15......

23. .....

24. ..... 

25......

26...... 

27...... 

28. ..... 

29. ..... 

30. ..... 

31...... 

Total.

April

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

6.4 

5.2 

4.9 

3.4 

3.4

3.1 

4.0 

2.2 

2.6 

3.1

3.1 

3.4 

2.9 

2 9 

3.1

3.1 

5.6 

6.0 

4.3 

6.0

4.3 

3.4 

3.1 

2.9 

2.6

2.2

2.6 

3.7 

2.6 

2.2

108.3

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

185

175

145 

155

165 

130 

105 

87 

68

70 

650 

460 

750 

1,000

230 

180 

125 

115 

115

44 

200 

240 

65 

54

-

Tons 

per 

day

I a 2.8

a 1.3

.8 

.7 

.6

.6 

b 10 

b7.5 

b 8.5 

b 16

2.7 

c 1.7 

1.0 

.9 

.8

.3 

1.4 

2.4 

.5 

.3

76.8

July

4.6 

3.4 

2.9 

4.0 

3.1

2 9

2!e

2.4 

2.2 

2.2

2.2 

2.4 

2.6 

2.6 

2.4

2.6 

2.9 

4.0 

2.6 

2.2

2.2 

2.2 

2.2

2.0 

1.8

1.6 

1.8 

2.2 

2.0 

1.6 

2.2

78.6

220 

115 

135 

135 

135

74 

125 

92

46

270 

83 

48 

42

29

56 

24 

27

33 

30 

33 

16

-

b2.8 

1.1 

1.1 

1.5 

1.1

.6 

.9

.6

.3

2.1 

.9 

.3

a .2

17.8

May

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

2.2 

16 

62 

7.2 

21

71 

11 

9.3 

44 

22

11 

10 

10 

5.6 

6.8

6.8 

6.8 

188 

26 

9.8

12 

7.6 

7.6 

7.2 

6.4

8.4 

44 

26 

56 

112 

13

846.7

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

215 

2,000 

7,380 

1,610 

3,400

7,110 

1,080 

800 

5,900 

3,100

1,320 

1,290

855 

460

375 

360 

8,500 

1,700 

1,050

1,380 

645 

765 

455 

365

700 

8,500 

4,310 

10,000 

8,500 

1,600

-

Tons 

per 

day

1.3 

sb 900 

s 2,350 

564 

193

s 2,420 

32 

20 

sb 1,100 

184

39 

35 

e 26 

13 

8.4

6.9 

6.6 

Bbl3,000 

sb 160 

28

45 

13 

16 

8.8 

6.3

16 

sb 1,700 

sb 1,500 

sb2,800 

sb4,100 

56

30,848.3

August

3.4 

4.0 

3.1 

2.6 

13

22 

3.4 

2.2 

2.0 

18

4.9 

2.4 

2.0 

2.2 

6.6

3.4 

2.4 

2.2 

2.0 

1.8

1.8 

1.8 

2.6 

2.2 

2.0

1.8 

1.8 

5.2 

32 

3.7 

13

171.5

36 

275 

235 

110 

2,000

3,700 

83 

53 

79 

1,780

270 

76 

62 

105 

480

66 

37

29 

67

93

54 

26 

22

47

1,300 

7,900 

1,000 

1.100

-

0.3 

3.0 

2.0 

.8 

sb 130

sb 380 

.8 

.3 

.4 

s 182

3.6 

.5 

.3 

.6 

sb 12

.6 

.2

a .3

sc 200 

sb 1,100 

10 

sc 60

2,090.4

June

Mean 

discharge

(cfs)

8.2 

7.6 

6.8 

7.2 

6.8

6.0 

5.6 

4.9 

4.3 

4.3

4.6 

4.3 

4.0 

3.7 

3.7

3.4 

3.4 

5.2 

4.9 

4.6

4.3 

3.7 

3.4 

3.4 

3.1

2.9 

2.9 

2.6 

2.9 

7.6

140.3

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

1,300 

770 

620 

800 

735

445 

310 

230 

190 

190

200 

230 

140 

110 

110

91 

130 

360 

240 

145

150 

105 

110 

99 

82

60 

67 

60 

49 

550

--

Tons 

per 

day

sb 38 

16 

11 

b 16 

13

7.2 

4.7 

3.0 

2.2 

2.2

2.5 

2.7 

1.5 

1.1 

1.1

.8 

1.2 

b5.0 

b3.2 

1.8

1.7 

1.0 

1.0 

.9 

.7

.5 

.5 

.4 

.4 

b 11

152.3

September

4.6 

2.9 

2.2 

2.0 

2.0

2.0 

1.8 

1.8 

1.6 

1.4

1.4 

1.2 

1.4 

1.6 

1.6

1.6 

4.7 

44 

37 

4.9

3.7 

2.6 

2.2 

2.9 

2.9

3.4 

2.9 

2.4 

2.0 

2.0

148.7

230 

52 

45 

19 

47

29

19

10 

9

19

4

5 

1,500 

3,400 

1,800 

400

120 

79 

51 

72

110 

24

-

2.9 

.4 

.3 

.1 

.3

.2

 (t)

sc 22 

sb 1,200 

sb260 

c 5.5

1.2

a .5

1,497.9

Total discharge for year (cfs-days). 

Total load for year (tons)..........

e Estimated.

s Computed by subdividing day.

t Less than 0.050 ton.

1,959.28

36,781.6

a Computed from samples obtained three or four times a week,

b Computed from partly estimated concentration graph,

c Computed from estimated concentration graph.
NISHNABOTNA RIVER BASIN--Continued 

6-8080. MULE CREEK NEAR MALVERN, IOWA--Continue

Particle-size analyses of suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to 

(Methods of analysis: B, bottom withdrawal tube; C, chemically dispersed; M, me

N, in native water; P, pipet; S, sieve; V, visual accumulation tube; W, in d

Date 

of 

collection

Oct. 6, 1958..... 

Feb. 25, 1959 ...

Mav 9

Mnv 9

Aug. 10.........

Time

6:00 p.m. 

5:30 p.m. 

12:00 p.m. 

12:00 p.m. 

12:35 a.m.

5:45 a.m. 

11:00 p.m. 

5:20 a.m. 

5:45 p.m. 

2:50 p.m.

2:50 p.m. 

11:15 p.m. 

5:45 a.m. 

6:15 p.m. 

7:20 a.m.

6:45 a.m. 

9:15 a.m.

Discharge 

(cfs)

4.9 

100 

293 

293 

332

71 

18 

126 

122 

1,160

1,160 

268 

244 

40 

57

6.0 

74

Water 

temperature

r F)

60 

34 

45 

45 

45

66 

63 

66 

62 

60

60 

60 

60 

78 

80

66 

66

Suspended sedim

Concentration 

of sample 

(ppm)

2,430 

11,500 

21,100 

21,100 

23,200

10,400 

13,800 

11,200 

26,200 

40,200

40,200 

24,300 

15,500 

7,560 

6,110

3,400 

13,200

Concentration 

of suspension 

analyzed 

(ppm)

1,650 

4,220 

4,930 

4,300 

4,500

3,840 

2,880 

4,100 

5,500 

4,550

3,890 

2,850 

3,370 

2,980 

2,300

5,130 

5,600

Percent finer th

0.002

35 

28

0.004

61 

22 

30 

20 

31

26 

43 

23 

25 

32

19 

60 

35 

43 

35

41 

34

0.008 0.016

86 

39 

50 

46 

52

44 

66 

41 

42 

47

41 

64 

52 

68 

56

72 

56

0.0
MISSOURI RIVER BASIN 197

NISHNABOTNA RIVER BASIN--Continued 

6-8090. DAVIDS CREEK NEAR HAMLIN, IOWA

LOCATION. At gaging station on downstream side of bridge on State Highway 64, 5.2 miles

east of Hamlin, Audubon County, and 8 miles upstream from mouth and East Nishnabotna

River.

DRAINAGE AREA.--26.0 square miles. 

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Water temperatures: July 1952 to September 1953.

Sediment records; July 1952 to September 1959. 

EXTREMES, 1958-59. Sediment concentrations: Maximum daily, 4,600 ppm May 28; minimum

daily, not determined.

Sediment loads: Maximum daily, 1,560 tons Mar. 19; minimum daily, not determined. 

EXTREMES, 1952-59. Sediment concentrations: Maximum daily, 10,700 ppm Apr. 23, 1955;

minimum daily, no flow on many days. 

Sediment loads: Maximum daily, 99,000 tons July 2, 1958; minimum daily, 0 tons on

many days. 

REMARKS. Maximum observed sediment concentration during water year, 16,600 ppm May 28.

Flow affected by ice Nov. 26 to Mar. 19. Records of discharge for water year

October 1958 to September 1959 given in WSP 1630.

Suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to September 1959

Day

1......

5. .....

9. .....

10. .....

11......

13. .....

15......

16. ..... 

17. ..... 

18. ..... 

19. ..... 

20. .....

21...... 

22. ..... 

23. ..... 

24. ..... 

25. .....

26. ..... 

27. ..... 

28. ..... 

29. ..... 

30. ..... 

31...... 

Total.

October

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

7.2 

7.2 

7.0 

6.8 

6.4

6.7 

8.4 

7.7 

7.0 

6.2

5.4 

5.0 

4.5 

4.2 

4.0

3 9 

3.9 

3.9 

3 .9 

3 9

3 .9 

3.9 

3.9 

3.9 

3 .9

3 9 

3 9 

4.0 

3 9 

3.9 

3 9

156.2

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

72

75 

26

70 

66

43 

80 

40

83 

42

-

Tons 

per 

day

a 1.2 

a .6

24.6

November

discharge 

(cfs)

3.9 

3.9 

3.9 

3.7 

3.7

3.5 

3.5 

3.5 

3.5 

3.5

3.5 

3.5 

3.5 

3.5 

3.5

4.5 

9.4 

11 

9.5 

8.2

7.6 

6.8 

6.4 

6.2 

5.8

3.9 

4.5 

5.0 

3.6 

2.8

149.3

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

80 

62

40 

29

73 

240 

240 

140 

110

95 

64

-

Tons 

per 

day

aO.6

sb8.5 

b 7.0 

b 3.6

a 1.9 

a .7

43.6

December

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

3.1 

3.6 

3.9 

4.5 

3.6

3.0 

2.6 

2.2 

2.0 

1.9

1.8 

1.8 

1.8 

1.8 

1.8

1.8 

1.8 

1.8 

1.8 

1.9

2.0 

2.0 

2.1 

2.2 

2.3

2.3 

2.3 

2.3 

2.0 

1.7 

1.4

71.1

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

56

46 

40

78 

63

60 

65

59 

68

54

-

Tons 

per 

day

aO.4

12.4

s Computed by subdividing day.

a Computed from samples obtained two or three times a week.

b Computed from estimated concentration graph.
198 QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959 

NISHNABOTNA RIVER BASIN Continued

6-8090. DAVIDS CREEK NEAR HAMLIN, IOWA--Continued 

Suspended sediment, water year October 19S8 to September 1959--Continued

Day

1. .....

2. .....

3. .....

4. .....

5. .....

7. .....

8. .....

9. .....

10. .....

1.1......

13......

14. ..... 

15. .....

16. .....

17. .....

18. .....

20. .....

22. .....

24. .....

25. .....

26......

27......

28. .....

31......

Total.

L..... 

2...... 

3...... 

4......

5......

8...... 

9. ..... 

10. .....

13...... 

14. ..... 

15. .....

16. .....

18. ..... 

19. ..... 

20. .....

22. ..... 

23. ..... 

24. ..... 

25......

26...... 

27. ..... 

28. ..... 

29. ..... 

30. ..... 

31...... 

Total.

January

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

1.3 

1.2 

1.1 

1.1 

1.1

1.0 

1.0 

1.0 

1.0 

1.0

1.0 

1.0 

1.1 

1.2 

1.2

1.2 

1.2 

1.1 

1.1 

1.1

1.1 

1.1 

1.1 

1.1 

1.1

1.1 

1.0 

1.0 

1.0 

1.0 

1.0

33.6

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

42

58 

42 

45

48

58 

46

98 

31

52 

60

--

Tons 

per 

day

aO.2

6.2

April

20 

16 

14 

12 

11

11 

13 

11 

9.5 

9.0

8.0 

7.3 

7.0 

6.4 

6.0

7.2 

9.2 

8.0 

11 

30

36 

29 

21 

20 

17

16 

22 

32 

20 

17

456.6

1,000 

690 

500 

420 

340

285 

280 

265

210 

185

950 

750

1,100 

1,300 

300 

2,100 

2,000

1,500 

1,100 

960 

815 

820

1,300 

1,400 

550 

170

--

c 55 

30 

b 19 

14 

b 10

8.5 

9.8 

7.9 

e 7.0 

e 6.0

4.5 

3.6 

e 3.0 

sc 26 

b 12

sc 32 

c 32 

6.5 

sb 140 

sc 170

sc 170 

86 

54 

44 

38

e 32 

sc 150 

sc 150 

30 

7.8

1,358.6

February

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

1.0 

1.0 

1.0 

1.0 

1.0

1.0 

1.0 

1.0 

1.0 

1.0

1.0 

1.0 

1.0 

1.0 

1.0

1.0 

1.0 

1.0 

1.0 

1.0

1.0 

1.0 

1.0 

1.0 

1.0

10 

50 

45

130.0

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

26 

30

32 

51

44 

33

27 

46

55 

57

500 

675 

975

Tons 

per 

day

aO.l

sc 18 

s 171 

s 236

427.5

May

16 

16 

51 

27 

62

43 

34 

32 

42 

42

31 

30 

28 

26 

25

24 

23 

40 

25 

22

19 

18 

17 

16 

J5

14 

13 

64 

84 

76 

58

1,033

440 

3,100 

850 

3,200

1,600 

1,000 

885 

1,600 

1,800

1,100 

520 

515

265

250 

250 

2,810 

900 

570

400 

350 

290 

260 

350

430 

145 

4,600 

4,000 

4,200 

2,700

--

e 5.0 

sc 24 

sc 520 

sc65 

sc 600

c 190 

92 

76 

sc 200 

sc220

sc 100 

42 

39 

e 20 

18

16 

16 

s 569 

c 60 

34

21 

17 

13. 

b 11 

14

16 

5.1 

jc 1,400 

scl, 400

5Cl,100

sc480

7,383.1

March

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

40 

30 

18 

6.7 

8.0

9.0 

7.0 

9.0 

14 

20

45 

60 

80 

64 

50

38 

25 

50 

120 

33

13 

18 

15 

10 

11

33 

18 

14 

14 

14 

14

900.7

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

1,400 

1,300 

260 

210 

140

100 

76 

50 

36

900 

1,200 

2,230 

1,100 

200

120 

270 

700 

3,830 

2,200

550 

750 

800 

500 

585

2,900 

850 

600 

550

475

-

Tons 

per 

day

sc 260 

c 110 

13 

3.8 

b3.0

b2.4 

1.4 

b 1.2 

1.4 

e 100

sc 260 

sc 200 

s 715 

s 237 

b28

12 

18 

sc 150 

s 1,560 

sc 220

19 

sc 50 

32 

14 

17

sc 380 

41 

23 

21 

e 20 

18

4,531.2

June

45 

35 

31 

28 

26

23 

22 

21 

20 

18

17 

16 

15 

14 

13

12 

11 

10 

9.5 

9.2

8.9 

8.5 

8.2 

7.7 

7.5

7.3 

10 

24 

29 

72

578.8

860 

645 

550 

505 

700

725 

510 

400 

265 

160

220 

240 

215 

190 

125

150 

150 

210 

185 

190

400 

440 

185 

170 

160

150 

195 

850 

700 

2,000

"

104 

61 

46 

38 

49

45 

30 

23 

14 

b8.0

c 10 

10 

8.7 

7.2 

4.4

4.9 

4.3 

5.7 

4.7 

4.7

sb22 

sc 11 

4.1 

3.5 

b3.2

3.0 

5.3 

sc 75 

sc 130 

sc420

1,159.7

Estimated, 

s Computed by subdividing day.

a Computed from samples obtained two or three times a week, 

b Computed from estimated concentration graph, 

c Computed from partly estimated concentration graph.
MISSOURI RIVER BASIN 199

NISHNABOTNA RIVER BASiN Continued

6-8090. DAVIDS CREEK NEAR HAMLIN, IOWA Continued

Suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to September 1959--Continued

Day

1......

5. .....

6......

7. .....

8......

9. .....

10. .....

14. ..... 

15. .....

16......

18. .....

20. .....

21......

22......

26......

27......

31. ..... 

Total.

July

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

37 

24 

21 

18 

16

14 

12 

11 

10 

9.5

9.0 

8.1 

7.5 

7.2 

7.0

6.4 

6.0 

5.7 

5.4 

5.2

5.0 

4.8 

4.5 

4.3 

4.1

4.0 

3 . 8 

3.6 

3.5 

3.3 

3.1

284.0

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

650 

320 

375 

265 

345

350 

215 

410 

270 

255

260 

170

130 

180 

190

145 

100 

185 

95

120 

125

150 

210

--

Total discharge for year (cfsTotal load for year (tons). . . .

Tons 

per 

day

sc 70 

21 

21 

13 

15

13 

7.0 

12 

7.3 

6.5

6.3 

a 2.8

 a 1.5

234.6

August

discharge 

(cfs)

3.0 

5.8 

5.2 

4.8 

4.3

3.8 

3.5 

3.2 

2.9 

2.7

2.5 

2.3 

2.0 

1.8 

5.0

2.7 

2.5 

2.2 

1.8 

1.6

1.5 

1.1 

4.0 

2.7 

1.3

.98 

.79 

.79 

1.5 

1.1 

2.7

82.06

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concen - 

tration 

(ppm)

80

230 

78

54 

56 

31 

92 

125

130 

25

14

105 

36 

23

22 

33 

32 

110 

29

--

Tons 

per 

day

0.6 

e 5.5 

3 2

e .5

1.7

1.0 

.2

.1

1.1 

.3 

.1

.1 

.1 

.1 

.4 

.1 

e 10

30.5

September

discharge

(cfs)

14 

6.8 

4.4 

3.9 

2.3

1.9 

1.5 

1.4 

1.2 

1.1

1.2 

1.3 

1.3 

1.5 

1.1

1.1 

2.3 

3.5 

3.2 

3.0

1.8 

1.6 

1.4 

1.3 

5.3

5.4 

3.9 

2.7 

2.5 

2.3

86.2

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

500 

600 

160 

105 

60

65

97 

93

92

93 

87

275 

190 

225 

255

--

Tons 

per 

day

sb55 

sc 14 

1.9 

1.1 

.4

.2

a .6

e 5.0

e4.0 

2.9 

1.4 

1.5 

1.6

95.8

3,961.56 

15,307.8

Estimated, 

s Computed by subdividing day.

a Computed from samples obtained two or three times a week, 

b Computed from estimated concentration graph, 

c Computed from partly estimated concentration graph.
NISHNABOTNA RIVER BASIN--Continued 

6-8090. DAVIDS CREEK NEAR HAMLIN, IOWA C

Date 

of 

collection

Feb. 27, 1959....

June 30......... .

Time

3:00 p.m. 

3:45 p.m. 

4:30 p.m. 

2:00 p.m. 

6:00 p.m.

10:30 a.m. 

2:45 p.m. 

9:45 a.m. 

9:45 a.m. 

8:30 a.m.

10:15 a.m. 

5:15 p.m. 

5:15 p.m.

Discharge 

(cfs)

50 

45 

80 

180 

20

44 

116 

68 

68 

89

53 

82 

82

Water 

temperature 

(°F)

34 

34 

34 

36 

52

62 

60 

59 

59 

60

56 

59 

59

Suspended sedim

Concentration 

of sample 

(ppm)

1,830 

3,120 

6,880 

9,520 

7,170

2,620 

14,600 

3,060 

3,060 

5,020

1,680 

3,060 

3,060

Concentration 

of suspension 

analyzed 

(ppm)

4,680 

6,590 

4,800 

3,390 

3,030

3,060 

2,680 

2,910 

2,450 

2,830

2,580 

3,530 

2,980

Percent finer th

0.002 0.004

33 

26 

23 

22 

50

41 

37 

33 

22 

38

42 

38 

25

0.008 0.016

44 

49 

45 

46 

67

67 

59 

53 

47 

52

64 

66 

56

0.0
MISSOURI RIVER BASIN 201

KANSAS RIVER BASIN 

6-8566. REPUBLICAN RIVER AT CLAY CENTER, KANS.

LOCATION. At gaging station at bridge on State Highway 15, 1 mile south of Clay Center,

Clay County, and 4 miles downstream from Five Creeks.

DRAINAGE AREA. 24,570 square miles, approximately, of which a large area is noncontributing. 

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Water temperatures: October 1957 to September 1959.

Sediment records-. October 1957 to September 1959. 

EXTREMES, 1958-59. Water temperatures: Maximum, 85°F July 4, 5, 9, 10; minimum,

freezing point on several days during December and January. 

Sediment concentrations: Maximum daily, 5,940 ppm May 6; minimum daily, 23 ppm

Jan. 1.

Sediment loads; Maximum daily, 134,000 tons May 6; minimum daily, 22 tons Jan. 1. 

EXTREMES, 1957-59. Water temperatures: Maximum, 94°F Aug. 12, 1958; minimum, freezing

point on many days during winter months. 

Sediment concentrations: Maximum daily, 5,940 ppm May 6, 1959; minimum daily, 23 ppm

Jan. 1, 1959. 

Sediment loads: Maximum daily, 277,000 tons Sept. 6, 1958; minimum daily, not

determined.

REMARKS. Maximum observed sediment concentration during water year, 9,460 ppm May 6, 

Flow affected by ice Nov. 28-30, Dec. 4 to Feb. 23. Records of discharge for water 

year October 1958 to September 1959 given in WSP 1630.

Temperature (° F) of water, water year October 1958 to September 1959

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Average

Oct.

55

a 62

55

58

b62

62

65

63

62

57

a 65

a 66

60

63

63

64

62

b66

b62

61

59

54

54

53

52

b51

50

48

48

47

48

58

Nov.

49

b52

47

47

48

46

46

a 52

a 52

45

46

48

b49

56

57

58

54

39

40

42

43

b49

b46

43

a 43

a 34

a 33

a 33

a 37

a 37

--

46

Dec.

a 39

b40

38

a 42

a 37

b33

b35

33

32

33

34

a 33

33

a 32

a 33

33

33

33

33

a 33

a 36

33

33

33

a 38

a 36

b37

a 40

a 33

a 32

32

35

Jan.

b32

a 32

b32

b32

a 32

a 33

a 33

a 35

a 34

33

34

a 34

a 35

34

33

a 33

33

32

a 34

33

a 32

a 32

a 33

a 34

a 35

a 33

a 34

a 35

a 33

a 34

b33

33

Feb.

a 33

a 33

a 35

a 33

a 35

a 34

a 35

a 33

a 34

a 33

a 35

b34

b34

35

34

a 33

a 33

a 34

b36

b 34

a 35

33

35

34

36

36

._

--

34

Mar.

b38

42

34

43

a 37

34

36

b42

42

44

45

42

44

47

a 45

39

39

45

49

52

39

b42

42

50

54

47

43

45

b47

48

51

43

Apr.

51

53

53

51

57

56

59

45

46

47

44

b45

42

42

50

55

60

54

51

47

46

47

52

57

60

58

59

54

60

62

--

52

May

67

69

70

72

68

63

66

57

60

60

60

63

65

64

61

64

62

64

67

71

70

63

60

62

64

68

70

72

73

73

71

66

June

61

67

69

70

69

a 82

73

73

75

76

76

77

76

74

73

75

77

79

78

77

76

77

73

76

78

77

72

a 83

a 76

a 72

--

75

July

a 72

a 77

a 82

a 84

a 85

a 85

a 81

a 83

a 85

a 85

b83

b78

72

70

71

71

75

73

77

73

75

74

75

72

77

_

77

76

77

79

80

77

Aug.

75

79

78

81

80

80

75

73

75

73

73

72

73

73

74

73

76

78

76

77

77

77

b79

80

76

76

74

75

71

74

74

76

Sept.

74

67

67

70

72

76

75

73

71

59

59

60

63

61

63

63

59

56

61

67

67

71

72

65

64

65

61

62

58

55

--

65

a Measurement between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. 

b Measurement between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.

706 -

706-462 O - 63 - 14
202 QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959 

KANSAS RIVER BASIN Continued

6-8566. REPUBLICAN RIVER AT CLAY CENTER, KANS.--Continued 

Suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to September 1959

Day

1......

2. .....

3. .....

5. .....

9. .....

14. .....

17. .....

19. .....

24. .....

25. .....

26......

30. .....

31......

Total.

1. ..... 

2...... 

3...... 

4. ..... 

5......

8...... 

9. ..... 

10......

11......

13

14. ..... 

15......

18. .....

20. .....

22. ..... 

23. ..... 

24. ..... 

25. .....

26. ..... 

27. ..... 

28. ..... 

29. ..... 

30. ..... 

31...... 

Total.

October

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

779 

720 

694 

682 

663

645 

633 

627 

615 

567

573 

786 

1,150 

1,200 

996

831 

714 

645 

603 

567

537 

513 

495 

477 

465

465 

453 

447 

435 

417 

411

19,805

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

230 

223 

200 

202 

196

172 

165 

141 

124 

123

213 

562 

1,040 

784 

460

331 

276 

239 

213 

204

212 

190 

177 

165 

175

155 

150 

131 

141 

126 

99

--

Tons 

per 

day

484 

434 

375 

372 

351

300 

282 

239 

206 

189

330 

1,190 

3,230 

2,540 

1,240

743 

533 

417 

347 

313

307 

264 

237 

213 

220

195 

184 

158 

166 

142 

110

16,311

January

350 

400 

300 

290 

290

300 

320 

350 

360 

370

370 

390 

390 

390 

370

410 

400 

370 

350 

340

430 

460 

500 

520 

520

500 

520 

540 

560 

560 

540

l~~ 12,760

23 

60 

43

70

66 

68 

71 

65 

61

68 

79 

80 

64

73 

64 

70 

64

52 

52 

68 

95 

78

53 

68 

72 

78 

74 

68

-

22 

65 

35 

e 34 

55

54 

59 

67 

64 

61

68 

84 

85 

68 

e 70

e90 

79 

64 

66 

59

61 

65 

92 

134 

110

72 

96 

106 

118 

112 

100

2,315

November

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

405 

393 

387 

375 

364

353 

348 

348 

342 

336

331 

326 

331 

331 

331

320 

342 

364 

387 

387

393 

393 

393 

387 

361

375 

381 

400 

400 

350

10,954

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

115

.108 

108 

131

94 

83 

74 

54 

81

62 

75 

67 

68 

65

66 

55 

74 

70 

61

53 

58 

60

62

60 

61 

84 

88 

86

-

Tons 

per 

day

126 

e 130 

113 

110 

129

90 

78 

70 

50 

74

56 

66 

60 

61 

58

57 

51 

73 

74 

64

57 

62 

64 

e70 

64

61 

63 

91 

95 

82

2,299

February

500 

480 

490 

510 

520

540 

570 

590 

600 

620

630 

640 

800 

950 

850

840 

800 

750 

720 

720

720 

720 

800 

911 

1,010

1,090 

1,200 

1,180

20,751

58 

66 

70 

70 

70

76 

96 

94 

94 

90

85 

168

270 

118

363 

430 

270 

238 

418

285 

139 

322 

168 

595

874 

879 

920

-

79 

86 

93 

97 

99

111 

148 

150 

153 

151

145 

291 

e 1,000 

694 

272

824 

930 

548 

463 

813

555 

271 

696 

414 

1,620

2,570 

2,850 

2,930

19,053

December

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

314 

336 

364 

390 

390

380 

350 

330 

300 

260

250 

350 

350 

340 

320

330 

320 

330 

370 

420

430 

430 

400 

400 

410

430 

440 

410 

380 

350 

310

11,184

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

76 

78 

104 

213 

263

286 

163 

100 

84 

50

51

42

83 

66

50 

54

203 

111 

181 

158 

228

224 

228 

230 

245 

169 

62

-

Tons 

per 

day

65 

71 

102 

225 

277

294 

154 

89 

68 

35

35 

40 

e46 

e 65 

72

59 

e 44 

45 

54 

e 110

236 

129 

196 

171 

253

260 

271 

255 

252 

160 

52

4,185

March

1,230 

1,060 

911 

862 

855

834 

807 

788 

774 

762

1«5 

755 

755 

748 

742

742 

729 

729 

690 

670

644 

619 

601 

589 

619

710 

946 

1,400 

1,230 

932 

762

25,250

840 

732 

542 

404 

439

349 

294 

276 

279 

286

239 

250 

246 

256 

271

263 

258 

260 

268 

238

224 

164 

160 

160 

200

464 

1,780 

2,280 

2,210 

1,590 

1,020

--

2,790 

2,100 

1,330 

941 

1,010

787 

641 

588 

584 

588

488 

510 

501 

518 

544

528 

508 

512 

500 

431

390 

308 

260 

287 

335

s 960 

4,550 

8,620 

7,340 

4,000 

2,100

45,549

Estimated, 

s Computed by subdividing day.
MISSOURI RIVER BASIN 203

KANSAS RIVER BASIN Continued

6-8566. REPUBLICAN RIVER AT CLAY CENTER, KANS. Continued 

Suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to September 1959--Contlnued

Day

1......

2. .....

3. .....

5. .....

6......

7. .....

8. .....

9. .....

10. .....

11......

13......

15. .....

17. ..... 

18. .....

20. .....

22. .....

00

24. .....

27......

29. ... ..

31......

Total.

1. ..... 

2...... 

3...... 

4. ..... 

5......

a.....

10......

20. .....

23

25. .....

26. ..... 

27. ..... 

28. ..... 

29...... 

30. ..... 

31. ..... 

Total.

April

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

658 

607 

565 

535 

535

517 

487 

463 

445 

434

428 

445 

535 

632 

677

696 

722 

742 

807 

1,240

981 

897 

939 

897 

862

855 

862 

862 

939 

974

21,238

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

531 

308 

287 

250 

238

253 

390 

335 

258 

228

200 

208 

324 

504 

479

403 

384 

339 

382 

816

692 

510 

512 

520 

640

484 

430 

386 

430 

472

-

Tons 

per 

day

944 

505 

438 

362 

344

354 

513 

419 

310 

268

232 

250 

468 

861 

876

758 

749 

680 

833 

2,730

1,830 

1,240 

1,300 

1,260 

1,490

1,120 

1,000 

898 

1,090 

1,240

25,362

July

650 

1,490 

876 

703 

729

890 

3,160 

1,710 

939 

690

577 

481 

418 

379 

374

379 

324 

330 

302 

296

401 

463 

457 

368 

335

308 

313 

280 

269 

253 

242

19,386

964

2,680 

1,400 

2,030

1,950 

4,900 

4,300 

2,380 

1,600

980 

620 

410 

300 

220

225 

225 

240 

210 

220

430 

670 

720 

520 

450

320 

270 

230 

360 

420 

260

-

Total discharge for year (cfsTotal load for year (tons) ....

s 2,770 

e 21,000 

6,340 

2,660 

4,000

4,690 

s 45, 500 

s 21,400 

6,030 

2,980

1,530 

805 

463 

307 

222

230 

197 

214 

171 

176

466 

838 

888 

517 

407

266 

228 

174 

261 

287 

170

126,187

Mav

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

981 

967 

960 

1,000 

3,810

8,370 

5,300 

4,530 

5,600 

5,690

4,780 

3,330 

2,340 

1,930 

1,700

1,520 

1,350 

1,170 

1,140 

1,090

1,170 

1,220 

1,870 

3,270 

2,740

1,760 

1,340 

1,170 

1,110 

1,090 

1,970

76,268

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

442 

456 

431 

460 

4,560

5,940 

4,250 

3,620 

3,680 

3,000

2,540 

2,050 

1,410 

1,030 

720

630 

580 

550 

530 

400

510 

805 

1,240 

3,560 

2,780

1,940 

1,200 

690 

530 

620 

2,280

-

Tons 

per 

day

1,170 

1,190 

1,120 

1,240 

s 55,700

134,000 

60,800 

44,300 

55,600 

46, 100

32,800 

18,400 

8,910 

5,370 

3,300

2,590 

2,120 

1,740 

1,630 

1,180

1,610 

2,650 

6,260 

31,400 

20,600

9,220 

4,340 

2,180 

1,590 

1,830 

s 13,600

574,540

August

291 

237 

226 

215 

237

379 

296 

248 

226 

215

194 

178 

178 

178 

200

242 

258 

231 

237 

269

286 

286 

286 

248 

221

205 

189 

173 

379 

440 

264

7,712

600 

250 

180 

140 

240

1,360 

1,510 

860 

1,020 

710

260 

440 

370 

500 

210

160 

320

160 

250

260 

250 

320 

250 

300

200 

200 

170

2,160 

680

471 

160 

110 

81 

154

1,390 

1,210 

576 

622 

412

136 

211 

178 

240 

113

105 

223 

e 140 

102 

182

201 

193 

247 

167 

179

111 

102 

79 

e 2,100 

2,570 

485

13,250

June

Mean 

discharge

(cfs)

1,840 

1,580 

1,320 

1,300 

1,370

1,310 

1,320 

1,270 

1,220 

1,170

1,090 

1,050 

995 

967 

953

925 

876 

814 

781 

729

820 

781 

535 

595 

742

638 

505 

440 

396 

390

28,722

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

2,730 

2,200 

890 

670 

680

790 

520 

590 

510 

490

430 

420 

450 

370 

380

370 

340 

340 

320 

300

1,860 

670 

480 

1,000

2,090 

1,980 

1,040 

700 

550

-

Tons 

per 

day

13,600 

9,390 

3,170 

2,350 

2,520

2,800 

1,850 

2,020 

1,680 

1,550

1,270 

1,190 

1,210 

967 

979

925 

805 

748 

676 

591

e4,000 

3,920 

968 

772 

2,000

3,600 

2,700 

1,240 

749 

580

70,820

September

231 

221 

226 

215 

210

200 

189 

168 

163 

148

138 

133 

128 

128 

123

118 

114 

143 

302 

280

324 

774 

638 

946 

781

469 

677 

374 

335 

296

9,192

360 

290 

330 

240 

210

180 

220 

160 

150 

110

160 

140 

90 

130 

95

100 

130 

430 

600 

630

572 

3,660 

3,040 

3,940 

2,860

1,310 

2,910 

1,040 

640 

680

toys). ............................................................

224

173 

201 

139 

119

97 

112 

73 

66 

44

60 

50 

31 

45 

32

32 

40 

166 

489 

476

s 553 

7,650 

5,240 

10,100 

3 6,600

1,660 

5,320 

1,050 

579 

543

41,964

263,222 

941,835

Estimated, 

s Computed by subdividing day.
KANSAS RIVER BASIN Continued 

6-8566. REPUBLICAN RIVER AT CLAY CENTER, KANS. Conti

Particle-size analyses of suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to S

(Methods of analysis: D, bottom withdrawal tube; C, chemically dispersed; M, me

N, in native water; P, pipet; S, sieve; V, visual accumulation tube; W, in d

Date 

of 

collection

Oct. 21, 1958....

Apr. 14, 1959 ...

Sept. 16.........

Time

1:20 p.m. 

12:30 p.m. 

11:10 a.m. 

2:00 p.m. 

4:20 p.m.

4:20 p.m. 

1:40 p.m. 

1:40 p.m. 

11:40 a.m. 

11:40 a.m.

9: 20 a.m. 

2:15 p.m. 

 9:55 a.m.

Discharge 

(eta)

537 

320 

644 

9,840 

7,200

7,200 

3,340 

3,340 

1,910 

1,910

841 

258 

118

Water 

temperature

r F)

62 

40 

48

63

63 

68 

68 

66 

66

43 

88 

60

Suspended sedime

Concentration 

of sample 

(ppm)

238 

74 

526 

6,020 

4,090

4,090 

2,470 

2,470 

1,030 

1,030

2,320 

353 

103

Concentration 

of suspension 

analyzed 

(ppm)

1,620 

6,840 

6,260

6,490 

2,670 

2,740 

2,580 

2,480

5,060

Percent finer th

0.002

48 

60 

48

32 

53 

22 

50 

13

64

0.004

54 

66 

56

47 

57 

44 

55 

28

72

0.008 0.016

80 

73

72 

67 

63 

71 

71

84

0.03
Particle-size analyses of bed material, water year October 1958 to Sep

(Methods of analysis: B, bottom withdrawal tube; C, chemically dispersed; M, me

N, in native water; P, pipet; S, sieve; V, visual accumulation tube; W, in di

Date of collection

Aug. 1.............

Time

4:20 p.m. 

1:40 p.m. 

11:40 a.m. 

2:15 p.m.

Discharge 

(cfs)

7,200 

3,340 

1,910 

258

Number of 

sampling 

points

12 

12 

12 

37

Bed ma

Percent finer than indicate

0.031 0.062

0 

4 

4 

1

0.125

1

7 

6 

2

0.250

14 

22 

18 

10

0.500

60 

67 

68 

48

1.000

83 

89 

89 

75
KANSAS RIVER BASIN Cont inued 

6-8633. BIG CREEK NEAR OGALLAH, KANS.

LOCATION.--At gaging station at bridge on State Highway 147, 5 miles south of Ogallah, Trego County, 9.0 

west of Ellis.

DRAINAGE AREA. 347 square miles. 

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Chemical analyses: October 1955 to September 1958.

Water temperatures: October 1955 to September 1959 (discontinued).

Sediment records: October 1955 to September 1959 (discontinued). 

EXTREMES, 1958-59. Water temperatures: Maximum, 83°F Aug. 24; minimum, freezing point on many days dur

Sediment concentrations: Maximum daily, 1,580 ppm June 23; minimum daily, no flow Aug. 11-13.

Sediment loads: Maximum daily, 678 tons Aug. 17; minimum daily, 0 tons Aug. 11-13. 

EXTREMES, 1955-59. Water temperatures: Maximum, 83°F Aug. 24, 1959; minimum, freezing point on many da

Sediment concentrations: Maximum daily, 9,630 ppm June 30, 1957; minimum daily, no flow on many days.

Sediment loads: Maximum daily, 139,000 tons June 17, 1957; minimum daily, 0 tons on many days.

REMARKS.--Flow affected by ice Nov. 26, 28, Dec. 5, 8, 10, 12, 15, 31, Jan. 2, 5, 7-9, 16, 21, Jan. 23 t

year October 1958 to September 1959 given in WSP 1630.

Chemical analyses, in parts per million, November 1958 to August 

Date of collection

Aug. 17 .............

Discharge 

(cfs)

2.5 

5.2 

3.5 

170

Silica 

(SiOa)

Iron 

(Fe)

Calcium 

(Ca)

Magnesium 

(Mg)

Sodium 

(Na)

14 

13 

8.0 

2.8

Potassium 

(K)

Bicarbonate 

(HCO,)

260 

282 

207 

152

Carbonate 

(CO,)

0 

0 

0 

0

Sulfate 

(S04)

Chloride 

(Cl)

Fluoride 

(F)

Nitrate 

(NO,)

Boron 

(B)
MISSOURI RIVER BASIN 

KANSAS RIVER BASIN Continued 

6-8633. BIG CREEK NEAR OGALLAH, KANS. Continued

Temperature (° F) of water, water year October 1958 to September 1959 

/Once-daily measurement between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m./

207

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Average

Oct.

48

48

55

60

67

60

60

60

60

60

a 69

60

60

60

60

60

50

54

50

57

53

52

47

58

48

58

58

54

45

58

45

56

Nov.

48

a 60

a 64

43

43

59

48

44

48

45

44

43

43

43

42

..

32

35

--

37

--

42

36

38

--

45

Dec.

33

--

42

33

..

--

32

--

32

a 32

33

33

_.

33

32

--

33

--

32

--

34

33

33

Jan.

32

--

32

32

33

--

_.

33

34

34

--

33

--

33

--

32

--

32

-.

32

--

Feb.

-.

32

34

--

32

33

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

33

33

33

33

34

36

40

41

--

--

Mar.

42

42

37

39

36

34

35

35

40

37

40

37

42

40

40

35

40

42

42

46

34

44

46

48

50

38

45

44

46

50

50

41

Apr.

48

49

54

55

57

55

53

45

45

40

42

42

45

46

50

52

59

53

50

46

46

45

47

45

55

55

56

58

58

59

--

50

May

59

63

64

62

59

56

58

59

57

61

60

63

64

60

58

54

a 61

65

68

68

55

55

55

64

64

65

65

69

70

64

65

62

June

66

67

67

63

66

72

72

71

76

70

78

a 79

73

70

75

74

75

75

75

72

75

70

72

75

75

75

75

75

75

63

72

July

65

70

75

75

75

75

75

75

75

75

75

75

67

70

72

75

70

71

75

70

75

75

75

76

75

75

75

75

75

75

75

74

Aug.

75

75

75

75

70

75

73

75

70

75

..

75

75

73

75

74

74

77

76

77

77

a 83

75

75

a 75

75

75

70

71

75

Sept.

69

66

65

68

75

69

--

a 69

69

58

65

57

70

75

59

75

56

56

62

65

67

68

59

69

60

65

59

64

53

59

64

a Measurement between 1p.m. and 5p.m.
208 QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959

KANSAS RIVER BASIN Continued

6-8633. BIG CREEK NEAR OGALLAH, KANS. Continued 

Suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to September 1959

Day

1. .....

2. .....

3......

4. .....

5. .....

6. .....

7. .....

8. .....

9. .....

10. .....

11......

12. .....

13. .....

14. .....

15. ..... 

16......

17. .....

18. .....

19. .....

20. .....

21......

22. .....

23......

24. .....

25. .....

26......

27......

28. .....

29......

30. .....

31. .....

Total.

1...... 

2...... 

3...... 

4...... 

5......

6. .....

7- .....

8...... 

9. .....

10. .....

11...... 

12. .....

13

14. ..... 

15. .....

16. .....

17. .....

18. ..... 

19. .....

20. ..... 

21......

22. .....

23...... 

24. ..... 

25. .....

26. ..... 

27. ..... 

28. ..... 

29. ..... 

30. ..... 

31. .....

Total.

October

Mean

discharge 

(cfs)

2.0 

2.3 

2.2 

2:3 

2.2

2.3 

2.2 

2.3 

2.3 

2.3

2.3 

2.7 

2.7 

2.5 

2.7

2.7 

2.3 

2.3 

2.2 

2.2

2.5 

2.3 

2.3 

2.5 

2.3

2.5 

2.5 

2.7 

2.7 

2.8 

3.0

75.1

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

95 

104 

101 

74 

53

98 

126 

125 

119 

89

97 

163 

150 

126 

130

138 

126 

123 

79 

79

61 

57 

71 

46 

55

76 

92 

73 

67 

65 

61

--

Tons 

per 

day

0.5 

.6 

.6 

.5 

.3

.6 

.8 

.8 

.7 

.6

.6 

1.2 

1.1 

.8 

1.0

1.0 

.8 

.8 

.5 

.5

.4 

.4 

.4 

.3 

.3

.5 

.6 

.5 

.5 

.5 

.5

19.2

January

2.3 

1.7 

1.2 

.8 

.9

1.4 

1.9 

1.8 

2.0 

2.3

2.9 

3.4 

3.9 

3.0 

3.0

2.5 

2.8 

3.2 

4.1 

3.5

2.5 

1.5 

3.2 

3.7 

4.5

3.5 

3.0 

3.2 

3.7 

2.9 

2.6

82.9

25 0.2

6.2

November

Mean 

discharge

(cfs)

3.0 

2.8 

2.5 

2.5 

2.5

2.7 

3.0 

2.2 

3.2 

2.5

2.5 

2.5 

2.7 

2.5 

2.5

2.3 

2.2 

2.1 

2.3 

2.4

2.5 

2.7 

2 9 

2.8 

2.8

2.6 

2.4 

2.0 

2.1 

2.3

76.0

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

55 

56 

71 

63 

64

50 

102 

38 

47 

51

90 

43 

80 

58 

80

50

--

Tons 

per 

day

0.4 

.4 

.5 

.4 

.4

.4 

.8 

.2 

.4 

.3

.6 

.3 

.6 

.4 

.5

.3

11.1

February

2.3 

2.0 

3.0 

3.3 

3.5

4.0 

4.8 

4.6 

3.5 

3.0

4.0 

5.8 

6.0 

5.4 

3.4

4.8 

8.5 

5.2 

4.5 

3.5

4.0 

3.7 

3.4 

3.0 

3.0

3.0 

3.2 

5.2

113.. 6

20

14 

20 

14

7 

7

11 

6 

5 

6 

5

6 

8 

31 

7 

6

6 

6 

8

-

0.2

.2 

.3 

.2 

.1 

.1

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1

(t)

.1 

.1 

.3 

.1 

(t)

(t) 

.1 

.1

4.2

December

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

1.3 

2.0 

3.0 

3.4 

3.2

2.8 

2.7 

2.9 

2.5 

2.3

2.7 

1.5 

1.0 

1.2 

2.0

2.9 

3.4 

3.6 

2.5 

2.6

2.7 

2.7 

2.4 

2.0 

2.4

2.8 

2.7 

2.6 

2.5 

2.0 

2.1

76.4

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

35

Tons 

per 

day

0.2

6.2

March

3 .9 

3.0 

2.7 

2.7 

2.8

3.5 

3.6 

4.0 

3.8 

4.0

3.8 

3.8 

3.8 

3.8 

4.0

3.8 

3.6 

3.8 

4.0 

3.6

2.6 

4.2 

4.2 

4.2 

3.5

3.6 

4.6 

4.2 

4.4 

4.0 

3.8

115.3

10 

12 

7 

9 

13

11

7 

9 

9

7

8 

6 

10 

29 

9

9 

11 

28 

75 

62

16 

17 

31 

34 

40

24 

17 

31 

12 

38 

37

0.1 

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1

.1

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1

.1 

.1 

.1 

.3 

.1

.1 

.1

.3 

.8 

.6

.1

.2 

.4 

.4

.4

.2 

.2 

.4 

.1 

.4 

.4

6.8

t Less than 0.050 ton.
MISSOURI RIVER DASIN 209

KANSAS RIVER BASIN Continued 

6-8633. BIG CREEK NEAR OGALLAH, KANS. Continued

Suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to September 1959 --Continued

Day

1. ....

2. .....

4. .....

5. .....

6. .....

7. .....

9. .....

10. .....

11......

12. .....

13. .....

15. .....

16. .....

17. .....

18. .....

19. .....

20. .....

22. ... ..

24. .....

25......

27......

28. .....

30. .....

31......

Total .

1. ..... 

2...... 

3. ..... 

4...... 

5......

6. .....

8......

10......

13. ..... 

14. ..... 

15. .....

18...... 

19. ..... 

20. .....

25......

26. ..... 

27. ..... 

28. ..... 

29. ..... 

30. ..... 

31...... 

Total.

April

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

3.6 

4.2 

4.2 

3.6 

3.5

4.2 

4.2 

3.3 

3.3 

3.8

3.6 

3.1 

3.6 

3.5 

3.5

3.5 

3.5 

4.6 

4.4 

3.3

3.6 

3.1 

3.3 

3.0 

3.0

3.0 

3.0 

3.0 

2.8 

2.6

104.9

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

34 

51 

44 

49 

46

40 

68 

123 

26

14

20 

20 

42 

71 

55

47 

124 

100 

67 

85

86 

120 

132 

172 

165

168 

158 

217 

206 

188

-

Tons 

per 

day

0.3 

.6 

.5 

.5

.4

.4 

.8 

1.1 

.2 

.1

.2 

.2 

.4 

.7 

.5

.4 

1.2 

1.2 

.8 

.8

.8 

1.0 

1.2 

1.4 

1.3

1.4 

1.3 

1.8 

1.6 

1.3

24.4

July

1.0 

.8 

.5 

.3 

.3

.3 

.4 

.2 

.1 

.1

.1 

.1 

.4 

7.1 

2.3

2.6 

44 

22 

10 

8.2

5.9 

21 

11 

5.1 

3.3

2.1 

2.0 

1.6 

1.3 

.8 

.7

155.6

170 

193 

159 

176 

171

158 

155 

118 

86 

78

82 

77 

785 

926 

752

259 

1,210 

1,080 

862 

800

850 

751 

1,110 

766 

400

304 

306 

254 

279 

235 

149

--

Total discharge for year (cfsTotal load for year (tons) . . .

0.5 

.4 

.2 

.1 

.1

.1 

.2 

.1 

(t) 

(t)

(t) 

(t) 

.2 

s 20 

s 9.5

s 1.9 

s 153 

64 

23 

18

14 

s 45 

33 

12

.4

.2 

.2 

.1 

1.0 

.5 

.3

398.1

May

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

2.6 

1.9 

1.9 

1.7 

3.3

2.1 

2.1 

2.1 

5.1 

4.0

3.6 

2.3 

2.0 

2.0 

2.0

2.1 

2.4 

2.1 

2.0 

2.0

2.0 

2.4 

2.3 

2.3 

2.3

2.3 

2.1 

2.0 

2.8 

2.4 

1.7

73.9

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

175 

206 

206 

168 

139

188 

190 

234 

196 

177

215 

232 

275 

205 

175

127 

152 

221 

202 

224

192 

176 

139 

218 

188

157 

166 

193 

319 

240 

198

-

Tons 

per 

day

1.2 

1.1 

1.1 

.8 

1.2

1.1 

1.1 

1.3 

2.7 

1.9

2.1 

1.4 

1.5 

1.1 

.9

.7 

1.0 

1.3 

1.1 

1.2

1.0 

1.1 

.9 

1.4 

1.2

1.0 

.9 

1.0 

2.4 

1.6 

.9

39 2

August

0.6 

.3 

.3 

.2 

.2

1.4 

6.7 

.9 

.5 

.2

0 

0 

0 

14 

8.8

6.1 

194 

194 

52 

24

15 

10 

7.1 

5.3 

4.2

3.6 

3.6 

2.6 

2.1 

2.0 

2.0

561.7

112 

85 

60 

62 

75

496 

1,550 

650 

240 

185

202 

1,240

710 

1,110 

939 

944

787

638 

532 

451 

358 

336

266 

227 

205 

214 

198 

190

-

0.2 

.1 

(t) 

(t) 

(t)

1.9 

28 

1.6 

.3 

.1

0 

0 

0 

s 14 

s 32

s 12 

s 678 

492 

133 

51

26 

14 

8.6 

5.1 

3.8

2.6 

2.2 

1.4 

1.2 

1.1 

1.0

1,511.3

June

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

1.7 

1.9 

2.6 

14 

8.4

5.9 

3.3 

4.2 

11 

5.9

2.4 

2.3 

2.6 

1.9 

1.6

1.3 

1.3 

.8 

.8 

.8

1.0 

4.2 

3.6 

1.5 

1.5

1.0 

.8 

.7 

.6 

1.0

90.6

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

155 

177 

190 

1,100 

580

355 

360 

305 

324 

322

328 

335 

271 

275 

229

225 

138 

188 

162 

164

213 

1,090 

1,580 

415 

405

388 

273 

201 

232 

164

-

Tons 

per 

day

0.7 

.9 

1.3 

42 

s 15

5.7 

3.2 

3.5 

9.6 

5.1

2.1 

2.1 

1.9 

1.4 

1.0

.8 

.5 

.4 

.3

.4

.6 

12 

15 

1.7 

1.6

1.0 

.6

.4 

.4 

.4

131.6

September

2.8 

3.1 

3.8 

2.3 

5.7

11 

6.1 

4.0 

3.1 

2.1

1.9 

1.5 

1.5 

1.4 

1.0

.8 

1.0 

5.7 

3.1 

2.8

1.6 

1.4 

1.0 

4.4 

16

38 

18

14 

12 

8.4

179.5

220 

314 

262 

199 

371

398 

649 

492 

364 

202

175 

140 

98 

117 

92

100 

53 

524 

380 

218

196 

169 

143 

337 

720

1,400 

1,180 

1,040 

901 

836

--

1.7 

2.6 

2.7 

1.2 

s 9.7

12 

11 

5.3 

3.0 

2.1

.9 

.6 

.4

.4 

.2

.2 

.1

s 8.9 

3.2 

1.6

.8 

.6 

.4 

s 6.0 

31

144 

57 

39 

29 

19

394.6

1,705.5 

2,552.9

Computed by subdividing day. 

t Less than 0.050 ton.
KANSAS RIVER BASIN Continued

6-8645. SMOKY HILL RIVER AT ELLSWORTH, KANS.

LOCATION. At gaging station at bridge on State Highway 14, in Ellsworth, Ellsworth County, and 2 miles 

DRAINAGE AREA. 7,580 square miles, approximately.

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Chemical analyses: September 1957 to September 1959 (discontinued).

REMARKS. Records of discharge for water year October 1958 to September 1959 given in WSP 1630.

Chemical analyses, in parts per million, water year October 1958 to Sept

Date of 

collection

Oct. 14, 1958...

Jan. 19, 1959...

Apr. 17........

Sept. 15........

Discharge 

(cfs)

163 

87 

72 

116 

152 

67

56 

264 

280 

72 

39 

23

Silica 

(SiOa )

16 

15 

15 

14 

15 

14

9.3 

14 

18 

16 

19 

17

Iron 

(Fe)

0.00 

.00 

.00 

.00 

.00 

.00

.01 

.02 

.01 

.01 

.01 

.20

Calcium 

(Ca)

124 

164 

177 

133 

187 

168

152 

83 

113 

116 

138 

147

Magnesium 

(Mg)

13 

38 

26 

28 

27 

29

29 

10 

15 

22 

31 

33

Sodium

(Na)

200 

286 

270 

240 

257 

274

272 

64 

97 

233 

376 

384

Potassium 

(K)

11 

9.8 

8.0 

8.1 

8.4 

8.0

9.2 

9.4 

11 

12 

12 

10

Bicarbonate 

(HCOS )

223 

284 

319 

184 

318 

269

231 

159 

219 

202 

201 

230

Sulfate 

(S04)

160 

242 

249 

215 

230 

244

241 

88 

130 

179 

240 

246

Chloride 

(Cl)

340 

501 

452 

435 

468 

486

495 

122 

178 

391 

630 

656

Fluoride 

(F)

0.4 

.5 

.5

.4 

.4 

.5

.5 

.3 

.4 

.5 

.5 

.5

Nitrate 

(N03 )

1.9 

1.3 

3.5 

2.7 

6.7 

2.1

.9 

1.7 

2.6 

1.2 

.7 

1.5

Boron 

(B)

0.16 

.16 

.16 

.13 

.17 

.27

.19 

.07 

.09 

.21 

.27 

.19

D

Parts per m

Residue 

at 180°C

1,050 

1,520 

1,470 

1,250 

1,490 

1,490

1,500 

525 

731 

1,160 

1,670 

1,690
KANSAS RIVER BASIN -Continued

6-8650. KANOPOLIS RESERVOIR NEAR KANOPOLIS, KANS

LOCATION. At gaging station at dam on Smoky Hill River, 12 miles southeast of Kanopolis, Ellsworth Coun

upstream from mouth of Smoky Hill River. 

DRAINAGE AREA. 7,857 square miles.

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Chemical analyses: October 1958 to September 1959 (discontinued). 

REMARKS.--Records of discharge for water year October 1958 to September 1959 given in WSP 1630.

Chemical analyses, in parts per million, water year October 1958 to Sept

Date of collection

Oct. 14, 1958........

Sept. 15.............

Lake 

content 

(acrefeet)

69,208 

59,536 

59, 162 

58,226 

59,018 

59,346

52,260 

71,557 

79,470 

60,484 

57,830 

53,212

Silica 

(Si02)

11

11 

10 

9.7 

8.7 

8.7

7.5 

6.8 

5.6 

8.1 

8.3 

6.9

Iron 

(Fe)

0.01 

.00 

.00 

.00 

.00 

.01

.01 

.01 

.01 

.00 

.01 

.19

Calcium 

(Ca)

77 

77 

85 

97 

100 

100

103 

94 

82 

78 

71 

78

Magnesium 

(Mg)

12 

11 

13 

16 

17 

16

17 

12 

12 

11 

12 

13

Sodium 

(Na)

65 

67 

89 

108 

119 

121

128 

110 

93 

81 

87 

102

Potassium 

(K)

11 

11 

10 

11 

11 

10

10 

8.8 

9.0 

9.6 

11 

10

Bicarbonate 

(HCO,)

156 

156 

167 

187 

193 

195

192 

170 

157 

156 

138 

145

Carbonate 

(CO,)

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

Sulfate 

(S0«)

109 

102 

113 

132 

138 

140

144 

123 

108 

95 

98 

108

Chloride 

(Cl)

108 

114 

153 

190 

206 

207

218 

184 

160 

148 

156 

178

Fluoride 

(F)

0.3 

.3

.4 

.4 

.4 

.4

.4 

.4 

.5 

.4 

.4 

.4

Nitrate 

(NO,)

3 2 s'.o

2 3 

2.5 

2.1 

.9

1.6 

1.8 

1.6 

1.9 

1.2 

1.7

Boron 

(B)

0.21 

.10 

.10 

.10 

.10 

.10

.10 

.11 

.08 

.09 

.09 

.11
KANSAS RIVER BASIN Continued 

6-8669. SALINE RIVER NEAR WAKEENEY, KANS.

LOCATION. At gaging station at bridge on U.S. Highway 283, 1 mile upstream from Trego Creek and 5 miles 

DRAINAGE AREA. 696 square miles.

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Chemical analyses: October 1955 to September 1958.

Water temperatures: October 1955 to September 1959 (discontinued)

Sediment records: October 1955 to September 1959 (discontinued). 

EXTREMES, 1958-59. Water temperatures: Maximum, 94°F July 29; minimum, freezing point Dec. 11, Jan. 3, 

Sediment concentrations: Maximum daily, not determined; minimum daily, no flow on several days during 

Sediment loads: Maximum daily, 9,700 tons (estimated) Aug. 16; minimum daily, 0 tons on several days 

EXTREMES, 1955-59. Water temperatures: Maximum, 94°F July 29, 1959; minimum, freezing point on several 

Sediment concentrations: Maximum daily, 8,400 ppm May 30, 1956; minimum daily, no flow on many days

Sediment loads: Maximum daily, 140,000 tons June 17, 1957; minimum daily, 0 tons on many days.

REMARKS. Flow affected by ice Nov. 26-29, Dec. 7-22, Dec. 27 to Feb. 24, Mar. 6, 7. Records of dischar

given in WSP 1630.

Chemical analyses, in parts per million, November 1958 to August 

Date of collection

Aug. 17 ............

Discharge 

(cfs)

6.0 

28 

32

75

Silica 

(Si02)

Iron 

(Fe)

Calcium 

(Ca)

Magnesium

(MB)

Sodium 

(Na)

23 

22 

8.6 

4.4

Potassium 

(K)

Bicarbonate 

(HCO,)

333 

296 

186 

146

Carbonate 

(C03 )

0 

0 

0 

0

Sulfate 

(SO,)

Chloride 

(Cl)

Fluoride 

(F)

Nitrate 

(NO,)

Boron 

(B)
MISSOURI RIVER BASIN 213

KANSAS RIVER BASIN Continued 

6-8669. SALINE RIVER NEAR WAKEENEY, KANS. Continued

Temperature (° F) of water, water year October 1958 to September 1959 

/Once-daily measurement between 8 a.m. and 11 a.nu/

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Average

Oct.

52

57

a 67

60

60

a 75

a 75

a 67

60

a 58

a 68

a 74

a 70

a 70

a 68

59

62

59

57

53

49

51

50

a 59

a 57

a 58

a 47

41

39

59

Nov.

40

46

50

51

49

48

50

52

49

48

48

50

52

51

53

_

36

38

42

43

41

38

--

--

Dec.

a 43

38

35

a 37

a 36

a 32

--

34

--

35

_

37

36

--

a 37

39

40

..

38

36

a 39

Jan.

_.

a 32

a 33

..

a 33

a 35

a 36

33

33

34

_

34

a 33

a 34

a 33

33

33

a 32

Feb.

..

32

a 33

_

a 34

a 35

~

a 33

__

34

35

35

--

34

--

35

36

_

38

--

Mar.

a 40

a 42

a 44

a 45

a 47

a 48

a 50

49

50

51

53

54

a 54

52

a 45

a 47

a 48

a 51

a 53

a 46

a 47

a 48

a 48

a 63

a 40

40

41

40

42

45

46

47

Apr.

50

51

52

54

54

55

a 53

48

45

46

45

40

47

50

52

57

59

49

47

47

a 59

59

61

62

55

59

a 60

63

65

66

--

54

May

66

67

68

a 63

60

53

a 65

a 59

61

59

a 74

a 77

a 73

a 74

a 68

a 67

a 70

72

a 73

a 68

a 65

a 60

67

67

73

72

a 80

a 79

a 73

a 75

a 76

69

June

a 75

a 76

75

65

65

a 78

72

a 82

a 79

a 82

a 82

a 83

a 84

70

82

81

80

82

81

82

78

80

a 79

82

80

79

76

78

75

70

--

78

July

68

a 78

a 81

a 80

--

..

..

70

70

71

a 80

75

73

a 82

a 76

a 87

77

a 72

83

84

91

93

a 94

a 93

a 89

80

Aug.

a 91

80

a 36

_.

71

79

--

81

--

69

68

_

a 79

74

75

77

76

74

a 83

a 85

a 83

a 85

a 87

a 86

78

68

79

Sept.

.-

68

73

74

a 79

a 78

a 77

a 75

a 74

a 74

a 72

60

a 73

a 77

a 60

a 55

55

59

a 80

a 79

a 75

a 63

62

a 65

a 67

59

a 63

a 53

a 50

68

a Measurement between 12 m. and 6 p.m.
214 QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959

KANSAS RIVER BASIN Continued

6-8669. SALINE RIVER NEAR WAKEENEY, KANS. Continued 

Suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to September 1959

Day

1. .....

5. .....

6. .....

7. .....

9. .....

10. .....

11......

12. .....

13......

14. .....

15. .....

16. .....

17. .....

18. .....

19. .....

20. .....

21......

25. .....

26. .....

27......

31...... 

Total.

L..... 

2...... 

3...... 

4...... 

5......

8......

10. ..... 

11. .....

13...... 

14. ..... 

15. ....

16. .....

18. ..... 

19. ..... 

20. .....

91

23. ..... 

24. ..... 

25......

26. ..... 

27. ..... 

28. ..... 

29. ..... 

30. ..... 

31...... 

Total.

October

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

1.9 

1.9 

2.0 

2.1 

2.2

2.4 

3.3 

2.1 

2.4 

2.2

2.2 

2.4 

2.6 

2.7 

2.7

2.7 

3.3 

3.6 

2.7 

2.4

2.4 

2.2 

2.2 

2.6 

2.6

2.9 

3.1 

3.3 

3.6

4.0 

4.6

83.3

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

53

104 

118 

99 

65

66 

110 

128 

140 

129

81 

50 

44 

77 

106

118 

109 

127 

123 

112

131 

138 

140 

113 

152

135 

109 

122 

61 

78 

54

-

Tons 

per 

day

0.3 

.5 

.6 

.6 

.4

.4 

a 1.1 

.7 

.9 

.8

.5 

.3 

.3 

.6 

.8

.9 

1.0 

1.2 

.9 

.7

.8 

.8 

.8 

.8 

1.1

1.1 

.9 

1.1 

.6 

.8 

.7

23.0

January

6.1 

6.4 

3.0 

2.0 

1.7

2.2

2.7 

3.5 

4.5 

5.4

7.0 

10 

15 

17 

20

13 

12 

14 

17 

13

8.0 

3.5 

4.0 

6.0 

9.0

10 

9.0 

9.5 

12 

11 

8.0

265.5

20 

30 

61 

75 

75

65 

38 

30 

50 

22

13 

22 

14 

5 

6

15 

27 

28 

29 

24

14 

10 

12 

14 

10

5

--

0.3 

.5 

.5 

.4 

.3

.4 

.3 

.3 

.6 

.3

.2 

.6 

.6 

.2 

.3

.5 

.9 

1.1 

1.3 

.8

.3 

.1 

.1 

.2 

.2

.1 

e .1 

e .2 

e .2 

e .2 

e .2

12.3

November

Mean 

discharge

(cfs)

4.0 

3.8 

3.8 

4.0 

3.6

4.2 

4.6 

4.6 

4.2 

4.6

4.2 

4.6 

4.8 

5.0 

5.0

5.2 

6.0 

7.2 

6.2 

6.2

6.2 

7.0 

7.8 

8.0 

7.5

7.0 

6.5 

6.0 

6.8 

8.0

166.6

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

86 

123 

92 

100 

75

82

56 

56 

47 

28

41 

91 

91 

55 

33

32 

37 

38 

36 

36

46 

67 

80 

68 

65

92 

100 

95 

91 

90

-

Tons 

per 

day

0.9 

1.3 

.9 

1.1 

.7

.9 

.7 

.7 

.5 

.3

.5 

1.1 

1.2 

.7 

.4

.4 

.6 

.7 

.6 

*6

.8 

1.3 

1.7 

1.5 

1.3

1.7 

1.8 

1.5 

1.7 

1.9

30.0

February

4.5 

3.5 

4.0 

5.0 

6.0

8.0 

9.5 

12 

10 

9.0

8.5 

11 

15 

17 

20

21 

21 

19 

17 

15

16 

20 

18 

17 

17

17 

17 

15

373.0

23 

38 

25

16 

20 

19 

24

64 

75 

70 

54 

46

62 

65 

46 

38 

38

41 

46 

49 

50 

55

60 

60 

59

--

e 0.2 

.2 

.4 

.3 

e .2

e .2 

.4 

.6 

.5 

.6

1.5 

2.2 

2.8 

2.5 

2.5

3.5 

3.7 

2.4 

1.7 

1.5

1.8 

2.5 

2.4 

2.3 

2.5

2.8 

2. 8

2.4

47.4

December

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

8.0 

8.0 

8.0 

7.8 

7.2

7.0 

6.0 

4.0 

3.5 

3.0

2.8 

2. 6 

3.2 

4.3

5.5

7.0 

9.0 

11 

13 

14

12 

11 

12 

11 

11

10 

11 

9.5 

10 

10 

6.0

248.4

Suspended sediment .

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

90 

80 

50 

34 

42

54 

50 

38 

32 

43

47 

50 

75 

80 

71

70 

79 

80 

70 

65

72 

65 

38 

30 

44

50 

44 

34 

33 

30 

22

-

Tons 

per 

day

1.9 

1.7 

1.1 

.7 

.8

1.0 

.8 

.4 

.3 

.3

.4 

.4 

.6 

.9 

1.1

1.3 

1.9 

2.4 

2.5 

2.5

2.3

1.9 

1.2 

.9 

1.3

1.4 

1.3 

.9 

.9 

.8 

.4

36.3

March

14 

13 

12 

12 

11

11 

11 

12 

12 

11

11 

11 

11 

12 

12

11 

12 

12 

12 

12

14 

15 

15 

15 

14

15 

18 

18 

17 

16 

15

407

78 

72 

80 

86 

87

94 

83 

51 

101 

107

120 

108 

115 

51 

72

52 

33 

40 

39 

25

20 

24 

25 

42 

51

43 

45 

49 

50 

55 

68

--

2 9 

2.5 

2.6 

2.8 

Z.B

2.8 

2.5 

1.7 

3.3 

3.2

3.6 

3.2 

3.4 

1.7 

2.3

1.5 

1.1 

1.3 

1.3 

.8

.8 

1.0 

1.0 

1.7 

1.9

1.7 

2.2 

2.4 

2.3 

2.4 

2.8

67.3

Estimated. 

a Computed by subdividing day.
MISSOURI RIVER BASIN 215

KANSAS RIVER BASIN Continued

6-8669. SALINE RIVER NEAR WAKEENEY, KANS. Continued 

Suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to September 1959--Continued

Day

1......

2. .....

3. .....

5. .....

7. .....

8. .....

9. .....

10. .....

11......

12. .....

14. .....

15. .....

16. .....

17. .....

19. .....

24. ..... 

25. .....

26. .....

27. .....

31. ..... 

Total.

t..... 

2...... 

3...... 

4...... 

5......

6. .....

&..... 

9. ..... 

10. .....

11. .....

13. ..... 

14. ..... 

15......

16. .....

19. ..... 

20. .....

22. ..... 

23. ..... 

24. ..... 

25......

26. ..... 

27. ..... 

28. ..... 

29. ..... 

30. ..... 

31...... 

Total.

April

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

15 

14 

14 

13 

12

12 

11 

11 

11 

11

11 

11 

11 

12 

11

11 

11 

11 

11 

12

12 

12 

12 

12 

11

12 

12 

10 

11 

11

351

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

54 

65 

65 

55 

38

35 

32 

23 

16 

19

11 

14 

14 

18 

82

93 

80 

88 

68 

75

87 

82 

76 

100 

92

106 

126 

132 

119 

130

-

Tons 

per 

day

2.2 

2.5 

2.5 

1.9 

1.2

1.1 

1.0 

.7 

.5 

.6

.3 

.4 

.4 

.6 

2.4

2.8 

2.4 

2.6 

2.0 

2.4

2.8 

2.7 

2.5 

3.2 

2.7

3.4 

4.1 

3.6 

3.5 

3.9

62.9

July

0.2 

.2 

.2 

.1 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

1.1 

39

54 

22 

31 

21 

9.8

9.2 

8.6 

6.9 

4.2 

3.8

3.0 

2.6 

2.0 

1.4 

1.0 

.7

222.0

47 

82 

112 

153

196 

1,130

2,210 

830 

1,070 

1,010 

608

314 

233 

264 

193 

111

110 

85 

30 

66 

84 

74

Total discharge for year (cfs-t 

Total load for year (tons) .....

(t) 

(t) 

0.1 

(t) 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

.6 

119

322

49 

90 

57 

16

7.8 

5.4 

4.9 

2.2 

1.1

.9 

.6 

.2 

.2 

.2 

.1

677.4

May

Mean 

discharge

(cfs)

11 

11 

10 

11 

34

20 

13 

12 

14 

15

13 

11

9.5 

8.6 

8.4

8.4 

8.6 

8.6 

8.6 

8.1

7.4 

7.9 

8.1 

7.9 

7.4

7.2 

13 

8.4 

6.7 

6.0 

5.0

328.8

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

102 

104 

106 

178 

654

250 

169 

160 

229 

228

210 

190 

192 

204 

180

190 

188 

172 

160 

139

114 

121 

119 

114 

152

141 

166 

137 

111 

135 

93

-

Tons 

per 

day

3.0 

3.1 

2.9 

5.3 

60

14 

5.9 

5.2 

8.7 

9.2

7.4 

5.6 

4.9 

4.7 

4.1

4.3 

4.4 

4.0 

3.7 

3.0

2.3 

2.6 

2.6 

2.4 

3.0

2.7 

5.8 

3.1 

2.0 

2.2 

1.3

193.4

August

0.4 

.2 

.1 

0 

0

0 

0 

.1 

.1 

0

.1

0 

0 

2.9 

173

419 

81 

39 

26 

17

14 

10 

8.9 

8.1 

7.4

6.7 

6.4 

6.4 

5.0 

4.4 

4.2

840.4

77 

83 

55

30 

45

40 

790

1,070 

445 

210 

180

142 

141 

118 

121 

107

91 

93 

86 

120 

171 

140

0.1 

(t) 

(t) 

0 

0

0 

0 

(t) 

(t) 

0

(t)

0 

0 

s 14 

e 2,500

e 9,700 

s 262 

47 

15 

8.3

5.4 

3.8 

2.8 

2.6 

2.1

1.6 

1.6 

1.5 

1.6 

2.0 

1.6

12,573.1

June

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs

4.8 

5.0 

6.0 

9.8 

8.9

47 

30 

16 

11 

8.1

6.7 

5.4 

4.6 

3.6 

2.8

2.2 

2.0 

.5 

.1 

.6

.3 

.2 

1.1 

1.0 

.8

.6 

.4 

.4 

.4 

.4

185.7

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

123 

73 

233 

132 

155

854 

1,030 

441 

214 

208

210 

203 

205 

173 

137

136 

141 

141 

128 

115

52 

52 

63 

65 

86

74 

76 

88 

79 

62

--

Tons 

per 

day

1.6 

1.0 

3.8 

3.5 

3.7

s 127 

83 

19 

6.4 

4.5

3.8 

3.0 

2.5 

1.7 

1.0

.8 

.8 

.6 

.4 

.5

.2 

.2 

.2 

.2 

.2

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1

270.1

September

5.2 

4.6 

8.6 

5.6 

4.2

3.8 

3.3 

3.0 

2.4 

2.1

2.0 

1.9 

1.8 

1.8 

1.7

1.8 

2.4 

4.2 

40 

11

6.2 

4.6 

3.9 

5.6 

10

45 

30 

15 

8.6 

8.1

248.4

181 

107 

105

67 

56 

60 

46 

54

40 

46 

40 

41 

46

68 

63 

235 

5,090 

1,370

250 

236 

442 

274 

667

1,860 

2,320 

654 

334 

249

lays).............................................................

e 2.9 

e 1.6 

s4.5 

1.6 

1.2

.7 

.5 

.5 

.3 

.3

.2 

.2 

.2 

.2 

.2

.3 

s .6 

s 2.9 

s 611 

s48

4.2 

2 9

s 6.7 

4.1 

s 19

s 278 

s 235 

26 

7.8 

5.4

1,267.0

3,720.1 

15,260.2

e Estimated.

a Computed by subdividing day. 

t Less than 0.050 ton.
KANSAS RIVER BASIN Continued 

6-8769. SOLOMON RIVER AT NILES, KANS.

LOCATION. At gaging station at county highway bridge, three-quarters of a mile west of Niles, Ottawa C

DRAINAGE AREA. 6,770 square miles, approximately.

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Chemical analyses: October 1958 to September 1959.

REMARKS. Records of discharge for water year October 1958 to September 1959 given in WSP 1630.

Chemical analyseSj in parts per million

Date of 

collection

Oct. 7, 1958....

Jan. 24, 1959...

Sept. 15........

Discharge 

(eta)

1,070 

143 

180 

197 

191

652 

2,780 

3,360 

233 

37 

46

Silica 

(Si02 )

15 

13 

17 

17 

18

14 

16 

16 

13 

19 

16

Iron 

(Fe)

0.01 

.00 

.00 

.00 

.01

1.2 

1.5 

.19 

.02 

.01 

.12

Calcium 

(Ca)

87 

112 

151 

134 

118

74 

44 

50 

129 

116 

73

Magnesium 

(Mg)

14 

23 

31 

28 

21

20 

9.0 

7.1 

22 

27 

18

Sodium 

(Na)

103 

174 

234 

219 

148

120 

24 

18 

195 

310 

157

Potassium 

(K)

10 

9.2 

9.2 

9.2 

9.8

11 

8.8 

11 

12 

11 

10

Bicarbonate 

(HCO,)

260 

334 

447 

384 

328

226 

153 

162 

297 

391 

286

Sulfate 

(S04 )

108 

185 

243 

223 

182

154 

58 

44 

182 

209 

115

Chloride 

(Cl)

128 

210 

282 

262 

180

141 

22 

17 

304 

403 

187

water year October 1958 to Septe

Fluoride 

(F)

0.3 

.3 

.4 

.4

.4

.4 

.3 

.4 

.5 

.4 

.4

Nitrate 

(NO,)

0.4 

1.9 

3.3 

7.6 

5.6

1.2 

1.2 

.7 

.9 

1.2 

.4

Boron 

(B)

0.11 

.17 

.18 

.15 

.13

.13 

.07 

.05 

.18 

.23 

.16

Di

Parts per mi

Residue 

at 180°C

627 

913 

1,220 

1,120 

864

660 

266 

254 

1,070 

1,310 

724

S

1

1

1

1
KANSAS RIVER BASIN Continued

6-8769. SOLOMON RIVER AT NILES, KANS. Continued 

Periodic determinations of suspended-sediment discharge, water year October 1958 

Date

Sept. 15.. ......... i.......

Water discharge 

(cfs)

1,070 

153 

143 

180 

197

191 

1,390 

448 

652 

2,780

824 

3,360 

233 

37 

46

Suspended 

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

2,880 

311 

124 

113 

90

279 

6,620 

543 

1,880 

3,770

2,180 

9,170 

545 

314 

138

Particle-size analyses of suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to 

(Methods of analysis: B, bottom withdrawal tube; C, chemically dispersed; M, m

N, In native water; P, pipet; S, sieve; V, visual accumulation tube; W, in 

Date 

of 

collection

Oct. 7, 1958...... 

Mar. 27, 1959....

Time

3:00 p.m. 

2:00 p.m.

Discharge 

(cfs)

1,070 

1,390

Water 

temperature 

(° F)

66

47

Suspended sedim

Concentration 

of sample 

(ppm)

2,880 

6,620

Concentration 

of suspension 

analyzed 

(ppm)

5,050 

4,620

Percent finer t

0.002

46

57

0.004

52 

66

0.008 0.016

69 

83

0.0
218 QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959

KANSAS RIVER BASIN Continued 

6-8776. SMOKY HILL RIVER AT ENTERPRISE, KANS.

LOCATION. At gaging station at bridge on State Highway 43, in Enterprise, Dickinson 

County, and 18.6 miles upstream from Chapman Creek. Prior to May 4, 1959, gaging 

station at site 0.2 mile downstream. 

DRAINAGE AREA. 19,200 square miles, approximately.

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Chemical analyses: October 1955 to September 1958. 

Water temperatures: October 1955 to September 1959. 

Sediment records: October 1957 to September 1959. 

EXTREMES, 1958-59. Water temperatures: Maximum, 85°F Aug. 6, 7.

Sediment concentrations: Maximum daily, 7,280 ppm July 2; minimum daily, 4 ppm

Sediment loads: Maximum daily, 129,000 tons May 6; minimum daily, 5 tons Dec. 6 22 

EXTREMES, 1955-59. Water temperatures: Maximum, 88 F June 21, 1956; minimum, freezing

point on many days during winter months. 

Sediment concentrations (1957-59): Maximum daily, 7,280 ppm July 2, 1959; minimum

daily, 4 ppm Dec. 6, 22, 1958. 

Sediment loads (1957-59): Maximum daily, 133,000 tons Oct. 24, 1957; minimum daily

5 tons Dec. 6, 22, 1958. 

REMARKS. Maximum observed sediment concentration during water year, 12,100 ppm May 5.

Flow affected by ice Jan. 3-10, 20-24, Feb. 1-2. Records of discharge for water

year October 1958 to September 1959 given in WSp 1630.

Temperature (° F) of water, water year October 1958 to September 1959 

/Once-daily measurement at 7 a.m./

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Average

Oct.

56

57

56

58

60

64

67

66

66

59

58

62

62

65

64

..

62

59

62

61

62

56

57

54

52

52

51

48

48

48

49

58

Nov.

52

46

46

46

46

49

48

74

48

76

51

49

58

58

57

..

56

43

44

46

48

38

36

~

Dec.

37

43

38

..

37

36

37

35

34

..

36

37

36

--

37

35

._

38

37

..

36

--

Jan.

36

-.

.-

--

--

..

--

--

36

36

38

40

_

38

34

..

36

_

36

36

_

36

Feb.

36

_

35

37

_

36

35

--

35

_

38

_

37

_

39

36

--

_.

35

36

37

38

38

43

..

_

--

Mar.

39

44

41

43

39

36

35

44

43

43

43

43

44

46

43

43

41

47

48

51

47

43

46

55

53

47

50

48

49

53

45

Apr.

52

54

54

53

56

56

58

55

50

49

47

48

45

46

49

53

59

55

55

54

50

47

52

55

58

59

60

60

60

62

--

54

May

65

68

68

71

69

64

60

64

63

62

63

63

62

60

63

63

64

64

67

72

72

70

62

65

65

66

68

70

72

73

72

66

June

73

68

68

68

72

72

73

74

74

75

75

76

75

75

75

75

75

78

78

79

78

78

79

78

79

80

81

81

81

81

July

75

72

73

75

76

77

78

78

73

75

76

76

76

75

75

72

73

73

71

75

75

77

77

77

77

77

77

78

79

79

76 j 76

Aug.

79

79

83

84

84

85

85

80

77

77

78

79

79

79

79

78

78

80

80

81

82

82

82

82

82

83

83

83

83

83

83

81

Sept.

83

73

72

72

75

78

80

80

80

79

69

64

63

64

63

64

62

65

65

64

64

64

67

65

65

64

65

63

60

--

69
MISSOURI RIVER BASIN 219

KANSAS RIVER BASIN Continued

6-8776. SMOKY HILL RIVER AT ENTERPRISE, KANS. Continued 

Suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to September 1959

Day

1......

2. .....

4. .....

5. .....

7. .....

8. .....

9......

10. .....

12. .....

13. .....

15. .....

16......

19. .....

23......

24. .....

30. ..... 

31......

Total.

L..... 

2...... 

3...... 

4...... 

5......

a.....

9. ..... ia .....

13. ..... 

14. ..... 

15......

18. .....

20. .....

91

23. ..... 

24. ..... 

25......

26. ..... 

27. ..... 

28. ..... 

29. ..... 

30. ..... 

31. ..... 

Total.

October

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

878 

835 

815 

803 

711

639 

1,610 

3,670 

3,550 

2,260

1,420 

1,710 

,500 

,300 

,190

,140 

,110 

1,080 

1,060 

1,030

1,010 

990 

981 

968 

936

795 

707 

647 

584 

556 

548

37,033

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

428 

370 

297 

303 

259

300 

3,930 

4,920 

4,870 

3,460

3,050 

2,900 

1,700 

1,320 

1,150

762 

648 

560 

427 

418

314 

310 

296 

285 

285

282 

204 

229 

152 

167 

150

--

Tons 

per 

day

1,010 

834 

654 

657 

497

518 

s 18,000 

48,800 

46,700 

21,100

11,700 

13,400 

6,880 

4,630 

3,690

2,340 

1,940 

1,630 

1,220 

1,160

856 

829 

784 

745 

720

605 

389 

400 

240 

251 

222

193,401

January

395 

371 

230 

240 

260

400 

430 

420 

400 

370

373 

382 

397 

436 

468

394 

409 

442 

480 

390

230 

290 

370 

390 

427

412 

424 

418 

412 

412 

415

11,887

72 

56 

178 

86 

94

100 

91 

68 

38 

16

28 

130 

157 

158 

143

62 

32 

30 

26 

17

15 

25 

40 

43 

38

65 

79 

61 

57 

58 

123

-

77 

56 

111 

56 

66

108 

106 

77 

41 

16

28 

134 

168 

186 

181

66 

35 

36 

34 

18

9 

20 

40 

45 

44

72 

90 

69 

63 

65 

138

2,255

November

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

545 

542 

534 

531 

517

503 

496 

496 

500 

496

496 

500 

496 

480 

500

490 

490 

470 

500 

480

440 

460 

530 

510 

550

540 

520 

530 

540 

480

 15,162

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

138 

121 

140 

174 

198

160 

202 

194 

198 

160

208 

260 

216 

230 

336

296 

232 

238 

229 

208

182 

158 

134 

174 

192

190 

178 

220 

280 

165

-

Tons 

per 

day

203 

177 

202 

249 

276

217

271 

260 

267 

214

279 

351 

289 

298 

454

392 

307 

302 

309 

270

216 

196 

192 

240 

285

277 

250 

315 

408 

214

8,160

February

350 

360 

424 

394 

370

370 

391 

436 

472 

480

460 

480 

830 

920 

1,020

1,140 

1,300 

1,100 

830 

528

704 

1,000 

815 

712 

652

600 

620 

660

18,418

41 

32 

59 

61 

46

41 

45 

76 

140 

117

90 

80 

297

288

250 

390 

382

235 

240 

242 

218

98 

58 

62

-

39 

31 

68 

65 

46

41 

48 

89 

178 

152

112 

104 

666 

e 750 

793

770 

1,370 

1,130 

e850 

e 420

e 480 

634 

528 

465 

384

159 

97 

110

10,579

December

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

540 

510 

478 

468 

489

506 

531 

528 

444 

461

482 

362 

332 

350 

404

434 

437 

440 

472 

478

492 

500 

500 

486 

496

503 

514 

506 

503 

486 

431

14,563

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

120 

96 

80 

47 

10

4 

9 

34 

194 

42

25 

22 

24 

20 

10

7 

13 

18 

19 

14

8 

4 

10 

9 

9

10 

8 

9 

18 

27 

114

--

Tons 

per 

day

175 

132 

103 

59 

13

5 

13 

48 

233 

52

33 

22 

22 

19 

11

8 

15 

21 

24 

18

11 

5 

14 

12 

12

14 

11 

12

24 

35 

133

1,309

March

620 

640 

588 

576 

576

556 

540 

528 

560 

620

608 

572 

552 

528 

484

476 

468 

442 

430 

439

524 

552 

584 

628 

688

858 

1,710 

3,240 

3,130 

1,930 

1,450

26,097

56 

44 

62 

68 

82

74 

74 

48 

44 

60

50 

34 

34 

52 

61

35 

35 

34 

61 

86

219 

160 

60 

90 

138

318 

5,980 

5,720 

5,450 

4,250 

3,290

~

94 

76 

98 

106 

128

111 

108 

68 

67 

100

82 

53 

51 

74 

80

45 

44 

41 

71 

102

310 

238 

95 

153 

256

730 

27,600 

50,000 

46, 100 

22,100 

12,900

162,081

e Estimated.

s Computed by subdividing day.
220 QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959

KANSAS RIVER BASIN--Continued

6-8776. SMOKY HILL RIVER AT ENTERPRISE, KANS. Continued 

Suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to September 1959--Continued

Day

1. .....

2......

4. .....

5. .....

6. .....

7. .....

8. .....

9. .....

10. .....

11......

12. .....

15. .....

17. .....

18. .....

20. .....

21......

22. .....

29......

31......

Total.

1. ..... 

2...... 

3...... 

4...... 

5......

&..... 

9. ..... 

10. .....

13

14. ..... 

15......

1 ft

19. ..... 

20. .....

24. ..... 

25. .....

26. ..... 

27. ..... 

28. ..... 

29. ..... 

30. ..... 

31...... 

Total.

April

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

1,280 

1,150 

1,090 

1,060 

1,220

1,240 

1,260 

1,220 

1,200 

1,210

1,200 

1,200 

1,170 

1,140 

1,020

805 

740 

760 

880 

1,230

950 

740 

664 

620 

564

528 

516 

484 

464 

445

28,050

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

2,520 

1,810 

1,050 

700 

679

670 

612 

590 

530

474

429 

406 

409 

370 

339

305 

206 

193 

262 

500

780 

555 

300 

258 

251

238 

210 

197 

198 

189

-

Tons 

per 

day

8,710 

5,620 

3,090 

2,000 

2,240

2,240 

2,080 

1,940 

1,720 

1,550

1,390 

1,320 

1,290 

1,140 

934

663 

412 

396 

623 

1,660

2,000 

1,110 

538 

432 

382

339 

293 

257 

248 

227

46,844

July

3,710 

5,280 

3,670 

1,940 

1,420

1,030 

860 

752 

680 

648

608 

586 

624 

1,190 

2,080

3,810 

1,330 

1,080 

920 

752

725 

860 

851 

1,160 

1,000

824 

593 

537 

494 

470 

452

40,936

6,320 

7,280 

4,420 

3,430 

3,260

920 

740 

670 

500 

400

320 

380 

420 

1,180 

3,670

3,900 

2,710 

1,940 

678 

490

372 

448 

460 

694 

816

490 

328 

259 

249 

285 

262

--

Total discharge for year (cfsTotal load for year (tons) ....

s 66,700 

104,000 

43,800 

18,000 

12,500

2,560 

1,720 

1,360 

918 

700

52S 

601 

708 

s 4,930 

s 25,200

40,100 

9,730 

5,660 

1,680 

995

728 

1,040 

1,060 

s 2,400 

2,200

1,090 

525 

376 

332 

362 

320

352,820

May

Mean 

discharge

(cfs)

427 

412 

406 

471 

3,550

8,210 

7,410 

4,430 

3,150 

5,890

7,450 

6,120 

3,170 

2,130 

1,660

1,310 

6,660 

3,260 

1,260 

1,070

1,040 

1,090 

1,200 

1,780 

2,470

2,650 

2,690 

2,030 

1,680 

2,060 

3,210

90,346

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

192 

180 

206 

185 

6,610

5,810 

5,260 

3,790 

3,510 

4,240

4,460 

3,800 

3,150 

2,280 

1,830

1,280 

4,960 

4,270 

820 

440

610 

1,190 

520 

910 

2,810

3,420 

3,800 

3,210 

2,650 

3,050 

4,250

--

Tons 

per 

day

221 

200 

226 

235 

s 87,600

129,000 

105,000 

45,300 

29,900 

67,400

89,700 

62,800 

27,000 

13,100 

8,200

4,530 

s 102,000 

37,600 

2,790 

1,270

1,710 

3,500 

1,680 

4,370 

18,700

24,500 

27,600 

17,600 

12,000 

17,000 

36,800

979,532

August

434 

410 

404 

386 

368

350 

345 

325 

320 

320

300 

295 

290 

290 

310

310 

310 

310 

305 

295

270 

280 

368 

315 

290

280 

315 

325 

315 

295 

290

10,020

264 

247 

224 

180 

174

188 

166 

176 

192

194

214 

224 

233 

222 

232

229 

214 

237 

219 

214

220 

218 

224 

251 

223

220 

244 

244 

277 

278 

269

--

309 

273 

244 

188 

173

178 

155 

154 

166 

168

173 

178 

182 

174 

194

192 

179 

198 

180 

170

160 

165 

223 

213 

175

166 

208 

214 

236 

221 

211

6,020

days)

June

Mean 

discharge

(cfs)

3,880 

5,280 

6,850 

5,810 

3,270

2,760 

2,690 

2,620 

2,590 

2,620

2,770 

2,840 

2,480 

1,660 

1,100

960 

1,040 

1,050 

1,020 

980

1,020 

860 

761 

707 

640

593 

572 

632 

624 

1,060

61,739

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

4,950 

6,860 

6,860 

4,610 

3,810

3,220 

2,540 

2,100 

1,950 

1,880

1,840 

1,700 

1,200 

930 

800

600 

535 

530 

570 

630

770 

580 

460 

360 

360

610 

1,200 

410 

450 

2,960

--

Tons 

per 

day

51,900 

97,800 

127,000 

72,300 

33,600

24,000 

18,400 

14,900 

13,600 

13,300

13,800 

13,000 

8,040 

4,170 

2,380

1,560 

1,500 

1,500 

1,570 

1,670

2,120 

1,350 

945 

687 

622

977 

1,850 

700 

758 

s 9,930

535,929

September

320 

374 

392 

325 

315

428 

506 

428 

340 

275

260 

250 

241 

223 

214

210 

197 

232 

500 

404

2,230 

4,150 

2,960 

1,960 

1,060

930 

1,120 

1,130 

1,070 

880

23,924

284 

344 

300 

242 

208

236 

264 

276 

256 

264

196 

171 

191 

175 

161

155 

179 

184 

385 

252

5,120 

5,290 

5,100 

6,080 

3,940

2,100 

2,620 

2,100 

2,100 

1,400

-

245 

347 

318 

212 

177

273 

361 

319 

235 

196

138 

115 

124 

105 

93

88 

95 

115 

520 

275

s 38,100 

59,300 

40,800 

32,200 

11,300

5,270 

7,920 

6,410 

6,070 

3,330

215,051

378,175 

2,514,001

s Computed by subdividing day.
KANSAS RIVER BASIN Continued

6-8776. SMOKY HILL RIVER AT ENTERPRISE, KANS. Conti

Particle-size analyses of suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to S

(Methods of analysis: B, bottom withdrawal tube; C, chemically dispersed; M, mec

N, in native water; P, pipet; S, sieve; V, visual accumulation tube; W, in d

Date 

of 

collection

Oct. 27, 1958.... 

Mar. 31, 1959...

Sept. 16........ .

Time

10:40 a.m. 

10:00 a.m. 

11:50 a.m. 

3:20 p.m. 

11:20 a.m.

2:30 p.m. 

11:50 a.m.

Discharge 

(cfs)

711 

1,460 

940 

7,840 

3,240

270 

210

Water 

temperature 

(° F)

53 

51 

40 

65 

69

85 

68

Suspended sedime

Concentration 

of sample 

(ppm)

184 

3,280 

842 

4,780 

3,660

214 

138

Concentration 

of suspension 

analyzed 

(ppm)

5,980 

2,250 

4,310 

5,800

Percent finer th

0.002

68 

71 

46 

60

0.004

79 

84 

53

72

0.008 0.016

95 

98 

68 

89

0.03
KANSAS RIVER BASIN Cont inued

6-8830. LITTLE BLUE RIVER NEAR DEWEESE, NEBR.

LOCATION. At bridge on State Highway 14, a quarter of a mile downstream from gaging station, three-quar

southeast of Deweese, Clay County, and 5f miles northwest of Angus. 

DRAINAGE AREA. 1,140 square miles, approximately. 

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Chemical analyses: August 1956 to September 1958.

Water temperatures: August 1956 to September 1959.

Sediment records-. August 1956 to September 1959. 

EXTREMES, 1958-59. Water temperatures: Maximum, 83°F Aug. 10; minimum, 34°F on many days during Decemb

Sediment concentrations: Maximum daily, 9,890 ppm May 5; minimum daily, 8 ppm Oct. 1.

Sediment loads; Maximum daily, 68,600 tons July 4; minimum daily, 1 ton Oct. 1. 

EXTREMES, 1956-59. Water temperatures: Maximum, 83°F Aug. 10, 1959; minimum, 33°FNov. 22, 1956.

Sediment concentrations: Maximum daily, 11,600 ppm July 11, 1958; minimum daily, not determined.

Sediment loads: Maximum daily, 129,000 tons June 16, 1957; minimum daily, 1 ton Oct. 1, 1958.

REMARKS.--Flow affected by ice Dec. 9-20, Dec. 30 to Jan. 13, Jan. 16-18, Jan. 20 to Feb. 4, Feb. 8-13, 

October 1958 to September 1959 given in WSP 1630.

Chemical analyses, in parts per million, water year October 1958 to Septem

Date of collection

Mow R 1QS.Q

Sept. 18.............

Discharge 

(cfs)

65.5 

706 

76.7 

2,670

Silica 

(Si02)

Iron 

(Fe)

Calcium 

(Ca)

Magnesium 

(Mg)

Sodium 

(Na)

14 

3 3 

15 

1.8

Potassium 

(K)

Bicarbonate 

(HCO,)

208 

62 

226 

52

Carbonate 

(CO,)

0 

0 

0 

0

Sulfate 

(S04)

Chloride 

(CD

Fluoride 

(F)

Nitrate 

(NO,)

Boron 

(B)
MISSOURI RIVER BASIN 223

KANSAS RIVER BASIN Continued 

6-8830. LITTLE BLUE RIVER NEAR DEWEESE, NEBR. Continued

Temperature (° F) of water, water year October 1958 to September 1959

/Once-daily measurement between 6 a.m. and 8 a.m. Oct. 1-27 and Apr. 1 to Sept. 30 and at 5 p.m.

Oct. 28 to Mar. 3 ij

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Average

Oct.

52

54

54

54

58

61

--

62

58

56

54

55

68

67

58

60

59

57

56

55

50

55

56

51

50

50

48

50

52

52

51

55

Nov.

56

55

55

55

53

51

50

50

50

52

50

49

52

51

52

51

46

43

44

45

47

46

44

44

43

43

39

37

36

37

--

48

Dec.

38

40

40

38

35

35

34

34

34

35

34

34

34

34

35

39

42

42

43

43

41

44

45

47

40

43

45

40

41

39

40

39

Jan.

36

34

34

34

35

36

34

34

35

37

38

37

38

36

35

34

34

34

34

34

35

36

34

35

36

35

36

36

35

34

34

35

Feb.

34

34

37

36

37

38

38

34

35

34

34

35

34

34

35

36

34

34

34

35

34

36

38

40

41

43

48

41

--

--

--

37

Mar.

48

49

48

46

45

43

42

46

42

39

47

46

50

40

46

51

54

58

50

49

47

45

55

54

53

40

46

42

50

58

54

48

Apr.

46

46

50

62

60

52

54

46

43

44

45

42

44

45

50

54

55

48

45

42

43

46

52

57

54

51

53

50

56

60

--

50

May

65

66

67

64

62

52

56

57

55

57

55

60

54

53

52

57

59

56

63

67

60

55

54

60

65

65

62

69

67

67

64

60

June

60

65

60

64

64

69

67

68

71

69

71

70

68

70

68

71

71

73

70

70

68

69

69

72

73

74

73

71

68

60

--

July

62

64

66

60

69

70

74

64

68

68

69

66

67

66

69

69

71

70

70

71

71

70

70

71

71

70

72

73

73

74

73

69 | 69

Aug.

76

73

76

72

80

78

76

73

81

83

73

76

73

71

69

73

71

76

75

75

76

75

75

75

75

74

72

74

73

71

70

75

Sept.

--

65

64

68

67

70

72

70

66

60

57

55

57

60

58

57

56

53

56

63

65

66

59

59

61

60

56

54

52

61
224 QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959

KANSAS RIVER BASIN Continued

6-8830. LITTLE BLUE RIVER NEAR DEWEESE, NEBR. Continued 

Suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to September 1959

Day

1......

2. .....

3. .....

4. .....

5. .....

6. .....

7. .....

8. .....

9. .....

10. .....

11......

12. .....

13. .....

15. .....

16. .....

17. .....

19. ..... 

20. .....

21......

23. .....

24. .....

25. ..... 

26......

27. .....

28......

30. .....

31......

Total.

1...... 

2...... 

3...... 

4...... 

5......

6. .....

8...... 

9...... 

10. .....

14. ..... 

15. .....

19. ..... 

20. .....

22. ..... 

23. ..... 

24. ..... 

25. .....

26...... 

27. ..... 

28. ..... 

29. ..... 

30. ..... 

31......

Total.

October

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

62 

63 

64 

63 

62

62 

65 

64 

62 

62

63 

64 

65 

66 

66

65 

65 

66 

66 

65

64 

64 

66 

66 

66

65 

65 

67 

67 

67 

68

2,005

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

8 

25 

40 

55 

95

100 

110 

90 

90 

110

140 

125 

95 

120 

130

105

70 

135 

400 

205 

80

85 

240 

350 

370 

340 

360

-

Tons 

per 

day

1 

4 

a 7 

9 

16

a 17 

19 

16 

a 15 

18

24 

22 

17 

21 

23

18 

e 18 

e 17 

e 16 

e 15

12 

23 

71 

37 

14

15 

42 

63 

67 

62 

66

785

January

70 

66 

60 

56 

58

64 

66 

67 

70 

71

72 

74 

75 

72 

73

68 

70 

71 

72 

70

66 

62 

64 

67 

70

74 

77 

78 

75 

72 

70

2,140

105 

230 

115 

120 

270

130 

330 

220 

120 

95

75 

100 

490 

550 

195

420 

520 

605 

230 

115

195 

100 

195 

235 

110

65 

80

no

110 

95 

115

-

20 

41 

19 

18 

a 42

22 

59 

40 

23 

18

15 

20 

99 

107 

38

77 

98 

116 

45 

22

35 

17 

34 

43 

21

13 

17 

36 

22 

18 

22

1,217

November

Mean 

discharge

(cfs)

68 

67 

68 

68 

67

67 

69 

70 

69 

67

67 

68 

69 

70 

70

70 

72 

71 

69 

68

68 

69 

69 

67 

69

69 

68 

71 

69 

71

2,064

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

240 

120 

60 

50 

55

65 

70 

42 

45 

60

60 

60 

60 

65 

245

160 

165 

250 

635 

1,200

845 

545 

150 

145 

860

500 

305 

810 

290 

820

-

Tons 

per 

day

a 44 

22 

11 

9 

a 10

a 12 

13 

8 

8 

11

a 11 

11 

a 11 

12 

46

30 

32 

48 

118 

220

155 

102 

28 

26 

160

93 

56 

155 

54 

157

1,673

February

66 

69 

71 

74 

72

71 

72 

69 

75 

71

68 

75 

73 

72 

72

72 

73 

73 

70 

71

72 

82 

148 

185 

207

185 

160 

122

2,590

145 

165 

95 

200 

315

415 

345 

350 

330 

115

130 

295

330 

250 

360

320 

110 

330 

740 

625

530 

275 

320

--

26 

31 

18 

a 40 

61

80 

67 

65 

67 

22

24 

e48 

58 

e 95 

e 95

e 95 

e 100 

65 

47 

69

62 

24 

132 

370 

349

265 

119 

105

2,599

December

Mean 

discharge

(cfs)

69 

71 

72 

70 

69

69 

69 

69 

68 

66

63 

64 

65 

67 

70

75 

76 

70 

71 

70

71 

70 

71 

70 

70

70 

70 

71 

70 

68 

68

2,152

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

900 

220 

190 

270 

365

470 

205 

620 

430 

150

360 

170 

150 

385 

595

610 

520 

720 

625 

410

225 

260 

355 

530 

200

50 

85 

430 

250 

680 

295

--

Tons 

per 

day

168 

42 

37 

51 

68

88 

38 

116 

79 

27

61 

29 

26 

70 

112

124 

107 

136 

120 

77

43 

49 

68 

100 

38

a9 

16 

82 

47 

125 

54

2,207

March

105 

95 

87 

85 

86

80 

78 

79 

78 

78

77 

76 

78 

88 

82

78 

78 

79 

78 

81

80 

79 

78 

78 

89

295 

291 

212 

153 

128 

307

3,436

440 

230 

370 

170 

265

835 

405 

200 

90 

740

960 

570 

1,500 

965 

1,110

510 

620 

235 

60 

75

190

2,500

3,030 

2,480 

2,420 

1,920 

935 

2,880

"

a 125 

59 

87 

39 

62

180 

85 

a 43 

19 

156

200 

117 

316 

229 

246

107 

131 

50 

a 13 

16

41 

e42 

e 32 

e 36 

s 697

s 2,220 

1,950 

1,390 

a 793 

323 

s 3,080

12,884

e Estimated.

s Computed by subdividing day.

a Computed from estimated concentration graph.
MISSOURI RIVER BASIN 

KANSAS RIVER BASIN--Continued

6-8830. LITTLE BLUE RIVER NEAR DEWEESE, NEBR. Continued 

Suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to September 1959--Continued

225

Day

1. .....

2. ..... 

3. .....

4. ..... 

5. .....

6. .....

7. .....

8. .....

9. .....

10. .....

11......

12......

13. .....

14. .....

15. ..... 

16. .....

17. .....

18...... 

19. .....

20...... 

21......

22. .....

23. ..... 

24. ..... 

25. .....

26. .....

27......

28...... 

29. .....

30......

31. .....

Total.

L..... 

2...... 

3...... 

4...... 

5......

6. ..... 

7. .....

8...... 

9. ..... 

10. .....

11. ..... 

12. .....

13. ..... 

14. ..... 

15......

16. .....

17. .....

18. ..... 

19. ..... 

20. .....

21. .....

22. .....

OO£3. .....

24. .....

25......

26. ..... 

27. ..... 

28...... 

29. ..... 

30. ..... 

31. ..... 

Total.

April

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

600 

301 

194 

155 

120

105 

101 

97 

95 

91

87 

85 

84 

81 

80

79 

84 

80 

102 

333

224 

142 

116 

106 

101

96 

95 

93 

92 

91

4,110

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

4,180 

2,450 

1,690 

900 

700

510 

360 

210 

145 

100

87 

100 

175 

74 

80

115 

160 

950 

5,560 

6,640

3,000 

1,140 

560 

495 

215

255 

80 

105 

145 

135

-

Tons 

per 

day

6,770 

1,990 

885 

377 

a 227

145 

98 

55 

37 

25

20 

23 

40 

16 

17

25 

36 

205 

1,530 

5,970

s 1,920 

437 

175 

142 

59

66 

21 

26 

36 

33

21,406

July

209 

137 

145 

3,280 

3,300

3,110 

622 

267 

192 

157

136 

122 

111 

101 

93

86 

144 

180 

164 

123

101 

88 

77 

68 

63

64 

62 

58 

56 

52 

47

13,415

3,100 

1,550 

2,000 

8,270 

4,450

4,150 

3,700 

1,040 

630 

440

490 

370 

550 

1,400 

890

320 

400 

2,120 

1,790 

1,550

810 

460 

270 

230 

190

250 

180 

130 

230 

140 

470

--

Total discharge for year (cfsTotal load for year (tons) ....

1,750 

573 

783 

s 68,600 

39,600

34,800 

6,210 

750 

327 

186

180 

122 

165 

382 

223

74 

156 

1,030 

793 

515

221 

109 

56 

42 

32

43 

30 

20 

35 

20 

60

157,887

May

Mean 

discharge

(cfs)

90 

91 

92 

229 

648

1,880 

824 

408 

507 

936

492 

288 

233 

187 

160

144 

134 

687 

1,640 

690

1,680 

1,620 

992 

422 

262

216 

185 

167 

153 

147 

136

16,340

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

170 

365 

370 

2,350 

9,890

7,500 

4,400 

2,850 

2,000 

4,200

2,300 

1,500 

1,800 

550 

340

340 

500 

6,880 

6,550 

5,000

9,510 

8,100 

4,250 

1,550 

955

570 

405 

330 

345 

475 

450

-

Tons 

per 

day

41 

90 

92 

1,450 

17,300

38,100 

9,790 

3,140 

2,740 

10,600

3,060 

1,170 

1,130 

278 

147

132 

181 

a 22,200 

29,000 

9,320

43,100 

35,400 

11,400 

1,770 

676

332 

202 

149 

143 

189 

165

243,487

August

46 

227 

93 

56 

48

41 

42 

44 

41 

37

37 

34 

32 

101 

403

313 

228 

160 

97 

73

61 

53 

51 

47 

40

38 

35 

36 

49 

62 

55

2,680

4,650 

9,550 

3,600 

700 

275

600 

560 

180 

115 

130

140 

190 

1,300 

6,100 

4,440

2,800 

1,500 

780 

520 

265

215 

200 

115 

155 

75

180 

90 

160 

920 

1,520 

510

--

578 

s5,540 

904 

106 

36

66 

64 

21 

13 

13

14 

17 

112 

1,660 

4,830

2,370 

923 

337 

136 

52

35 

29 

16 

20 

8

18 

9 

16 

122 

254 

76

18,395

June

Mean 

discharge

(cfs)

126 

189 

308 

139 

122

115 

109 

102 

98 

96

92 

90 

87 

84 

79

78 

76 

74 

76 

78

262 

298 

145 

105 

91

84 

80 

650 

320 

264

4,517

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

250 

2,000 

7,400 

1,100 

505

355 

210 

200 

175 

165

135 

100 

115 

155 

325

130 

130 

170 

180 

185

4,080 

5,690 

2,150 

850 

500

350 

350 

9,380 

6,260 

3,500

-

Tons 

per 

day

85 

1,020 

6,150 

413 

166

110 

62 

55 

46 

43

34 

24 

27 

35 

69

27 

27 

34 

37 

39

s4,080 

4,580 

842 

241 

123

79 

76 

s 19,500 

s 5,840 

2,490

46,354

September

76 

362 

190 

112 

78

70 

63 

56 

53 

51

52 

52 

53 

53 

54

55 

94 

1,860 

1,790 

609

254 

157 

124 

106 

102

93 

86 

82 

78 

78

6,943

750 

6,740 

3,630 

3,550 

940

445 

370 

245 

165 

95

90 

75 

75 

75 

70

120 

1,650 

8,680 

6,000 

4,250

2,700 

1,300 

930 

995 

385

265 

210 

270 

95 

80

toys) .............................................................

sa 190 

6,590 

1,860 

1,070 

198

84 

63 

37 

24 

13

13 

11 

11 

11 

10

18 

s 485 

43,600 

29,000 

6,990

1,850 

551 

311 

285 

106

67 

49 

60 

20 

a 17

93,594

62,392 

602,488

s Computed by subdividing day.

a Computed from estimated concentration graph.
KANSAS RIVER BASIN Continued 

6-8830. LITTLE BLUE RIVER NEAR DEWEESE, NEBR. Cont

Particle-size analyses of suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to 

(Methods of analysis: B, bottom withdrawal tube; C, chemically dispersed; M, me

____ N, in native water; P, plpet; S, sieve; V, visual accumulation tube; W, in d

Date 

of 

collection

Dec. 12, 1958.... 

Apr. 13, 1959....

Sept. 23 .........

Time

1:10 p.m. 

3:50 p.m. 

11:25 a.m. 

4:15 p.m. 

4: 25 p.m.

11: 40 a.m. 

11: 00 a.m. 

4:35 p.m. 

5: 10 p.m. 

4:00 p.m.

5:40 p.m. 

11: 10 a.m. 

6:00 p.m. 

9:50 a.m.

Discharge 

(cfs)

64 

82 

730 

669 

517

2,500 

157 

77 

236 

72

38 

56 

2,870 

126

Water 

temperature 

(°F)

32 

65 

63 

63 

77

63 

66 

86 

79 

84

85

56 

62

Suspended sedim

Concentration 

of sample 

(ppm)

120 

162 

11,800 

9,940 

4,050

9,140 

1,070 

116 

1,540 

370

56 

240 

8,070 

756

Concentration 

of suspension 

analyzed 

(ppm)

6,590 

9,580 

4,870

9,440 

3,640

3,850 

1,440

1,370 

4,830 

2,420

Percent finer th

0.002

55 

54 

62

41 

55

76 

83

74 

49 

80

0.004

61 

63 

67

56 

59

79 

86

77 

54 

82

0.008 0.016

78 

80 

79

77 

74

87 

91

85 

68 

87

0.0
Particle-size analyses of bed material, water year October 1958 to Sept

(Methods of analysis: B, bottom withdrawal tube; C, chemically dispersed; M, me

N, in native water; P, pipet; S, sieve; V, visual accumulation tube; W, in dis

Date of collection

Oct. 7, 1958.......

Apr. 13, 1959 .....

June 16 ...........

Time

12:40 p.m. 

3:50 p.m. 

11:40 a.m. 

11:00 a.m. 

4:35 p.m.

Discharge 

(cfs)

66 

82 

2,500 

157 

77

Number of 

sampling 

points

8 

11 

7 

9 

10

Bed mat

Percent finer than indicate

0.031 0.062

0

0

4

0.125

1 

0 

1

1 

8

0.250

12 

14 

6 

23 

18

0.500

47 

50 

30 

54 

47

1.000

81 

75 

60 

74 

74
228 QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959

KANSAS RIVER BASIN Continued 

6-8875. KANSAS RIVER AT WAMEGO, KANS.

LOCATION. At gaging station at bridge on State Highway 99 at Wamego, Pottawatomie County

and 3 miles downstream from Antelope Creek. 

DRAINAGE AREA. 55,240 square miles, approximately, of which a large area is probably

noncontributing.

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Chemical analyses: August 1956 to September 1958 

Water temperatures: August 1956 to September 1959 

Sediment records: October 1957 to September 1959. 

EXTREMES 1958-59. Water temperatures: Maximum, 90°F Aug. 4; minimum, freezing point

*eb. 1^ and probably on many other days during December to February 

Sediment concentrations: Maximum daily, 10,000 ppm July 5; minimum daily not

determined.

UYTP ?!"^;^ Maximum daily, 752,000 tons May 7; minimum daily, not determined. 

JiXrKEMES, 1956-59. Water temperatures: Maximum, 90°F Aug. 4, 1959; minimum, freezing 

point on many days during winter months.

Sediment concentrations (1957-59): Maximum daily, 10,000 ppm July 5, 1959; minimum 

daily, not determined. 

Sediment loads (1957-59): Maximum daily, 752,000 tons May 7, 1959- minimum daily

not determined.

REMARKS. Flow affected by ice Dec. 7 to Feb. 14. Records of discharge for water year 

October 1958 to September 1959 given in WSP 1630.

Temperature (° F) of water, water year October 1958 to September 1959 

/Once-daily measurement between 6 a.m. and 8 a. m

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Average

Oct.

a 62

56

54

57

b 60

62

69

65

a 69

a 62

59

62

60

64

64

65

62

60

62

a 66

60

56

55

54

--

..

50

a 52

a 54

47

46

59

Nov.

50

45

48

48

45

44

45

44

43

49

50

54

58

_

55

48

--

..

48

45

--

40

--

Dec.

40

a 46

--

..

--

..

_

--

..

_

~

Jan. Feb.

.-

--

..

..

a 32

_

_

36

34

35

36

38

35

Mar.

34

39

35

36

36

36

37

46

44

42

50

48

46

46

50

49

50

~

_

50

57

54

50

45

43

45

46

48

45

Apr.

50

51

53

52

56

55

61

50

45

47

47

45

47

46

50

__

48

46

47

51

56

60

57

59

55

59

63

- 

52

May

66

70

69

73

69

64

62

62

61

63

62

64

65

62

66

62

61

64

66

71

71

65

63

62

65

67

67

71

72

72

70

66

June

67

68

70

71

70

72

74

75

76

76

78

79

77

75

76

76

78

80

79

80

76

78

76

76

79

78

77

78

78

71

75

July

68

69

70

74

73

71

74

75

74

74

75

75

73

a 74

71

73

73

74

76

72

76

72

76

78

87

79

78

73

75

75

74

Aug.

79

81

b90

82

81

79

b76

75

"

71

74

--

75

70

77

78

79

81

80

--

b83

b84

76

b72

b88

b84

66

Sept.

b67

61

60

b 62

--

67

b74

66

64

54

64

b 63

a 76

b 64

b60

b 49

b 52

b 63

64

b 62

59

60

58

56

b 57

53

50

50

61

a Measurement between 12 m. and 2 p.m. 

b Measurement between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.
MISSOURI RIVER BASIN 229

KANSAS RIVER BASIN--Continued

6-8875. KANSAS RIVER AT WAMEGO, KANS. Continued 

Suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to September 1959

Day

1. .....

2. .....

3. .....

5. .....

6. .....

8. .....

9. .....

10. .....

11......

12. .....

13. .....

15. .....

17. .....

18. .....

20. .....

22......

24. .....

25. .....

27. .....

28. .....

31......

Total.

1...... 

2...... 

3...... 

4...... 

5......

6. .....

8...... 

9. .....

ia .....

13. ..... 

14. ..... 

15......

19. ..... 

20. .....

22. ..... 

23. ..... 

24. ..... 

25. .....

26. ..... 

27. ..... 

28. ..... 

29. ..... 

30. ..... 

31...... 

Total.

October

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

4,620 

4,430 

4,160 

3,900 

3,830

3,730 

8,020 

10,800 

6,250 

6,040

5,110 

4,100 

3,720 

4,010 

4,220

3,970 

3,570 

3,400 

3,350 

3,220

3,220 

3,060 

2,880 

2,900 

2,850

2,780 

2,660 

2,610 

2,610 

2,580 

2,580

125,180

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

455 

540 

250 

410 

350

330 

5,740 

4,940 

2,800 

2,950

3,390 

1,850 

1,350 

1,220 

1,220

775 

600 

535 

510 

525

450 

375 

350 

355 

360

415 

280 

290 

295 

265 

270

--

Tons 

per 

day

5,680 

6,460 

2,810 

4,320 

3,620

3,320 

s 135,000 

s 160,000 

47,200 

48,100

46,800 

20,500 

13,600 

13,200 

13,900

8,310 

5,780 

4,910 

4,610 

4,560

3,910 

3,100 

2,720 

2,780 

2,770

3,110 

2,010 

2,040 

2,080 

1,840 

1,880

580,920

January

1,500 

1,500 

1,500 

1,300 

1,300

1,400 

1,400 

1,400 

1,400 

1,550

1,600 

1,600 

1,600 

1,700 

1,800

1,700 

1,650 

1,600 

1,600 

1,700

1,550 

1,300 

1,400 

1,500 

1,700

1,900 

2,000 

2,000 

1,900 

1,900 

2,000

49,950

e 200

e 240

e 200 

e 260

6,900

November

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

2,460 

2,400 

2,370 

2,370 

2,380

2,320 

2,270 

2,210 

2,190 

2,140

2,160 

2,130 

2,160 

2,140 

2,180

2,240 

2,210 

2,300 

2,210 

2,370

2,300 

2,240 

2,210 

2,210 

2,160

2,110 

2,130 

2,110 

2,050 

2,020

66,750

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

285 

245 

270 

335 

240

230 

230 

250 

300 

330

210 

220 

230 

230 

225

220 

220 

210 

205 

200

180 

150 

240 

135 

160

200

-

Tons 

per 

day

1,890 

1,590 

1,730 

2,140 

1,540

1,440 

1,410 

1,490 

1,770 

1,910

1,220 

1,270 

1,340 

1,330 

1,320

1,330 

1,310 

1,300 

1,220 

1,280

1,120 

907 

1,430 

805 

933

1,140 

e 1,200 

e 1,100 

e 1,000 

e 950

40,415

February

1,900 

1,800 

1,700 

1,700 

1,800

1,800 

1,850 

1,900 

2,100 

2,200

2,300 

2,400 

2,500 

7,300 

10,700

9,010 

6,990 

5,920 

5,280 

4,540

3,920 

3,840 

3,920 

3,880 

4,420

5,220 

5,970 

5,720

112,580

125

460 

340 

520

955 

1,360 

1,250

e 260

810 

e 3,400 

e 79,000 

e 140,000

e 97,000 

e 57,000 

e 26,000 

e 13,000 

e 8,600

e 6, 400 

e 5,200 

4,870 

3,560 

6,210

13,400 

21,900 

19,300

508,510

December

Mean 

discharge

(cfs)

1,930 

2,040 

2,080 

1,990 

1,990

2,110 

2,000 

1,850 

1,700 

1,500

1,450 

1,500 

1,400 

1,300 

1,300

1,400 

1,500 

1,600 

1,700 

1,700

1,700 

1,800 

1,900 

1,900 

1,900

1,900 

2,000 

2,000 

1,900 

1,700 

1,500

54,240

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

160

78

} "

--

Tons 

per 

day

e 850 

881 

438 

e 380 

e 320

e 280 

e 260

e 200

e 240 

e 200

8,809

March

5,310 

4,780 

4,420 

3,920 

3,670

3,460 

3,260 

2,990 

2,940 

2,850

3,040 

3,030 

3,060 

2,970 

2,920

2,830 

2,710 

2,750 

2,590 

2,750

2,990 

2,970 

2,750 

2,610 

2,590

2,900 

3,240 

8,250 

9,540 

8,280 

6,380

118,750

860 

710 

705 

600 

300

295 

320 

295 

240 

225

230 

240 

280 

195 

200

270 

275 

270 

260 

250

235 

220 

200 

205 

280

290 

280 

4,120 

5,100 

4,040 

3,300

--

12,300 

9,160 

8,410 

6,350 

2,970

2,760 

2,820 

2,380 

1,900 

1,730

1,890 

1,960 

2,310 

1,560 

1,580

2,060 

2,010 

2,000 

1,820 

1,860

1,900 

1,760 

1,480 

1,440 

1,960

2,270 

2,450 

s 103,000 

131,000 

90,300 

56,800

464,190

e Estimated.

s Computed by subdividing day.
230 QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959

KANSAS RIVER BASIN Continued 

6-8875. KANSAS RIVER AT WAMEGO, KANS . Continued

Suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to September 1959--Continued

Day

1. .....

2. .....

3. .....

4. ..... 

5. .....

6. .....

7. .....

8. .....

9. ..... 

10. . ....

11......

12. .....

14. .....

15. .....

16. .....

17. .....

19. .....

22. .....

25. ..... 

26. .....

27. .....

29. .....

31......

Total.

I...... 

2...... 

3...... 

4.... .. 

5......

6. .....

&..... 

9. ..... 

10. .....

13. .....

15......

1ft

20. .....

23......

25......

26. ..... 

27. ..... 

28. ..... 

29. ..... 

30. ..... 

31. ..... 

Total.

April

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

5,000 

4,340 

3,840 

3,480 

3,460

3,460 

3,460 

3,390 

3,010 

2,970

3,040 

3,010 

3,030 

2,920 

3,010

2,990 

2,950 

2,900 

2,880 

3,550

5,990 

5,840 

4,300 

3,820 

3,780

3,630 

3,500 

3,440 

3,350 

3,210

107,550

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

2,510 

1,750 

1,380 

1,060 

940

725 

590 

585 

585 

680

475 

395 

375 

340 

380

380 

360 

335 

315 

395

2,040 

2,700 

1,200 

790 

600

500 

465 

460 

280 

350

-

Tons 

per 

day

33,900 

20,500 

14,300 

9,960 

8,780

6,770 

5,510 

5,350 

4,750 

5,450

3,900 

3,210 

3,070 

2,680 

3,090

3,070 

2,870 

2,620 

2,450 

3,780

33,000 

42,600 

13,900 

8,150 

6,120

4,900 

4,390 

4,270 

2,530 

3,030

268,900

July

11, 100 

6,880 

9,850 

9,310 

27, 100

32,900 

20,500 

14,100 

11, 100 

7,750

6,520 

5,650 

4,660 

4,220 

11,800

8,450 

7,890 

5,650 

4,930 

4,600

3,860 

4,050 

4,460 

3,950 

4,500

3,760 

3,220 

2,970 

2,800 

2,560 

2,380

253,470

4,960 

2,000 

4,720 

4,020 

10, 000

5,820 

5,120 

4,700 

4,550 

3,380

2,580 

2,060 

2,060 

1,320 

4,460

2,000 

3,600 

2,100 

1,110 

740

680 

670 

1,010 

800 

1,740

1,020 

680 

420 

330 

290 

260

--

Total discharge for year (cfsTotal load for year (tons) .....

149,000 

37,200 

126,000 

101,000 

s 732,000

517,000 

283,000 

179,000 

136,000 

70,700

45,400 

31,400 

25,900 

15,000 

s 150,000

45,600 

76,700 

32,000 

14,800 

9,190

7,090 

7,330 

12,200 

8,530 

21,100

10,400 

5,910 

3,370 

2,490 

2,000 

1,670

2,858,980

Mav

Mean 

discharge

(cfs)

3,120 

3,010 

2,970 

2,940 

16,600

26,200 

38,800 

36,500 

28,400 

19,300

24,700 

25,900 

18,900 

13,100 

10,300

9,230 

8,450 

15,900 

13,800 

7,520

9,260 

12,000 

12,200 

12,200 

15,000

14,200 

12,500 

12,000 

9,850 

11,000 

29,600

475,450

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

425 

375 

475 

585 

6,960

7,780 

7,180 

5,400 

4,700 

4,620

4,850 

4,400 

3,630 

2,960 

2,320

1,820 

1,680 

3,580 

2,830 

1,560

1,840 

3,600 

4,000 

3,620 

4,400

3,620 

2,800 

2,600 

2,580 

3,570 

8,000

-

Tons 

per 

day

3,580 

3,050 

3,810 

4,640 

s 384,000

550,000 

752,000 

532,000 

360,000 

241,000

323,000 

308,000 

185,000 

105,000 

64,500

45,400 

38,300 

s 171,000 

s 116,000 

31,700

46,000 

117,000 

132,000 

119,000 

178,000

139,000 

94,500 

84,200 

68,600 

s 121,000 

639.000

5,960,280

August

2,400 

2,270 

2,040 

1,820 

1,720

1,710 

1,790 

1,790 

1,860 

1,990

1,980 

1,890 

1,760 

1,620 

1,610

1,560 

2,110 

1,780 

1,580 

1,560

1,890 

2,190 

2,000 

2,000 

1,930

1,730 

1,650 

1,530 

1,560 

1,830 

2,130

57.280

245 

78 

95 

240 

195

230 

240 

225 

320 

330

305 

280 

275 

220 

210

260 

365 

270 

235 

210

260 

340 

270 

250 

270

225 

240 

230 

220 

920 

1,220

.-

1,590 

478 

523 

1,180 

906

1,060 

1,160 

1,090 

1,610 

1,770

1,630 

1,430 

1,310 

962 

913

1,100 

2,080 

1,300 

1,000 

885

1,330 

2,010 

1,460 

1,350 

1,410

1,050 

1,070 

950 

927 

4,540 

7,020

47,094

June

Mean 

discharge

(cfs)

20,500 

12,000 

10,200 

10,600 

9,930

7,750 

6,800 

6,410 

5,820 

5,650

5,420 

5,240 

5,260 

5,060 

4,440

3,860 

3,480 

3,350 

3,260 

3,170

4,480 

6,250 

7,270 

5,870 

5,330

4,120 

3,690 

3,300 

2,940 

3,870

185,320

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

4,600 

3,420 

2,980 

3,680 

3,650

2,300 

1,730 

1,650 

1,360 

1,010

900 

850 

800 

790 

670

560 

500 

460 

430 

410

1,140 

2,210 

3,720 

2,030 

2,140

1,870 

1,040 

760 

650 

1,080

-

Tons 

per 

day

255,000 

111,000 

82,100 

105,000 

97,900

48,100 

31,800 

28,600 

21,400 

15,400

13,200 

12,000 

11,400 

10,800 

8,030

5,840 

4,700 

4,160 

3,780 

3,510

13,800 

37,300 

73,000 

32,200 

30,800

20,800 

10,400 

6,770 

5,160 

s 14,400

1,118,350

September

3,060 

2,590 

1,760 

1,600 

1,490

1,470 

1,420 

1,470 

1,470 

1,470

1,340 

1,250 

1,190 

1,170 

1,180

1,140 

1,100 

1,120 

1,610 

6,820

7,800 

6,280 

8,420 

9,540 

8,310

5,560 

7,330 

10,300 

7,240 

4,050

110,550

1,330 

1,420 

755 

500 

370

275 

240 

220 

230 

220

190 

185 

165 

140 

150

150 

150 

165 

190 

4,840

3,860 

3,360 

4,320 

5,080 

4,020

2,990 

3,910 

4,200 

2,380 

1,760

--

lays). . ...........................................................

11,000 

9,930 

3,590 

2,160 

1,490

1,090 

920 

873 

913 

873

687 

624 

530 

442 

478

462 

446 

499 

s934 

89,100

81,300 

57,000 

98,200 

131,000 

90,200

44,900 

s 85,800 

117,000 

46,500 

19,200

898,141

1,717,070 

12,761,489

s Computed by subdividing day.
KANSAS RIVER BASIN Cont inued

6-8875. KANSAS RIVER AT WAMEGO, KANS. Cont inued

Particle-size analyses of suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to S

(Methods of analysis: B, bottom withdrawal tube; C, chemically dispersed; M, me

N, in native water; P, pipet; S, sieve; V, visual accumulation tube; W, in d

Date 

of 

collection

Oct. 27, 1958....

Apr. 21, 1959 ...

Aug. 14 .........

Sept. 14.........

Time

2:40 p.m. 

1:45 p.m. 

8:45 a.m. 

9:40 p.m. 

2:20 p.m.

10:50 a.m. 

2:20 p.m.

Discharge 

(cfs)

2,630 

2,100 

5,680 

26,400 

2,730

1,620 

1,150

Water 

temperature 

(°F)

56 

46 

40 

64 

80

77 

76

Suspended sedime

Concentration 

of sample 

(ppm)

222 

75 

1,140 

4,630 

321

182 

132

Concentration 

of suspension 

analyzed 

(ppm)

1,170

3,710 

6,900 

1,240

Percent finer th

0.002

62

32 

46 

60

0.004

64

38 

50 

64

0.008 0.016

56 

65 

76

0.03

Particle-size analyses of bed material, water year October 1958 to Sept

(Methods of analysis: B, bottom withdrawal tube; C, chemically dispersed; M, me

N, in native water; P, pipet; S, sieve; V, visual accumulation tube; W, in dis

Date of collection

May 11, 1959....... 

July 29 ............

Time

9:40 p.m. 

2:20 p.m.

Discharge 

(cfs)

26,400 

2,730

Number of 

sampling 

points

11 

27

Bed mat

Percent finer than indicate

0.031 0.062

5

0

0.125

8 

2

0.250

22 

11

0.500

56 

39

1.000

75 

62
232 QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959

KANSAS RIVER BASIN Continued 

6-8880. VERMILLION CREEK NEAR WAMEGO, KANS.

LOCATION. At gaging station at highway bridge, 1 mile upstream from Indian Creek and

14 miles northeast of Wamego, Pottawatomie County. 

DRAINAGE AREA.--243 square miles. 

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Water temperatures: April 1958 to September 1959.

Sediment records: April 1958 to September 1959. 

EXTREMES, 1958-59. Water temperatures: Maximum, 87°F Aug. 3, 4; minimum, freezing

point Feb. 18 and probably on many other days during November to February. 

Sediment concentrations: Maximum daily, 7,500 ppm May 5; minimum daily, not

determined. 

Sediment loads: Maximum daily, 108,000 tons May 30; minimum daily, less than 0.50 ton

Sept. 10, 15-17. 

EXTREMES, April 1958 to September 1959. Water temperatures: Maximum, 87°F

Aug. 3, 4, 1959; minimum, freezing point Feb. 18, 1959, and probably on many other 

days during winter months. 

Sediment concentrations: Maximum daily, 7,500 ppm May 5, 1959; minimum daily, not

determined. 

Sediment loads: Maximum daily, 108,000 tons May 30, 1959; minimum daily, less than

0.50 ton Sept. 10, 15-17, 1959.

REMARKS.--Maximum observed sediment concentration during water year, 17,200 ppm July 4. 

Flow affected by ice Nov. 28 to Dec. 2, Dec. 7, Dec. 17 to Jan. 4, Jan. 7 to Feb. 7, 

Feb. 15, 18-21. Records of discharge for water year October 1958 to September 1959 

given in WSP 1630.

Temperature (° F) of water, water year October 1958 to September 1959 

/Once-daily measurement between 5 p.m. and 10 p.mj

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Average

Oct.

a 57

..

a 68

a 66

..

a 58

--

a 63

--

a 59

..

a 48

--

--

Nov.

..

a 42

--

61

._

--

a 52

_.

--

b 63

_

47

a 40

--

b 37

--

Dec.

b46

Jan. Feb.

_.

--

__

--

-_

--

_

37

34

b 37

._

a 32

--

..

37

35

b40

42

43

b45

43

--

Mar.

46

43

46

43

b 36

a 35

42

b 45

47

43

45

47

a 47

b42

44

45

48

a 50

54

50

51

51

55

60

51

48

a 49

50

51

b 54

54

47

Apr.

58

57

53

59

60

62

57

b55

51

48

50

a 45

50

55

58

1 60

57

54

b 53

a 50

a 45

a 47

60

64

60

55

54

62

64

68

--

56

May

73

75

75

--

a 66

a 62

63

59

63

64

a 62

69

63

57

61

62

a 59

69

73

75

64

a 61

59

a 59

b66

a 69

74

75

a 76

a 67

a 68

66

June

65

b 69

69

70

70

_

a 74

75

75

75

__

a 75

74

77

77

78

78

79

--

a 74

74

75

b 82

a 78

a 77

81

80

b 75

--

75

July

74

69

a 74

a 71

a 72

a 75

a 76

-_

70

_

75

69

"

67

b 72

76

a 73

75

77

79

--

a 77

79

80

81

80

--

Aug.

80

a 79

87

87

--

80

75

78

84

"

a 76

83

82

b 80

77

81

83

84

84

85

84

85

85

83

--

a 75

a 76

80

81

Sept.

..

76

a 73

..

85

--

79

79

_

a 63

71

b 66

--

62

64

73

73

76

69

68

a 67

_

.-

a 59

--

a Measurement between 7 a.m. and lla.m. 

b Measurement between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m.
MISSOURI RIVER BASIN

KANSAS RIVER BASIN Cont inued

6-8880. VERMILLION CREEK NEAR WAMEGO, KANS.--Continued 

Suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to September 1959

Day

1......

5. .....

7. .....

8. .....

9. .....

10. .....

11......

12......

14. ..... 

15......

16. .....

17. .....

18. .....

19

21......

23. .....

24. .....

25......

26......

29......

31......

Total.

2...... 

3...... 

4...... 

5......

6. .....

8...... 

g

10. .....

14. .....

16. .....

19

20. .....

22. ..... 

23. ..... 

24. ..... 

25. .....

26. .....

27. ..... 

28. ..... 

29. ..... 

30. ..... 

31...... 

Total.

October

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

106 

71 

63 

60 

50

42 

64 

67 

49 

28

23 

23 

25 

25 

26

26 

25 

22 

22 

24

25 

22 

21 

21 

21

21 

23 

24 

25 

24 

25

1,093

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

} "

135

130 

145 

125 

120

96 

74

53 

78

"

Tons 

per 

day

e 28 

e 22 

18

15 

25 

23 

16

e 5

301

January

25 

21 

18 

15 

13

13 

15 

17 

18 

20

22 

24 

26 

30 

40

30 

27 

20 

23 

24

20 

20 

22 

24 

27

40 

35 

30 

25 

25 

25

734

e 2

62

November

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

28 

32 

31 

28 

23

22 

22 

28 

40 

45

50 

47 

51 

63 

267

255 

197 

414 

135 

69

54 

49 

49 

47 

43

41 

33 

27 

32 

34

2,256

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

61 

220

95

250

150

100 

91

320 

175

--

Tons 

per 

day

e 8

e 380

s 209 

e 75 

e 750 

e 110 

28

15 

12

e 12

1,787

February

26 

27 

28 

30 

35

40 

80 

487 

357 

167

143 

299 

1,230 

711 

283

236 

168 

105 

72 

60

48 

68 

88 

63 

84

73 

85 

67

5,160

1,420 

1,110 

740

520 

220

135 

.260 

195 

200

150 

180 

140

-

e 2

e 800 

e480 

e 110

e 55 

e 340 

s 4,720 

2,130 

565

e 360 

236 

62 

e 22 

e 19

e 16 

25 

62 

33 

45

30 

41 

25

10, 190

December

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

42 

46 

64 

76 

58

23 

27 

27 

22 

22

20 

19 

19 

14 

11

12 

15 

18 

20 

23

25 

25 

28 

25 

26

27 

28 

28 

28 

19 

28

865

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

88

Tons 

per 

day

e 16 

e 12 

15 

e 16 

e 9

e 3

146

March

49 

47 

43 

40 

52

61 

51 

120 

180 

126

82 

69 

59 

60 

60

52 

73 

85 

61 

50

40 

34 

36 

39 

53

842 

428 

139 

90 

115 

186

3,422

120 

140 

150 

150 

150

140 

92 

215 

385 

350

250 

235 

150 

140 

130

125 

130 

175 

110 

115

90 

80 

91 

88

3,100 

1,180 

445 

310 

570

16 

18 

17 

16 

21

23 

13 

s 82 

187 

119

55 

44 

24 

23 

21

18 

26 

40 

18 

16

10 

7 

9 

9 

e 85

e 18,000 

3,580 

443 

108 

96 

286

23,430

Estimated. 

s Computed by subdividing day.

706-462 O - 63 - 16
234 QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959

KANSAS RIVER BASIN Continued 

6-8880. VERMILLION CREEK NEAR WAMEGO, KANS.--Continued

Suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to September 1959--Contlnued

Day

1......

3......

5. .....

6......

8. .....

10. .....

16. .....

18. .....

19. .....

20. .....

21......

23......

24. ..... 

25. .....

27......

28......

31......

Total .

L..... 

2...... 

3...... 

4...... 

5......

8...... 

9. ..... 

10......

11......

1 9

13. .....

14. .....

20. .....

23. ..... 

24...... 

25. .....

26. ..... 

27. ..... 

28...... 

29...... 

30. ..... 

31. ..... 

Total.

April

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

118 

92 

75 

52 

52

46 

48 

55 

63 

50

43 

47 

45 

38 

33

29 

116 

320 

311 

1,610

315 

210 

175 

150 

133

120 

118 

115 

101 

93

4,773

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

310 

220 

175 

150 

145

130 

125 

115 

120 

100

43 

48 

30 

22 

22

30 

120

890 

4,860

1,630 

705 

535 

400 

340

260 

245 

205 

210 

195

--

Tons 

per 

day

99 

55 

35 

21 

20

16 

16 

17 

20 

14

5 

6 

4 

2 

2

2 

s 66 

e 950 

s 1,270 

21,100

s 1,530 

400 

253 

162 

122

84 

78 

64 

57 

49

26,519

July

62 

40 

30 

2,900 

2,220

239 

115 

90 

75 

67

62 

60 

58 

78 

158

88 

62 

64 

73 

55

48 

44 

42 

38 

34

30 

27 

26 

27 

26 

22

6,960

340 

150 

150 

6,640 

3,220

1,650 

700 

420 

345 

320

300 

250 

175 

290 

640

370 

200 

210 

250 

180

150 

120 

94 

105 

135

135 

79 

42 

50 

51 

50

--

Total discharge for year (cfsTotal load for year (tons) ....

57 

16 

12 

s 61,400 

s 22,000

s 1,160 

217 

102 

70 

58

50 

40 

27 

s 75 

273

88 

33 

36 

49 

27

19 

14 

11 

11 

12

11 

6 

3 

4 

4 

3

85,888

May

Mean 

discharge

(cfs)

86 

82 

82 

77 

3,230

1,250 

355 

238 

273 

297

1,100 

249 

180 

145 

126

113 

121 

110 

100 

78

907 

341 

152 

103 

90

85 

80 

63 

731 

6,340 

2,010

19,194

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

120 

140 

165 

340 

7,500

4,050 

1,730 

1,180 

1,160 

1,600

6,090 

1,680 

660 

460 

520

390 

390 

200 

180 

200

4,280 

3,950 

1,100 

495 

440

420 

300 

230 

4,720 

6,310 

5,730

--

Tons 

per 

day

28 

31 

37 

71 

s 61,700

s 15,500 

1,660 

758 

855 

s 1,510

s 20,300 

s 1,200 

321 

180 

177

119 

127 

59 

49 

42

s 17,400 

s 4,290 

451 

138 

107

96 

65 

39 

s 12,700 

108,000 

s 24,400

272,410

August

25 

20 

18 

16 

16

17 

17 

15 

13 

12

11 

10 

9.5 

8.9 

10

11 

12 

12 

11 

9.2

8.3 

7.4 

6.8 

6.2 

6.2

5.6 

5.6 

5.3 

6.5 

8.0 

20

359.5

78 

77 

66 

36 

51

80 

81 

52 

84 

91

68 

66 

58 

78 

83

78 

82 

95 

110 

110

110 

110 

120 

120 

125

120 

110 

120 

120 

110

--

5 

4 

3 

2 

2

4 

4 

2 

3 

3

2 

2 

1 

2 

2

2 

3 

3 

3 

3

2 

2 

2 

2 

2

2 

2 

2 

2 

2 

e22

97

June

Mean 

discharge

(cfs)

849 

319 

250 

209 

186

159 

128 

111 

102 

98

88 

78 

68 

62 

57

55 

52 

47 

44 

44

331 

97 

58 

48 

42

37 

35 

34 

38 

41

3,767

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

3,310 

2,700 

2,610 

2,360 

960

545 

465 

360 

305 

230

180 

180 

140 

115 

130

150 

150 

125 

115 

105

6,370 

3,850 

880 

225 

200

175 

145 

160 

295 

375

"

Tons 

per 

day

s 8,420 

2,320 

1,760 

1,330 

482

234 

161 

107 

84 

61

43 

38 

26 

19 

20

22 

21 

16 

14 

12

s 8,430 

s 1,160 

138 

29 

23

17 

14 

15 

30 

42

25,088

September

44 

16 

12 

9.5 

8.3

7.4 

6.8 

6.2 

5.6

4.4

4.0 

3.8 

3.6 

3.6 

3.6

3.4 

4.2 

6.5 

14 

29

33 

29 

39 

64 

46

27 

90 

49 

21 

14

607.9

120 

80 

79 

105

92 

54 

42 

40 

42

61 

79 

68 

72 

48

40 

39 

40 

100 

110

46 

54 

100 

295 

210

99

235 

130

--

e 60 

5 

2 

2 

2

2 

1 

1 

1

(t)

1 

1 

1 

1 

(t)

(t) 

(t) 

1 

4 

9

4 

4 

10 

51 

26

7 

e 140 

e 50 

13 

5

406

49,191.4 

446,324

e Estimated.

s Computed by subdividing day.

t Less than 0.50 ton.
KANSAS RIVER BASIN--Continued 

6-8880. VERMILLION CREEK NEAR WAMEGO, KANS. Continu

Particle-size analyses of suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to S

(Methods of analysis: B, bottom withdrawal tube; C, chemically dispersed; M, mec

N, in native water; P, pipet; S, sieve; V, visual accumulation tube; W, in di

Date 

of 

collection

Apr. 20, 1959....

July 5 ...........

Time

6:10 p.m. 

5:00 p.m. 

7:00 a.m. 

11:30 a.m. 

4:30 p.m.

8:00 a.m. 

10:45 a.m. 

3:00 p.m. 

11:00 p.m. 

8:00 a.m.

Discharge 

(cfs)

1,310 

1,460 

3,920 

6,300 

10,200

1,820 

1,860 

4,290 

6,860 

2,300

Water 

temperature 

(°F)

40 

73 

67 

65 

66

68 

75 

75 

72 

71

Suspended sedime

Concentration 

of sample 

(ppm)

3,780 

9,340 

10,600 

7,600 

5,310

7,320 

14,100 

9,780 

4,900 

3,500

Concentration 

of suspension 

analyzed 

(ppm)

5,820 

5,350 

6,640 

4,310 

3,680

4,800 

8,320 

5,750 

3,540 

2,070

Percent finer th

0.002

54 

41 

24 

32 

61

41 

37 

44 

66 

55

0.004

61 

49 

37 

38 

72

50 

46 

51 

77 

68

0.008 0.016

82 

81 

72 

77 

86

81 

70 

75 

94 

87

0.03
236 QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959

KANSAS RIVER BASIN Continued

MISCELLANEOUS ANALYSES OF STREAMS IN KANSAS RIVER BASIN IN KANSAS 

Periodic determinations of suspended-sediment discharge, water year October 1958 to September 1959

Date

Water discharge 

(els)

Suspended sediment

Mean

concentration 

(ppm)___

Discharge 

(tons per day)

6-8695. SALINE RIVER AT TESCOTT

Oct. 8, 1958............... 498" 9,940

Dec. 2.................... 124 193

Feb. 27, 1959 ............. 162 210

Mar. 14................... 127 78

Apr. 14................... 114 228

June 2 .................... 3,610 4,200

July 23.................... 88 446

Aug. 20................... 60 376

Sept. 15................... ________________42 _________________318

6-8775. TURKEY CREEK NEAR ABILENE

Oct. 27, 1958.............. 19 288"

Dec. 3 .................... 22 214

Mar. 9, 1959.............. 48 130

July 13.................... 23 391

July 14.................... 230 786

July 15, 3:30 p.m.......... 1,720 5,580

July 15, 4:30 p.m.......... 1,630 5,480

July 15, 5:30 p.m..... ..... 2,050 6,000

July 15, 6:30 p.m.......... 2,320 4,810

July 15, 7:30 p.m.......... 2,780 4,060

July 15, 8:30 p.m .......... 3,220 3,250

July 15, 10:00 p.m......... 3,730 2,720

July 16, 1:00 a.m .......... 3,770 2,200

July 16, 4:00 a.m.......... 2,990 1,860

Aug. 21 ................... 12 104

Sept. 14 .................. 9 176

Sept. 21, 10:40 a.m........ 2,090 5,370

Sept. 21, 4:10 p.m......... 1,690 6,120

Sept. 25 .................. ________________28 _________________272

6-8780. CHAPMAN CREEK NEAR CHAPMAN

Oct. 21, 1958.............. 10 180"

Dec.-2.................... 15 104

Apr. 14, 1959 ............. 12 233

May 5........... .......... 1,050 8,020

Aug. 24 ................... 3.8 194

Sept. 14................... 3.9 140

Sept. 21................... ________________32 _______________1,770

6-8785. LYON CREEK NEAR WOODBINE 

Oct. 27, 1958.............. JojggDec. 3 .................... 38 89

Mar. 9, 1959.............. 65 40

July 13.................... 102 249

July 14, 3:40 p.m.......... 6,070 3,050

July 14, 6:00 p.m.......... 6,260 2,960

July 14, 8:15 p.m.......... 6,040 2,220

July 15.................... 1,460 2,320

Aug. 21................... 40 226

Sept. 14................... 26 98

Sept. 21, 11:45 a.m........ 1,190 5,610

Sept. 21, 3:20 p.m ......... 1,800 5,030

Sept. 21, 6:30 p.m......... 2,500 4,680

Sept. 25................... _______________65 _________________205

6-8792. CLARK CREEK NEAR JUNCTION CITY

Oct. 27, 1958 ............. 44 99"

Dec. 3.................... 27 137

July 13, 1959.............. 44 144

July 14 ................... 51 3,920

July 15 ................... 1,130 1,830

Sept. 14 .................. 12 ' 54

Sept. 21, 1:25 p.m......... 751 2,240

Sept. 21, 7:45 p.m......... 505 1,970

Sept. 25 .................. 44 95

13,400

65

92

27

70

40,900

106

61

36

13

17

24

488

25,900

24,100

33,200

30,100

30,500

28,300

27,400

22,400

15,000

3.4

4.3

30,300

27,900

20

4.9

4.2

7.5

22,700

2.0

1.5

153

14

9.1

7.0

68

50,000

50,000

36,200

9,150

24

18,000

24,400

31,600

12

10

17

540

5,580

1.7

4,540

2,690

11
MISSOURI RIVER BASIN 237 

KANSAS RIVER BASIN--Continued

MISCELLANEOUS ANALYSES OF STREAMS IN KANSAS RIVER BASIN IN KANSAS Continued 

Periodic determinations of suspended-sediment discharge, water year October 1958 to September 1959 Continued

Water discharge 

(cJs)

Suspended sediment

Mean

concentration 

(ppm)

Discharge 

(tons per day)

6-8905. DELAWARE RIVER AT VALLEY FALLS

Nov. 19, 1958............. 227 186

Mar. 30, 1959 ............ 550 1,160

May 7.................... 1,290 2,700

July 15................... 565 1,910

Sept. 25.................. _______________330___________________918

	6-8915. WAKARUSA RIVER NEAR LAWRENCE

Nov. 19, 1958............. 680 620~

May 7, 1959 .............. 329 1,450

July 14................... 594 3,860

Sept. 25 .................. _________________1.5 __________________49_

	6-8920. STRANGER CREEK NEAR TONGANOXIE

Nov. 19, 1958.............1,020932"

Mar. 30, 1959 ............ 316 996

May 7.................... 410 1,890

July 15................... 68 399

Sept. 25 .................. _______________858 _______________1,760

114

1,720

9,400

2,910

818

1,140

1,290

6,190

2,570

850

2,090

73

4,080
KAKSAS RIVER BASIN Continued

MISCELLANEOUS ANALYSES OF STREAMS IN KANSAS RIVER BASIN IN KAN

Particle-size analyses of suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to S

(Methods of analysis: B, bottom withdrawal tube; C, chemically dispersed; M, me

N, in native water; P, pipet; S, sieve; V, visual accumulation tube; W, in d

Date 

of 

collection

Time

Discharge 

(cfs)

Water 

temperature 

(° F)

Suspended sedime

Concentration 

of sample 

(ppm)

Concentration 

of suspension 

analyzed 

(ppm)

Percent finer th

0.002 0.004 0.008 0.016 0.0

6-8695. SALINE RIVER AT TESCOTT

Oct. 8, 1958..... 

Sept. 19, 1959...

Sept. 27 ........

4:50 p.m. 

5:10 p.m.

8:40 a.m.

498 

542 

504

920

270

587

272

68 

68 

62

68

71

65

65

9,940 

6,880 

4,780

8,240

6,790

3,240

13,000

7,340

6,600 

4,850 

3,840

6,220

4,840

2,510

9,210

5,900

57 

56 

60

69

70

63

68

71 

68 

73

81

80

83

82

84

94 

91 

94

97

95

97

97

100

6-8775. TURKEY CREEK NEAR ABILENE

June 9, 1958.....

July 15, 1959....

July 16..........

10:15 a.m.

3:30 p.m.

4:00 a.m.

1,720

3,220

2,990

--

79

79

79

7,440

5,580

3,250

1,860

6,620

8,740

4,360

3,570

2,230

65

58

68

78

72

66

66

75

83

89 

83

84 

82

83

90

91

94

6-8785. LYON CREEK NEAR WOODBINE

July 14, 1959....

July 15 .........

3:40 p.m.

2:55 p.m.

6,070

1,460

68

78

3,050 

2,220

2,320

5,360 

2,740

2,690

57 

64

61

64

64

82

76

6-8792. CLARK CREEK NEAR JUNCTION CITY

July 14, 1959.... 1 4:40 p.m. 

July 15.......... | 2:05 p.m.

51 

1,130

67 1 3,920 

69 1 1,830

7,300 

2,430

49 

58

55

64

75 

80

6-8920. STRANGER CREEK NEAR TONGANOXIE

Nov. 19, 1958 ... 

Mar. 30, 1959...

3:00 p. m.l 1,020 

12:30 p.m. | 316

49 1 9321 1,450 

51 1 996 1 2,180

71 

43

71 

45

82 

72
MISSOURI RIVER BASIN 239 

CHARITON RIVER BASIN 

6-9035. HONEY CREEK NEAR RUSSELL, IOWA

LOCATION. At gaging station on downstream side of highway bridge, 0.7 mile upstream from

Chariton River and 5.5 miles southeast of Russell, Lucas County. 

DRAINAGE AREA.--13.2 square miles.

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Sediment records: June 1952 to September 1959. 

EXTREMES, 1958-59. Sediment concentrations: Maximum daily, 1,100 ppm May 21, June 30;

minimum daily, no flow on many days.

Sediment loads: Maximum daily, 6,300 tons May 21; minimum daily, 0 tons on many days. 

EXTREMES, 1952-59. Sediment concentrations; Maximum daily, 9,840 ppm June 20, 1952;

minimum daily, no flow on many days each year. 

Sediment loads: Maximum daily, 6,300 tons May 21, 1959; minimum daily, 0 tons on many

days each year. 

REMARKS. Maximum observed sediment concentration during water year, 4,150 ppm May 18.

Flow affected by ice Nov. 25 to Jan. 7, Jan. 12 to Mar. 1, Mar. 5-18. Backwater from

Chariton River Nov. 18, 19, Mar. 19 to Apr. 4, Apr. 20-24, May 6, 7, 11-14, May 19 to

June 3, July 1-4, Sept. 27-30. Records of discharge for water year October 1958 to

September 1959 given in WSP 1630.

Suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to September 1959

Day

1......

7. .....

8. .....

9. .....

12. .....

14. ..... 

15. .....

16. ..... 

17. ..... 

18. ..... 

19. ..... 

20. .....

21...... 

22. ..... 

23. ..... 

24. ..... 

25. .....

26...... 

27...... 

28. ..... 

29. ..... 

30. ..... 

31. ..... 

Total.

October

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

0.78 

.70 

.70 

.70 

.54

.47 

6.4 

3.8 

2.6 

1.7

1.2 

1.1 

1.0 

1.0 

1.0

1.0 

1.0 

1.0 

.95 

.95

.78 

.70 

.70 

.62 

.86

.78 

.62 

.62 

.54 

.54 

.54

35.89

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

10

180 

65 

10

9 

9

10

-

Tons 

per 

day

 (t)

sa 3.8 

a .7 

.1

(t) 

 (t)

5.2

November

discharge 

(cfs)

0.54 

.62 

.62 

.62 

.70

.42 

.37 

.47 

.42 

.32

.28 

.28 

.32 

.47 

.62

.70 

94 

55 

4.5 

3.1

2.5 

2.1 

2.0 

1.8 

1.5

1.0 

.70 

.80 

.70 

.60

178.07

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

11

10

465 

80

28

--

Tons 

per 

day

(t)

s 135 

12 

e .5 

e .3

e .1

149.0

December

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

0.70 

.90 

1.3 

1.5 

.80

.50 

.35 

.33 

.30 

.28

.33 

.25 

.17 

.12 

.10

.12 

.17 

.30 

.58 

.50

.46 

.54 

.60 

.70 

.70

.80 

.90 

1.0 

.90 

.70 

.50

17.40

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

32 

26

22

16

--

Tons 

per 

day

(t)

1.1

e Estimated.

s Computed by subdividing day.

t Less than 0.050 ton.

a Computed from estimated concentration graph.
QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS, 1959 

CHARITON RIVER BASIN Continued 

6-9035. HONEY CREEK NEAR RUSSELL, IOWA Continued

Suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to September 1959--Continued

Day

1. .....

2......

3. .....

4. .....

5. .....

6. .....

7. .....

8. .....

9. .....

10. .....

11......

12. .....

13. .....

14. .....

15. .....

16. .....

17. .....

19. .....

22. .....

24. .....

28. .....

30. ..... 

31......

Total.

1...... 

2...... 

3...... 

4...... 

5......

8...... 

9. ..... 

10. .....

1 9

13. ..... 

14. ..... 

15. .....

20. .....

91

23...... 

24. ..... 

25. .....

26. ..... 

27. ..... 

28. ..... 

29...... 

30. ..... 

31. .....

Total.

January

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

0.70 

.80 

.40 

.25 

.19

.23 

.28 

.32 

.47 

.54

.37 

.31 

.45 

1.3 

1.5

1.8 

.40 

.25 

.16 

.13

.12 

.11 

.10 

.13 

.17

.15 

.15 

.18 

.90 

20 

9.0

41.86

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

22 

22

30

--

Tons 

per 

day

 (t)

2.0

e .7

3.5

April

250 

22 

11 

6.0 

4.8

3.8 

3.8 

4.1 

4.0 

3.2

3.2 

5.0 

3.6 

3.0 

2.6

2.3 

5.0 

6.0 

141 

170

30 

15 

9.0 

6.0 

4.4

3.5 

50 

76 

9.0 

5.3

862.6

750 

170 

140 

120

69 

67

51

57 

35

140 

53 

750 

480

200 

85 

50 

72 

57

50 

340 

200 

80 

53

-

sb 750 

10 

4.2 

1.9 

e 1.0

e .5

sb 2.6 

.9 

sb480 

sb 240

a 16 

a 3.4 

1.2 

1.2

.7

a .5 

sa 130 

sb 55 

a 1.9 

.8

1,706.8

February

discharge 

(cfs)

3.0 

.90 

.60 

.50 

.41

.35 

.50 

19 

15 

20

15 

30 

80 

50 

35

30 

25 

20 

17 

15

40 

100 

30 

10 

30

20 

15 

11

633.26

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

13

35 

54 

47 

51

22

150 

140 

205 

55 

90

230 

110 

42

--

Tons 

per 

day

e 0.1 

 (t)

e 2.0 

e .8 

e 2.4

e .9 

2.8 

12 

6.3 

4.8

1.8 

e 1.1 

e .8 

e .6 

e .5

16 

38 

17 

1.5 

7.3

12 

4.5 

1.2

134.5

May

3.8 

3.4 

4.6 

3.1 

17

7.6 

4.0 

2.8 

6.0 

12

35 

11 

4.0 

3.0 

2.7

2.3 

2.2 

53 

110 

180

1,100 

48 

15 

10 

7.6

7.6 

7.0 

90 

66 

150

2,048.7

53

66 

180

100 

85 

70 

140 

100

220 

45 

35 

22

700 

180 

750

1,100 

210 

1 

75 

60

88

550 

930 

750 

120

[ eO.6

sb 15

2.1 

a .9 

a .5 

sa 3.0 

3.2

sa 32 

1.3 

a .4

e .2

sb240 

a 55 

sb2,500

sb6,300 

27 

4.4 

a 2.0

r e 1.5

sa 320 

166 

sb 320 

26

10,026.5

March

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

8.8 

6.6 

5.0 

3.5 

1.0

.25 

1.0 

2.4 

4.0 

6.0

10 

20 

35 

60 

70

25 

20 

70 

350 

100

20 

15 

11 

10 

9.0

220 

33 

18 

14 

12 

11

1,171.55

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

71 

31 

41

55 

80

170 

335 

350 

295 

395

155 

125 

550 

550 

500

75 

200 

240

700 

170 

65

110

--

Tons 

per 

day

e 1.5 

1.3 

.4 

.4 

e .3

e .2 

e .4 

e .5 

.6 

1.3

4.6 

18 

33 

48 

75

10 

6.8 

b 100 

sb550 

135

4.0 

e 2.0 

5.9 

e 5.0 

b 6.5

sb440 

15 

3.2 

e 2.0 

e4.4 

8.0

1,483.3

June

45 

25 

15 

7.6 

5.2

3.1 

1.9 

1.5 

1.0 

1.2

1.1 

.86 

.25 

.25 

.22

.22 

.22 

.22 

.16 

.69

.25 

.28 

.22 

.14 

.12

.14 

.12 

.12 

3.1 

73

188.18

78 

60

65

66 

65

60

86 

51

380 

1,100

-

9.5 

4.1 

e 2.4 

1.3 

e .9

.6 

e .2

 W 

e .5

 (t)

sa 19 

sb 280

320.0

Estimated, 

s Computed by subdividing day. 

t Less than 0.050 ton.

a Computed from estimated concentration graph, 

b Computed from partly estimated concentration graph.
MISSOURI RIVER BASIN 241

CHARITON RIVER BASIN Continued

6-9035. HONEY CREEK NEAR RUSSELL, IOWA--Continued 

Suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to September 1959--Continued

Day

1......

2......

3......

4. .....

5. .....

6......

7. .....

8. .....

9. .....

10. .....

11......

12. .....

15......

16......

18. .....

20. .....

21......

22......

24. .....

25......

26......

29......

31...... 

Total.

July

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

100 

5.0 

2.0 

1.6 

1.4

.86 

.54 

.47 

.42 

.32

.28 

.25 

.19 

.16 

.19

.28 

.22 

.16 

.12 

.05

.03 

.01 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

114.55

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

500 

170 

125

34 

76

36

Total discharge for year (cfsTotal load for year (tons) ....

Tons 

per 

day

sb 180 

a 2.2 

.7 

e .5 

e .3

(t)

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

184.3

August

discharge 

(cfs)

0 

0 

0 

8.2 

4.9

4.1 

2.5 

.62 

.28 

.22

.19 

.10 

.07 

.04 

.04

.04 

2.8 

.37 

.22 

.10

.05 

.01 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

24.85

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concen - 

t ration 

(ppm)

700 

360

280 

240

420

Tons 

per 

day

0 

0 

0 

sb 19 

sa 6.5

b3.0 

a 1.6 

e .5 

e .1

(t)

7.0 

.4

(t)

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

38.5

September

Mean 

discharge 

(cfs)

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

1.6 

1.6 

.98

82 

100 

3.0 

2.1 

1.8

193.08

Suspended sediment

Mean 

concentration 

(ppm)

150 

93

-

Tons 

per 

day

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

e 4.0 

e 1.0

.4

e 200 

e 5.0 

e 1.0 

.5 

e .2

212.1

5,509.99 

14,264.8

e Estimated.

s Computed by subdividing day.

t Less than 0.050 ton.

a Computed from estimated concentration graph.

b Computed from partly estimated concentration graph.
CHARITON RIVER BASIN Continued 

6-9035. HONEY CREEK NEAR RUSSELL, IOWA. Continue

Particle-size analyses of suspended sediment, water year October 1958 to 

(Methods of analysis: B, bottom withdrawal tube; C, chemically dispersed; M, m

N, In native water; P, plpet; S, sieve; V, visual accumulation tube; W, In 

Date 

of 

collection

May 21, 1959.....

May 30 ..........

Time

7:30 a.m. 

5:00 p.m. 

5:15 a.m. 

5:10 a.m.

Discharge 

(cfs)

1,480 

246 

598 

296

Water 

temperature 

(°F)

60 

60 

58 

60

Suspended sedim

Concentration 

of sample 

(ppm)

850 

1,550 

950 

915

Concentration 

of suspension 

analyzed 

(ppm)

3,410 

3,490 

3,720 

3,490

Percent finer t

0.002 0.004

76 

56 

71 

66

0.008 0.016

95 

81 

92 

88

0.0
MISSOURI RIVER BASIN 

MISSOURI RIVER MAIN STEM Continued 

6-9090. MISSOURI RIVER AT BOONVILLE, MO.

LOCATION. Temperature recorder at gaging station at Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad

Co. bridge at Boonville, Cooper County. 

DRAINAGE AREA. 505,700 square miles, approximately. 

RECORDS AVAILABLE. Water temperatures: May 1953 to February 1959. 

EXTREMES, October 1958 to February 1959. Water temperatures: Minimum daily mean,

freezing point on several days during January. 

EXTREMES, 1953-59. Water temperatures: Maximum daily mean (1953-58), 90°F July 31

to Aug. 3, 1955; minimum daily mean, freezing point on many days during winter

months. 

REMARKS. No data from March 1959 to October 1960 owing to malfunction of recorder.

Records indicate only a few degrees change in temperature from day to day with

very little, if any,diurnal change. Records of discharge for water year

October 1958 to September 1959 given in WSP 1630.

Daily mean temperature (° F) of water, October 1958 to February 1959 

/Recorder with temperature attachment, continuous ethyl alcohol-actuated thermograph/

243

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Average

Oct.

67

66

64

64

64

64

63

63

63

63

64

64

64

64

64

64

64

64

64

64

63

63

63

63

59

59

57

57

56

56

53

62

Nov.

53

53

53

53

53

53

52

51

51

51

51

51

51

51

52

52

53

54

54

53

51

50

49

49

49

47

44

42

41

39

--

50

Dec.

38

38

37

37

37

37

37

37

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

34

34

35

36

36

36

36

36

36

35

34

34

34

34

34

34

36

Jan.

34

34

34

34

34

34

34

34

34

34

34

34

33

33

33

33

33

33

33

33

33

33

33

33

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

33

Feb.

33

33

33

33

33

33

33

33

33

33

33

33

33

33

33

33

33

33

33

33

33

33

33

33

34

34

35

35

--

--

33

Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept.
INDEX

A Page

Acidity............................. 18

Afton, Wis., Rock River at. ......... 64

Aluminum............................ 10

Angostura Reservoir outlet, S. Dak.,

Cheyenne River at............... 140

Atlantic City, Wyo., Rock Creek at.. 160-163

B

Badwater Creek at Bonneville, Wyo... 101-102 

Barium.............................. 16-17

Bear Island River near Ely, Minn.... 47

Belle Fourche River near Elm

Springs, S. Dak................. 141-142

Bicarbonate, carbonate and hydroxide 12 

Big Creek near Ogallah, Kans........ 206-209

Big Hole River basin................ 88

Bighorn River, at Bighorn, Mont..... 119-120

at Kane, Wyo...................... 111-114

Birch Creek near Glen, Mont......... 88-89

Bitter Creek near Garland, Wyo...... 116

Black Earth Creek at Black Earth,

Wis............................. 56-59

Blanchardville, Wis., Yellowstone

River near...................... 65-68

Bonneville, Wyo., Badwater Creek at. 

Boonville, Mo., Missouri River at... 

Boron...............................

Brady, Nebr., Platte River at.......

Bromide.............................

Buffalo Lake near Esmond, N. Dak....

Buffalo Lodge Lake near Granville,

N. Dak..........................

101-102

243

14

178-180 

17 

45

45

11

166-167 

186,188 

187,188 

186,188 

236

239-242 

4

Calcium.............................

Casper, Wyo., North Platte River

below...........................

Cedar River at Belgrade, Nebr.......

near Fullerton, Nebr. .............

near Spalding, Nebr...............

Chapman Creek near Chapman, Kans....

Chariton River basin................

Chemical quality....................

Cheyenne River at Angostura

Reservoir outlet, S. Dak........ 140

near Hot Springs, S. Dak.......... 136-139

Cheyenne River basin................ 136-144

Chisholm, Minn., Sturgeon River near 46 

Chloride............................ 13

Chromium............................ 15

Chugwater Creek near Uva, Wyo....... 168

Churchs Ferry, N. Dak., Mauvais

Coulee near..................... 35

Clark Creek near Junction City,Kans. 236,238 

Clay Center, Kans., Republican River

at.............................. 201-205

Collection and examination of

samples......................... 3-6

Color............................... 20

Columbia, S. Dak., James River at... 150 

Composition of surface waters....... 9-17

Cooperation......................... 25-28

Copper.............................. 15-16

Correctionville, Iowa, Little Sioux

River at........................ 156-159

D

irk River near Chisholm, Minn...... 48

Davids Creek near Hamlin, Iowa...... 197-200

Deaver, Wyo., Sage Creek near....... 117

Delaware River at Valley Falls,Kans. 237 

Dell Creek near Lake Delton, Wis.... 52-55

Delton, Wis., Dell Creek near....... 52-55

Des Moines River at Euclid Avenue

Bridge, at Des Moines, Iowa..... 85-87

Des Moines River basin..............

Devils Lake near Devils Lake, N.Dak. 

Deweese, Nebr., Little Blue River

near............................

Dissolved solids....................

Division of work....................

Drayton, N. Dak., Red River of the 

North at.......................

Dry Creek at Greybull, Wyo.........

Dunka River near Babbitt, Minn.....

Elkhorn River near Waterloo, Nebr.., 

Ellsworth, Kans., Smoky Hill River

at. .............................

Elm Springs, S. Dak., Belle Fourche

River near......................

Enterprise, Kans., Smoky Hill River

at. .............................

Expression of results...............

Fargo, N. Dak., Red River of the

North at. .......................

Fifteen Mile Creek near Worland,

Wyo.............................

Fivemile Creek near Shoshoni, Wyo...

Fluoride............................

Fullerton, Nebr., Cedar River near..

Garber, Iowa, Turkey River at.......

Garland, Wyo., Bitter Creek near....

Shoshone River near...............

Garrison Dam, N. Dak., Missouri

River below.....................

Glasgow, Mont., Willow Creek near... 

Glen, Mont., Birch Creek near.......

Goose Egg, Wyo., North Platte River

near............................

Grand Forks, N. Dak., Red River of

the North at....................

Grand River near Shadehill, S. Dak.. 

Grand River basin...................

Greybull, Wyo., Dry Creek at........

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45

222-227 

14 

28

41

110

47

187,189

210

141-142

218-221 

6-9

31-32

106-109

97-100

13

187,188

60-63 

116 

115

131 

95-96 

88-89

164-165

38-40

133-134

133-135

110

H

Hamlin, Iowa, Davids Creek near..... 197-200

Hardness............................ 17-18

Homme Reservoir near Park River,

N. Dak.......................... 45

Honey Creek near Russell, Iowa...... 239-242

Hot Springs, S. Dak., Cheyenne River

near............................ 136-139

Hudson Bay and upper Mississippi

River basins.................... 31-87

Huron, S. Dak., James River at...... 151-152

Hydrogen-ion concentration.......... 19-20

Introduction........................

Iodide..............................

Iowa City, Iowa, Ralston Creek at... 

Iowa River at Iowa City, Iowa.......

near Rowan, Iowa..................

Iowa River basin....................

Iron................................

1-3 

17

80-83 

76-79 

73-75 

73-84 

10

James River, at Columbia, S. Dak.... 150

at Jamestown, N. Dak.............. 155

at La Moure, N. Dak............... 148-149

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James River, near Manfred, N. Dak... 155 

near Scotland, S1 . Dak. ............ 153-154

upstream from diversion, at Huron,

S. Dak.......................... 151-152

James River basin................... 148-155

Jefferson River near Twin Bridges,

Mont............................ 90-94

Julesburg, Colo., South Platte River

at.............................. 174-175

K

Kane, Wyo., Bighorn River at........ 111-114

Shoshone River at................. 118

Kanopolis Reservoir near Kanopolis,

Kans............................ 211

Kansas River at Wamego, Kans........ 228-231

Kansas River basin.................. 201-238

Kawishiwi River near Winton, Minn... 47 

Kiowa Creek at Kiowa, Colo.......... 170-173

La Moure, N. Dak., James River at... 148-149 

Lake Astabula at Baldhill Dam,

N. Dak.......................... 45

Lake Delton, Wis., Dell Creek near.. 52-55 

Lake Juanita near Grace City,

N. Dak.......................... 155

Lake of the Woods basin............. 47-48

Lake Ordway near Turtle Lake,

N. Dak.......................... 132

Lake Traverse near Wheaton, Minn.... 45

Lance Creek at Spencer, Wyo......... 144

Laramie River near Uva, Wyo......... 169

Lead................................ 16

Lisbon, N. Dak., Sheyenne River at.. 36-37 

Literature cited.................... 28-30

Lithium............................. 12

Little Blue River near Deweese,

Nebr............................ 222-227

Little Fork River at Cook, Minn..... 48

Little Sioux River at Correctionville, Iowa..................... 156-159

Little Sioux River basin............ 156-159

Locate, Mont., Powder River near.... 123-125

Lyon Creek near Woodbine, Kans...... 236,238

M

Magnesium........................... 11

Malvern, Iowa, Mule Creek near...... 193-196

Manganese........................... 10-11

Mauvais Coulee near Churchs Ferry,

N. Dak.......................... 35

Maxwell, Nebr., Supply Canal (TriCounty Diversion) near.......... 176-177

Miles City, Mont., Tongue River at.. 121-122 

Milk River basin.................... 95-96

10-17

51

50

243

Mineral constituents in solution....

Mississippi River at Grand Rapids, 

Minn............................

at St. Paul, Minn.................

Missouri River, at Boonville, Mo....

at Nebraska City, Nebr............ 190-192

at Yankton, S. Dak................ 146-147

below Garrison Dam, N. Dak........ 131

near Williston, N. Dak............ 128-130

Missouri River basin. ............... 88-243

Mount Vernon Creek near Mount

Vernon, Wis..................... 69-72

Muddy Creek near Shoshoni, Wyo...... 103-105

Mule Creek near Malvern, Iowa....... 193-196

N

Nebraska City, Nebr., Missouri

River at........................ 190-192

Niccum Reservoir on Kelly Creek,

near Bordulac, N. Dak........... 155

Nickel and cobalt................... 15

Niles, Kans., Solomon River at...... 216-217

Niobrara River near Verdel, Nebr.... 145

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Nishnabotna River basin............. 193-200

Nitrate............................. 13-14

North Platte River below Casper,

Wyo............................. 166-167

near Goose Egg, Wyo............... 164-165

Ogallah, Kans., Big Creek near...... 206-209

Organics............................ 20-21

Overton, Nebr., Platte River near... 181-183

Oxygen consumed..................... 20

Painted Woods Creek near Wilton,

N. Dak.......................... 132

Phosphate........................... 14

Pike River near Embarrass, Minn..... 48

Pipestem Creek near Buchanan,

N. Dak.......................... 155

Platte River, at Brady, Nebr........ 178-180

near Grand Island, Nebr........... 184

near Overton, Nebr................ 181-183

near Silver Creek, Nebr........... 184

Platte River basin.................. 160-189

Pokegama Lake near Grand Rapids,

Minn............................ 51

Powder River near Locate, Mont...... 123-125

Properties and characteristics of

water........................... 17-23

Publications........................ 24-25

R

80-83

41

31-32 

38-40 

31-45

Ralston Creek at Iowa City, Iowa.... 

Red River of the North, at Drayton, 

N. Dak..........................

at Fargo, N. Dak..................

at Grand Forks, N. Dak............

Red River of the North basin........

Republican River at Clay Center,

Kans............................ 201-205

Rice River near Angora, Minn........ 48

Rock Creek at Atlantic City, Wyo.... 160-163

Rock River at Afton, Wis............ 64

Rock River basin.................... 65-72

Rowan, Iowa, Iowa River near........ 73-75

Russell, Iowa, Honey Creek near..... 239-242

St. Paul, Minn., Mississippi River 

at. ............................

Sage Creek at Sidon Canal, near

Deaver, Wyo....................

Saline River at Tescott, Kans......

near Wakeeney, Kans..............

Sand River near Britt, Minn.

Scotland, S. Dak., James River near. 

Sediment.......................... 5

Shadehill Reservoir at Shadehill,

S. Dak..........................

Shadehill, S. Dak., Grand River

near............................

Shell Rock River at Shell Rock, Iowa 

Sheyenne River, at Lisbon, N. Dak...

below Baldhill Dam, N. Dak........

near Warwick, N. Dak..............

Shoshone River at Kane, Wyo.........

near Garland, Wyo.................

Shoshoni, Wyo., Fivemile Creek near.

Muddy Creek near..................

Sidney, Mont., Yellowstone River

near............................

Silica..............................

Smoky Hill River at Ellsworth, Kans.

at Enterprise, Kans...............

Sodium-adsorption-ratio.............

Sodium and potassium................

Solomon River at Niles, Kans........

Souris River near Verendrye,

N. Dak..........................

50

117

236,238

212-215

47

153-154 

-6,22-23

135

133-134 

84

36-37 

45

33-34 

118 

115

97-100 

103-105

126-127

10

210

218-221

18-19

11-12

216,217

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Souris River near Westhope,

N. Dak. .........................

South Branch Little Fork River near

Cook, Minn. .....................

South Kawishiwi River near Ely,

Minn.... ........................

South Platte River at Julesburg,

Colo ............................

Spalding, Nebr., Cedar River near... 

Specific conductance. ...............

Stony River near Isabella, Minn.....

Stranger Creek near Tonganoxie ,

Kans ............................

Streamf low. .........................

Strontium. ..........................

Sturgeon River near Chisholm,

Minn. ...........................

Sulf ate .............................

Supply Canal (Tri-County Diversion)

near Maxwell, Nebr ..............

Swan River near Warba, Minn. ........

Sybille Creek at Muleshoe Ranch,

near Wheatland, Wyo. ............

Page

43-44 

48 

47

174-175

186,188

19

47

237-238 

23 

11

46 

12-13

176-177 

49

Temperature....................... 4-5,21-22

Tongue River at Miles City, Mont.... 121-122

Turbidity...........................

Turkey Creek near Abilene, Kans.....

Turkey River at Garber, Iowa........

Turkey River basin..................

Turtle Creek at Redfield, S. Dak....

Twin Bridges, Mont., Jefferson

River near......................

22 

236,238 

60-63 

60-63 

155

90-94

U

Uva, Wyo., Chugwater Creek near..... 

Laramie River near................

168

169

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Verdel, Nebr., Niobrara River near.. 145 

Verendrye, N. Dak., Souris River

near............................ 42

Vermillion Creek near Wamego, Kans.. 232-235

W

Wakarusa River near Lawrence, Kans.. 237 

Wakeeney, Kans., Saline River near.. 212-215 

Wamego, Kans., Kansas River at...... 228-231

Vermillion Creek near............. 232-235

Warwick, N. Dak., Sheyenne River

near............................ 33-34

Westhope, N. Dak., Souris River near 43-44 

Wheatland Canals No. 1, 2 and 3 near

Wheatland, Wyo.................. 184-185

Whitewood Creek near Vale, S. Dak... 143 

Williston, N. Dak., Missouri River

near............................ 128-130

Willow Creek near Glasgow, Mont..... 95-96

Wilton, N. Dak., Painted Woods Creek

near............................ 132

Wisconsin River basin. .............. 52-59

Wood River near Chapman, Nebr....... 184

Worland, Wyo., Fifteen Mile Creek

near............................ 106-109

Yankton, S. Dak., Missouri River

at.............................. 146-147

Yellowstone River near Sidney,

Mont............................ 126-127

Yellowstone River basin............. 97-127

Yellowstone River (Rock River basin)

near Blanchardville, Wis........ 65-68

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