Surface Water Supply 

of the United States 

1953

Part 2-B. South Atlantic Slope and Eastern 

Gulf of Mexico Basins, Ogeechee River to 

Pearl River

Prepared under the direction of J. V. B. WELLS, Chief, Surface Water Branch 

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 1274

Prepared in cooperation with the States 

of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, 

Louisiana, and Mississippi, and with 

other agencies

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1955
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Douglas McKay, Secretary

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 

W. E. Wrather, Director

For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office 

Washington 25, D. C. - Price $1.25 (paper cover)
PREFACE

This report was prepared by the Geological Survey in cooperation 

with the States of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and Mississippi, and with other agencies, by personnel of the Water Resources 

Division, C. G. Paulsen, chief, under the general direction of J. V. B. 

Wells, chief, Surface Water Branch, and B. J. Peterson, chief, Annual 

Reports Section.

The data were computed under supervision of district engineers, 

Surface Water Branch, as follows:

I. E. Anderson__ __ __ ______ _ ___Jackson, Miss. 

F. N. Hansen________________________Baton Roiige, La. 

A. O. Patterson____________________________Ocala, Fla. 

M. T. Thomson____________________________Atlanta, Ga. 

M. R. Williams_______________________Montgomery, Ala.
CALENDAR FOR WATER YEAR 1953

OCTOBER 1952

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IV
CONTENTS

Page 

Scope of work........................................................................ 1

Cooperation.......................................................................... 1

Division of work..................................................................... 2

Definition of terms and abbreviations................................................ 2

Downstream order of listing gaging stations.......................................... 3

Explanation of data.................................................................. 3

Accuracy of field data and computed results.......................................... 7

Publications......................................................................... 8

Records of discharge collected by agencies other than the Geological Survey.......... 11

Hydrologic conditions................................................................ 12

Gaging-station recorls............................................................... 14

Ogeechee giver basin:

Ogeechee River at Scarboro, Ga ..................................................... 14

Ogeechee River near Eden, Ga....................................................... 15

Canoochee River near Claxton, Ga................................................. 16

Altamaha River basin:

South River (head of Ocmulgee River) near McDonough, Ga............................ 17

Yellow River near Snellville, Ga................................................. 18

Yellow River near Covington, Ga.................................................. 19

Ocmulgee River near Jackson, Ga.................................................... 20

Ocmulgee River at Macon, Ga........................................................ 21

Tobesofkee Creek near Macon, Ga. ................................................. 22

Big Indian Creek at Perry, Ga.................................................... 23

Ocmulgee River at Hawkinsville, Ga................................................. 27

Ocmulgee River at Lumber City, Ga .................................................. 28

Oconee River: 

Middle Oconee River:

Pond Pork of Middle Oconee River:

Alien Creek at Talmo, Ga................................................... 29

Middle Oconee River near Athens, Ga............................................ 31

Oconee River near Greensboro, Ga................................................. 32

Oconee River near Sparta, Ga..................................................... 34

Oconee River at Milledgeville, Ga................................................ 35

Oconee River at Dublin, Ga....................................................... 36

Oconee River near Mount Vernon, Ga............................................... 38

Ohoopee River near Reidsville, Ga................................................ 39

Altamaha River at Doctortown, Ga................................................... 40

Satilla River basin:

Satilla River near Waycross, Ga.................................................... 41

Little Satilla River near Offerman, Ga........................................... 42

Satilla River at Atkinson, Ga...................................................... 44

St. Marys River basin:

North Prong St. Marys River at Moniac, Ga.......................................... 45

South Prong St. Marys River at Glen St. Mary, Pla................................ 46

St. Marys River near Macclenny, Fla ................................................ 47

St. Johns River basin:

at. Johns Kiver near Melbourne, Fla................................................ 48

St. Johns River near Christmas, Fla................................................ 49

Econlockhatchee River near Chuluota, Fla......................................... 50

St. Johns River above Lake Harney, near Geneva, Pla ................................ 50

St. Johns River near Sanford, Fla.................................................. 51

Wekiva River near Sanford, Fla................................................... 51

St. Johns River near De Land, Fla.................................................. 52

Haines Creek (head of Oklawaha River): 

Dead River:

Palatlakaha Creek near Mascotte, Fla......................................... 53

Palatlakaha Creek near Okahumpka, Fla........................................ 53

Haines Creek at Lisbon, Fla...................................................... 54

Oklawaha River at Moss Bluff, Fla................................................ 55

Oklawaha River near Ocala, Fla................................................... 56

Silver Springs near Ocala, Fla................................................. 57

Orange Creek:

Orange Lake Outlet near Citra, Fla........................................... 58

Lochloosa Lake Outlet near Lochloosa, Fla.................................... 59

Oklawaha River at Riverside Landing, near Orange Springs, Fla.................... 60

Dunns Creek:

Little Haw Creek near Seville, Fla............................................. 61

South Fork Black Creek near Penney Farms, Fla.................................... 62

North Fork Black Creek near Middleburg, Pla.................................... 63

Moultrie Creek basin:

Moultrie Creek near St. Augustine, Fla............................................. 64

Spruce Creek basin:

Spruce Creek near Samsula, Fla...................................................... 65

Indian River basin: 

Indian River:

Crane Creek at Melbourne, Fla.................................................... 66
VI CONTENTS

Gaging-station records Continued 

Indian River basin Continued 

Indian River Continued Page

North Canal near Vero Beach, Fla................................................. 67

Main Canal at Vero Beach, Fla.................................................... 68

South Canal near Vero Beach, Fla................................................. 69

St. Lucle River basin:

North Fork St. Lucle~Rlver at White City, Fla...................................... 70

Diversion canal near White City, Fla............................................. 70

Lake Okeechobee and the Everglades:

Lake Okeechobee, Fla....... ........ ................................................ 71

Flsheatlng Creek at Palmdale, Fla.................................................. 72

Brick-Alligator Canal near Ashton, Fla............................................. 72

Lizzie-Lost Canal near Ashton, Fla................................................. 73

Myrtle-Mary Jane Canal near Narooossee, Fla........................................ 73

Mary Jane-Hart Canal near Narcoossee, Fla.......................................... 74

Ajay-East Tohopekallga Canal near Narooossee, Fla.................................. 74

East Tohopekallga-Tohopekaliga Canal near St. Cloud, Fla........................... 75

Tohopekallga-Cypress Canal near St. Cloud, Fla..................................... 76

Canoe Creek near St. Cloud, Fla.................................................. 77

Reedy Creek:

Cypress Creek at Vlneland, Fla................................................. 78

Reedy Creek near Loughman, Fla................................................... 79

Catfish Creek near Lake Wales, Fla............................................... 80

Hatchlneha-Klsslmmee Canal near Lake Wales, Fla.................................... 81

Cypress-Klsslmmee Canal near Lake Wales, Fla..................................... 82

Klsslmmee River below Lake Klsslmmee, Fla.......................................... 82

Istokpoga Canal:

Reedy Lake Outlet near Frostproof, Fla......................................... 83

Arbuckle Creek -near De Soto City, Fla.......................................... 84

Josephine Creek near De Soto City, Fla......................................... 91

Istokpoga Canal near Cornwell, Fla............................................... 92

Klsslmmee River near Okeechobee, Fla............................................... 93

St. Lucle Canal at lock, near Stuart, Fla.......................................... 94

West Palm Beach Canal at Canal Point, Fla.......................................... 95

West Palm Beach Canal at West Palm Beach, Fla...................................... 96

Boynton Canal at Boynton Beach, Fla..................... .^. ........................ 97

Hlllsboro Canal near Deerfleld Beach, Fla.......................................... 97

Middle River Canal near Fort Lauderdale, Fla....................................... 98

Plantation Road Canal near Fort Lauderdale, Fla.................................... 98

North New River Canal at South Bay, Fla............................................ 99

North New River Canal near Fort Lauderdale, Fla.................................... 100

Miami Canal at water plant, Hlaleah, Fla........................................... 101

Tamlaml Canal outlets, Miami to Monroe, Fla........................................ 102

Barron River Canal near Everglades, Fla............................................ 103

Imperial River near Bonlta Springs, Fla............................................ 104

Caloosahatchee Canal at Moore Haven, Fla........................................... 105

Peace River basin:

Peace Creek Marsh (head of Peace River):

Drainage canal west of Dundee, Fla............................................... 106

Peace Creek Marsh outlet near Alturas, Fla......................................... 107

Lulu Lake Outlet at Elolse, Fla.................................................. 108

Peace River at Bartow, Fla. ......................................................... 109

Klssengen Spring near Bartow, Fla................................................ 110

Peace River at Zolfo Springs, Fla.................................................. 110

Charlie Apopka Creek near Gardner, Fla........................................... Ill

Little Charlie Bowlegs Creek near Sebrlng, Fla................................. 112

Peace River at Arcadia, Fla..............................................'.......... 114

Joshua Creek at Nocatee, Fla..................................................... 115

Horse Creek near Arcadia, Fla.................................................... 116

Mlakka River basin:

Miakka River near Sarasota, Fla.................................................... 117

Manatee River basin:

Manatee River near Bradenton, Fla.................................................. 118

Little Manatee River basin:

Little Manatee River near Wimauma, Fla............................................. 119

Alafla River basin:

North Prong Alafla River at Keysvllle, Fla......................................... 120

Alafla River at Llthla, Fla........................................................ 121

Hillsborough giver basin: 

Hillsborough River:

Crystal Springs near Zephyrhllls, Fla,........................................... 122

Blackwater Creek near Knights, Fla............................................... 123

Hillsborough River near Zephyrhllls, Fla........................................... 125

Hillsborough River near Tampa, Fla. ................................................ 126

Drainage ditch at Bearss Avenue, near Sulphur Springs, Fla....................... 127

Sweetwater Creek near Sulphur Springs, Fla....................................... 128

Rocky Creek basin:

Rocky Creek near Sulphur Springs, Fla............................................. 130

Alligator Creek basin:

Alligator Creek at Safety Harbor, Fla............................................. 131

Long Bayou basin: 

Long Bayou:

Semlnole Lake Outlet near Largo, Fla............................................ 132

Lake Tarpon basin:

Brooker Creek near Odessa, Fla.................................................. 133

Brooker Creek near Tarpon Springs, Fla.......................................... 134

Anclote River basin:

135
CONTENTS VII

Gaging-station records Continued

Withlacoochee River basin: Page 

Withlacoochee River at Trilby, Fla................................................. 136

Withlacoochee River at Croom, Fla.................................................. 137

Withlacoochee River near Holder, Fla............................................... 138

Rainbow Springs near Dunnellon, Fla.............................................. 138

Waceasassa River basin:

Waccasassa Kiver near Otter Creek, Fla............................................. 139

Otter Creek at Otter Creek, Fla ................................................. 140

Suwannee River basin:

Suwannee River at Fargo, Ga........................................................ 141

Suwannee River at White Springs, Fla............................................... 142

Alapaha River near Alapaha, Ga................................................... 143

Alapaha River at Statenville, Ga................................................. 144

Withlacoochee River:

Little River near Adel, Ga..................................................... 145

Withlacoochee River near Pinetta, Fla............................................ 146

Suwannee River at Ellaville, Fla................................................... 147

Suwannee River at Branford, Fla.................................................... 148

Santa Fe River:

New River near Lake Butler, Fla................................................ 149

Santa Fe River at Worthington, Fla............................................... 150

Santa Fe River near High Springs, Fla............................................ 151

Santa Fe River near Fort White, Fla.............................................. 152

Ichatucknee Springs near Hildreth, Fla......................................... 152

Suwannee River near Bell, Fla...................................................... 153

Suwannee River near Wilcox, Fla.................................................... 154

Stelnhatchee River basin:

Steinhatchee River near Cross City, Fla............................................ 155

Fenholloway River basin:

Fenholloway River at Foley, Fla.................................................... 156

Fenholloway River near Perry, Fla.................................................. 156

Rocky Creek near Perry, Fla...................................................... 157

Econfina River basin:

Econrina River near Perry, Fla..................................................... 157

Aucilla River basin:

Aucilla River at Lament, Fla....................................................... 158

St. Marks River basin: 

St. Marks River:

Wakulla Spring near Crawfordville, Fla........................................... 159

Ochlockonee River basin:

Ochlockonee River near Thomasville, Ga............................................. 159

Tired Creek near Cairo, Ga....................................................... 160

Ochlockonee River near Havana, Fla................................................. 161

Little River near Quincy, Fla.................................................... 162

Ochlockonee River near Bloxham, Fla................................................ 163

Telogia Creek near Bristol, Fla.................................................. 164

Apalachieola River basin:

Chattahoochee River (head of Apalachieola River), near Leaf, Ga.................... 165

Chattahoochee River near Gainesville, Ga........................................... 166

Chestatee River near Dahlonega, Ga............................................... 167

Chattahoochee River near Buford, Ga................................................ 168

Chattahoochee River near Roswell, Ga............................................... 169

Chattahoochee River at Atlanta, Ga................................................. 170

Sweetwater Creek near Austell, Ga................................................ 171

Chattahoochee River near Whitesburg, Ga............................................ 172

Yellowjacket Creek near La Grange, Ga............................................ 173

Chattahoochee River at West Point, Ga.............................................. 174

Mountain Creek near Hamilton, Ga................................................. 175

Chattahoochee River at Columbus, Ga................................................ 176

Chattahoochee River at Columbia, Ala............................................... 177

Flint River near Griffin, Ga..................................................... 178

Flint River near Molena, Ga...................................................... 179

Potato Creek near Thomaston, Ga................................................ 180

Flint River near Culloden, Ga.................................................... 181

Whitewater Creek below Rambulett Creek, near Butler, Ga........................ 182

Flint River at Montezuma, Ga..................................................... 183

Flint River at Oakfield, Ga...................................................... 184

Kinchafoonee Creek at Preston, Ga............'.................................. 185

Flint River at Albany, Ga. ....................................................... 186

Ichawaynochaway Creek at Milford, Ga........................................... 187

Flint River at Bainbridge, Ga.................................................... 188

Spring Creek near Iron City, Ga................................................ 189

Apalachieola River at Chattahoochee, Fla........................................... 190

Chipola River near Altha, Fla.................................................... 191

Bear Creek basin: 

Bear Creek:

Econfina Creek near Bennett, Fla................................................. 192

Choetawhatehee River basin: 

Choctawhatchee River:

East Fork Choctawhatchee River near Midland City, Ala. ........................... 193

West Fork Choctawhatchee River at Blue Springs, Ala. ............................. 194

Choctawhatchee River near Newton, Ala.............................................. 195

Pea River near Ariton, Ala....................................................... 196

Pea River near Samson, Ala....................................................... 197

Choctawhatchee River at Caryville, Fla............................................. 198

Holmes Creek at Vernon, Fla...................................................... 199

Choctawhatchee River near Bruce, Fla............................................... 200

Alaqua Creek basin:

Alaqua Creek near De Funiak Springs, Fla........................................... 201
VIII CONTENTS

Gaging-station records Continued

Yellow River basin:

Yellow 

Lightwood 

Klver:Page

Knot Creek at Babbie, Ala.............................................. 202

Yellow River at Milligan, Fla...................................................... 203

Shoal River near Mossy Head, Fla................................................. 204

Shoal River near Crestview, Fla.................................................. 206

Blackwater River basin:

Blackwater River near Baker, Fla................................................... 208

Coldwater Creek near Milton, Fla................................................. 209

Escambla River basin:

Conecuh River (head of Escambia River) near Troy, Ala.............................. 210

Conecuh River at Brantley, Ala ..................................................... 211

Patsaliga Creek at Luverne, Ala.................................................. 212

Sepulga River near McKenzie, Ala................................................. 213

Pigeon Creek near Thad, Ala .................................................... 214

Conecuh River near Brooklyn, Ala................................................... 215

Murder Creek near Evergreen, Ala................................................. 216

Escambia River near Century, Fla................................................... 217

Pine Barren Creek near Barth, Fla................................................ 218

Perdldo River basin:

Perdido Hlver at Barrineau Park, Fla............................................... 219

Styx River near Loxley, Ala...................................................... 220

Mobile River basin:

Cartecay Kiver (head of Mobile River) near Ellijay, Ga............................. 221

Coosawattee River (continuation of Cartecay River): 

Sallacoa Creek: 

Pine Log Creek:

Little Pine Log Creek:

Rock Creek near Fairmount, Ga.............................................. 222

Coosawattee River at Pine Chapel, Ga............................................... 223

Conasauga River: 

Coahulla Creek:

Mill Creek at Dalton, Ga..................................................... 224

Conasauga River at Tilton, Ga.................................................... 225

Oostanaula River (continuation of Coosawattee River) at Resaca, 'Ga................. 226

Oostanaula River near Rome, Ga..................................................... 227

Etowah River near Dawsonville, Ga................................................ 228

Etowah River at Canton, Ga ....................................................... 229

Little River near Rowsell, Ga .................................................. 230

Etowah River at Allatoona Dam, above Cartersville, Ga............................ 231

Etowah River near Kingston, Ga................................................... 232

Etowah River at Rome, Ga ......................................................... 233

Coosa River (continuation of Oostanaula River) near Rome, Ga....................... 234

Cedar Creek near Cedartown, Ga................................................... 235

Chattooga River at Summerville, Ga............................................... 236

Chattooga River at Gaylesville, Ala.............................................. 237

Coosa River at Leesburg, Ala....................................................... 238

Terrapin Creek near Piedmont, Ala ................................................ 239

Coosa River at Gadsden, Ala....................................... ................ 240

Big Wills Creek near Crudup, Ala................................................. 241

Big Canoe Creek near Gadsden, Ala................................................ 242

Choccolocco Creek near Jenifer, Ala.............................................. 243

Choccolocco Creek near Lincoln, Ala.............................................. 244

Coosa River near Cropwell, Ala..................................................... 245

Kelly Creek near Vincent, Ala .................................................... 246

Talladega Creek near Talladega, Ala .............................................. 247

Coosa River at Childersburg, Ala................................................... 248

Yellowleaf Creek near Wilsonville , Ala........................................... 249

Hatchet Creek near Rockford, Ala................................................. 250

Weogufka Creek near Weogufka, Ala.............................................. 251

Coosa River at Jordan Dam, near Wetumpka, Ala...................................... 252

Tallapoosa River near Heflin, Ala................................................ 253

Little Tallapoosa River at Carrollton, Ga...................................... 254

Tallapoosa River at Wadley, Ala.................................................. 255

Hillabee Creek near Hackneyville, Ala.......................................... 256

Tallapoosa River below Tallassee, Ala ............................................ 257

Uphapee Creek near Tuskegee, Ala............................................... 258

Reservoirs in Mobile River basin................................................... 259

Alabama River (continuation of Coosa River) near Montgomery, Ala................... 260

Catoma Creek near Montgomery, Ala ................................................ 261

Autauga Creek at Prattville, Ala ................................................. 262

Big Swamp Creek near Lowndesboro, Ala............................................ 263

Mulberry River at Jones, Ala..................................................... 264

Alabama River at Selma, Ala........................................................ 265

Cahaba River near Acton, Ala..................................................... 266

Cahaba River at Centerville, Ala ................................................. 267

Cahaba River at Sprott, Ala ...................................................... 268

Cahaba River near Marion Junction, Ala........................................... 269

Cedar Creek at Minter, Ala....................................................... 270

Boguechitto Creek near Browns, Ala ............................................... 271

Alabama River near Millers Ferry, Ala.............................................. 272

Flat Creek at Fountain, Ala ...................................................... 273

Limestone Creek near Monroeville, Ala............................................ 274

Alabama River at Claiborne, Ala .................................................... 275

East Fork Tombigbee River:

Mackys Creek near Dennis, Miss ................................................. 276

East Fork Tombigbee River near Fulton, Miss...................................... 277

Bull Mountain Creek at Tremont, Miss........................................... 278

Bull Mountain Creek near Smithville, Miss...................................... 279
CONTENTS

Gaging-station records Continued IX 

Mobile River basin Continued

Alabama River Continued Page

East Fork Tombigbee River at Bigbee, Miss........................................ 280

Oldtown Creek (head of West Fork Tombigbee River) at Tupelo, Miss.............. 281

Mud Creek:

Euclautubba Creek at Saltillo, Miss ........................................ 282

West Fork Tombigbee River near Nettleton, Miss................................. 283

Tombigbee River near Amory, Miss ................................................. 284

Tombigbee River at Aberdeen, Miss................................................ 285

Buttahatchee River below Hamilton, Ala......................................... 286

Buttahatchee River near Sulligent, Ala......................................... 287

Tibbee Creek:

Chookatonchee Creek near Egypt, Miss......................................... 288

Chookatonchee Creek near West Point, Miss.................................... 289

Tibbee Creek near Tibbee, Miss ................................................. 290

Tombigbee River at Columbus, Miss................................................ 291

Luxapalila Creek near Fayette, Ala............................................. 292

Luxapalila Creek at Steens, Miss............................................... 293

Tombigbee River near Cochrane, Ala............................................... 294

Sipsey River at Fayette, Ala................................................... 295

Sipsey River near Elrod, Ala................................................... 296

Sipsey River near Pleasant Ridge, Ala.......................................... 297

Noxubee River near Brooksville, Miss........................................... 298

Noxubee River at Macon, Miss................................................... 299

Noxubee River near Geiger, Ala................................................. 300

Tombigbee River at Gainesville, Ala.............................................. 301

Mulberry Fork near Garden City, Ala............................................ 302

Sipsey Fork near Falls City, Ala.............................................. 303

Sipsey Fork near Jasper, Ala................................................. 304

Clear Creek at Falls City, Ala............................................. 305

Blackwater Creek near Manchester, Ala........................................ 306

Lost Creek near Oakman, Ala.................................................. 307

Locust Fork below Snead, Ala................................................. 308

Locust Fork near Cleveland, Ala.............................................. 309

Locust Fork at Trafford, Ala................................................. 310

Turkey Creek at Morris, Ala................................................ 311

Locust Fork at Sayre, Ala .................................................... 312

Black Warrior River:

Yellow Creek near Tuscaloosa, Ala............................................ 313

Hurricane Creek near Holt, Ala............................................... 314

North River near Samantha, Ala............................................... 315

North River near Tuscaloosa, Ala............................................. 316

Black Warrior River at Tuscaloosa, Ala......................................... 317

Black Warrior River near Eutaw, Ala............................................ 318

Tombigbee River near Coatopa, Ala................................................ 319

Sucarnoochee River at Livingston, Ala.......................................... 320

Tombigbee River near Leroy, Ala.................................................. 321

Chickasaw Creek near Whistler, Ala............................................... 322

Pascagoula River basin:

Leaf River (head or rascagoula River) near Collins, Miss........................... 323

Bowie Creek near Hattiesburg, Miss............................................... 324

Leaf River at Hattiesburg, Miss .................................................... 325

Tallahala Creek at Laurel, Miss.................................................. 326

Tallahala Creek near Runnelstown, Miss.......................................'.... 327

Leaf River near McLain, Miss ....................................................... 328

Chunky Creek (head of Chickasawhay River) near Chunky, Miss...................... 329

Okatibbe^ Creek: '

Sowashee Creek at Meridian, Miss.............................................. 330

Chickasawhay River at Enterprise, Miss........................................... 331

Chickasawhay River at Leakesville, Miss.......................................... 332

Pascagoula River at Merrill, Miss.................................................. 333

Escatawpa River near Wilmer, Ala................................................. 334

Tchoutacabouffa giver basin: 

TctioutacaboufTa River:

Tuxachanie Creek near Biloxi, Miss ............................................... 335

Biloxl River basin:

Blloxl Kiver at Wortham, Miss...................................................... 336

Pearl River basin:

Pearl River at Edinburg, Miss...................................................... 337

Lobutcha Creek near Carthage, Miss............................................... 338

Tuscolameta Creek at Walnut Grove, Miss .......................................... 339

Pearl River near Lena, Miss........................................................ 340

Yockanookany River near Kosciusko, Miss .......................................... 341

Yockanookany River near Ofahoma, Miss............................................ 342

Pearl River at Meeks Bridge, near Canton, Miss..................................... 343

Pelahatchie Creek near Fannin, Miss.............................................. 344

Pearl River at Jackson, Miss....................................................... 345

Strong River at Dlo, Miss........................................................ 346

Pearl River near Monticello, Miss .................................................. 347

Pearl River near Columbia, Miss.................................................... 348

Pearl River near Bogalusa, La...................................................... 349

Bogue Lusa near Franklinton, La.................................................. 350

Bogue Chitto near Tylertown, Miss ................................................ 351

Bogue Chitto at Franklinton, La.................................................. 352

Bogue Chitto near Bush, La....................................................... 353

Miscellaneous discharge measurements................................................. 354
CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

Page 

Figure 1. Gaging-station structures: A, Pearl River near Columbia, Miss,; B, Little

Manatee River near Wimauma, Pla......................................... 4

2. Map of the United States showing areas covered by the 18 annual volumes on

surface-water supply.................................................... 9

3. Comparison of discharge at three key gaging stations during 1953 water

year with median discharge for 25-year period........................... 13
SOUTH ATLANTIC SLOPE AND EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO BASINS, OGEECHEE RIVER TO PEARL RIVER, 1953

SCOPE OF WORK

This volume is one of a series of 18 reports presenting measurements of stage, discharge, and content of streams, lakes, and reservoirs in the United States during the water 

year ending September 30, 1953. Since 1888, when the United States Geological Survey first 

studied streamflow in relation to problems of irrigation, similar measurements have been 

made at more than 12,800 gaging stations in the 48 States and at many others in the Territories of Alaska and Hawaii. On September 30, 1953, the Geological Survey and cooperating 

organizations were maintaining 6,750 gaging stations, including those in Alaska and Hawaii. 

Discharge measurements only were made at many other points in the 1953 water year, most of 

which are published at the end of this report.

COOPERATION

Many State, municipal, and private organizations have cooperated with the Geological 

Survey in this work by either furnishing or helping to collect data. Organizations that 

supplied data are acknowledged in station descriptions, and organizations that assisted in 

the collection of data through cooperative agreements with the Survey are: 

Alabama: State Geological Survey, W. B. Jones, State geologist. 

Florida: State Division of Water Survey and Research, A. G. Matthews, chief 

engineer; State Geological Survey, Herman Gunter, director; State Park Service, 

L. G. Scoggin, director, succeeded by E. L. Hill; State Road Department, A. A. 

McKethan, chairman, succeeded by R. A. Simpson; State Trustees of Internal Improvement Fund, F. C. Elliot, engineer and secretary; Dale County, E. A. Anderson, 

county engineer; Pinellas County, W. A. McMullin, Jr., county engineer, and C. A. 

Peterson, director of public works; the city of Jacksonville, Haydon Burns, chairman of city commission; the cities of Miami and Miami Beach, W. A. Glass, director, 

Miami Department of Water and Sewers, C. A. Renshaw, city manager, Miami Beach; 

city of Pensacola, 0. J. Semmes, Jr., city manager; the town of Perry, W. T. Pace, 

mayor; the city of Tampa, J. S. Long, superintendent of water department; and the 

Central and Southern Florida Flood Control District, W. T. Wallis, chief engineer.

Georgia: State Department of Mines, Mining and Geology, Garland Peyton, director, 

and State Highway Department of Georgia, J. L. Gillis, director.

Louisiana: State Department of Public Works, R. T. Sessions, director. 

Mississippi: State Geological Survey, W. C. Morse, director.

Assistance in the form of funds or services was given by the Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army, in collecting records published herein for 117 gaging stations, of 

which 32 were in Alabama, 33 in Florida, 28 in Georgia, 1 in Louisiana, and 23 in Mississippi.

The following organizations aided in collecting records: 

Florida: Florida Power Corporation.

Georgia: The Georgia Power Co., Crisp County Power Commission, and the cities of 

Carrollton and Dalton.

1
2 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1953, PART 2-B

DIVISION OF WORK

The stream-gaging work was done by the Water Resources Division of the Geological 

Survey, under the direction of personnel shown in the preface. The data for stations in 

the several States were collected and prepared for publication in the district offices 

listed below.

State District office Address

Alabama a/................ Montgomery................. 507 New Post Office Building.

Florida b/................ Ocala...................... Building 211, Camp Roosevelt.

Georgia £/................ Atlanta.................... 644 Peachtree-Seventh Building.

Louisiana................. Baton Rouge................ 850 North Fifth Street.

Mississippi............... Jackson.................... 301 Century Building.

a/ Except for Chattahoochee Hlver at Columbia. 

b/ Includes North Prong St. Marys River at Moniac, Ga.

£/ Except for North Prong St. Marys River at Moniac, but including Chattahoochee River at 

Columbia, Ala.

Information of a more detailed nature than that published for most of the gaging stations given in this report is on file in the district offices listed above. Provisional 

records of discharge prior to publication, and other unpublished data concerning the 

gaging station records may usually be obtained from the district office.

DEFINITION OF TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

The terms of streamflow and other hydrologic data, as used in this report, are defined 

as follows:

Cubic foot per second (cfs) is the rate of discharge of a stream whose channel is 

1 square foot in cross-sectional area and whose average velocity is 1 foot per second.

Cubic feet per second per square mile (cfsm) is the average number of cubic feet of 

water flowing per second from each square mile of area drained, assuming that the runoff 

is distributed uniformly in time and area.

Runoff in inches is the depth to which an area would be covered if all the water draining from it in a given period were uniformly distributed on its surface. The term is used 

for comparing runoff with rainfall, which is also usually expressed in inches.

Acre-foot is the quantity of water required to cover an acre to the depth of 1 foot 

and is equivalent to 43,560 cubic feet. The term is commonly used in relation to storage 

for irrigation.

Cfs-day is the volume of water represented by a flow of 1 cubic foot per second for 

24 hours. It is equivalent to 86,400 cubic feet, 1.983471 acre-feet, or 646,317 gallons, 

and represents a runoff of 0.0372 inch from 1 square mile.

Stage-discharge relation is the relation between gage height and the amount of water 

flowing in a channel, expressed as volume per unit of time.

Control designates a feature downstream from the gage that determines the stagedischarge relation at the gage. This feature may be a natural constriction of the channel, 

a long reach of the channel, or an artificial structure,

Contents is the volume of water in a reservoir. Unless otherwise indicated, volume is 

computed on the basis of a level pool and does not include bank storage.

The drainage area of a stream at a specified location is that area, measured in a horizontal plane, which is so enclosed by a topographic divide that direct surface runoff from 

precipitation normally would drain by gravity into the river above the specified point.
EXPLANATION OF DATA 3

Figures of drainage area given herein include all closed basins, or noncontributing areas, 

within the area unless otherwise noted.

WSP is used as an abbreviation for "Water-Supply Papers" in references to previously 

published reports.

DOWNSTREAM ORDER OF LISTING GAGING STATIONS

Beginning with the series of reports for the water year ending September 30, 1951, the 

order of listing gaging-station records was changed. In this report, in a downstream direction along the main stem all stations on a tributary entering above a main-stem station 

are listed before that station. If a tributary enters between two main-stem stations, it 

is listed between them. A similar order is followed in listing stations on first rank, 

second rank, and other ranks of tributaries. To indicate the rank of any tributary on 

which a gaging station is situated and the stream to which it is immediately tributary, 

each indention in the listing of gaging stations in the table of contents of this report 

represents one rank. This downstream order and system of indention show which gaging stations are on tributaries between any two stations on a main stem and the rank of the tributary on which each gaging station is situated.

The order of listing used before the publication of the 1951 report listed first all 

stations on the main stem from headwaters toward mouth, then all stations on the uppermost 

tributary to the main stem from the tributary's source to mouth, and then all stations 

from source to mouth of the uppermost tributary to the tributary.

EXPLANATION OF DATA

The base data collected at gaging stations consist of records of stage and measurements 

of discharge. In addition, observations of factors affecting the stage-discharge relation, 

weather records, and other information are used to supplement base data in determining the 

daily flow. The records of stage are obtained either from direct readings on a nonrecording gage or from a water-stage recorder that gives a continuous record of fluctuations. 

Measurements of discharge are made with a current meter by the general methods adopted by 

the Geological Survey on the basis of experience in stream gaging since 1888. These 

methods are described in Water-Supply Paper 888 and are also outlined in standard textbooks on the measurement of stream discharge. Typical structures in use at gaging stations are shown in figure 1.

Rating tables giving the discharge for any stage are prepared from stage-discharge relation curves defined by discharge measurements. If extensions to the rating curves are 

necessary to define the extremes of discharge, they are made on the basis of indirect 

measurements of peak discharge (such as slope-area or contracted-opening measurements, 

computation of flow over dams or weirs, and by other methods), velocity-area studies, and 

logarithmic plotting. The application of the daily mean gage height to those rating 

tables gives the daily mean discharge, from which the monthly and the yearly mean discharge are computed. If the stage-discharge relation is subject to change because of 

frequent or continual change in the physical features that form the control, the daily 

mean discharge is determined by the shifting-control method, in which correction factors 

based on individual discharge measurements and notes by engineers and observers are used 

in applying the gage heights to the rating tables. If the stage-discharge relation for a
SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1953, PART 2-B

A. PEARL RIVER NEAR COLUMBIA, MISS.

I '«

B, LITTLE MANATEE RIVER NEAR WIMAUMA, FLA.

FIGURE 1. GAGING-STATION STRUCTURES.
EXPLANATION OF DATA 5

station is temporarily changed by the presence of aquatic growth or debris on the control, 

the daily mean discharge is computed by what is essentially the shifting-control method.

At some gaging stations the stage-discharge relation is affected by backwater from 

reservoirs, tributary streams, or other sources. This necessitates the use of the slope 

method in which the slope or fall in a reach of the stream is a factor in determining 

discharge. Information requisite for determining the slope or fall is obtained by means 

of an auxiliary gage set at some distance from the base gage. At some stations the stagedischarge relation is affected by changing stage. If so, the rate of change in stage is 

used as a factor in the determination of discharge.

At most gaging stations in the northern part of the United States and at some In the 

mountainous regions of other parts the stage-discharge relation is affected by ice during 

the winter, and it becomes impossible to compute the discharge in the usual manner. Discharge for periods of ice effect is computed on the basis of the gage-height record and 

occasional winter discharge measurements, consideration being given to the available information on temperature and precipitation, notes by gage observers and engineers, and 

comparable records of discharge for other stations in the same or nearby basins. If the 

stage-discharge relation is affected by ice, this information is given in a note to the 

table. No mention is made of occasional days of ice effect If the degree of accuracy of 

daily records is not changed.

The data herein presented generally comprise a description of the station, a skeleton 

rating table, and a table showing the daily discharge and monthly and yearly discharge and 

runoff of the stream. Records are published for the water year which begins on October 1 

and ends on September 30. A calendar for the water year 1953 is shown on page IV for the 

purpose of finding the day of the week for any date.

The description of the station gives the location, drainage area, records available, 

type and history of gages, average discharge, extremes of discharge, general remarks, and 

notations of revisions of the previously published record. The location of the gaging 

station and the drainage area are obtained from the most accurate maps available. River 

mileage, given under "Location" for some stations, is that determined and used by the 

Corps of Engineers unless otherwise noted. Under "Records available" are given the periods for which there are published records generally equivalent to those at the present 

site. Under "Gage" are given the type of gage currently in use and the datum of the 

present gage above mean sea level, and a condensed history of the types, locations, and 

datums of previous gages used during the period of records available. Under "Average 

discharge" is given the average discharge for the number of years indicated. It is not 

given for stations having fewer than five complete years of record or for stations where 

changes in water development during the period of record cause the figure to have little 

significance. Under "Extremes" are given the maximum discharge and gage height; the 

minimum discharge if there is little or no regulation; the minimum daily discharge if 

there is extensive regulation (also the minimum discharge if useful); and the minimum 

gage height (unless it is of no importance). Unless otherwise qualified, the maximum discharge corresponds to the crest stage obtained by use of a water-stage recorder, a creststage indicator, or a nonrecording gage read at the time of the crest. If the maximum 

gage height did not occur at the same time as the maximum discharge, it is given separately. Information pertaining to the accuracy of the records and conditions which affect 

the natural flow at the gaging station is given under "Remarks."
6 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1953, PART 2-B

Previously published records of some stations have been found to be in error on the 

basis of data or information later obtained. Revisions of such records are usually published along with the current records in one of the annual reports. In order to make it 

easier to find such revised records, a paragraph headed "Revisions (water years)" has been 

added to the description of all stations for which revised records have been published. 

Listed therein are all the reports in which revisions have been published, each followed 

by the water years for which figures are revised in that report. In listing the water 

years only one number is given; for instance, 1933 stands for the water year October 1, 

1932, to September 30, 1933. If no daily, monthly, or annual figures of discharge are 

concerned in the revision, that fact is brought out by notations after the year dates as 

follows: "(M)" means that only the instantaneous maximum discharge was revised; "(m)" 

that only the Instantaneous minimum was revised; and "(P)" that only peak discharges were 

revised. If the drainage area has been revised, the report in which the revised figure 

was first published is given. It should be noted that for all stations for which cubic 

feet per second per square mile and runoff in inches are published, a revision of the 

drainage area necessitates corresponding revision of all figures based on the drainage 

area. Revised figures of cubic feet per second per square mile and runoff in inches resulting from a revision of the drainage area only are usually not published in the annual 

series of reports.

Skeleton rating tables are published for all stations except those at which the daily 

discharge for the greater part of the open-water period was determined by the shiftingcontrol method, the slope method, or other special methods involving an equivalent adjustment to the gage height of more than one-tenth foot. Skeleton rating tables are generally 

not published for stations on canals.

For stations equipped with water-stage recorders, except those on streams subject to 

sudden or rapid fluctuation, the daily table gives the discharge corresponding to the 

daily mean gage height. For stations subject to such fluctuation the daily mean gage 

height may not indicate the true daily mean discharge, which must be obtained by averaging 

the discharge for parts of the day or by using the discharge integrator, an instrument for 

obtaining the daily mean discharge from a continuous gage-height graph and containing, as 

an essential element, a curve representing the stage-discharge relation at the station. 

For stations equipped with nonrecording gages, the table of daily discharge gives the 

discharge corresponding to once-daily readings of the gage, or to the mean of twice-daily 

readings, or to the mean gage height determined from gage-height graphs based on gage 

readings. For periods of rapidly changing stage, the daily mean discharge is determined 

from gage-height graphs based on gage readings, the frequency of which is stated in the 

station description.

In the table of daily discharge, the values for the maximum day and the minimum day for 

each month are underlined. If the value is repeated, it is underlined only on the first 

day of its occurrence.

In the monthly summary below the daily table, the line headed "Total" gives the sum of 

the daily values; it is the total cfs-days for the month. The line headed "Mean" gives 

the average flow in cubic feet per second during the month. Runoff for the month may be 

expressed in cubic feet per second per square mile (line headed "Cfsm"), or in inches 

(line headed "in."), or in acre-feet (line headed "Ac-ft"). Values for cubic feet per
ACCURACY OF FIELD DATA AND COMPUTED RESULTS 7

second per square mile and runoff in inches are omitted if the drainage area includes 

large noneontributing areas, or if the average annual rainfall over the drainage basin is 

usually less than 20 inches.

In the yearly summary below the monthly summary, the values of maximum are the maximum 

daily discharges, not the momentary discharges when the water was at crest stage. Likewise, the minlmums in this summary are the minimum daily discharges.

Peak discharges and the times of their occurrence and corresponding gage heights of 

most stations are listed below the table of daily and monthly discharge. All independent 

peaks above the selected base are given. The base discharge, which is given in parentheses, is selected so that an average of about three peaks a year will be presented. 

Peak discharges are not published for canals, ditches, drains, or for any stream for which 

the peaks are subject to substantial control by man.

Footnotes to the table of daily discharge indicate periods when discharge was computed 

or estimated by unusual or special methods during periods of no gage-height record and ice 

effect, or by other effects that reduce the degree of accuracy of the records. Days on 

which discharge measurements were made are indicated by asterisk and footnote unless they 

were made at frequent regular intervals, in which instance the general frequency of discharge measurements is given under "Remarks" in the station description.

For most gaging stations on lakes and reservoirs the data presented comprise a description of the station and a monthly summary table of stage and contents. For some reservoirs a table showing daily contents or stage is given. A skeleton table of capacity at 

given stages is usually given in the first report in which data for the reservoir are published, but it is omitted from succeeding reports.

ACCURACY OF FIELD DATA AND COMPUTED RESULTS

The accuracy of streamflow data depends primarily on (1) the stability of the stagedischarge relation or, if the control is unstable, the frequency of discharge measurements, 

and (2) the accuracy of observations of stage, measurements of discharge, and interpretation of records.

The station description states the degree of accuracy of the records. "Excellent" Indicates that, in general, the error in the daily records is believed to be less than 

5 percent; "good," less than 10 percent; "fair," less than 15 percent; and "poor," probably more than 15 percent. The records of monthly and yearly mean discharge and runoff 

are, in general, more nearly accurate than the daily records.

Runoff at some stations, as indicated by the monthly mean, may vary widely from natural 

runoff, owing to diversion, consumption, regulation by storage, increase or decrease in 

evaporation due to artificial causes, or to other factors. For such stations, values of 

cubic feet per second per square mile and runoff in inches are not published unless storage or diversion records are included to indicate the extent of the regulation or diversion, or unless satisfactory adjustments can be made for changes in contents of reservoirs 

or for other changes incident to use and control. Evaporation from a reservoir is not included in the adjustments for changes in reservoir contents, unless it is so stated. Even 

at those stations where adjustments are made, large errors in computed runoff may occur 

when relatively large negative adjustments are made or when evaporation is large in comparison with the observed discharge.
SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1953, PART 2-B

Many gaging stations on streams in the irrigated areas of the United States are situated above most of the diversions from those streams, and therefore the discharge recorded 

does not actually show the water supply available at the stations for further development, 

because water must first be supplied to existing irrigation systems.

PUBLICATIONS

To facilitate publication of the annual series of reports, the area of the United 

States is divided into 14 parts whose boundaries coincide with certain natural drainage 

lines. Formerly, the results of streamflow measurements were published in 14 volumes, one 

for each of the 14 parts. Beginning with the reports for 1951, the records are published 

in 18 volumes, there being 2 volumes each for Parts 1, 2, 3, and 6. The boundaries of the 

various parts are indicated by the following list and the map in figure 2.

Part 1. North Atlantic slope basins, in two volumes:

A, North Atlantic slope basins, Maine to Connecticut. 

B, North Atlantic slope basins, New York to York River.

2. South Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins, in two volumes: 

A, South Atlantic slope basins, James River to Savannah River. 

B, South Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins, Ogeechee River 

to Pearl River.

3. Ohio River basini in two volumes:

A, Ohio River basin except Cumberland and Tennessee River basins. 

B, Cumberland and Tennessee River basins.

4. St. Lawrence River basin.

5. Hudson Bay and upper Mississippi River basins.

6. Missouri River basin, in two volumes:

A, Missouri River basin above Sioux City, Iowa. 

B, Missouri River basin below Sioux City, Iowa.

7. Lower Mississippi River basin.

8. Western Gulf of Mexico basins. '

9. Colorado River basin.

10. The Great Basin.

11. Pacific slope basins in California.

12. Pacific slope basins in Washington and upper Columbia River basin.

13. Snake River basin.

14. Pacific slope basins in Oregon and lower Columbia River basin.

Water-supply papers and other publications of the Geological Survey containing data on 

the water resources of the United States may be purchased or consulted as follows:

1. Copies may be purchased from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing 

Office, Washington 25, D. C., who will, on application, furnish lists giving prices. A 

list of Geological Survey publications may also be obtained by applying to the Director, 

Geological Survey, Washington, D. C.

2. Sets of the reports may be consulted in the libraries of the principal cities in 

the United States.

3. Sets are available for consultation in the offices of the Water Resources Division 

of the Geological Survey. Addresses of the offices in the area covered by this report are 

given on page 2.

Early records of the flow of streams in the United States are published in the reports 

listed below. In many of these reports records for years earlier than those indicated have 

been included for some streams.

Streamflow data for the years 1S84-1901, In reports of the Geological Survey 

(A - Annual Report; B - Bulletin)

Report

10th A, pt. 2 

llth A, pt. 2 

12th A, pt. 2 

13th A, pt. 3 

14th A, pt. 2 

B 131. ....... 

16th A, pt. 2 

B 140. .......

Descriptive Information only. 

Monthly discharge and descrlptlv

Descriptions, measurements, gage 

Descriptive Information only. 

Descriptions, measurements, gage 

monthly discharge.

e Information. ..............

heights, 

heights.

and ratings. ...... 

ratings, and

Year

1884 to 

1884 to 

1884-92 

1888-93 

1893-94

1895.

September 1890. 

June 30, 1891.
PUBLICATIONS
10 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1953, PART 2-B

Streamflow data for the years 1864-1901, In reports of the Geological Survey Continued 

(A = Annual Reports; B Bulletin)

Report

18th A, pt. 4

WSP 15...... .

WSP 16. ......

19th A, pt. 4

WSP 27.. .....

20th A, pt. 4

WSP 47 to 52.

22d A, pt. 4.

WSP 75..... ..

Character of data

Descriptions, measurements, ratings, and monthly discharge...

Descriptions, measurements, and gage heights of streams east

of the Mississippi River, and Missouri River and tributaries above Kansas River.

Descriptions, measurements, and gage heights of streams west

of the Mississippi River, except Missouri River and tributaries above Kansas River.

Descriptions, measurements, ratings, and monthly discharge...

Measurements, ratings, and gage heights of streams east of

the Mississippi River, and Missouri River and tributaries.

the Mississippi River, except Missouri River and tributaries.

Descriptions, measurements, gage heights, and ratings. .......

Monthly discharge. ...........................................

Year

1895-96.

1897.

1897.

1897.

1898.

1698.

1900.

1901.

Reports on surface-water supply containing records from 1899 to date for drainage basins in this report are listed below. The data for any particular gaging station will, 

in general, be found in the reports covering the years during which the station was maintained. Before 1951, records for the south Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico 

basins, Ogeechee River to Pearl River basins were included with those for the south 

Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins.

Numbers of water-supply papers containing results of stream measurements In the south Atlantic 

slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins, Ogeechee River to Pearl River, 1899-1953

Year

1899

1900

1901

1902

1903

1904

1905

1906

1907-8

1909

1910

WSP

36

48

65, 75

83

98

127

168

204

242

262

282

Year

1911

1912

1913

1914

1915

1916

1917

1918

1919-20

1921

1922

WSP

302

322

352

382

402

432

452

472

502

522

542

Year

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

WSP

562

582

602

622

642

662

682

697

712

727

742

Year

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

WSP

757

782

802

822

852

872

892

922

952

972

Year

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

1953

WSP

1O02

1032

1052

1082

1112

1142

1172

1204

1234

1274

The records at most of the stations discussed in these reports extend over many years. 

Discharge measurements at many points other than regular gaging stations have been made 

each year and are published under "Miscellaneous discharge measurements" at the end of 

each report. Ths streams and points of measurement are listed in the same order as the 

streams and gaging stations in the body of the report. An index of the records obtained 

before 1904 has been published in Water-Supply Paper 119.

Each of the reports on the surface-water supply for the year 1939 (Water-Supply Paper 

872 for the south Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins, Ogeechee River to 

Pearl River) contains, for the area included in that report, a summary of yearly discharge 

at gaging stations at which 10 or more complete years of record had been collected. These 

summaries were reprinted separately.

Reports also have been published that are compilations of records for various areas, 

usually a single State or drainage basin. These reports contain records previously published (some of which may have been revised), as well as some records not contained in 

the annual series of water-supply papers. The only such reports for any part of the area 

covered by this report are Water-Supply Paper 107, "Water powers of Alabama, with an appendix on stream measurements in Mississippi, 1895-1903" and Water-Supply Paper 197, 

"Water resources of Georgia, 1895-1905."
RECORDS OF DISCHARGE COLLECTED BY AGENCIES OTHER THAN THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

Records of discharge have been published also In State reports. Some of these are not 

contained In the publications of the Geological Survey or are revisions of records previously published in its water-supply papers. The following table contains a list of 

these reports for the area covered by this report.

State reports containing compilations of records of discharge

State

Do .........

Louisiana. .... 

Mississippi. . .

Period

1904-47

1903-38 

1900-1948

Report

Special Report 20, Water Resources and 

Hydrology of southeastern Alabama.

Geol. Bull. 16, Surface water supply of 

Louisiana. 

Bull. 68, Surface Waters of Mississippi..

Issued by

Do.

Department of Conservation. 

Mississippi Geological Survey.

The reports listed in the foregoing tables contain the customary records of discharge 

collected during the systematic operation of gaging stations. Detailed information on the 

stage and discharge of many streams during major floods has been included in special reports on these floods published by the Geological Survey. The more recent of these special 

reports also contain other pertinent hydrologic information and analyses and compilations 

of data relating to earlier notable floods. The following list gives the numbers and 

titles of these reports:

Report Issued by

WSP 771: Floods in the United States, magnitude and frequency. 

WSP 847: Maximum discharges at stream-measurement stations

through September 1938.

WSP 1066: Floods of August 1940 in the southeastern States. 

WSP 1227-A: Floods of March-April 1951 in Alabama and adjacent States.

Cir. 100: Floods in Georgia, frequency and magnitude. 

Clr. 342: Floods in Alabama, frequency and magnitude. 

Floods in Louisiana, magnitude and frequency.

U. S. Geological Survey. 

Do.

Do.

Do.

Do.

Louisiana Department of 

Highways.

RECORDS OF DISCHARGE COLLECTED BY AGENCIES OTHER THAN THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

The table below contains a list of gaging stations for the area covered by this report, 

at which records of discharge were collected during the water year October 1952 to September 1953 by agencies other than the Geological Survey. The records of these stations are 

not contained in publications of the Geological Survey, nor have they been published elsewhere .

Records of discharge collected by agencies other than the Geological Survey

Stream

Chattahoochee River. . . . 

Do ......

Flint River. ...........

Harney Pond Canal. ..... 

Indian Prairie Canal...

Nine Mile Canal. .......

North New River and 

Hlllsboro Canals. 

Old Town Creek. ........ 

Prairie Creek. ......... 

Taylor Creek. ..........

Upatol Creek. ..........

Location

Ft. Galnes, Ga. .................

Near Molena , Ga .................

Near Okeechobee, Fla. ...........

... .do..................... .....

Verona, Miss .................... 

Galllon, Ala....... ............. 

At Lake Okeechobee, Fla.........

Fort Bennlng, Ga. ...............

Period

1953 

1945-53a/ 

1953b/ 

1947-53a/ 

1951-53 

1951-53 

1951-53 

1951-53 

1951-53

1947-53a/ 

1952-53a/ 

1951-53 

1949-53 

1948-53a/ 

1946-53 

1938-39, 

1946-53a/

Collected by

Corps of Engineers . 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do

Do 

Do 

 Do 

Do 

Do 

Do 

Do

a/ Some earlier records published In reports of Geological Survey. 

b/ October 1952 to June 1953 published elsewhere In this report.
12 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1953, PART 2-B

HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS

The water year 1953 was characterized by slightly below normal to slightly above normal 

runoff over most of the south Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins, Ogeechee 

River to Pearl River. Runoff was deficient over most of this area during the first three 

months of the water year and during August. Runoff during January was above normal for 

the first time since June 1952 in Alabama. Moderate to severe flooding occurred during' 

May over most of the area covered by this report except Florida. Hurricane "Florence" 

caused moderate flooding in Florida and Georgia during September. For three key gaging 

stations in the area covered by this report, a comparison of the monthly and yearly mean 

discharges during the 1953 water year with the median discharge for the 25-year period 

1921-45 is shown in figure 3 on the opposite page.
Discharge, in cfs

.5

Discharge, in cfs 
14 GAGING-STATION RECORDS

OGEECHEE RIVER BASIN 

Ogeechee River at Scarboro, Ga.

Location. Lat 32°42'40", long. 81°52'45", on left bank 15 ft downstream from highway 

bridge at Scarboro, Jenkins County, 3? miles downstream from Sculls Creek, 65- miles 

upstream from Horse Creek, and 7i miles southeast of Millen. <-.

Drainage area. 1.940 sq mi, approximately. 

Records available. April 1937 to September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 111.81 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 (levels by Corps of Engineers). Prior to 

Dec. 18, 1941, staff gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 16 years, 1,688 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 14,400 cfs May 9 (gage height, 11.0 ft); minimum, 242 cfs Sept. 1.

1937-53: Maximum discharge, 24,600 cfs Aug. 17, 1940, Mar. 27, 1944 (gage height, 

12.8 ft); minimum observed, 146 cfs Sept. 28, 1938.

Maximum stage known, 17.0 ft in October 1929, from information by local residents.

Remarks. Records good except those below 400 cfs, which are fair, and those for periods 

of no gage-height record, which are poor.

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height. In feet, and discharge,

In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Nov. 10)

0.4 

2.0 

4.0 

6.0 

7.0

242

462

660

1,550

2,170

7.5

8.0

9.0

10.0

11.0

2,770

3,740

6,250

9,650

14,400

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

447 

402

353

333

314

294

288

'531 274

288

320

360

402

417 

447

462

462

447

402

374

353

340

326

320

320

320 

320

*314

300

300

294

10,874

351

0.181

0.21

Nov.

"59"? 294 

294

294

300

307

307

307

314

320

346

374

388

402 

417

432

447

447

447

462

478

511

529

547

565

565 

583

602

621

640

-

12,834

428

0.221

0.25

Dec.

621 

602

565

5"S9 529

547

565

547

547

*547

565

565

565

583 

602

602

602

602

602

583

583

565

547

565

602

680 

740

785

835

885

970

19,227

620

0.320

0.37

Jan.

1.060 

1,130

1,160

1,160

1,160

1,160

1,130

1,130

1,160

1,200

1,240

1,270

1,310

1,310 

1,310

1,270

1,270

1,240

1,310

1,310

1,470

1,550

1,600

1,710

1,770

1.850 

1J830

1,830

1,830

1,830

1,830

43,370

1,399

0.721

0.83

Feb.

1,830 

1,890

1,950

2,020

2,090

2,090

2,09O

2,020

2,020

1,890

1,830

1,770

1,710

1.650 

1,710

1,880

1,950

2,020

2,170

2,370

2,560

2,770

3,120

3,960

5,040

5.690 

5,690

5,690

_

-

73,420

2,622

1.35

1.41

Mar.

5,690 

5,560

5,420

5,420

6,250

6.840

6,540

5,970

5,160

4,540

4,190

4,300

4,910

5,160 

5,160

4,660

4,300

3,960

3,740

3,640

3,420

3,640

3,320

3,320

3,220

3,030 

2,940

2,940

2,900

2.800

2,800

135,740

4,379

2.26

2.61

Apr.

2.700 

2,600

2,500

2,400

2,500

2,400

2,300

2,200

2,100

2,000

2,100

2,100

2,000

1,900 

1,890

1,950

1,950

1,890

1,830

1,710

1,650

1,600

1,550

1,470

1,430

1,310 

1,200

1,130

1,030

970

56,360

1,879

0.969

1.08

May

910

175

1,060

1,270

1,550

2,020

5,900

12,200

13.900

TSiiOO

10,500

7,800

7,150

6,690 

5,560

4,420

3,640

2,940

2,490

2,170

1,950

1,710

1,550

1,430

1,310

1,240 

*1,130

1,100

1,030

1,030

970

120,990

3,903

2.01

2.32

June

760" 885 

680

583

529

494

462

462

1

462

462

478

529

583

621 

602

6Q2.

565

565

565

602

602

583

565

565

529

529 

547

583

621

621

17,236

575

0.296

0.33

July

621 

660

660

660

660

660

640

*621

602

547

494

478

462

432 

402

374

346

320

3l6

353

388

447

529

583

621

660 

700

720

755

680

640

17,006

549

0.283

0.33

Aug.

583 

511

462

462

494

478

417

388

402

388

374

374

388

353 

333

314

300

288

*274

326

374

432

388

326

314

307 

300

281

268

255

248

11,402

368

0.190

0.22

Sept.

"555 242 

268

320

417

462

529

583

660

740

740

680

565

500 

500

450

400

350

400

450

450

400

350

400

1,000

2,000 

2,500

3,000

3,400

3.500

26,511

884

0.456

0.51

Calendar year 1952: Max 10,500 Mln 220 Mean 1,298 Cfsm 0.669 In. 9.10

Water year 1952-53: Max 13,900 Mln 242 Mean 1,493 Cfsm 0.770 In. 10.47

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Note. No gage-height record Mar. 29 to Apr. 14, Sept. 14-30; discharge estimated on basis of 

weather records and records for station near Eden.
OGEECHEE RIVER BASIN 

Ogeechee River near Eden, Ga.

15

Location. Lat 32°10.', long. 81°25', on right bank 600 ft downstream from bridge on U. S. 

Highways 25, 80, and 280, 2 miles west of Eden, Effingham County, 2 miles upstream 

from Seaboard Air Line Railroad bridge, and 3 miles upstream from Black Creek.

Drainage area. 2.650 sq mi, approximately. 

Records available. April 1937 to September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 19.64 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

T929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Average discharge. 16 years, 2,214 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 15,600 cfs May 14 (gage height, 12.4 ft); minimum, 348 cfs Nov. 5-9.

1937-53: Maximum discharge, 26,300 cfs Mar. 31, 1944 (gage height, 14.7 ft); minimum, 230 cfs Aug. 2, 1952.

Maximum stage known, 20.0 ft in October 1929, from data furnished by Central of 

Georgia Railway Co.

Remarks. Records good.

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, In feet, and

discharge, In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 21 to Nov. 12)

0.8 

2.0 

4.0 

6.0 

8.0

339

720

1,380

2,200

3,700

10.0

11.0

12.0

13.0

7,100

9,800

13,700

18,950

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

640 

624

592

544

496

432

389

395

512

720

835

£25

672

592

560

544

560

592

592

592

560

528

496

464

432

416

401

395

*379 

373

370

16,517

533

0.201

0.23

Nov.

370 

370

367

358

351

348

325

348

354

364

376

401

432

464

480

480

480

496

512

512

544

592

624

640

1J45

640

640

640

640 

640

-

14,451

482

0.182

0.20

Dec.

640

672

688

720

720

688

656

656

656

*656

656

656

656

656

656

656

656

672

688

704

738

770

785

770

755

785

820

850 

885

915

22,137

714

0.269

0.31

Jan.

950 

1/555

1,110

1,180

1,240

1,310

1,310

1,340

1,380

1,380

1,420

1,420

1,420

1,420

1,420

1,450

1,450

1,480

1,520

1,560

1,590

1,590

*1,620

1,660

. 1,700

1,820

1,950

2,050

2,150 

2,200

2.250

47,360

1,528

0.577

0.67

Feb.

2.510 

2,310

2,370

2,370

2,370

2,370

2,490

2,690

2,830

3,070

3,240

3,330

3,240

3,070

2,990

2,830

2,760

2,620

2,550

2,550

2,620

2,690

2,830

2,990

3,240

3,600

4,320

5.720

-

82,370

2,942

1.11

1.16

Mar.

6,900 

7,850

8,100

*7,850

7,600

7,350

7,600

7,600

7,850

8,350

8,600

8,350

8,100

7,850

7,850

7,350

7,100

6,900

6,700

6,500

6,100

6,500

7,850

8,900

9.200

8,600

7,600

6,700

5,900 

5,360

4.820

229,880

7,415

2.80

3.23

Apr.

4.320 

4, ISO

3,920

3,800

3,600

3,510

3,510

3,510

3,420

3,330

3,330

3,150

3,150

3,240

*3,150

3,150

2,990

2,830

2,760

2,690

2,690

2,620

2,550

2,490

2,370

2,250

2,100

1,950

1,860 

1.T80

-

90,200

3,007

1.13

1.26

May

1,660 

1,560

1,420

1.340

1,450

1,780

2,310

2,490

2,830

3,510

4,480

9,200

14,600

15.100

12,8'06

10,500

8,600

7,600

6,900

6,100

5,180

4,480

3,800

3,420

2,990

2,620

2,310

*2,050

1,820 

1,620

1,480

147,970

4,773

1.80

2.08

June

1.340 

1,240

1,180

1,110

1,040

980

985

802

755

704

640

592

592

624

640

755

915

1,080

980

850

770

720

688

688

688

720

785

785

820 

820

-

25,188

840

0.317

0.35

July

820 

802

802

802

785

770

755 *755

755

785

820

770

704

624

576

544

512

158" 480

544

560

592

592

592

592

608

820

950

1.020 

1,020

950

22,197

716

0.270

0.31

Aug.

885 

' 820

755

688

672

640

624

624

640

656

624

560

496

464

432

416

401

389

389

*544

704

850

950

9l>tJ

868

738

592

544

528 

480

432

19,355

624

0.235

0.27

Sept.

496 

608

592

528

560

496

480

512

544

560

576

592

624

656

656

624

528

432

IS35ff

448

448

401

376

395

885

1,950

2,990

3,510 

3.920

-

26,152

872

0.329

0.37

Calendar year 1952: Max 11,600 Mln 230 Mean 1,773 Cfsm 0.669 In. 9.11

Water year 1952-53: Max 15,100 Min 348 Mean 2,038 Cfsm 0.769 In. 10.44

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
16 OGEECHEE RIVER BASIN 

Canoochee River near Claxton, Ga.

Location.--Lat 32°11'05", long. 81°53'25", on right bank 400 ft upstream from bridge on 

State Highway 73, 2 miles northeast of Claxton, Evans County, and 10 miles upstream 

from Letts Creek.

Drainage area. 555 sq mi, approximately. 

Records available. May 1937 to September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 80.5 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

T929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 (levels by Georgia State Highway Department). 

Prior to Oct. 20, 1949, staff gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 16 years, 425 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 8,500 cfs Sept. 28 (gage height, 13.7 ft); minimum daily, 9.5 cfs July 19.

1937-53: Maximum discharge, 12,100 cfs Apr. 2, 1948 (gage height, 13.9 ft, from 

graph based on gage readings), from rating curve extended above 5,100 cfs by logarithmic plotting; minimum observed, 1.2 cfs June 2, 3, 1941.

Remarks. Records fair.

Revisions (water years). WSP 1112: 1939-41, 1944.

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height. In feet, and discharge,

In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Nov. 22, Sept. 27-30)

1.6

1.7 

1.9 

2.1 

2.3 

2.7 

3.2

5.3

10

28

55

94

207

371

6.0

8.0

10.0

11.0

12.0

13.0

932

1,420

2,190

2,940

4,640

8,090

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

88

69

59

46

36

33

*28

44

330

406

358

271

190

144

130

144

141

117

94

81

69

59

52

48

43

39

35

30

27

25

*j!3

3,259

105

0.189

0.22

Nov.

22

. 22

22

20

18

17

16

15 \ is

16

23

60

88

68

55

50

46

40

40

64

184

197

177

139

103

86

77

73

66

60

-

1,879

6Z.6

0.113

0.13

Dec.

55

ii15

59

60

60

60

60

59

59

 68

84

94

90

79

73

66

60

57

60

128

181

184

156

150

204

237

214

194

204

222

3,375

109

0.196

0.23

Jan.

267

286

289

296

300

271

244

214

200

207

229

233

214

190

177

177

181

177

229

323

371

356

 334

474

606

626

517

549

511

530

492

10,142

327

0.589

0.68

Feb.

428

"528 383

428

406

383

457

766

998

998

826

666

606

568

587

646

646

666

666

746

826

826

888

954

1,020

1,220

1,710

5.170

_

-

22,912

818

1.47

1.53

Mar.

5.1590

2,940

2,380

1,970

*1,930

1,930

2,130

2,020

1,850

1,740

1,740

1,740

1,970

2,130

1,970

1,930

1,850

1,680

1,420

1,220

1,120

1,100

1,270

1,710

2,070

1,820

1,510

1,220

1,040

888

68JB

54, 564

1,760

3.17

3.66

Apr.

568

511

457

406

371

346

428

448

448

492

626

726

1,120

1,400

*1.450

1,320

1,140

932

726

606

492

428

383

334

305

263

226

190

159

"^

17,429

581

1.05

1.17

May

112

99

101

276

866

2,140

2.580 z'iso

2,190

2,020

1,600

1,270

932

646

457

358

263

200

153

128

115

106

94

86

81

73

62

*50

43

36

30

19,097

616

1.11

1.28

June

27

24

21

19

21

24

35

44

40

42

46

60

69

68

75

77

79

79

66

52

42

33

17

?5

24

39

49

92

~"5o" 103

-

1,480

49.3

0.089

0.10

July

64

48

39

35

46

39

28

29

 40

68

54

39

30

21

17

14

32

10

I!" 9.5

175

726

1.020

726

457

332

457

587

606

492

7,166.5

231

0.416

0.48

Aug.

~z53 371

133

86

69

79

68

120

133

233

263

139

59

36

29

25

23

20

25

*39

30

29

26

20

15

12

42

108

115

84

59

2,723

87.8

0.158

0.18

Sept.

44

40

38

34

32.

34

44

77

88

62

52

48

44

43

38

32

44

94

94

99

84

64

50

39

52

772

2,980

7.650

*5,340

3,170

-

21,262

709

1.28

1.43

Calendar year 1952: Max 2,070 Mln 4.0 Mean 330 Cfsm 0.595 In. 8.11

Water year 1952-53: Max 7,630 Mln 9.5 Mean 453 Cfsm 0.816 In. 11.09

Peak discharge (base, 1,800 cfs). 

(9.9 ft;: May 6 110 p.m. ) 2,520 cfs 1

Mar. 1 (2 p.m.) 3,590 cfs (11.5 ft); Mar. 25 (8 a.m.) 2,130 cfs 

10.5 ft); Sept. 28 (3 p.m. 5 8,500 cfs (13.7 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN 17

South River near McDonough, Ga.

Location.--Lat 33°30', long. 84°01 I , on left bank 20 ft downstream from Butler Bridge, a 

quarter of a mile upstream from Beech Creek, 2 miles downstream from Big Walnut Creek, 

4? miles downstream from Cotton River, and 9 miles northeast of McDonough, Henry 

County.

Drainage area. 436 sq mi.

Records available. October 1939 to September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 564.99 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929 (Corps of Engineers benchmark).

Average discharge. 14 years, 588 cfs.

Extremes.. Maximum discharge during year, 5,800 cfs May 1 (gage height, 14.0 ft); minimum daily, 150 cfs Oct. 5, 6.

1939-53: Maximum discharge, 34,500 cfs Jan. 7, 1946 (gage height, 24.7 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 20,000 cfs by logarithmic plotting; minimum daily, 70 cfs 

Oct. 25-27, 1941.

Remarks. Records good. Figures of daily discharge include flow diverted from Chattahoochee River (averaging about 12 cfs) for Atlanta municipal supply.

Rating tables, water year 1952-53 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

In cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1

2.2 150 

3.0 332 

4.0 654

to Dec. 30

5.0 990 

6.0 1,340

2.5 

3.0 

6.0

Dec. 31

145 

265 

1,260

to Sept. 30

9.0 2,500 

12.0 4,280 

14.0 5,800

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

174

 172

161

154

150

150

152

159

207

258

214

201

190 

190

 190

190

190

174

172

165

154

154 

161

172

170

168

170

168

170

168

170

5,438

175

0.401

0.46

Nov.

176

176

174

172

T75

176

183

176

181

190

231

238

218 

205

205

198

194

194

212

482

 332

238 

216

203

203

216

278

238

216

214

-

6,509

217

0.498

0.56

Dec.

22"3 207

322

253

274

465

297

253

245

467

1,130

479

345 

300

276

262

253

245

242

276

636

401 

372

550

432

401

372

317

288

293

2.080

12,956

418

0.959

1.11

Jan.

1,580

 852

1,060

699

530

448

400

US

2,790

4.040

1,700

1,060

801 

682

597

547

514

852

1,060

716

835

733 

784

1,830

988

733

631

580

614

498

464

30,033

969

2.22

2.56

Feb.

448

432

415

400

579

385

1,660

1,070

699

580

530

564

648 

514

2,590

1,640

 920

733

631

813

2,370

3.150 

i,350

1,550

2,500

1,580

1,190

988

_

.

-

30,669

1,095

2.51

2.61

Mar.

852

818

920

1,620

2.510

1,160

920

801

733

682

988

1,400

954 

818

767

699

648

665

954

801

699

1,020 

1,120

1,060

835

733

 682

631

597

564

564

28,215

910

2.09

2.41

Apr.

564

564

530

514

498

478

631

564

478

530

733

1,340

5,200 

1,290

835

733

648

614

631

580

547

514 

514

478

481

481

448

432

1 54'0

-

21,805

727

1.67

1.86

May

5.060

2,160

1,290

2,380

2,000

1,750

3,720

 1,750

1,190

988

852

784

716 

665

631

597

580

564

614

954

631

564 

514

481

432

415

400

370

358

355

340

34,125

1,101

2.53

2.92

June

319

298

286

283

280

310

340

355

337

358

514

385

313 

295

295

307

 355

313

268

155

481

498 

382

464

826

1,120

767

1.160

584

432

13,485

450

1.03

1.15

July

379

343

340

648

750

464

367

343

448

355

304

277

265

'555

304

710

818

1.890

852

614

733 

648

464

400

352

328

373

346

313

 289

15,240

492

1.13

1.30

Aug.

280

283

260

235

232

225

212

205

316

280

208

205

200 

188

178

172

168

200

316

610

385

255 

230

218

202

190

180

172

172

165

7,299

235

0.539

0.62

Sept.

151

US

198

195

590

498

274

230

215

190

 190

182

172 

175

163

165

163

157

216

1,400

597

319 

242

218

265

784

2.140

1,060

597

432

12,343

411

0.943

1.05

Calendar year 1952: Max 10,400 Mln 134 Mean 548 Cfsm 1.26 In. 17.10

Water year 1952-53: Max 5,060 Mln 150 Mean 598 Cfsm 1.37 In. 18.61

Peak discharge (base. 5.000 cfs). May 1 (6 p.m.) 5,800 cfs (14.0 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
18 ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN

Yellow River near Snellville, Ga.

Location. Lat 33°51', long. 84°05', on right bank at highway bridge, 85- miles west of 

Snellville, Gwinnett County, 4 miles downstream from Sweetwater Creek, 6j miles northeast of town of Stone Mountain, and 7? miles upstream from Stone Mountain Creek.

Drainage area.--144 sq mi.

Records available. October 1942 to September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 810 ft (by barometer). Prior to Nov. 4, 

1952, staff gage at same site and datum'.

Average discharge. 11 years, 177 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,180 cfs Jan. 10 (gage height, 11.0 ft); minimum, 17 cfs Sept. 1.

1942-53: Maximum discharge, 6,580 cfs Nov. 29, 1948 (gage height, 19.4 ft. from 

floodmark); minimum observed, 5.0 cfs Sept. 9, 1.0, 1951 (gage height, 0.50 ft).

Remarks.--Records good.

Revisions (water years). WSP 1032: 1943(M). WSP 1112: 1944-45(M).

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge. In cubic feet per second)

0.7

.9

1.2

1.6

13

26

57

125

2.0

3.0

11.0

216

502

3,180

J.*D J.£.O

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

29

27

25

23

24

25

26 

25

38

*2

39

38

36

33

33

33

*31

30

30

30

25

26

30

30

31

33

34

33

30

33

35

957

30.9

0.215

0.25

Nov.

39

15

40

4O

45

40

4O 

40

41

55

71

64

57

53

52

51

51

50

71

146

84

68

58

53

50

57

65

57

52 

52

-

1,682

56.1

0.390

0.44

Dec.

*50

la

81

67

98

100

79 

71

68

298

275

180

129

101

87

81

76

71

68

82

115

92

101

111

101

96

85

79

76 

84

488

3,558

115

0.799

0.92

Jan.

326

281

323

224

174

142

f9T

2,010

2,940

1,180

 486

312

241

2O6

183

164

257

226

187

2O4

174

330

582

323

228

192

178

160 

146

138

12,943

418

2.90

3.34

Feb.

136

129

125

119

115

138

566 

337

228

185

169

183

169

162

683

425

284

216

19O

410

995

9T5C

425

*395

425

351

261

236

-

9,057

323

2.24

2.33

Mar.

211

221

231

582

gQ2

334

254 

221

197

183

264

284

246

216

197

183

169

192

231

187

183

246

287

257

216

192

178

169

158 

*155

153

7,379

238

1.65

1.90

Apr.

151

146

140

133

125

133

158

136

129

187

169

351

410

257

197

174

151

146

151

136

129

125

121

115

113

115

105

101

m

5,044

168

1.17

1.30

May

599

735

363

550

351

858

1,560 58'2

351

254

*214

187

169

151

142

136

138

129

196

262

183

151

127

113

105

98

92

84

82 

82

77

9,121

294

2.04

2.35

June

71

65

64

63

61

68

73 

73

74

65

131

91

79

85

74

79

85

73

63

153

180

*T76~

115

121

169

115

119

136

1O3 

87

2,911

97.0

0.674

0.75

July

76

65

61

96

176

131

84

76

74

61

55

51

49

46

47

SO

84

103

146

84

125

249

2n

125

92

76

67

68

63 

58

53

2,815

90. 8

0.631

0.73

Aug.

47

43

42

51

50 

44

40

36

*33

31

30

3O

29

26

26

52

41

43

37

31

32

29

25

23

21

20

20 

19

IS

1,078

34.8

0.242

0.28

Sept.

1£- 17

2£

52

133

89

61 

45

35

3C

27

25

23

*24

22

21

20

18

35

226

87

60

44

37

155

249

"2"6~2 599

148 

10O

-

2,691

89.7

0.623

0.70

Calendar year 1952: Max 2,280 Mln 14 Mean 155 Cfsm 1.08 In. 14.67

Water year 1952-53= Max 2,940 Mln 17 Mean 162 Cfsm 1.12 In. 15.29

Ischarge measurement made on this day.
ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN 19

Yellow River near Covington, Ga.

Location. Lat 33°37', long. 83°55', near left bank at downstream end of pier of bridge on 

State Highway 12, a quarter of a mile downstream from Georgia Railroad bridge, half a 

mile downstream from Gum Creek, and 3f miles northwest of Covington, Newton County.

Drainage area. 396 sq mi.

Records available. September to December 1897, May 1899 to December 1901, July 1944 to 

September 1953. Published as "at Almon" 1897-1901.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 616.99 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. September to December 1897 staff gage at about 

same site at different datum. May 1899 to December 1901 staff gage at site 1 mile upstream at different datum.

Average discharge.--9 years (1944-53), 485 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 5,420 cfs Jan. 11 (gage height, 13.6 ft); minimum daily, 61 cfs Oct. 4.

1944-53: Maximum discharge, 16,200 cfs Nov. 29, 1948 (gage height, 20.3 ft); minimum daily, 24 cfs Sept. 9, 1951.

Remarks. Records good. Diurnal fluctuation caused by mllldam above station. 

Revisions (water years).--WSP 1112: 1945(M), 1946.

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, in feet, and

discharge. In cubic feet per second)

(Backwater from return of overbank flow May 8-10; shifting-control 

method used May 11 to Sept. 30)

0.8

1.0 

1.5 

2.0

53

78

151

241

4.0

8.0

12.0

14.0

739

2,100

4,230

5,740

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

*88

86

81

61

70

88

78

*75

88

108

94

105

120

97

102

102

98

94

74

102

81

81

86

84

88

74

105

94

88

90

90

2,772

89.4

0.226

0.26

Nov.

98

83

112

94

99

95

102

94

83

114

120

143

132

123

118

102

128

120

123

225

*283

195

145

161

141

145

162

161

148

134

"

3,983

133

0.336

0.37

Dec.

157

154

193

193

202

258

221

210

184

233

668

503

360

272

252

217

202

200

191

215

316

316

£83

327

305

294

272

252

241

241

828

8,760

283

0.715

0.82

Jan.

1,270

*798

940

700

530

441

406

394

1,630

4,100

5.100

2,940

1,170

828

682

598

530

710

888

682

768

696

739

1,370

1,270

828

668

612

570

503

465

33,826

1,091

2.76

3.18

Feb.

453

441

417

406

382

394

978

1,270

798

626

543

543

*556

503

1,170

1,550

1,010

739

626

768

1,730

2.570

2,030

1,370

1,580

1,370

1,070

888

_

-

-

26,781

956

2.41

2.51

Calendar year 1952 : Max 5,260 Win 60

Mar.

768

768

768

1,070

1.840

1,370

918

768

696

640

768

1,110

888

768

768

668

598

598

768

696

612

710

888

918

768

668

*612

570

530

516

490

24,518

791

2.00

2.31

Apr.

478

465

453

429

417

429

465

453

417

490

570

768

1.170

888

640

556

503

453

465

453

417

394

394

371

360

371

371

338

327

71O

-

15,015

500

1.26

1.41

May

2,030

1,650

1,690

1,440

1,800

1,550

2,820

*2,800

1,350

870

768

654

584

530

490

453

441

441

441

668

570

465

406

360

349

316

294

272

254

252

225

27,231

878

2.22

2.56

June

237

217

204

195

195

212

202

256

241

225

262

316

227

241

272

241

252

*241

208

371

503

490

371

371

371

441

349

417

417

305

-

8,850

295

0.745

0.83

July

256

227

231

382

465

490

360

294

327

262

200

197

202

172

159

272

252

406

4~59 584

316

441

478

417

294

249

239

217

213

191

*162

9,384

303

0.765

0.88

Aug.

162

227

186

157

143

134

120

137

134

138

117

111

105

86

97

95

110

95

122

153

138.

Ill

114

123

105

§7

88

87

IS

78

92

3,732

120

0.303

0.35

Sept,

79

72

155

164

186

294

231

167

135

120

105

91

95

106

*90

91

83

84

90

478

465

239

193

162

167

566

1.040

1,040

570

382

-

7,720

257

0.649

0.72

Mean 417 Cfsm 1.05 In. 14.32

Water year 1952-53 : Max 5,100 Win 61 Mean 473 Cfsm 1.19 In. 16.20

Peak discharge (base. 5.400 efs). Jan. 11 (7 a.m.) 5,420 cfs (13.6 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
20 ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN

Ocmulgee River near Jackson, Ga.

Location. Lat 33°18', long. 83°50', on right bank 500 ft upstream from bridge on State

Highway 16, half a mile upstream from Yellow Water Creek, 1 mile downstream from Lloyd

Shoals Dam, 7 miles east of Jackson, Butts County, and at mile 247.4.

Drainage area. 1,420 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. May 1906 to September 1915, August 1939 to September 1953.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 419.29 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

~1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Jan. 1, 1913, staff gage, Jan. 1 to

Dec. 31, 1913, water-stage recorder, and Jan. 1, 1914, to Dec. 31, 1915, staff gage,

all at present site and datum.

Average discharge.--14 years (1939-53), 1,735 efs (unadjusted).

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 11,500 efs May 1 (gage height, 9.26 ft); minimum daily, 466 efs Sept. 19.

1906-15, 1939-53: Maximum discharge, 56,600 efs Nov. 28, 1948 (gage height, 23.9 

ft); minimum daily, 18 efs Nov. 20, 1910.

Maximum stage known, 26.8 ft Dec. 11, 1919, from graph based on gage readings (discharge, 69,000 efs, by computation of flow over dam).

Remarks. Records good. Flow regulated by Lloyd Shoals Reservoir (usable eapaeity, 

77,000 aere-ft), completed in 1910.

Revisions (water years1.--WSP 892: Drainage area. WSP 952: 1912(M). WSP 972: 1942.

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge. In cubic feet per second)

4.1 

4.5 

5.0 

9.0

420

8 2O

1,530

11,000

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

1O

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

16

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

(t)

Oct.

810

990

1.150

516

514

676

512

521

929

846

548

546

545

*765

918

828

696

544

538

750

969

1,050

747

650

548

554

601

630

602

564

608

21,665

699

-322

Nov.

554

552

548

728

534

532

648

530

525

532

728

724

624

612

531

524

526

528

544

539

932

528

516

846

744

822

523

702

642

534

-

18,352

612 -71

Dec.

899

652

718

736

541

542

533

829

*955

758

1,390

1,770

1,240

528

1,620

1,280

1,750

1,340

716

531

538

1,290

1,370

673

540

1,140

767

540

864

1,870

1 .960

30,880

996

+46

Jan.

1,960

2,060

1,300

1.160

1,860

1,770

1,690

1,940

2,080

2,380

3,200

9.080

7,730

4,000

2,460

2,560

2,520

2,520

2,510

2,500

2,600

2,520

2,550

2,590

2,570

2,590

2,590

2,520

2,490

2,520

2,480

85,320

2,752

+481

Feb.

2,460

2,460

2,450

2,500

2,44O

2,430

2,460

1.540

2,OOO

2,470

2,470

2,480

2,460

2,440

2,690

*2,590

2,590

2,600

2,600

2,560

2,620

6,000

7.200

6,370

6,640

6,740

4,090

2,650

-

*

-

90,800

3,243

+162

Mar.

2,660

2,54O

2,690

3,420

6.880

5,070

2,640

2,660

2,640

2,600

2,620.

3,070

3,61O

3,150

2,920

2,840

2,660

2,550

2,580

2,540

2.500

2,550

2,550

2,600

2,650

2,630

2,650

2,600

2,580

2,550

2,530

90,730

2,927

-153

Apr.

2,520

2,510

2,500

2,360

584

1,690

1,570

1,580

1,620

1,500

876

1,O60

2,530

2.580

2,560

2,570

2,520

2,530

2,510

2,520

2,490

1,390

1,500

1,470

628

630

1,490

1,390

1,020

2,150

-

54,848

1,828

+91

May

4,560

9.450

5,390

4,590

6,980

6,010

8,41O

6,670

6,190

5,540

3,390

2,650

2,630

2,590

2,580

1,780

992

2,000

2,010

1,810

2,340

1,920

1,780

643

1,830

1,500

1,210

1,020

754

762

634

100,595

3,245 -81

June

1,270

818

808

1.860

894

692

650

1,64O

1,190

1,120

1,330

1,270

694

630

1,560

1,670

1,510

1,620

772

877

652

1,380

1,700

1,760

1,760

1,670

1,540

1,510

1,650

1,560

-

38,057

1,269

+24

July

1,660

1,510

1,790

786

605

1,640

1,640

1,370

1,550

1,320

80O

580

1,460

1,020

736

1,640

1,570

733

1,150

1,830

1,820

1,890

1,830

1,900

2.520

556

1,500

1,310

1,460

1,250

1,500

42,726

1,378

-153

Aug.

555

540

1,030

776

842

1.43O

594

483

486

482

486

480

509

494

476

482

564

564

478

500

485

488

488

489

487

485

490

482

495

486

478

17,602

568 -46

Sept.

482

563

504

506

582

558

514

506

835

674

*846

492

472

476

716

843

1,350

1,400

466

518

1,040

1,370

1,380

1,420

1,750

2,450

2.640

2,420

2,400

2,370

-

32,543

1,085

+74

Adjusted for change In reservoir contents

Mean 

Cfsm 

In.

377 

0.265 

0.31

541 

0.381 

0.43

Calendar year 1952 : 

Water year 1952-53;

1,042 

0.734 

0.85

3,233 

2.28 

2.63

3,405 

2.40 

2.50

2,774 

1.95 

2.25

1,919 

1.35

1.51

5,164 

2.23 

2.57

Observed

Max 22,900 Mln 500 Mean 1,660 

Max 9,430 Mln 466 Mean 1,710

1,293 

0.911 

1.02

1,225 

0.863 

0.99

522 

0.368 

0.42

1,159 

0.816 

0.91

Adjusted

Mean 1,636 Cfsm 1.15 In. 15.68 

Mean 1,713 Cfsm 1.21 In. 16.39

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

t Change In contents, equivalent In cubic feet per second, In Lloyd Shoals Reservoir, furnished by 

Georgia Power Co.
ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN

Ocmulgee River at Macon, Ga.

Location.--Lat 32°51', long. 83°34' at downstream end of center pier of Fifth Street 

Bridge in Macon, Bibb County, I? miles upstream from Walnut Creek, and at mile 205.0.

Drainage area. 2.240 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. January 1893 to September 1913, October 1931 to September 1953 

Gage-height records collected at same site since 1895 are contained in reports of

;e-::Water "stage re c or(1er. Datura of gage is 269.80 ft above mean sea level, datum of

29, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Oct. 9, 1905, staff, chain, and wireweight gages at sites within l£ miles downstream at about same datum. Oct. 9, 1905, 

to Sept. 30, 1913, chain gage at present site and datum. Oct. 1, 1931, to June 25, 

1934, water-stage recorder at site 500 ft downstream at present datum.

Average discharge.--40 years (1893-1911, 1931-53), 2,767 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 38,400 cfs May 1 (gage height, 22.7 ft); minimum daily, 610 cfs .Sept. 15.

oo i8^T1913 ' 1931 '53 : Maximum discharge, 83,500 cfs Nov. 29, 1948 (gage height, 

?'H ££' ; "> lnlmilm daily, 192 cfs Nov. 9, 16, 23, 1931; minimum gage height observed, 

-1.0 ft Oct. 5, 1904.

Flood of Feb. 28, 1929, reached a stage of 26.1 ft (discharge, 70,000 cfs). A 

stage 1 inch lower, as determined from floodmarks, was reached on Jan. 19, 1925, at 

Central of Georgia Railway bridge 500 ft downstream.

Remarks. Records good. Flow regulated by Lloyd Shoals Reservoir (see preceding page 

for monthly change in contents).

Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used July 23 to Sept. 22j rate of change 

in stage used as a factor Dec. 31, Feb. 15, Apr. 30, Sept. 26}

3.8

4.0

6.0

12.0

610

700

1,750

5,600

15.0

18.0

22.0

9,240

16,300

33,800

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

950

950

1,100

1.230

678

655

800

725

725

1,050

1,020

700

 700

750

950

1,180

1,050

850

700

678

825

1,080

1,150

950

825

678

678

775

800

750

750

26,702

B61

0.384

0.44

Nov.

750

700

700

700

825

750

700

700

678

700

750

875

925

850

750

700

700

750

775

850

825

1.050

725

 725

1,020

975

1,050

750

825

800

-

23,873

796

0.355

0.40

Dec.

750

1,100

1,100

1,200

1,000

825

775

800

1,050

1,200

1,080

1,530

1,860

1,360

800

1,640

1,420

1,750

1,480

975

975

900

1,580

1,920

1,360

1,020

1,360

1,080

900

1,970

5.500

40,060

1,292

0.577

0.67

Jan.

4,470

3,320

3,080

2,360

2.080

2,300

2,140

2,140

2,960

4,680

5,600

6,500

9,060

7,280

4,210

3,260

2,960

2,960

3,020

3,080

3,320

3,560

3,630

6,120

4,750

4,020

3,630

3,500

3,380

3,260

3,140

119,770

3,864

1.72

1.98

Feb.

2,900

2,900

2,960

3,020

3,140

3,020

3,080

2,780

1.970

2,900

3,140

3,200

3,080

2,960

5,730

*6,400

5,200

4,150

3,690

3,560

3,630

5,360

8,900

8,420

10,800

12.100

10,400

5,760

-

-

-

135,150

4,827

2.15

2.24

Mar.

4,540

4,280

4,020

4,210

6,030

7.960

5,040

3,950

3,690

3,560

3,690

4,540

4,890

4,750

4,540

4,210

3,890

3,500

4,410

4,680

4,210

6,920

6,120

4,890

4,340

4,020

3,820

3,760

3,500

*3.080

3,320

138,360

4,463

1.99

2.29

Apr.

3,380

3,380

3,200

3,080

2,420

1,260

2,480

2,540

2,300

4,470

4.960

2,840

3,500

3,950

3,760

3,560

3,440

3,380

3,260

2,900

3,020

2,600

1,970

1,970

1,920

1,120

1 .050

1,800

1,800

4,630

-

85,940

2,865

1.28

1.43

May

50.200

17,500

15,100

14,800

11,200

10,400

11,400

12,500

7,280

7,280

*6,030

4,280

3,820

3,690

3,560

3,320

2,190

1,640

2,540

3,140

3,020

2,840

2,420

2,240

1,260

2,190

1,970

1,700

1,480

1,230

1.100

193,320

6,236

2.78

3.20

June

950

1,530

1,310

1,150

1,120

1,150

950

950

1,800

1,530

1,530

1,640

1,530

975

875

1,580

1,800

1,800

1,800

1,340

1,340

*1,000

1,580

1,860

1,860

1,920

1,970

2.080

1,860

1,920

-

44,700

1,490

0.665

0.74

July

1,860

1,860

1,750

2,080

1,100

825

1,700

1,860

1,970

1,970

1,700

1,150

600

1,530

1,280

1,820

4.210

3,260

3,320

3,200

3,260

3,200

3,020

2,660

2,780

2,480

*1,340

2,540

2,080

2,020

1,750

66,375

2,141

0.956

1.10

Aug.

1.920

1,080

850

1,280

1,080

1,120

1,640

1,000

925

725

750

775

775

775

775

655

655

975

825

775

775

BOO

725

700

725

700

725

750

750

655

652.

27,292

830

0.393

0.45

Sept.

678

775

1,000

1,120

1,420

1,640

1,020

*800

775

1,050

950

1,100

700

655

610

925

1,050

1,420

1,580

950

1,360

1,750

1,640

1,700

1,860

3,430

9.960

8,260

3,380

3,560

"

57,118

1,904

0.850

0.95

Calendar year 1952: Max 43,400 Min 632 Mean 2,539 Cfsm 1.13 In. 15.43

Water year 1952-53: Max 30,200 Min 610 Mean 2,626 Cfsm 1.17 In. 15.89

Peak discharee (base. 14.000 ofs). May 1 (6 a.m.) 38,400 cfs (22.7 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
22 ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN 

Tobesofkee Creek near Macon, Ga.

Location.--Lat 32°48', long. 83°46', on right bank at downstream end of pier of bridge 

on U. S. Highway 80, 8 miles west of Macon, Bibb County, and 14 miles upstream from 

mouth.

Drainage area. 182 sq mi.

Records available.--March 1937 to September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 309,98 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Feb. 3, 1938, staff gage and Feb. 3, 

1938, to Aug. 27, 1942, wire-weight gage, at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 16 years, 193 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 7,790 cfs May 1 («age height, 20.8 ft); minimum, 29 cfs Oct. 22.

1937-53: Maximum discharge, 9,830 cfs Mar. 21, 1944 (gage height, 23.2 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 5,600 cfs; minimum daily, 6 cfs Sept. 10, 1951.

Remarks. Records good.

Revisions (water years). WSP 1204: 1942-43.

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, In feet, and

discharge, In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 13-24, Mar. 23 to Apr. 12)

2.5 

2.7 

3.0 

5.0

30

55

114

680

10.0

15.0

21.0

1,900

3,940

7,950

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

38

38

34

32

32

32

34

34

41

54

48

45

 41

40

39

52

40

40

36

37

34 *31

33

34

34

34

37

41

36

32

34

1,169

37.7

0.207

0.24

Nov.

31

39

38

37

37

37

38

37

38

40

44

48

45

44

42

42

42

42

47

72

Ji

55

48

45

*45

47

49

48

47

45

"

1,351

45.0

0.247

0.28

Dec.

45

51

60

58

55

62

64

55

54

55

64

65

57

54

54

52

54

52

52

64

138

107

78

92

138

165

126

99

88

96 iS*.

2,758

89.0

0.489

0.56

Jan.

588

262

232

180

146

*128

121

146

337

602

588

352

250

207

180

160

146

171

220

177

189

171

304

680

343

247

210

189

171

157

146

8,000

258

1.42

1.64

Feb.

192

186

154

143

133

111

226

210

160

146

143

149

174

180

1,160

824

 355

271

238

220

364

641

448

546

1,050

1.250

1,010

518

_

-

-

11,202

400

2.20

2.29

Mar,

358

373

316

376

352

265

238

217

198

189

232

322

262

241

262

235

204

210

325

352

292

641

420

328

274

241

220

204

189

 177

"121

8,684

280

1.54

1.78

Apr.

165

165

162

154

149

154

241

207

226

1,030

1,290

800

615

391

316

283

250

232

223

207

195

186

180

174

165

165

162

152

143

1.960

-

10,742

358

1.97

2.20

May

7.310

5,030

2,040

3,300

2,340

1,460

1,290

896

641

448

 364

316

280

256

241

226

220

210

232

370

271

226

201

189

177

160

152

143

136

136

131

29,392

948

5.21

6.01

June

124

126

no

110

107

114

126

136

136

126

168

131

105

99

99

101

119

107

92

174

195

281 *107

92

££

88

121

165

131

112

-

3,716

124

0.681

0.76

July

116

92

82

86

68

86

78

94

116

119

84

70

 P

14

67

256

1,100

1,050

1,100

1.230

476

304

265

210

165

138

165

334

204

146

*126

8,575

277

1.52

1.75

Aug.

112

103

96

90

84

78

72

88

214

138

96

88

82

78

70

69

65

126

99

88

114

84

72

72

65

62

60

57

58

58

M

2,692

86.8

0.477

0.55

Sept.

SO.

99

133

340

226

177

133

105

*88

80

76

72

69

62

62

60

62

60

60

247

214

112

86

80

152

762

2,. OOP

1,490

462

283

"

7,912

264

1.45

1.62

Calendar year 1952: Max 5,160 Mln 15 Mean 187 Cfsm 1.03 In. 14.02

Water year 1952-53: Max 7,310 Mln 31 Mean 264 Cfsm 1.45 In. 19.68

Peak discharee (base. 1.900 cfa).~ Mav 1 fl D.m.) 7.790 cfs (20.8 ft)j May 4 (8 a.m.) 3,590 efs

t.3 ft); Sept. 27 (10 p.m.) 2,370 cfs (11.4 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN 23

Big Indian Creek at Perry, Ga.

Location.--Lat 32°27', long. 83°44', at municipal waterworks at Perry, Houston County, on 

left bank 300 ft downstream from bridge on U. S, Highway 41, 1 mile downstream from 

Bay Creek, and 3£ miles upstream from Flat Creek.

Drainage area. 108 sq mi.

Records available. September 1943 to September 1953.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 279.39 ft above mean sea level. Prior to 

~^sept. 24, 1953, staff gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 10 years, 83.9 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum and minimum discharges for the water years 1944-53, some of which have 

been revised, are contained in the following table. They supersede figures published 

in the water-supply papers indicated.

WSP

1002

1032

1052

1082

.

.

_

-

-

-

Water 

year

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

1953

Maximum

Date

( a l

(b)

Jan. 16, 1946

Apr. 15, 1947

Feb. 10, 1948

Feb. 11, 1949

June 1, 1950

Dec. 30, 1950

May 30, 1952

Sept. 27, 1953

Discharge 

(cfs)

*3,000 *386

*1,110 *960

820

1,110

268

193

1,110

490

Gage height 

(feet)

t8.6

t4.4

t6.2

t5.9

t5.6

t6.2

t3.7

ts.o

t6.2

4.75

Minimum observed

Date

_

-

-

-

Oct. 1,4,5,1947

Aug. 14, 1949

(c)

(d)

Aug. 27, 28,1952

Oct. 4, 1952

Discharge 

(cfs)

-

-

-

-

39

46

25

21

24

27

Gage height 

(feet)

-

-

-

-

0.42

.52

.20

.16

.16

.22

* Revised.

t From graph based on gage readings.

a Mar. 23, Apr. 23, 1944.

b Feb. 21, July 16, 1945.

c June 30, July 1, 2, 1950.

d Sept. 3-5, 9-11, 13, 1951.

1943-53: Maximum discharge, 3,000 cfs (revised) Mar. 23, Apr. 23, 1944 (gage 

height, 8.6 ft, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 21 cfs 

Sept. 3-5, 9-11, 13, 1951.

Remarks. Records good except those prior to Oct. 1, 1952, which are fair.

Revisions. Revised figures of discharge, in cubic feet per second, for the water years 

1944-47, superseding those published in WSP 1002, 1032, 1052, and 1082, are given 

herewith:

Date

1944

Mar. 23

24

25

29

3O

31

Apr. 19

22

23

Discharge

1,220

1,400

414

284

775

33S

284

442

1,680

Date

1944-Con.

Apr. 24

26

27

28

29

1945

Feb. 21

July 16

Discharge

506

254

1,470

690

300

318

300

Date

1946

Jan. 16

17

1947

Apr. 15

16

Discharge

865

506

820

414

Calendar year 1944. ............

Calendar year 1945 .............

Calendar year 1946. ............

Water year 1946-47 .............

C f s -days

39,893

27,736

31,437

29,838

Maximum

1,680

3OO

358

865

820

Minimum

46

35

43

35

Mean

299

109

76.0

86.1

81.7

Per square 

mile

2.77

1.01

.704

.843

.797

1.29

.756

Runoff in 

Inches

2.52

3.09

13.67

13.72

9.54

11.43

10.82

1.44

10.28
24 ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN

Big Indian Creek at Perry, Ga. Continued

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1947 to September 1948

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

39

40

40

39

40

40

43

79

79

55

49

49

49

49

49

69

156

518

111

88

74

64

58

64

69

69

*64

61

61 

58

55

2,178

70.3

0.651

0.75

Nov.

11

163

230-

116

83

88

83

101

88

79

*150

138

88

83

88

101

88

88

144

138

101

88

106

126

163

126

92

83

79 

79

-

3,241

108

1.00

1.12

Dec.

79

79

79

14

74

79

79

79

92

144

230

242

254

284

*230

220

220

150

121

111

111

111

116

116

138

185

150

116

106 

101

101

4,271

138

1.28

1.48

Jan.

106

126

106

97

92

92

92

92

88

88

88

88

126

210

150

101

97

101

97

*101

138

138

111

170

414

163

121

126

126 

121

193

3,959

128

1.19

1.37

Feb.

185

132

116

111

111

106

111

150

268

690

362

242

220

210

201

163

170

177

144

132

132

193

201

150

132

132

126

126

138

-

5,331

184

1.70

1.83

Mar.

126

126

144

144

*126

138

268

284

220

300

300

414

254

150

150

185

185

193

156

144

132

132

156

177

144

126

132

138

121

116

132

5,513

178

1.65

1.90

Apr.

300

650

318

210

170

170

264

*442

230

210

185

170

144

126

132

132

116

106

101

101

97

97

97

97

97

92

92

88

83 

83

-

5,220

174

1.61

1.80

Calendar year 1947: Max 820 Min 35 Mean 93.9

May

83

83

79

88

97

92

121

83

83

83

74

74

83

79

74

69

64

*64

64

64

61

61

61

64

64

64

79

74

88 

83

79

2,359

76.1

0.705

0.81

June

61

61

58

55

55

55

52

52

52

52

52

52

52

55

58

58

58

58

55

55

52

49

16

49

49

52

*55 

58

-

1,649

55.0

0.509

0.57

July

55

74

58

52

49

49

16

49

101

144

138

106

132

116

106

116

92

74

83

69

61

58

58

58

79

64

55

58

122 

144

83

2,597

83.8

0.776

0.89

Aug.

69

74

121

15°

121

88

69

64

61

*58

61

58

55

52

55

79

79

69

61

79

74

64

58

55

52

52

49

49

49 

49

.46

2,120

68.4

0.633

0.73

Sept.

52

52

52

64

74

69

64

61

61

58

58

58

55

52

55

52

49

49

49

49

*46

46

49

49

46

46

49

83

92 

69

-

1,708

56.9

0.527

0.59

Cfsm 0.869 In. 11.82

Water year 1947-48: Max 690 Min 39 Mean 110 Cfsm 1.02 In. 13.84

Peak discharge (base. 500 efa). Oct. 18 (10 a.m.) 506 cfs (4.8 ft); Jan. 25 (2 p.m.) 574 cfs (5.0 

ft). ); Feb. 10 (2 p.m.) 820 cfs (5.6 ft); Apr. 2 (11 a.m.) 775 cfs (5.3 ft)j Apr. 7 (11 p.m.) 690 cfs

(5.0 ft).

Discharge, in cubic feet per second,

Discharge measurement made on this day. 

water year October 1948 to September 1949

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

74

74

69

106

150

92

74

61

55. 

55

64

106

83

64

61

58

58

58

58

58

58

61

61

58

58

58

58

58

58

58

58

2,122

68.4

0.633

0.73

Nov.

58

61

64

*61

61

74

92

79

69 

69

64

61

64

64

64

64

74

83

83

116

88

92

116

170

144

92

157

442

960

414

-

4,100

137

1.27

1.42

Dec.

177

132

121

116

106

101

106

242

268

163

132

126

*121

116

116

111

144

230

220

150

121

116

111

116

111

101

101

101

300

362

4,952

160

1.48

1.71

Jan.

185

144

132

121

126

220

230

156

132

121

116

116

111

111

106

106

106

106

106

111

106

106

106

106

101

noi

106

106

106

111

138

3,855

124

1.15

1.33

Feb.

156

116

106

TfS" 101

138

138

156

268 

*650

775

318

254

193

170

170

300

254

300

775

338

220

177

170

163

163

201

254

-

-

-

7,162

256

2.37

2.47

Mar.

170

156

150

138

138

138

138

126

*13B 

144

138

126

126

132

121

156

126

126

132

121

116

Tit

121

116

116

116

116

121

156

132

163

4,185

135

1.25

1.44

Apr.

254

150

138

138

126

121

116

111

126 

101

116

144

170

126

111

101

97

97

*97

92

97

185

177

116

111

101

92

92

230

538

-

4,271

142

1.31

1.46

May

268

177

170

126

111

106

101

101

97 

101

111

101

92

88

88

83

83

83

83

83

79

79

97

318

254

126

92

88

88

101

*116

3,691

119

1.10

1.27

June

97

83

14

74

74

74

74

Hi

101 

83

83

88

92

83

83

111

92

83

74

74

83

83

83

83

92

101

101

111

101

79

-

2,625

87.5

0.810

0.90

July

79

88

74

69

64

61

 58

55

52 

58

55

125

*101

74

83

163

138

106

92

92

92

74

69

64

64

58

52

52

49

55

79

2,395

77.3

0.716

0.83

Aug.

Ill

92

83

111

97

64

58

88

74 

55

52

49

49

49

58

74

*92

88

74

64

61

64

64

64

58

52

58

83

101

69

69

2,235

72.1

0.668

0.77

Sept.

126

111

69

79

74

69

64

61

61 

58

55

52

52

52

52

52

52

52

55

55

52

55

58

52

52

52

61

*61

58

52

-

1,854

61.8

0.572

0.64

Calendar year 1948: Max 960 Min 46 Mean 114 Cfsm 1.06 In. 14.35

Water year 1948-49: Max 960 Min 49 Mean 119 Cfsm 1.10 In. 14.97

Peak dischar-Ee (base, 500 cfs). --Nov. 29 (8 D.m. ) 1,060 cfs (6.1 ft); Feb. 11 (l a.m.) 1,110 cfs

(6.2 ft); Feb. 20 (2 p.m.) 1,060 cfs (5.9 ft); Apr. 30 (9 a.m.) 610 cfs (4.9 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN 25

Big Indian Creek at Perry, Ga. Continued

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1949 to September 1950

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

46

52

55

52

55

58

55

69

64

61

61

58

55

55

55

55

55

55

58

55

55

52

52

52

52

97

101

92

79

74

79

1,914

61.7

0.571

0.66

Nov.

88

79

64

61

SB

58

61

*58

58

64

61

61

61

64

84

61

58

58

61

64

64

61

61

69

101

122

88

69

69

69

~

2,045

68.2

0.631

0.70

Dec.

64

Si

61

61

64

64

92

121

97

74

69

69

69

92

163.

106

101

79

74

74

*74

74

74

69

64

74

79

74

69

64

64

2,434

78.5

0.727

0.84

Jan.

64

64

69

69

69

69

74

74

64

64

88

121

83

79

74

69

69

79

79

69

69

69

69

64

*64

64

64

74

69

69

64

2,209

71.3

0.660

0.76

Feb.

64

64

64

64

61

SB.

64

69

64

92

97

79

69

74

83

69

61

61

58

58

61

97

121

150

79

69

69

64

-

-

-

2,139

76.4

0.707

0.74

Mar.

74

79

*74

74

170

230

170

144

132

97

83

79

88

132

97

116

126

92

79

79

79

79

88

79

69

69

69

126

185

106

74

3,238

104

0.963

1.11

Apr.

74

74

69

74

92

79

69

64

64

64

64

64

64

61

58

58

58

58

*58

58

55

55

55

52

64

121

88

97

74

61

2,046

68.2

0.631

0.70

May

55

52

58

55

52

49

46

46

46

43

43

43

43

49

61

55

49

43

43

46

46

46

46

43

43

40.

43

52

64 *64

182

1,646

53.1

0.492

0.57

June

250

74

52

64

64

52

46

64

83

61

52

43

39

37

36

34

33

32

30

30

30

36

35

31

30

28

28

28

27

.25

-

1,454

48.5

0.449

0.50

July

25

29

37

31

29

*33

49

170.

83

55

*69

69

74

55

52

49

46

40

39

43

74

46

111

111

46

39

40

49

43

40

43

1,719

55.5

0.514

0.59

Aug.

43

37

34

31

28

£9

29

29

30

39

31

34

37

40

35

43

40

40

40

37

33

31

30

*28

SI

li

61

46

43

40

52

1,162

37.5

0.347

0.40

Sept.

64

43

39

36

34

37

58

64

74

43

40

40

40

38

36

34

33

33

33

31

31

40

64

52

39

36

33

33

40

46

1,264

42.1

0.390

0.44

Calendar year 1949: Max 775 Win 46 Mean 106 Cfsm 0.981 In. 13.31

Water year 1949-50: Max 230 Win 25 Mean 63.8 Cfsm 0.591 In. 8.01

Peak discharge (base. 500 cfa). Ho peak above base. 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1950 to September 1951

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

43

40

*39

37

36

36

36

37

38

37

35

34

33

32

30

30

32

37

83

132

88

58

55

49 

46

43

43

43

43

43

40

1,408

45.4

0.420

0.48

Nov.

40

40

40

46

46

40

40

40

40

40

40

43

43

43

40

43

*43

43

40

43

46

43

43

43 

43

43

46

46

46

46

-

1,278

42.6

0.394

0.44

Dec.

46

46

49

64

61

52

97

132

92

64

55

52

55

55

74

64

55

49

49

46

46

46

46

fi

46

79

88

126

Hi

126

2,123

68.5

0.634

0.73

Jan.

79

64

*64

64

61

61

74

101

79

64

58

58

55

55

74

79

64

58

55

52

49

46

46

5S

61

55

52

52

52

52

55

1,894

61.1

0.566

0.65

Feb.

69

83

64

58

55

55

88

*106

97

88

79

69

61

58

58

58

61

64

61

58

64

69

61

55 

55

52

52

52

-

-

-

1,850

66.1

0.612

0.64

Mar.

52

52

52

52

52

64

64

64

61

58

55

58

64

58

55

52

52

55

*120

144

83

61

55

52 

52

52

49

49

74

132

106

2,049

66.1

0.612

0.71

Apr.

88

61

52

52

49

49

52

83

88

58

52

52

52

49

46

46

46

49

64

97

88

64

74

88 

64

52

46

46

43

40

1,790

59.7

0.553

0.62

Hay

39

37

37

*35

36

35

34

33

31

31

74

116

132

111

88

55

37

31

31

31

32

34

32

31 

31

49

64

46

36

32

31

1,472

47.5

0.440

0.51

June

29

27

27

26

*26

26

26

*24

24

24

22.

25

49

46

39

36

35

34

31

29

29

29

27

28 

40

52

39

40

79

74

"

1,043

34.8

0.322

0.36

July

64

69

79

92

121

97

52

39

34

31

28

26

25

24

24

24

25

36

38

*38

33

31

34

32 

32

36

34

39

39

46

46

1,368

44.1

0.408

0.47

Aug.

43

39

36

31

29

28

26

26

26

37

34

29

36

39

34

*36

36

34

33

31

30

27

25

34 

33

29

26

25

23

23

24

960

31.0

0.287

0.33

Sept.

23

*22

li

21

21

23

24

23

21

22

22

22

21

22

27

43

49

43

35

33

31

34

92

97 

144

144

79

58

43

37

"

1,297

43.2

0.400

0.45

Calendar year 1950: Max 230 Hin 25 Mean 59.4 Cfsm 0.550 In. 7.46

Water year 1950-51: Max 177 Mln 21 Mean 50.8 Cfsm 0.470 In. 6.39

Peak discharge _(base. 500 cfsK Ho peak above base. 

Discharge measurement made on this day.
26 ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN

Big Indian Creek at Perry, Ga.--Continued

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1951 to September 1952

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

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

34

34

32

*31

29

27

26

26

26

26

26

26

26

26

26

27

26 

26

*26

26

27

37

34

34

34

32

32

36

39

35

35

927

29.9

0.277

0.32

Nov.

49

79

101

88

52

43

61

58

43

43

40ia39

39

79

132

185 

144

74

52

46

43

43

43

43

43

*43

46

43

43

"

1,876

62.5

0.579

0.65

Dec .

43

43

43

64

83

88

74

58

58

61

58

55

52

49

58

61

55

64

92

101

121

106

74

61

55

74

111

97

69

58

58

2,144

69.2

0.641

0.74

Jan.

55

52

52

49

52

49

46

46

46

46

49

46

46

49

46

46

*46 

46

13

46

49

52

69

64

52

49

49

74

lii

83

58

1,666

53.7

0.497

0.57

Feb.

52

52

92

111

83

64

*58

55

52

52

52

52

58

69

*185

*na

254 

*129

85

80

95

85

70

70

75

90

148

162

105

-

-

2,853

98.4

0.911

0.98

Mar.

80

Ifi

70

188

*384

*238

*117

90

80

80

135

220

177

135

100

85

*75 

75

90

95

75

70

134

*538

*506

*300

*193

*141

117

100

75

4,833

156

1.44

1.66

Apr.

105

111

95

85

85

85

75

70

75

*75

70

65

75

100

90

70

65 

60

58

58

52

50

48

IS

50

65

75

*65

52

48

-

2,123

70.8

0.656

0.73

May

46

44

44

111

111

55

46

50

58

52

85

117

80

50

46

44

11 

41

41

44

44

41

41

41

52

60

65

50

103

*910

300

2,913

94.0

0.870

1.00

June

Hi

85

60

50

48

50

50

46

*46

46

46

41

38

36

36

46

46 

70

90

60

75

80

48

38

36

34

34

il

31

31

-

1,569

52.3

0.484

0.54

July

34

31

11

28

27

27

27

28

28

*27

27

26

26

26

26

26

26 

S5

25

25

26

41

36

31

28

31

31

30

29

27

26

892

28.8

0.267

0.31

Aug.

41

36

31

30

34

*36

38

41

36

34

31

30

30

30

*27

26

I

25

25

26

25

25

30

26

25

25

*25

38

75

9fl

1,041

33.6

0.311

0.36

Sept.

80

55

70

46

36

34

31

31

30

28

27

31

36

34

31

34

31 

36

46

41

48

65

65

46

36

36

34

31

31

31

-

1,211

40.5

0.374

0.42

Calendar year 1951: Max 185 Mln 21 Mean 51.2 Cfsm 0.474 In. 6.45

Water year 1951-52: Max 910 Mln 25 Mean 65.7 Cfsm 0.608 In. 8.28

Peak discharge (base. 500 cfa). Mar. 24 (8 p.m.) 730 ofs (5.4 ft); May 30 (11 a.m.) 1,110 cfa 

(6.2 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

31

31

30

27

28

*28

28

34

46

41

36

36

*36

36

38

46

41

36

36

36

34

31

34

34

34

34

34

36

34

34

34

1,074

34.6

0.320

0.37

Nov.

34

36

36

34

11

36

36

36

36

70

100

80

55

46

44

41

41

41

44

70

90

60

46

*44

41

44

46

44

41

41

-

1,444

48.1

0.445

0.50

Dec.

41

46

58

58

60

70

58

50

46

46

55

50

48

46

46

44

41

44

41

46

80

65

55

75

95

129

100

65

52

50

85

1,845

59.5

0.551

0.64

Jan.

129

95

75

60

*55

50

50

60

105

155

148

105

75

65

60

58

55

65

95

95

123

141

100

169

201

111

80

70

70

65

65

2,850

91.9

0.851

0.98

Feb.

95

85

70

62

58

58

85

100

75

60

58

60

60

58

158

*242

157

85

70

70

85

141

129

105

155

308

300

200

-

-

-

3,189

114

1.06

1.10

Calendar year 1952: Max 910 Mln 25

Mar.

123

100

95

100

1M

141

90

85

75

75

95

129

105

100

90

85

75

75

80

80

80

129

123

100

85

75

65

62

62

60

*58

2,845

91.8

0.850

0.98

Apr.

60

62

60

58

55

62

129

148

95

135

338

3QQ

201

169

111

95

85

75

80

85

70

65

65

65

62

65

62

58

55

58

-

3,028

101

0.935

1.04

May

70

75

233

184

129

117

254

254

148

95

*80

70

*65

58

55

52

52

52

62

65

75

85

60

52

48

44

41

41ia38

38

2,830

91.3

0.845

0.97

June

36

36

36

51

36

36

41

46

46

41

41

44

38

36

36

36

41

44

41

44

60

*58

48

44

41

46

60

90

25

48

-

1,379

46.0

0.426

0.48

July

44

11

46

70

95

148

129

111

70

85

80

52

46

44

44

62

75

95

111

148

177

154

155

85

60

58

65

123

117

*65

50

2,805

90.5

0.838

0.97

Aug.

46

44

41

38

36

36

34

34

85

12S

65

46

41

38

36

36

46

41

38

38

36

36

34

34

34

il

31

34

46

44

38

1,346

43.4

0.402

0.46

Sept.

36

50

52

41

41

117

62

46

38

36

*36

34

34

34

34

36

36

34

36

105

148

75

44

48

95

177

400

374

189

100

-

2,588

86.3

0.799

0.89

Mean 64.1 Cfsm 0.594 In. 8.08

Water year 1952-53: Max 400 Mln 27 Mean 74.6 Cfsm 0.691 In. 9.38

Peak discharge (base. 500 cfs). No peak above base. 

Discharge measurement made on this day.
ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN 

Ocmulgee River at Hawkinsville, Ga.

27

Location. --Lat 32°17', long. 83°28', near center of right truss on downstream side of 

bridge on U. S. Highway 341 at Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, a quarter of a mile 

downstream from Southern Railway bridge, 2^ miles downstream from Jordon Creek, and 

at mile 135.1.

Drainage area. 3.800 sq mi, approximately.

Records a ilable. --January 1944 to September 1953 in reports of Geological Survey. January 1 9 to December 1931 in House Document 68, 74th Congress, 1st session. Gageheight records collected at same site since 1908 are contained in reports of U. S.

Weather Bureau.

Gage. Wire-weight gage read once daily. Datum of gage is 189.56 ft above mean sea 

level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 9 years, 4,246 cfs.

Extremes . Maximum discharge during year, 32,400 efs May 7 (gage height, 25.8 ft, from 

graph based on gage readings); minimum daily, 1,140 cfs Oct. 29, Nov. 5.

1944-53: Maximum discharge, 68,000 cfs Dee. 2, 1948 (gage height, 34.4 ft, from 

graph based on gage readings); minimum daily, 870 cfs Oct. 15-17, 22-24, 1951. 

Maximum stage known since 1908, 36.5 ft Jan. 20, 1925 (discharge, 79,000 cfs).

Remarks. Records fair, 

change in contents).

Plow regulated by Lloyd Shoals Reservoir (see p. 20 for monthly

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

1.9 

4.0 

8.0

1,140

2,410

5,080

14.0

20.0

26.0

10,000

18,200

33,000

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

El

22

23

24

25

26 

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

1,240

1,420

1,420

1,420

1,540

1,540

1,190

1,190

1,240

1,240

1,300

1,420

1,480

1,240

1,190

1,300

1,540

1.660

1,540

*1,360

1,240

1,190

1,240

1,480

1,540

1,420 

1,300

1,190

1.140

1,190

1,240

41,640

1,343

0.353

0.41

Nov.

1,240

1,190

1,190

1,190

1^140

1,190

1,240

1,190

1,190

1,190

1,240

1,360

1,420

1,480

1,540

1,480

1,360

1,240

1,240

1,300

1,420

1,420

1,540

1.600

1,420

1,300 

1,540

1,540

1,540

1,420

-

40,350

1,345

0.354

0.40

Dec.

1.560

1,360

1,420

1,660

1,780

1,840

1,720

1,600

1,480

1,480

1,660

1,780

1,780

2,080

1,720

1,960

1,660

*2,020

2,150

2,280

2,150

1,900

2,020

2,540

2,800

5.060 

3,060

2,670

2,670

2,410

2,410

62,480

2,015

0.530

0.61

Jan.

3.120

5,580

5,840

4,100

4,380

4,660

4,800

4,590

4,310

4,240

4,450

4,590

4,870

5,220

5,710

6,540

7,090

7,920

8.100

7,500

6,650

5,990

5,710

5,920

6,060

6,150 

6,200

6,480

6,860

6,860

6,560

172,810

5,575

1.47

1.70

Feb.

6,930

5,850

5,570

5,290

*5,010

4,800

4,940

5,150

5,150

5,010

4,870

4,660

4.450

4,590

5,500

6,270

6,560

6,560

*6,860

7,660

8,570

8,560

8,100

7,500

7,530

8,650 

10,700

15.000

-

-

183,890

6,568

1.73

1.80

Mar.

14,700

16.000

15,400

13,600

11,500

9,740

8,56O

7,580

7,840

8,190

8,370

7,920

7,250

6,700

6,480

6,480

6,630

6,700

6,700

6,560

6,270

6,270

6,560

6,780

7,010

6,700 

8,100

8,010

7,500

6,700

*6.130

258,930

8,353

2.20

2.54

Apr.

5,71O

5,360

5,080

4,870

4,800

4,8OO

5,080

5,080

4,730

5,010

6,270

7,170

8,010

8,740

8.940

8,740

8,010

7,330

7,090

7,010

5,920

5,500

5,150

4,870

4,520

4,100 

3,520

2,800

2.540

2,860

-

169,610

5,654

1.49

1.66

May

3,120

3,640

6,130

17,700

27,900

30,000

31.800

30,900

27,300

24,000

20,900

18,200

15,300

12,700

10,500

8,460

6,860

6,130

5,500

5,010

4,450

4,310

4,450

4,520

4,590

4,310 

3,710

3,190

3,060

2,740

2.410

353,790

11,410

3.00

3.46

June

2,080

1,900

1,900

2,080

1,900

1,840

1,840

1,840

1,780

1,900

2,480

2,410

3,000

2,340

2,220

1,780

1.720

2,220

2,410

2,480

2,410

2,220

2,220

2,150

2,480

2,670 

2,740

2,800

3,000

5.060

67,870

2,262

0.595

0.66

July

3,120

3,120

2,930

2,860

3,000

3,060

2,800

2,340

3,060

3,640

3,780

3,520

3,120

2,930

1.900

2,340

2,930

3,580

4,240

4,730

5, ISO

5,780

6,630

7.250

6,930

6,340 

5,780

5,290

4,730

*4,170

3,900

124,950

4,031

1.06

1.22

Aug.

5.780

3,520

3,120

2,410

1,960

1,960

1,900

1,900

2,080

1,900

1,780

1,660

1,600

1,540

1,480

1,420

1,360

1,480

1,660

1,720

1,660

1,600

1,480

1,420

1,560

1.500 

1,500

1,500

1,560

1,560

1,500

55,670

1,796

0.475

0.55

Sept.

1.240

1,300

1,500

1,540

1,840

l,9gO

2,220

2,410

2,080

1,660

1,540

1,600

1,540

1,540

1,560

1,240

1,240

1,420

1,600

1,960

2,220

1,960

1,960

2,600

*2,540

5,190 

4,940

5,640

5.780

5,710

-

69,150

2,504

0.606

0.68

Calendar year 1952: Max 34,400 Hln 1,020 Mean 3,883 Cfsm 1.02 In. 13.92

Water year 1952-53: Max 31,800 Mln 1,140 Mean 4,387 Cfsm 1.15 In. 15.69

Discharge measurement made on this day.
28 ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN

Oemulgee River at Lumber City, Ga.

Location. Lat 31°55', long. 82°40', on downstream side of left pier of drawspan of 

bridge on U. S. Highway 341 at Lumber City, Telfalr County, 500 ft downstream from 

Southern Railway bridge, 1 mile upstream from Little Oemulgee River, and 12 miles 

upstream from confluence with Oconee River.

Drainage area. 5,180 sq ml, approximately.

Records available. October 1936 to September 1953. Gage-height records collected at 

same site since 1908 are contained In reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

;e_. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 87.48 ft above mean sea level, datum of

929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Nov. 8, 1937, staff gage at same 

site and datum.

Average discharge. 17 years, 5,565 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 35,300 cfs May 13 (gage height, 17.0 ft); 

minimum, 1,630 cfs Nov. 6-10.

1936-53: Maximum discharge, 70,000 efs Dec. 8, 1948; maximum gage height, 22,7 ft 

Dec. 9, 1948; minimum discharge, 1,310 cfs Oct. 21, 1938; minimum gage height, 0.0 ft 

Sept. 12-14, Oct. 20, 25-27, 1951.

Maximum stage known, 26.3 ft Jan. 21, 1925.

Remarks. Records good. Plow regulated by Lloyds Shoals Reservoir (see p. 20 for monthly 

change In contents).

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, In feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Nov. 27, Jan. 1 to 

Feb. 19, May 22 to July 16)

0.8 

1.0 

4.0 

6.0

1,630

1,750

3,730

5,400

10.0

13.0

16.0

17.0

10,200

16,600

29,200

35,300

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

Day

1

2

5

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

15

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

2.500

2,110

1,990

1,870

1,930

1,930

1,930

1,990

2,050

1,930

1,870

1,870

1,870

1,870

1,930

1,930

1,870

1,810

1,810

1,930

1,990

1,990

1,930

1,810

1,750

1,750

*1,810

1,930

1,870

1,810 

1.690

59,120

1,907

0.368

0.42

Nov.

1,690

1,690

1,690

1,690

1,690

1,690

1.650

1,650

1,650

1,650

1,690

1,690

1,690

1,750

1,810

1,810

1,870

1,950

1,950

1,870

1,810

1,810

1,810

1,870

1,950

1,950

1.990

1,870

1,810

1,870

55,400

1,780

0.544

0.58

Dec.

1,870

I,b70

1,870

1,810

1.750

1,810

1,930

1,990

2,050

2,050

1,990

1,930

1,930

1,990

2,050

2,110

2,240

2,370

2,300

2,180

2,500

2,440

2,500

2,440

2,370

2,370

2,440

2,700

2,960

3,100 

5.170

68,880

2,222

0.429

0.49

Jan.

3,240

3.170

3,170

5,580

5,590

5,750

3,880

4,050

4,260

4,420

4,680

4,950

5,040

5,130

5,130

5,220

5,220

5,400

5,700

6,000

*6,400

7,120

7,720

8,440

8,980

9.260

8,980

8,560

8,200

7,960 

7,840

178,800

5,768

1.11

1.28

Feb.

7,840

7,840

8,080

8,200

8,200

7,960

7,840

8,080

7,960

7,600

7,240

7,120

7.000

7,000

7,120

7,560

7,600

7,720

7,840

8,080

8,840

9,540

10,200

10,900

11,000

11,200

11,600

11 , 700

-

:

258,660

8,524

1.65

1.72

Mar.

11,900

12,100

12,100

12,500

13,500

15,000

16,600

17,500

17.800

16,900

16,000

15,000

14,000

12,900

12,300

11,700

11,400

10,900

*10,900

10,600

10,200

10,100

10,100

10,200

10,100

9,680

9,260

8,980

8,840

8.7CO 

8,840

376,600

12,150

2.35

2.71

Apr.

8,980

8,980

8,840

8,560

8,080

7,600

7,840

8,320

8,700

8,840

9,120

9,400

10,700

11,400

11.700

11,600

11,600

11,600

11,600

11,600

11,400

11,000

10,400

9,820

9,120

8,560

7,960

7,360

*6,880

6.500

285,860

9,462

1.85

2.04

May

5,800

5,130

4,590

4.500

4,860

5,220

6,300

7,960

10,200

14,700

23,200

31,500

54.600

35,400

29 , 200

25,600

21,900

18,800

16,600

14,700

12,900

11,000

9,680

8,320

*7,240

6,200

5,700

5,500

5,400

5,220 

4,950

400,870

12,930

2.50

2.88

June

4.420

4,030

5,660

5,510

5,050

2,890

2,960

2,960

2,890

2,820

2,760

2,760

2,820

3,030

3,100

3,100

3,100

2,960

2,700

2.560

2,700

2,820

2,890

2,960

2,890

2,890

2,960

3,100

3,170

3,240

91,480

5,049

0.589

0.66

July

5,310

3,310

3,380

3,450

3,520

*5,520

5,520

5,520

3,730

3,880

3,660

3,750

3,960

4,100

4,180

4,100

3,750

3,240

5.170

5,450

5,880

4,260

4,680

5,040

5,220

5,400

5,800

6,100

6,520

6.880 

6,880

153,120

4,294

0.829

0.96

Aug.

6.640

6,100

5,600

5,040

4,590

4,260

5,800

5,510

2,960

2,760

2,700

2,760

2,700

2,560

2,440

2,500

*2,240

2,570

2,440

2,500

2,440

2,500

2,560

2,500

2,440

2,500

2,240

2,240

2,240

2,180 

2.110

95,820

3,091

0.597

0.69

Sept.

2,050

2,050

2,050

2,370

2,300

2,700

2,960

2,820

2,760

2,820

2,820

2,700

2,440

2,240

2,180

2,180

2,110

2,050

1.950

1,950

1,990

2,110

2,500

2,500

2,650

3,730

8,320

11 , 600

15 . 100

12,100

107,840

3,595

0.694

0.77

Calendar year 1952: Max 32,700 Min 1,460 Mean 5,118 Cfsm O.J88 In. 13.43

Water year 1952-53: Max 34,600 Min 1,630 Mean 5,722 Cfsm 1.10 In. 15.00

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN 29

Alien Creek at Talrao, Ga.

Location. Lat 34°12', long. 83°43', 400 ft upstream from bridge on State Highway 11,

 5 miles upstream from confluence with Pond Fork of Middle Oconee River, and half a

mile north of Talmo, Jackson County. 

Drainage area. 17.3 sq mi.

Records available. July 1951 to September 1953. 

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 784.42 ft above mean sea level, datum of

 1929.

Extremes.--1951: Maximum discharge during period July to September, 295 cfs Sept. 22

 (gage height, 3.25 ft); minimum, 2.3 cfs Sept. 8, 9.

1951-52: Maximum discharge during water year, 1,150 cfs Mir. 10 (gage height, 11.5 

ft, from floodmark); minimum, 4.5 cfs Oct. 8, 18-20.

1952-53: Maximum discharge during water year, 744 cfs July 4 (gage height, 6.2 ft); 

minimum, 5.6 cfs Sept. 1-3. 

Remarks. Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating table, July 7, 1951, to Sept. 3O, 1953 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 28 to Dec. 14, 1951)

0.6 

.7

1.0 

1.3

1.4

2.7

4.7

11

27

1.6 

2.0 

3.0 

5.O

52

97

250

60O

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, 1951

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

July

_

_

.

-

_

..

12

10

Aug.

4.7

4.3

3.7

3.3

3.3

4.1

5.9

4.1

Sept.

2.7

2.6

2.6

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.6

Zj±

Day

9

1O

11

12

13

14

15

16

July

10

*LO

9.3

8.6

8.6

8.3

7.9

7.9

Aug.

4.1

3.7

10

5.9

5.O

5.3

5.O

 4.5

Sept.

2.6

»2.6

3.3

3.3

3.3

9.0 7.3"

5.6

Day

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

July

7.6

7.0

9.6

6.2

5.6

5.9

5.6

5.O

Aug.

4.5

3.9

3.9

3.7

3.3

3.9

4.1

 3.7

Sept.

4.7

5.6

5.3

4.5

4.5

40

12

7.9

Day

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

July

5.3

5.6

5.3

5.3

5.3

 5.9

6.4

-

Aug.

4.1

3.7

3.5

3.1

3.1

3.3

3.1

4.25

0.28

Sept.

10

8.6

11

7.3

5.6

5.6

_

0.41

Discharge measurement made on this day.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1951 to September 1952

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

5.9 

5.9 

5.3

5.O

5.0

5.0

4.7

4.7

4.7

5.O

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.O

 4.7

4.7

4^5

4.5

4.5

is

9.6

1O

15

8.3

7.3

7.0

8.6

6.7

7.9

 7.6

203.1

6.55

0.379

0.44

Nov.

26 

11 

9.3

8.6

7^9

8.3

20

10

9.0

8.6

8.3

8.3

7.9

9.0

9.3

9.6

8.6

8.3

8.3

8.3

8.3

8.3

8.3

8.3

8.3

7.9

7.9

«9.O

9.0

8.6

-

288.5

9.62

O.556

O.62

Dec.

8.6 

8.6 

8.6

26

13

10

9.3

9.3

1O

10

9.3

9.0

8.6

11

44

18

16

36

28

300

*528

87

52

36

3O

54

37

33

31

30

27

1,538.3

49.6

2.87

3.31

Jan.

27 

25 

24

23

36

28

25

24

23

23

«2O

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

II

18

17

25

23

2O

20

19

25

113

48

30

25

804

25.9

1.5O

1.73

Feb.

23 

23 

178

63

 38

30

26

24

23

22

21

20

«2O

2O

20

26

23

21

20

20

2O

IS

19

21

20

27

35

33

3O

-

-

885

3O.5

1.76

1.9O

Mar.

29 

160

389

83

s'i

49

40

36

*a460

a36O

91

62

50

46

42

4O

40

69

43

72

118

294

142

79

62

53

 46

42

39

38

3,150

1O2

5.9O

6.80

Apr.

47 

4O 

37

36

34

33

32

31

31

3O

30

3O

35

33

30

29

28

28

28

27

26.

26

26

50

72

126

137

56

41

36

-

1,245

41.5

2.4O

2.68

Calendar year 1951: Max - Min - Mean -

May

H28

27

25

25

24

*23

23

23

26

23

23

23

22

22

21

20

28

32

23

22

21

23

26

21

20

20

£1

23

22

741

23.9

1.38

1.59

June

2O 

19 

19

18

22

2O

18

18

17

18

19

19

18

18

16

16

16

16

 15

14

16

15

14

13

11

12

12

I*

23

17

-

562

18.7

1.08

1.2O

Cfsm -

July

16 

15 

14

14

13

12

12

18

16

14

12

12

12

11

11

11

9.6

9.6

1614-

11

1O

9.6

12

14

10

9.6

9.3

10

1O

*9.0

376.7

12.2

0.705

O.81

In. -

Aug.

' 12 

11 

9.6

9.0

16

19

27

20

28

18

14

11

11

14

13

11

11

10

9.6

9.6

10

1O

10

10

9.6

9.0

9.0

8.6

10

14

13

397.0

12.8

0.740

0.85

Sept.

12 

15 

13

1O

10

1O

9.6

9.6

1O

9.6

 9.3

11

18

11

14

13

- 10

9.6

17

10

9.6

9.6

y.e

9.0

8.6

9.0

8.6

8.6

8.6

8.3

-

321.2

10.7

0.618

0.69

Water year 1951-52: Max 528 Min 4.5 Mean 28.7 Cfsm 1.66 In. 22.62

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of 6 discharge measurements and floodmark.
30 ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN

Alien Creek at Talmo, Ga. Continued 

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

8.3

7.6

Ui

7.6

7.6

*7.6

8.3

7.9

M

11

10

9.6

9.3

9.0

9.0

9.0

9.0

8.6

8.6

8.3

8.3

8.6

9.0

*9.0

9.0

9.0

9.0

9.3

9.3

9.6

10

278.4

8.98

0.5-19

0.60

Nov.

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

16

14

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

23

20

23

15

14

12

12

14

12

12

12

12

-

385

12.8

0.740

0.83

Dec.

M

20

15

*13

20

16

14

14

14

51

27

20

18

16

15

14

14

14

14

18

17

15

18

16

16

15

14

14

14

16

87.

600

19.4

1.12

1.29

Jan.

30

34

31

25

22

20

19

 140

270

201

64

40

34

29

26

 25

24

26

23

22

28

23

52

47

31

27

26

25

23

22

21

1,430

46.1

2.66

3.07

Feb.

20

20

19

18

18

23

54

30

26

24

25

27

24

25

86

42

33

28

27

25

32

69

50

50

47

48

 40

37

_

_

-

967

34.5

1.99

2.07

Calendar year 1952: Max 460 Min 7.0

Mar.

34

54

44

24

51

41

38

36

33

32

35

35

33

32

31

 28

27

30

32

28

28

42

59

44

38

33

31

30

28

27

27

1,135

36.6

2.12

2.44

Apr.

27

26

25

25

25

26

26

*24

23

23

22

46

31

26

26

31

26

f 26

26

25

25

23

23

22

21

21

20

20

20

225

955

31.8

1.84

2.05

May

61

41

36

49

36

145

79

53

42

37

34

31

29

 28

27

27

27

27

49

30

28

26

24

22

20

18

17

16

16

16

1§

1,106

35.7

2.06

2.38

June

14

13

12

12

12

12

13

14

14

13

12

11

13

25

19

18

18

16

14

42

22

20

16

 15

M

30

21

20

19

24

-

598

19.9

1.15

1.28

July

16

14

16

148

49

29

25

22

20

18

16

15

14

13

26

25

20

20

28

23

20

33

28

20

18

17

16

16

15

14

13

767

24.7

1.43

1.65

Aug.

12

11

11

10

9.6

9.3

8.6

8.3

 7.6

7.3

7.0

6.7

6.7

6.4

6.2

5_.9

5.9

5.9

7.0

18

14

12

11

9.3

8.3

7.6

7.0

6.7

6.4

6.2

5.9

264.8

8.54

0.494

0.57

Sept.

5.6

5.6

24

25

21

18

16

13

12

11

10

10

9.6

9.6

9.3

9.3

9.0

 7.9

34

32

19

16

15

14

34

37

A!

22

18

17

-

528.9

17.6

1.02

1.14

Mean 26.6 Cfsm 1.54 In. 20.97

Water year 1952-53: Max 27O Mln 5.6 Mean 24.7 Cfsm 1.43 In. 19.37

Discharge measurement made on this day.
ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN 31

Middle Oconee River near Athens, Ga.

Location. Lat 330 58', long. 83°2S', on left bank half a mile upstream from U. S. Highway 

29, 2 miles west of Athens, Clarke County, and S miles upstream from Barber Creek.

Drainage area. 398 sq ml.

Records available. October 1901 to October 1902 and April 1937 to September 1953 In reports of Geological Survey. January 1929 to March 1932, In House Document 68, 74th 

Congress, 1st session.

. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 555.66 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Oct. 11, 1901, to Oct. 25, 1902, staff gage 

at site 1 mile upstream at different datum. Jan. 16, 1929, to Mar. 15, 1932, and 

Apr. 29, 1937, to Sept. 30, 1940, water-stage recorder at site 4 miles downstream at 

different datum.

Average discharge. 16-years (1937-53), 490 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 5,520 cfs Jan. 11 (gage height, 10.9 ft); mlnimum daily, 67 cfs Sept. 13.

1901-2, 1929-32, 1937-53: Maximum discharge observed, 19,600 cfs Feb. 28, 1902 

(gage height, 25.5 ft, site and datum then In use); minimum dally, 42 cfs Sept. 23, 

1941.

Remarks.--Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Diurnal fluctuation and slight regulation at times caused by powerplants above station.

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, in feet, and

discharge, in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Feb. 23-27)

0.7 

1.0 

1.5 

2.0

63

127

320

690

3.0 

4.0 

S.O 

11.0

1,500

1,900

3,630

5,600

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsrn

In.

Oct.

163

144

133

117

T2T

139

133

122 

153

211

208

166

172

156

166

163

153

159

156

153

*144

147 

127

156

156

159

159

159

159

156

156

4,767

154

0.387

0.45

Nov.

156

155

159

159

163

163

163

163 

163

166

204

226

200

169

176

176

176

172

179

575

367

344 

265

222

208

196

211

222

204

200

-

6,104

205

0.510

0.57

Dec.

*204 55S"

315

274

252

350

289

252 

235

274

812

61S

586

320

294

260

235

239

255

259

500

305 

274

294

294

274

260

243

255

239

960

9,969

322

0.809

0.93

Jan.

1,250

848

785

681

497

425

379

423 

3,440

5,740

5.160

*3,300

1,170

785

636

'560

512

584

700

568

600

609 

636

1,170

1,170

747

584

543

497

475

432

33,908

1,094

2.75

3.17

Feb.

425

 399

399

379

561

567

952

1,250 

776

560

504

497

535

475

1,210

1,620

1,130

700

568

1,000

2,060

ffi

*1,170

994

926

S30

660

-

-

26,277

938

2.36

2.46

Mar.

650

750

850

1,200

1.600

1,300

1,000

750 

650

580

580

620

 618-

576

527

512

482

467

527

482

452

512

848

952

785

609

545

512

475

*445

458

21,292

687

1.73

1.99

Apr.

425

425

412

386

379

379

467

458 

586

579

579

452

'B55 812

452

419

412

579

586

579

561

550 

338

332

326

326

326

305

3T5

482

-

12,207

407

1.02

1.14

May

1,320

2,060

960

884

756

1,100

2.06O

2.680 

1,460

794

*609

535

489

452

425

405

399

392

599

709

545

445 

392

375

561

*338

326

294

294

294

279

22,827

756

1.85

2.13

June

279

265

235

239

260

252

260

260 

252

260

609

504

269

305

355

300

305

300

269

405

1.150

 654 

355

315

260

432

460

379

367

279

-

10,814

360

0.905

1.01

July

289

256

208

310

460

576

320

243 

248

239

208

179

189

189

189

219

243

243

320

332

320

519 

519

405

284

204

211

211

211

211

189

8,744

282

0.709

O.S2

Aug.

186

182

179

159

 155

155

147

144 

144

147

156

144

127

124

124

104

110

117

104

208

230

142 

139

133

130

124

112

110

104

96

94

4,326

140

0.352

0.41

Sept.

96

100

239

189

172

144

186

156

159

114

92

112

67

*tf>B"

96

96

96

92

102

618

482

1S9 

159

150

150

535

943

1.080

460

305

-

7,459

249

0.626

0.70

Calendar year 1952 : Max 6,000 Min 100 Mean 495 Cfsm 1.24 In. 16.92

Water year 1952-53: Max 5,160 Kin 67 Mean 462 Cfsm 1.16 In. 15.78

Peak discharge (base. 5.800 cfs). Jan. 11 (4 p.m.) 5,520 cfs (10.9 ft). 

» Discharge measurement made on this day.

Note. Ho gage-height record Feb. 28 to Mar. 12; discharge estimated on basis of records for stations on nearby streams.
32 ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN

Oconee River near Greensboro, Ga.

Location. Lat 33«35', long. 83°16', on right bank 300 ft downstream from bridge on State 

Highway 12, 1 mile downstream from Town Creek, 5 miles upstream from Apalachee River, 

5 miles west of Greensboro, Green County, 12 miles downstream from Barnett Shoals Dam, 

and at mile 198.9.

Drainage area. 1.090 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. July 1903 to September 1923 and May 1937 to September 1953 in reports 

of Geological Survey. October 1903 to December 1931 (including revised records for 

October 1918 to September 1923) in House Document 68, 74th Congress, 1st session.

;e.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 409.82 ft above mean sea level, unadjusted, 

^r to Nov. 8, 1938, various nonrecording gages at present site and datum.

Average discharge. 43 years (1903-13, 1914-31, 1937-53), 1,482 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 8,210 cfs Jan. 13 (gage height, 16.1 ft); mini1903-31, 1937-53: Maximum gage height observed, 35.4 ft Aug. 26, 1908 (discharge 

not determined); minimum daily discharge, 60 cfs Sept. 28, 1925.

Remarks. Records good. Diurnal fluctuation and some regulation at low flow by Barnett 

Shoals powerplant.

Revisions (water years). WSP 262: 1908-9. WSP 822: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, in feet, and v

discharge, in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Dec. 11)

0.5 

1.0 

2.0

156

262

525

4.0

13.0

16.0

1,230

5,560

8,100

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1955

Day

1

Z

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

50

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

329

347

299

276

283

225

287

316

 509

547

427

511

307

575

586

586

373

360

360

347

354

334

295

334 

529

560

 560

560

347

347

547

10,595

542

0.514

0.36

Nov.

560

360

375

373

360

575

575

560

360

360

413

469

511

469

413

427

413

413

413

469

801

818

649

585 

 497

483

497

525

511

483

-

13,911

464

0.426

0.48

Dec.

469

483

585

716

649

655

755

633

585

555

716

1.270

1,040

784

666

585

555

555

540

525

635

682

666

682 

699

666

617

585

555

555

1,210

20,827

672

0.617

0.71

Jan.

2,340

2,200

1,980

1,660

1,320

 1,080

926

854

2,550

4,230

5,220

7,010

7.990

5,130

1,930

1,480

1,320

1,270

1,530

1,480

1,700

1,660

1,480

5,040 

2,760

2,590

1,840

1,480

1,560

1,250

1,150

75,590

2,567

2.17

2.50

Feb.

1,080

1,040

1,040

962

926

890

1,560

2,250

2,200

1,660

1,270

1,230

1,230

1,190

2,570

5,250

 5,040

2,290

1,660

1,480

2,900

4,280

5,160

5.800 

5,220

5,460

2,660

2,200

_

_

-

64,278

2,296

2.11

2.20

Mar.

1,880

1,750

2,060

2,520

3.510

3,280

2,570

1,980

1,700

1,530

1,550

1,700

1,750

1,570

1,530

1,440

1,320

1,320

1,530

1,400

1,320

2,570

3,510

2,710 

2,540

1,980

1,660

1,480

1,400

 1,520

1.250

59,590

1,916

1.76

2.05

Apr.

1,250

1,190

1,150

1,150

1,080

1,080

1,110

1,190

1,110

1,080

1,040

1,150

1,700

1,700

1,520

1,150

1,080

1,080

1,000

1,040

1,000

926

926

890 

854

854

890

854

784

2.550

-

54,158

1,159

1.04

1.16

May

5.740

4,780

4,550

5,510

2,760

2,660

3,850

4,230

4,480

5,610

 2,020

1,620

1,440

1,520

1,250

1,190

1,150

1,150

1,080

1,270

1,480

1,230

1,080

962 

926

926

818

750

716

666

682

65,656

2,055

1.88

2.17

June

649

617

585

585

540

585

585

649

655

617

801

1,150

872

682

854

872

716

 755

682

716

1,080

1.570

1,080

908 

784

784

1,040

1,080

890

784

-

24,123

804

0.738

0.82

July

666

649

601

555

1,190

1,150

1,110

1.270

767

601

570

570

455

469

469

525

585

617

755

767

699

784

1,000

1,000 

856

633

483

666

511

 555

485

21,969

709

0.650

0.75

Aug.

511

497

570

441

441

415

360

400

375

560

373

347

334

352

292

292

276

280

299

585

570

511

560

347 

347

329

299

292

267

251

247

11,596

574

0.545

0.40

Sept.

258

241

274

511

400

386

400

386

400

522

285

258

249

 238

166

232

217

219

219

441

1,150

872

455

575 

427

801

2.250

2,060

1,700

1,000

-

17,173

572

0.525

0.59

Calendar year 1952: Max 12,500 Min 225 Mean 1,278 Cfsm 1.17 In. 15.98

Water year 1952-53: Max 7,990 Mln 166 Mean 1,137 Cfsm 1.04 In. 14.17

Peak discharge (base. 6.000 cfs). Jan. 13 (8 a.m.) 8.210 cfs (16.1 ft).

 Discharge measurement made on this day.
ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN 33

Apalachee River near Buckhead, Ga.

Location. Lat 33 036', long. 83°21', at downstream side of right bank pier of bridge on 

State Highway 12, 2 miles downstream from Hard Labor Creek, 3 miles northeast of Buckhead, Morgan County, and 9 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area. 436 sq mi.

Records available. March 1901 to December 1908, May 1937 to September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 424.07 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

T929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Mar. 22, 1905, staff gage and 

Mar..22, 1905, to December 1908, chain gage, at same site at different datum. May 13, 

1937, to Feb. 1, 1939, staff gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 16 years (1937-53), 547 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,330 cfs Jan. 11 (gage height, 13.4 ft); minImum daily, 79 cfs Oct. 6.

1901-8, 1937-53: Maximum gage height observed, 27.5 ft Aug. 25, 1908, datum then 

in use (discharge not determined); minimum daily discharge, 36 cfs Sept. 11, 1951.

Flood of Nov. 29, 1948, reached a stage of 26.8 ft (discharge, 23,800 cfs).

Remarks. Records good. Moderate diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by milldams 

above station.

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used May 12 to June 21)

0.9 

1.0 

2.0- 

4.0

87

232

616

7.0

10.0

14.0

1,350

2,390

4,800

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

104

103

95

90

85

79

90

90

*109

128

145

133

124

120

120

144

144

130

114

112

105

100

101

110

112

113

 113

114

114

112

113

3,466

112

0.257

0.30

Nov.

120

124

126

127

126

127

127

126

124

134

152

172

170

156

151

149

147

148

151

191

274

256

208

*185

176

173

185

192

179

173

-

4,849

162

0.372

0.42

Dec.

167

179

240

240

232

248

256

224

200

208

256

299

290

232

208

197

191

188

184

191

274

290

256

290

299

274

240

224

216

216

520

7,539

243

0.557

0.64

Jan.

1,190

1,080

840

726

530

 430

382

3J2

906

2,750

4.120

2,940

1,520

888

682

572

510

490

616

616

638

1,010

726

1,210

1,580

936

682

572

530

490

450

30,984

999

2.29

2.64

Feb.

430

430

400

391

372

960

770

594

490

480

510

470

1,050

1,880

*1,350

792

616

594

1,010

2,030

2.190

1,460

1,780

1,740

1,240

912

-

.

-

25,888

925

2.12

2.21

Mar.

770 7-26

864

960

1.580

1,520

960

748

660

594

616

748

770

660

638

616

550

530

682

638

550

1,010

1,380

1,380

1,010

770

660

594

550

 530

510

24,774

799

1.83

2.11

Apr.

490

490

470

450

430

430

450

450

430

430

450

470

660

638

510

430

410

382

391

391

362

353

344

335

326

335

326

299

299

743

12,974

432

0.991

1.11

May

1,980

2.590

1,740

1,710

1,350

1,110

1,850

2,230

1,580

1,010

*704

572

510

450

420

391

372

372

372

480

480

400

353

317

299

274

256

240

2Z4

224

216

24,876

802

1.84

2.12

June

208

194

179

179

180

186

198

224

232

224

326

440

362

290

290

290

274

*256

224

299

470

638

510

450

530

530

594

1,190

1.550

500

-

11,797

393

0.901

1.01

July

353

299

265

265

430

510

372

726

490

326

256

224

208

197

1.96

232

248

739

1.580

638

410

470

594

430

299

240

240

290

248

*224

208

12,207

394

0.904

1.04

Aug.

186

179

176

164

155

147

138

137

147

133

126

135

121

117

101

101

101

108

121

208

190

149

131

124

117

108

100

96

95

92

87

4.090

' 132

0.303

0.35

Sept.

85

92

326

391

232

282

274

191

155

135

131

124

121

*108

108

106

110

103

97

326

572

382

216

172

188

450

984

1.190

840

500

-

8,991

300

0.688

0.77

Calendar year 1952: Max 9,400 Min 79 Mean 511 Cfsm 1.17 In. 15.96

Water year 1952-53: Max 4,120 Min 79 Mean 472 Cfsm 1.08 In. 14.72

Peak discharge (base. 5.000 cfs). No peak above base. 

Discharge measurement made on this day.
34 ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN

Oconee River near Sparta, Ga.

Location. Lat 33° 19'40", long. 83°08'40", at downstream side of left bank pier of bridge 

on State Highway 16, 4 miles downstream from Richland Creek, l£ miles upstream from 

Shoulderbone Creek, 11 miles west of Sparta, Hancock County, and at mile 170.9.

Drainage area. 1.830 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. October 1949 to April 1953 (discontinued).

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 316.3 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 {levels by Georgia State Highway Department). 

Prior to Feb. 21, 1951, wire-weight gage at same site and datum.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during period October to April not determined; minimum 

daily, 350 cfs Oct. 6.

1949-53: Maximum discharge, 26,300 cfs Mar. 4, 1952 (gage height, 26.0 ft); minimum daily, 140 cfs Sept. 12, 1951.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Diurnal fluctuation and some regulation at low flow by Barnett Shoals powerplant.

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, October 1952 to April 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

aSOO

a460

a440

a420

a380

a350

a400

a450

a450

451

511

614

568

*481

523

554

535

511

487

475

451

439

427

427

439

463

475

475

475

463

463

14,557

470

0.257

0.30

Nov.

475

493

505

505

505

505

505

505

505

505

535

600

698

670

614

587

587

587

587

*614

810

1.140

970

842

726

684

684

705

726

684

-

19,058

635

0.347

0.39

Dec.

656

670

740

906

986

874

954

986

826

810

810

1,280

1,670

1,280

1,070

946

922

874

858

882

962

1,120

1,100

1,140

1,140

1,180

1,090

978

938

930

1.830

31,408

1,013

0.554

0.64

Jan.

3,450

3,690

3,330

2,910

*2,380

1,940

1,670

1.520

2,550

aS.OOO

a7,800

alO,000

a^2.000

a 10,000

3,940

2,610

2,220

2,100

2,270

2,490

2,490

3,090

3,090

4,980

5,240

4,460

3,210

2,490

2,220

2,050

1,880

119,070

3,841

2.10

2.42

Feb.

1,780

1,78O

1,670

1,570

1.57O

1.470

1,72O

3,210

3,450

2,790

2,160

*2,000

2,000

2,000

5,110

6,020

5,500

4.O7O

2,850

2,380

3,450

6,280

7,710

8,750

9.660

8,490

5,890

4,330

-

-

-

109,660

3,916

2.14

2.23

Mar.

3,450

3,090

3,570

4,460

6,02O

5,890

4,850

3,570

3,030

2,730

2,850

3,330

3,210

2,970

2,790

2,730

2,490

2,440

3,090

2,970

2,610

6,280

7.840

5,760

4,720

*3,810

3,210

2,850

2,670

2,490

2.380

114,150

3,682

2.01

2.32

 Apr.

2,270

2,220

2,160

2,100

2,000

2,000

2,OOO

2,050

2,000

2,000

2,050

2,100

2,670

2,790

*2,440

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

May June July Aug. Sept.

Calendar year 1952: Max 24,000 Mln 340 Mean 2,139 Cfsm 1.17 ' In. 15.93

Water year 1952-53: Max - Mln - Mean - Cfsm - In. -

Peak discharge (base. 10.000 efs). Jan. 13 (time and discharge unknown). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of records for station near Greensboro and 

aalachee River near Buckhead.
ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN 35

Oconee River at Milledgeville, Ga.

Location. Lat 33°05', long. 83°13', on left bank 900 ft upstream from bridge on State 

Highway 24 at Milledgeville, Baldwin County, half a mile upstream from Fishing Creek, 

4 miles downstream from Sinclair Dam (formerly called Furman Shoals Dam) of Georgia 

Power Co., and at mile 144.9.

Drainage area. 2,950 sq mi, approximately.

Records available.--August 1903 to December 1905, May 1906 to December 1908, October 1909 

to September 1923, and April 1937 to September 1953 in reports of Geological Survey. 

May 1906 to December 1908 and October 1909 to December 1931 in House Document 68, 74th 

Congress, 1st session. Gage-height records collected since 1904 at site 900 ft downstream are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 230.84 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Dec. 31, 1905, staff gage at site 

900 ft downstream at same datum. May 23, 1906, to Dec. 31, 1908, and Oct. 6, 1909, to 

Dec. 31, 1931, staff gage at Fraleys Ferry, 7 miles upstream at different datum. 

Apr. 17, 1937, to Sept. 30, 1939, wire-weight gage at site 900 ft downstream at present 

datum.

Average discharge. 38 years (1906-8, 1909-16, 1918-31, 1937-53), 3,476 cfs (adjusted for 

storage).

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 28,500 cfs May 3 (gage height, 25.5 ft); minimum 

daily, 95 cfs Aug. 2Q.

1903-31, 1937-53: Maximum discharge, 95,000 cfs Aug. 16, 1928 (gage height, 38.7 

ft, present site and datum, from floodmark), from rating curve extended above 50,000 

cfs on basis of records at former site (at Fraleys Ferry); minimum daily * yO cfs for 

several days in August and September 1925.

Maximum stage known since 1903, that of Aug. 16, 1928.

Remarks. Records good prior to Mar. 30, fair thereafter. Flow regulated by Sinclair Reservoir beginning November 1952 (usable capacity, 214,600 acre-ft).

Revisions (water years). WSP 922: Drainage area. WSP 1142: 1928(M).

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

(t)

Oct.

678

66O

630

606

570

558

540

522

630

*654

690

760

886

725

704

760

830

760

704

678

642

618

582

570

570

582

630

630

630

618

564

20,181

651

0

Nov.

572

455

642

704

704

704

704

704

630

455

510

704

774

455

510

704

781

642

466

*522

654

830

1,040

1.110

1,110

1,110

1,040

1,040

1,040

1,040

-

22,356

745

+252

Dec.

970

1,OOO

1,000

1,040

1,150

1,190

1,230

1,270

1,270

1,270

1,270

1,270

1,440

1.550

1,530

1,530

1,440

1,350

1,270

1,040

145

445

445

472

510

528

558

570

570

594

746

30,943

998

4618

Jan.

594

415

405

385

*355

*174

ill

171

405

2,490

8,420

11,000

11.600

11,000

7,940

5,000

3,800

3,330

3,240

3,240

3,330

3,700

4,200

6,820

7,590

6,710

5,400

4,400

3,700

3,240

3,060

126,285

4,074

+1,090

Feb.

2,970

2,880

2,700

2,520

2,340

2.250

2,340

3,510

3,600

4,300

4,200

4,100

*3,800

3,700

6,200

9,290

8,900

7,940

6,820

6,400

6,500

6,500

6,600

8,540

13,000

15.700

13,900

9,680

..

-

-

171,180

6,114

-90

Mar.

7,260

6,500

6,400

6,500

6,500

6,500

6,500

6,400

6,300

6,300

6,300-

5,800

4,600

5,000

3,240

4,500

4,600

1,920

893

2,140

3,820

7,150

9.810

9,680

7,820

*6,600

6,200

6,100

4,200

2,300

3,070

170,903

5,513 -244

Apr.

3,800

1,89O

1,900

3,320

1,950

3,500

2,060

1,250

2,010

3,100

3,690

1,910

4,300

*3,570

1,900

*310

*165

294

262

626

610

541

592

551

302

270

758

498

831

4. 750

-

51,510

1,717

+2,570

May

8,900

17,100

18,600

20.900

14,200

12,200

*14,500

11,200

8,540

7,700

7,260

7,150

6,200

3,280

3,420

1,480

854

2,620

4,300

3,540

3,110

2,860

1,330

434

3,260

1,370

806

935

*1,120

546

186

189,901

6,126

+2,863

June

1,060

588

526

686

1,020

582

198

2,760

2,630

2,010

2,580

2,440

2,790

1,890

2,340

2,350

*2,480

5.750

2,470

355

225

1,680

5,240

1,470

2,700

1,680

226

171

1,490

1,190

-

49,575

1,652

+118

July

2,580

1,500

1,100

555

1,080

1,820

2,620

1,890

1,580

1,400

575

192

1,640

1,950

1,530

3,510

2,200

570

1,440

4,510

5.070

4,000

4,000

3,420

2,520

1,480

5,050

5,600

5,040

 2,560

1,440

67,782

2,187

-114

Aug.

956

156

2,670

2,970

.5,210

5.510

1,320

621

202

270

653

954

1,500

*1,570

144

115

174

526

564

35

105

135

130

128

764

1,190

1,670

905

760

189

531

28,285

912

-293

Sept.

1,970

1,650

2,550

2,250

220

195

165

346

150

*JL25

155

159

159

159

155

1,150

1,220

1,150

282

147

1,140

1,800

1,850

1,960

2,090

3,800

5.90Q

5,800

5,700

5,800

-

42,155

1,405

+269

Adjusted for change in reservoir contents

Mean 

Cfsm 

In.

651 

0.221 

0.25

997 

0.338 

0.38

Calendar year 1952 t 

Water year 1952-53:

1,616 

0.548 

0.63

5,164 

1.75 

2.02

6,024 

2.04 

2.12

5,269 

1.79 

2.06

4,287 

1.45 

1.62

8,609 

2.99 

3.45

Observed

Max 54,000 Hin 445 Mean 3,082 

Max 20,900 Hin 95 Mean 2,660

1,770 

0.600 

0.67

2,075 

0.703 

0.81

619 

0.210 

0.24

1,674 

0.567 

0.63

Adjusted

Mean 5,155 Cfsra 1.07 In. 14.55 

Mean 3,096 Cfsm 1.05 In. 14.88

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

- t Change in contents, equivalent in cubic feet per second, in Sinclair Reservoir; furnished by 

Georgia Power Co.
36 ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN

Oconee River at Dublin, Ga.

Location. Lat 32°32 ! , long. 82°54', near left bank on downstream end of pier of relocated bridge on U. S. Highway 80 at Dublin, Laurens County, and at mile 77.9. Prior 

to Jan. 20, 1953, at site 80 ft upstream.

Drainage area.--4.400 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. January 1894 to January 1898 (gage heights only), February 1898 to 

December 1913, and October 1931 to September 1953 in reports of Geological Survey. 

January 1929 to December 1931 in House Document 68, 74th Congress, 1st session. Gageheight records collected at same site since 1893 are contained in reports of U. S. 

Weather Bureau.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 149.08 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Jan. 1, 1894, to Dec. 31, 1913, and Jan. 1, 

1929, to Apr. 14, 1932, staff gage and Apr. 15, 1932, to July 17, 1934, water-stage 

recorder, at site 420 ft downstream at datum 3.0 ft higher. July 18, 1934, to Apr. 14, 

1936, water-stage recorder, Apr. 15, 1936, to Oct. 12, 1938, wire-weight gage, and 

Oct. 13, 1938, to Jan. 20, 1953, water-stage recorder, at site 80 ft upstream at 

present datum.

Average discharge.--36 years (1898-1912, 1931-53), 4,992 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 33,900 cfs May 8 (gage height, 23.2 ft); minimum, 364 cfs Sept. 17 (gage height, 0.57 ft).

1898-1913, 1931-53: Maximum discharge, 96,700 cfs Apr. 12, 13, 1936 (gage height,- 

32.97 ft); minimum, 333 cfs Sept. 12, 1951 (gage height, 0.48 ft). 

Maximum stage known since 1893, that of Apr. 12, 13, 1936.

Remarks.--Records good. Plow regulated by Sinclair Reservoir 

monthly change in contents) above station.

822: Drainage area.

[see preceding page for

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, in feet, and

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used Mar. 4 to Apr. 24, Aug. 17-21, 

Sept. 29, 30)

0.5 340 14.0 12,100

1.0 555 18.0 18,800

5.0 1,750 24.0 57,200

9.0 6,420

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year'october 1952 to September 1955

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

13

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

25

24

25

26

 27

28 

29

50

51

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

990

960

930

870

840

815

766

790

950

99O

1,080

1,080

1,080

1,140

1.180

1,050

1,050

1,110

1,140

1,080

1,020

960

960

900

900

870

870

*900 

900

900

900

29,951

966

0.220

0.25

Nov.

900

840

748

670

840

960

960

960

990

1,050

1,080

950

990

1,140

1,110

840

870

1,080

1,140

1,110

990

1,110

1,210

1,540

1.470

1,470

1,470

1,470 

1,440

1,400

-

52,578

1,086

0.247

0.28

Dec.

1,570

1,400

1,500

1,550

1,560

1,650

1,700

1,700

*1,700

1,750

1,750

1,750

1,700

1,750

1,800

1.870

1,870

1,800

1,750

1,750

1,800

1,560

1.270

1,270

1,550

1,800

1,800

1,730 

1,650

1,550

1,750

51,160

1,650

0.575

0.45

Jan.

2,150

2,290

1,940

1,750

1,600

1,440

1,540

1.210

1,300

1,630

2,640

5,820

7,570

8,510

9,280

9,740

10.100

9,980

7,770

*5,740

5,340

5,500

5,660

6,510

7,870

8,750

9,170

9,280 

8,620

6,780

5,500

172,740

5,572

1.27

1.46

Feb.

5,020

4,940

4,700

4,460

4,140

3.820

3,900

4,220

4,940

5,420

5,420

6,060

5,500

5,260

6,550

8,510

9,620

10,200

10,900

11,500

11,500

11,400

11,000

10,600

10,800

12,100

 12,800

15.600

-

-

218,460

7,802

1.77

1.84

Mar.

15,400

17,800

18.600

17,400

15,900

15,900

12,200

11,100

10,500

9,860

9,740

9,980

10,100

9,740

9,170

8,290

7,270

7,570

6,690

4,700

4.140

6,150

8,840

9,740

10,400

11,100

11,500

11,700 

11,100

9,860

6,600

526,840

10,540

2.40

2.77

Apr.

5,580

5,180

4,780

5,740

4,140

5,820

4,620

4,940

5,980

5,900

6,150

7.770

*7,470

6,600

7,470

6,350

4,140

2,500

2,150

2,010

1,800

1,800

1,750

1,660

1,600

1,550

1,540

1.240 

1,440

1,340

-

112,750

3,758

0.854

0.95

May

2,560

6,510

9,590

12,600

16,700

25,600

29,800

55.500

55,100

31,200

27,800

23,600

19,200

16,200

13,200

9,060

5,820

4,300

5,260

5,100

6,060

5,580

5,260

4,220

3,020

*2,640

3,660

2,290 

1.800

1,940

1,870

364,640

11,760

2.67

5.08

June

1,400

1.050

1,500

1,240

1,210

1,440

1,600

1,340

1,600

3,180

5,180

5,020

5,020

2,500

1,550

1,540

2,290

2,290

5,260

5.660

2,560

1,210

1,180

2,500

5,180

2,450

5,260

2,360 

1,440

1,340

"

62,910

2,097

0.477

0.55

July

2,030

2,290

2,780

2,150

1,660

1,560

2,010

2,570

5,020

2,640

2,290

1,870

1,140

1.050

1,800

1,870

2,290

5,540

2,710

2,940

5,900

5,900

5.980

4,860

5,500

2,940

1,470

1,660 

2,860

5,020

2,780

82,950

2,675

0.608

0.70

Aug.

2,710

2,010

1,500

1,210

2,860

5,540

5.660

3,180

1,730

1,570

900

840

1,020

1,270

1,500

1,650

840

*610

750

1,080

1,110

840

645

550

478

440.

760

1,440 

1,650

1,500

1,110

44,275

1,428

0.525

0.57

Sept.

760

900

1,870

2,150

2,940

2,080

1,080

840

680

620

517

429

405

333

372

372

368

960

1,240

1,400

870

680

1,210

1,730

2,080

2,780

5,260

6.060 

5,820

5,660

-

52,514

1,750

0.398

0.44

Calendar year 1952: Max 46,800 Min 670 Mean 4,512 Cfsm 1.05 In. 13.95

Water year 1952-53: Max 55,500 Min 568 Mean 4,251 Cfsm 0.966 In. 13.10

Discharge measurement made on this day.
ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN 37

Rocky Creek near Dudley, Ga.

Location.--Lat 32°29', long. 83°09', on downstream side of highway bridge, 3.2 miles 

above Buckhorn Branch and 5 miles southeast of Dudley, Laurens County.

Drainage area. 62.9 sq mi.

Records available.--November 1951 to September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder.

»

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,390 cfs May 7 (gage height, 9.4 ft); minimum, 2.9 cfs Oct. 4, 5 (gage height, 1.07 ft).

1951-53: Maximum discharge, that of May 7, 1953; minimum, 1.8 cfs July 31, 1952 

(gage height, 0.93 ft).

Remarks. Records good.

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, in feet, and

discharge, in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 9 to Dec. 8)

0.9

1.1 

1.3 

1.5 

1.7 

2.0

1.3

5.3

11

19

30

52

3.0 

4.0 

6.0 

8.0 

9.0

164

322

740

1,440

2,050

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

4.6

4.2

3.3

*3.5 

4.0

6.0

12

11

8.8 

7.4

6.3

5.8 

6.1

7.9

6.1

5.3

5.3

5.3

5.8

5.6

6.6

6.9

6.9

5.1

5.1

*4.2

3.3 

3.8

4.6

176.8

5.70

0.091

0.10

Nov.

5.6

5.3

4.9

4.2

4.0

*4! 2

4.0

4.2

7.4

ia11

7.9

6.9 

6.6

6.3

5.8

5.8

6.3

12

14

10

8.5

7.9

7.1

7.1

7.6

7.1

6.6 

6.3

-

216.4

7.21

0.115

0.13

Dec.

7.4

9.4

9.8

15

14

16 

14

12

*12

11

15 

14

12

11 

10

9.8

9.4

9.4

9.4

11

17

16

14

15

38

52

31

25

22 

21

61

543.6

17.5

0.278

0.32

Jan.

70

43

44

37

33

30

30

58

95

95 

69

56

51 

49

47

45

56

108

*77

101

127

114

"2"g4" 322

127

108

103

94 

83

85

2,650

85.5

1.36

1.57

Feb.

136

104

88

79

69

if146

95

81

78 

79

78

72 

436

443

174

131

114

114

152

222

147

134

361

215

523

270

-

-

5,322

190

3.02

3.14

Mar.

192

165

*150

160

246

167 

134

120

107

104

177 

185

136

126 

134

112

96

99

116

95

98

200

150

116

99

84

78

75

69 

63

Si

3,914

126

2.00

2.31

Apr.

59

64

58

52

46

52 

178

111

73

301

578 

278

*386

185 

139

124

103

96

105

86

76

72

67

62

58

73

57

48

fi

-

3,685

123

1.96

2.19

May

89

163

1,020

375

240

1,220 

*1 . 710

653

313

214

165 

134

115

102 

90

83

76

70

71

108

108

79

61

50

44

*37

31

26

23 

22

21

7,513

242

3.85

4.44

June

18

18

14

14

14

18 

25

27

28

25

if

21

17 

16

16

16

14

12

11

12

10

12

13

14

15

38

64

42 

22

-

668

22.3

0.355

0.40

July

17

14

12

12

31

56 

*23

17

23

28

21

14

12

ft

22

90

40

38

100

358

207

126

81

50

38

33

40

31 

25

20

1,601

51.6

0.820

0.95

Aug.

17

15

14

16

42

*21 

17

14

16

15

12 

13

12

9.8 

8.8

8.2

8.5

*9.8

18

15

12

9.4

8.2

7.9

7.6

7.6

1*1

7.6

11 

9.1

7.6

395.5

12.8

0.203

0.23

Sept.

8.2

12

92

119

42

33 

23

18

16

15

14 

13

13

12 

11

12

11

11

34

101

35

22

17

17

32

290

494

276

126 

100

"

2,019.2

67.3

1.07

1.19

Calendar year 1952: Max 578 Min 2.4 Mean 42.8 Cfsm 0.680 In. 9.25

Water year 1952-53: Max 1,710 

__________________

Min 2.9 Mean 78.6 Cfsm 1.25 In. 16.97

efs). Feb. 16 (2 a.m.) 668 cfs (5.7 ft); Feb. 26 (12 m.) 880 cfs (6.5

fs (5.8 ft); May 3 (l2 m.) 1,350 cfs (7.8 ft); May 7 (l a.m.) 2,390 cfs

Peak discharge (base. 550 

--,, Apr. 11 (10 a.m.) 692 c

19.4 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
38 ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN

Oconee River near Mount Vernon, Ga.

Location. Lat 32°12" , long. 82"38" , near left bank at downstream edge of pier of bridge 

on U. S. Highway 280, a quarter of a mile downstream from Seaboard Railroad bridge, 

half a mile upstream from Plat Creek, 2 miles upstream from Okeewalkee Creek, 2 miles 

west of Mount Vernon, Montgomery County, and at mile 28.7.

Drainage area. 5,110 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. November 1937 to September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 103.34 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 16 years, 5,227 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 35,200 cfs May 10 (gage height, 18.7 ft); minimum, 576 cfs Sept. 19.

1937-53: Maximum discharge, 66,300 cfs Dec. 5, 1948 (gage height, 22.6 ft); minimum, 558 efs Sept. 13, 1951.

Remarks. Records good. Plow regulated by Sinclair Reservoir (see p.35 for change in 

monthly contents).

Revisions (water years). WSP 1112: 1942, 1944.

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In

cubic feet per second 

(Shifting-control method used Apr. 1 to July 31)

1.6 

2.0 

5.0 

9.0

590

770

2,460

5,520

12.0

15.0

18.0

19.0

9,400

16,700

30,700

37,100

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

995 

1,170

1,120

1,070

1,020

995

970

970

1,040

1,120

1,120

1,170

1,220

1,200

1,220

1.240

1,220

1,140

1,170

1,140

1,170

1,120

1,070

1,040 

1,020

970

*945

970

945

970

970

33,500

1,081

0.212

0.24

Nov.

970 

970

970

895

845

870

945

995

1,020

1,020

1,070

1,120

1,120

1,020

1,120

1,170

1,040

945

1,040

1,170

1,220

1,120

1,120

1,220 

1,300

1,380

1 . 440

1,440

1,440

1,410

~

33,405

1,114

0.218

0.24

Dec.

1.580 

1,380

1,380

1,440

1,490

1,540

1,600

1,660

1,720

1,720

1,720

1,720

1,720

1,720

1,720

*1,780

1,840

1,900

1,840

1,840

1,840

1,900

1,780

1,490 

1,490

1,720

1,960

2.080

2,020

1,960

1,960

53,310

1,720

0.337

0.39

Jan.

2,080 

2,400

2,590

2,460

2,260

2,140

1,960

1,840

1.720

1,780

2,080

2,790

4,740

5,900

6,550

7,150

7,800

' 8,400

9,230

9.760

9,060

7,540

6,110

6,110 

6,550

7,030

7,540

8,250

8,890

9,400

9,400

171,510

5,533

1.08

1.24

Feb.

8,400 

6,790

5,700

5,340

5,080

4,830

4.580

4,580

4,830

5,080

5,430

5,610

5,900

5,900

6,000

6,670

7,280

8,100

9,060

10,300

11,500

12,800

13,300

13,300 

13,000

13,800

14,600

15.200

-

-

-

232,960

8,320

1.63

1.70

Mar.

15,800 

16,700

17,600

19,200

21.600

21,200

19,600

17,300

15,500

14,100

13,300

13,000

12,300

12,000

11,800

11,800

11,300

10,700

9,760

9,060

8,250

7.410

7,540

8,250 

9,230

10,300

11,100

11,800

12,300

12,500

12,300

404,600

13,050

2.55

2.94

Apr.

11.100 

9,230

7,150

6,000

5,000

4,740

5,170

5,430

5,610

5,520

6,000

6,670

7,800

8,550

9,060

9,230

8,890

7,950

5,610

4,180

3,640

3,210

3,070

2,860 

2,660

2,520

2,400

2,200

*2,020

2.020

-

165,490

5,516

1.08

1.20

May

1.960 

2,520

5,170

7,280

8,890

11,300

16,400

23,500

30,700

54.500

34,500

31,900

28,900

25,500

22,000

18,800

15,500

11,800

7,950

5,080

5,170

5,800

6,000

5,610 

*5,080

4,100

3,420

3,940

3,210

2,460

2,400

391,340

12,620

2.47

2.85

June

2,260 

1,900

1,540

1,600

1,600

1,490

1,600

1,720

1,660

1,660

2,860

3,420

3,420

3,350

3,070

2,200

1,600

2,140

2,400

2,930

3,500

2", 930

1,840

7^5

3,070

2,720

3,140

2,790

1,960

-

69,950

2,332

0.456

0.51

July

1,600 

2,080

2,400

2,790

2,460

*2,020

1,780

2,020

2,520

3,070

3,070

2,860

2,460

1,780

1.380

1,780

2,080

2,260

3,280

3,280

3,280

3,870

5,000

5.520 

5,430

4,580

3,720

2,520

2,020

2,930

3,210

89,050

2,873

0.562

0.65

Aug.

3,210 

3,070

2,590

2,020

1,660

2,720

3,350

3.720

3,570

2,520

1,840

1,410

1,270

1,350

1,440

1,490

*1,780

1,350

1,100

1,100

1,170

1,300

1,220 1,020' 

895

820

770 r§5

1,200

1,600

1,440

54,790

1,767

0.346

0.40

Sept.

1,270 

1,120

970

1,720

2,140

2,720

2,520

1,660

1,240

1,070

920

870

770

702

680

635

612

590

gQQ

1,120

1,380

1,380

1,320

1,300 

1,600

2,400

5,340

7.670

7,410

7,410

-

61,219

2,041

0.399

0.45

Calendar year 1952: Max 

Water year 1952-53 : Max

43,500

34,500

Mln 

Mln

845

590

Mean 4,976 

Mean 4,825

Cfsm 0.974 In- 13 24 

Cfsm 0.944 In. 12>81

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN 39

Ohoopee River near Reldsvllle, Ga.

Location. Lat 32°04', long. 82 0 11', on downstream side of left pier of Sheppard Bridge, 

half a mile downstream from Brazells Creek, lj miles downstream from Rooky Creek, 3j 

miles west of Reldsvllle, Tattnall County, 6 miles downstream from Pendleton Creek, 

and 14 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area. 1,110 sq ml, approximately.

Records available. June 1903 to December 1907, May 1937 to September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 73.8 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 (levels by Georgia State Highway Department). 

June 1'903 to Dec. 31, 1907, staff gage at same site at different datum. May 25, 1937, 

to Feb. 15, 1941, staff gage at same site and datum.

Average d1seharge.--20 years (1903-7, 1937-53), 944 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 7,140 cfs Mar. 1 (gage height, 15.3 ft); mlnlmum daily, 45 cfs Sept. 21.

1903-7, 1937-53: Maximum discharge observed, 15,100 cfs Mar. 3, 1939 (gage height, 

19.8 ft); minimum dally, 28 cfs June 4, 1941.

Maximum stage known, 28.4 ft in January 1925, from information furnished by Georgia 

State Highway Department.

Remarks. Records good.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 822: Drainage area. WSP 892: 1939(M).

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, in feet, and

discharge, in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used May 11 to July 23)

1.1 

1.5 

2.0 

4.0

41

86

155

542

7.O 

10.0 

13.0 

16.0

1,370 

2,560 

4,76O 

8,010

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

177

158

140

125

112

102 

95

130

322

588

636

588

392

304

266

248

248

239

214

190

168

150

136

125

116

109

104

99

92

*89

86

6,548

211

0.190

0.22

Nov.

84

82

81

80

79

78 

78

78

2£

78

96

129

157

171

158

142

133

126

119

171

230

'2~48~ 266

212

194

177

160

149

140

133

-

4,105

137

0.123

0.14

Dec.

127

126

130

143

154

163 

176

182

176

174

190

 239

239

232

206

184

171

163

155

160

235

313

304

275

266

332

352

509

509

487

487

7,559

244

0.220

0.25

Jan.

542

636

684

708

684

612 

576

542

52Q

531

564

612

636

660

636

636

612

612

660

760

838

892

948

1,120

1,270

 1,400

1,430

1,500

1,500

1,530

1.560

26,411

852

0.768

0.89

Feb.

1,560

1,500

1,500

1,460

1,400

1.550 

1,400

1,740

1,920

1,850

1,700

1,670

1,650

1,500

1,460

1,600

1,810

1,920

2,040

2,120

2,500

2,560

5,120

5,680

4,000

4,080

4,760

6.550

-

-

"

63,960

2,284

2.06

2.14

Mar.

7.020

6,240

5,320

4,670

4,400

4,580 

4,760

4,670

4,400

3,840

3,610

5,680

5,920

4,000

4,160

3,920

 3,400

5,050

2,920

2,860

2,740

3,190

3,760

3,610

5,610

5,610

5,470

5,330

2,980

2,560

2.200

120,480

3,886

3.50

4.04

Apr.

1,960

1,770

1,600

1,430

1,300

1,240 

1,460

1,550

1,460

1,560

1,850

2,080

2,450

2,680

 2,860

5.050

2,980

2,560

2,120

1,880

1,700

1,530

1,370

1,210

1,060

948

864

786

708

660

-

50,656

1,689

1.52

1.70

May

612

564

564

1,O90

1,960

5,540 

4,160

4,240

4,940

5.520

4,850

4,760

4,240

5,53O

2,500

1,920

1,530

1,240

1,060

920

838

734

660

588

542

498

454

412

*372

322

275

59,055

1,904

1.72

1.98

June

234

199

174

155

142

146 

139

132

129

129

163

150

136

216

248

239

248

248

204

171

155

142

135

176

248

255

204

206

259

259

-

5,579

186

0.168

0.19

July

207

161

140

176

199

216 

185

181

*182

169

190

218

150

118

102

92

84ia82

120

372

812

812

531

362

275

230

254

542

592

515

7,726

249

0.224

0.26

Aug.

255

184

154

143

177

140 

163

284

504

218

143

115

99

89

92

99

90

89

98

 129

218

190

166

201

187

149

125

112

100

96

87

4,676

151

0.136

0.16

Sept.

82

82

82

89

155

157 

115

98

94

86

76

70

64

60

56

54

55

50

49

48

15

46

48

69

99

575

5,560

5,120

5,620

6.240

"

22,798

760

0.685

0.76

Calendar year 1952: Max 5,320 Min 44 Mean 780 Cfsm 0.703 In. 9.56

Water year 1952-53: Max 7,020 Min 45 Mean 1,040 Cfsm 0.937 In. 12.73

Discharge measurement made on this day
40 ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN

Altamaha River at Doctortown, Ga.

Location.--Lat 31°39' , long. 81°50' , on right bank 60 ft downstream from Atlantic Coast 

Line Railroad bridge at Doetortown, Wayne County, 4i miles northeast of Jesup, and at 

mile 59.4.

Drainage area. 13.600 sq mi, approximately.

Records' available. October 1931 to September 1953. Gage-height records collected at 

same site since 1925 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 28.48 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Dec. 5, 1934, staff gage at same 

site and datum.

Average discharge.--22 years, 13,080 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 66,700 cfs May 16 (gage height, 9.0 ft); minimum, a,760 cfs Nov. 7-10.

1931-53: Maximum discharge, 178,000 cfs Apr. 18, 1936 (gage height, 12.03 ft)- 

minimum, 1,760 efs Oct. 8, 9 14, 15, 1931.

Maximum stage known, 14.6 ft Jan. 23, 1925 (discharge, 300,000 cfs, from rating 

curve extended above 180,000 cfs).

Remarks. Records good below 10,000 cfs and fair above. 

Revisions. WSP 822: Drainage area'.

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, in feet, and

discharge, in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Feb. 10)

-1.6 

0.0 

3.0 

4.0 

5.0

2,760

4,320

8,070

9,800

13,100

6.0 

7.0 

B.O 

9.0

20,500

31,400

46,000

66,700

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cf am

In.

Oct.

4.870 

4,540

4,320

4,000

3,800

3,600

3,500

3,500

3,500

3,900

4,320

4,540

4,430

4,100

3,900

3,800

3,800

3,800

3,800 

3,600

3,500

3,500

3,600

3,500

3,400

3,300

3,210

3.120

3,120

3,120

 3,120

116,110

3,745

0.275

0.32

Nov.

3,030 

3,030

2,940

2,940

2,940

2,850

2,850

2.760

2,760

2,850

2,940

3,030

3,120

3,210

3,210

3,210

3,210

3,300

3,300 

3,300

3,400

3,600

3.700

3,700

3,600

3,500

3,600

3,700

3,700

3,700

-

96,980

3,233

0.238

0.27

Dec.

5.700 

3,700

3,700

3,700

3,700

3,700

3,800

3,800

4,000

4,100

,210

,320

,320

,320

* ,320

,320

,320

,430

,540 

,650

,760

,870

,090

,200

,320

,090

,980

,090

5,320

5,680

6.040

139,090

4,487

0.330

0.38

Jan.

6.280 

6,520

6,650

6,780

6,910

7,040

7,180

7,180

7,180

7,180

7,180

7,320

7,610

8,070

8,900

9,620

10,200

11,000

11,700 

12,600

13,700

15,000

16,400

18,000

18,800

19,600

19,600

20,500

20,500

20,500

21.400

367,100

11,840

0.871

1.00

Feb.

21,400 

22,400

23,400

23,400

22,400

21,400

21,400

20,500

20,500

20,500

19,600

19,600

18,800

18,000

18,000

17.200

1-7,200

17,200

18,000 

18,800

18,800

19,600

21,400

22,400

25,600

29,000

31,400

32 . 700

-

-

-

600,600

21,450

1.58

1.64

Mar.

34,000 

35,300

38 , 100

38,100

38,100

38,100

39,600

41,100

44,300

46,000

47 ,800

4Oo6

44,300

42,700

41,100

38 , 100

36,700

35,300

34,000 

31,400

30,200

29,000

29,000

27,800

27,800

26,700

26,700

25,600

25,600

25,600

24.500

*1, 088.6

35,120

2.58

2.97

Apr.

24,500 

24,500

24,500

24,500

^3,400

23,400

22,400

20,500

19,600

18,800

18,800

19,600

21,400

22,400

24,500

25,600

26,700

26,700

27.800 

27,800

26,700

25,600

24,500

22,400

20,500

18,800

17,200

16,400

15,000

13.700

-

668,200

22,270

1.64

1.83

May

12,100 

11,400

10,200

9,620

9.260

9,800

11,000

12,600

15,000

18,000

22,400

30,200

41,100

53,700

62,200

66.700

64,400

60,000

55,800 

49,700

42,700

38,100

32,700

27,800

23,400

20,500

18,000

16,400

13,700

12,100

10,700

881,280

28,430

2.09

2.41

June

9.800 

9,080

8,070

7,320

6,650

6,040

5,800

5,560

5,440

5,440

5,440

5.320

5,560

6,160

6,520

6,780

7,040

6,780

6,160 

5,680

5,560

5,680

6,040

6,280

6,040

5,560

5,560

6,040

6,400

6,520

-

190,320

6,344

0.466

0.52

July

6,650 

6,400

5.920

6,040

6,280

6,520

6,780

6,780

6,650

 6,650

7,180

7,610

7,760

7,610

7,460

7,180

6,780

6,520

6,520 

6,400

6,910

7,910

8,730

9,260

9,620

10,000

10,400

10,700

11.000

10,700

10,400

241,320

7,785

0.572

0.66

Aug.

10.200

10)000

10,000

9,620

8,900

8,070

7,610

7,610

7,610

7,460

6,910

6,040

5,320

4,870

4,540

4,430

4,430

4,540 

4,760

4,980

4,980

4,870

4,760

4,650

 4,540

4,210

4,000

3,800

3.700

3,800

191,210

6,168

0.454

0.52

Sept.

4,000 

4,000

3,900

3,800

3,800

4,430

4,980

5,560

5,800

5,440

4,870

4,540

4,320

4,100

3,700

3,500

3,300

3,120

3,120 

2,940

2.B50

2,940

3,210

3,500

3,800

4,980

9,260

14,300

21,400

27.800

-

177,260

5,909

0.434

0.48

Calendar year 1952 : Max 71,400 Mln 2,760 Mean 12,470 Cfsm 0.917 In. 12.51

Water year 1952-53 : Max 66,700 Mln 2,760 Mean 13,040 Cfsm 0.959 In. 13.00

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

t Expressed In thousands.
SATILLA RIVER BASIN 41

SatIlia River near Waycross, Ga.

Location.--Lat 31°14', long. 82°19', on downstream side of bridge pier near center of 

span on State Route 38, 3 miles northeast of Waycross, Ware County, and 16 miles upstream from Alabama River. Prior to Nov. 22, 1952, at site 300 ft downstream.

Drainage area. 1.300 sq ml, approximately. 

Records available. March 1937 to September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 66.43 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

T929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Nov. 22, 1952, staff gage at site 

300 ft downstream at same datum.

Average discharge.--16 years, 931 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 12,700 cfs Sept. 30 (gage height, 17.8 ft); 

minimum observed, 25 cfs Nov. 6.

1937-53: Maximum discharge, 39,000 cfs Apr. 4, 1948 (gage height, 22.4 ft, from 

floodmark); minimum observed, 12 cfs Nov. 15, 16, 1942,. Dec. 6-14, 1943.

Flood In September 1928 reached a stage of 22.2 ft, from Information by Atlantic 

Coast Line Railroad .(discharge, 37,000 cfs).

Remarks.-"Records good. % Atlantic Coast Line Railroad diverts 4 to 5 cfs from pool at 

gage for use in shops.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 952: 1939.

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge. In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Mar. 6 to June 15)

2.6 

3.0 

3.5 

4.0 

 5.0 

7.0

23

49

92

144

27.8

660

10.0

12.0

14.0

16.0

18.0

1,540

2,420

4,060

7,300

13,400

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

107 

88

78 

65

61

57

44

*92

413

732

684

592

450

234

206

180

156

144

133

117

92

83

70

65

61

61

57

49

44 

39

35

5,289

171

0.132

0.15

Nov.

32 

SO

 SO 

31

29

£7

ft

30

28

29

35

40

41

42

43

45

43

42

42

70

83

74

69

67

70

74

67

63

59 

55

-

1,419

47.3

0.036

0.04

Dec.

51 

46

44 

43

44

46

46

46

45

47

48

46

44

44

45

46

*48

46

45

47

58

63

78

92

98

96

93

88

83 

81

95

1,842

59.4

0.046

0.05

Jan.

106 

110

122

128

123

111

100

1| ii5

ill

117

130

143

*162

168

168

143

132

162

234

294

286

286

334

334

360

 377

386

386

368

6,472

209

0.161

0.19

Feb.

343 

377

910 

994

966

884

966

1,360

1,620

1,660

1,620

1,540

1,470

1,400

1,360

1,470

1,500

1,440

1,260

1,170

1,140

1,110

1,140

1,230

1,360

1,500

1,660

1.860

;

-

35,310

1,261

0.970

1.01

Mar.

2,000 

2,080

2.130 

2,080

1,900

1,660

1,470

1,260

1,170

*910

806

806

910

1,050

1,200

1,330

1,440

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,470

1,440

1,360

1,300

1,170

1,050

994 

884

756

42,126

1,359

1.05

1.21

Apr.

592 

488

404 

343

302

294

478

780

1,050

1,300

1,50Q

1,820

2,420

2,800

3,180

3,740

4,180

4.300

4,060

3,640

3,180

*2,800

2,420

2,180

1,950

1,620

1,170

806

592 

478

-

54,867

1,829

1.41

1.57

May

404 

343

302 

270

234

220

220

220

248

278

294

286

248

220

206

186

162

131

112

102

90

83

77

83

83

78

74

71

84 

83

71

5,563

179

0.138

0.16

June

63 

*63

53 

49

48

45

ii

75

69

69

114

124

144

162

186

174

138

123

122

134

174

168

125

102

99

94

95

89

83 

80

-

3,105

104

0.080

0.09

July

75 

70

79 

94

86

150

115

82

91

137

122

109

*122

122

114

119

200

220

241

326

478

528

440

488

592

708

938

1,170

1.300 

1,300

1,170

11,786

380

0.292

0.34

Aug.

806 

528

368 

278

234

'365 220

478

1,140

1,900

2,660

2.800

2,420

1,820

1,140

832

780

614

548

614

858

1,140

1,440

1,700

*1,780

1,740

1,580

1,440

1,330 

1,300

1,260

36,116

1,165

0.896

1.03

Sept.

1,200 

1,080

938 

858

1,050

1,500

2,370

2,800

2,870

2,600

2,270

1,950

1,620

1,200

910

548

422

360

310

278

241

234

248

256

318

934

3,340

4,680

7,300 

11.300

-

55,985

1,866

1.44

1.61

Calendar year 1952; Max 2,870 Mln 17 Mean 464 Cfsm 0.357 In. 4.85

Water year 1952-53: Max 11,300 Mln 27 Mean 712 Cfsm 0.548 In. 7.45

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
42 SATILLA RIVER BASIN

age is 59.00 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

6. Prior to Nov. 8, 1952, at site 1,500 ft upLittle Satllla River near Offerman, Ga.

Location. -Lat 31 °27', long. 82-03 ', at right bank pier of steel truss span of Atlantic 

Coast Line Railroad bridge, 1,500 ft downstream from bridge on State Highway 38, 

4 miles northeast of Offerman, Pierce County, and 16 miles upstream from Satilla 

River. Prior to Nov. 8, 1952, at site 1,500 ft upstream.

Drainage area. 646 sq mi.

Records available. January 1951 to September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 19 

stream at same datum.

Extremes. 1951: Maximum discharge during period January to September, 5,100 cfs Apr. 3 

(gage height, 10.5 ft); minimum, 0.7 cfs June 12, 25.

f+\ l95}~^' w?xlmum discharge during water year, 1,860 cfs June 1 (gage height, 8.8 

ft); minimum, 0.4 cfs Sept. 11-15.

TO i9!?753: , M£iximum discharge during water year, 17,200 cfs Sept. 29 (gage height, 

13.5 ft); minimum, 0.4 cfs June 23, 24.

Remarks. Records good except those prior to Nov. 8, 1952, which are fair, and those for 

periods of no gage-height record, which are poor.

Rating tables, Jan. 27, 1951, to Sept. 30, 1953 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used Feb. 13 to Mar. 8, May 20 to June 26, 

July 26 to Aug. 31, and Oct. 30 to Dec. 31, 1951; Jan. 1 to 

Apr. 10, May 16 to June 3, 1952)

Jan. 27, 1951,to Nov. 7, 1952

3.0 130

5.0 368

7.0 760

8.0 1,100

9.0 2,020

10.4 4,910

Nov. 8, 1952, to Sept. 30, 1953

0.8 

.9 

1.0 

1.2 

1.4 

1.6 

2.0

0.4

1.0

2.0

5.2

10

18

38

-0.2 

-.1 

0.0

1.0 

1.5

0.2

.5

1.2

3.1

5.8

9.6

21

44

4.0

5.0

6.0

7.0

S.O

9.0

10.0

11.0

250

380

575

870

1,450

2,640

5,100

7,690

13.4 16,800

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, January to September 1951

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan.

_

_

_

_

-

_

.

.

.

-

_

_

_

-

-

.

_

.

_

-

_

_

-

-

-

_

274

256

238

220

214

_

_

_

-

Feb.

214

238

280

298

305

292

319

368

400

466

502

502

466

416

368

333

305

280

250

*226

208

190

175

160

145

135

120

111

_.

_

-

8,072

288

0.446

0.46

Mar.

101

93

84

77

75

81

85

90

79

72

90

155

220

244

238

238

232

305

600

850

1,020

1,100

1,200

1,260

1,260

1,150

1,060

940

1,260

1,720

16,051

518

0.802

0.92

Apr.

2,820

3,920

4,910

*4,330

3,490

2,600

2,020

1,600

1,330

1,100

940

790

640

502

384

305

286

274

256

268

262

262

274

700

850

850

820

910

880

790

-

39,363

1,312

2.03

2.26

May

502" 660

333

226

155

109

74

50

37

28

*22

19

17

12

8.9

5.7

3.6

2.0

1.7

1.4

1.4

 1.1

1.0

1.0

il

1.2

1.4

1.5

1.4

1.2

.9

2,280.3

73.6

0.114

0.13

June

1.0

.9

.9

.9

.8

1.0

.9

.9

.8

.8

.8

.7

*.9

1.1

.9

.8

.9

.9

.8

.8

.8

1.0

1.2

.9

.7

.8

1.9

15

30

19

-

88.8

2.96

0.0046

0.005

July

9.5 *11

48

28

26

30

22

11

. 7.8

5.0

3.6

2.8

2.1

1.8

1.6

1.5

T7f

1.8

1.6

2.0

2.6

13

232

226

49

11

11

39

57

196

400

1,455.4

46.9

0.073

0.08

Aug.

*416

ITS

333

175

130

135

84

47

31

24

18

15

12

11

10

170

92

39

120

180

*125

54

32

16

11

7.3

5.4

*4.1

3.4

3.1

2^8

2,722.1

87.8

0.136

0.16

Sept.

2.1

1?

89

39

50

75

*125

140

80

39

22

12

13

23

37

40

64

130

135

. 114

160

202

185

145

allO

a!40

a!20

a80

a60

a70

-

2,517.1

83.9

0.130

0.14

Calendar year : Max Min Mean Cfsm In./

Water year : Max Min Mean Cfsm InJ

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of recorded range in stage and records for 

stations on nearby streams.
SATILLA RIVER BASIN

Little Satllla River near Offerman, Ga. Continued 

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1951 to September

43

Day

1

2

5

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

15

14

15

16

17

13

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

51

Total 

Mean 

Cfsm 

In.

Oct.

70

60

50

55

25

20 

15

12

10

7.0

4.5

5.5

2.5

2.0

1.5

1.2

1.0

 1.0

1.0

1.3

6.1

22

50

37

35 

56 

40 

57 

26 

22

615.5 

19.9 

0.051 

0.04

Nov.

18

50

384

640

680

660 

680

660

620

560

448

326

262

238

214

208

202

185

180

208

256

280

256

226

190

165 

140 

155 

125 

*118

9,514 

510 

0.480 

0.54

Dec.

115

108

102

TI3

145

170 

185

196

226

256

280

326

354

347

384

466

502

502

620

680

750

850

910

910

880

880 

1,020 

1.100 

1,060 

980 

880

16,275 

525 

0.813 

0.94

Jan.

820

730

680

620

560

502 

466

448

416

568

533

305

268

*232

220

196

185

170

165

155

145

140

145

175

196

196 

202 

220 

262 

305 

333

10,158 

528 

0.508 

0.59

Feb.

547

354

384

432

432

416 

400

376

347

355

512

286

262

238

220

250

256

568

568

554

400

448

502

600

640

700 

850 

980 

1.060

12,915 

445 

0.689 

0.74

Mar.

1,100

1,100

1,100

*1,150

1,260

1.550 

1,260

1,020

850

700

750

880

1,020

980

850

750

660

580

502

448

400

584

561

347

484

620 

760 

820 

820 

790 

760

24,796 

800 

1.24 

1.43

Apr.

700

660

600

520

416

519 

' 256

208

*180

150

150

110

100

150

200

150

100

90

97

87

68

51

39

32

42

104 

196 

202 

155 

108

6,220 

207 

0.320 

0.56

May

90

80

60

40

30

20 

15

14

13

12

12

13

15

20

25

56

21

15

*8.6

16

17

9.2

5.9

16

155

452 

660 

700 

700 

820 

1.100

5,168.7 

167 

0.259 

0.30

June

1.720

1,410

980

680

600

500 

400

500

600

650

600

500

400

300

200

100

100

100

90

80

70

65

60

30

20

30 

40 

50 

10 

*4.0

10,869.0 

562 

0.560 

0.62

July

5.0

2.0

1.5

2.0

5.0

2.5 

2.0

1.5

1.0

.9

1.5

2.0

3.0

2.0

1.5

2.0

3.0

4.0

2.0

.9

*2.0

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.5 

1.5 

1.4

H.9

62.2 

2.01 

0.0031 

0.004

Aug.

1.2

1.1

1.0

.9

.9

1.2 

1.6

1.6

1.3

1.5

1.8

2.8

275

2.0

1.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

2.5

2.0

1.0

.9

.8

.7

tf 

.8 

.9 

1.0 

2.0

45.6 

1.41 

0.0022 

0.003

Sept.

1.5

1.0

.6

*.7

.6

.5 

.5

.5

.5

.5

*.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.5

.6

.5

.8

.9

.9

1.4

.9

.9

1.0

.9

.8 

.8 

15 

56

70.8 

2.56 

0.0037 

0.004

Calendar year 1951: Max - Min - Mean - Cfsm - In. -

Water year 1951-52: Max 1,720 Mln 0.4 Mean 264 Cfsm 0.409 In. 5.57

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Note. No gage-height record Oct. 1-17, Apr. 11-18, May 1-15, June 4 to July 21, Aug. 12 to 

Sept. 4, and Sept. 8-10; discharge estimated on basis of weather records, recorded range in stage, 

and records for stations on nearby streams.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

32

24

17

11

7.3

5.0

3.4

5.7

18

18

15

11

7.5

5.4

4.1

13

26 

27

24

21

14

9.2

5.7

3.8

2.5

1.6

1.1

.9

.7 

.6

 76

336.1

10.8

0.017

0.02

Nov.

0.5

T?

.5

.5

.5

.5

.5

.5

.5

*.7

1.0

.8

.6

.8

.6

.6

.6 

.6

.6

.9

.9

.9

1.1

1.0

.9

1.1

1.9

1*0

2.0 

2.0

-

£5.9

0.86

0.0013

0.001

Dec.

1*0

2.5

2.5

2.0

5.0

6.0

5.0

4.0

4.0

8.0

10

8.0

7.0

7.0

*7.6

8.0

8.4 

10

11

11

22

29

39

44

45

50

56

54

49 

46

61

624.0

20.1

0.031

0.04

Jan.

78

81

80

82

89

94

91

83

92

96

100

96

85

74

65

59

I

110

147

138

122

104

205

305

305

*260

225

220 

235

225

4,065

131

0.203

0.23

Feb.

192

185

410

530

550

530

600

830

870

7,0

675

625

625

675

760

790

760 

675

575

490

430

430

450

470

510

550

625

675

-

-

16,275

581

0.899

0.94

Mar.

700

760

'760

730

700

*675

575

450

350

280

305

380

410

410

410

430

450 

450

450

410

410

410

430

450

470

430

410

395

395 

450

490

14,825

478

0.740

0.85

Apr.

430 490"

215

160

134

134

305

470

575

675

790

870

1,310

1,450

1.610

*1,610

1,450 

1,380

1,240

1,180

960

790

600

410

260

206

160

126

-98 

76.

-

20,164

672

1.04

1.16

Calendar year 1952 : Max 1,720 Mln 0.4 Mean 195

May

61

49

38

27

19

18

15

15

15

10

7.8

5.6

4.1

3.1

2.6

2.2

1.9 

1.8

1.6

2.0

2.1

1.6

1.5

1.4

1.3

1.2

1.0

.9

.9 

.9

*§.

313.3

10.1

0.016

0.02

June

*0.7

.7

.7

.6

.7

.9

.9

.7

.7

.8

2'. 2

1.8

3.1

2.3

1.8

1.5

1.8 

1.9

1.2

.8

.6

.5

.4

172

2.3

4.2

3.1

3.7

H49.1

1.64

0.0025

0.003

Cfsm 0.302

July

2.0

ill

377

118

395 '

380

215

126

81

147

270

365

308

96

40

30

26 

89

122

206

642

1.510

1,126

790

530

350

430

575

625 

575

470

10,438.0

337

0.522

0.60

In. 4.

Aug.

245

142

96

104

67

«

46

75

99

215

270

290

410

365

225

165

275 

250

174

245

395

600

625

550

490

430

395

530

675

550*

9,801

316

0.489

0.56

11

Sept.

*550

245

185

235

290

380

970

1,380

1,120

700

530

470

335

210

126

89

68 

51

38

40

42

40

75

1,750

 13,300

16,800

16,800 

14,200

70,880

2,565

5.66

4.08

Water year 1952-53 : Max 16,800 Min 0.4 Mean 405 Cfsm 0.627 In. 8.50

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Note. No gage-height record Nov. 28 to Dec. 14j discharge estimated on basis of weather records 

records for stations on nearby streams.

Note 

and re i
44 SATILLA RIVER BASIN

Satilla River at Atkinson, Oa.

Location. Lat 31"13 I , long. 81°52', on downstream side of right pier of bridge on U. S. 

Highway 84, 400 ft downstream from Atlantic Coast Line Railroad bridge and 1 mile west 

of Atk-inson, Brantley County.

Drainage area. 2.880 sq mi, approximately. 

Records available. October 1931 to September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 14.79 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

T929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Dec. 5, 1933, staff gage at same 

site and datum.

Average discharge. 22 years, 2,077 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 32,500 cfs Sept. 30 (gage height, 19.5 ft); 

minimum observed, 84 cfs Nov. 10, 11, 14.

1931-53: Maximum discharge, 68,100 cfs Apr. 6, 1948 (gage height, 23.9 ft); minimum observed, 4.5 cfs Nov. 19, 20, 1931.

Maximum stage known, 27.2 ft from Information by local residents, in September 1928 

(discharge, 110,000 cfs).

Remarks. Records good.

Revisions. WSP 822: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, In feet, and

discharge, in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Jan. 21 to Feb. 2)

2.6 

3.0 

4.0 

6.0 

9.0

130

294

800

1,920

11.0

13.0

15.0

17.0

19.0

3,160

5,520

9,760

17,500

29,000

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

324

284 

256

229

204

185 

172

185

185

168

178

274

420

545

582

532

458

387

344

304

265

247

229

212

191

172

161

151

141

130

122

8,237

266

0.092

0.11

Nov.

118

112 

*104

100

95

94 

89

88

87

85

85

88

86

84

87

91

93

94

94

100

100

96

100

106

112

118

130

130

130

130

-

3,026

101

0.035

0.04

Dec.

126

122 

118

114

113

112 

111

106

Til

112

114

111

108

107

107

*108

106

106

108

111

118

119

124

133

150

168

183

201

212

220

220

4,079

132

0.046

0.05

Jan.

220

212 

229

256

265

274 

284

294

304

304

294

304

304

314

314

314

314

304

314

314

365

409

445

482

520

620

*740

800

830

830

830

12,603

407

0.141

0.16

Feb.

830

860 

920

980

1,160

1,330 

1,570

1,830

2,020

2,120

2,270

2,450

2,640

2,780

2.850

2,850

2,850

2,780

2,780

2,780

2,780

2,710

2,570

2,450

2,390

2,330

2,330

2,330

.

_

-

60,540

2,162

0.751

0.78

Mar.

2,390

2,510 

2,570

2,710

2,850

3,000 

3.160

3,160

*3,160

3,000

2,850

2,640

2,450

2,270

2,120

2.020

2,020

2,020

2,120

2,220

2,270

2,330

2,390

2,450

2,450

2,450

2,450

2,390

2,330

2,270

2,220

77,240

2,492

0.865

1.00

Apr.

2,120

2,070 

2,020

1,830

1,570

1.350 

1,330

1,330

1,410

1,530

1,740

1,970

2,270

2,570

2,920

3,240

3,700

4,240

4,760

5,360

*5,860

6,040

6.220

6,040

5,860

5,360

4,620

3,900

3,330

2,850

-

99,390

3,313

1.15

1.28

May

2.450

2,020 

1,610

1,260

980

800 

695

595

520

470

432

420

409

409

398

387

354

324

304

284

265

247

220

212

198

183

178

169

159

151

' 145

17,248

556

0.193

0.22

June

144

*141 

138

134

130

129 

124

120

123

123

125

161

204

284

324

284

265

256

238

212

196

183

174

178

177

174

178

171

166

162

-

5,418

181

0.063

0.07

July

155

143

141

T47

166

304 

558

650

635

570

545

680

*830

800

980

830

620

495

445

445

520

620

890

1,300

1,610

1,970

2,450

2,710

2,780

2,920

5.160

31,069

1,002

0.348

0.40

Aug.

3,240

3,160 

3,000

2,710

2,220

1,880 

1,610

1,300

1,090

1.050

1,260

1,880

2,640

3,330

3,900

4.560

4,240

4,120

3,700

3,330

3,240

3,080

2,920

2,920

*3,000

3,160

3,330

3,510

3,600

3,600

3,600

89,980

2,903

1.01

1.16

Sept.

3,510

3,420 

3,240

2,920

2,710

2,510 

2,330

2,270

2,510

3,080

3,700

4,240

4,480

4,360

3,900

3,420

3,000

2,510

2,070

1,650

1,300

1,050

' 860

800

1,120

2,480

5,200

7,620

16,600

28.400

-

127,260

4,242

1.47

1.64

Calendar year 1952: Max 4,900 Mln 80 Mean 1,038 Cfsm 0.360 In. 4.91

Water year 1952-53: Max 28,400 Mln 84 Mean 1,469 Cfsm 0.510 In. 6.91

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
ST. MARYS RIVER BASIN 45

North Prong St. Marys River at Moniac, Ga.

Location. Lat 30°31', long. 82°14', in sec. 8, T. IN., R. 21 E., near right bank at 

upstream side of bridge on State Highway 94, 950 ft upstream from Georgia Southern 

& Florida Railway bridge, 0.5 mile west of Moniac, and 1.0 mile downstream from 

Moccasin Creek.

Drainage area. About 160 sq mi, includes part of watershed in Okefenokee Swamp which 

is indeterminate.

Records available.--January 1921 to December 1923, January 1927 to June 1930, July 1932 

to June 1934, October 1950 to September 1953. Prior to January 1927, published as 

St. Marys River at Moniac.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 89.40 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929. January 1921 to June 1934 staff gage 800 ft downstream at datum 3.22 ft higher. 

Oct. 1 to Dec. 13, 1950, wire-weight gage at present site and datum.

Average discharge.--8 years (1921-23, 1927-29, 1932-33, 1950-53), 169 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,920 cfs Sept. 27 (gage height, 13.93 ft); no 

flow June 1-4.

1921-23, 1927-30,.1932-34, 1950-53: Maximum discharge, about 6,060 cfs probably 

Sept. 19, 1928 (gage height, 19.9 ft, present datum, at site then in use), from 

rating curve extended above 2,000 cfs; no flow at times.

Remarks. Records good.

Revisions.--WSP 1234: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

4.0

4.1

4.2

4.3

4.4

4.5 

4.7 

5.0

.1

.7

1.6

2.6

3.7

7.0

14

6.0

7.0

8.0

9.0

10.0

11.0

13.0

14.0

44

92

160

279

464

708

1,430

1,960

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

Jg

29

25

22

19

18

20

25

26

25

23

21

19

18

17

16

15

14

13

11

no

9.7

8.6

7.9

7.0

6.7

6.1

5.6

5.0

4.6

534.2

16.9

0.106

0.12

Nov.

JL1 

4.0

3.7

3.5

3.3

3.1

3.0

2.8

2.7

2.6

2.6

2.9

2.9

2.8

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.6

2.6

3.0

3.8

3.7

3.2

3.0

3.2

2.9

2.9

2.8

2.6 ia

91.0

3.03

0.019

0.02

Dec.

2^2 

2.2

2.2

2.0

2.0

2.2

2.0

1.0

1.8

1.8

1.8

1-7

1.4

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.1

1.0

^1

.9

1.1

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.1

1.0

1.0

1.1

1.0

.9

1.2

44.8

1.45

0.0091

0.01

Jan.

2.0 

2.0

1.7

1.6

1.4

1.3

J^S

1.2

6.3

JA

11

11

10

9.7

9.0

8.2

7.0

6.7

6.5

*6.9

6.9

6.1

5.6

6.3

5.9

5.2

4.8

4.4

4.2

3.8

3.6

172.5

5.56

0.035

0.04

Feb.

3^3 

3.7

8.4

9.0

8.4

7.5

11

23

&

25

25

24

23

20

22

23

21

18

18

17

20

20

20

18

17

16

16

15

-

-

-

477.3

17.0

0.106

0.11

Mar.

13 

12

*11

11

11

10

9.2

8.4

7.5

6.7

10

20

19

17

15

14

13

11

9.5

8.6

7.3

7.0

7.0

6.5

5.8

4.9

3.8

3.5

3.0

2.6

1*2

290.5

9.37

0.059

0.07

Apr.

1.9 

1.6

T76

1.8

1.6

2.5

43

*57

50

48

44

69

187

260

226

225

258

224

275

390

345

286

*238

188

149

130

115

94

74

60

-

4,046.0

135

0.844

0.94

May

51 

44

39

33

28

24

23

27

26

23

19

16

13

11

8.8

7.3

5.8

4.9

4.0

3.2

2.9

2.2

1.8

1.4

.9

*.6

.4

.2

^1

.1

.1

421.7

13.6

0.085

0.10

June

§

0

0

.1

.1.1

.3

.3

.2

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.3

.6

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.7

.5

za

2.2

1.7

1.9

1.5

1.0"

16.4

0.55

0.0034

0.004

July

0.6 

.4

.3

.3

J,

.1

*.l

.1

.3

.8

.5

.4

.2

.1

.3

1.8

4.3

4.3

6.5

16

18

31

31

40

40

42

81

113

164

180

131

908.5

29.3

0.183

0.21

Aug.

95 

74

60

50

44

91

124

96

78

63

52

47

45

39

35

Si

32

*37

40

53

74

96

108

120

124

137

164

423

MI

511

441

3,931

127

0.794

0.91

Sept.

411 

390

339

352

499

642

561

464

402

350

300

252

206

167

143

126

115

1O1

93.

94

97

111

95

280

698

939

1,850

1.880

1,710

1,640

-

15,307

510

3.19

3.56

Calendar year 1952: Max 1,260 Min 0 Mean 84.2 Cfsm 0.526 In. 7.16

Water year 1952-53: Max 1,880 Min 0 Mean 71.9 Cfsm 0.449 In. 6.O9

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
46 ST. MARYS RIVER BASIN

South Prong St. Marys River at Glen St. Mary, Fla.

Location. Lat 30°16'40", long. 82 0 08'40", in sec. 31, T. 2 S., R. 22 E., on right bank 

65 ft upstream from bridge on U. S. Highway 90 and 1.0 mile east of Glen St. Mary.

Drainage area.--150 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. January 1950 to September 1953.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 77.13 ft above mean sea level, datum of

192 9 

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,930 cfs Aug. 28 (gage height, 9.72 ft); minimum, 1.9 cfs June 23 (gage height, 1.58 ft).

1950-53: Maximum discharge, 6,200 cfs Sept. 7, 1950 (gage height, 12.71 ft); minimum, 0.4 cfs May 23, 1950 (gage height, 1.52 ft).

Flood in September 1947 reached a stage of 13.0 ft, from information furnished by 

Florida State Road Department (discharge, 6,700 cfs).

Remarks. Records good.

Rating tables, water year 1952-53 (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used July 3-12)

Oct. 1 to Aug. 29 Aug. 30 to Sept. 30

1.6

1.7

1.8 

2.0 

2.5 

3.0 

4.0

2.0

3.3

5.4

12

46

81

156

5.0 

6.0 

7.0 

8.0 

9.0 

9.7

242

350

490

680

1,190

1,910

2.5 

3.0 

4.0 

5.0 

6.0

58

92

167

254

363

7.0 

8.0 

9.0 

9.6

. 510

736

1,290

1,800

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

101

84

69

55

44

36

51

89

110

128

132

120

103

86

72

61

52

46

40

36

35

36

33

31

 26

22

19

16

14

12

11

1,770

57.1

0.381

0.44

Nov.

9.6

8.4

7.8

7.2

6.9

6.6

6.3

5.7

5.4

5.2

5.2

5.7

6.3

6.0

5.7

5.2

5.2

5.2

5,0

6.3

8.8

7.5

6.9

6.6

6.0

6.3

6.3

6.0

5.4

5.4

-

190.1

6.34

0.042

0.05

Dec.

5.2

5.2

5.2

5.4

5.4

6.0

6.0

*5.7

5.4

5.2

5.4

5.7

5.4

5.2

5.2

5.2

5,0

5.2

5.2

5.4

6.6

6.9

6.6

6.3

6.3

6.3

6.3

6.3

6.0

6.3 !±£'

178.7

5.76

0.038

0.04

Jan.

8.8

8.1

7.8

7.5

!±£

7.5

7.5

7.8

42

£8

46

52

52

47

42

38

34

32

30

*29

28

27

26

33

34

31

29

27

25

23

22

879.2

28.4

0.189

0.22

Feb.

19

23

86

95

91

87

73

84

94

92

86

77

66

57

62

78

73

68

61

54

49

47

42

38

36

33

32

30

-

-

-

1,739

62.1

0.414

0.43

Mar.

28

24

 22

22,

21

19

19

19

11

17

26

72.

69

70

70

67

60

53

47

44

40

41

45

44

41

37

33

30

26

22

18

1,163

37.5

0.250

0.29

Apr.

16

M

17

21

17

19

202

*333

360

412

432

457

*784

686

680

662

*623

567

535

518

458

388

326

267

213

172

138

106

84

68

-

9,575

319

2.13

2.37

May

56

47

.40

33

28

23

20

19

16

14

11

8.4

6.9

5.4

4.6

3.7

3.3

3.2

3.0

2.9

2.8

2.8

2.6

2.4

 2.4

2.3

2.3

2.3

g.l

2.1

2.1

374.6

12.1

0.081

0.09

June

2.0

2.1

2.5

2.5

3.0

3.5

3.9

4.1

4.8

3.9

3.0

2.9

2.6

2.9

6.0

4.8

3.9

3.7

4.1

3.5

2.9

2.5

2.6

96

TL

14

15

14

10

8.1

"

265.8

8.86

0.059

0.07

July

6.6

5.4

4.6

4.1

4.8

 6.3

6.0

4.6

4.4

5.7

6.0

5.4

4.4

3.5

£*!

3.5

5.4

5.0

6.3

10

6.6

4.6

3.5

3.2

2.9

6.9

76

81

59

540.6

17.4

0.116

0.13

Aug.

37

21

12

7.5

5.4

15

25

14

16

15

12

28

57

75

83

143

 158

150

161

222

340

808

808

788

725

644

752

1, 730

1 . B6&;

1 JIJTOJ .

^.T-J*

12,971.9

418

2.79

3.22

Sept.

1.240

1,020

820

673

597

670

577

492

434

387

339

284

229

178

136

104

80

&.

94

249

236

175

138

173

359

525

1,230

 1,100

1,080

'. 1.190

-

14,872

496

3.31

3.69

Calendar year 19521 Max 236 Min 2.9 Mean 38.5 Cfsm 0.257 In. 3.50

Water year 1952-53: Max 1,860 Min 2.0 Mean 122 Cfsm 0.813 In. 11.04

Peak discharne (base. 1.500 cfs).--Aue. 28 (11 a.m.) 1,930 cfs (9.72 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
ST. MARYS RIVER BASIN 47 

St. Marys River near Macclenny, Pla.

Location.--Lat 30°21'35", long. 82°04'55", in sec. 2, T. 2 S., R. 22 E., on right bank 

200 ft downstream from site of former Stokes Bridge, 1 mile downstream from confluence of North and South Prongs, and 6 miles northeast of Macclenny.

Drainage area.--720 sq mi, approximately, includes part of watershed in Okefenokee Swamp 

which is indeterminate.

Records available. October 1926 to September 1953.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 40.00 ft above mean sea level (levels by 

lees & Mees). Prior to Feb. 21, 1939, staff gage and Feb. 21, 1939, to Aug. 15, 1948, 

water-stage recorder at site of former bridge 200 ft upstream at same datum.

Average discharge. 27 years, 673 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 7,870 cfs Sept. 28 (gage height, 16.41 ft); 

minimum, 24 cfs June 2-4; minimum gage height, 1.50 ft July 6.

1926-53: Maximum"discharge, 28,100 cfs Sept. 25, 1947 (gage height, 22.29 ft); 

minimum observed, 12 cfs May 22, 1932; minimum gage height observed, 0.04 ft June 4, 

5, 1927.

Remarks. --Records good.

Revisions (water years). WSP 1082: 1928(M), 1945(M). WSP 1142: 1928, 1945. WSP 1234: 

Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

1.4 

1.9 

3.0 

5.0 

7.0

20

49

149

400

800

9.0

11.0

13.0

15.0

16.2

1,350

2,140

3,410

5,600

7,490

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

6

9 

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

I9JL

171

151

133

120

106

114

125

153

174

182

176

164

149

134

124

114

105

100

106

99

94

90

84

*76

73

69

63

59

55

53

3,614

117

0.162

0.19

Nov.

51

48

46

45

43

41

40

39

38 

38

38

39

40

41

40

40

38

37

37

40

43

46

44

42

41

40

40

36

37

37

-

1,227

40.9

0.057

0.06

Dec.

36

36

36

35

36

36

36

36

*35 

35

35

35

35

34

34

34

34

34

34

35

37

40

11

40

38

37

37

36

36

36

39

1,119

36.1

0.050

0.06

Jan.

42

44

43

41

40

39

38

40

68 

146

164

136

124

115

106

98

92

86

*83

80

76

76

74

74

78

76

74

70

66

63

61

2,417

78.0

0.108

0.12

Feb.

58

60

90

137

147

140

133

147

w

160

148

137

128

131

160

162

151

136

129

121

117

116

109

104

99

95

94

-

-

-

3,565

127

0.176

0.18

Mar.

92

87

*83

78

75

73

71

68

64 

62

65

92

1AS

146

135

127

118

108

97

88

83

82

82

83

80

74

69

64

60

56

52

2,660

85.8

0.119

0.14

Apr.

50

47

48

48

48

52

199

476

545 

500

464

505

1,000

*1,610

1,550

1,480

1,580

1,370

1,370

1.710

1,530

1,300

1,010

785

611

505

433

376

321

274

-

21,847

728

1.01

1.13

May

236

207

182

161

142

126

115

109

103 

97

89

82

75

68

63

58

50

46

43

40

38

37

34

32

30

*29

28

28

26

26

26

2,426

78.3

0.109

0.13

June

25

24

24

24

26

29

35

42

48 

50

47

40

35

46

52

52

48

43

38

34

32

30

32

54

99

80

62

60

54

47

-

1,312

43.7

0.061

0.07

July

41

37

34

31

29

29

*32

34

32 

32

37

38

35

34

37

43

44

43

49

70

75

78

80

118

145

139

228

379

514

543

469

3,529

114

0.158

0.18

Aug.

376

296

235

190

i£2

192

265

286

341 

310

262

244

283

272

246

230

258

348

454

750

1,240

2,090

2,470

2,380

2,240

2,150

2,220

4,100

5.540

5,210

4,460

40,100

1,294

1.80

2.07

Sept.

3,700

3,050

2,530

2,140

1,980

1,990

2,420

2,610

2,240 

1,820

1,510

1,280

1,060

898

755

639

551

491

469

611

798

770

666

855

2,570

3,730

5,250

7.490

7,490

6,660

"

69,023

2,301

3.20

3.57

Calendar year 1952 : Max 1,790 Min 30 Mean 223 Cfsm 0.310 In. 4.22

Water year 1952-53 : Max 7,490 Min 24 Mean 419 Cfsm 0.582 In. 7.90

Peak discharge (base. 1,600 cfs). 

cfs (15.00 ft); Sept. 8 (5 a.m.) 2,67

Apr. 20 (1 p.m.) 1,740 cfs (10.05 ft); Aug. 29 (3 p.m.) 5,600 

0 cfs (11.99 ft); Sept. 26 (7 p.m.) 7,870 cfs (16.41 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
48 ST. JOHNS RIVER BASIN

St. Johns River near Melbourne, Fla.

Location. Lat 28"OS 1 , long. 80°45', In sec. 6, T. 28 S., R. 36 E., on left bank 10 ft 

upstream from bridge on U. S. Highway 192, 2 miles upstream from Lake Washington, and 

9 miles west of Melbourne.

Drainage area. 910 sq ml, approximately.

Records available. November 1939 to September 1953.

Sage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 11.22 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

T929. Prior to July 26, 1940, staff gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 14 years, 750 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 6,900 cfs Sept. 21 (gage height, 9.05 ft); mlnimum not determined; minimum gage height, 3.05 ft July 11.

1939-53: Maximum discharge, 8,070 cfs Oct. 1, 1947; maximum gage height, 9.33 ft 

Sept. 30, 1948; maximum reverse flow measured, 109 cfs Sept. 18, 1950, wind effect; 

minimum gage height, that of July 11, 1953.

Remarks. Records poor.

Revisions. WSF 1234: Drainage area.

Rating tables, water year 1952-53, except period of Indefinite 

stage-discharge relation (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to May 15 May 16 to Sept. 30

4.8 70

4.9 75

5.0 92

5.1 130

5.5 466

6.0 1,080

8.0 3,920

8.4 4,810

3.7 

4.0 

4.5 

5.0 

5.5

170

195

284

430

672

6.O 1,220

8.0 4,140

8.5 5,160

9.1 7,110

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

1.590 

1,660

1,700

1,720

1,750

1,790

*1,820

1,860

1,890

1,890

1,890

1,860

1,850

1,820

1,790

1,780

1,810 

1,900 

1,990

2,310

2,780 

3,120

3,620

4,000

4,220

4,380

4,710

4.760

*4,660

4,540

4,440

81,900

2,642

2.90

3.35

Nov.

4.550 

4,200

4,060

3,880

3,740

3,640

3,510

3,380

3,260

3,150

3,070

2,990

2,880

2,780

2,700

2,600

*2,500 

2,420 

2,340

2,310

2,290 

2,200

2,130

2,060

1,970

1,930

1,860

1,820

1,750

1.700

-

83,450

2,782

3.06

3.41

Dec.

Is 650 

1,580

1,540

1,490

1,430

1,390

1,320

1,280

1,240

1,200

1,200

1,140

1,080

1,090

1,080

1,030

976 

950 

922

880

866 

838

796

768

740

712

698

670

647

625

614

32,442

1,047

1.15

1.33

Jan.

m591

557

530

521

512

493

512

539

530

521

502

493

484

493

484 

466 

466

466

493 

475

448

466

457

448

440

431

440

422

413

15,298

493

0.542

0.63

Feb.

413 

404

466

448

448

431

422

580

568

557

539

539

*557

548

580

580

580

m539

539 

548

557

530

512

493

475

457

_

-

14,458

516

0.567

0.59

Mar.

m378

352

361

318

310

293

268

227

210

202

218

2O2

178

162

146 

118 

106

98

i

*118

170

178

154

138

138

170

186

202

6,612

213

0.234

0.27

Apr.

210 

210

210

210

202

162

227

276

252

227

218

235

276

'252 293

260

252 

210 

235

243

210 

202

186

*170

154

218

243

235

210

202

6,690

223

0.245

0.27

May

M178

146

124

118

130

170

154

124

106

94

84

77

*73

e70

]

I e65

I

J

-I

1

1 e61

|

1

J

3,023

97.5

0.107

0.12

June

]

\ e60

j

J

e58

e57

e56

"I

I e55

I

J

e54

-

1,700

56.7

0.062

0.07

July

]

I e54

1

J

eSB

e!30

e!68

*172

192

222

261

302

348

384

420

460

501

5,480

177

0.195

0.22

Aug.

575

600

611

642

666

 66.6

' 660

660

660

679

679

666

646

642

648

648 

654 

654

660

679 

745

973

1,120

1,390

1,610

1,820

2,120

*2,310

2,510

2,600

30,946

998

1,10

1.26

Sept.

3.010 

3,160

*3,280

3,410

3,440

3,500

3,630

3,870

4,090

4,420

4,730

4,950

8,090

5,110

5,070

5,210

5,340 

*5,870 

6,120

6,400

6.740 

F7740

 6,660

6,510

6,320

6,150

6,150

6,010

5,890

5,800

-

152,570

5,079

5.58

6.23

Calendar year 1952; Max 4,760 Mln - Mean 705 Cfsm 0.775 In. 10.55

Water year 1952-53: Max 6,740 Mln - Mean 1,190 Cfsm 1.31 In. 17.75

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

e Stage-discharge relation Indefinite; discharge estimated on basis of records for nearby stations.
ST. JOHNS RIVER BASIN 49

St. Johns River near Christmas, Fla.

Location. La t 28°33', long. 80°57', in sec. 29 or 32, T. 22 S., R. 34 E., on left bank 

15 ft downstream from bridge on State Highway 50, 4 miles east of Christmas.

Drainage area. 1,410 sq ml, approximately.

Records available. December 1933 to September 1953.

;e.--Water-stage recorder. Datura of gage is 1.62 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

929. Prior to July 23, 1934, staff gage at same site and datura.

Average discharge. 19 years (1934-53), 1,309 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 10,100 cfs Sept. 29 (gage height, 9.99 ft); 

minimum, 197 cfs July 6 (gage height, 2.05 ft).

1933-53: Maximum discharge, 10,700 cfs Oct. 12, 13, 1947; maximum gage height, 

that of Sept. 29, 1953; no flow Mar. 22-27, Apr. 19, June 12, 13, 1939; minimum gage 

height, 0.48 ft June 19, 1945.

Remarks. Records good. Records include small Inflow from Tootoosahatchee Creek at high

Revisions (water years). WSP 1082: 1926(M). WSP 1234: Drainage area.

Rating tables, water year 1952-53 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

In cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 12, 

Aug. 27 to Sept. 30

5.0

6.0

7.0

9.0 

10.0

BOS

1,370

2,650

7,450 

10,100

Feb. 13-

2.0

3.0

4.O

5.0 

6.0

7.0

to July 6

194

291

476

767 

1,370

2,650

July 7 to Aug. 26

2.1

3.0

4.O

5.0 

6.0

7.0

7.4

200

307

582

990 

1,600

2,720

3,460

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

Day

1

2

3

4

5

e

7

a

9

10

11

12

13

14

IS

16

17

18

19

20

ai

22

25

24

28

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

2,460 

2,330

2,160

2,070

2,000

1,940

1,920

*1,900

1,890

1,880

1,840

1,810

1,810

1.800

2,626

2,590

2,780

2,830

3,070

3,920

4,750

5,280

5,480

5,620

5,580

5,550

£.720

5,720

5,650

5,700 

 5,600

105,670

3,409

2.42

2.79

Nov.

5.480 

5,350

5,220

5,100

*5,020

4,880

,780

,710

,560

,450

,330

,220

,130

3,990

3,850

3,740

3,640

*3,510

3,390

3,330

3,260

3,240

3,140

3,030

2,970

2,850

2,780

2,650

2,600

2..510

116,710

3,890

2.76

3.08

Dec.

2.460 

2,400

2,330

2,300

2,260

2,160

2,140

2,100

2,050

2,010

1,920

1,900

1,870

1,840

1,790

1,780

1,740

1,700

1,660

1,640

1,590

1,580

1,550

1,510

1,480

1,450

1,420

1,380

1,350

1,330 

1.510

56,000

1,806

1.28

1.48

Jan.

1.510 

1,290

1,230

1,210

1,200

1,170

1,140

1,120

1,160

1,170

1,150

1,140

1,110

*1,090

1,060

1,040

1,040

1,020

1,000

980

985

995

990

961

951

941

917

893

866

857 

856

32,822

1,059

0.751

0.87

Feb.

824 

820

844

844

840

832

820

898

961

970

980

#930

962

956

917

925

906

872

867

856

855

828

822

806

778

749

721

698

-

24,107

861

0.611

0.64

Mar.

685 

660

655

655

616

608

595

582

565

550

555

528

551

551

525

519

510

500

485

476

476

512

605

666

691

*717

726

717

710

702 

685

18,486

596

0.423

0.49

Apr.

663 

644

627

6O8

590

570

588

598

588

560

545

578

1,280

2,360

2.600

2,370

2,140

1,850

1,660

1,540

1,420

1,290

1,200

1,120

1,050

1,000

962

912

861

789

33,565

1,119

0.794

0.89

May

if

660

627 "595

570

565

565

545

523

498

476

455

*438

421

405

390

. 378

364

351

 341

351

322

312

302

292

284

277

266

260 

255

13,497

455

0.309

0.36

June

250 

245

239

235

240

242

245

242

 235

229

226

227

222

zn

214

213

219

213

208

204

201

201

*202

204

205

207

213

212

210

210

6,628

221

0.157

0.17

July

207 

204

201

200

199

198

203

202

203

201

226

260

. 239

221

219

235

225

214

207

206

1

212

206

229

278

300

633

847

1,100

1,300

1.540 

1,350

12,045

389

0.276

0.32

Aug.

1,300 

1.250

1,250

1,280

1,44O

*1,510

1,540

1,660

1,830

1,950

1,980

1,830

1,700

1,580

1,510

1,510

1,520

1,580

1,620

1,700

1,860

2,180

2,470

2,860

3,200

3,460

3,670

4,540

5,220

5,420 

5.900

72,300

2,352

1.65

1.91

Sept.

6,150 

6,090

5.980

*6,040

6,170

6,12O

6,170

6,830

7,580

8,190

8,380

8,270

8,140

7,900

7,660

7,610

*7,710

8,080

8,690

9,010

9,180

9,260

9,260

*9,340

9,340

9,340

9,520

9,840

10.000

10,000

241,850

8,062

5.72

6.38

Calendar year 1952: Max 5,720 Min 106 Mean 1,172 Cfsm 0.831 In. 11.32

Water year 1952-53: Max 10,000 Min 198 Mean 2,010 Cfsm 1.43 In. 19.38

* Discharge measurement made-on this day.
50 ST. JOHNS RIVER BASIN

Econlockhatchee River near Chuluota, Fla.

Location.--Lat 28°41', long. 81°07', on line between sees. 9 and 10, T. 21 S., R. 32 E., 

 on right bank 10 ft downstream from highway bridge, 3 miles northeast of Chuluota and

6 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area. 260 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. November 1935 to September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 2.14 ft above mean sea level (Corps of Engineers benchmark). Prior to May 18, 1939, staff gage at same site and datum. Since 

Sept. 4, 1943, water-stage recorder on St. Johns River above Lake Harney, near Geneva,

7 miles downstream from base gage, used as an auxiliary gage for this station.

Average discharge . 17 years (1936-53), 265 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 4,080 cfs Sept. 6 (gage height, 13.72 ft); minimum, 31 cfs June 2-4 (gage height, 0.92 ft).

1935-53: Maximum discharge, 10,000 cfs Sept. 24, 1948 (gage height, 18.09 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 4,300 cfs; minimum, 6.7 cfs June 11-13, 15, 1945; minimum 

gage height, 0.44 ft June 15-17, 1945.

Maximum stage known, that of Sept. 24, 1948.

Remarks. Records fair except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor. 

Records include some flow diverted from Lake Mary Jane in Lake Okeechobee and the Everglades basin through Econlockhatchee Headwaters Canal.

Revisions (water years). W3P 892: 1939. WSP 1234: Drainage area.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

1,030

905

764

608

465

366

376

337 

*337

312

301

294

273

246

241

245

276

321

368

790

1,340

2,140 

2.590

2,410

2,030

1,670

1,370

1,170

1,110

1,090

968

26,743

863

3.32

3.83

Nov.

813

675

573

*496

426

364

319

279 

. 245

217

192

. 178

164

148

140

133

125

112

*105

101

114

139 

148

148

139

133

123

119

109

103

-

7,080

236

0.908

1.01

Dec.

99

91

86

82

78

77

70

68

65

62

61

60

57

56

60

63

64

62

61

60

59

58 

56

54

53

52

51

50

50

49

49

1,963

63.3

0.243

0.28

Jan.

49

'52 51

51

51

50

49

49 

52

67

a73

a77

a78

*79

76

72

70

66

64

61

59

57 

55

56

58

60

59

60

61

61

60

1,883

60.7

0.233

0.27

Feb.

59

62

99

145

161

162

153

180 

195

192

194

*194

181

164

152

147

140

. 131

124

115

108

102 

95

90

87

85

83

78

_

_

-

3,678

131

0.504

0.53

Calendar year 1952: Yax 2,590 Min 30

Mar.

73

68

64

61

58

55

54

52 

50

48

46

45

44

44

43

42

41

41

40

38

43

121 

348

616

578

*526

460

373

300

236

185

4,793

155

0.596

0.69

Apr.

149

120

100

87

76

68

1 * 

> a94

a420

~

j

S. a860

J

,.

I a550

1

409

343

305

279

258

227

-

11,366

379

. 1.46

1.63

May

140

118

100

85

81

96

114

106

88

76

65

*58

52

48

46

44

42

40

39

38 

37

36

35

34

34

33

33

33

32.

2,141

69.1

0.266

0.31

June

32

32

31

5?

32

34

34

34 

34

34

35

35

35

37

41

42

46

54

53

49

47

45 

42

*49

61

59

73

62

53

47

1,294

43.1

0.166

0.19

July

43

39

37

36

35

35

35

if35

35

34

34

33

34

39

38

37

37

37

37

35 

38

64

119

211

276

532

975

.958

780

4,746

153

0.588

0.68

Aug.

650

604

620

630

*598

600

622

690 

660

608

616

670

646

572

514

614

890

962

1,000

1,140

1,170

1,200 

1,450

1,720

2,090

2,190

1,800

1,710

2,050

2,200

2.220

33,706

1,087

4.18

4.82

Sept.

*2,250

2,350

2,180

*2, 140

3,430

5.980

3,33O

2,730 

2,630

2,640

2,260

1,850

1,560

1,310

1,130

*1, 010

979

1/120

1,450

2,070

2,320

1,960 

1,590

1,450

1,250

1,100

1,080

1,140

1,420

1,640

-

57,249

1,908

7.34

8.19

Mean 211 Cfsm 0.812 In. 11.02

Water year 1952-53: Max 3,980 Min 31 Mean 429 Cfsm 1.65 In. 22.43

Peak discharge (base. 1.200 cfs).--Oct. 23 (3 p.m.) 2,630 cfs (12.00 ft)j Sept. 6 (4 a.m.) 4,080 

cfs (13.72 ft)j Sept. 21 (4 p.m.) 2,420 cfs (11.72 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of records for nearby stations.

St. Johns River above Lake Harney, near Geneva, Fla.

Location. Lat 28°43', long. 81°02', in sec. 33, T. 20 S., R. 33 E., near right bank at

upstream side of bridge on State Highway 46, 1 mile upstream from Lake Harney, 5f

miles southeast of Geneva, and 15? miles southeast of Sanford. 

Drainage area. 1,910 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. July 1951 to September 1953 (discharge measurements only). 

Gage. water-stage recorder. Datum, of gage is at mean sea level, datum of 1929 (Corps

of Engineers benchmark). 

Extremes. 1951-53: Maximum discharge measured, 10,500 cfs Sept. 3, 1953; minimum measured, 256 cfs June 24, 1953.

Discharge measurements, in cubic feet per second, water year 

October 1952 to September 1953

Oct. 9.......... 2,790

Nov. 5..,....... 7,670

19.......... 5,110

Jan. 15.......... 1,440

Feb. 11.......... 1,190

Mar. 27.......... 2,190

May 13.......... 827

June 24.......... 256

Aug. 5.......... 1,830

Sept. 3.......... 10,500

17.......... 9,950
ST. JOHNS RIVER BASIN 51

St. Johns River near Sanford, Pla.

Location. Lat 28°50', long. 81°19', in sec. 16, T. 19 S., R. 30 E., on left bank 25 ft 

downstream from bridge on U. S. Highways 17 and 92, near downstream end of Lake Monroe, 

and 4 miles northwest of Sanford.

Drainage area. 2,420 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. August 1941 to September 1953 (discharge measurements only).

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 0.09 ft below mean sea level, datum of 

JT929 (corrected).

Extremes. 1941-53: Maximum discharge measured, 13,000 cfs Sept. 25, 1945; maximum reverse flow measured, 915 cfs June 7, 1944 (affected by tide).

Discharge measurements, in cubic feet per second, 

October 1952 to September 1953

»ater year

Oct. 

Nov.

Jan. 

Feb. 

Apr.

8.......... 3,040

3.......... 8,200

20.......... 5,500

17.......... 1,900

9.......... 1,490

3. ......... 3,160

May 11.......... 2,400

June 25.......... 880

Aug. 3.......... 1,880

Sept. 4. ......... .-9,500

14.......... 11,450

Wekiva River near Sanford, Pla.

Location --Lat 28°49 1 long. 81°25', on line between sees. 21 and 28, T. 19 S., R. 29 E., 

nearright bank at'downftream side of bridge on State Highway 46 4| miles downstream 

from Little Wekiva River, 5| miles upstream from mouth, and 9 miles west of Sanford.

Records available. October 1931 to September 1935 (discharge measurements only), October 

1935 to September 1953.

Gage. Staff gage read once daily. Prior to Nov. 6, 1935, reference point at same site.

Iverage discharge. 18 years (1935-53), 263 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum daily discharge during year, 1,100 cfs Aug. 29; minimum, 196 cfs 

Oct. 4, 5; minimum gage height, 2.96 ft Nov. 8-19, Dec. 2-9, 11-13.

1935-53: Maximum discharge observed, 2,060 cfs Sept. 17, 1945 (gage height, 5.60 

ft), from rating curve extended above 700 cfs; minimum, 105 cfs June 5-13, 1939; minimum gage height, 2.51 ft June 4-6, 1941.

Remarks. Records fair except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 195Z to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

208

204

200

196

195

219

*555

652

670

585

511

460

416

402

426

574

525

479

448

479

579

557

497

471

405

352

336

315

290

271

261

12,739

411

-

-

Nov.

257

257

247

*247

247

242

242

237

237

237

237

237

237

237

237

237

237

237

237

*240

a242

a245

249

242

242

240

235

233

233

250

7,214

240

-

-

Dec.

230

223

223

223

223

220

220

218

218

220

216

213

213

225

223

223

223

223

223

218

223

218

218

218

a218

a218

a218

218

218

218

223

6,826

220

-

-

Jan.

223

223

223

218

218

218

218

223

257

257

252

252

247

247

242

242

*237

237

237

242

237

237

237

252

252

247

247

247

247

242

242

7,400

239

-

-

Feb.

242

242

262

272

272

a270

a270

270

*272

272

267

267

262

267

272

272

267

267

262

262

262

262

262

262

257

257

252

252

_

_

-

7,375

263

-

-

Mar.

247

247

242

242

242

242

237

237

237

237

237

237

242

242

247

257

257

252

252

257

302

367

373

402

373

341

322

311

294

289

267

8,531

275

-

~

Apr.

252

242

242

*242

242

242

297

297

286

272

262

275

356

377

367

380

361

317

287

264

246

236

221

217

210

224

224

219

213

213

-

8,083

269

-

-

May

208

208

208

204

204

200

226

221

221

217

*215

213

213

213

213

213

213

213

213

213

213

217

217

217

217

217

217

217

217

217

217

6,632

214

-

-

June

217

217

217

217

221

221

258

258

252

246

246

246

246

252

258

270

270

264

258

258

258

264

270

264

*264

258

252

246

236

221

-

7,425

248

 *

-

July

217

226

221

221

226

226

221

221

231

252

313

306

298

291

283

306

306

313

298

283

276

270

276

270

264

298

330

438

683

§89

652

9,705

313

-

-

Aug.

555

495

*449

376

334

a334

a334

a340

371

343

287

211

a235

a265

a300

330

322

334

380

390

395

356

361

376

395

610

a900

al,050

al,100

1,010

965

14,509

468

-

~

Sept.

851

738

*732

*851

726

664

628

533

495

462

444

V432

406

*383

388

401

438

462

579

579

551

495

462

438

406

427

462

432

411

427

-

15,703

523

-

"

Calendar year 1952 : Max 870 Min !96 Mean 243 Cfsm - In.

Water year 1952-53: Max 1,100 Min 196 Mean 307 cfsm - In.

* Discharge measurement made on this day,

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of records for nearby stations.
52 ST. JOHNS RIVER BASIN

Blue Spring near Orange City, Pla.

Location. Lat 28°56', long. 81°20' , in sec. 8, T. 18 S., R. 30 E., on left bank of spring

run, 800 ft upstream from St. Johns River, a quarter of a mile downstream from head of

spring, and Z\ miles west of Orange City.

Records available. March 1932 to September 1953 (discharge measurements only). 

Gage. Staff gage read only when discharge measurements are made. Datum of gage is 0.74

Tt below mean sea level, datum of 1929 (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Extremes. 1932-53: Maximum discharge measured, 199 cfs Apr. 29, 1952; minimum measured, 

 62.7 cfs Nov. 6, 1935, but may be inaccurate owing to adverse measuring conditions and

abnormal backwater from St. Jonns River.

Discharge measurements, in cubic feet per second, water year 

October 1952 to September 1953

Oct. 8...... 146

Nov. 21...... 166

Jan. 16....... 162

Feb. 10...... 172

May 11...... 163

June 25...... 177

Aug. 3...... 160

St. Johns River near De Land, Pla.

Location. Lat 39 0 01', long. 81°23', T. 17 S., R. 29 E., on left bank 1,000 ft downstream

from Crows Bluff Bridge on State Highway 44 and 5 miles west of De Land. 

Drainage area. 2,960 sq mi, approximately. 

Records available. January 1934 to September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1.114 ft below mean sea level (levels by 

"Corps of Engineers). Prior to May 28, 1936, staff gage at Crows Bluff Bridge, 1,000

ft upstream at same datum. Auxiliary water-stage recorder at St. Francis Landing,

4 miles downstream from Crows Bluff Bridge. 

Average discharge. 19 years, 3,084 cfs. 

Extremes. Maximum daily discharge during year, 13,700 cfs Sept. 30; minimum daily, 658

cfs July 10.

1934-53: Maximum daily discharge, 14,400 cfs Sept. 30, 1945; maximum reverse flow

measured, 697 cfs June 6, 1944. 

Remarks. Records fair except those below 1,500 cfs, which are poor. Flow occasionally

reversed as result of tide and wind effect. 

Revisions. WSP 1234: Drainage area.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

26

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsra

In.

Oct.

a4,700 

a4,600

a4,600

a4, 500

a4,500

a4, 400

a4, 400

a4,500 

*4,510

4,430

4,380

4,340

4,230

4,290

4,390

4,490

4,480

4,340

4,480

4,560

3.000 

3,310

3,520

4,130

4,690

5,310 

5,870

6,350

6,390

6,880

7.200

145,770

4,702

1.59

1.83

Nov.

7,520 

7,850

*7,9SO

8,100

8,020

8,200

8,250

8,360 

8,450

8,560

8,550

8,340

8,240

8,240

8,060

,940

,850

,800

,690

,520

* ,580 

,360

,370

- ,420

,280

7,000 

6,720

6,360

6,090

5.950

-

230, 650

7,688

2.60

2.90

Dec.

5,800 

5,730

5,720

5,380

5,390

5,110

5,030

5,100 

5,210

5,250

5,010

5,000

5,160

5,020

4,710

4,620

4,640

4,700

4,600

4,580

4,440 

4,120

4,020

4,000

3,820

3,700 

3,680

a3, 600

a3,500

a3,400

a5, 300

143,340

4,624

1.56

1.80

Jan.

a5, 200 

a3,200

33,100

33,000

a3,000

a2,900

a2,800

32,800 

a2,700

32,600

32, 600

32,500

a2,500

32,400

32,400

*2,360

2,360

2,390

2,200

2,230

2,230 

2,210

2,310

2,410

2,390

2,410 

2,410

2,180

1,940

1,810

1.690

77,230

E,491

0.842

0.97

Feb.

1,650 

1,660

1,730

1,790

1,990

2,120

2,350

2,200 

2,310

*2,330

2,370

2.590

2,300

2,340

2,240

2,320

2,280

2,150

2,220

2.180

2,220 

2,160

1,820

1,710

1,770

1,720 

1,660

1.560

.

.

-

57,540

2,055

0.694

0.72

Mar.

1,470 

1,360

1,340

1,250

1,230

1,260

1,190

1.140 

1,220

1,140

1,220

1,190

1,180

1,220

1,300

1,240

1,280

1,260

1,340

1,280

1,250 

2,030

2,590

3,170

3,410

3,450 

3,740

3,800

3,700

3,780

5.820

59,850

1,931

0.652

0.75

Apr,

3,880 

*4,020

3,720

3,560

3,440

3,420

3,320

3,220 

3,180

3,100

2,970

2,850

3,220

2,880

3,200

3,370

3,410

3,950

4,130

3,890

4,150 

4,380

4,730

4,920

5,300

5.480 

5,230

4,960

5,070

5,170

-

118,100

3,937

1.33

1.48

May

. 4,890 

4,680

4,440

4,300

4,050

3,890

3,580

3,390 

3,360

3,030

2,720

*2,620

2,550

2,380

2,200

2,100

2,110

2,000

1,820

1,520

1,250 

1,230

1,150

991

907

742 

738

750

*721

702

681

71,492

2,306

0.779

0.90

June

700 714"

1,080

1,060

973

1,080

1,130

1,310 

1,350

1,290

1,290

1,220

1,120

1,190

1,310

1,160

1,030

1,260

1,140

1,230

1,240 

1,170

1. 490

1, 450

1,380

«1, 490 

1,300

1,360

1,180

1,100

-

35,797

1,193

0.403

0.45

July

1,100 

1,120

970

970

899

894

866

820 

671

*658

906

1,100

1,350

1,430

1,340

1,580

1,510

1,630

1,760

1,950

1.970 

1,800

1,680

1,810

1,750

1,860 

1,670

1,600

1,710

1,820

1,910

43,104

1,390

0.470

0.54

Aug.

2.110 

2,320

2,500

*2, 530

2,470

2,600

2,740

2,780 

2,700

2,780

2,880

2,680

2,630

2,720

2,850

3,110

3,210

3,390

 3,790

3,890

34,000 

a4,000

34, 100

34, 100

34,000

34,000 

4,000

4,690

5,520

5,120

6.540

107,750

3,476

1.17

1.35

Sept.

6.990 

*7,550

8,170

38,500

39,200

a9,700

310,000

310,500 

310,700

311,000

311,300

311,500

all, 600

all, 800

*12,100

11,900

11,700

11, 800

11,700

11,900

11,900 

12,000

12,000

*12,100

12,100

12,400 

12,700

13,300

13,500

13.700

-

335,310

11,180

3.78

4.21

Calendar year 1952 : Max 8,560 Min 620 Mean 2,795 Cfsra 0.944 In. 12.85

Water year 1952-53 : Max 13,700 Min 658 Mean 3,907 Cfsra 1.32 In. 17.90

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record at base gage and/or at auxiliary gage; discharge estimated on basis of 

records for other stations in St. Johns River basin.
ST. JOHNS RIVER BASIN 

Palatlakaha Creek near Mascotte, Pla.

53

Location. Lat 28°37', long. 81°51', in sec. 36, T. 21 S., R. 24 E., on right bank 5 ft 

upstream from highway bridge, 0.2 mile downstream from Lake Emma, and 3^ miles northeast of Mascotte.

Drainage area. 160 sq mi, approximately. 

Records available. May 1945 to September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 89.54 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929. Prior to May 21, 1946, staff gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 8 years, 110 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 364 cfs Sept. 30 (gage height, 6.95 ft); miaimum, 26 cfs Oct. 3-6; minimum gage height, 3.84 ft Oct. 6.

1945-53: Maximum discharge, 458 cfs Oct. 4, 5, 1945 (gage height, 7.06 ft); minimum observed, 3.2 cfs June 18, 19, 1945; minimum gage height observed, 2.14 ft 

June 19, 1945.

Remarks. Records poor.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

27

27

27

2£

26

27

32

34 

35

34

35

35

36

38

39

43

44

46

48

54

58

60

 61

61

61

61

61

61

58

58

56

1,369

44.2

0.276

0.32

Nov.

56

55

54

53

52

52

50

50 

48

48

48

47

46

46

46

45

45

44

44

44

44

44

43

43

43

42

42

42

42

42

-

1,400

46.7

0.292

0.33

Dec.

41

41

40

40

40

39

39

*39 

40

40

39

39

39

40

40

40

40

41

42

42

42

42

42

42

42

42

42

43

42

42

44

1,266

40.8

0.255

0.29

Jan.

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44 

52

55

55

*56

55

55

54

54

54

54

54

54

52

52

51

52

50

50

49

48

48

46

46

1,548

49.9

0.312

0.36

Feb.

46

49

54

53

53

52

53

54 

52

52

51

51

50

48

50

48

48

46

46

45

45

45

44

»44

44

44

43

i2

_

-

1,352

48.3

0.302

0.31

Mar.

42

41

40

40

38

38

38

36 

36

35

35

35

36

42

42

41

40

40

40

39

44

48

52

56

56

55

54

54

53

52

51

1,349

43.5

0.272

0.31

Apr.

50

49

48

48

±6

46

*50

50 

50

50

50

51

61

62

65

68

68

68

70

69

68

67

67

66

65

67

68

68

68

70

-

1,793

59.8

0.374

0.42

May

69

70

70

70

69

70

72

11 

74

74

74

» 74

73

72

71

70

68

68

*67

'65

64

62

64

62

62

60

59

58

55

54

53

2,067

66.7

0.417

0.48

June

52

50

48

48

46

58

65

II

64

62

61

59

58

56

55

54

54

53

51

49

49

50

50

48

48

47

46

44

42

-

1,598

53.3

0.333

0.37

July

40

38

*37

38

38.

38

38

38 

38

38

38

38

38

38

39

40

40

39

38

39

40

40

47

54

64

68

72

2i

74

74

74

1,449

46.7

0.292

0.34

Aug.

23

73

74

73

73

74

74

75 

77

*81

82

82

83

82

82

83

86

84

83

83

83

83

83

86

90

93

98

125

149

155

160

2,782

89.7

0.561

0.65

Sept.

164

167

172

174

174

176

180

180 

182

185

186

191

194

197

204

216

236

248

258

269

276

284

*288

293

299

310

329

332

340

346

-

7,050

235

1.47

1.64

Calendar year 1952: Max 197 Min 23 Mean 73.9 Cfsm 0.462 In. 6.30

Water year 1952-53: Max 346 Min 26 Mean 68.6 Cfsm 0.429 In. 5.82

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Palatlakaha Creek near Okahumpka, Pla.

Location. Lat 28°43', long. 81°53', in sec. 26, T. 20 S., R. 24 E., at bridge 2 miles 

southeast of Okahumpka and 4 miles above mouth.

Records available. May 1945 to September 1953 (discharge measurements only).

Gage. Staff gage. Observations of stage made only when discharge measurements are made. 

Prior to Sept. 18, 1952, reference point at same site.

Extremes.--1945-53: Maximum discharge measured, 436 cfs Sept. 17, 1945; minimum measured, 

 0.80 cfs May 30, 1945.

Discharge measurements, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

Oct. 23.......... 61.9

Dec. 8.......... 41.0

Jan. 12.......... 53.5

Feb. 24.......... 47.4

Apr. 7. ......... 60.9

May 19.......... 63.5

July 3.......... 50.8

Aug. 10.......... 75.0

Sept.24.......... 353
54 ST. JOHNS RIVER BASIN 

Haines Creek at Lisbon, Pla.

Location. Lat 28°53', long. 81°47', in sec. 2, T. 19 S., R. 25 E., on left bank 15 ft 

downstream from bridge on State Highway 44, a quarter of a mile west of Lisbon, and 

8-^ miles northeast of Leesburg. »

Drainage area. 640 sq mi, approximately. 

Records available . July 1942 to September 1953.

Gage. Staff 

3atum of 1

ge read once daily. Datum of gage is 59.22 ft above mean sea level, 

9 (Corps of Engineers benchmark).

Average discharge. 11 years, 293 cfs.

Extremes . Maximum discharge during year, 568 cfs Sept. 30 (gage height, 3.74 ft); 

minimum, 193 cfs Oct. 5; minimum gage height, 1.78 ft Jan. 4-8.

1942-53: Maximum discharge observed, 704 cfs Oct. 7, 8, 11, 1949 (gage height, 

4.22 ft); minimum, 74 cfs June 23-26, 1943; minimum gage height observed, 1.16 ft 

June 26, 1943.

Maximum stage known, about 6.4 ft in 1926, from information by local resident.

Remarks . Records good.

Rating tables, water year 1952-53 (gage height. In feet,

and discharge, In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 26 to Dec. 3)

Oct. 1 to Dec. 1 Dec. 2 to Sept. 30

1.9

2.0 

2.4

192

203

258

1.7 

2.0 

3.0 

3.8

185

233

418

582

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

201 

201

2O1

195 

193

199

218

229

232

231

231

228

227

227

229

239

242

242

247

252

244

244

250

25O

25O

250

250

250

244

241

241

7,178

232

0.362

0.42

Nov.

242 

?4l

241

238 

239

238

236

235

235

235

236

234

232

232

234

234

232

232

234

236

234

234

228

229

229

231

232

225

227

227

-

7,012

234

0.366

0.41

Dec.

 §§6 227 

226

224 

224

223

223

224

224

226

218

218

218

216

213

213

213

214

213

Z13

214

*Z11

211

211

211

210

206

205

202

202

202

6,681

216

O.338

0.39

Jan.

2O6 

205

198

m

197

197

197

210

205

213

216

211

211

213

213

214

216

218

218

218

216

216

221

22T

214

214

214

208

208

208

6,510

210

0.328

0.38

Feb.

216 

153

*259

262 

260

262

264

268

268

266

264

270

266

260

272

272

270

260

260

262

268

266

260

260

264

264

259

259

-

-

"

7,340

262

O.409

0.43

Mar.

255 

253

253

253 

246

235

235

235

231

223

228

231

231

242

242

*242

235

231

228

228

246

274

275

301

301

293

292

29O

286

284

283

7,882

' 254

0.397

0.46

Apr.

283 

283

279

277 

J75

281

306

299

297

295

297

301

321

3O8

302

31O

308

3O6

306

304

302

302

302

302

304

325

*IT9~

316

308

314

-

9,032

301

0.470

0.52

May

310 

HI

308

308 

302

301

299

3O8

308

302

299

297

295

293

29O

286

283

281

279

272

268

266

264

262

257

251

247

246

233

226

225

8,676

280

O.438

0.50

June

221 

219

210

m

228

253

*251

247

244

244

244

244

242

242

246

249

249

244

240

237

233

233

249

251

260

277

?72

264

259

~

7,265

242

0.378

0.42

July

255 

253

249

247 

242

237

235

233

228

242

237

223

219

221

223

223

231

233

231

*230

238

237

253

257

262

279

 gsT 283

281

281

283

7,627

246

0.384

O.44

Aug.

283 

283

283

283 

293

299

301

3O1

308

308

317

314

314

314

314

323

323

338

336

336

336

338

343

341

339

361

369

380

401

395

399

10,173

328

0.512

O.59

Sept.

*408 

412

416

431 

429

431

439

439

458

450

445

446

448

448

450

456

479

506

501

516

522

526

526

533

537

544

564

559

555

568

"

14,442

481

0.752

0.84

Calendar year 1952; Max 40O Mln 176 Mean 256 Cfsm O.400 in. 5.47

Water year 1952-S3: Max 568 Mln 193 Mean 273 Cfsm 0.427 In. 5.8O

Discharge measurement made on this day.
ST. JOHNS RIVER BASIN 

Oklawaha River at Moss Bluff, Fla.

55

Location. Lat 29°05', long. 81 °53', in sec. 22 or 23, T. 16 S., R. 24 E., on left bank 

25 ft upstream from old channel, 50 ft upstream from highway bridge, 600 ft downstream 

from powerplant, and 0.4 mile southwest of Moss Bluff. Records include flow of old 

Oklawaha River channel.

Drainage area. 910 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. February to September 1943 (discharge measurements only), October 1943 

to September 1953.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is at mean sea level (Corps of Engineers 

Benchmark). Prior to Aug. 12, 1943, staff gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge* 10 years, 377 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 784 cfs Sept. 27 (gage height, 48.22 ft); minimum, 138 cfs Jan. 29 (gage height, 43.02 ft); minimum daily, 138 cfs Jan. 29.

1943-53: Maximum discharge, 988 cfs Oct. 19, 1944 (gage height, 49.31 ft); minimum, 

42 cfs Nov. 26, 1943 (gage height, 40.90 ft); minimum dally, 90 cfs Dec. 12, 1943.

Remarks.--Records fair. Flow regulated'by powerplant above station. Normal limits of 

regulation of reservoir insufficient to affect monthly figures of runoff.

"Discharge, in cubic feet per seeond,"water year October 1952 to September 1953

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

1

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27 

2S

29

3O 

31

Total

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

295

282

273

268

261

"263 252

305

355

319

307

305

3OO

287

287

314

321

319

322

339

403

A1S

4O6

396

382

364

352 

353

342

330 

330

1O.O44

324

O.356

0.41

Nov.

333

-25S

330

331

324

323

324

322

319

*317

316

315

309

311

312

311

307

296

286

287

285

284

285

282

27j)

283

283 

279

280

280

9,130

304

0.334

0.37

Dec.

277

267

261

26O

26O

260

263

254

254

254

255

254

256

254

253

255

247

246

252

252

255

*256

257

255

254

254

257 

258

245

242 

244

7,911

255

0.28O

0.32

Jan.

244

247

246

247

245

245

231

246

279

304

2S6

277

276

278

276

276

338

lit

3lT

280

27O

266

267

268

270

270

251

176

138

. 223 

226

8,1O6

261

0.287

0.33

Feb.

228

238

 304

299

296

314

382

417

3TO

347

360

355

349

338

341

357

353

341

311

322

322

324

316

305

301

299

299 

297

-

1

9,085

324

0.356

0.37

Mar.

297

274

271

271

263

260

257

253

244

242

246

244

239

246

258

*249

244

245

234

237

231

2T1

324

327

3T6

287

275 

271

271

249 

24S

8,141

263

0.289

0.33

Apr.

242

242

242

244

253

245

330

323

292

288

282

277

317

341

325

332

325

312

323

337

313

'256 351

293

292

295

297 

»297

302

295

S,903

297

0.326

0.36

May

294

294

301

ITS

273

279

276

294

288

288

278

274

272

272

26O

244

255

257

255

255

243

241

246

261

242

237

23S 

227

226

228 

228

8,104

261

0.287

0.33

June

216

208

2lT

228

217

316

325

*346

336

312

a305

a302

a303

a 308

a315

a335

a350

3355

a350

345

a340

a34O

a340

a345

a35O

360

367 

alZfl

a364

a360

9,519

317

0.348

0.39

July

353

344

335

342

337

318

318

314

312

304

3O7

302

281

276

280

2S5

314

339

342

306

263

*284

320

318

319

316

331 

357

345

368 

366

9,896

319

0.351

O.4O

Aug.

350

341

338

335

341

344

339

344

361

380

419

403

400

384

383

392

399

419

424

412

424

462

462

451

 436

444

484 

557

605

573 

561

12,967

418

0.459

0.53

Sept.

578

573

569

565

573

571

576

566

557

564

555

544

539

533

532

560

627

674

692

735

750

744

731

728

719

7S4

752 

728

719

735

19,013

634

0.697

0.78

Calendar year 1952: Max 674 Mln 190 Mean 308 Cfsm 0.338- In. 4.61

Water year 1952-53: Max 752 Mln 138 Mean 331 Cfsm 0.364 In. 4.92

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of records for Oklawaha River near Ocala.
56 ST. JOHNS RIVER BASIN 

Oklawaha River near Ocala, Pla.

Location. Lat 29°11', long. 82"00', in sec. 15, T. 15 S., R. 23 E., on left bank 15 ft 

upstream from highway bridge known as Sharpes Ferry, 2 miles upstream from Silver River, 

and 9 miles east of Ocala.

Drainage area. l.100 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. February 1930 to September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 36.52 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1937-{Corps of Engineers benchmark). Prior to Mar. 2, 

1932, staff gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 23 years, 402 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,220 cfs Aug. 27 (gage height, 4.15 ft); minimum, 190 cfs Jan. 30 (gage height, 0.02 ft).

1930-53: Maximum discharge, 1,810 cfs June 15, 1934; maximum gage height, 5.52 ft 

Sept. 6, 1933; minimum discharge, 41 cfs May 7, 1939; minimum gage height, -1.76 ft 

Aug. 2, 1932.

Remarks. Records fair. Some diurnal fluctuation and slight regulation at low flow caused 

by powerplant at Moss Bluff, 12 miles above station. Large seepage losses above station during prolonged periods of low flow.

Rating tables, water year 1952-53 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge. In cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-11, Oct. 28 to

Nov. 30, Dec. 21-27, Jan. 15-25)

Oct. 1 to Jan. 14 Jan. 15 to Sept. 30

0.5 

1.0 

2.0 

2.4

206

265

418

529

0.1 

1.0 

2.0 

3.0 

4.1

200

325

479

745

1,190

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

1

&

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

£5

26

27

28

£9 

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

393

363

329

304

296

315" 283

324

346

338

317

303

294

295

291

301

305

312

307

318

398

514

352" 527

462

412

375

357

335 

308

296

10,815

349

0.317

0.37

Nov.

296

29T

284

274

269

261

260

25S

248

248

247

*251

246

246

248

248

248

246

241

245

245

242

239

240

239

239

238 ino

246 

242

7,565

252

0.229

0.26

Dec.

247

241

236

234

238

236

234

234

227

226

230

233

245

236

3235

a236

3237

a239

3240

3242

245

*248

260

ttB

239

236

241

236

235

238

251

7,403

239

0.217

0.25

Jan.

235

232

228

202

222

218

215

214

286

301

279

278

266

265

251

239

254

316

25T

309

295

272

268

271

274

281

276

254

206

2o?

264

7,981

257

0.234

0.27

Feb.

261

255" 253

*318

310

303

343

391

402

m

376

378

361

350

366

373

362

355

349

338

340

332

326

318

312

307

331

318

-

9,439

337

0.306

0.32

Mar.

302

290

269

275

268

262

260

260

254

244

261

257

247

253

281

286

*260

250

246

239

251

309

374

379

362

336

318

299

281 

271

261

8,705

281

0.255

0.29

Apr.

254

558" 247

250

251

254

412

450

4155

378

374

362

420

438

427

421

416

392

398

433

438

410

388

367

355

362

*374

366

358 

352

11,004

367

0.334

0.37

Hay

344

33ff

337

340

314

314

322

344

337

322

318

309

292

290

281

274

276

281

281

276

272

267

262

272

271

248

253

247

240 

240

239

9,002

290

0.264

0.30

June

237

226

221

55o

316

346

358

360

*362

346

316

316

312

322

349

386

414

404

386

366

348

349

367

465

445

481

487

353

421 

397

-

10,798

360

0.327

0.37

July

382

370

368

366

361

348

346

337

336

340

348

.344

340

325 SIB"

385

442

447

433

3450

*472

430

415

418

412

414

418

428

440 

500

528

12,291

396

0.360

0.42

Aug.

502

465

3440

a420

slSo"

342O

a420

a440

a480

a540

587

569

535

517

508

487

490

554

566

559

639

784

798

881

*831

802

977

1,160

1.190 

1,110

1,010

20,101

648

0.589

0.68

Sept.

9"i"9" 989

925

901

877

862

843

839

805

773

748

718

695

679

667

670

718

756

809

866

893

885

889

877

866

854

870

858

862 

870

-

24,813

827

0.752

0.84

Calendar year 1952: Max 942 Mln 226 Mean 329 Cfsm 0.299 In. 4.08

Water year 1952-53: Max 1,190 Mln 206 Mean 383 Cfsm 0.348 In. 4.74

Discharge measurement made on this day. 

3 No gage-height record; discharge estimsted on basis of records for Oklswshs River 3t Moss Bluff.
ST. JOHNS RIVER BASIN 57

Silver Springs near Ocala, Pla.

Location.--Measuring point for discharge measurements at lat 29 e13', long. 82°02', in sec. 

6, T . 15 S ,, R. 23 E., 700 ft downstream from Paradise Landing, 0.7 mile downstream 

from head of springs, and 6.0 miles northeast of Ocala.

Records available.--January 1933 to September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder on Sharpes Perry artesian well about 400 ft east of Oklawaha 

Kiver, 2 miles upstream from Silver River, and 4.2 miles southeast of head of springs. 

Datum of gage is 42.36 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment 

of 1937 (Corps of Engineers benchmark). Prior to July 22, 1947, staff gage at same 

site and datum. Supplementary water-stage recorder at head of springs in boat repair 

basin. Datum of gage is 38.96 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929. Prior to 

Feb. 20, 1947,. supplementary staff gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 20 years, 834 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 990 cfs Sept. 27; maximum gage height at head 

of springs, 2.52 ft Sept. 30; minimum discharge, 726 cfs date unknown; minimum gage 

height at head of springs, 0.78 ft Apr. 2-6.

1933-53: Maximum discharge, 1,150 cfs Nov. 2-4, 1950; maximum gage height observed 

at head of springs, 5.50 ft Sept. 6, 1933; minimum daily discharge, 627 cfs Mar. 31, 

Apr. 1, 1933; minimum gage height observed at head of springs, 0.06 ft June 22, 1945.

Remarks. Records good. Surface inflow between head of springs and measuring site is 

negligible. Discharge computed from relation between artesian pressure at Sharpes 

Perry well and discharge at measuring point.

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

811

810

 806

804

810

812

813

809

804

804

806

807

808

813

813

810

811

814

815

811

812

816

819

824

824

829

834

826

826

855

25,245

814

_

-

Nov.

841

842

844

845

848

849

844

842

847

852

851

846

845

845

845

842

842

844

849

852

844

835

831

832

834

834

832

829

828

827

-

25,241

841

-

-

Dec.

826

315" 829

822

826

821

819

819

820

824

816

813

815

815

-810

806

806

806

806

809

816

806

800

797

797

797

796

794

798

799

25,127

811

-

-

Jan.

786

792

794

783

782

777

777

786

753" 802

782

774

772

774

775

777

777

780

781

781

780

772

777

778

766

763

757

 772

770

7S8

770

24,128

778

-

-

Feb.

770

772

77T

769

764

766

770

764

755

757

764

770

764

765

764

755

754

749

7BT

758

756

752

751

755

757

757

755

753

_

_

-

21,291

760

-

-

Mar.

752

75T

749

751

743

740

743

744

741

743

744

741

743

743

741

741

738

740

740

736

737

739

738

738

736

a735

a734

a733

a732

a731

a750

22,947

740

-

-

Apr.

a730

a730

a730

a731

a732

a733

a734

»a735

736

736

742

741

732

740

746

742

748

752

749

748

751

754

757

760

763

763

762

766

767

-

22,340

745

-

-

May

765

764

761

761

763

766

769

T5S

768

767

767

765

764

766

766

766

766

767

766

763

761

761

762

762

763

764

761

754

755

759

761

23,671

764

-

-

June

761

7BT

753

754

754

754

754

754

750

TBT

753

752

753

757

755

753

754

758

754

752

752

752

753

756

755

755

755

755

755

757

-

22,627

754

-

-

July

760

762

761

760

761

763

762

761

761

762

764

765

764

761

759

760

763

765

764

765

766

766

76S

770" 770

770

768

768

768

767

768

23,692

764

-

-

Aug.

773

77T

777

779

784

784

781

781

786

786

786

788

791

792

793

795

797

799

804

806

806

808

813

816

818

822

829

838

848

854

861

24,872

802

-

"

Sept.

175" 866

885

893

902

908

908

910

916

922

926

927

931

934

937

942

943

942

948

955

953

952

954

961

972

984

988

951

984

982

-

28,082

936

-

"

Calendar year 1952: Max 934 Min 794 Mean 845 Cfsm - In. -

Water year 1952-53= Max 988 Min 730 Mean 793 Cfsm - In.

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No artesian pressure record; discharge estimated on basis of observer's readings and 1 discharge

measurement.
58 ST. JOHNS RIVER BASIN 

Orange Lake Outlet near Citra, Fla.

Location. Lat 29°26', long. 82°07', in sec. 21, T. 12 S., R. 22 E., on left bank 15 ft 

upstream from bridge on 0. S. Highway 301 and State Highway 200, 0.8 mile south of 

Island Grove, and 1.5 miles north of Cltra.

Drainage area. Indeterminate. Total drainage area of Orange Lake Outlet and Lochloosa 

Lake Outlet above highway Is 323 sq ml.

Records available. January 1947 to September 1953.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 53.41 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929. Prior to Mar. 27, 1947, staff gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 6 years, 121 cfs.

Extremes. teximum discharge during year, 382 cfs Sept. 30 (gage height, 5.96 ft); minimum, 6.3 cfs Jan. 7, 8 (gage height, 3.01 ft).

1947-53: teximum discharge, 677 cfs War. 17-24; 1948; maximum gage height, 7.81 ft 

ter. 17, 1948; minimum discharge, 1.2 cfs June 27, 1950; minimum gage height, 3.01 ft 

Jan. 7, 8, 1953.

teximum discharge measured, 976 cfs Nov. 10, 1941.

Remarks. Records fair. Orange and Lochloosa Lakes are connected by Cross Creek through 

which there, may be a natural diversion from one lake to the other.

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In cubic feet per second)

3.0 

3.4 

3.8 

4.2

6.0

18

32

54

4.6 

5.0 

5.9

160

365

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

50

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

24 

23

*23

22

21

20

21

20

21

20

20

19

19

18

Tt

20

18

18

19

20

26

24

23

23

22

22

21

20

20

663

21.4

-

-

Nov.

19 

19

18

18

18

18

18

17

17

17

17

*17

16

16

16

15

15

15

14

17

17

17

16

15

14

14

14

15

14

14

-

487

16.2

-

-

Dec.

13 

15

13

13

12

13

12

12

12

12

13

12

12

11

11

10

9.6

9.3

9.0

8.7

8.7

9.0

*8.7

8.4

8.2

8.2

8.2

7.9

7.6

148^

321.1

10.4

-

-

Jan.

9.6 

8.2

8.4

9.0

7.6

7.1

6.5

_ 

16

16

15

14

13

13

13

13

13

13

14

14

14

13

14

15

14

13

13

14

14

13

382.7

12.3

-

-

Feb.

14 

15

15 *15

15

14

14

15

15

14

13

14

14

14

15

IS

14

14

13

13

13

13

12

12

12

12

12

12

_

_

-

384

13.7

-

-

Mar.

11 

11

11

10

10

9.3

9.0

9.0

8.7

8.4

8.7

9.0

9.0

9.3

11

11

11

*10

10

10

10

12

14

15

15

15

15

14

14

14

13

347.4

11.2

-

-

Apr.

fi

13

13

13

13

21

24

26

28

31

35

40

44

44

49

52

52

56

60

59

58

57

58

57

60

60

*60

60

71

1,240

41.3

-

"

May

ft

80

76

75

74

77

79

78

77

75

73

72

71

69

66

65

64

62

6O

60

59

60

58

56

55

54

50

47

44

42

2,040

65.8

"

"

June

40 

40

36

I5-

56

40

46

45

*45

44

43

41

40

43

48

52

49

47

45

43

42

43

41

45

56

55

52

50

-

1,356

45.2

"

"

July

i47

47

46

45

44

42

41

4O

38

38

36

36

36

37

4O

4O

39

39

*38

38

38

38

36

36

35

56

38

38

38

1,238

39.9

-

"

Aug.

38 

36

36

35

36

40

38

38

38

38

38

40

41

42

42

41

41

43

44

46

48

52

59

63

72

84

90

108

114

124

151

1,742

56.2

-

"

Sept.

147 

*162

175

181

195

214

224

231

235

23S

240

238

235

231

231

235

246

257

260

280

300

304

310

312

317

320

346

349

354

565

-

7,732

258

-

-

Calendar year 1952: Max 244 Mln 7.4 Mean 79.6 Cfsm - In. -

Water year 1952-53: Max 365 Mln 6.3 Mean 49.1 Cfsm - In. -

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
ST. JOHNS RIVER BASIN 

Lochloosa Lake Outlet near Lochloosa, Fla.

59

Location. Lat 29°29'10", long. 82°06'10", in sec. 3, T. 12 S., R. 22 E., on right bank 

at upstream side of wing wall of culvert on U. S. Highway 301 and State Highway 200, 

1.3 miles south of Lochloosa and 2.4 miles north of Island Grove.

Drainage area. Indeterminate. Total drainage area of Orange Lake Outlet and Lochloosa 

Lake Outlet above highway is 323 sq mi.

Records available.--January 1947 to September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 55.41 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

T929. Prior to Mar. 28, 1947, staff gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 6 years, 34.4 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 116 cfs Sept. 30 (gage height, 4.43 ft); no 

flow for many days.

1947-53: Maximum discharge, 341 efs Mar. 12, 13, 1948 (gage height, 6.04 ft); no 

flow for many days.

Remarks. Records poor. Orange and Lochloosa Lakes are connected by Cross Creek through 

which there may be a natural diversion of flow from one lake to the other.

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

0

15

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Q

0

0

0

.2

1.4

4.2

3.8

1.9

1.3

.9

.7 

. 5

.2

.1

0

20.2

0.65

-

-

Nov.

(*)

-

0

0

-

-

Dec.

(*)

0

0

-

-

Calendar year 1952: Max 43

Jan.

0

0

o

0

0

0

0

o

.8

.7

.5

.4

.3

.2

.2

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

0

0

0

0

0

o

0

0

0

0

3.7

0.12

-

-

Feb.

0

TS

.1

**.2

.2

.1

.1

.1

.1

0

0

*0

0

0

.1

.1.1

0

0

0

0

0

o

0

o

0

0 

0

_

-

-

1.2

0.04

-

-

Min 0

Mar.

0

Tj

O

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

o

*0

o

0

0

.5

.6

.7

.5

.2

.2 

.Z

.1

0

0

3.0

0.10

-

-

Apr.

O

Tj

0

0

0

1.0

2.4

T^

1.4

1.2

1.0

1.2

1.4

1.4

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.0

1.0

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

al.l

a.9

a. 8

a.6 

*.5

.6

1.1

28.8

0.96

-

May

1.1

1.2

ITS

1.2

1.2

1.1

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.1

.9

a. 8

a. a

a. 7

a.6

.5

8.4

a. 4

8.3

a. 3

a. 2

a. 2

a.l

a.l

0

0

0 

0

0

0

0

18.0

0.58

-

June

0

Tj

0

0

0

.1

.4

.3

*.2

.1

.1

0

0

.1

,5

1.2

1.2

.a

.6

.5

,4

.2

,2

,4

.3

.9

H1.0

.8

12.9

0.43

-

July

0.5

Ts

.4

.3

.2

.2

.1

0

Tj

0

0

0

0

0

0

.2

.4

.4

.1

0

0

*00'

0

0

0

0

.1

.4

.5

.5

4.8

0.15

-

Aug.

0.3

.1

0

TJ

.1

.5

.4

.3

.2 -.1

.5

1.1

.a

.6

.4

.2

.4

.5

.4

.4

.5

1.2

1.4

3.4

3.&

4.8

5.9

14

13

14

16

85.3

2.75

-

Sept.

 gu 19

21

26

38

42

42

41

40

38

38

38

38

40

38

43

52

57

55

72

83

81

78

75

72

76

S7 

87

85

9JL

1,621

54.0

_. "

Mean 6.86 Cfsm - In.

Water year 1952-53: Max 99 Min 0 Mean 4.93 Cfsm - In. -

* Discharge measurement or observation of no flow made on this day.

** Field estimate made on this day,

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of records for Orange Lake Outlet near 

Cltra.
60 ST. JOHNS RIVER BASIN

Oklawaha River at Riverside Landing, near Orange Springs, Fla.

Location. Lat 29°30", long. 81°48', in sec. 33, T. 11 S., R. 25 E., on right bank near 

boat dock at Riverside Landing, H miles east of Orange Springs.

Drainage area. 2,100 sq mi, approximately. 

Records available. October 1943 to September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is at mean sea level, datum of 1929 (Corps 

of Engineers benchmark).

Average discharge. 10 years, 2,181 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 4,950 cfs Sept. 1 (gage height, 7.96 ft); minimum, 1,180 cfs June 1-3 (gage height, 4.79 ft).

1943-53: Maximum discharge, 7,320 cfs Sept. 10, 1950 (gage height, 9.50 ft); minimum, 956 cfs June 3, 4, 6-19, 1945; minimum gage height, 3.97 ft June 17, 18, 1945.

Remarks. Records good.

Rating table, water year 1952-55 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 14 to Dec. 28}

4.8 

5.2 

6.0

1,180

1,380

2,020

7.0 

8.0

2,760

3,360

5,010

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

Day

1 

2

5 

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19 

20

21

22

25

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

1,850 

*1,820

1,780 

1,750

1,710

1.680

1,710"

1,820

1,910

1,920

1,880

1,860

1,840

1,800

1,790

1,800

1,760

1,730

1,760 

1,820

2,110

2,490

2,690

2.760

2,730

2,660

2,570

2,450

2,350

2,230

2,150

63,180

2,038

0.970

1.12

Nov.

2.050 

1,980

1,920 

1,850

1,800

1,750

1,710

1,670

1,640

1,620

1,600

1,580

1,560

1,550

1,540

1,530

 1,520

1,510

1,510 

1,520

1,540

1,540

1,520

1,510

1,490

1,490

1,480

1,460

1,460

1.450

-

48,350

1,612

0.768

0.86

Dec.

1.440 

1,440

1,430 

1,430

1,450

1,420

1,420

1,410

1,400

1,410

1,420

1,410

1,400

1,390

1,370

1,360

1,360

1,360

1.340 

1,540

1,550

1,550

 1,340

1,340

1,550

1,550

1,550

1,540

1,340

1,350

1,390

42,830

1,582

0.658

0.76

Jan.

1,410 

1,420

1,420 

1,400

1,390

1,370

1,360

1.550

1,660

1,890

2,030

2.080

2,050

2,000

1,950

1,890

1,820

1,770

1,750 

1,710

1,710

1,680

1,670

1,650

1,630

1,590

1,550

1,520

1,490

1,460

1,440

51,110

1,649

0.785

04 91

Feb.

1,430 

1,430

1,470 

1,510

*1,520

1,520

1,510

1,550

1,560

1,560

1,550

1,550

1,540

1,540

1,590

1.650

1,630

1,650

1,600 

1,580

1,560

1,530

1,500

1,490

1,480

1,450

1,430

1.400

_

-

-

42,740

1,526

0.727

0.76

Mar.

1,380 

1,370

1,360 

1,340

1,320

1,300

1,280

1,280

1.260

1,260

1,320

1,510

1,550

1,490

1,460

1,480

1,470

1,430

 1,360 

1,310

1,310

1,450

1,570

1,650

1,640

1,620

1,560

1,520

1,480

1,430

1,380

44,140

1,424

0.678

0.78

Apr.

1,540 

1,300

1.280 

1,300

1,280

1,280

1,770

2,310

2,480

2,520

2,520

2,660

2.800

2,790

. 2,720

2,650

2,540

2,480

2,420 

2,360

2,280

2,210

2,130

2,050

1,990

1,960

1,930

1,880

 1,810

1,770

-

62,810

2,094

0.997

1.11

May

1.710 

1,670

1,640 

1,600

1,560

1,530

1,540

1,560

1,560

1,550

1,530

1,500

1,480

1,450

1,420

1,390

1,360

1,340

1,320 

1,500

1,290

1,280

1,280

1,260

1,240

1,240

1,220

1,220

1,210

1,200

1.190

43,640

1,408

0.670

0.77

June

1.180 

1,18(5

1,180 

1,190

1,260

1,330

1,400

1,420

1,420

 1,400

1,370

1,370

1,400

1,450

1,500

1,510

1,530

1,530

1,510 

1,490

1,470

1,450

1,490

1,550

1,510

1,550

1,650

1,670

1,690

1.700

-

43,550

1,445

0.688

0.77

July

1.690 

1,670

1,640 

1,590

1,540

1,490

1,460

1,410

1,370

1,360

1,360

1,350

1.340

1,340

1,410

1,450

1,460

1,460

1,510 

1,580

1,570

1,560

 1,540

1,570

1,610

1,640

1,660

1,670

1,680

1,640

1,640

47,260

1,525

0.726

0.84

Aug.

1.640 

1,670

1,660 

1,650

1,680

1,750

1,810

1,830

1,860

1,910

1,910

1,850

1,800

1,770

1,760

1,750

1,780

1,830

1,850 

1,850

1,840

1,860

2,020

2,210

2,490

2,930

5,500

4,550

4,790

4,870

 4.930

71,380

2,303

1.10

1.26

Sept.

ffl

4,500 

4,210

3,970

3,820

3,650

3,470

3,530

3,230

3,140

3,050

2,940

2,870

2,800

2.770

7/7T7

2,870

2,980 

3,080

3,510

5,470

5,780

4,480

4,740

4,740

4,880

4,870

4,750

4,740

-

112,910

5,764

1.7?

2.00

Calendar year 1952: Max 5,840 Mln 1,540 Mean 1,867 Cfsm 0.889 In. 12.10

Water year 1952-55: Max '4,930 Mln 1,180 Mean 1,846 Cfsm 0.879 In. 11.94

» Discharge measurement made on this day.
ST.. JOHNS RIVER BASIN 61

Little Haw Creek near Seville, Fla.

Location. La t 29°19 I , long. 81°23' ( in sec. 32, T. 13 S., R. 29 E., on right bank 600 

ft downstream from bridge on State Highway 305, 1.4 miles downstream from Lake 

Disston, and 6.4 miles east of Seville. .Prior to Jan. 5, 19S3, at site 600 ft upstream. *

Drainage area. 120 sq mi, approximately.

Records available . January 1951 to September 1953.

on recorder. Datum of gage is 5.74 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

929. Prior to Jan. 5, 1953, at site 600 ft upstream at same datum.

Extremes . Maximum discharge during year, 1,490 cfs Sept. 24 (gage height 8.72 ft)- 

minimum, 2.2 cfs July 17, 18 (gage height 1.34 ft).

1951-53: Maximum discharge, that of Sept. 24, 1953; minimum, 0.2 cfs July 31, 

Aug. 1, 2, 1952.

Remarks . Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating tables, water year 1952-53 (gage height. In feet, and

discharge, In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 21-24)

Oct. 1 to Jan. 5

2.3 

2.8 

3.4 

4.0 

4.5

10 

20 

3S 

62 

88

5.0 

6.0 

7.0 

7.8

128

231

394

601

1.3

1.4 

1.6 

1.8 

2.0 

3.0

Jan. 6 to Sept. 30

2.0

2.6

4.6

8.1

14

46

4.0 

5.0 

6.0 

7.0 

8.0 

8.7

86 

155 

2S1 

479 

800 

1,460

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

598

564

519

466

415

364

345

322

309

 287

270

256

251

252

290

294

305

304

310

305

315

 364

 458

448 

419

381

345

315

283

250

230

10,834

349

2.91

3.36

Nov.

211

193

178

162

146

134

120

104

96

89

82

76

70

66

64

59

55

51

49

49

. 51

 45

40

38 

36

35

34

32

30

29.

2,424

80.8

0.673

0.75

Dec.

27

26

26

25

24

23

22

22

21

21

20

19

18

18

18

17

16

15

15

15

15

15

15

15 

14

14

14

iiIS

13

14

563

18.2

0.152

0.17

Jan.

14

13

12

12

 10

S9

Slsl So

g20

al8

a!7 gis

815

a!5

815

816

a!7

a!8

a!9

820

820

»S20

*S20

aZO 

aZl

g22

g22

822

822

822

822

524.5

16.9

0.141

0.16

Feb.

«24

aZ8

833

g31

a32

836

844

g47

8*8

850

854

858

859

a61

a68

gTl

aT5

g66

g66

a64

a63

a61

a59 

a58

856

a54

852

_

_

-

1,445

51.6

0.430

0.45

Mar.

asi

49

48

47

45

 39

36

35

32

29

30

38

40

39

37

35

33

29

27

24

32

104

163

194 

195

173

155

152

152

150

158

2,371

76.5

0.638

0.73

Apr.

168

176

179

178

172

165

312

380

366

358

354

387

JJg

 354

360

329

301

286

268

236

210

190

172 

155

149

144

123

108

101

-

7,467

249

2.08

2.31

May

Ii12

74

66

59

52

50

57

53

47

41

38

35

33

31

28

26

24

22

20

18

16

15

13 

10

8.9

8.1

7.1

 6.3

5.6

4.7

1,041.7

33.6

0.280

0.32

June

.4.2 '4.0

4.0

4.0

4.2

5.0

13

20

T.9

5.6

4.8

4.8

6.0

6.9

7.9

5.4

4.7

4.2

3.8

3.4

3.2

3.6

5.2

4.4 

3.8

3.6

4.2

4.4

3.2

2.7

-

162.1

5.40

0.045

0.05

July

2.5

3.4

7.3

5.6

5.4

4.6

4.0

4.4

 3.3

4.0

4.6

5.2

3.4

2.7

2.6

2.6

2.5

3.5

6.0

5.9

13

6.7 

4.7

62

"Sff 83

16

12

9.2

322.7

10.4

0.087

0.10

Aug.

8 9 10* 

13

20

41

46

45

47

56

57

103

167

106

77

61

54

53

55

 49

67

147

142

161

229 

271

401

492

580

737

856

*940

6,091.9

197

1.64

1.89

Sept.

972

*948

891

849

800

794

884

1,090

1,100

1,040

956

856

759

687

633

601

585. las

649

664

649

643

723

1.380 

1,360

1,120

1,050

933

828

748

-

25,807

860

7.17

8.00

Calendar year 1952: Max 613 Mln 0.2 Mean 108 Cfsm 0.900 In. 12.21

Water year 1952-55: Max 1,380 Mln 2.3 Mean 162 Cfsm 1.35 In. 18.29

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated en basis of records for Houltrle Creek near St. 

Augustine.

g Computed from once-daily staff-gage readings.
62 ST. JOHNS RIVER BASIN

South Fork Black Creek near Penney Farms, Fla.

Location. Lat 29°59', long. 81°51', in sec. 13, T. 6 S., R. 24 E., on right bank 20 ft 

downstream from bridge on State Highway 16, half a mile downstream from Greens Creek, 

2f miles west of Penney Farms, and 10 miles west of Green Cove Springs.

Drainage area. 134 sq mi.

Records available. November 1939 to September 1953.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 9.82 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929 (levels by Corps of Engineers). Prior to July 18, 1940, staff gage at same site 

and datum.

Average discharge.--14 years, 168 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 5,790 cfs Apr. 20 {gage height, 19.40 ft); 

minimum, 28 cfs June 23 (gage height, 1.25 ft).

1939-53: Maximum discharge, 13,900 cfs Oct. 19, 1944 (gage height, 26.33 ft, from 

floodmarks), from rating curve extended-above 8,000 cfs; minimum, 15 cfs Nov. 8-10, 

13, 14, 1940, June 14-16, 1951; minimum gage height, 0.77 ft June 21, 22, 1950.

Remarks.--Records good except those for period of doubtful gage-height record, which are 

poor.

Revisions.--WSP 1234: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height. In feet,

and discharge, In cubic feet per second)

(Shlftlng-cbntrol method used Oct. 24 to Nov. 21,

Feb. 16 to Mar. 23)

1.2 

1.6 

2.0 

4.0 

10.0

27

43

65

238

81O

12.0

14.0

16.0

17.9

1,080

1,570

2,630

4,220

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

219

160

115 

88

72

65

123

267

313

271

197

145

113

94

80

114

160

120

97

124

405

1_.52Q

696

475 

390

*224

182

159

133

110

96

7,327

236

1.76

2.03

Nov.

86

78

72 

68

66

64

60

57

55

54

66

73

67

60

61

58

54

52

50

68

108

85

68

60 

55

54

55

54

51

48

-

1,907

63.6

0.475

0.53

Dec.

494"6~

46 

47

46

45

44

42

40

*39

43

41

39

38

38

38

37

37

36

,37

38

37

37

36 

36

35

36

35

34

31

39

1,225

39.5

0.295

0.34

Jan.

55

47

42

38

36

34

33

34

375

729

482

280

203

157

85

105

91

80

80

114

*129

110

94

118 

113

90

77

67

61

55

52

4,066

131

0.978

1.13

Feb.

50 2^7*

1.140 

6C-5

286

223

180

172

162

141

lie

104

94

85

147

182

168

129

107

95

88

80

78

78 

75

72

68

64

-

-

-

5,078

181

1.35

1.41

Mar.

60

58

56 

*57

54

51

51

51

48

46

88

263

198

138.

100

84

70

61

56

51

52

234

446

348 

230

170

125

95

75

61

55

3,530

114

0.851

0.98

Apr.

47

44

15 

59

52

70

2,280

2,000

879

429

284

262

359 *314

220

187

157

124

727

4.100

1,240

594

323

228 

175

142

122

100

87

77

15,727

524

3.91

4.36

May

70

63

58 

55

52

50

52

56

49

46

45

43

41

40

39

38

37

37

36

35

36

36

34

33 

32

32

*31

31

31

30

1,298

41.9

0.313

0.36

June

29

30 

29

31

34

62

47

39

35

32

31

86

73

68

50

43

37

33

31

30

29

29

47 

47

40

126

49

40

-

1,370

45.7

0.341

0.38

July

36

34

33

31

32

34

35

*31

30

33

49

43

38

36

40

77

45

36

36

40

42

35

38

43 

63

194

'TIS

494

324

179

3,944

127

0.946

1.09

Aug.

116

85

67 

57

147

279

206

138

125

215

1,35"0

1,220

571

290

175

129

197

573

932

*548

520

1,570

1,530

4.200 

2,120

1,470

2,020

1,440

2,850

1,340

956

27,436

885

6.60

7.61

Sept.

*itil£ »92g

558 

592

452

408

440

494

354

298

270

233

197

170

153

148

TSf

151

280

563

584

429

314

460 

678

481

730

810

482

*343

13,557

452

3.37

3.76

Calendar year 1952: Max 1,320 Mln 27 Mean 111 Cfsra 0.828 In. 11.23

Water year 1952-53: Max 4,200 Mln 29 Mean 237 Cfsm 1.77 In. 23.98

Peak discharge (base. 1.300 cfs). Oct. 22 (11:30 a.m.) 1.460 cfs (13.67 ft): Aor. 7 (7:30 D.ra. )

3,920 cfs (17.57 ftj; Apr. 20 f4 a.m.) 5,790 cfs (19.40 ft); July 27 (2 p.m.) 1,310 ofs (13.17 ft); 

Aug. 11 (4:30 p.m.) 2,120 cfs (15.22 ft); Aug. 24 (8:30 a.m.) 5,430 cfs (19.08 ft); Aug. 27 (5 a.m.)

2,550 cfs (15.88 ft); Aug. 29 (7 a.m.) 3,530 cfs (17.14 ft); Sept. 1 (10 a.m.) 1,520 cfs (13.88 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Note. Discharge computed on basis of doubtful gage-height record Nov. 1 to Dec. 16.
ST. JOHNS RIVER BASIN 63

North Pork Black Creek near Middleburg, Pla.

Location."Lat 30 0 06'50", long. 81°54'35", in sec. 33, T. 4 S., R. 24 E., on left bank a 

third of a mile upstream from Big Branch, 4 miles northwest of Middleburg, and 6f 

miles upstream from confluence with South Pork.

drainage area. 174 sq ml.

Records available?--November 1931 to September 1953.

ijage. Staff gage read twice daily. Datum of gage is 0.62 ft above mean sea level,

datum of 1929 (levels by Corps of Engineers). Prior to Mar. 29, 1933, at site threeeighths of a mile downstream at different datum.

Average discharge.--21 years (1932-53), 175 cfs.

3. Maximum discharge during year, 4,890 cfs Aug. 28 (gage height, 17.78 ft, from 

Cnark:); minimum, 7.2 cfs June 2 (gage height, 0.66 ft). 

1931-53: Maximum discharge, 10,400 cfs Oct. 19, 1944 (gage height, 23.76 ft, from 

floodmark), from rating curve extended above 7,000 cfs; minimum observed, 3.6 cfs 

June 8, 1935 (gage height, 0.26 ft).

Maximum stage known, 25.3 ft in June 1919, from information by old resident (discharge, 15,000 cfs, from rating curve extended above 7,000 cfs).

"Binaries. Records good except those for periods of tide effect, which are fair. 

Revisions (water years).--WSP 852: 1933(M). WSP 1234: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1952-53, except period of tide effect (gage

height, In feet, and discharge, In cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 19 to Nov. 2)

0.6 

.8 

1.0 

1.5 

3.0

5.0

13

23

58

181

S.O 

13.0 

14.0 

15.0 

16.4

734

1,500

1,770

2,280

3,470

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8 

9

]0

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19"0

' I

<.2

 3

: 4

:5

76

77

78- 9

?.l

'-ital

r?an

Cfsm '" .

Oct.

154

121

97

672

658

e54

669

141 

238

290

253

186

136

103

78

66

54

53

54

84

145

198

199

171

131

*97

76

56

36 

31

12

3,530

114

0.655

0.75

Nov.

26

e26

e25

e24

e.23

e23

23

25 

23

23

24

25

25

26

27

26

25

25

25

30

42

4O

38

36

34

32

30

28

27 

26

-

832

27.7

0.159

0.18

Dec.

26

26

27

29

30

313*T

30 

28

*28

26

26

25

25

26

25

26

25

26

26

28

28

26

26

28

26

25

25 

25

29

833

26.9

0.155

0.18

Jan.

40

39

38

35

32

-30

28

55 

514

695

847

491

265

177

135

113

96

86

84

83

*89

90

84

130

146

141

133

116

92 

74

61

5,039

163

0.937

1.08

Feb.

56

54

130

190

T§5

165

137

119 

120

114

97

83

74

65

84

136

122

104

86

75

67

60

56

52

49

48

45

44

-

2,621

93.6

0.538

0.56

Mar.

40

37

36

»34

32

32

31

30 

29

28.

66

323

ISi TiTf

19O

144

108

80

62

51

45

123

336

303

213

143

102

76

56

46

39

3,463

112

0.644

0.74

Apr.

33

31

30

4T

50

53

759

1.680

1,'slO

728

415

349

1,030

1,410

*873

531

408

297

282

457

470

392

228

152

116

92

78

67

56 

50

-

12,474

416

2.39

2.67

May

45

15

36

33

31

29

30

32

31

29

28

25

23

21

20

19

17

17

16

15

16

16

14

13

12

11

*10

9.5

9.5 

9.0

8.2

665.2

21.5

0.124

0.14

June

7.9

7.5

8.2

7.9

10

19

38

36 

33

25

20

18

22

25

57

68

72

TS

31

27

25

18

15

21

32

33

34

35

33 

29

-

850.5

28.4

0.163

0.18

July

25

21

18

15

Is

24

*39

23 

27

28

96

65

39

32

27

26

26

24

25

32

52

41

68

68

54

45

433

517

548

204

3,017

97.3

0.559

0.64

Aug.

134

116

155

86

l58

369

381

176 

250

173

226

186

199

248

169

161

299

194

152

186

*295

1,590

1,820

1,230

924

810

763

2,700

m1,110

20,640

666

3.83

4.41

Sept.

761

747

611

656

759

897

738

507 

359

400

638

395

222

154

131

119

110

98

179

674

822

669

456

855

1,520

1,460

1,780

1.980

1,280 

*823

-

20,800

693

3.98

4.45

Calendar year 1952: Max 1,180 Min 10 Mean 89.0 Cfsm O.511 In. 6.97

l'?ter year 1952-53: Max 3,400 Min 7.5 Mean 2O5 Cfsm 1.18 In. 15.98

Peak discharge {base, 1.3OO cfs).-

cfs (13.32 ft): Aug. 22 (9 p.m.) 2,4

-Apr. 8 (2 p.m.) 1,98O cfs (14.46 ft); Apr. 14 (l a.m.) 1,560 

60 cfs (15.28 ft); Aug. 28 (9 p.m.) 4,890 cfs (17.78 ft); Sept.

:a (2 a.m.) 2,270 cfa (14.98 ft).

Discharge measurement made on this day. 

e Stage-discharge relation affected by tide; discharge computed from effective gage heights.
64 MOULTRIE CREEK BASIN

Moultrle Creek near St. Augustine, Fla.

Location.--Lat 29°49'40", long. 810 21'00", In sec. 11, T. 8 S., R. 29 E., on right bank 

6 ft downstream from bridge on Kings Road, 0.4 mile upstream from Port Peyton Branch, 

and 5 miles southwest of St. Augustine.

Drainage area. 23.3 sq ml.

Records available.--November 1939 to September 1953.

Sage. Water-stage recorder and wooden control. Datum of gage Is 2.17 ft above mean sea 

level, datum of 1929.

Average discharge. 14 years, 25.5 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 738 cfs Oct. 23 (gage height, 7.83 ft); minimum, 0.5 cfs June 25, 26 (gage height, 2.50 ft).

1939-53: Maximum discharge, 1,370 cfs Oct. 21, 1941 (gage height, 9.31 ft); minimum, 0.2 cfs May 18, 22, 26, 30, June 1, 2, 1945.

Remarks. Records fair.

Revisions.--WSP 1234: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

2.7

2.8

2.9 

3.5 

4.0

0.5

1.2

2.6

4.7

8.3

37

48

5.0 

5.5 

5.8 

6.2 

6.4 

7.0 

7.6

118

215

273

466

661

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Ctsm

In.

Oct.

11

8.7

6.2

4.7

3.8

3.1

3.3

4.5

5.0

4.5

3.6

3.1

2.8 a

200

140

86

223

417

401

517

615

43O

298

215

*157

112

85

72

66

4,105.9

132

5.67

6.55

Nov.

60

54

49

44

40

35

28

22

20

18

16

15

13

12 

11

10

9.1

8.3

7.3

6.9

6.9

6.2

5.6

5.0

4.7

4.5

4.2

4.0

3.8

^6

527.1

17.6

0.755

0.84

Dec.

3.1

3.1

3.0

2.8

2.6

2.6

2.4

a2.4

a2.4

a2.4

*2.4

2.3

2.3

2.3 

2.3

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.0

2.0

2.2

2,2

2.2

2.0

2.0

1.9

T79

al.9

al.9

a2.o

3*3

72.5

2.34

0.100

0.12

Jan.

3.1

2.4

2.3

2.2

2.0

i*a 1.9

1.9

13

11

11

9.6

8.7

8.3 

7.8

7.3

6.9

6.5

6.5

6.2

6.2

*5.6

5.3

5.3

4.7

4.2

4.2

4.0

3.8

3.6

3.3

173.7

5.60

0.240

0.28

Feb.

3.1

3.3

4.7

4.2

4.2

3.8

3.6

4.7

4.7

4.0

4.0

3.6

3.3

3.1 £*2

6.5

5.6

5.0

4.2

4.2

4.2

4.0

3.8

3.8

4.0

3.6

3.1

3^.2

-

-

116.2

4.15

0.178

0.19

Mar.

2.6

2.6

2.3

2.2

 2.0

1.7

1.6

1.5

1.5

1.1

1.5

3.0

3.1

2.8 

2.3

2.0

1.7

1.5

1.4

IUO

1.1

118

165

87

68

54

44

38

28

20

17

679.5

21.9

0.940

1.08

Apr.

14

13

11

12

IP.

11

180

196

109

78

69

64

64

57 

49

 46

43

37

78

270

199

130

86

71

61

52

48

42

36

28

-

2,164

72.1

3.09

3.45

May

21

18

15

12

10

8.3

7.3

6.9

5.6

4.7

4.0

3.1

2.8

2.3 

2.0

1.6

1.5

1.2

1.1

1.0

1.0

.9

.8

.8

.8

.7

.7

*.7

.7

.7

.7

137.9

4.45

0.191

0.22

June

0.7

.7

.7

.7

.8

.8

1.5

JUS.

1.0

.3

.8

.8

.7

.9 

.9

.9

.9

.8

.8

.7

.7

.7

.7

^6

.6

.7

.8

.8

.7

.7

-

24.6

0.82

0.035

0.04

July

0.7

.7

^1

.6

.6

.7

.7

*.7

.7

.9

1.2

1.5

1.2

.9 

.8

.8

.8

is

&*£

3,1

2.2

1.6

1.2

1.0

35.1

1.13

0.048

0.06

Aug.

1.0

-L9

.9

1.5

5.3

2.0

1.5

1.5

2.0

13

24

15

6.9

6.2 

4.7

3.3

2.6

2.0

1.9

*22

51

113

150

524

546

563

453

430

423

326

*333

4,030.2

130

5.58

6.43

Sept.

407

307

237

191

a!65

145

15^

13'?

all4

101

as1*

S.T*

ae^

360 

a55

a47

a*.?. 41!

6<5

420

411

279

356

£54.

469

366

3ZO

2fl

2C4 IE'7

-

6,407

213

9.14

10.22

Calendar year 1952: Max 615 Mln 0.4 Mean 18.9 Cfsm 0.811 In. 11.07

Water year 1952-53: Max 654 Mln 0.6 Mean 50.6 Cfsm 2.17 In. 29.48

Peak discharge (base. 350 cfs). Oct. 19 (9:30 D.m.) 501 cfs (7.11 ft); Oct. 23 (l a.m.) 738 cfs

(7.83 ft); Aug. 25 (10 p.m.) 674 cfs (7.64 ft); Sept. 1 (4 a.m.) 440 cfs (6.92 ft); Sept. 21 (la.m.)

479 cfs (7.04 ft); Sept. 24 (5:30 a.m.) 714 cfs (7.76 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of records for Little Haw Creek near Seville

and Spruce Creek near Samsula.
(SPRUCE CREiK BASIJJ

Spruce Creek neap garasula, Pla. 

AAjuaiion. ".uat aa-uj-, 'long, Sl'Qgi, in sec, J, T, 17 S. , R, left bank 85 ft j.ong, BO.-UB', in sec, 4.. T, i? s., R. 38 p., on left bank 25 i

upstream from bridge on State Highway 40, If miles north'of Samsula,"and 9f miles

west of New Smyrna. ' " ' ' '' ' "

Drainage area.--38 sq mi, approximately, 

Records available.--May 1951 to September 1953,

Cage.--Water-Stage recorder, Datum of gage ig 6.25 ft above mean sea level, datum of T929. " - - -

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year. 529 efs Sept. 7 (gage height, 13.92 ft); minimum, 0.2 cfs June 3, July 3; minimum gage height, 4.04 ft July 3.

1951-53: Maximum discharge, that of Sept. 7. 1953; minimum, 0.1 cfs for several 

days in 1951 and 1952; minimum gage height, 3.95 ft June 9, 1951, May 16, 17, 1952.

Remarks. --Records fair.

Rating table, water year ISSg^SS (gage helghj, in feet, and discharge,

In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method use3 Hoy, ?4 to Jan. 31, Apr. 2-18)

4.0

4.1

4.2

4.3

4.4

4.5 

4,3

0,1 

,4

1.9

2,6 

3,8

4.8 §.o

7.0 

9-9 

11,0

7.5 

1*

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

82

56

38

2S

22

19

22

32 

*32

26

21

18

18

22

50

98

66

59

92

274

398

*383

*335

*291

*242

*182

122

87

63

46

34

3,258

105

3.28

3.79

Nov.

11

22

IB

16

14

12

9.8

8.4 

7.8

7.1

7.1

7.8

6.9

6.2

5.8

5.1

4.9

4.6

4.5

*6.2

10

8.4

7.1

6.0

5.4

5.1

4.8

4.5

3.8

3^1

260.0

8.67

0.271

0.30

Dec.

3.4

3.3

5,2

3.0

5.5

4.3

4,3

4.3 

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.2

3.8

4.5

Izl

4.S

4.6

4.6

4.5

4.6

4.5

4.3

4.0

3.7

3.6

3.3

3.1

2.9

2.9

2.9

3.1

121.6

3.92

0.122

0.14

Jan,

3.0

2.0

2.7

2.6

2.5

2.5

££

2.2 

3.7

5.8

5.4

4.6

3,8

3.5

*3.4

3.3

3.3

3.1

3.0

3.1

3.5

3.6

3.5

6.7

1*1

6.4

5.8

5.4

5.2

4.8

4.6

123.6

3.99

0.125

0.14

Feb.

<L5

14

29

22

20

18

19

ti30

*26

23

20

17

18

18

16

15

13

12

12

16

16

15

14

12

10

9,0

-

-

520.5

18.6

0.581

0.60

Mar.

7.8

7.1

6.7

6.2

6.0

5.4

5.2

5.1 

4.6

4.2

4.9

13

15

12

9.5

8.1

6.4

5.2

4.5

3^6

6.2

272

411

370

321

269

213

136

78

52

37

2,311.7

74.6

2.33

2.69

Apr.

30

27

24

23

21

20

42

46 

36

35

33

34

179

178

*122

102

73

48

123 sis

150

94

60

40

30

66

94

61

40

30

-

2,079

69.3

2.17

2.42

May

24

20

16

14

11

10

58

U2.

59

33

23

18

*14

10

8.4

8.1

6.7

5.2

4.3

3.7

3.5

3.0

2.5

2.0

1.6

1.3

1.2

.8

.6

.6

_V4

475.9

15.4

0.481

0.55

June

0.4

ul

.3

.3

.5

.8

1.4

1.4 

1.0

.7

.7

.8

.8

.6

.6

1.0

1.0

1.1

l.O

1.0

.7

.7

1.0

n.o

.8

1.2

2JL

1.8

1.3

1.0

-

27.3

0.91

0.028

0.03

July

0.6

^4

.6

2.1

2.O

1.4

1.1

.8 

1.2

3.8

4.2

5.1

6.2

6.7

6.0

6.9

6.4

6.4

13

13

14

13

14.

18

22

57

107

166

208

164

111

981.9

31.7

0.991

1.14

Aug.

74

56

62

*49

192

185

140

123 

187

148

112

78

54

39

31

26

25

31

33

31

52

119

116

135

201

274

259

314

410

398

IS?.

4,417

142

4.44

5.13

Sept.

 467

425

408

409

355

321

380

452 

488

446

378

316

259

192

124

*103

148

291

298

279

269

244

172

*147

121

109

256

238

191

136

"

8,422

281

8.78

9.79

Calendar year 1952: Max 398 Mln 0.1 Mean 22.7 Cfsm 0.709 In. 9.68

Water year 1952-53: Max 488 Mln 0.3 Mean 63.0 Cfsm 1.97 In. 26.72

Peak dlscharee (base. 400 cfs, revised). C

464 cfs (13.35 ft); Aug. 31 (6 p.m.) 506 cfs

ct. 21 (10:30 a.m.) 410 cfs (12.68 ft); Mar. 22 (8p.m.) 

(13.73 ft); Sept. 7 (10:30 p.m.) 529 cfs (13.92 ftj.

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
66 INDIAN RIVER BASIN

Crane Creek at Melbourne, Pla.

Location.--Lat 28°04'42", long. 80°37 I 48", in sec. 4, T. 28 S., R. 37 E., on right bank 

24 ft upstream from bridge on U. S. Highway 192, l| miles west of city -hall in 

Melbourne, and 2-j miles upstream from Indian River.

Drainage area.--12.6 sq mi.

Records available.--March 1951 to September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 4.45 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

 1929.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 444 cfs Oct. 21 (gage height, 8.94 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 200 cfs on basis of velocity-area studies; minimum, 3.9 

cfs July 4; minimum gage height, 2.83 ft Jan. 29, 30.

1951-53: Maximum discharge, that of Oct. 21, 1952; minimum, 1.8 cfs June 25, 26, 

27, 28, 1951; minimum gage height, 2.79 ft June 27, 28, 1951.

Remarks. Records fair.

Rating tables, water year 1952-53 (gage height, in feet, and

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used May 11 to Aug. 1,

Aug. 24 to Sept. 13)

Oct. 28 to Sept. 30

3.4 

4.0

5.0

6.0 

7.0 

8.0

124

204

315

2.67 

3.0 

4.0

4.0

9.3

40

5.0 

6.4

73

149

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

37

71

48

31

28

26

*22

*21

18

15

14

12 

14

12

12

15

17

41

65

180

*310

*185

*102

73

57

98

106

98

72

59

a54

1,913

61.7

4.90

5.65

Nov.

a50

alTT

a42

a38

a34

a32

a 30

a26

a24

a23

a22

a21 

a21

a21

a 20

a!9

a!8

*16

14

15

16

14

13

11

11

9.9

10

9.9

9.5

9.1

-

644.4

21.5

1.71

1.90

Dec.

BTB" 8.9

8.6

8.4

8.2

8.2

8.4

8.4

8.0

8.4

8.6

8.4 

8.2

8.6

8.9

8.9

8.8

8.8

8.6

8.4

8.2

8.2

8.0

8.0

8.0

8.0

LL!

8.0

7.9

7.9

7.9

258.5

8.34

0.662

0.76

Jan.

7.5

7.5

7.5

7.4

7.4

.4

.4

.2

.7

.0

.0

.7 

* .2

.2

.0

.4

.5

.5

.5

.4

.7

.5

.4

.4

.2

7.0

6.9

6.8

6.8

6.6

6.8

227.5

7.34

0.583

0.67

Feb.

6.9

77?

7.9

7.9

7.7

7.7

8.9

19

T&

13

11

11 

*9.9

9.1

8.9

8.6

8.6

8.2

' 8.6

8.0

8.2

8.4

8.9

9.1

8.9

8.8

8.6

8.4

-

_

-

263.4

9.41

0.747

0.78

Mar.

8.4

8.4

8.2

8^0

8.0

8.0

8.4

8.2

8.2

8.8

8.9

9.7

11

11

9.7

9.1

8.9

8.8

8.6

8.4

8.4

8.0

12

 23.

22

17

14

12

11

11

10

325.1

10.5

0.833

0.96

Apr.

10

10

9.9

9.7

9.5

*9.3

12

13

12

11

12

If

28

22

17

14

13

13

12

11

11

10

9.7

9.7

15

17

14

12

11

-

412.8

13.8

1.10

1.22

May

11

<TT

9.9

9.5

9.3

8.6

9.3

10

11

9.9

9.1

8.8 

8.6

8.0

*8.4

8.8

8.6

8.6

8.6

8.8

8.6

8.6

8.8

8.6

8.9

8.9

9.3

9.3

8.8

8.2

7.9

281.7

9.09

0.721

0.83

June

7.7

7.4

7.4

7.7

.7.9

7.7

7.7

7.5

6.9

6.8

6.4

6.0 

5.8

5.6

5.4

5.4

5.2

5.2

6.2

5.8

5.4

*5.4

4.4

4.5

4.2

6.0

6.2

5.2

4.4

4.2

-

181.6

6.05

0.480

0.54

July

4.0

TTCT

4.2

.0

.2

.2

.5

.5

6.3

6.9

6.3

5.7 

5.6

5.2

5.0

5.0

5.1

5.6

6.0

5.4

5.4

7.1

9.1

8.9

13.

11

13

11

10

9.9

9.3

209.4

6.75

0.536

0.62

Aug.

8.8

8.4

7.9

U.

11

15

 11

9.5

9.3

9.1

9.9

9.5 

8.9

8.8

8.6

8.6

8.8

9.1

8.9

8.9

9.3

11

30

34

48

46

55

88

J9J

65

66

738.0

23.8

1.89

2.18

Sept.

48

37

*48

38

33

3£

33

59

65

59

51

47 

46

46

49

64

95

 111

138

146

112

96

80

72

67

63

69

74

67

61

-

2,004

66.8

5.30

5.91

Calendar year 1952: Max 310 Min 2.4 Mean 13.6 Cfsm 1.O8 In. 14.75

Water year 1952-53: Max 31O Min 4.O Mean 2O.4 Cfsm 1.62 In. 22. O2

Peak discharge (base, loo cfs). Oct. 21 (6:30 a.m.) 444 cfs (8.94 ft); Oct. 26 (11 p.m.) 269 cfs 

(7.62 ft); Aug. 28 (8:30 p.m.) 135 cfs (6.38 ft); Sept. 20 (1 a.m.) 191 cfs (6.87 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of recorded range in stage and records for 

nearby stations.
INDIAN RIVER BASIN 

North Canal near Vero Beach, Pla.

67

location.--Lat 27°41'32", long. 80°24'53", in SE£ sec. 15, T. 32 S., R. 39 E., on left 

bank at upstream side of bridge on U, S. Highway 1, 3.9 miles north of Vero Beach.

1'qcords available. November 1950 to September 1953 In reports of Geological Survey. 

January to September 1949 (gage heights only) collected by U. S. Soil Conservation 

Service, available In files of Geological Survey.

Page. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is at mean sea level, datum of 1929. Prior to 

Feb. 27, 1952, at site 800 ft upstream at datum 0.81 ft lower.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 417 cfs Sept. 18; maximum gage height, 8.37 ft 

Oct. 18; minimum dally, 8 cfs July 9.

1950-53: Maximum discharge, 456 cfs Oct. 2, 1951 (gage height, 9.6 ft, present 

datum, at site then in use, from graph based on fragmentary gage-height record); minimum daily, 3 cfs July 1, 2, 1952.

remarks. Records poor. Considerable pumping into canal for drainage above station.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

My

2~

.i

' 

n.

7

3

10

r

3 2

]^

34

33

33

373"1

39

J1

2.J

5; 2

£32N < <:.-

Jl ~

£7

nf">

; )

n

TTtal I'^an

J^-ft

Oct.

29 

23

19

19

37

47

35 

30

36

35

31

27

25

26

27

26

36

242

215

209

185

123

107

111

222

157

125 

*79

55

44

39

2,421

78.1

4,800

ftov.

M30

28

26

24

23 

21

20

20

19

18

18

18

18

18

17

18

*19

20

20

19

18

18

17

16

16 

16

15

T5

-

613

20.4

1,220

Dec.

15

15

15

15

16

15

16 

15

15

*16

18

19

23

2626"

25

25

23

24

21

21

20

20

19

17

18

18 

17

*16

16

17

582

18.8

1,150

Jan.

TT

15

14

12

dll

dlO 

dlO

d!2

14

13

d!2

d!2

d!2

d!2

 d!2

dll

dll

dll

*dll

12

12

11

11

11

10

10 

9

iT

11

13

370

11.9

734

Feb.

13 

13

15

14

13

14

13 

14

13

13

*13

13

13

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

13

12

12

12

12

12

ft

-

-

-

353

12.6

700

Mar.

12 

1?

12

*13

14

14

15 

15

15

15

16

18

18

30

23

19

17

17

16

15

16

20

36

45

33

*27

24 

22

21

20

20

610

19.7

1,210

Apr.

20 

19

19

19

19

19

22 

29

24

21

20

18

19

21

19

*18

16

16

28

26

21

18

17

16

15

18

27 

23

20

19

-

606

20.2

1,200

May

18 

16

15

15

14

14

14 

17

20

18

*16

15

14

14

il

13

13

13

13

14

14

15

15

15

15

14

14 

14

15

15

14

459

14.8

910

June

*14 

15

14

16

19

20

If17

15

14

14

13

13

12

12

10

10

9

10

10

10

no

10

10

10

1011

1111

-

398

13.3

789

July

11 

11

12

11

10

9

9 

9

8

10

10

11

10

*11

12

15

14

15

17

18

23

35

56

54

77

114

146 

T31

123

71

51

1,114

35.9

2,210

Aug.

44 

36

*32

28

27

24

21 

22

33

30

30

23

20

19

18

24

27

37

54

36

46

30

27

 104

129

*107 

82

~~9%

84

1,446

46.6

2,870

Sept.

50

6*T

76

45

50

112 

136

115

125

77

53

39

34

35

*86

187

258

385

216

114

76

75

66

46

42

58 

74

63

123

2,921

97.4

5,790

Calendar year 1952: Max 242 Mln 3 Mean 23.6 Ac-ft 17,150

!'>ter year 1952-53: Max 385 Mln 8 Mean 32.6 Ac-ft 23,580

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed from reconstructed gage-height graph based on 

--ecorded graph.
68

Main Canal St Vero Beach > Fla,

Location. Lat 27°38'54", long. 80*24'lO"j in SE$ sec, 35, f. 32 S., R. 39 E., on right ' . 

bank & ft upstream from dam &nd 6.6 mile northwest &f Vero Beach.

Records available. October 1950 to September' 19S3" in reports of Geological Survey, Jan* 

uary 1949 to September 1950 (gage heights ohlyj collected by U. S. Soil Conservation 

Service, available in files of Geological Survey.

gage..--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is at mean sea level, datum of 1929. Prior to 

Har. 20, 1952, at datum 0.72 ft lower.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 835 Cfs Sept. 18 (gage height, 12,22 ft); minimum, 18 cfs May IS-^IS (gage height, 8.83 ft) 

1950-53: Maximum disena ,"1,380 cfs Oct. 18, 1950 (gage height, 13",1 ft, present

datum); minimum, i& cfs Oet. 10-13, 1950 (gSge height, 8,5 ft, present datum). 

Flood of Oct. IS, l9SOj was highest recortiea since January 1949.

Remarks.---Records good: Considerable pumping into canal for drainage above station.

Rating tables, water year 1952-53 (gage height, in feet, and

discharge'; In cubic feet pet- second) 

(Shifting-control method used Aug. 23-28)

Oct. 1 to Aug. 31 Sept. l-3e

8.5 

8.7 

9.O

,9.5 

10.0 

10.9

9,5 153

366

,1

Discharge, in cubic feet per second; water year October 1952 to September 1953

Day

1

2

3

4

S

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14 

IS

16

17

18 

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Ac-ft

Oct;

63,

44^

44

SS

69

64

61

74

71

60

52

48

57 

74

79

171

491 

412

482

420

280

240

292

526

366

360

247

*184

144

123

5,707

184

11,320

Jlov.

113

T5

83

t4

66

61

61

58

52

51

51

45

44

43 

43

39

36

35 

*36

38

36

35

34

30

29

28

28

28

27

26

1,426

47.5

2,830

Dec.

27

28

29

3|

29

,32

*40

40

i§

43

44

41 

41

40

36

32 

31

31

31

32

34

34

32

30

31

30

*28

29

35

1,039

33.5

2,060

Jan;

35

35

S3

35

34

31

28

29

34

45

34

29

27

27 

27

27

28

26 

23

*24

24

24

24

28

27

23

23

23

23

20

22

877

28.3

1,740

Feb.

26

26

36

38

31

30

??

56

35

31

*30

28

27

26 

26

24

23

22 

Sf

23

23

22

22

22

23

23

22

22

_

-

748

26.7

1,480

Mar.

22

SS

26

*24

23

28

28

28

28

28

29

35

41

ft

35

3d

28

24

23

23

31

50

54

43

*36

32

31

29

24

26

984

31.7

1,950

Apr.

24

24

24

24

24

24

26

29

28

28

28

29

32

If

#29

23

22 

26

29

28

26

24

22

21

30

39

34

30

29

-

828

27.6

1,640

May

28

26

23

22

21

2-1

22

£6

41

3T

*26

22

20

21

go

IS

II11 

20

22

2E

22

£2

24

26

26

26

26

26

26

24

737

23.8

1,460

June

*27

28

26

31

34

38

74

BT

39

So

28

26

23

f4 

23

24

35

38

te

31

30

28

*34

34

30

30

36

43

40

35

_

1*002

33.4

1,990

July

30

28

23

26

24

S7

29

g?

26

23

23

28

*32

S7 

24

24ai

El

22

&

92

ISO

148

148

lil 1ST

202

139

119

1,964

63. -4

3,9OO

Aug«

96

92

*fll

69

61

51

80

61

64

57

52

SS

47

44 

M

43

44

49 

46

67

57

79

71

58

63

96

107

*103

186

2,362

76.2

4,680

Sept.

13S

161

ne

zoc

14C

nc

13S

16C

167

144

lie

sc

74

H

*zse

42f

63T 

2|f,

627

1U

28f

24C

I9f

ISf

1^^

111

Iff

1SS

S4f

*

6,650

22?

13,190

Calendar year 1952: Max 526 Mln 16 Mean 49.6 Ac-ft 35,970

Water year 1952-53: Max 786 Mln 18 Mean 66.6 Ac-ft 48,240

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
INDIAN RIVER BASIN 

South Canal near Vero Beach, Fla.

69

Location.--Lat 27°36'14", long. 80°23'13", in SE£ sec. 13, T. 33 S., R. 39 E., on right 

bank 20 ft upstream from bridge on State Highway 605 and 2.5 miles south of Vero Beach.

Records available. October 1950 to September 1953 in reports of Geological Survey. January 1949 to September 1950 (gage heights only) collected by U. S. Soil Conservation 

Service, available in files of Geological Survey.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is at mean sea level, datum of 1929. Prior to 

Feb. 28, 1952, at downstream side of bridge at datum 0.80 ft lower.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 446 cfs Oct. 25; maximum gage height, 8.32 ft 

Sept. 18; minimum daily, 6 cfs May 30, 31; minimum gage height, 3.36 ft Dec. 7.

1950-53: Maximum discharge, 707 cfs Oct. 18, 1950 (gage height, 9.9 ft, present 

datum); minimum daily, 4 cfs June 15, 1951; minimum gage height, 2.43 ft June 3, 4,

piood of Oct. 18, 1950, was highest recorded since January 1949. 

Remarks, Records poor. Considerable pumping into canal for drainage above station.

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

e

9

10

11

12

13

14 

15

16

17

18

19 

20

81

22

23

24

2B

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Ac-ft

'Oct.

34

30

18 

28

30

47

47

47

68

62

53

51

51

54 

74

91

}95

379

304 

374

311

189

177

308

396

247

219

H29

86

69

59

4,237

137

8,400

Jiov,

S3

47

43 

40

38

36

34

32

31

30

30

29

30

29 

28

28

29

30

*28 

28

28

26

26

25

24

24

23

23

23

23

918

30.6

1,820

Dec.

23

23

22 

22

?3

23

20

Eio

*21

28

323~0

31

28 

30

29

28

23

22 

22

22

21

23

22

22

20

23

20

21

21

*22

737

23.8

1,460

Jan.

21

23

23 

19

22

21

19

19

23

28

21

19

17

17 

17

17

19

18

17 

*17

17

17

18

23

21

19

19

18

17

16

17

599

19.3

1,190

Feb.

18

18

if21

19

17

22

22

.19

*17

17

16

16 

16

16

16

15

14 

T5

18

17

16

17

16

16

16

16

_

-

496

17.7

984

Mar.

17

17

17 

*16

13.

13

21

16

23

32

30

30

30

34 

26

21

19

16

15 

14

15

22

24

28

25

*22

20

18

17

16

15

642

20.7

1,270

Apr.

15

15

15 

15

16

17

17

19

19

17

16

17

29

i

20

*18

18

18 

19

17

16

16

15

15

21

28

22

20

19

-

562

18.7

1,110

May

17

16

16 

15

16

16

17

2S

37

24

*20

17

16

15 

15

14

13

12

15 

14

14

17

20

18

16

16

15

12

9

66"

502

16.2

996

June

*11

11

35

30

34

48

28

20

16

15

14

14

13 

13

14

20

24

20 

21

17

14

*15

15

13

14

17

21

18

15

-

562

18.7

1,110

July

13

12

12 

13

15

25

22

16

15

13

11

11

*11

11 

6;

10

14

13

12 

14

14

22

68

92

78

66

144

109

133

69

56

1,122

36.2

2,230

Aug.

41

36

*34 

30

28

28

26

24

25

25

24

24

21

20 

19

19

24

34

26 

22

20

18

16

16

28

55

*58

68

108

79

68

1,064

34.3

2,110

Sept.

47

38

59 

127

63

44

51

51

82

86

71

51

39

33 

47

188

*204

243

m

129

69

59

48

40

38

53

49

45

79

2,728

90.9

5,410

Calendar year 1952: Max 396 Mln 11 Mean 32.5 Ac-ft 23,590

Water year 1952-53: Max 396 Mln 6 Mean 38.8 Ac-ft 28,090

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
70 ST. LUCIE RIVER BASIN

North Pork St. Lucie River at White City, Pla.

Location. Lat.27°22'26". long. 80°20'33", in NW£ sec. 4, T. 36 S., R. 40 E., on left

 bank 10 ft upstream from bridge on State Highway 712 at White City, 1.7 miles downstream 

from confluence of Pivemile and Tenmile Creeks and 4 miles south of Port Pierce.-

Records available. October 1952 to September 1953 (discharge measurements), 

gage . Water-stage recorder. Datura of gage is at mean sea level, datura of 1929.

Extremes. 1952-53: Maximum discharge measured, 755 cfs Oct. 30, 1952; no flow observed

 Feb. 26, 1953; reverse flow occurred at times on several days during year caused by 

tidal effect.

Remarks. Slight diversion at high stages through canal a quarter of a mile to west. Low 

flow affected by tide. Tidal measurements made 6 hours and 13 minutes apart at approximately maximum and minimum discharge.

Pairs of discharge measurements, In oublo feet per second, made 

approximately at maximum and minimum discharge of tidal cycle 

of day shown, October 1952 to September 1953

Date

Jan 30.......................

Feb 26 .......................

Mar 26 .......................

Aug. 11...... .................

Sept. 3.......................

Maximum

185

456

536

Minimum

28.2

91.2

3.5

187

375 

425

Mean

167

138

96

259

115

249

416

480

Diversion canal near White City, Pla.

Location. Lat 27°20', long. SO'Sl 1 , in NW£ sec. 23, T. 36 S., R. 38 E., on right bank 

 10 ft downstream from bridge on Ideal Holding Company Road, and 12 miles west of Whits 

City .

Records available. October 1952 to September? 1953 (discharge measurements).

gage Water-stage recorder. Datura of gage is 17.11 ft above mean sea level, datura of 

JT929.

Extremes. 1952-53: Maximum discharge measured, 326 cfs Nov. 25, 1952; minimum dischargs 

measured, 5.4 cfs May 18, 1953.

Remarks,. Flow regulated and diverted for agricultural purposes by several pumps and 

conTrol structures upstream and downstream from gage.

Discharge measurements. In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

Oct. 28..,....... 186

Nov. 25.......... 326

Dec. 30.......... 35.8

Jan. 29.......... 15.4

Feb. 26.......... 38.0

Mar. 25.......... 98.6

Apr. 2O.......... 45.1

May 18.......... 5.4

June 18.......... 20.1

July 15.......... 66.7

Aug. 10.......... 84.5

Sept. 4.......... 184
LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES 

Lake Okeechobee, Fla.

71

Location. Center of lake, lat 26°57', long. 80°50", in southern Florida.

Records available.--October 1931 to September 1953 In reports of Geological Survey. 1915 

to 1931 in reports or files of Everglades Drainage District.

Gage. Three staff gages read once dally at Hurricane Gate No. 2, Hurricane Gate No. 6. 

and Port Mayaca. Datum of gages Is at mean sea level (levels by Corps of Engineersj. 

Prior to Jan. 1, 1951, seven staff gages at various locations on rim of lake at same 

datum.

Extremes. 1931-53: Maximum gage height observed, 20.1 ft, present datum, Sept. 4, 1933; 

minimum observed, 10.3 ft, present datum, May 17, 1932.

Remarks. Stage of lake regulated by gates at several lake outlets. Total usable caoacHy~of lake, 1,312,000 acre-ft.

Cooperation.--Records furnished by Corps of Engineers.

Gage height, in feet, water year October 1958 to September 1953

Day

1

"i

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

Oct.

14.11

14.12

14.15

14.12

14.15

14.14

14.27

14.35

14.37

14.42

14.58

14.56

14.45

14.50

14.53

14.59

14.65

14.77

14.88

15.00

14.91

15.70

15.54

15.60

15.65

15.72

15.75

15.81

15.81

15.80

15.76

Nov.

15.79

15.76

15.73

15.72

15.68

15,69

15.67

15.62

15.56

15.57

15.57

15.51

15.53

15.49

15.47

15.43

15.38

15.34

15.31

15.34

15.31

15.31

15.32

15.30

15.27

15.26

15.26

15.21

15.26

15.26 "

Dec .

15.24

15.26

15.28

15.28

15.27

15.28

15.26

15.25

15.26

15.27

15.20

. 15.22

15.26

15.24

15.20

15.17

15.52

15.20

15.22

15.17

15.18

15.18

15.18

15.19

15.19

15.18

15.16

15.14

15.19

15.22

15.25

Jan.

15.19

15.23

15.24

15.15

15.23

15.17

15.17

15.18

15.20

15.27

15.27

15.18

15.22

15.21

15.25

15.26

15.25

IS^S

15.25

15.24

15.21

15.28

15.26

15.43

15.22

15.22

15.27

15.26

15.26

15.25

15.26

Feb.

15.22

15.26

15.32

15.34

15.30

15.32

15.30

15.26

15.29

15.30

15.25

15.25

15.23

15.23

15.25

15.18

15.16

15.10

15.11

15.08

15. 07

15. 06

15.08

15.08

15.05

15.04

15.02

14.95

-

-

-

Mar.

14.82

14.92

14.91

14.88

14.86

14.81

14.81

14.77

14.68

14.67

14.63

14.65

14.64

14.65

14.65

14.61

14.53

14.61

14.52

14.47

14.44

14.50

14.51

14.43

14.42

14.38

14.34

14.29

14.24

14.23

14.18

Apr.

14.15

14.16

14.18

14.11

14.07

14.03

14.04

13.77

13.98

13.95

13.77

14.04

13.95

14. 05

14.21

14.25

14.09

13.99

14.15

13.91

13.93

13.88

13.86

13.85

13.82

13.89

13.77

13.80

13.75

13.74

May

13.75

13.75

13.69

13.70

13.57

13.54

13.50

13.46

13.52

13.48

13.41

13.41

13.38

13.37

13.31

13.31

13.23

13.21

13.15

13.15

13.24

13.18

13.13

13.11

13.08

13.07

13.07

13.00

12.97

12.96

12.91

June

12.89

12.91

12.92

12.94

12.92

13.12

13.15

13.13

13.11

13.10

13.10

13.08

13.09

13.13

13.09

13.10

' 13.16

13.12

13.15

13.18

13.18

13.21

13.20

13.20

13.17

13.20

13.14

13.29

13.32

13.37

July

13.31

13.32

13.32

13.40

13.38

13.40

13.39

13.39

13.40

13.40

13.42

13.34

13.38

13.36

13.41

13.41

13.43

13.42

13.44

13.42

13.40

13.40

13.42

13.51

13.58

13.60

13.67

13.66

13.73

13.83

13.94

Aug.

13.96

13.98

13.98

13.94

14.00

14.01

13.97

13.99

13.97

13.91

13.91

13.88

13.87

13.85

13.86

13.92

13.88

13.85

13.86

13.88

13.84

13.83

13.85'

13.78

13.83

13.80

13.79

13.82

13.91

13.98

14.18

Sept.

14.2S

14.34

14.36

14.44

14.51

14.53

14.67

14.76

14.82

14.92

14.97

15.03

15.04

15.09

15.14

15.24

15.34

15.40

15.49

15.59

15.63

15.71

15.78

15.80

15.87

15.95

16.04

16.02

16.03

16.04

Note. Figures in above table are means of readings from 3 gages.
72 LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES

Fisheating Creek at Palmdale, Fla.

Location. Lat 26°56 I , long. 81°19', in sec. 3, T. 41 S., R. 30 E., near right bank on

downstream side of bridge on U. S. Highway 27, 1 mile south of Palmdale, and 16 miles

upstream from Lake Okeechobee. 

Drainage area. 435 sq mi, approximately. 

Records available. April 1931 to September 1953. 

Page.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 27.19 ft above mean sea level, datum of

1929. Prior to Mar. 16, 1949, staff gage at same site and datum. 

Average discharge.--22 years, 265 cfs. 

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 6,,200 cfs Aug. 30; maximum gage height, 7.77

ft Oct. 21; no flow Apr. 30 to June 5.

1931-53: Maximum discharge, 31,400 cfs Oct. 3, 1951 (gage height, 12.44 ft), from

rating curve extended above 21,000 cfs; no flow at times in most years. 

Remarks. Records good. 

Revisions. WSP 1234: Drainage area.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

Day

1 

Z

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

297 

278

239

228

242

289

361

437

*530

530

564

557

537

498

511

804

1,240

1,990

2,070

3,440

4.820

4,090

*3,370

2,48O

1,830

1,360

1,140

1,000

884

780

712

38,108

1,229

2.83

3.26

Nov.

648 

592

550

498

455

420

381

345

315

292

269

243

230

223

215

197

178

16O

147

141

*144

139

133

126

120

114

109

104

99

95

7,682

256

0.589

0.66

Dec.

92 

88

84

79

75

69

65

61

57

54

52

48

44

43

44

*46

44

41

40

39

38

36

34

34

33

32

31

31

30

29

*30

1,523

49.1

O.113

0.13

Jan.

35 

36

35

33

31

30

29

Sa.

45

109

152

133

122

117

114

106

99

89

80

74

69

64

59

68

73

71

68

64

59

54

51

2,197

70.9

0.163

0.19

Feb.

48 

48

77

77

71

66

61

71

*77

77

84

90

92

92

95

95

86

77

70

64

56

50

46

42

38

33

30

16

-

-

1,839

65.7

0.151

0.16

Mar.

1

19

17

15

14

12

11

9.5

8.3

7.2

7.6

17

15

IE

9.3

7.8

6.4

5.2

4.4

4.0

4.8

5.5

5.2

*4.2

3.8

3.8

3.6

3.3

2.6

1,3

283.8

9.15

0.021

0.02

Apr.

2.0

1.7

1.5

1.4

1.2

.9

.8

.6

.5

.4

.3

.1

7.4

1£

8.5

5.7

4.4

3.5

2.8

2.1

1.6

1.4

1.0

.7

.5

.5

.4

.2

.1

fi

68.2

2.27

0.0052

0.006

May

(*)

o

0

0

0

June

0 

0

O

O

O

.3

3.6

3,780

3,640

2.19O

1,400

936

705

537

*408

320

252

197

160

152

187

212

335

837

1,400

3,060

4,71O

4.750

3,640

2,380

-

36,191.9

1,2O6

2.77

3.09

July

1,610 

1,160

897

742

669

606

492

431

414

350

431

511

511

473

461

437

392

340

525

386

408

467

473

990

975

2,020

2.680

2,400

1,630

1,240

*1,180

26,101

842

1.94

2.23

Aug.

1,260 

1,510

1,340

1,450

1,180

1,210

1,510

gl,450

gl,360

gl,240

gl,150

g949

g804

g727

g845

g813

g804

g764

g676

g599

564

521

734

962

990

1,030

2,020

g3,260

g3,710

g5.710

g4,580

45,738

1,475

3.39

3.91

Sept.

g2,980 

g2,040

1,850

2,51-)

L&S1

3,337

2,950

*3,37O

3,820

3,540

3,400

3,020

2,4CO

g2,04Q

gl,9ZO

gi.no

1,6JO

1.9S-0

2,9fO

3,740

3,iro

2,450

2,2fO

1,9?0

1,670

1,45O

1.410

1,690

1,99O

2,040

-

7 5, "2 80

2,509

5.77

6.44

Calendar year 1952: Max 4,820 Mln 0 Mean 200 Cfsm 0.460 In. 6.26

Water year 1952-53: Max 5,710 Min 0 Mean 644 Cfsm 1.48 In. 20.10

ft); 

3,880~cfs'(7.2eTft).~

* Discharge measurement or observation of no flow made on this day.

g Computed from once- or twice-daily staff-gage readings and recorded range in stage.

Brick-Alligator Canal near Ashton, Fla.

Location.--Lat 28°10'40", long. 81°12'26", in sec. 34, T. 26 S., R. 31 E., near center

span at downstream'side of highway bridge, 2,200 ft northwest of Brick Lake and

5 miles southeast of Ashton.

Records available. December 1949 to September 1953 (discharge measurements only). 

Page.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 58.09 ft above mean sea level, datum of

1929 (levels by Corps of Engineers). 

Extremes.--1949-53: Maxim-am discharge measured, 132 cfs Oct. 19, 1950; reverse flow

observed Jan. 23, May 29, 1952. 

Remarks.--Entire flow at this station represents diversion to or from Brick Lake. Normal

direction of flow in canal is toward Alligator Lake but is occasionally reversed.

Natural drainage from Brick Lake is through ewamp outlet on south side of lake into

Canoe Creek.

Discharge measurements, in cubic feet per second, water year 

October 1952 to September 1953

Oct. 2............. 46.8

Nov. 13............. 32.O

Dec. 17............. 25.3

Feb. 5............. 32.0

Mar. 18............. 2O.6

a Field estimate.

Apr. 23............. 55.8

June 3............. a.l

July 2O............. 4.53

Aug. 24............. 75.2

Sept.17............. 0
LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES 73

Lizzie-Lost Canal near Ashton, Pla.

Location. Lat 28°15'29", long. 81°11<20", in sec. 2, T. 26 S., R. 31 E., near center 

span at downstream side of highway bridge on north side of Lake Lizzie, 3.5 miles 

northeast of Ashton and 4 miles southeast of Narcoossee.

Drainage area. 31.4 sq mi (excludes area drained by Brick Lake).

Records available.--December 1949 to September 1953 (discharge measurements only).

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 58.98 ft (revised) above mean sea level, 

datum of 1929 (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Extremes.--1949-53; Maximum discharge measured, 93.5 cfs Dec. 12, 1951; maximum reverse flow measured, 17.2 cfs Oct. 17, 1950.

Remarks.--Normal flow is toward Lake Lost, but is occasionally reversed. Discharge includes flow diverted from Brick Lake through Brick-Alligator Canal.

Discharge measurements, In cubic feet per second, water yearOctober 1952 to September 1953

Nov 

Dec 

Peb MarApr

13............. 85.4

16............. 77.0

5............. 55.0

18............. 59.1

23............. 71.8

June 3............. 53.2

July 21............. 29.6

Aug. 25............. 45.6

Sept.17............. 0

Myrtle-Mary Jane Canal near Narcoossee, Pla.

Location. La t 28°20'22", long. 81°10'27", in sec. 1, T. 25 S., R. 31 E., on left bank 

36 ft downstream from private bridge, 0.9 mile upstream from Lake Mary Jane, 1.2 

miles downstream from Lake Myrtle, and 4.9 miles northeast of Narcoossee.

Drainage area. 118 sq mi.

Records available. November 1949 to September 1953.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 57.08 ft (corrected) above mean sea 

level (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 701 cfs Sept. 30 (gage height, 7.66 ft); minimum, 57 cfs July 11 (gage height, 2.88 ft).

1949-53: Maximum discharge, that of Sept. 30, 1953; maximum gage height, that of 

Sept. 30, 1953; minimum discharge, 1.8 cfs July 1, 1950 (gage height, 1.88 ft).

Remarks. Records good.

Rating table, water- year 1952-53 (gage height, In feet, and

discharge, In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Dec. 17 to Peb. 3o)

2.9 

3.5 

4.0

58

102

152

6.0 

7.7

429

708

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

Day

1 

2

3

4

5

6

7

S

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

 185 

181

180

178

173

170

168

167

163

159

153

148

144

145

181

194

199

210

216

254

307

344

373

386

394

400

413

411

413

405

399

7,818

252

2.14

2.46

Nov.

590 

382

372

361

352

340

330

316

306

296

 287

278

269

259

251

241

233

227

220

218

223

220

216

212

208

203

198

194

191

185

-

7,978

266

2.25

2.51

Dec.

Ifil 

179

174

171

168

164

160

156

153

150

144

142

140

141

139

137

137

 133

132

130

129

126

126

125

123

122

120

118

116

116

118

4,370

141

1.19

1.38

Jan.

117 

117

115

112

112

110

109

110

116

119

119

119

120

120

121

121

120

120

118

118

119

120

121

124

122

122

122

122

120

119

120

3,664

118

1.00

1.15

Feb.

119 

120

126

 127

128

128

130

146

153

156

155

156

153

153

152

151

150

146

144

143

141

140

139

137

133

130

127

123

.

-

-

3,906

140

1.19

1.23

Mar.

120 

118

116

114

109

106

106

104

99

98

94

94

101

100

100

98

*95

93

91

i89

89

98

111

124

125

126

T26

126

125

124

123

3,342

108

0.915

1.05

Apr.

122 

120

119

118

116

115

116

119

119

119

118

137

210

237

248

254

255

255

252

250

244

 237

230

224

215

211

208

201

193

187

"

5,549

185

1.57

1.75

May

179 

173

167

162

153

145

141

141

140

138

132

129

124

120

116

114

110

106

103

99

96

93

90

87

85

82

79

76

73

71

68

3,592

116

0.983

1.13

June

66 

66

«66

67

69

71

24

74

73

71

71

71

70

69

68

68

69

67

66

65

64

67

74

74

72

71

69

67

65

63

-

2,067

68.9

0.584

0.65

July

61 

59

61

65

64

63

62

62

60

59

60

68

71

71

69

 68

66

65

65

66

74

83

106

121

131

150

154

155

155

151

146

2,711

87.5

0.742

0.85

Aug.

lil 

144

156

153

171

173

170

166

173

174

176

172

166

159

152

146

144

150

158

173

207

224

234

243

255

*293

303

322

349

366

385

6,398

206

1.75

2.02

Sept.

196 

403

434

533

543

543

544

570

581

 606

611

608

599

587

579

573

*596

613

638

662

660

659

662

667

662

654

672

694

698

*700

"

17,947

598

5.07

5.66

Calendar year 1952: Max 416 Mln 41 Mean 128 Cfsm 1.08 In. 14.72

Water year 1952-53: Max 700 Mln 59 Mean 190 Cfsm 1.61 In. 21.84

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
74 LAKE OKEECHCBEE AND THE EVERGLADES

Mary Jane-Hart Canal near Narcoossee, Fla.

Location. Lat 28 e 22'54", long. 81°11'24", in sec. 23, T. 24 S., R. 31 E., on left bank 

at downstream side of highway bridge, 500 -ft east of Lake Mary Jane, 4.5 miles by road 

from State Highway 15, and &f miles northeaS^ of Narcoossee.

Drainage area. 128 sq mi (includes area drained by Econlockhatchee Headwaters Canal 

above point of diversion).

Records available. May 1942 to September 1953 (discharge measurements only)

Gage. Staff gage read only when discharge measurements are made. Datum of gage is 57.14 

ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929 (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Extremes. 1942-53: Maximum discharge measured, 448 cfs Oct. 30, 1947; no flow May 24,

Remarks. Some diversion above station into St. Johns River basin through Econlockhatchee 

Headwaters Canal.

Discharge measurements, in cubic feet per second, water year 

October 1952 to September 1953

Apr. 22............. 274

June 2............. 6O.4

July 16............. 62.8

Aug. 26............. 320

Sept.30............. 257

Dfio

Teh

Mar

18.......

17.......

322

125

...... 101

Ajay-East Tohopekaliga Canal near Narcoossee, Pla. 

(Formerly published as Hart-East Tohopekaliga Canal near Narcoossee)

Location. Lat 28°20'23", long. 81°13'42", in sec. 4, T. 25 S., R. 31 E., on left bank at 

upstream side of bridge on State Highway 15, a quarter of a mile east of East Tohopekaliga Lake and 3 miles north of Narcoossee.

Drainage area. 181 sq mi.

Records available. May 1942 to September 1953 (discharge measurements only). Prior to 

October 1952, published as Hart-East Tohopekaliga Canal near Narcoossee,

Gage. Staff gage read only when discharge measurements are made. Datum of gage is 52.62 

Ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929 (levels by Corps of Engineers). Prior to 

Feb. 4, 1943, at datum 3.40 ft higher

Extremes.--1942-53: Maximum discharge measured, 1,050 cfs Sept. 30, 1953; maximum reverse flow measured, 0.25 cfs Feb. 26, 1946 (affected by wind).

Discharge measurements. In cubic feet per second, water year 

October 1952 to September 1953

Oct. ........... 186

........... 508

........... 440

........... 170

Feb. 5............. 172

Mar. 17......... .... 127

Nov

Dec

Apr. 22. 

June 3. 

July 21. 

Aug. 26. 

Sept.17.

387

39.8

8.54

330

762

30........... 1,050
LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES 75

East Tohopekaliga-Tohopekaliga Canal near St. Cloud, Fla.

Location. Lat 28°15'59", long. 81°18'35", in sec. 34, T. 25 S., R. 30 E., near left bank 

at upstream side of highway bridge, 300 ft downstream from outlet of East Tohopekallga 

Lake and 1.8 miles northwest of St. Cloud.

Drainage area. 300 sq mi.

Records available. May 1942 to December 1949 (discharge measurements only), January 

1950 to September 1953.

Gage.--Staff gage read twice daily. Datum of gage is 52.32 ft above mean sea level, datum 

of 1929 (levels by Corps of Engineers). Prior to May 27, 1943, at datum 2.00 ft higher.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 969 cfs Sept. 30 (gage height, 9.06 ft); minimum, 162 cfs Oct. 11, 12; minimum gage height, 3.17 ft Oct. 1, 2, 3.

1950-53: Maximum discharge, that of Sept. 30, 1953; minimum observed, 27 cfs 

Aug. 29, 1950 (gage height, 1.18 ft).

1942-53: Maximum discharge measured, 1,140 cfs Sept. 19, 1945 (gage height, 9.08 

ft); no flow on May 25, 1949.

Remarks. Records good.

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

165

*165

164

164

163

164

164

165

165

164

MS1ST

164

168

174

179

180

181

188

203

208

212

214

219

224

230

239

246

250

*258

264

5,969

193

0.643

0.74

Nov.

FfB" 272

283

28S

296

299

308

314

318

*322

326

326

328

331

331

332

333

336

336

337

342

342

344

345

34?

340

338

337

336

337

9,697

323

1.08

1.20

Dec.

337

55T

332

331

326

327

326

323

321

318

315

310

309

312

308

*303

299

297

293

290

289

289

286

285

284

282

281

279

277

?76~ 274

9,413

304

1.01

1.17

Jan.

276 273"

271

269

268

264

266

266

272

270

266

264

262

262

261

261

258

254

251

250

248

246

244

245

243

241

239

238

236

234

232

7,930

256

0.853

0.98

Feb.

231

*227

227

225

224

227

231

243

247

?4T

247

245

243

241

241

239

239

239

237

235

235

237

240

237

235

233

231

229

_

-

6,612

236

0.787

0.82

Mar.

227

557

225

224

221

218

217

215

214

214

213

H12

210

208

206

203

*202

199

198

195

194

T9S

211

222

220

218

217

215

214

214

212

6,583

212

0.707

0.82

Apr.

210

210

208

207

207

205

5I¥

217

215

214

212

210

273

294

314

323

329

333

337

342

*346

345

344

341

344

345

350

355

357

3BT

8,559

285

0.950

1.06

May

352

55T

346

341

338

336

341

345

346

342

333

327

322

317

314

310

306

303

298

293

290

286

282

278

273

270

267

262

259

256

252

9,536

308

1.03

1.18

June

*242

244

240

Ho" 239

243

248

252

251

249

247

247

250

250

249

251

252

249

251

249

247

245

242

241

241

244

254" 254

254

251

7,416

247

0.823

0.92

July

251

248

246

244

241

239

236

235

232

230

231

229

227

224

222

220

215

214

212

*210

208

207 210"

214

222

241

247

249

250

250

253

7,157

231

0.770

0.89

Aug.

550" 250

250

252

255

260

262

265

267

271

274

276

277

276

275

275

275

278

285

286

289

299

310

*313

317

323

329

342

364

398

sar

9,034

291

0.970

1.12

Sept.

413 425"

429

436

440

451

453

470

485

501

*506

517

521

*544

539

574

600

627

688

723

747

774

793

*809

816

828

889

944

*960

966

-

18,866

629

2.10

2.34

Calendar year 1952: Max 453 Min 112 Mean 242 Cfsm 0.807 In. 10.98

Water year 1952-53: Max 966 Mln 162 Mean 293 Cfsm 0.977 In. 13.24

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Note. Discharge for period June 5 to Sept. 10 was computed on basis of gage-height record for 

East Tohopekallga Lake at St. Cloud.
76 LAKE OKEECHOBEE AHD THE EVERGLADES

Tohopekaliga-Cypress Canal near St. Cloud, Pla.

Location.--Lat 28°08'19", long. 81°21'06", in sec. 18, T. 27 S., R. 30 E., on right bank 

500 ft downstream from outlet of Lake Tohopekaliga and 8.6 miles southwest of St. Cloud.

Drainage area. 541 sq mi.

Records available. -May 1942 to December 1949 (discharge measurements only), January 1950 

to September 1953.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 48.76 ft above mean sea level (levels by 

Corps of Engineers). Prior to Feb. 3, 1943, staff gage at datum 5.03 ft higher, and 

Feb. 3, 1943, to Sept. 19, 1951, at present datum. Since Oct. 1, 1951,, auxiliary 

water-stage recorder on south shore of Cypress Lake near head of Cypress-Hatchineha 

Canal.

Extremes.--Maximum dally discharge during year, 2,440 cfs Sept. 29, 30; maximum dally 

reverse flow, about 228 cfs Oct. 23; minimum gage height, 3.20 ft Oct. 6.

1942-53: Maximum daily discharge, that of Sept. 29, 30, 1953; maximum reverse flow, 

that of Oct. 23, 1952.

Remarks.--Records good except those for period of reverse flow, which are poor.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

Day

1 

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

El

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

206

201

197

190

191

190

211

206

217

217

221

223

212

210

208

208

209

207

200

204

77

-216

-228

-22B"

-210

-204

60

159

*240

*244

513

4,038

130

0.240

0.28

Nov.

235 

255

259

274

265

268

292

285

282

281

292

*300

302

304

308

310

310

312

307

311

321

311

314

319

322

326

328

347

334

337

-

9,011

300

0.555

0.62

Dec.

338 

336

340

346

343

349

340

337

341

347

373 339"

341

357

363

*348

342

344

342

333

346

341

339

336

335

335

338

346

334

326

334

10,609

342

0.632

0.73

Jan.

341 

332

348

336

321

324

324

319

321

329

342

336

324

321

319

319

317

313

319

311

308

298

353" 284

309

290

285

287

296

290

290

9,756

315

0.582

0.67

Feb.

290 256"

*311

313

311

304

305

325

30T

302

296

296

307

294

315

309

307

319

301

296

307

315

319

311

309

310

316

312

_

-

8,597

307

0.567

0.59

Mar.

302 

305

3OO

296

311

303

304

303

305

285

289

299

302

294

298

3OO

298

288

*291

289

294

312

315

326

331

321

309

306

309

300

300

9,385

3O3

0.560

0.65

Apr.

303 

301

301

304

299

278

S14

321

313

315

311

313

366

409

413

459

472

478

509

541

*522

522

518

518

513

532

538

524

508

506

-

12,521

417

O.771

0.86

May

511 

506

502

492

485

477

492

505

5CB" 513

496

488

482

474

469

459

452

444

445

443

434

429

423

418

410

412

407

399

383

376

37J5

14,106

455

0.841

0.97

June

367 

*367

365

358

357

374

405

407

455

405

407

405

393

395

387

391

395

389

385

380

374

364

361

359

359

362

362

366

362

360

-

11,366

379

0.701

0.78

July

362 

353

353

354

350

351

346

342

337

334

33O

357

337

341

*339

340

334

326

324

323

321

323

335

351

381

403

410

417

423

423

433^

11,053

357

0.660

0.76

Aug.

429 

458" 428

431

441

449

463

470

484

490

498

505

498

496

489

5O6

516

554

624

657

732

777

811

853

*879

934

976

1,020

1,080

1,140

1.180

20,238

653

1.21

1.39

Sept.

1,250 iffi?

1,320

1,4:10

1,460

1,490

1,520

1,580

1,600

1,630

*1,640

1,63-)

1,610

1,620

1,62')

1,640

1,70")

1,790

1,880

1,950

2,000

2,080

*2,190

2,210

2,220

2,170

2,260

2,430

2,440

274Tr

-

54,040

1,8O1

3.33

3.71

Calendar year 1952: Max 766 Min -228 Mean 368 Cfsm O.680 In. 9.26

Water year 1952-53: Max 2,440 Min -228 Mean 479 Cfsm 0.885 In. 12.01

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Note. Negative sign indicates reverse flow caused by relative high discharges from Canoe Creek 

downstream.
LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES 

Canoe Creek near St. Cloud, Fla.

77

"vocation.--Lat 28°04'42", long. 81°15'39", in se.c. 6, T. 28 S., R. 31 E., near right 

bank 8 ft downstream from bridge on St. Cloud-Kenansville road, 3.2 miles south of 

Lake Gentry, and 12 miles south of St. Cloud.

drainage area. 82.8 sq mi (includes area drained by Brick Lake). 

Records available. November 1949 to September 1953.

2age.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 48.17 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

T929 (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 1,140 cfs Sept. 29 (gage height, 11.03 ft); 

minimum, 1.7 cfs July 21; minimum gage height, 4.25 ft, June 3.

1949-53: Maximum discharge, 1,550 cfs Oct. 19, 1950 (gage height, 11.4 ft, from 

recorded range in stage); no flow May 12 to Sept. 5, 1950; minimum gage height, 3.97 

ft Aug. 22, 23, 1950.

Flood of 1935 (before canal was opened) reached a stage of 13.5 ft, from information 

by Florida State Road Department.

Remarks. Records good above 10 cfs and fair below except for days of no gage-height 

oFUoubtful gage-height record, which are poor. Records do not include diversions 

through Brick-Alligator Canal above station.

Rating tableo, water year 1952-53 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In 

cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Nov. 10

6.5

7.0

8.0

9.0

73

100

185

299

9.5

10.0

10.5

10.9

383

535

796

1,100

Nov. 11 to Feb. 16, 

June 13 to Sept. 30

4.3

4.6

5.0

5.5

6.0

7.0

1.4

5.9

14

28

49

104

8.0

9.0

10.0

10.5

11.0

203

329

545

796

1,190

Feb. 17 to June 12

4.2

4.6

5.0

5.5

2.2

8.0

16

31

6.0

7.0

8.0

8.8

52

104

203

300

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cf sin

In.

Oct.

152

*170

172

144

116

100

113

100

93

87

81

77

7475"

125

131

174

299

418

702

1,100 

*1,060

*888

*713

*585

499

*451

*408

358

*316

277

10,058

324

3.91

4.52

Nov.

248

222

200

181

163

146

132

117

104

95

90

*83

77

72

67

62

59

55

51

eS

88 

87

87

84

82

78

74

70

64

60

-

3,066

102

1.23

1.38

Dee.

55

5T

47

44

42

39

36

33

31

28

27

24

23

26

26

24

*22

22

21

20

20

19

19

18

18

17

17

16

16

1516"

832

26.8

0.324

0.37

Jan.

16

15

14

14

!!

13

13

14

34

46

46

43

38

35

35

31

30

28

27

34

86 

84

87

~5T 103

88

79

73

66

59

54

1,413

54.6

0.551

0.63

Feb.

49

48

*58

54

51

47

53

236

256

53T

210

185

156

128

119

101

90

80

72

65

59 

58

59

54

51

47

44

40

_

_

-

2,707

96.7

1.17

1.22

Mar.

37

34

32

30

27

25

25

23

22

20

19

1828"

28

33

32

28

*24

221-9

31 

160

269

282

247

212

178

141

110

90

77

2,319

74.8

0.903

1.04

Apr.

66

57

51

45

40

35

T$

96

90

80

72

149

248

295

277

240

200

163

136

114

94

81

*71

61

52

62

61

54

48

44

-

3,160

105

1.27

1.42

May

SB- 39

SI

27

24

24

27

30

30

26

24

23

21

19

18

16

14

12

11

9.1

8.2 

9.4

9.4

8.7

7.8

7.2

6.7

6.0

5.5

4.8

4.1

537.9

17.4

0.210

0.24

June

3.4

*3.0 o? *3.2

3.5

5.5

8.4

10

9.1

7.2

7.0

16

4440"

39

38

35

31

27

25

22

21

20

18

16

19

23

22

20

18

-

557.3

18.6

0.225

0.25

July

13

TT

10

9.8

9.0

8.1

6.6

6.3

5.7

5.3

S.I

4.5

3.7

3.7

4.3

4.0

3.6

3.1

2.8

*2.5

2.1 

2.0

2T

2.2

2.5

2 .8

2.4

2.4

2.2

2.1

2.2

147.1

4.75

0.057

0.07

Aug.

3.4

3.2

3.0

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.7

27f

2.8

3.8

4.6

4.5

4.3

4.2

4.2

4.9

8.1

24

58

105

142 

160

157

148

129

130

*196

284

420

458

44T

2,917.8

94.1

1.14

1.31

Sept.

406

364

331

339

329

301

268

255

244

*240

242

243

238

231

227

256

378

482

583

675

680 

718

691

624

572

545

735

1,080

*1,1ZQ

1,080

-

14,477

483

5.83

6.50

Calendar year 1952: Max 1,100 Mln 0.2 Mean 60.2 Cfsm 0.727 In. 9.89

Water year 1952-53: Max 1,120 Min 2.0 Mean 116 Cfsm 1.40 In. 18.95

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Note.--Doubtful gage-height record Apr. 27 to May 21 and June 16 to July 16; discharge computed 

from reconstructed gage height graph, based on recorded graph and engineer's readings.
78 LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES

Cypress Creek at Vlneland, Pla.

Location. Lat 28e 23'25", long. 81e31'll", in sec. 21, T. 24 S., R. 28 E., on left bank 

at downstream side of bridge on State Highway 535, 1 mile west of Vineland.

Drainage area. 31.0 sq m.'_.

Records available. August 1945 to September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 96.14 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

~1929 (levels by Orlando Utilities Commission). Prior to June 13, 1946, staff gage at 

same site and datum.

Average discharge. 8 years, 9.0 cfs.

Extremes .--Maximum discharge during year,' 135 cfa Sept. 27 (gage height, 3.61 ft); no 

flow for many days.

1945-53: Maximum discharge observed, 181 cfs Sept. 16, 1945 (gage height, 3.83 ft); 

no flow at times; minimum gage height, 0.25 ft June 9, 1949.

Remarks. Records fair except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor.

Rating tables, water year 1952-53 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in

cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Feb. 25-28)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 28 Mar. 1 to Sept. 30

1.6 0.2

1.7 .4

1.8 .6

1.9 1.0

2.0 1.6

2.2 4.5

2.3 6.9

2.4 10

1.4

1.5

1.6

1.7

1.8

1.9

2.0

2.1

2.2

2.3

2.4

2.5

0.9

1.4

2.2

3.9

6.9

10

2.7 

2.9 

3.1 

3.3 

3.6

20

34

56

85

133

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

Day

l

z

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

£5

26

£7

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

1.9

1.6

1.2

1.1

T74

1.9

a2.1

a2.1

a.2. 0

al.7

al.6

al.5

al.4

a2.0

a3.0

aS.O

a8~70~ aS.O

a7.0

a5.8

a5.6

5.9

6.2

5.2

4.5

4.0

3.8

3.6

3.0

2.5

2.2

106.8

3.45

0.111

0.13

Nov.

2.0

177

1.6

1.4

1.3

1.2

1.1

1.0

.9

*.9

.8

.8

.7

.7

.7

.6

.6

75" .5

.8

1.2

1.1

1.0

.9

.8

.8

.8

.7

.7

.6

-

28.4

0.95

0.031

0.03

Dec.

~TB- 0.6

.5

.5

.5

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

~75 .3

.4

**.4

.4

.4

.4

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.4

11.6

0.37

0.012

0.01

Calendar year 1952 : Max 15 

Water year 1952-53 : Max 125

Jan.

0.4

.4

.4

.373"

.3

.3

.3

.7

1.0

.9

.8

.8

.8

.7

.7

.7

.6

.6

.6

.6

.5

.6

1.0

.8

.7

.7

.7

.7

.6

.6

19.1

0.62

0.020

0.02

Feb.

0.7 **79-

1.7

1.7

1.6

1.4

1.4

2.7

S7T

1.7

1.5

1.5

1.3

1.2

1.5

1.4

1.3

1.2

1.1 l.'l

1.0

1.0

1.2

1.2

1.1

1.0

.9

.8

_

_

-

37.2

1.33

0.043

0.04

Win 0 

Min 0

liar.

0.7.7'

.6

.6

.5

.4

. .5

.4

.4

.3

.3

.2

.2

.2

.2

**.2

.2

.2

**.!

TT

.3

.a

1.7

176- 1.8

1.3

1.2

1.1

1.0

.9

.8

19.6

0.63

0.020

0.02

Apr.

0.8

.7

.6

.5

_.4_

.4

.9

.9

.8

.8

.7

3.2

33

21

13

8.3

5.6

3.6

2.9

*2.2

1.8

1.6

1.4

1.2

1.1

1.7

1.9

1.7

1.5

1.3

-

115.5

3.85

0.124

0.14

Hay

1.1

.9

.8

.7

.6

.5

.8

1.3

TTT

1.0

.8

.7

.6

.4

.4

.3

.2

.2

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

0

S

0

.1

0

0

0

0

13.0

0.42

0.014

0.02

June

*0

V

0

0

0

.1

.5

.4

.4

.3

.3

.2

.2

.2

.3

.6

.5

.4

.3

.2

.2

.2

.6

.7

.6

4.1

12

7.6

3.9

2.4

-

37.2

1.24

0.040

0.04

July

1.8

1.5

1.2

1.1

.9

.8

.8

.7

75

1.1

1.1

.9

.8

.7

.8

.9

*.8

.8

.7

.7

1.8

1.7

1.9

3.4

7.6

8.6

6.9

7.6

10 -^.6

8.0

85.1

2.75

0.089

0.10

Aug.

5.9

4.4

3.4

3.2

77T

7.6

5.3

4.1

3.2

4.7

7.2

5.6

5.6

4.4

10

30

TS

10

9.7

9.0

8.6

10

16

*11

12

21

20

21

27

18

14

335.5

10.8

0.348

0.40

Sept.

13

12

Iff

29

20

17

22

36

25

22

*22

20

18

18

27

31

»54

64

79

103

87

88

111

107

101

95

125

122

 115

114

-

1,715

57.2

1.85

2.06

Mean 1.25 Cfsm 0.040 In. 0.54 

Mean 6.96 Cfsm 0.225 In. 3.01

Peak discharge (base. 55 cfs). Sept. 20 (12:30 a.m.) 112 cfs (3.47 ft); Sept. 23 (11 a.m.) 112 cfs 

(3.47 ft); Sept. 27 (11 a.m. to 4 p.m.) 135 cfs (3.61 ft).

* Discharge measurement or observation of no flow made on this day.

** Field estimate made on this day.

a NO gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of recorded range in stage and records for 

Reedy Creek near Loughman.
LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES 79

Reedy Creek near Loughman, Fla.

Location. Lat 28°15'48", long. 81°32'12", in sec. 32, T. 25 S., R. 28 E., on left bank 

20 ft upstream from bridge on 0. S. Highways 17 and 92, 2j miles northeast of Loughman, 

and 3 miles downstream from Davenport Creek.

Drainage area. 194 sq mi.

Records available. November 1939 to September 1953.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 64.49 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929. Prior to Aug. 20, 1940, staff gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 14 years, 84.5 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 513 cfs Aug. 30 (gage height, 4.08 ft); 'minimum, 

4.9 cfs June 2 (gage height, 1.84 ft).

1939-53: Maximum discharge, 530 cfs Oct. 22, 23, 1944, Sept. 20, 21, 1947; maximum 

gage height, that of Aug. 30, 1953; minimum, 2.6 cfs June 2, 3, 1945; minimum gage 

height, 0.78 ft June 3, 1945.

Remarks. Records fair.

Revisions (water years). WSP 1142: 1940, 1944-45, 1947(M). WSP 1204: Drainage area.

Rating tables, water year 1952-53 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, 

In cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Jan. 14 Jan. 15 to Sept. 3O

2.3 

2.5 

2.8 

3.0

24

39

87

134

1.85

1.9

2.0

2.1

2.2

2.3

5.0 

5.5

7.2

9.7

13

18

2.4

2.5 

2.7 

2.9 

3.5 

4.0

61

110

311

485

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

32 

33

33

32

3O

29

Si

a34

a36

37

36

35

a34

a35

a35

36

40

52

70

112

126

126

132

IS?

126

124

119

112

102

91

81

2,082

67.2

0.346

0.40

Nov.

76 

68

63

60

55

51

48

46

43

40

38

»36

35

34

a32

30

30

29

28

3T

37

38

39

40

42

40

40

40

39

38

-

1,266

42.2

0.218

0.24

Dec.

37 

36

34

34

33

32

3O

29

29

28

27

26

26

28

»29

29

29

29

28

28

a27

a27

a27

a27

a26

26

26

26

26

58" 25

892

28.8

0.148

0.17

Jan.

30 

3T

34

34

34

33

33

32

35

40

44

48

49

51

Iff

47

43

40

38

35

35

33

32

37

35

35

35

35

35

34

32

1,157

37.3

0.192

0.22

Feb.

31 

3?

 35

35

35

37

345

a58

68

57

65

61

56

51

51

48

47

45

44

43

40

38

37

35

34

33

32

31

_

_

-

1,235

44.1

0.227

0.24

Mar.

3O 

30

29

28

26

25

24

23

22

20

20

22

24

24

27

»28

30

34

35

33

35

43

48

65

81

88

915sr

79

68

__ 56

1,276

41.2

0.212

0.24

Apr.

50 

345

a38

a33

a29

28

54

37

37

35

34

38

91

138

219

|74

574

250

223

195

*165

141

122

107

94

96

96

88

81

76

-

3,168

106

0.546

0.61

May

SB- 70 

61

58

53

50

51

56

51

47

47

51

56

56

53

48

43

37

33

30

28

24

23

20

17

16

15

12-

10

8.4

6.9

1,196.3

38.6

0.199

0.23

June

»5.8 

14-

TTT

7.8

16

27

41

43

40

38

37

38

40

41

43

40

38

38

37

34

32

29

26

24

23

41

72

74

83

86

-

1,106.7

36.9

0.190

0.21

July

83 

74

61

51

43

34

30

24

27

27

24

22

17

IT

»26

32

38

39

37

34

34

33

39

41

50

72

al2O

al4O

8130

al25

also

1,684

54.3

0.280

0.32

Aug.

a230 

a230

a210

a200

189

182

a!70

also

al30

allo

alOS

alOO

99

13T

119

126

132

141

168

195

236

246

253

260

»267

301

418

471

488

?§9~ 510

7,042

227

1.17

1.35

Sept.

m468

457

436

401

384

380

370

412

415

387

a360

328

518

318

345

373

401

429

443

446

429

408

404

401

460

478

478

460

-

12,341

411

2.12

2.37

Calendar year 1952: Max 207 Mln 8.6 Mean 50.0 Cfsm 0.258 In. 3.51

Water year 1952-53: Max 510 Mln 5.4 Mean 94.4 Cfsm 0.487 In. 6.60

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of recorded range In stage and records for 

Cypress Creek at Vlneland.
80 LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES

Catfish Creek near Lake Wales, Fla.

Location. Lat 27°57'40", long. 81°29'48", in sec. 14, T. 29 S., R. 28 E., on left bank 

6 ft downstream from bridge on private road, a quarter of a mile downstream from Lake 

Pierce, and 7 miles northeast of Lake Wales.

Drainage area. 54.2 sq mi.

Records available. October 1947 to September 1953.

Sage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 72.70 ft above mean sea level (Corps of Engineers benchmark).

Average discharge. 6 years, 57.4 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 158 cfs Sept. 30 (gage height, 5.48 ft); minimum daily, 26 cfs June 3; minimum gage height, 3.43 ft June 5 (wind effect).

1947-53: Maximum discharge, 180 cfs Oct. 3,4, 1948; maximum gage height, that of 

Sept. 30, 1953; minimum discharge, 10 cfs June 29, 1950 (gage height, 2.87 ft).

Remarks. Records good.

Rating tables, water year 1952-53 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 28

4.2 

4.6

5.1

57

77

118

Mar. 1 to Sept. 30

3.4 

4.0 

4.5 

5.0 

5.5

23

46

74

114

160

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

75

74

73

71

7O

70

70

70

71

7O

70

69

 S5 68

69

70

70

74

77

97

110

111

111

111

111

110

113

TIT

*109

1O6

105

2,654

85.6

1.58

1.82

Nov..

104

T55

102

101

93

97

96

93

91

90

90

89

88

86

85

85

83

81

80

95

99

97

96

95

93

93

93

92

90

89

2,769

92.3

1.70

1.90

Dec.

 S3 88

85

84

83

83

80

78

78

78

78

74

73

75

75

73

72

*72

71

70

70

70

69

68

68

68

68

67

 ST 66

66

2,302

74.3

1.37

1.58

Calendar year 1952: Max 113

Jan.

67

66

66

65

63

62

62

62

68

72

Z£72

70

70

70

69

68

68

68

68

70

68

68

70

66

64

63

*62

62

61

60

2,063

66.5

1.23

1.42

Feb.

6O

61

62

62

62

61

62

"S9 70

68

68

69

68

67

69

66

65

64

62

62

62

62

62

62

62

61

61

59

_

-

1,788

63.9

1.18

1.23

Min 30

Mar.

57

57

*56

56

56

55

55

54

52

51

50

15

51

52

54

54

53

52

51

50

50

54

57

58

35

56

54

54

53

51

50

1,661

53.6

0.989

1.14

Apr.

50

4?

49

49

48

45

47

47

46

46

45

44

48

48

*46

48

46

45

46

46

44

43

42

41

40

44

45

44

42

42

1,365

45.5

0.839

0.94

May

42

41

41

39

38

37

39

45

47

?S

45

44

43

42

41

40

39

38

37

37

37

35

35

34

33

32

*32

31

29

28

W

1,175

37.9

0.699

0.81

June

27

27

26

7f

29

36

44

46

46

46

48

58

58

58

58

57

57

56

55

54

53

52

52

53

54

59

60

65

58

57

1,471

49.0

0.904

1.01

July

57

55

55

54

53

51

51

54

54

53

52

53

51

51

50

*50

48

48

-£5 47

51

51

54

54

56

56

55

55

56

57

SB

1,638

52.8

O.974

1.12

Aug.

57

57

57

56

58

58

57

57

56

55

*55

54

53

52

B7

55

54

53

53

54

58

59

60

62

62

64

67

70

78

"55 80

1,844

59.5

1.10

1.27

Sept.

 si 80

87

97

98

104

107

113

115

125

126

127

126

125

*132

143

147

148

150

150

149

149

147

146

142

139

149

153

15?

153

-

3,860

129

2.38

2.65

Mean 6O.3 Cfsm 1.11 In. 15.13

Water year 1952-53: Max 153 Mln 26 Mean 67.4 Cfsm 1.24 In. 16.89

Discharge measurement made on this day.
LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES 

Hatchineha-Kissimmee Canal near Lake Wales, Pla.

81

Location. Lat 28 0 00'00", long. 81°22'50", in sec. 36, T. 28 S., R. 29 E., on southeast 

shore of Lake Hatchineha at head of Hatchineha-Kissimmee Canal, 3| miles upstream from 

Lake Kissimmee and 14 miles east of Lake Wales.

Drainage area. Indeterminate. Total drainage area of Hatchineha-Kissimmee Canal above 

site or staff gage at Camp Mack and Cypress-Kissimmee Canal above station is 1,185 sq 

mi.

Records available. May 1942 to September 1949 (discharge measurements only), October 1949 

to September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 47.23 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929 (Corps of Engineers benchmark). Prior to Oct. 1, 1950, staff gage at Camp Mack, 

1.6 miles downstream at datum of 0.48 ft (corrected) lower.

Extremes. Maximum daily discharge during year, 2,700 cfs Sept. 30; maximum gage height, 

8.92 ft Sept. 30; minimum daily discharge, 506 cfs June 4; minimum gage height, 3.11 ft 

June 5 (wind effect).

1949-53: Maximum daily discharge, that of Sept. 30, 1953; maximum gage height, that 

of Sept. 30, 1953; minimum discharge, 139 cfs Aug. 27 to Sept. 4, 1950; minimum gage 

height, 1.13 ft, present site and datum, Sept. 2, 1950 (wind effect).

Maximum stage of Lake Hatchineha since 1942, 9.6 ft Oct. 11, 1947.

Remarks. Records fair. Discharge measurements are made about l£ miles downstream near 

staff gage at Camp Mack. Records do not include diversions above Lake Hatchineha 

through Cypress-Kissimmee Canal and overflow channels.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

Day

1

Z

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

530 

530

534

532

532

*534

537

537

539

532

530

528

521

519

555

530

530

550

583

704

851

928

998

1,040

1,060

1,070

1.080 

T7550"

1,070

 1,020

1,030

22,084

712

-

-

Nov.

1.030 

1,030

1,020

1,020

1,010

1,000

996

984

976

970

967

956

943

*939

934

926

918

911

900

939

967

956

950

942

934

926

921 

913

900

693

-

28,676

956

-

-

Dec.

'576" 883 

870

863

858

848

839

829

824

822

817

793

788

796

791

777

768

763

758

754

752

742

*738

733

731

727

722 

718

709

703

767

24,299

784

-

-

Jan.

700 

694

698

683

670

668

666

666

683

700

 694 705

687

685

683

683

681

678

676

681

700

696

689

703

692

678

676 

674

674

666

661

21,190

684

-

-

Feb.

659 

657

668

664

657

*653 657

703

711

716

720

722

722

714

727

707

709

703

694

689

692

696

694

689

685

681

672 

664

_

-

-

19,325

690

-

-

Mar.

653 

651

645

638

636

624

624

617

605

592

588

584

582

580

578

574

*566

562

556

552

558

586

611

647

666

664

661 

668

670

670

672

19,080

615

-

-

Apr.

674 

676

676

676

674

668

£55

696

695

703

695

699

741

748

744

775

756

771

790

798

786

786

786

786

794

839

 855 

847

836

847

22,502

750

-

-

May

347 

839

828

817

809

801

809

820

823

813

801

790

779

771

760

744

733

722

 714

706

691

676

661

650

635

624

609 

588

567

553

544

22,529

727

-

-

June

528 

524

509

506

5T5

560

635

650

650

650

653

*672

691

691

691

695

703

699

691

687

684

684

695

703

703

729

771 

790

801

86T

-

19,958

665

-

-

July

794

771

756

733

714

703

687

672

661

646

638

638

620

616

602

*595

584

577

574

570

567

167

570

577

602

620

642

661

695

729

741

20,122

649

-

-

Aug.

752

755

752

756

756

760

763

779

786

786

801

813

817

817

828

843

858

893

938

969

1,040

1,080

1,130

1,180

1,230

1,300

1,340 

1,400

1,470

1,520

l.SjO

30,459

983

-

-

Sept.

m1,630

1,670

1,710

1,300

1,840

1,870

1,910

*1,980

2,100

2,110

2,040

2,010

2,070

2,130

2,240

2,250

2,330

2,280

2,240

2,350

2,360

2,410

2,440

2,420

2,600 

2,670

2,610

2.700

-

63,960

2,132

-

-

Calendar year 1952: Max 1,340 Mln 457 Mean 786 Cfsm - In. -

Water year 1952-53: Max 2,700 Min 508 Mean 861 Cfsm - In. -

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
82 LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE, EVERGLADES

Cypress-Kissimmee Canal near Lake Wales, Pla. 

Location. Lat 28°00'20", long. 81°16'20", in sec. 36, T. 28 S., R. 30 E., near right

bank 1.1 mile upstream from Lake Kissimmee, 4.6 miles downstream from Cypress Lake,

and 20 miles east of Lake Wales. 

Drainage area.--Indeterminate. Total drainage area of Hatchineha-Kissimmee Canal above

site of staff gage at Camp Mack and Cypress-Kissimmee Canal above station is 1,185

sq mi.

Records available. November 1950 to September 1953 (discharge measurements only). 

Gage. Staff gage read only when discharge measurements are made. Datum of gage is 47.25

rt above mean sea level, datum of 1929 (from simultaneous water level readings with

Lake Kissimmee during period of no flow). 

Extremes. 1950-53: Maximum discharge measured, 2,220 cfs Sept. 28, 1953; no flow at

times each year. 

Remarks. Discharge at this station consists of high water overflow from Cypress Lake and

Cypress-Hatchineha Canal and natural drainage from marshland south of Cypress Lake.

Greater part of flow from Cypress Lake, except during high water, is through Hatchineha-Kissimmee Canal. See records for Hatchineha-Kissimmee Canal near Lake Wales.

Discharge measurements, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

Oct. 3.

24.

Nov. 14. 

Dec. 17.

23. 

Jan. 16.

85.9

180

88.6

16.4

7.99

10.1

Feb. 6.

26.

Mar. 17. 

Apr. 15.

27. 

May 21.

**0.5

**.5 

21.3 

8."26 

9.42

June 8. 

July 17. 

Aug. 11. 

Sept.11. 

28.

892

2,220

Field estimate.

Kissimmee River below Lake Kissimmee, Pla.

Location. Lat 27°46'13", long. 81°10'45", in sec. 24, T. 31 S., R. 31 E., on right bank 

3 miles downstream from Lake Kissimmee and bridge on State Highway 60 and 22 miles east 

of Frostproof.

Drainage area. 1.609 sq mi, at State Highway 60 (includes areas drained by Lake 

Weohyakapka and Lake Marian).

Records available.--October 1933 to September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 43.48 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

T929 (levels by Corps of Engineers). Prior to Mar. 21, 1934, staff gage at bridge 

3 miles upstream at datum 44.73 ft lower. Mar. 21, 1934, to Sept. 30, 1950, waterstage recorder at present site at datum 45.00 ft lower than present datum. Since 

Mar. 21, 1934, staff gage at bridge 3 miles upstream used as supplementary gage.

Average discharge. 20 years, 1,176 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,480 cfs Sept. 30 (gage height, 11.75 ft); mlnimum daily, 676 cfs Oct. 8; minimum gage height, 5.21 ft June 5 (wind effect).

1933-53: Maximum discharge, 8,820 cfs Oct. 5 or 6, 1948; maximum gage height, 12.70 

ft, present datum, Oct. 13, 1947; no flow Sept. 3, 4, 1935, caused by hurricane blowing 

upstream; minimum gage height observed, 1.10 ft, present datum, Sept. 4, 1935.

Remarks. Records fair.

Revisions.--WSP 1204: Drainage area.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

OQ £O

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

690 

688

699

697

691

684

686

 676

693

693

701

705

697 

699

*771

820

906

1,170

1,220

1,410

1,720

1,720 

1,760

1,790

1,820

1,850

1,880

1,900

1.960

1,910

1,840

36,146

1,166

0.725

0.84

Nov.

1,840 

1,340

1.850

1,850

1,830

1,790

1,810

1,770

1,730

1,710

1,710

1,730

1,690 

1,660

1,650

1,640

1,630

1,610

1,610

1,590

1,610

1,620 

1,610

1,610

1,610

1,580

1,570

1,560

1,550

Ij520

50,380

1,679

1.04

1.16

Dee.

1.490 

1,480

1,470

1,460

1,440

1,430

1,420

1,400

1,390

1,350

1,460

1,360

1,320 

1,360

1,400

1,340

1,300

1,280

1,260

1,240

1,240

1,230 

1,220

1,200

1,190

1,190

1,190

1,190

1,170

 1,140

1.13_Q

40,740

1,314

0.817

0.94

Jan.

1,160

1 , IsS

1,160

1,160

1,090

1,090

1,080

1,060

1,080

1,110

1,150

1,160

1,120 

1,100

1,08O

1,080

1,070

1,050

1,050

1,050

1,060

1,060 

1,010

1,050

1,090

1,050

1,020

1,010

1,020

1,010

995

33,403

1,078

0.67O

0.77

Feb.

993 

976

1,000

1,000

986

962

959

1,040

1,030

1,020

1,020

1,020

1.050 

1,020

1,040

1,050

1,030

1,050

990

952

969

996 

1,020

1,000

993

983

993

983

_

-

28,125

1,004

0.624

0.65

Mar.

949 

942

929

918

949

929

926

936

920

881

873

881

904 

901

896

901

904

876

876

868

868

896 

932

973

1.020

1,020

1,000

983

996

969

945

28,759

928

0.577

0.66

Apr.

939 

932

929

932

916

873

890

916

898

884

893

862

949

893

920

*910

881

901

945

910

893 

881

870

862

904

936

929

896

877

-

27,131

904

0.562

0.63

May

896 

899

908

894

883

877

902

947

967 960"

*950

934

922 

916

905

891

888

877

870

872

872

862 

857

850

845

842

838

824

803

797

793

27,341

882

0.548

0.63

June

7S3 

785

775

760

lii.

783

820

836

829

831

829

831

842 

840

836

833

831

826

822

818

811

 807 

803

807

803

811

803

805

805

809

-

24,322

811

0.504

0.56

July

807 

799

797

8O1

795

795

789

795

809

801

801

829

795

791

787

779

774

777

777

772

m783

785

772

777

 785

785

793

793

24,487

790

0.491

0.57

Aug.

m797

805

831

845

864

867

896

911

938

967

957 

941

934

925

928

998

1,070

1,080

1,100

1,130 

1,160

1,210

1,260

1,340

1,420

1,500

1,610

1,680

1.710

33,268

1,073

0.667

0.77

Sept.

1.740 

1,786

1,820

1,910

1,980

2,040

2,100

2,160

2,220

2,300

2,410

2,460

2,480 

*2,510

2,590

2,710

2,870

2,970

3,130

3,270

3,410

3,510 

 3,570

3,570

3,560

3,520

3,810

4,200

4,310

4.380

-

85,290

2,843

1.77

1.97

Calendar year 1952: Max 1,960 Min 618 Mean 1,071 Cfsm 0.666 In. 9.05

Water year 1952-53: Max 4,380 Min 676 Mean 1,204 Cfsm 0.748 In. 10.15

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

. No gage-height record Nov. 

staff gage 3 miles upstream.

Note. No gage-height record Nov. 16 to Dee. 10; discharge estimated on basis of gage-height record at
LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES 83

Reedy Lake Outlet near Frostproof, Pla.

Location. Lat 27°43'13", long. 81°28'40", in NWi sec. 1, T. 32 S., R. 28 E., on left 

bank 15 ft upstream from highway bridge, 100 ft downstream from Reedy Lake and 

3i miles southeast of Frostproof.

Drainage area. 62.2 sq mi.

Records available.--October 1946 to September 1953.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Datum of gage is 76.05 ft above mean 

sea level, datum of 1929.

Average discharge.--? years, 40.3 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 82 cfs Sept. 30 (gage height, 3.49 ft); minimum 

daily, 8.2 cfs June 3; minimum gage height, 1.29 ft June 4 (wind effect).

1946-53: Maximum discharge, 166 cfs Oct. 2-6, 1948; maximum gage height, 4.37 ft 

Oct. 5, 1948; minimum discharge, 5.0 cfs June 8, 10, 1951 (gage height, 1.32 ft).

Remarks. Records fair.

Rating tables, water year 1952-53 (gage height, in feet, and

discharge, in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used June 28 to July 12, Aug. ll)

Oct. 1 to May 5

1.7 

2.4

1.4 

1.6 

1.9

May 6 to Sept. 30

2.7 

3.5

7.0

18

27

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

27 

26

26

26

25

25

25

25 

25

25

24

24

24

24

25

26

27

30

30

35

38

37

37

36

36

36

38

38

37

36

35

928

29.9

0.481

0.55

Nov.

S34

34

34

34

*34

33 

32

32

32

33

32

32

32

32

32

3JL

31

33

34

34

34

34

33

33

33

33

32

32

-

989

33.0

0.531

0.59

Dec.

i32

32

31

31

31

3O 

3O

30

31

30

29

30

30

29

29

28

28

28

28

28

28

28

28

28

28

28

28

911

29.4

0.473

0.54

Jan.

1

29

28

28

28

28

28 

SO

32

32

31

31

31

31

31

31

30

30

31

31

31

30

32

31

30

30

30

*30

30

30

931

29.7

0.477

0.56

Feb.

1

30

30

30

29

30

I

31

31

31

31

30

31

30

30

30

29

29

29

30

30

30

30

29

29

29

-

-

-

841

30.0

0.482

0.50

Mar.

28 

28

28

28

*28

28

28

28 

27

57

27

27

28

29

29

29

28

28

28

'7

28

29

32

32

32

31

30

30

29

29

28

888

28.6

0.460

0.53

Apr.

28 

28

28

28

28

27

28

29

28

28

28

28

31

32.

30

*30

28

28

28

28

27

27

27

27

25

27

27

27

27

27

-

840

28.0

0.450

0.50

May

i26

25

25

24

25

26 

26

25

25

25

24

23

23

22

21

21

20

20

20

19

19

19

18

18

*16

14

13

11

10

656

21.2

0.341

0.39

June

9.4 

8.8

1j^~ 8.2

18

25

29

31 

31

30

32

35

35

35

34

34

34

34

34

34

34

34

34

34

35

36

37

36

36

35

-

893.4

29.8

0.479

0.53

July

H34

34

34

34

*34

34 

34

32

32

32

30

30

30

30

29

29

15"

28

28

28

28

28

28

28

28

28

28

28

945

30.5

0.490

0.57

Aug.

i

28

28

29

30

29

28 

28

28

*28

28

28

28

28

28.

28

28

30

31

31

32

32

*32

32

33

33

36

38

947

30.5

0.490

0.57

Sept.

I

39

40

39

40

40

40 

43

45

46

45

45

45

*46

49

52

55

59

60

60

60

60

59

59

58

72

78

78

80

1,570

52.3

0.841

0.94

Calendar year 1952 : Max 38 Min 7.7 Mean 23.6 Cfsnr 0.379 In. 5.15

Water year 1952-53: Max 80 Min 8.2 Mean 31.1 Cfsn 0.500 In. 6.77

Discharge measurement made on this day.
84 LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES

Arbuckle Creek near De Soto City, Fla.

Location. Lat 27°26'32", long. 81°17'5l", in SE£ sec. 11, T. 35 S., R. 30 E., on right

bank 20 ft downstream from bridge on State Highway 700, 1 mile upstream from Lake

Istokpoga, and 7 miles east of De Soto City. 

Drainage area.--385 sq mi (excludes area drained by Lake Weohyakapka and includes area

drained by Lake Sebring).

Records available. June 1939 to September 1953. 

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 35.53 ft above mean sea level, datum of

T929. Prior to June 24, 1942, water-stage recorder and June 24, 1942, to Oct. 19,

1943, staff gage, at same site and datum. 

Average discharge. 14 years, 402 cfs. 

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,720 cfs Oct. 23; maximum gage height, 7.07

ft at 12 p.m. Sept. 30 (stage rising); minimum discharge, 62 cfs June 3 (gage height,

1.88 ft).

1939-53: Maximum discharge, 7,380 cfs (revised) Sept. 23, 1948 (gage height, 8.71

ft), from rating curve extended above 5,300 cfs; minimum, 6.8 cfs (revised) June 21,

1945.

Revisions. The figures of maximum and minimum discharges for the water years

1939-50 have been revised, as shown in the following table. They supersede those published in the water-supply papers indicated.

WSP

872

892

922

952

972

1002

1032

1052

1082

1112

1142

1172

Water 

year

1939t

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

Maximum

Date

Sept. 1, 1939

Sept. 11, 12, 1940

July 26,27,1941

Feb. 26, 1942

July 18-21,1943

Oct. 7, 1943

Sept. 17, 1945

Oct. 1, 1945

Sept. 23, 1947

Sept. 23, 1948

Oct. 4, 1948

Oct. 4, 1949

Discharge 

(cfs)

3,270

1,920

2,710

1,030

1,290

1,290

6,540

1,640

5,610

7,380

6,680

1,870

Gage 

height 

(feet)

7.84

7.26

7.52

6.33

6.40

6.78

8.47

a6.82

8.20

8.71

8.51

6.74

Minimum

Date

June 24, 1939

May 28, 1940

June 5, 1941

May 28, 1942

May 17, 1943

June 5, 1944

June 21, 1945

May 13, 1946

Feb. 5, 1947

July 2, 1948

June 8, 1949

Apr. 21, 1950

Discharge 

(cfs)

74

61

t84

t!42

20

38

6.8

*32

*81

*89

25

*23

Gage 

height 

(feet)

2.12

2.75

-

-

1.80

ttl.87

.84

-

-

-

1.28

-

t Period June to September.

t Minimum daily.

tt Occurred June 28.

a Occurred at 12:01 a.m. Oct. 1 (stage falling from peak of Sept. 17, 1945).

Remarks. Records fair. Records Include small diversions into Lake Arbuckle from Lake 

Weohyakapka through Blue Jordan Swamp. Records include flow through two overflow 

i bridges 1.9 and 2.1 miles west of main channel.

Revisions. WSP 1204: Drainage area. Revised figures of discharge for the water years 

1939-50 superseding those published In WSP 872, 892, 922, 952, 972, 1002, 1032, 1052, 

1082, 1112, 1142, and 1172, are given herein.

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, June to September 1939

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

June

.

-

_

_

-

_

-

_

_

July

167

183

203

222

238

279

342

367

374

392

Aug.

241

230

225

247

252

254

254

252

249

238

Sept.

*3,240

*3,150

2,880

2,640

2,460

2,250

2,050

1,900

1,680

1,490

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

June

.

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

July

433

489

470

*452

437

420

390

370

360

349

Aug.

*233

409

422

463

*590

627

594

552

569

645

Sept.

1,370

*1,270

1,190

1,120

1,070

1,040

1,000

970

935

914

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Runoff In Inches ......................................................

June

*112

98

84

82

96

128

171

156

150

156

-

_

July

344

327

308

316

30ff~

289

293

284

267

259

249

0.98

Aug.

702

722

730

738

^7ZQ

722

772

926

1,170

2,090

3j_PQO

1.92

Sept.

898

922

990

1,350

*1,810

1,960

1,940

1,870

1,790

1,660

-

4.31

4.81

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

t Results of discharge measurements made on Hay 12, 27, and June 7 are 35, 28, and 32 cfs, 

spectively.
LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES 

Arbuckle Creek near De Soto City, Fla.--Continued

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1939 to September 1940

85

Day

1 

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

£0

£1

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

cram

In.

Oct.

1.550 

1,470

1,350

1,270

1,210

1,130

1,060

1,000

960

920

892

871

 864

820

766

754

725

705

700

710

700

695

685

670

655

640

616

603

585

573

573

26,722

862

2.24

2.58

Nov.

545

5T7

509

502

484

480

474

460

446

 438

426

417

396

381

378

368

358

355

372

365

355

342

325

318

312

302

276

 270

270

266

-

11,707

390

1.01

1.13

Dec.

"ZSZ 266 

248

238

240

*232

225

217

211

208

202

195

191

180

173

173

169

164

 160

157

1S2

152

157

162

154

170

165

162

162

163

174

5,884

190

0.494

0.57

Jan.

181 

174

171

TT5

 189

187

214

264

264

266

268

270

268

274

262

254

 262

260

260

260

264

262

299

305

520

316

311

309

311

316

301

8,040

259

0.673

0.78

Feb.

*294 

288

~2T5 266

268

268

311

316

320

335

316

316

318

322

309

*311

326

376

369

369

362

357

357

366

371

366

380

382

375

-

-

9,582

330

0.857

0.93

Mar.

371 

369

362

355

346

350

357

348

330

326

326

324

322

316

*288

292

288

284

282

276

282

350

399

420

423

438

481

 525

"539" 542

515

11,426

369

0.958

1.10

Apr.

491 

787

458

428

404

380

378

382

382

394

*406

411

408

430

440

430

416

394

380

348

316

297

274

254

 236

216

202

192

184

181

10,596

353

0.917

1.02

May

174 

TTS

154

145

136

132

124

122

 119

a!15

allO

a!08

a!06

a!04

a!02

a99

a96

a93

a91

a89

a87

a84

a80

 77

75

71

7T

71

74

80

90

3,252

105

0.273

0.31

June

115 

T35

132

136

139

 133

130

129

132

142

165

197

216

240

247

251

245

241

229

206

 181

181

170

173

182

220

249

 553 258

231

5,655

188

0.488

0.55

July

207 

202

 Z35

274

322

401

507

611

781

834

805

753

691

638

602

 584

553

536

581

677

717

670

608

567

534

504

542

725

785

 825

789

18,061

583

1.51

1.74

Aug.

702" 745 

670

656

691

709

709

677

635

596

564

539

 561

684

709

666

605

558

520

484

453

443

456

430

416

394

 382

397

399

389

385

17,219

555

1.44

1.66

Sept.

 ?50 433 

523

757

915

925

960

1,090

1,290

1,720

*1.900

1,900

1,770

1,680

1,600

1,500

1,400

1,300

1,250

1,190

1,190

1,140

1,070

975

»900

870

900

915

990

1,230

-

34,733

1,158

3.01

3.36

Calendar year 1939: Max - Mln - Mean - Cfsm - In. -

Water year 1939-40: Max 1,900 Mln 71 Mean 445 Cfsm 1.16 In. 15.73

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of records for Istokpoga Canal near 

Cornwell.

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1940 to September 1941

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

1,420 

1,580

1,600

1,500

1,340

1,160

1,000

900

 774

686

634

595

560

528

503

487

479

434

422

410

398

383

369

355

342

332

322

316

309

309

*304

20,751

669

1.74

2.00

Nov.

'555 298 

266

261

256

247

237

225

220

218

214

*209

205

200

185

179

177

175

172

169

168

165

162

160

159

158

*154

144

T45

145

-

5,958

199

0.517

0.58

Dec.

144 

142

135

132

132

130

129

127

124

124

 124

122

121

120

118

118

114

112

114

114

110

TT2

116

129

139

148

200

229

236

240

243

4,398

142

0.369

0.42

Jan.

245 

245

 251

234

222

222

227

223

222

211

209

204

199

195

192

*229

274

322

369

404

426

438

443

458

471

466

458

433

408

 396

378

9,674

312

0.810

0.93

Feb.

348 

333

322

303

301

301

330

318

385

423

453

153

 453

446

426

416

408

392

373

357

341

324

303

292

286

274

»262

249

_

-

-

9,872

353

0.917

0.95

Kar.

243 

253

254

256

249

253

264

299

307

509

305

288

284

 256

260

262

251

'2T5 229

232

234

231

256

253

249

254

*264

254

241

254

241

7,992

258

0.670

0.77

Apr.

252 

"234 225

294

537

357

557

445

561

663

 555 680

626

593

555

*515

478

450

423

596

575

350

555

518

515

299

501

288

286

290

-

12,208

407

1.06

1.18

May

 305 

299

292

276

270

260

284

580

460

497

465

401

544

290

 268

251

258

220

206

195

181

170

158

152

144

154

127

119

 109

109

106.

7, 70S

249

0.647

0.74

June

99 

94

91

89

_84

85

92

112

115

109

*109

110

109

110

112

113

117

119

*126

152

206

260

484

611

564

502

415

357

380

660

-

6,582

219

0.569

0.64

July

830 

785

713

602

499

438

401

389

455

 428

466

468

458

497

608

809

1,040

1,180

1,260

1,350

1,330

1,200

1,280

*1,890

2,180

2,570

2,610

2 , 290

1,930

1,610

1,350

35,869

1,093

2.84

5.27

Aug.

1.200 

1,050

946

870

798

756

*694

648

604

566

533

507

495

487

483

479

468

450

444

447

 440

444

464

447

436

433

426

412

399

595

584

17,585

567

1.47

1.70

Sept.

572 

572

570

560

 350

545

342

340

548

370

370

580

372

372

582

596

411

*452

450

471

497

521

557

561

585

578

585

578

557

557

-

15,157

. 458

1.14

1.27

Calendar year 1940: Max 1,900 Mln 71 Mean 409 Cfsm 1.06 In. 14.45

Water year 1940-41: Max 2,610 V Mln 84 Mean 410 Cfsm 1.06 In. 14.45

Discharge measurement made on this day.
86 LAKE OKEECHCBEE AND THE EVERGLADES

Arbuckle Creek near De Soto City, Fla. Continued 

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1941 to September 1942

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

517

482

468

444

444

432

414

399

*382

360

352

338

322

309

297

287 "SI5

345

378

385

388

385

 380

385

385

390

396

388

396

385

12,048

389

1.01

1.16

Nov.

378

365

375

380 "SBO

375

348

338

328

315

311

303

*305

335

345

345

345

348

345

342

340

340

338

332

*313

303

297

301

295

289

10,054

335

0.870

0.97

Dec.

281

573

270

268

261

251

240

243

 230

235

235

234

232

222

218

216

216

218

215

207

206 '555

*209

235

255

261

259

254

246

247

249

7,394

239

0.621

0.71

Jan.

 557 257

266

266

275

303

328

*325

322

382

399

420

452.

417

399

388

380

375

*385

396

393

393

402

399

396

390

385

368

352

350

350

11,150

360

0.935

1.08

Feb.

315

299

*281

270

262

254

240

225

218

211

211

206

195

187

192

185

*178

171

15?

212

222

225

235

460

872

1.020

960

_

-

9,434

337

0.875

0.91

Mar.

960

840

752

685

650

606

574

557

533

513

493

478

478

457

 444

429

438

444

454

471

478

493

513

509

501

485

471

435

411

TTT

16,899

545

1.42

1.63

Apr.

*402 375

365

348

335

322

311

299

291

279

249

240

229

225

*556"

255

255

285

297

297

295

291

287

285

283

281

273

*268

255

244

-

8,647

288

0.748

0.84

May

335

222

215

204

197

189

184

176

169

165

162

158

154

*153

162

162

159

158

158

155

155

152

152

148

145

146

143

142

TI5

153

155

5,173

167

0.434

0.50

June

167

TTS

192

 229

264

289

313

365

399

553

705

896

880

758

655

583

537

501

482

471

444

417

393

*372

380

478

537

497

460

435

-

13,824

461

1.20

1.34

July

432

TS5

435

438

497

501 505

497

478

460

460

489

478

489

549

574

630

645

55?

549

521

620

592

596

601

588

553

517

482

454

441

16,095

519

1.35

1.55

Aug.

426

117

402

393

*380

362

352

342

338

335

350

368

372

368

362

348

342

330

320

305

293

289

281

*271

264

270

259

257

249

238

229

10,112

326

0.847

0.98

Sept.

241

241

261

' 279

295

287

279

275

268

*257

247

251

249

243

232

228

219

218

215

213

198 557

279

281

348

620

 JOT 960

770

665

-

10,280

343

0.891

0.99

Calendar year 1941: Max 2,610 Mln 84 Mean 406 Cfsm 1.05 In. 14.29

Water year 1941-42: Max 1,020 Mln 142 Mean 359 Cfsm 0.932 In. 12.66

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1942 to September 1943

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

592

115

525

497

471

450

 420

388

358

325

303

273

251

228

213

203

195

185 

 180

173

169

162

160

155

147

145

139

129

130

126 its.

8,364

270

0.701

0.81

Nov.

122

Tie

110

103

102

98

100

98

92

*92

92

81

84

83

84

82

81

79 

79

79

80

78

79

*78

75

81

79

81

85

88

-

2,661

88.7

0.230

0.26

Dec.

90

87

93

93

92

96

97

JJ£ *102

98

102

92

93

85

86

83

82

76 

73

70

64

65

63

59

57

60

60

*54

55

53

52

2,448

79.0

0.205

0.24

Jan.

54

53

60

55

52

53

55

58

55

55

53

55

58

60

59

60

60

61 

73

69

66

67

67

69

*67

67

"55 83

80

78

77

1,962

63.3

0.164

0.19

Feb.

76

75

74

76

76

"59 79

67

67

72

*73

66

65

64

64

64

63

63 

63

62

62

62

63

62

61

60

58

55

_

-

1,864

66.6

0.173

0.18

Mar.

*57

57

79

74

73

84

130

159

T*5

132

125

113

98

92

89

86

81

81 

*82

78

73

67

64

66

66

70

69

63

62

62

64

2,644

85.3

0.222

0.26

Apr.

64

55

55

54

54

52

*53

52

52

52

50

52

49

44

43

44

46

50 

60

50

*49

47

47

46

44

43

43

42

41

38

-

1,474

49.1

0.128

0.14

May

40

38

35

34

32

31

31

29

29

27

29

28

24

 23

23

22

"55 20

37

31

26

31

41

40

44

58

79

79

101

113

123

1,320

42.6

0.111

0.13

. June

138

123

107

98

85

80

 74

77

76

88

85

100

138

195

207

 215 216

215 

208

203

175

165

*171

163

145

142

151

152

142

134

-

4,269

142

0.369

0.41

July

122

114

109

102

. 104

111

99 "55

122

154

234

349

398

445

573

1,070

1,280

1,290 

1,280

1,290

1,290

*1,260

1,190

1,210

1,170

1,110

*1,040

954

875

780

691

20,915

675

1.75

2.02

Aug.

'639

566

542

506

542

584

615

594

536

518

*509

497

480

460

45S.

460

480

485 

521

552

598

643

*682

705

780

810

842.

835

800

780

840

18,857

608

1.58

1.82

Sept.

918

930 "§55

820

760

715

691

720

735

735

770

795

785

785

785

750

730

740 

730

710

*700

700

665

623

578

530

488

456

424

401

-

21,059

702

1.82

2.03

Calendar year 1942: Max 1,020 Mln 52 Mean 315 Cfsm 0.818 In- 11.13

Water year 1942-43: Max 1,290 Mln 20 Mean 241 Cfsm 0.626 In. 8.49

Discharge measurement made on this day.
LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES 

Arbuckle Creek near De Soto City, Fla.--Continued

Discharge, in cubic feet per seoond, water year October 1943 to September 1944

87

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

391 

424 

866

1,260

1,240

1,210 

1,270 

1,240 

1,190

1,080

990

908

866

826

788

750

679

635

*605

588

566

545

525

505

484

456

442

428

408

394

585

22,944

740

1.92

2.22

Nov.

367

355

348

342

334

319 

314 

309 

a300

a290

a280

a270

a265

a260

a250

 241

232

227

229

223

219

216

212

200

196

192

192

191

191

183

-

7,750

258

0.670

0.75

Dec.

178

T75

177

175

171

171 

169 

166 

162

159

155

152

148

 147

145

132

129

130

130

131

132

131

129

125

129

129

127

126

122

120

118

4,493

145

0.377

0.43

Jan.

116 

Tie" 118

114

112

110 

110 

111 

106

*106

106

104

104

106

108

106

106

102

104

104

102

100

100

98

98

98

97

96

95

93

92

3,238

104

0.270

0.31

Feb.

90 

90 

 55 91

87

87 

83 

83 

85

82

83

77

75

85

81

81

*82

81

80

79

77

77

76

75

74

73

73

72

71

-

-

2,336

80.6

0.209

0.23

Mar.

66 

66 

67

67

65

67 

69 

6T 

58

60

63

64

65

65

65

66

65

64

65

68

63

64

64

64

62

60

 60

62

59

 57 57

1,968

63.5

0.165

0.19

Apr.

 55 57 

79

89

88

84 

83 

84 

92

189

202

216

 su 228

198

180

164

156

165

163

162

160

155

152

155

166

186

171

163

159

4,419

147

0.382

0.43

May

156 

T53 

*150

142

135

136 

133 

120 

114

106

102

96

93

90

89

87

84

79

78

75

73

70

68

64

64

61

58

57

54

"575 49

2,886

93.1

0.242

0.28

June

52 

47 

42 ' 40

*!?-

42 

55 

53 

57

60

69

77

80

87

81

79

80

82

85

87

87

84

81

77

75

73

72

73

79

81

2,076

69.2

0.180

0.20

July

88 

1ST 

165

174

164

144 

124 

107 

98

108

154

187

204

202

197

204

193

*187

195

175

165

204

232

244

244

239

244

340

442

486

540

6,581

212

0.551

0.64

Aug.

618 

686 

638

662

658

694 

634 

534 

445

412

489

550

564

606

626

755

1,040

1,060

932

810

702

618

537

478

432

400

377

354

348

348

340

18,347

592

1.54

1.77

Sept.

331 

316 

299

285

268

 253 

242 

238

m

260

283

286

290

304

317

331

356

374

394

396

403

394

381

364

346

329

31.9

314

302

302

9,521

317

0.823

0.92

Calendar year 1943: Max 1,290 Min 20 Mean 300 Cfsm 0.779 In. 10.58

Water year 1943-44: Max 1,270 Min 39 Mean 236 Cfsm 0.613 In. 8.37

" Discharge measurement made on this day. 

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of records for Istokpoga Canal near Cornwell. 

Discharge, In cubic feet per seoond, water year October 1944 to September 1945

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

286 

274

265

255

247

236

228

223

224

217

209

202

196

183

180

111

179

a250

a350

394

423

475

489

480 

480

480

468

448

432

416

*396

9,764

315

0.818

0.94

Nov.

m336

317

299

281

265

255

247

244

226

217

214

210

206

202

195

187

186

186

174

169

168

164 

162

160

159

156

160

1M.

6,613

220

0.571

0.64

Dec.

^ 139 

130

126

126

127

127

131

125

119

118

115

108

 110

106

105

107

107

106

106

104

107

109

111

111 

112

112

113

111

111

111

115

3,565

115

0.299

0.34

Jan.

115 

SB

107

107

106

109

116

122

141

143

141

138

139

134

135

133

129

132

133

133

131

133

128

*124 

125

125

121

121

120

115

112

3,866

125

0.325

0.37

Feb.

105 

106

106

107

107

109

103

*01

96

96

96

97

100

91

90

89

87

85

81

86

90

88

79

ft

80

77

75

_

-

2,577

92.0

0.239

0.25

Mar.

71 

72

72

70

73.

71

65

61

57

56

54

56

*55

56

56

54

a53

a52

351

a50

a50

a49

a48

a47 

a46

a45

a44

a43

a42

a 41

340

1,700

54.8

0.142

0.16

Apr.

a39 

a38

337

336

a35

a34

a33

a32

a31

a31

330

a29

aZ8

a27

a27

a26

 25

24

26

26

26

27

27

23 

23

22

20

20

20

17

-

839

28.0

0.073

0.08

May

17 

17

18

16

15

15

14

14

13

12

12

13

12

13

20

17

18

15

14

13

13

 13

12

12 

12

11

11

11

10

To

10

423

13.6

0.035

0.04

June

10 

9.6

10

9.4

9.0

9.2

9.4

15

14

11

10

9.6

9.4 "9.2

9.0

8.6

8.4

8.2

7.8

7.2

7.2

7.6

22

131 

106

 128

128

149

158

208

-

1,238.8

41.3

0.107

0.12

July

259 

3U2

330

364

378

378

383

374

339

322

327

333

374

493

770

1,030

1,100

1,120

1,170

1,270

1,410

1,870

2,710

2,990 

2,990

5,160

2,940

2,570

2,260

2,040

1,840

38,196

1,232

3.20

3.69

Aug.

*1.620 

1,430

1,290

1,150

1,040

954

881

824

842

854

800 765'

746

714

686

660

638

638

660

690

686

678

686

690 

682

698

702

670

652

642

614.

25,282

816

2.12

2.44

Sept.

600 

592

582

595

626

690

909

1,070

1,110

1,060

 1,000

962

1,070

1,210

1,400

3,450

6.400

6,340

5,950

5,510

5,000

4,540

4,150

3,710 

5,280

2,870

2,480

2,210

1,980

1,750

-

73,096

2,437

6.33

7.06

Calendar year 1944: Max 1,060 Min 39 Mean 195 Cfsm 0.506 In. 6.89

Water year 1944-45: Max 6,400 Min 7.2 Mean 458 Cfsm 1.19 In. 16.13

* Discharge measurement made on this day 

a No gage-height record; discharge estimate!id on basis of records for Istokpoga Canal near Cornwell.
LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES 

Arbuckle Creek near De Soto City, Fla. Continued

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1945 to September 1946

Day

1 

2

3

4

5

6

7

e

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

El

E2

23

24

25

26

27 

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

1.570 

1,380

1,270

1,240

1,200

1,100

976

869

*792

716

707

928

1,130

1,140

1,090

1,320

1,230

1,090

976

869

847

725

707

666

638

624

582

560

554

536

527

28,559

921

2.39

2.76

Nov.

509 

495

481

465

439

428

418

413

406

400

389

391

391

387

366

341

358

352

344

341

*331

326

308

301

297

290

289 

284

277

271

11,088

370

0.961

1.07

Dec.

264 

260

256

264

263

256

255

248

247

242

234

227

228

228

225

214

208

221

*217

204

202

204

203

203

206

199

197 

198

203

203

246

7,025

227

0.590

0.68

Jan.

238 

228

224

224

227

225

220

215

214

207

207

199

195

194

197

198

191

190

189

188

184

182

*184

189

184

182

176 

170

164

163

157

6,105

197

0.512

0.59

Feb.

m138

137

136

133

127

124

124

124

116

111

113

108

98

100

98

96

95

91

87

88

86

82

79.

82

*82 

89

-

_

-

3,031

108

0.281

0.29

Mar.

89 

91

89

90

89

a89

a88

a87

a86

a85

a84

a83

a82

a81

a80

a80

a79

a78

a77

a76

a76

a75

a74

a73

a72

a72

a71 

a71

a70

a69

a66

2,474

79.8

0.207

0.24

Apr.

a67 

a67

a66

a66

a65

a64

a64

a 63

a62

62

62

60

56

58

60

' 63

57

*52

53

52

51

51

50

51

53

a51

a49 

a47

a44

a42_

-

1,708

56.9

0.148

0.16

May

a41

a40

a40

341

a41

a40

a37

35

37

37

36

36

32

*34

36

38

40

43

46

63

64

79

82

87

87

88

14

75

68

62

60

1,629

52.5

0.136

0.16

June

59 

70

102

117

121

111

110

102

96

95

88

88

79

84

79

70

65

63

*66

63

60

55

47

45

«

44

50 

53

53

58

-

2,235

74.5

0.194

0.22

July

if

124

149

156

156

168

173

173

180

a!73

a!66

a!54

a!45

a!33

*121

allO

alOS

a 100

allO

a!40

a!65

8180

a!90

a!95

a200

3205 

3210

3210

3215

3220

4,893

158

0.410

0.47

Aug.

3230 

a260

3300

a330

a360

a380

a390

3400

3400

a400

a400

3400

a400

a390

3380

3370

3370

3360

a360

a350

*345

341

337

348

374

399

429 426"

a398

376

374

11,371

367

0.953

1.10

Sept.

363 

352

339

323

317

319

319

356

413

442

440

424

445

a460

a470

a480

a510

a520

3550

a590

a630

a670

a700

3750

*672

673

650 

631

602

613

-

14,973

499

1.30

1.45

Calendar year 1945: Max 6,400 Kin 7.2 Mean 531 Cfsm 1.38 In. 18.72

Water year 1945-46: Max 1,570 Mln 32 Mean 261 Cfsm 0.678 In. 9.19

* Discharge messurement made on this dsy.

a No gage-height record; dlschsrge estlmsted on basis of records for Istokpoga Canal near Cornwall 

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water yesr October 1946 to September 1947

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

Totsl

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

585 

540 

511

486

472

472

534

585

546

531

525

519

494

472

444

426

414

399

382

368

355

340

330

320

310

300

290

*278

274

267

265

13,032

420

1.09

1.26

Nov.

254

288

284

280

282

274

267

267

259

252

234

225

224

224

218

210

200

202

200

196

185 

185

185

182

176

171

168

TTI

-

6,855

228

0.592

0.66

Dec.

180 

156 

*171

152

148

152

152

149

145

147

144

144

139

140

136

138

134

131

125

129

125

Tl3~ 109

114

109

109

110

109

112

110

110

4,142

134

0.348

0.40

Jan.

110 

109 

104

101

100

98

*99

97

90

88

93

96

96

96

98

98

98

98

101

104

94

84

9T 

97

97

98

98

98

100

100

100

3,031

97.8

0.254

0.29

Feb.

97 

84 

93

93

81

92

101

90

87

*86

87

87

91

138

174

187

187

180

177

188

202

202

205 

195

187

176

159

152

_

_

-

3,878

138

0.358

0.37

Mar.

166 

338 

414

480

472

431

406

404

392

380

363

343

332

334

336

323

321

*315

350

451

497

500

49T 

480

464

451

438

416

390

373

352

12,203

394

1.02

1.18

Apr.

336 

327 

347

345

325

308

294

278

263

256

245

232

240

249

271

278

267

256

252

258

261

*258

256 

259

259

258

250

241

238

243

-

8,150

272

0.706

0.79

May

232

220 

205

190

180

171

165

158

162

179

190

190

191

191

188

183

176

170

164

155

148

142

134 

136

131

*128

147

156

166

171

196

5,315

171

0.444

0.51

June

234 

265

290

306

317

323

319

317

304

298

296

304

310

411

550

850

1,250

1,600

1,750

1,800

1,800

1.650

1,850 

1,800

1,750

1,680

1,620

1,550

1,500

1,430

-

28,924

964

2.50

2.79

July

*1.380 

1,350 

1,320

1,290

1,140

1,050

964

940

940

869

780

730

780

970

920

820

780

750

730

720

710

700

680 

680

720

920

1,060

1,260

1,380

1,350

1,320

30,003

968

2.51

2.90

Aug.

1,270 

1,240 

1,230

1,190

*1.160

1,210

1,190

1,190

1,450

1,770

1.900

1,870

1,810

1,730

1,600

1,520

1,500

1,430

1,350

1,320

1,300

1,260

1,240 

1,370

1,710

1,850

1,710

1,530

1,460

1,480

1,430

45,270

1,460

3.79

4.37

Sept.

1,410 

1,380 

1,270

1,200

1,160

1,230

1,480

1,580

*1,580

1,530

1,450

1,380

1,300

1,210

1,120

1,040

964

2,980

5,000

5,170

5,100

5,000

5.470 

5,4lO

5,200

4,960

4,540

4,220

3,930

3,740

-

83,004

2,767

7.19

8.02

Calendsr yesr 1946: Msx 700 Mln 32 Mesn 198 Cfsm 0.514 In. 7.00

Wster yesr 1946-47: Max 5,470 Win 81 Mesn 668 Cfsm 1.74 In. 23.54

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Note. No gage-height record Oct. 21-27, June 15-30, July 11 to Aug. 4; discharge estimsted on 

basis of recorded rsnge in stsge, records for nesrby ststions, snd westher records.
LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES

Arbuckle Creek near De Soto City, Fla. Continued

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1947 to September 1948

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

3.550 

3,250

3,100

2,980

2,840

2,700

2,620

2,460

2,330

2,330

2,300

2,260

2,280

2,230

2,120

1,940

1,790

1,660

1,570

1,450

1,320

1,200

1,120

1,050

1,120

1,120 

1,080

*1,040

1,000

952

892

59,634

1,924

5.00

5.76

Nov.

869, 

869

836

814

781

761

734

725

673

659

659

652

638

631

624

604

582

576

571

560

540

532

527

518

502

484

478

474

484

481

-

18,838

628

1.63

1.82

Dec.

471 

*468

468

468

465

459

453

450

441

436

431

423

418

413

426

468

471

468

468

468

468

465

462

456

450

439 

431

423

416

409

404

13,856

447

1.16

1.34

Jan.

400 

389

378

372

360

354

346

339

*333

328

322

324

333

331

328

328

331

333

331

337

366

382

393

434

498

540 

571

599

604

610

617

12,511

404

1.05

1.21

Feb.

610 

5§3

576

565

*554

536

506

488

481

471

456

450

444

428

402

400

395

389

384

376

366

358

344

337

333

328 

321

312

299

-

12,502

431

1.12

1.21

Mar.

292

283

277

261

248

252

248

241

242

235

225

215

193

195

*195

190

183

185

190

185

187

187

183

170

166

171 

174

164

152

159

172

6,426

207

0.538

0.62

Apr.

174 

164

165

170

176

172

172

172

168

165

176

171

170

165

*210

245

2?3

241

240

234

231

225

215

207

195

185 

180

179

176

177

-

5,763

192

0.499

0.56

May

179 

ITT

172

171

171

170

164

156

159

155

152

164

154

145

140

140

140

145

*145

149

154

147

142

139

136

135 

142

138

140

142

135

4,698

152

0.395

0.45

June

133 

124

124

124

121

123

118

112

108

106

110

115

118

119

115

119

113

110

111

111

113

110

105

102

98

98 

95

*94

94

2i

-

3,334

111

0.288

0.32

July

90 

89

95

98

112

129

135

139

145

148

145

140

134

139

140

139

139

147

162

179

202

252

254

261

319

385

414

446

525

1,030

1.550

8,262

267

0.694

0.80

Aug.

1.670 

1,660

1,580

1,530

1,460

1,560

1,500

1,220

1,150

*1,080

1,010

962

962

938

930

938

916

994

1,090

1,160

1,170

1,110

1,080

1,150

1,210

1,260 

1,310

1,590

1,420

1,410

1,580

57,800

1,219

5.17

5.65

Sept.

1,410 

1,470

1,430

1,420

1,360

1,510

1.260

1,270

1,330

1,420

1,500

1,500

1,480

*1,400

1,360

1,380

1,590

1,420

1,590

1,540

1,340

2,800

7.180

7,040

6,510

5,950 

5,780

6,400

6,510

6,260

-

83,610

2,787

7.24

8.08

Calendar year 1947: Max 5,470 Min 81 Mean 855 Cfsm 2.22 In. 30.14

Water year 1947-48: Max 7,180 Min 89 Mean 730 Cfsm 1.90 In. 25.82

Discharge measurement made on this day.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1948 to September 1949

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

50

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

5,780

5,370

6,120

6.510

6,400

5,780

5,200

4,570

4,030

3,530

3,130

2,820

2,590

2,330

2,100

1,940

1,800

1,640

1,490

1,360

*1,240

1,180

1,110

1,040

986

938

902

867

841 

810

780

85,184

2,748

7.14

8.23

Nov.

758

74T

724

702

685

673

650

642

631

620

602

592

578

568

559

543

537

*528

531

522

514

508

508

489

467

459

457

470

467 

451

-

17,177

575

1.49

1.66

Dec.

446

*457_

451

444

438

431

426

421

414

392

392

387

382

375

370

366

561

556

352

341

354

352

527

319

521

290

296

298

300

288

278

11,385

367

0.953

1.10

Jan.

276

276

276

274

271

265

254

252

249

243

238

238

232

*225

220

224

218

217

218

205

202

200

200

196

191

190

190

188

177 

T77

180

6,962

225

0.584

0.67

Feb.

170

164

165

166

164

161

161

156

154

151

135

143

142

138

140

138

129

130

130

129

127

125

122

*120

119

118

119

106

-

-

3,922

140

0.364

0.38

Kar.

102

ToT

97

99

102

97

92

93

93

94

87

87

88

88

85

85

87

86

82

82

83

83

92

93

93

92

88

86

88 

83

79

2,788

89.9

0.234

0.27

Apr.

77

78

76

75

78

*76

78

76

75

75

73

72

67

67

84

119

92

87

83

79

78

75

73

68

63

62

60

60

61 

56

2,243

74.8

0.194

0.22

May

57

64

65

72

1$.

70

67

65

64

63

61

63

60

58

57

56

55

51

*47

46

45

43

41

3S

54

32

31

30

32 

31

29

1,602

51.7

0.134

0.15

June

28

42

57

33

32

31

28

27

30

36

41

70

68

72

91

113

90

86

93

106

108

137

131

125

128

205

154

127

116 

*110

-

2,491

83.0

0.216

0.24

July

106

118

127

116

105

100

ToT

115

114

106

104

114

122

118

124

212

190

172

212

205

191

182

175

190

207

222

275

351

296 

259

556

5,586

174

0.452

0.52

Aug.

554

502

285

275

237

316

336

350

316

315

321

368

463

504

481

453

434

*428

429

431

434

438

426

413

423

408

895

2,550

3.080 

3,030

*2,990

22,503

726

1.89

2.17

Sept.

2.780

2,630

2,350

2,090

1,870

1,640

1,490

1,350

1,220

1,090

1,000

916

848

800

765

726

694

663

646

626

602

605

632

605

592

598

590.

595

755

1,080

-

32,828

1,094

2.84

3.17

Calendar year 1948 : Max 7,180 Min 89 Mean 789 Cfsm 2.05 In. 27.89

Water year 1948-49 : Max 6,510 Min 28 Mean 533 Cfsm 1.38 In. 18.78

Discharge measurement made on this day.
90 LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES

Arbuckle Creek near De Soto City, Fla. Continued

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1949 to September 1950

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

1,340

1,550

1,780

1.860

*1,860

1,780

1,640

1,570

1,490

1,360

1,230

1,130

1,020

946

888

841

792

748

715

681

646

627

599

572 

555

531

510

492

.478

480

452

31,163

1,005

2.61

3.01

Nov.

419

398

382

356

346

326

316

311

*304

301

294

292

292

306

296

284

284

280

277

277

277

257

261

268 

268

248

257

255

 250

246

-

8,928

298

0.774

0.86

Dec.

212

206

198

194

192

188

183

186

185

181

175

170

170

147

161

163

157

154

154

*154

149

127 

147

152

152

147

145

144

147

5,288

171

0.444

0.51

Jan.

147

T44

145

147

144

142

133

123

 132

130

128

127

126

124

128

126

124

122

120

118

116

115

117

119

119

118

115

113

113

113

112

3,900

126

0.327

0.38

Feb.

*109

108

107

102

95

100

102

96

99

100

99

100

103

100

91

83

79

80

82

79

81

85

*80

77 

76

75

67

7?

.

-

-

2,528

90.3

0.235

0.24

Mar.

76

3?

66

68

68

68

69

67

54

57

62

62

61

56

*60

61

53

54

56

61

61

64

64

60 

61

65

75

70

63

53

50

1,927

62.2

0.162

0.19

Apr.

56

57

61

61

62.

39

*51

53

55

53

49

46

44

39

33

31

35

38

34

30

'23

55

26

*26 

28

27

29

31

31

31

-

1,204

40.1

0.104

0.12

May

31

34

32

36

35

34

32

32

27

29

28

30

28

30

29

28

29

26

29

32

31

35

*34

41 

50

47

45

46

46

49

47

1,082

34.9

 0.091

0.10

June

47

44

45

44

40

*36

40

38

34

33

31

33

34

51

49

49

44

39

36

36

38

25

66

63 

61

56

52

54

54

59

-

1,381

46.0

0.119

0.13

July

57

6?

68

96

110

 103

93

90

93

90

85

79

74

71

71

64

64

100

*97

90

90

130

T5o

109 

96

85

77

71

64

60

57

2,616

84.4

0.219

0.25

Aug.

55

55

53

52

49

49

52

55

57

68

73

75

80

*80

79

77

88

94

93

91

84

79

75

73 

68

66

65

62

71

 78

78

2,174

70.1

0.182

0.21

Sept.

80

78

80

119

169

201

211

214

55T

177

157

144

133

126

126

111

102

92

86

84

*78

75

72

68 

65

67

76

96

91

91

-

3,470

116

0.301

' 0.34

Calendar year 1949: Max 3,080 Hln 28 Mean 345 Csm 0.896 In. 12.17

Water year 1949-50: Max 1,860 Min 23 Mean 180 Csm 0.468 In. 6.34

Calendar year 1950: Max 1,370 Min 23 Mean 129 Csm 0.335 In. 4.56

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

373

366

364

381

395

410

425

428

417

399

*397

395

401

425

423

542

830

1,350

2,260

2.670 

2,650

2,460

2,230

2,020

*1,860

1,720

1,520 

1,380

1,290

31,507

1,016

2.64

3.04

Nov.

1.210

1,130

1,060

1,000 

944

902

842

790

765

735

695

660

630

614

590

558

538

522

510

500

478

461 

447

434

427

414

399

- 372

370 

564

19,361

645

1.68

1.87

Dec.

350

347

334

318 

315

292

292

287

275

266

234

238

234

229

 223

227

227

223

220

218

207

199 

197

194

188

184

176

166

164 

168

178

7,370

238

0.618

0.71

Jan.

156

164

158

m

*160

164

170

203

255

248

245

255

259

262

262

266

268 266"

266

259

255 

268

268

243

241

243

238

*223 

220

218

7,015

226

0.587

0.68

Feb.

212

218

232

238 

236

241

232

229

220

218

216

214

190

186

182

172

166

148

156

*164

152

144 

138

142

140

144

133

127

-

5,190

185

0.481

0.50

Mar.

133

127

131

129 

105

107

111

104

95.

*107

111

109

114

136

158

162

160

168

166

162

172

203 

218

238

241

243

255

273

280 

295

315

5,326

172

0.447

0.51

Apr.

316

 314

320

302 

304

312

302

286

286

286

280

294

331

353

393

412

428

450

462

450

*450

442 

430

415

400

393

376

358

355 

. 353

-

10,853

362

0.940

1.05

May

333 318"

302

286 

273

257

248

244

271

273

266

 257

246

233

219

209

197

190

179

173

165

161 

150

143

137

128

119

106

98 

95

92

6,368

205

0.532

0.62

June

*90

83

68

82

113

304

465

679

724

618

559

651

910

916

769

651

572

526

490

462

442

420 

410

*425

458

667

932

1,090

1.150 

1,110

-

16,816

561

1.46

1.62

July

1,060

972

880

787 

715

659

604

579

586

541

520

484

»470

458

442

428

418

410

395

381

369

362 369"

369

364

369

378

400

395 

398

412

15,974

515

1.34

1.54

Aug.

' 418

422

420

m

 448

458

455

458

465

478

490

496

493

496

493

490

547

610

604

586

572 

550

532

532

568

647

778

954 

1,130

1.520

17,938

579

1.50

1.73

Sept.

1,960

2,100

 2,020

1,950 

1,790

1,720

1,650

1,660

1,740

1,790

1,880

1,900

1,770

1,610

1,540

1.510

1,540

1,700

1,950

2,050

2,060

2,110 

2,070

2,010

 1,950

1,390

1,990

2,200

2,220 

2.240

"

56,570

1,886

4.90

5.46

Calendar year 1952: Max 2,670 Min 71 Mean 296 Cfsm 0.769 In. 10.46

Water year 1952-53: Max 2,670 Min 68 Mean 549 Cfsm 1.43 In. 19.33

 Discharge measurement made on this day.
LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES 91

Josephine Creek near De Soto City, Pla.

Location. Lat 27°22'26", long. 81°23 1 37", in SEir sec. 2, T. 36 S., R. 29 E., on left 

bank 320 ft downstream from bridge on State Highway 17, 1 mile downstream from Jack 

Creek, and 4 miles south of De Soto City.

Drainage area.--108 sq mi (excludes area drained by Lake Sebring). 

Records available. October 1946 to September 1953.

e.--Water-stage recorder. Datura of gage is 52.99 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

929 (State Road Department benchmark). Prior to May 21, 1952, at site half a mile 

upstream at datum 0.89 ft higher.

Average discharge. 7 years, 114 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 689 cfs Sept. 19 (gage height, 7.03 ft); minimum, 4.5 cfs June 3 (gage height, 2.27 ft).

1946-53: Maximum discharge, 1,780 cfs Sept. 23, 1948 (gage height, 11.56 ft, site 

and datum then in use); minimum, 1.1 cfs May 12, 13, 14, 15, 1950 (gage height, 2.55 

ft, site and datum then in use).

Remarks.--Records good. Small seasonal diversions for irrigation of citrus groves above 

station.

Rating tables, water year 1952-53 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in 

cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Dec. 5

4.2 

4.5 

5.0 

5.6

67

83

126

189

2.4 

3.0 

3.5 

4.0 

4.5

Dec, 6 to Sept. 30

7.3

21

37

57

86

5.0 

5.5 

6.0 

7.0

136

206

312

675

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

3O

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

106 

102

99 

96

92

90

93

100

1O9

102

98

95

*93

99

1O8

144

137

150

148

161

*182

179

174

173

169

164

161

158

154

149

143

4,028

130

1.20

1.39

Nov.

iff

131 

127

123

120

120

116

112

109

106

1O6

104

100

98

96

95

92

89

90

92

90

87

84

82

81

79

78

76

li

3,029

101

0.935

1.04

Dec.

ft

70 

70

68

67

65

63

62

61

60

58

56

61

61

59

57

55

55

54

54

53

52

51

51

50

50

49

49

48

49

1,803

58.2

0.539

0.62

Jan.

50 

49

50 

49

47

*46

*46

46

57

29.

66

62

59

57

55

54

53

52

52

51

51

50

50

57

56

52

50

49

*48

47

46

1,627

52.5

0.486

0.56

Feb.

46 

47

59 

57

54

51

5O

57

55

53

51

50

49

47

49

49

46

45

43

*43

42

42

42

42

41

4O

40

39

-

-

1,329

47.5

0.440

0.46

Mar.

If

36 

36

35

34

34

33

32

*31

31

31

30

37

34

32

31

30

28

28

28

35

34

32

30

29

27

26

25

24

23

971

31.3

0.290

0.33

Apr.

22 

*22

22 

22

21

20

20

20

20

ii

19

19

34

I9-

34

33

32

30

30

29

*27

26

25

25

21

25

26

24

24

23

-

753

25.1

0.232

0.26

Hay

If

21 

21

20

19

20

21

23

21

20

*19

18

18

17

16

16

15

15

15

14

14

13

13

12

12

12

11

10

9.3

8.6

508.9

16.4

0.152

0.18

June

*8.6 

8.6

fct

20

124

146

115

95

86

84

85

95

94

89

104

104

108

108

108

103

98

108

*153

153

191

268

273

£59

244

-

3,447.9

115

1.06

1.19

July

iff

211 

204

198

194

188

184

182

186

194

198

194

188

*182

176

173

170

168

166

163 iitnr

166

170

169

175

185

191

191

20O

209

5,789

187

1.73

1.99

Aug.

204 

202

203 

*198

2TT

217

217

217

224

231

233

233

229

229

231

226

231

248

242

235

226

222

216

*211

208

206

222

25O

280

290

Its

7,O8O

228

2.11

2.44

Sept.

290 

293 *|||

288

296

349

386

426

443

443

436

426

412

426

436

*465

517

670 652"

564

552

540

521

502

483

540

617

605

584

-

13,713

457

4.23

4.72

Calendar year 1952: Max 182 Bin 16 Heap 72.2 Cfsm 0.669 In. 9.1O

Water year 1952-53: Max 67O Bin 7.5 Mean 121 Cfsm 1.12 In. 15.18

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
92 LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES

Istokpoga Canal near Cornwell, Fla.

Location. Lat 27°24'0l", long. 81°09'35", in sec. 30, T. 35 S., R. 32 E., on right bank 

30 ft downstream from old highway bridge, a quarter of a mile downstream from Seaboard 

Air Line Railroad bridge, ij miles upstream from Kissinunee River, and 4| miles northwest of Cornwell.

Drainage area. 624 sq mi.

Records available. March 1934 to September 1953.

Sage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 29.71 ft above mean sea level (levels by 

Corps of Engineers). Prior to May 15, 1942, water-stage recorder and May 15, 1942, 

to Aug. 19, 1949, staff gage, at same site and datum. Since June 3, 1953, auxiliary 

water-stage recorder if miles upstream.

Average discharge. 19 years, 418 cfs.

Extremes.--.Maximum daily discharge during year, 1,810 cfs Sept. 28; maximum gage height, 

9.48 ft Sept. 30; minimum daily discharge, 79 cfs Apr. 12; minimum gage height, 5.47 

ft Mar. 21.

1934-53: Maximum discharge, 2,040 cfs Sept. 22, 1948; maximum gage height, 10.62 

ft Oct. 6, 1948; no flow May 22 to June 15, 1949, caused by temporary cofferdam upstream.

Remarks. Records fair. Slight regulation at low flow by manipulation of stoplogs in dam 

above station since June 1949. Some diversions at times during high water from Istokpoga Lake into Indian Prairie and Harney Pond Canals when levees on southeast shore of 

lake are overtopped or washed out.

Revisions.--WSP 1204: Drainage area.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

S

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

£1

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Of sm

In.

Oct.

401

406

411

411

425

406

367

440

499

499

489

484

499

*548

548

558

553

651

680

744

808

867

921

981

1,040

1.060

1,060

1,040

996

941

*902

20,635

666

1.07

1.23

Nov.

87Z

857

842

822

798

788

778

763

744

744

729

724

71C

705

695

685

675

675

665

675

680

670

656

646

636

636

636

631

626

616

-

21,384

713

1.14

1.27

Dec.

602

527

607

592

592

582

582

572

577

582

587

562

528

499

*484

445

430

425

411

406

406

401

391

386

381

372

367

362

353

£43

357

14,791

477

0.764

0.88

Jan.

312.

210

206

194

171

164

*153

150

175

194

194

134

191

191

187

191

194

198

206

210

210

210

202

234

222

214

202

202

198

191

194

6,164

199

0.319

0.37

Feb.

194

*198

226

218

210

202

210

243

230

218

222

222

218

210

255

222

218

214

202

*191

194

206

214

218

218

218

222

210

-

-

-

6,023

215

0.345

0.36

Mar.

202

202

198

202

202

194

194

198

191

*179

171

16.4

168

222

202

183

164

143

126

106

97

126

116

113

119

103

100

109

126

139

146

4,905

158

0.253

0.29

Apr.

136

*116

119

122

126

116

113

113

103

97

91

12

122

168

214

234

243

259

294

298

 298

294

285

396

464

484

558

572

558

562

-

7,634

254

0.407

0.45

May

553

543

528

514

504

489

474

489

504

494

489

*489

489

484

479

479

484

479

479

484

474

464

460

450

440

435

425

391

362

357

353

14,538

469

0.752

0.87

June

*338

316

289

312

333

432

459

470

488

496

502

506

513

521

521

528

553

568

552

550

542

544

*552

554

593

617

637

641

646

658

-

15,231

508

0.814

0.91

July

664

647

645

648

653

661

648

654

660

673

JI2

696

*684

679

679

664

653

658

664

658

Ml

645

647

667

658

658

670

688

673

673

699

20,617

665

1.07

1.23

Aug.

699

678

688

*672

682

664

675

680

684

683

676

683

682

669

660

6,50

674

703

700

761

720

706

717

711

*716

752

861

956

1.070

977

970

22,819

736

1.18

1.36

Sept.

*983

1,020

1,060

1,120

1,120

1,160

1,210

1,220

1,270

1,310

1,330

1,330

1,350

1,370

1,410

1,410

*1,430

1,560

1,770

1,770

1,740

1,780

1,720

1,670

*1,670

1,690

1,760

1.810

1,770

1,760

"

43,573

1,452

2.33

2.60

Calendar year 1952: Max 1,060 Min 16 Mean 353 Cfsm 0.566 In. 7.68

Water year 1952-53: Max 1,810 Min 79 Mean 543 Cfsm 0.870 In. 11.82

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES 93

Kisslmtnee River near Okeeehobee, Fla.

Location. Lat 27°14'18", long. 80°58'57", in sec. 24, T. 37 S., R. 33 E., on downstream 

end of left pier of bridge on State Highway 70, 9.4 miles west of Okeeehobee and 13 

miles upstream from Lake Okeechobee.

Drainage area.--2.886 sq mi.

Records available.--October 1930 to September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1.33 ft below mean sea level, datum of 

T929. Prior to Apr. 28, 1949, staff gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 23 years, 1,965 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 8,440 cfs Sept. 28 (gage height, 26.84 ft); 

minimum, 1,250 cfs June 4 (gage height, 20.24 ft).

1930-53: Maximum discharge, 17,400 cfs Oct. 6, 7, 1948; maximum gage height, 29.34 

ft Oct. 7, 1948; minimum discharge observed, 231 cfs May 18, 1932; minimum gage height, 

17.60 ft Sept. 26, 1950.

Flood in August 1928, resulting from hurricane, reached a peak of 30.3 ft (discharge, 20,000 cfs, from rating curve extended above 14,000 cfs).

Remarks. Records good.

Revisions.--WSP 1204: Drainage area.

Rating tables, water year 1952-53 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Aug. 28 Aug. 29 to Sept. 3O

20.2

23.0

24.0

25.0

25.8

1,230

2,410

3,060

4,140

5,980

24.8

25.0

26.0

26.9

3,85O 

4,140 

6,050 

8,650

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

2.010 

2,070

2,120

2,13O

2,160

2,250

 2,380

2,400

2,380

2,350

2,320

2,310

2,310

2,320

2,320

2,380

2,480

3,110

3,590

4,220

5,540

5,630

5,570

5,490

5,400

5,430

5,570

5,690

5.750

5,660

5,600

110,940

3,579

1.24

1.43

Nov.

5.490 

5,320

5,120

4,900

4,720

4,580

4,440

4,320

4,200

4,110

3,990

3,920

3,820

3,750

3,680

3,600

*3,510

3,450

3,380

3,360

3,310

3,250

3,200

3,140

3,080

3,040

3,000

2,950

2,900

2.860 "

114,390

3,813

1.32

1.47

Dec.

2.850 

2,790

2,760

2,730

2,700

2,660

2,630

2,600

2,570

2,540

2,520

2,480

2,460

2,440

2,420

2,400

2,370

2,340

2,320

2,280

2,250

2,220

2,190

2,160

2,140

2,120

2,100

2,090

2,070

*2.060

2,060

74,300

2,397

0.831

0.96

Jan.

2.040 

2,020

2,010

1,980

1,970

1,940

1,920

1,890

1,910

1,920

1,880

1,850

1,830

1,820

1,810

1,800

1,790

1,770

1,760

1,750

1,750

1,730

1,730

1,760

1,740

1,730

1,720

1,720

1,710

1.690

1,690

56,630

1,827

0.633

O.73

Feb.

1,68O 

1,680

1.700

1,690

1,670

1,670

1,660

1,670

1,660

1,650

1,640

1,630

*1,610

1,61O

1,610

1,590

1,590

1,570

1,570

1,570

1,560

1,550

1,570

1,570

1,560

1,540

1,520

1.510

-

-

-

45,100

1,611

0.558

0.58

Mar.

1,490 

1,490

1,470

1,470

1,440

1,420

1,420

1,400

1,390

1,390

1,390

1.380

1,410

1.690

1,620

1,540

1,490

1,470

1,440

1,420

1,410

1,460

1,500

*1,590

1,540

1,500

1,470

1,460

1,440

1,430

1,430

45,460

1,466

0.508

0.59

Apr.

1.440 

1,460

1,480

1,490

1,510

1,530

1,550

1,56O

1,550

1,540

1,540

1,530

1,550

1,580

1.590

1,590

1,570

1,570

1,560

1,530

1,530

1,520

1,520

1,520

1,510

1,530

1,540

1,530

1,530

1,550

-

46,000

1,533

0.531

0.59

May

1,560 

1,570

1,570

1,580

1,580

*1,580

1.610

1,590

1,580

1,570

1,560

1,550

1,540

1,520

1,510

1,490

1,480

1,470

1,450

1,47O

1,470

1,450

1,430

1,410

1,400

1,380

1,370

1,350

1,340

1,320

1.500

46,050

1,485

0.515

0.59

June

1,290 

1,270

1,260

1.250

1,270

1,350

1,590

1,580

1,570

1,560

1,560

1,570

1,570

1,420

*1,440

1,450

1,450

1,440

1,450

1,460

1,470

1,480

1,49O

1,510

1,540

1,570

1,600

1,610

1.620

1,610

-

42,880

1,429

0.495

0.55

July

1,600 

1,590

1.580

1,580

1,590

1,610

1,610

1,610

1,600

1,610

1,61O

1,610

1,630

1,650

1,670

1,690

1,690

1,700

1,680

1,660

1,640

1,650

1,650

1,670

1,670

1,710

*1,750

1,750

1,770

1,8OO

1.820

51,410

1,658

0.574

0.66

Aug.

1,820 

1,830

1,820

1.810

1,830

1,850

1,860

1,870

1,890

1,900

1,940

1,940

1,960

1,980

2,040

2,110

2,170

2,240

2,500

2,400

2,530

2,720

3,040

3,160

3,240

3,190

5,180

5,300

3,880

4,590

5.670

78,060

2,518

0.872

1.01

Sept.

6.430 

6,610

6,640

6,850

7,010

7,150

7,340

7,430

*7,430

7,610

7,700

7,730

7,860

7,460

7,260

6,980

6,87O

6,930

7,010

7,170

7,43O

7,550

7,730

7,920

8,110

8,300

8,370

8.400

8,340

8,270

-

223,890

7,465

2.59

2.89

Calendar year 1952: Max 5,750 Min 1,220 Mean 2,010 Cfsm 0.696 In. 9.49

Water year 1952-53: Max 8,400 Min 1,250 Mean 2,562 Cfsm O.888 In. 12.05

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
94 LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES 

St. Lucle Canal at lock, near Stuart, Fla.

Location. Lat 27°07 I , long. 80°17', In Salerno Grant, T. 39 S., R. 41 E., at upstream end 

of right lock wall, 6 miles southwest of Stuart.

Records available.--October 1952 to September 1953. Gage-height records collected at same 

site since December 1924 are contained In files of the Everglades Drainage District and 

Corps of Engineers. Unpublished discharge records November 1948 to September 1952 are 

contained In files of Corps of Engineers.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is at mean sea level, datum of 1929 (levels by 

C~orps of Engineers). Prior to Nov. 3, 1948, staff gage at same site and at various 

daturas. Since Sept. 5, 1952, auxiliary water-stage recorder at Arundel Bridge, 1.9 

miles upstream. Datum of gage Is at mean sea level, datum of 1929 (levels by Corps of 

Engineers).

Extremes. 1952-53: Maximum dally discharge, 10,200 cfs Oct. 22, 1952. Lock closed on 

many days; net flow during these periods consists of leakage and lockage, generally lesr* 

than 10 cfs.

Remarks. Flow regulated by lock near Stuart. Lock closed Oct. 1-20 and Nov. 20 to Aug. 2. 

Cooperation. Records furnished by Corps of Engineers.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7 

S

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23 

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

-

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

5,250

10.200

 9,100 

9,150

1O.OOO

*9 , 45O

9,000

8,950

 8,700

8,400

8,250

-

-

-

Nov.

8_,200

8,200

8,200

8,050

 8,000

7,950

 7,900 

7,750

7,700

7,800

 7,700

7,650

5,460

6,480

 5,950

5,300

 5.3OO

4,000

 2,360

-

.

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

Dec.

.

_

_

-

Jan.

.

_

_

-

Feb.

_

_

_

-

Mar.

_

_

_

-

Apr.

.

_

_

-

May

_

_

_

-

June

_

_

_

-

July

_

_

-

-

Aug.

_

1,O8O

3,550

5,280

6,640

7.180 

7,150

6,900

6,700

6,550

 6,450

6,450

6,330

6,560

6,500

6,450

5,940

5,900

 6,000

6,000

5,950

5,950 

5,950

5,900

5,870

5,850

5,850

6,550

6,850

7,080

_

_

-

-

Sept.

 7,020

7,080

7,010

7,020

6,950

7,050

7,38O 

7,450

7,360

7,420

 7,550

7,460

7,450

7,450

7,510

7,550

7,760

7,850

8,250

S,140

8,220

8,380

8.590 

8,250

8,220

8,240

8,350

8,260

 8,160

8,140

231,520

7,711

-

-

Calendar year 1952: Max - Min - Mean - Cfsm - In. -

Water year 1952-53: Max 1O.2OO Min - Mean - Cfsm - In. -

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Mote. On days for which no discharge is shown, flow consists of leakage and lockage, generally 

less than 1O cfs.
LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES 

West Palm Beach Canal at Canal Point, Pla.

95

Location. Lat 26°52', long. SQ'SS', in sec. 34, T. 41 S., R. 37 E., on right bank at upstream end of lock in Canal Point, 350 ft downstream from State Highway 15 and 550 ft 

downstream from outlet from Lake Okeechobee.

Records available. November 1939 to September 1953.

e.--Staff gage read three times a day. Datum of gage is at mean sea level, datum of 

"929. Since May 1940, auxiliary water-stage recorder below lock and dam.

Average discharge.--14 years, 178 cfs.

Extremes.--1939-53: Maximum daily discharge, 817 cfs Mar. 18, 1948; maximum gage height 

observed, 18.54 ft Oct. 23, 1947; maximum daily reverse flow, 1,760 cfs June 15, 1942; 

minimum gage height observed, 8.48 ft June 15-17, 1952.

Remarks.--Records fair. Flow regulated at station by manipulation of stoplogs in lock 

and dam and hurricane gates. Flow occasionally reversed after periods of considerable 

rainfall because of downstream natural drainage and pumping from agricultural lands in 

Everglades. Discharge computed using three daily observations of velocity.

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

e

9

10

11

12

13

14 

15

16

17

16

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

26

29

30

31

Total

Mean

AC- ft

Oct.

0

0

0

0

0

0

-210

-351

-332

-302

-241 -175

-330

-384 -458

-503

-43S

-502

-556

*-569

-575

-589

-482

-522

-535

-362

-515

 -362

253

495 -454

-8,999

-290

-17,850

Nov.

-321

0

134

208

133

119

103

0

0

0

0 

O

0

0 

0

O

0

0

0

57

146

106

113

87

93

106

112

156

118

150

-

1,620

54.0

3,210

Dec.

130

288

350

335

373

357

340

*335

354

336

466 

389

353

361 

390

433

361

360

346

353

367

357

359

353

358

371

406

361

372

359

401

11,094

358

22,000

Jan.

369

378

459

456

344

*352

345

344

364

382

469 

373

353

371 

329

340

333

346

348

361

379

381

296

498

444

368

329

373

376

354

392

11,626

375

23,060

Feb.

379

 346

375

354

345

332

337

378

297

242

292 

293

332

316

121

354

360

313

286

246

269

322

338

316

323

304

*353

331

_

-

-

9,182

328

18,210

Mar.

296

358

399

434

424

383

458

464

379

356

410 

386

366

372 

378

411

440

*357

384

393

461

465

434

453

566

486

470

459

464

444

409

12,965

416

25,720

 Apr.

425

429

496

481

506

477

496

479

417

439

463 

443

246

m

239

283

322

371

377

327

294

379

462

476

412

474

452

395

412

-

12,037

401

23,680

May

456

434

426

415

590

402

427

492

464

456

466 

468

474

*455 

440

440

424

437

459

460

432

427

454

449

445

493

£3J_

522

433

463

481

14,065

454

27,900

June

586

511

432

367

329

102

346

327

362

370

 383 

368

410

433 

333

452

442

466

464

479

456

452

419

392

294

-220

-362

-369

-305

-158

-

8,565

266

16,990

July

256

310

75

-5

227

-343

0

174

 179

274

202 

490

323

195 

-10

-151

132

124

-281

-91

-104

213

203

-496

-525

-550

-543

-552

*-567

-615

-732

-2,188

-70.6

-4,340

Aug.

-726

-701

-564

-475

-533

-643

-728

-736

-636

-627

-622 

-501

-321

:ft

-596

-557

-539

*-587

-486

-576

-546

-514

-512

-495

-477

-466

-447

-321

-256

-427

-16,370

528

-32,470

Sept.

-333

-332

-255

-285

-170

-40

-75

-106

*-393

-140

-329 

-201

-83

0 

-24

-48

-216

-193

-394

-373

-75

-276

-326

-326

-425.

-253

-38

26

0

105

-

-5,556

-185

-11,020

Calendar year 1952 : Max 563 Mln -589 Mean 204 Ac -ft 147,600

Water year 1952-53 : Max 586 Mln -736 Mean 132 Ac-ft 95,290

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

Note. Negative figures Indicate reverse flow.
96 LAKE OKEECHQBEE AND THE EVERGLADES

West Palm Beach Canal at West Palm Beach, Fla.

Location. Lat 26°38'40", long. 80°03'24", in NE^ sec. 16, T. 44 S., R. 43 E., on left 

bank at upstream side of lock and dam, 20 ft upstream from bridge on State Highway 805 

on Poinsettia Avenue and 4.9 miles south of courthouse in West Palm Beach.

Records available.--November 1939 to September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is at mean sea level (State Road Department 

benchmark). Prior to Apr. 26, 1940, staff gage and Apr. 26, 1940, to Dec. 20, 1949, 

water-stage recorder, at same site at datum 0.25 ft higher.

Average discharge.--14 years, 1,064 cfs.

Extremes. 1939-53; Maximum daily discharge, 5,320 cfs Apr. 18, 1942; maximum gage height, 

10.89 ft, present datum, Oct. 13, 1947; minimum daily discharge, 124 cfs May 1, 1945; 

minimum gage height, 2.97 ft May V, 1941, present datum.

Maximum stage known, 13.20 ft Oct. 23, 24, 1924, present datum (discharge, 8,570 

cfs), from records by Everglades Drainage District.

Remarks. Records fair. Flow regulated by manipulation of stoplogs in dam and gates in 

lock chamber for irrigation and drainage purposes by Central and Southern Florida Flood 

Control District. Lock chamber not used for navigation.

Cooperation. Stoplog record furnished by Central and Southern Florida Flood Control 

District.

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Ac-ft

Oct.

*1,490

1,540

1,520

1.460

1,550

1,740

2,07O

2,030

2,320

1,96O

1,860

1,920

1,950

2,020

2,O2O

2,O40

2,000

1,97O

2,000

*2,120

2,250

2,340

2,560

2,640

2,800

2,750

2,820

2.850

*2,730

2,590

2,450

66,360

2,141

131,600

JJov.

2.400

2,380

2,340

2,260

2,180

2,110

2,050

2,OOO

1,950

1,920

1,88O

1,850

1,840

1,790

1,750

1,710

1,660

1,640

1,610

*1,580

1,560

1,510

1,460

1,420

1,380

1,28O

1,170

1,110

1,O1O

986

-

51,786

1,726

102,700

Dec.

932

1,060

848

888

795

740

772

768

683

*616

632

644

648

664

66O

741

768

744

728

724

74O

740

74O

728

712

704

696

692

 680

684

688

22,859

737

45,340

Jan.

704

716

724

716

692

535

3fii

416

528

732

724

712

708

7O8

824

880

868

844

812

784

*780

772

740

776

860

852

824

792

768

764

816

22,755

734

45,13O

Feb.

880

908

980

992

932

916

908

900

912

880

844

»8O8

764

736

728

740

732

7O4

664

632

470

396

440

692

724

664

458

3J2

-

-

20,776

742

41,210

Mar.

392

400

388

384

*384

400

408

404

400

384

368

376

432

500

528

528

496

472

464

432

396

400

44O

564

655

680

*628

580

544

516

488

14,431

466

28,620

Apr.

452

428

366

370

394

384

36O

319

292

288

316

400

440

520

552

632

664

656

732

164

*736

680

624

568

532

532

612

628 6" 2

592

-

15,445

515

30,630

May

537

48O

 476

452

42O

340

316

324

332

352

368

*360

352

352

344

340

340

332

320

336

368

40O

404

400

384

352

340

332

332

328

332

11,445

369

22,700

June

36O

*376

368

420

566

756

76O

722

733

696

644

624

604

60O

588

596

612

612

596

588

632

696

688

*652

640

684

860

964

1,130

1.160

-

19,927

664

39,520

July

1,130

1,O9O

1,050

1,090

1,110

1,110

1,110

1,090

1,070

1,060

1,040

1,070

1,100

 1,110

1,110

1,140

1,140

1,110

1,070

1,06O

1,030

990

1,O7O

1,340

1,36O

1,420

1,390

1,630

1.820

1,790

1,800

37,500

1,210

74,380

Aug.

1,850

1,710

1,500

*1,360

1.520

1,540

1,780

2.060

1,940

1,870

1,760

1,600

1,710

1,580

1,530

1,560

1,700

1,690

1,630

1,67O

1,700

1,770

1,750

*1,71O

1,67O

1,610

1,550

1,520

1,730

1,990

2,OOO

52,360

1,689

103,900

Sept.

1,900

1,730

1,630

1,600

1,570

1,540

1.520

1,540

1,590

1,770

1,880

1,840

1,73O

1,680

1,960

2,430

 2,860

3,520

4.020

4,020

3,850

3,730

3,720

3,490

3,250

2,990

2,860

2,780

2,880

2,830

-

74,710

2,490

148,200

Calendar year 1952: Max 2,850 Mln 232 Mean 901 Ac-ft 654,300

Water year 1952-53: Max 4,02o Mln 288 Mean 1,124 Ac-ft 813,900

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES 97

Boynton Canal at Boynton Beach, Fla.

Location. Lat 26°32'20", long. 80°03'10", in NE£ sec. 21, T. 45 S., R. 43 E., near right 

bank at upstream side of control dam, 0.2 mile upstream from U. S. Highway 1 and 

three-quarters of a mile north of intersections of U. S. Highway 1 and State Highway 

'804 in Boyton Beach.

Records available. July 1941 to June 1943, October 1947, and November 1949 to September 

1953 (discharge measurements only). .

Gage.--Staff gage read at time of discharge measurements. Prior to May 27, 1952, staff 

gage read once daily except Saturdays and Sundays. Datum of gage is at mean sea 

level, datum of 1929. Prior to June 30, 1943, staff gage at site 0.3 mile downstream 

at datum 0.25 ft higher.

Extremes. 1941-43, 1947, 1949-53: Maximum discharge observed, 2,720 cfs Apr. 18, 1942; 

minimum observed, 4.0 cfs Nov. 30, 1942.

Remarks. Flow regulated by manipulation of stoplogs and drum gates in dams by Lake

Worth Drainage District for irrigation and drainage. Some diversion by pumping above 

station for irrigation.

Discharge measurements, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

Nov, 

Dec,

2..... ..... 598

31.......... 81.5

26.......... 29.2

31.......... 21.6

Jan. 21.......... 21.1

Feb. 17.......... 22.1

Mar. 18.......... 22.2

Apr. 24.......... 20.1

May 20.......... 20.5

June 19.......... 20.1

July 17.......... 25.2

Aug. 24.......... 30.7

Sept.23.......... 1,340

Hillsboro Canal near Deerfield Beach, Fla.

Location. Lat 26°19'39", long. 80°07'52", in SW£ sec. 35, T. 47 S., R. 42 E., at upstream end of lock at right end of dam, 1.8 miles west of Deerfield Beach and 4.4

miles downstream from bridge on State Highway 7. 

Records available. November 1939 to September 1953. 

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is at mean sea level, datum of 1929 (Corps

of Engineers benchmark). Prior to Apr. 15, 1040, staff gage at same site at datum

0.92 ft lower. Since July 31, 1947, auxiliary water-stage recorder at downstream end

of lock or at site 500 ft downstream from lock. 

Average discharge. 14 years, 464 cfs. 

Extremes. 1939-F3 : Maximum daily discharge, 3,490 cfs Oct. 12, 1947; maximum gage

height, 12.10 ft Oct. 17, 1944, from floodmarks; no flow Dec. 16, 1939, Apr. 11,

June 18, 1940; minimum gage height, 3.34 ft Aug. 18, 1949. 

Remarks. Records fair except those for periods of discharge below 300 cfs, which are

poor. Flow regulated by Central & South Florida Flood Control District for irrigation

and drainage and by flood-control levee 11 miles above station. Pumps above station

divert water for irrigation during growing season.

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Ac-ft

Oct.

913 

*99T 

964

984

1,110

1,270

1,220

1,210

1,200

1,180

1,120

1,130

1,120

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,080

1,110

1,100

*1,220

1,180

1,150

1,190

1,530

1,920

1,730 

2.250 

2,190 

1,800

*1,580 

1,480

40,Z05

1,297

79,750

Jfov.

1.520 

1,290 

1,110

1,160

1,070

1,050

1,000

985

967

952

947

887

849

844

829

811

791

682

*653

742

691

620

587

557

446

342 

37T 

389 

394

389

23,925

798

47,450

Dec.

} 300

200

\ 90

1 "'

> 140

|

J

 70

0

4,000

129

7,930

Jan.

» 70

1,410

1,330

234

110

70

1 (*)

> 100

I

387

260

} 130

y 300

6,471

209

12,840

Feb.

y 200 490

^

I 90

(*)

70

-

2,740

97.9

5,430

Mar.

(*)

. 60

98

50

\

I (»)

! 50

1,838

59.3

3,650

Apr.

> 50

80

C)

50

y 210

}

60

-

2,000

66.7

3,970

May

' 60

C)

' 70

' 60

(*)

1,910

61.6

3,790

June

60

\ 200

'

*426

660

595 

670 

730 695"

645

6,221

207

12,340

July

515 

465 

460

495

490

443

4T5- 390

430

440

435

559

515

460

*435

475

475

455

435

415

405

390

455

783

1,060

1,300 

1.510 

1,126 

1,050

1,100 

1,190

19,360

625

38,400

Aug.

1,190 

1,180 

1,160

1,140

1,140

1,160

1,210

1,200

1,210

*1,210

1,240

1,220

1,240

1,080

1.070

1,070

1,080

1,090

1,090

1,090

1,100

1,120

1,140

1,170

1,200

1,160 

1,140 

1,140 

1,300

1,540 

1,630

36,710

1,184

72,810

Sept.

1,500 

*1,400 

1,330

1,320

1,280

1.260

1,266

1,300

1,300

1,450

*1,450

1,430

1,380

1,410

*1,640

1,670

1,730

2,250

2.540

2,166

2,060

*2,000

1,920

1,860

1,780

1,740 

1,720 

1,760 

1,760

*1,740

49,200

1,640

97,590

Calendar year 1952: Max 2,230 Mln - Mean 395 Ac-ft 286,700

Water year 1952-53: Max 2,340 Mln _ Mean 533 Ac-ft 386,000

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Note. Considerable leakage through spillway boards Nov. 2 to July 12. Leakage was 20 percent or

more of total flow during bracketed periods. Leakage computed on basis of discharge measurements

and records of dam operation. Records of stoplog operation furnished by Central & Southern Florida

Flood Control District.
98 LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES

Middle River Canal near Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Location. Lat 26°10'20", long. 80°12'15", in NV& sec. 24, T. 49 S. } R. 41 E., above 

control on U. S. Highway 441, 3? miles upstream from mouth and 6f miles northwest of 

Fort Lauderdale.

Records available. October. November 1947, November 1949 to September 1953 (discharge 

measurements and field estimates).

Gage. Reference mark in top of sheet piling retaining wall at southwest corner of bridge. 

Datum Is at mean sea level, datum of 1929. Prior to Sept. 14, 1953, staff gage on 

left bank at upstream side of bridge. Readings weekly or oftener.

Extremes. 1947. 1949-53: Maximum discharge measured, 282 cfs Oct. 22, 1947; no flow at

Remarks. Regulation by control dams at and below station. Diversion by pumps below 

station.

Discharge measurements, in cubic feet per second, water year 

October 1952 to September 1953

Oct. 13.............. 36.1

29.............. 56.7

Feb. 11.............. 13.4

Aug. 31.............. 17.0

Note. So flow Mar. 2 to 

Aug. 3.

Plantation Road Canal near Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Location. Lat 26°08'05", long. 80°12'10", in NE£ sec. 1, T. 50 S., R. 41 E., at bridge 

on U. S. Highway 441, 1.0 mile upstream from mouth and 5 miles west of Fort Lauderdale.

Records available. October, November 1947, November 1949 to September 1953 (discharge 

measurements and field estimates}.

Gage. Reference mark on southwest bridge abutment. Datum is at mean sea level, datum 

of 1929. Prior to Sept. 14, 1953, staff gage on right bank 40 ft upstream. Readings 

made weekly or oftener.

Extremes.--1947-53; Maximum discharge measured, 1,390 cfs Oct. 17, 1947; no flow at 

Remarks. Regulation by control dams at and above station.

Discharge measurements, in cubic feet per second, water year 

October 1952 to September 1953

Oct. 29............ 54.6 July 8................ 1.6

Mar. IS............. 2.0 20................ 2.0

Apr. 24............. 1.0 Aug. 24................ 1.7

May 20............. .4 Sept. 14................ 6.6

22............. .4 28............... 50.3

June 15............. .5
LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES 99 

North New River Canal at South Bay, Fla.

Location.--Lat 26°40i, long. 80°43', in sec. 14, T. 44 S., R. 36 E., on right bank on 

downstream side of lock and dam in South Bay, 410 ft downstream from bridge on State 

Highway 80 and 2.5 miles south of Lake Okeechobee.

Records available.--November 1939 to September 1953 (prior to March 1942, monthly discharge and discharge measurements only).

Gage. Staff gage read twice daily. Datum of gage is at mean sea level, datum of 1929. 

Average discharge.--14 years, 182 cfs.

Extremes. 1939-53; Maximum daily discharge, 1,040 cfs Sept. 30, 1947; maximum gage 

height observed, 16.39 ft Oct. 15, 16, 1947; maximum reverse flow observed, 445 cfs 

June 10, 17, 1942; minimum gage height observed, 8.63 ft July 6, 1949.

Flood of July 27, 28, 1926, reached a stage of 20.56 ft, from records by Everglades 

Drainage District.

Remarks.--Records fair except those for periods of no gage-height and/or point-velocity 

record, which are poor. Lock opened from Mar. 11 to Sept. 30, but dam not operated 

during year. Flow regulated by hurricane gates at Lake Okeechobee and by drainage 

pumps. Discharge computed using twice-daily observations of velocity.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Ac-ft

Oct.

20

60

90

94

189

192

204

177

157

189

203

214

266

281

273

86

91

318

382

323

444

e410

e375

e340

e305

272

225

 124 

172

116

61

6,658

215

13,210

flov.

81

78

0

0

0

-41

0

0

-35

-46

-97

0

0

-17

-61

e-70

-83

-60

-76

-81

*-65

-107

-106

-69

-126

-104

-128

-106 

-105

-157

-

-1,551

-51.7

-3,080

Dec.

-112

-118

-114

-63

-89

-63

-49

*-55

-65

115

271

192

172

201

223

202

200

206

200

193

202

198

189

174

181

272

16fi

234

217

304

321

4,099

132

8,130

Jan.

366

316

359

351

307

*305

337

314

318

152

M

222

335

340

123

333

342

278

256

255

307

294

253

362

110

177

297

297 

285

295

274

8,944

289

17,740

Feb.

285

*262

401

184

339

157

214

425

306

316

282

296

342

282

362

353

377

413

356

296

355

399

4§2

389

383

311

*373

427

-

-

9,337

333

18,520

Mar.

359

377

332

359

439

436

392

391

366

411

392

521

533

459

364

421

516

*405

436

568

497

484

449

566

514

474

460 

585

e550

e515

14,189

458

28,140

Apr.

e480

e445

406

517

512

40P

495

484

456

472

e490

e505

8520

e535

*553

596

548

524

625

642

553

507

501

417

482

8490

504

493 

434

422

-

15,008

500

29,770

May

542

432

461

407

464

410

448

 544 592

430

477

462

 526

474

560

485

481

454

397

564

507

409

542

430

502

500

510

450

510

434

391

14,845

479

29,440

June

465

391

398

411

408

404

464

461

519

475

*521

464

482

510

541

519

563

489

501

486

505

335

93

89.

187

402

352

363 

302

274

-

12,374

412

24,540

July

246

246

230

283

393

344

393

282

*303

295

252

e245

e240

e235

227

280

330

296

261

325

259

296

320

567

8480

8395

307

271 

*301

313

8295

9,420

304

18,680

Aug.

8275

e260

8240

8225

8205

187

227

285

351

349

389

241

293

235

263

199

355

292

*226

316

324

241

219

347

300

238

217

302"

423

471

8,669

280

17,190

Sept.

285

295

259

309

270

307

362

332

314

313

8310

309

266

279

380

*346

470

6490

516

460

395

377

451

381

413

323

129.

320 

264

234

-

10,209

340

20,250

Calendar year 1952: Max 677 Min -137 Bean 253 Ac-ft 183,300

Water year 1952-53: Max 642 Mln -137 Mean 307 Ac-ft 222,500

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

e No gage-height and/or point-velocity record; discharge estimated by interpolation.

Note.--negative figures indicate flow toward Lake Okeechobee.
100 LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES

North New River Canal near Port Lauderdale, Pla.

Location.--Eat 26°05'39" , long. 80°13 I 48", in SW£ sec. 14, T. 50 S., R. 41 E., on right 

bank 20 ft upstream from lock and dam on State Highway 84, 6 miles southwest of Port 

Lauderdale.

Records available. November 1939 to September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is at mean sea level, datum of 1929 (Corps 

of Engineers benchmark). Prior to Apr. 13, 1940, staff gage at same site and datum. 

Auxiliary water-stage recorder at downstream end of lock chamber. Aug. 1, 1947, to 

July 20, 1950, at site 500 ft downstream.

Average discharge. 14 years, 587 cfs.

Extremes. 1939-53: Maximum daily discharge, 3,280 cfs Nov. 19, 1947; maximum gage 

height, 10.83 ft Oct. 17, 1947; minimum daily discharge, 2.4 cfs May 21, 22, 1947; 

minimum gage height, 0.78 ft Dec. 3, 1942.

Maximum discharge known, 5,400 cfs Oct. 15, 1929 (gage height, 7.66 ft, present 

datum), from records by Everglades Drainage District.

Remarks. Records fair above 300 cfs and poor below. Plow regulated at and above station 

by dams for irrigation, drainage, and flood and fire control. Several small diversions 

above station for irrigation.

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

Day

1

Z

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

Mean

Ac-ft

Oct.

948

1,000

1,060

1,070

1,110

1,120

al,130

al,260

al,300

al,270

al,230

al,270

al,280

1,220

1,190

1,230

1,190

1,210

1,200

1,210

1,180

*1,430

1,680

al,660 

al,750

al,790

al,780

1,740 

1.860 

*1,820 

1,760

41,948

1,353

83,200

Uov.

1,840

1,850

1.860

1,760

*1,650

1,340

1,340

1,360

1,380

1,370

1,390

1,280

1,140

1,270

1,240

1,020

884

855

835

830

871

868

871

867 

840

*864

857

842

652 

640

34,666

1,156

68,760

Dec.

664

656

664

672

672

672

656

680

672

720

800

768

756

1.010

935

896

925

*917

911

912

906

876

646

342

344

368

368

376 

368 

368 

350

20, 880

674

41,410

Jan.

352

368

388

368

528

344

344

*360

610

868

784

752

732

716

684

680

566

501

519

522

603

685

689

733

726

*580

520

*528 

544 

604 

682

17,680

570

35,070

Feb.

674

736

786

786

754

738

754

818

810

810

810

802

786

786

794

738

*706

690

690

690

690

617

524

556 

540

476

428

550

19,339

691

38,360

Mar.

5

N

> 220 1

S

I 150

J

100

(*) \

> 110

J

>j

J

j

1

\. 120

1

[

130

L 140 

J (*)

4,080

132

8,090

Apr.

> 140

J

I> 230

1

J

 ^

> *200

J

I 180

160

5,030

168

9,980

May

. 130

 150

130

(*)

. 110

3,790

122

7,520

June

"j

^ 110

J

I 300

f

J

 *90

 200

 220

» 200

681

IjOSO 

965 

*893

7,799

260

15,470

July

861

578

559

544

544

551

528

543

559

559

559

582

593

586

559

551

523

508

516

*513

489

5O4

601

839 

824

819

819

834

907 

954 

954

19,860

641

39,390

Aug.

967

951

923

887

885

902

907

1,070

1,040

1,010

831

*823 82~9

829

860

872

870

867

899

896

870

829

863

952 

957

935

912

856 

972 

1.090 

1,090

28, 444

918

56, 420

Sept.

1,170

*1,150

1,130

1,100

1,08O

1,070

1,060

1,O70

963

990

1,000

1,020

1,030

1,090

1,150

1,180

1,180

1,250

1,270

1,260

1,220

1,180

1,170

1,170 

*1,180

1,210

1,190

1.280 

1,270 

1,260

34,343

1,145

68,120

Calendar year 1952: Max 1,860 Mln - Mean 56! Ac-ft 407,000

Water year 1952-53: Max 1,860 Mln _ Mean 652 Ac-ft 471,300

- Discharge measurement made on this day.

a Ho gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of recorded range In stage and dam crest 

hanaes.

eakage estimated 

Leakage was
LAKE OKEECHOBEE AMD THE EVERGLADES 101

Miami Canal at water plant, Hialeah, Fla.

Location. Lat 25°49'38", long. 800 17'15", in SWt~ sec. 18, T. 53 S., R. 41 E., on left 

bank at Miami water plant in Hialeah, on U. S. Highway 27, half a mile upstream from 

54th Street Bridge.

Records available. January 1940 to September 1953.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 0.01 ft below mean sea level, datum of 

1929 (levels by Dade County). Since Oct. 1, 1946, auxiliary water-stage recorder on 

right bank above boat-lift and dam, about 150 ft downstream from 36th Street Bridge 

and 2 miles downstream from gaging station in Hialeah. Nov. 8, 1940, to Sept. 30, 

1946, auxiliary water-stage recorder on Biscayne Bay at Coconut Grove and since Oct. 1, 

1946, at site 2 miles downstream from base gage.

Average discharge. 13 years, 676 cfs.

Extremes. 1940-53: Maximum daily discharge, 4,170 cfs Oct. 15, 1947; maximum gage 

height, 7.34 ft Oct. 15, 1947; maximum reverse flow measured, 390 cfs June 23, 1943; 

minimum gage height, -0.67 ft July 2, 1943, Mar. 22, 1945.

Remarks.--Records fair except those for periods of indefinite stage-discharge relation, 

which are poor. Flow affected by tide; discharge computed by using gage heights and 

tide ranges at auxiliary gage as a factor. Some seepage losses above station into 

City of Miami well field for recharge of ground-water withdrawals.

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Ac-ft

Oct.

532 555"

*689

762 

834

870

9OO

888

894

960

924

9OO

918

912

900

918

918

912

912

942

942

912

93O

*972

1,050

1,030

1,410

1,56O

1,54O

1,510

*1,460

3O,397

981

60,290

Nov.

1,500

1,500

1,490

1,470 

1,460

1,460

1,440

1,440

1,43O

1,44O

1,43O

1,430

*1,44O

1,420

1,41O

1,390

1,370

1,350

1,340

1,340

1,340

1,310

1,290

1,28O

1,250

1,26O

1,26O

1,260

1,240

1,240

-

41,28O

1,376

81,880

Dec.

*1,220

1,210

1,2OO

1,180 

1,180

1,150

1,140

1.14O

1,140

1,18O

1,260

1,230

1,220

1,220

1,220

1,200

1,180

1,180

1,160

1,150

1,130

1,120

1,120

*1,100

1,090

1,09O

1,060

1,O5O

1,040

1,O4O

1,030

35,630

1,149

70,670

Jan.

1,030

1,010

1,OOO

984 

960

954

556" 948

,O70

,150

,150

,14O

,13O

* ,120

,1OO

,1OO

,09O

1,080

1,06O

1,040

1,030

1.O2O

996

1,O1O

1,OOO

978

966

96O

954

990

1,060

32,046

1,034

63,560

Feb.

1,100

1,O9O

1,110

 1,120 

1,090

1,080

1,050

1,100

1,110

1,100

1,070

1,060

1,060

1,040

1.O4O

1,020

1,000

978

948

936

912

882

864

858

846

*834

822

816

_

-

27,936

998

55,410

Mar.

804

79T

786

780 

762

744

726

7O1

689

670

689

707

701

707

701

695

670

639

*627

602

577

602

633

670

639

6O2

583

570

558

558

545

20,729

669

41,120

Apr.

538

532

532

526 

513

500

494

494

506

5O6

506

494

519

519

35O

650

*664

BW

400

474

650

526

494

435

422

589

551

513

435

4O2

-

15,330

511

30,410

May

409

435

336

336 

336

2O5

315

415

389

454

*356

268

302

219

200

ISO

1OO

20O

200

300

506

355

70

1OO

7,391

238

14,66O

June

2OO

20O

150

350 

45O

474

415

150

1 ( *>

I

200

35O

250

400

468

422

376

349

362

382

356

322

342

454

526

564

5BT

519

-

9,862

329

19,560

July

480

*454

422

4O2 

376

376

362

349

356

329

336

342

382

382

376

362

342

329

309

288

295^ 281

*356

532

538

577

602

633

658

SBT

652

13,130

424

26.04O

Aug.

633

639

614

596 

*596

614

608

596

577

577

564

538

532

519

519

500

513

500

*494 551"

558

570

577

596

621

614

614

621

713

750" 726

18,185

587

36,O7O

Sept.

72O

695

*677

664 

646

658" 627

670

652

664

701

75O

750

744

738

*738

8O4

978

1,050

1,060

1,110

1,140

1,200

1,190

1,15O

1,14O

1,160

1,250

1,240

*1,220

-

26,786

893

53,130

Calendar year 1952: Max 1,560 Mln - Mean 544 Ac-ft 395, OOO

Water year 1952-53: Max 1,56O Mln - Mean 764 Ac-ft 552, 8OO

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

Note . stage-discharge relation Indefinite Apr. 15-16, 19, 21, May 15-2O, May 22 to June 5, June 8- 

16; discharge estimated on basis of 1 discharge measurement and record of 36th St. dam operation.
102 LAKE OKEECHQBEE AND THE EVERGLADES

Tamiami Canal outlets, Miami to Monroe, Fla.

Location. Lat 25°45'40", long. 80°49'40", in NE£ sec. 21, T. 54 S., R. 35 E., at 40-mile 

bend on U. S. Highway 41, 38 miles west of Miami.

Records available. November 1939 to September 1953. Prior to October 1948, published 

as Tamiami Canal outlets west of Miami.

;e. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is at mean sea level, datum of 1929. Prior 

to July 28, 1942, staff gage at site 17 miles west of Miami and July 28, 1942, to 

Sept. 30, 1945, at site 15 miles west of Miami at present datum. Oct. 1, 1945, to 

Aug. 30, 1949, staff gage at present site at datum 0.87 ft lower and Aug. 31, 1949, 

to Dec. 28, 1951, at present site and datum.

Average discharge. 14 years, 556 cfs.

Extremes. 1939-53; Maximum daily discharge, 17,000 cfs Oct. 12, 1947, from rating 

curve extended above 9,800 cfs; maximum daily reverse flow, 2.0 cfs May 1-10, 1949; 

no flow for several days in some years.

Remarks. Records fair above 100 cfs and poor below. Figures of daily discharge consist 

of runoff from Everglades as represented by flow through all outlets from Tamiami 

Canal from Monroe, 55 miles west of Miami, to point 18 miles west of Miami, where a 

levee aids in diverting flow through 60 outlets to the area immediately south of canal.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

Day

1

2

3

4

S

6

7

e

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29 

30

31

Total

Mean

Ac- ft

Oct.

1.210

1,270

1,330

1,390

1,480

1,570 

*1,700

1,740

1,980

2,160

2,120

2,050

2,010

1,940

2,190

2,590

2,550

2,550

2,43O

2,390

2,680

*2,680

2,590

2,630

2.720

2,630

2,630

2,590

2,590 

2,550

2,510

67,450

2,176

133,800

JJOV.

2.510

2,470

2,430

*2,360

2,280

2,160 

2,120

2,070

1,990

1,910

1,870

1,870

1,840

1,800

1,760

1,720

1.72O

 1,650

1,580

1,540

1,540

1,510

1.47O

1,440

1,410

1,380

1,340

1,340

1,310 

1.240

-

53,630

1,788

106,400

Dec.

1.210

*1,180

1,150

1,120

1,090

1,060 

1,060

1,010

949

920

92O

871

846

798

798

*798

773

748

724

675

655

634

634

614

594

594

574

553

533

*513

472

25,070

809

49,730

Jan.

492

492

456

44O

440

m424

553

655

675

70O

*724

675

675

655

634

594

574

553

533

533

513

553

594

594

*574

574

553 

574

553

17,407

562

34,530

Feb.

533

513

594

594

594

574 

553

748

846

 146

798

724

700

675

634

634

614

614

574

533

492

456

440

424

*408

376

344

328

:-

16,163

577

32,O60

Mar.

300

287

262

238

225

213 

200

179

170

*142

124

124

114

100

105

170

142

114

100

9O

80

7O

65

*60

50

40

30

25

20

15

12

3,866

125

7,670

Apr.

10

8

7

6

5

4

*3

3

2

2

1

0

O

2

1

10

30

30

3O

25

20

*15

10

10

8

10

30

25

20

15

-

342

11.4

678

May

15

15

8

6

5

4

5

6

6

5

4

3

2

2

1

1

1

O

O

*1

5

5

5

4

3

2

1

0

O 

0

1

111

3.6

220

June'

2

2

3

3

6

6 

6

5

4

3

3

3

6

6

5

5

4

»4

3

3

10

50

60

70

80

90

100

160

179 

179

-

1,060

353

2,100

July

170

170

188

200

213

238 

*238

238

238

225

262

328

360

344

360

424

440

4O8

424

. 424

*367

352

352

400

474

474

512

612

679 

701

725

11,538

372

22,890

Aug.

723

679

679

657

657

679 

701

701

723

679

701

657

635

*612

590

590

657

679

657

635

612

701

894

920

894

*868

868

868

1,020 

1.110

1,080

23,126

746

45,870

Sept.

1,050

1.020

1,O5O

1,200

1,230

1,230 

1,380

1.57O

1,540

*1,570

1,540

1,510

1,570

1,640

1,710

1,710

1,780

2,180

2,22O

2,180

2,410

3,090

5.850

3 65O

s', 510

3,230

3,090

*5,41O

3,370 

3,520

-

63,810

2,127

126,600

Calendar year 1952: Max 2,720 Min - Mean 559 Ac-ft 406,100

Water year 1952-53 : Max 3,850 Min o Mean 777 Ae-ft 562,500

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Note. Dally discharge below 100 cfs computed on basis of 5 discharge measurements, gage heights, 

and weather records.
LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES 

Barren River Canal near Everglades, Pla.

103

Location. Lat 25°58' f long. 81°21' ( in w£ sec. 7, T. 52 S. ( R. 30 E., on right Dank 

40 ft upstream from dam, 0.7 mile north of Copeland, 7 miles north of town of 

Everglades, and 7j miles upstream from mouth.

Records available. July to December 1951 (discharge measurements only), January 1952 to 

September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is at mean sea level (State Road Department 

benchmark). Prior to Jan. 24, 1952, staff gage at same site and datum.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge measured during period July 1951 to September 1953, 162 cfs 

Oct. 26, 1951; maximum gage height recorded, 5.96 ft Sept. 25, 1953: no flow May 16-19, 

1952; minimum gage height, 1.47 ft May 15, 16, 1952.

Flood in October 1947 reached a stage of about 7 ft, from information by local residents.

Remarks.--Records fair. Flow regulated by dams at, above, and below station, 

flow above gage height 4.5 ft not included in discharge figures. Overbank

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Ac- ft

Oct.

108

107

1O8

105

101

98

9?

108

114

114

112

110

109

108

108

 108

109

114

115

118

118

117

116

116

114

112

112

110

110

108

106

3,412

110

6,770

Nov.

105

154

102

101

*100

98

96

94

92

90

89

88

86

86

85

84

82

81

80

81

84

84

82

81

*81

80

80

79

79

78

2,632

87.7

5,220

Dec.

78

7T

77

76

76

74

73

73

72

72

71

69

68

72

73

72

70

69

69

68

68

67

*66

65

65

64

63

63

62

6T

62

2,156

69.5

4,280

Jan.

62

62

62

60

59

59

57

57

65

71

69

67

*66

64

62

61

6059~

58

57

60

58

56

67

65

62

60

59

57

56

54

1,891

61.0

3,750

Feb.

SB" 54

*62SQ59

59

58

61

59

58

58

59

59

58

61

61

59

58

57

57

56

56

56

59

*57

56

55

56

_

_

-

1,623

58.0

3,220

Mar.

54

52

51

49

48

48

47

45

43

41

40

41

43

41

39

38

37

35

34

33_

33

56

»B3" 66

56

48

43

40

38

35

34

1,371

44.2

2,720

Apr.

32

31

33

34

32

31

30

30

29

29

SB- 28

32

37

35

63

6S

63

60

56

52

*49

45

43

41

56

SB- 72

63

61

1,329

44.3

2,640

May

59

56

52

48

44

41

43

43

39

36

34

32

30

28

27

26

24

23

22

*20

20

20

18

17

16

15

15

14

14

15- 13

902

29.1

1,790

June

13

12

TS

17

20

26

32

27

24

26

27

23

21

20

19

18

17

*16

15

15

15

15

17

25

37

56

72

7T

65

60

834

27.8

1,650

July

57

65

60

56

56

62

62

*59

62

60

58

57

52

51

53

50

47

48

48

55

*50

46

IB- 45

50

56

57

58

63

72

86

1,749

56.4

3,470

Aug.

92

94

94

96

106

112

114

ny

110

1O6

102

99

96

93

91

90

«8S

88

90

90

89

86

84

84

83

86

86

88

92

104

114

2,960

95.5

5,870

Sept.

119

119

118

118

116

115

114

115

*114

114

114

114

116

117

119

116

117

116

114

111

112

119

124

124

127

126

126

126

124

125

3,549

118

7,040

Calendar year 1952: Max . Kin - Mean 64.3 Ac-ft 46,670

Water year 1952-53: Max 127 Mln 12 Mean 66.9 Ac-ft 48,420

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
104 LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES

Imperial River near Bonita Springs, Fla.

Location. --Lat 26°20', long. 81°45' in sec. 36, T. 47 S., R. 25 E., on right bank

miles east of Bonita Springs.

Records available. --May 1940 to September 1953.

Gage. --Water-stage recorder and wooden control. Datum of gage is at mean sea level, 

datum of 1929. Prior to Sept. 10, 1941, staff gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 13 years, 87.8 cfs.

Extremes . --Maximum discharge during year, 909 cfs Sept. 21 (gage height, 8.93 ft); minimum, 

0.7 cfs May 22 to June 2 (gage height, 2.17 ft).

1940-53: Maximum discharge observed, 2,890 cfs Sept. 12, 1940; maximum gage height, 

12.74 ft Oct. 2, 1951; no flow June 28 to July 3, 1940.

Flood of June 15, 1936, reached a stage of 13.4 ft, from floodmarks.

Remarks. Records poor.

Rating table, water year 1952-53, except periods of tide effect (gage 

height, In feet, and discharge, In cubic feet per second)

2.1

2.2

2.4

2.5

2.6

0.4 

1.0 

6.4

3.0

6.0 

7.0 

8.5

53

340

455

784

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Ac- ft

Oct.

elll

e!04

elOO

e92

e89

e98

e!08

e!95

6215

*e216

216

212

204

199

218

244

237

289

344

526

487

423

383

343

312

281

e251

6228

6201

e!77

e!61

7,264

234

14,410

Hov.

e!52

el4T

e!30

6119

111

103

94

82

76

73

69

65

60

58

58

55

52

48

45

46

50

46

44

41

40

37

35

31

29

27

-

2,017

67.2

4,000

Dec.

23

ZZ

19

16

15

13

11

10

9.4

9.0

7.9

6.8

6.4

9.4

8.6

7.1

*6.4

5.9

5.6

5.6

5.3

4.5

4.2

4.0

4.0

3.4

3.4

4.0

3.7

3.2

2^6

259.4

8.37

515

Jan.

2.4

2.1

2.6

2.4

*1_.8

1.8

2.1

2.1

2.6

3.2

3.2

2.9

2.4

1.8

1.8

2.1

1.8

1.8

1.8

2.1

3.9

3.4

3.4

18

21

22

23

27

22

18

16

218.5

7.05

433

Feb.

14

20

48

4T

41

38

35

46

40

36

*30

30

27

22

22

19

15

13

10

9.0

7.5

6.4

5.6

5.0

4.2

3.7

3.4

5.2

_

-

598.0

21.4

1,190

Mar.

2~74 2.6

2.1

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.5

*1.3

1.0

1.0

1.0

.9 79"

.9

.9

.9

44.5

1.44

88

Apr.

~30.8

1.0

.9

.8

.8

.8

.8

.8

.8

.8

.8

2.4

1.8

1.8

3.2

274

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.5

2.4

2.1

1.8

1.5

1.5

-

46.1

1.54

91

May

1.3

T73

1.3

1.0

 1.0

1.0

1.3

1.3

1.0

1.0

1.0

.9

.9

.9

.9

.9

.8

.8

.8

.8

.9

*.8

.7

77

.7

.7

.7

.7

.7

.7

.7

28.2

0.91

56

June

'0.7

~7&-

.8

.9

.8

.8

.9

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.0

1.0

1.3

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.8

4.0

3.4

3.2

3.2

*3.2

4.5

11

28

78

104

121

nr497.2

16.6

986

July

97

78

66

58

56.

56

56

67

73

64

63

66

62

58

64

65

71

76

63

59

65

96

130

149

151

144

126

124

*115

6100

e94

2,612

84.3

5,180

Aug.

95

102

99

110

196

254

310

z$5

267

268

224

 184

153

130

111

94

87

88

82

76

73

67

66

SB" 64

78

92

128

142

144

165

4,305

139

8,540

Sept.

206

209

251

270

279

309

353

439

*496

424

423

401

363

365

405

393

762

T3T

647

594

711

708

659

550

478

448

495

509

437

*400

13,718

457

27,210

Calendar year 1952: Max 526 Min 0.6 Mean 59.9 Ao-ft 43,4,60

Water year 1952-53: Max 762 Min 0.7 Mean 86.6 Ac-ft 62,700

Peak discharge (base, 510 cfsj. Oct. 20 (ll a.m.) 591 cfs (7.72 ft)j Aug. 7 (4 p.m.) 314 cfs 

5.74 ft); SepE. 9 (2:30 a.m.) 548 cfs (7.52 ft); Sept. 17 (9 a.m.) 856 cfs (8.75 ft); Sept. 21 

(7 p.m.) 909 cfs (8.93 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

e Tide affected for portion of day; discharge computed on basis of effective gage heights.
LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES 

Caloosahatchee Canal at Moore Haven, Fla.

105

Location. Lat 26°50' , long. 81°05', In sec. 12, T. 42 S., R. 32 E., on right bank at 

Moore Haven, 0.5 mile downstream from hurricane gate and lock 1 at Lake Okeechobee 

Outlet and 15 miles upstream from lock 2.

Records available. July 1938 to September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is at mean sea level, datum of 1929 (levels by 

(Torps of Engineers). Prior to Jan. 17, 1952, at datum 1.44 ft lower. Auxiliary waterstage recorder at same datum a quarter of a mile upstream from Lake Hicpochee and 2.5 

miles downstream from base gage.

Extremes. 1938-53: Maximum discharge measured, 5,930 cfs Nov. 6, 1947; maximum daily, 

5,6b'Q cfs Dec. 8, 1945; lock closed and flow consists of leakage and lockage (estimated 

as 10 cfs) during several periods in each year.

Remarks. Flow regulated by lock at Lake Okeechobee.

Cooperation. Since July 1951, records furnished by Corps of Engineers.

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Ao-ft

Oct.

3,650 

3,600

1,530

3,710

3,320

2,750

2,450

2,030 

1,690

1,280

1,980

2,290

2,500

2,130

*1,350

410

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

.

2,820

5,880 

3,680

*2,950

2,610

_

Jlov.

2,890 

3,260

3,480

3,550

3,840

4.060

3,780

3,720 

3,340

3,440

3,190

3,550

3,370

3,100

3,560

3,650

3,380

2,850

3,430

3,310

3,140

3,430

3,480

3,420

3,100

3,450

3,440

1,320

.

-

_

-

Dec.

-

-

360

_

_

-

-

690

-

_

_

-

.

.

_

_

-

.

_

_

_

-

_

.

-

_

-

_

_

-

Jan.

_

_

-

Feb.

-

_

_

-

.

540

2,360 

2,910

3,570

5.750

3,630

3,440

3,140

3,360

3,340

3,550

3,390

3,420

3,460

3,460

a5,180

a3,680

a3,710

a3,510

a3,230

a3,340

a3,650

_

-

_

-

Mar.

3,450 

3,500

3,260

3,550

3,280

3,350

3,420

2,970 

3,310

3,350

3,410

3,330

*3,510

2,850

3,420

3,470

3,470

3,470

3,500

5,620

3,570

3,530

3,570

5,440

2,990

3,430

3,560

5,440 

5,260

5,440

5,150

104,450

3,369

207,200

Apr.

3,520 

3,480

3,330

3,500

3,250

5,510

5,200

5,500 

5,240

3,110

5,170

2,890

2,620

5,160

1,450

2,020

2,790

5,530

5,280

5,470

5,560

3,050

3,090

5,210

2,980

5,010

2,900

2,860 

2,950

2,940

-

91,770

3,059

182,000

May

2,900 

3,940

2,940

2,990

2,690

2,680

2,570

2,660 

2,820

2,910

5.050

2,790

2,790

2,910

2,760

2,760

2,790

2,640

2,680

2,650

2,550

2,050

_

_

-

_

_

-

_

-

_

-

June

_

.

-

July

-

-

_

-

_

_

-

-

_

-

.

_

-

.

_

_

_

610

940

520

620

_

-

_

_

-

_

-

_

_

-

Aug.

-

1,960

5,060

3,210

5,210

5,180

5.570 

5,180

5,070

3,240

3,190

*3,170

3,200

5,280

5,160

5,260

5,310

3,240

5,190

5,190

5,160

3,190

3,090

*5,150

5,090

2,950

2,090 

1,690

_

-

_

-

Sept.

2,150

2,560

1,180

250

1,190

510

400 

160

740

1,560

1,620

1,990

2,180

2,550

2, 800

2,770

1,180

_

-

_

.

_

.

-

580

1,760

2,170 

2,450

2,450

-

_

-

Calendar year 1952: Max 4,060 Mln - Mean - Ao-ft -

Water year 1952-53: Max 4,060 Mln - Mean - Ac-ft -

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record at auxiliary gage; discharge estimated on basis of operational reports for 

Moore Haven lock.

Note. On days for which no discharge Is shown, flow consists of leakage and lockage, estimated to 

be about 10 efs.
106 PEACE RIVER BASIN

Drainage canal west of Dundee, Fla.

Location.--Lat 28"01i, long. 81°38', in sec. 29, T. 28 S., R. 27 E., on right bank at upstream side of bridge on State Highway 542, 1.2 miles west of Dundee and 1.4 miles 

downstream from Lake Hamilton Outlet.

Drainage area. 50 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. December 1946 to September 1953.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 114.08 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929. Prior to Jan. 25, 1950, at same site and datum, and Jan. 25, 1950, to July 26, 

1951, at site 150 ft downstream at same datum.

Average discharge. 6 years (1947-53), 37.7 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 202 cfs Sept. 30; maximum gage height, 6.99 ft 

Oct. 20; minimum discharge, 0.3 cfs Aug. 18.

1946-53: Maximum discharge, 231 cfs Sept. 22, 1948 (gage height, 7.37 ft); minimum, 

0.2 cfs Mar. 28, 1949, June 16, 1950.

Remarks.--Records poor. Some regulation by Lake Hamilton control.

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

3O

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

25

25

24

24

24

27

36 

38 

41

39

38

36

36

37

45

59

55

67

69

98

96

89

85

*80

70

65

69

68

65

62

60

1,652

53.3

1.07

1.23

Nov.

59

58

57

56

56

54

53

52 

50

49

49

48

48

46

46

45

44

43

±2

49

56

53

51

5O

48

48

47

46

44

43

-

1,490

49.7

0.994

1.11

Dec.

42

41

40

39

38

37

34 

33 

32

32

32

30

29

33

32

31

30

29

*28

27

27

26

26

25

25

24

25

24

24

23

24

942

30.4

0.608

0.70

Jan.

24

23

23

22

21

20

 PT§

27

33

32

31

29

29

28

27

27

26

26

27

28

28

27

29

28

26

25

*24

21

23

22

794

25.6

O.512

O.59

Feb.

21

2?

27

26

25

23

24 

40 

37

36

34

33

33

32

32

32

30

30

28

27

27

26

26

26

25

24

24

23

-

-

-

793

28.3

0.566

O.59

Mar.

22

21

20

»2O

20

20

19 

19 

18

11

17

17

21

20

28

25

24

22

20

19

19

25

37

36

34

30

27

24

22

22

21

7O6

22.8

0.456

0.53

Apr.

19

19

18

18

18

17

20 

20 

19

19

19

18

20

*19

18

IS

16

16

15

15

15

14

14

13

15

22

2T

17

16

15

-

521

17.4

0.348

0.39

May

14

13

13

13

12

13

18 

IJ-O

16

15

14

13

13

12

12

11

11

10

11

10

10

9.8

9.4

8.7

*7.2

6.8

6.2

5.8

5.4

1^2

358.5

11.6

0.232

0.27

June

5.1

5.2

5,1

5.3

8.4

22

ft 

36

28

22

18

15

13

11

10

9.4

8.3

7.6

7.0

6.0

5.6

5.4

5.4

5.6

8.5

7.9

6.5

5.5

5.0

-

390.8

13.0

O.26O

0.29

July

4.6

4.2

4.0

4.4

4.4

4.1

3.8 

»3.6 

4.5

5.7

9.8

15

8.2

12

7.3

6.0

5.7

5.S

5.3

7.2

20

10

16

26

8.2

12

9.8

27

48

38

44

384.6

12.4

0.248

0.29

Aug.

42

42

40

36

32

30

30 

26 

24

22

21

14

7.5

4.6

3.8

3.6

3.4

3F1

*54

55

43

17

68

55

33

64

86

121

58

54

1,122.3

36.2

0.724

0.83

Sept.

52

46

47

61

56

54

58 

74 

67

72

70

66

63

61

67

99

132

133

131

134

138

134

132

127

125

123

161

164

165

199

-

3,011

100

2.00

2.24

Calendar year 1952 : Max 98 Min O.4 Mean 26.7 Cfsm 0.534 In. 7.27

Water year 1952-53 : Max 199 Min 2.4 Mean 33.3 Cfsm 0. 666 In. 9.06

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
PEACE RIVER BASIN 

Peace Creek Marsh outlet near Alturas, Fla.

107

Location. Lat 27°55', long. 81°43', in sec. 34, T. 29 S., R. 26 E., near left bank at upstream side of highway bridge half a mile north of State Highway 60, 3.5 miles north of 

Alturas, and 8fj miles east of Bartow.

Drainage area. 150 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. January 1947 to September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 97.67 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929 (State Road Department benchmark).

Average discharge. 6 years, 128 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year 1,090 cfs Oct. 21 (gage height, 10.14 ft); minimum, 12 cfs June 2 (gage height, 3.01 ft). ,

1947-53: Maximum discharge, 1,740 cfs Aug. 28, 29, 1949; maximum gage height, 11.67 

ft Aug. 28, 1949; minimum discharge, 4.9 cfs May 26-28, 1949 (gage height, 2.61 ft).

Maximum stage known, 13.3 ft in 1928, from information by local resident (discharge, 

2,540 cfs, from rating curve extended above 1,600 cfs).

Remarks. Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating tables, water year 1952-53 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In cubic 

feet per second)

Oct. 22 to June 8 June 9 to Sept. 30

3.9 

5.5 

6.0 

8.0 

10.2

44

129

 177

545

1,110

3.0 

3.5 

4.0 

5.0

12

31

56

129

7.0 

8.0 

9.9

364

545

1,020

3.5 

4.5 

5.0 

6.0

33

93

133

236

7.0 364

8.0 545

9.3 864

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

47

48

47

46

45

48

53

64

68

68

65

63

62

62

70

106

121

218

292

845

1.080 

1,010

915

799

667

553

497

457

404

 353

318

9,491

306

2.04

2.35

Nov.

285

258

234

212

197

181

168

155

143

134

127

121

115

109

105

100

96

92

89 1-55

 zes 294

224

199

182

170

159

147

136

128

-

4,980

166

1.11

1.23

Dec.

121

114

109

104

99

95

90

85

82

79

78

74

73

84

89

84

80

*78

75

73

72 

70

67

66

63

61

60

59

57

2,458

79.3

0.529

0.61

Jan.

66

63

62

61

59

57

56

55

142

224

190

168

153

140

130

121

114

107

102

102

110 

105

100

115

111

99

*94

90

86

82

78

3,246

105

0.700

0.80

Feb.

76

75

93

92

86

81

87

 255 280

212

193

180

167

153

149

141

129

119

112

104

99 

94

89

85

81

78

74

70

-

3,449

123

0.820

0.86

Mar.

65

62

59

*56

54

52

51

49

47

44

42

TZ

58

59

74

73

66

60

55

52

49 

53

72

80

75

74

67

62

58

54

51

1,818

58.6

0.391

0.45

Apr.

48

46

45

43

41

38

40

43

40 39

37

36

?§"

*44

44

41

39

38

36

. 34 

33

31

30

29

40

49

41

38

36

1,197

39.9

0.266

0.30

May

34

32

30

28

26

26

61

1|8

T5

59

48

42

37

34

31

29

26

25

23

22

23 

22

21

21

19

 18

16

16

14

13

15

1,047

33.8

0.225

0.26

June

14

TS- 13

is

39

131

277

"275 315

191

152

220

183

156

139

128

119

110

102

92

84 

78

72

70

69

87

103

97

85

75

3,504

117

0.780

0.87

July

67

59

53

49

48

44

*40

36

 59" 35

41

112

94

163

138

108

94

86

78

68

86 

128

214

243

226

217

201

211

193

238

246

3,655

118

0.787

0.91

Aug.

240

237

228

256

272

262

255

234

212

196

185

169

156

146

138

144

155

135

 106

T55

295 

278

268

315

292

274

390

465

600

455

390

7,888

254

1.69

1.96

Sept.

380

335

315

420

397

380

390

430

410

415

392

392

385

380

410

550

595

595

579

565

568 

537

501

464

436

443

642

840

755

70S

-

14,664

489

3.26

3.64

Calendar year 1952: Max 1,080 Mln 14 Mean 92.8 Cfsm 0.619 In. 8.40

Water year 1952-53: Max 1,080 Mln 13 Mean 157 Cfsm 1.05 In. 14.24

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Note. Ho gage-height record Aug. 20 to Sept. 20; discharge estimated on basis of observer's weekly 

readings and records for nearby stations.
108 PEACE RIVER BASIN 

Lulu Lake Outlet at Eloise, Fla.

Logatlon. Lat 27°59', long. 81°43', in SEi sec. 5, T. 29 S., R. 26 E., on left downstrean 

abutment of culvert on State Highway 540A at intersection with Rifle Range Road, 1,800 

ft downstream from concrete control at outlet of Lulu Lake and 0.8 mile southeast of 

Eloise. Prior to Jan. 8, 1953, at site 1,500 ft upstream.

Drainage area. 26 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. February 1946 to September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 120.00 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929. Prior to Jan. 8, 1953, at site 1,500 ft upstream at same datum.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 66 cfs Sept. 30 (gage height, 9.99 ft); minimum 

daily, 0.3 cfs Oct. 16, May 18, 25.

1946-53: Maximum discharge, 83 cfs Sept. 24, 1948; maximum gage height, 11.18 ft 

Aug. 25, 1948, at former site, from floodmarks; no flow Mar. 11, 12, Apr. 1, 2, 4, 5, 

1951.

Remarks. Records poor. Records include small amount of waste water diverted by Polk Packing Co., from ground-water supplies, during packing season. Some regulation by Lulu 

Lake.

Rating tables,-water year 1952-53 (gage height, In feet, and discharge,

In cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-22, Nov. 6 to Jan. 12, May 6 to 

June 5, July 5-12, July 17 to Aug. 6, Aug. 18-23)

Oct. 1 to Jan. 7

6.7 0.2

6.8 .4

7.0 1.2

7.5 3.8

Jan. 8 to Sept. 30

8.0 7.8

8.5 13

9.4 24

5.5 0.2

7.0 3.8

7.5 6.0

8.0 9.8

8.5 16

9.0 26

9.5 43

10.0 66

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to.September 1953

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

3O

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

0.7 

.6 

.R

.4

.8

.8

1.0

1.1

.9

.7

.5

.4

.5

.4

.4

.3

75

2.1

1.7

13

14

11

8.4

8.4

21

23 

25 ss

13

10

9.1

193.6

6.25

-

-

Nov.

fc*

8.8

»8.9

8.4

7.7

7.2

5.6

2.6

 1.9

1.8

1.8

1.7

1.5

1.5

1.3

1.2

1.1

1.2

2.2

3.4

2.1

1.8

1.8

1.6

1.4 

1.3

1.3

1.2

1.0

-

100.9

3.36

-

-

Dec.

fc* 

.9

.9

.9

.8

.7

7§" .6

.7

.6

.6

1.0

.8

.7

.7

.8

.8

.8

.7

.6

*.7

.9

.8

.8

.9 

.9

.8

.8

.9

.9

24.7

0.80

-

-

Jan.

0.7 

.8

.7

.6

77

.8

.7

1.0

2.1

2.7

1.3

*1.6

2.3

2.1

2.1

2.0

1.9

1.6

1.7

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.7

1.9

1.5

1.2 

1.6

1.8

1.8

1.7

1.5

47.5

1.53

-

-

Feb.

1.5 

1.3 

1.6

1.7

 1.5

1.6

1.6

S.,5

T75

1.5

1.7

2.0

1.7

1.6

1.6

1.3

1.4

1.8

1.7

1.5

1.7

1.4

1.3

1.3

1.2

1.3 

1.3

1.1

-

-

-

44.5

1.59

-

-

Mar.

1.0 

l!l

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.0

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.2

1.1

1.1

1.1

l!l

1.1

1.6

1.9

TT6

1.2

1.2 

1.1

1.1

1.0

1.0

1.0

35.7

1.15

-

-

Apr.

1.0 

1.1 

1.3

1.2

1.0

.9 iTs" T75*

1.3

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.0

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.1

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.0

1.2

1.4

i!o

1.3

1.1

-

35.2

1.17

-

-

May

1.2 

1.1 

.8

.7

.7

1.0

.9

.9

1,1

.6

.6

.5

.6

.9

.8

.8

.7

7*

.6

1.0

1.3~g

.4

.3

.4

!s

.5

.4

.4

21.9

0.71

-

-

June

'.6

1.0

3.1

7.2

9.4

g t 4

*4.4

3.0

2.4

2.2

2.0

1.9

1.7

1.3

1.3

1.2

1.1

1.1

1.0

.9

.9

.9

.9

.9

.9

.9

.8

.8

-

61.2

2.04

-

-

July

0.8 

.8 

.7

.7

.7

.7

.7

* 6

75

.8

1.0

1.0

1.5

3.0

1.8

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.8

1.8

1.9

2.3

3.0

2.9

4.2

fcf

»3.4

3.4

3.3

3.2

61.7

1.99

-

-

Aug.

3.6 

4.5 

4.0

5.2

5.3

8.6

10

11

11

10

9.7

9.9

10

9.4

4.3

2.5

2.4

2.0

ill

1.8

2.1

4.2

3.7

2.9

3.4

7.2

9.4

18

22

M

225.8

7.28

-

-

Sept.

26 

27 

29

32

32

32

32

32

3]

»31

3C26*

2f

2f "2T

4T

4£

4ff

49

4J

49

46

46

45

45

44

49

64

65"5s"

-

1,196

39.9

 -

-

Calendar year 1952: Max 25 Mln O.3 Mean 3.18 Cfsm - In. -

Water year 1952-53: Max 65 Mln O.3 Mean 5.61 Cfsm - In. -

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
PEACE RIVER BASIN 

Peace River at Bar!&w, Fla.

109

Location. Lat 2? Q 54'07", long. 81"49'03", in NE^ sec. 4, T. 30 S., R. 25 E., near center 

of span on downstream side of bridge on State Highway 60, 500 ft downstream from 

McKinney Branch and 0.6 mile east of Bartow.

Drainage area. 390 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. November 1939 to September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 90.56 ft above mean sea level (corrected), 

cTatum of 1929. Prior to July 12, 1940, staff gage and July 12, 1940, to Nov. 5. 1948, 

water-stage recorder, at site 200 ft downstream at same datum.

Average discharge. 14 years, 28? cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,760 cfs Sept. 30; maximum gage height, 5.73 ft 

Oct. 23, 24, Sept. 30; minimum discharge, 44 cfs May 30 (gage height, 1.75 ft).

1939-53: Maximum discharge, 4,140 cfs Sept, 24, 1947 (gage height, 6.45 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 2,900 cfs; minimum, 1.4 cfs June 2, 1945 (gage height, 0.05 

ft).

Remarks. Records fair.

Revisions. WSP 1234: Drainage area.

Rating tables, water year 1952-53 (gage height, In feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 24 and F*b. 25)

Oot, 19 to Sept. 30

3.5 

4.0 

4.5

200

341

609

1.7 

2.0 

2.5 

3.0 

3.5

4?

51

74

120

210

4.0

4.5 

5.0 

5.8

365

609

1,020

1,840

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

238

226

217

213

210

204

21 5

250

275

285

275

267

253

243

253

264

319

527

590

1,060

1,430

1,600

1.650 

*1,64D

1,580

1,450

1,410

1,330

1,200

1,100

1,000

21,774

702

1.80

2.08

Nov.

930 535"

780

*732

671

616

590

545

515

485

465

445

425

401

381

361

341

322

307 135"

500

558

571 

551

515

490

460

441

409

385

-

15,403

513

1.32

1.47

Dec.

365

1PC5

322

310

295

286

271

256

247

238

232

228

218

247

271

265

250

238

232

222

212

 210

206 

200

196

184

180

180

170

166

17?

7,414

239

0.613

0.71

Jan.

184

188

172

164

160

154

164

168

235

393

450

465

1ST

405

373

353

333

316

301

301

298

301

292 

289

289

 298

28O

271

265

262

241

8,812

284

0.728

0.84

Feb.

228

228

250

265

265

259

262

377

485

515

480

445

425

405

385

381

373

373

341

313

3O4

301

286 

271

 253

238

230

222~

_

-

9,160

327

0.838

0.87

Mar.

213

192

186

174

176

160

148

147

135

122

116

119

130

142

164

156

136

116

108

106

115

129 

146

146

132

120

112

105

98

94

4,340

140

0.359

0.41

Apr.

88

85

83

87

83

75

*71

83

83

76

75

75

105

124

T5Z

104

96

86

80

80

74

70

69 

68

64

81

96

88

78

73

2,502

83.4

0.214

0.24

Hay

70

68

66

61

55

53

57

85

129

TT5

86

63

61

61

59

58

57

53

 53

54

55

56 

54

53

50

51

49

47

tB" 44

1,934

62.4

0.160

0.18

June

47

35

53

53

70

158

244

325

365

389

377

421

425

353

349

322

313

301

301

277

241

210

210

238

247

241

250

2.SS

253

212

7,592

253

0.649

0.72

July

178

154

134

120

123

225

180

135

 119

132

118

^28

172

170

198

2ie

2,28

283

373

230

22S

239

381

409

429

429

437

IfS" 455

429

7,816

252

0.646

0.75

Aug.

455

545

644

545

525

525

520

540

535

S39

520

*5©0

470

4iS

445

433

417

431

409

389

445

515 

616

650

693

330

1,010

1,280

1,370

19,157

618

1.58

1.83

Sept.

1,480

1,500

1,520

1,600

1,520

1,440

1,400

1,410

1.32.Q

1,300

1,280

1,250

1,170

1,110

1,230

1,600

1,590

1,640

1,690

*1,710

1,710

1,610 

1,510

1,420

1,360

1,600

1,730

1.750

1,755

44,300

1,477

3.79

4.22

Calendar year 1952: Max 1,650 Mln 56 Mean 274 Cfsm 0.703 In. 9.58

Water year 1952-53: Max 1,750 Mln 44 Mean 412 Cfsm- 1.06 In. 14.32

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
110 PEACE RIVER BASIN

Kissengen Spring near Bartow, Fla.

Location.--Lat 27°51', long. 81°49', in sec. 28, T. 30 S., R. 25 E., on dock at east edge

of pool at head of spring, about 4f miles southeast of Bartovr. 

Records available.--1917 and 1929-31 (one discharge measurement in each year), March 1932

to September 1953 (discharge measurements only). 

Gage. Staff gage read only at time of discharge measurements or inspections of no flow.

Trior to Apr. 6, 1937, at datum 1.00 ft lower. 

Extremes.--1932-53; Maximum discharge measured, 43.6 cfs Oct. 11, 1933; no flow for long

periods. 

Remarks. No flow observed since Feb. 27, 1950. Discharge measurements or inspections of

no flow made at six-week intervals.

Peace River at Zolfo Springs, Fla.

Location. Lat S7°30', long. 81°48', In sec. S2, T. 34 S., R. 25 E. , near right bank at

downstream side of bridge on 0. S. Highway 17, 0.8 mile north of Zolfo Springs. 

Drainage area. 840 sq mi, approximately. 

Records available . --September 1933 to September 1953.

^Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 35. SO ft above mean sea level, datum of 

Average di sonar ge . 20 years, 743 cfs.

Extremes . Maximum discharge during year, 9.300 cfs Aug. 30 (gage height, 15.39 ft); minimum, 112 cfs May 20, June 3 (gage height, 0.13 ft). 

1933-53: Maximum discharge, 26,300 cfs Sept. 6, 1933 (gage height, 20.05 ft); minimum, 44 cfs May 26-30, 1949; minimum gage height, -0.28 ft May 2, 1945. 

Remarks. Records good. 

Revisions. --WSP 1234: Drainage area..

Rating tables, Hater year 1952-53 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic 

feet per second)

1.4

3.7

6.5

Oct. 1

312

813

1,730

to Jan. 11

9.0 3,110

12.0 5,360

14.6 8,520

Jan. 12 to Aug. 1

0.1 106

3.7 813

Note. Same as

preceding table

above 3.7 ft.

Aug. 2 to Sept. 3O

5.0 1,110 13.0 (

8.0 2,240 15.3 S

11.0 4,120

i,020

1,160

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

3O

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

869

675

624

604

525

477

475

56f

604

615

584

552

535

561 

76O

2,120

2,710

3,700

4,020

5,140

7,170

 8.460 

77550"

6,480

5,050

3,720

3,020

2.7OO

2,450

2,180

1,900

77,745

2,508

2.99

3.44

Nov.

1,680

1,510

1,380

1,290

1,190

1,110

1.02O

940

875

321

760 

726

697

662 

642

626

591

565

S5B" 546

2,300

2,350 

1,860

1,360

1,190

1,100

1,020

957

689

813

-

32,265

1,076

1.28

1.43

Dec.

740

BTT

648

613

582

565

525

491

465

445

423 

403

392

469 

571

544

493

469

473

461

453

 431 

411

394

386

360

331

335

329

316

318

14,507

468

0.557

O.64

Jan.

377

369

421

399

375

375

392

726

1,650

1.720 

1,430

1,220

1,080 

963

872

784

706

655

628

620

632

598

624

640

610

 555

52O

506

514

505

21,873

7O6

0.840

0.97

Feb.

489

476

614

638

6OO

547

523

1,610

2.880

2^780

1,900 

1,400

1,200

1,050 

971

1,010

891

797

73O

691

657

622 

59O

557

 540

516

488

469

_

_

-

26,236

937

1.12

1.16

Mar.

454

441

437

417

404

400

393

383

354

337

311 

300

305

447 

1.040

751

575

503

462

428

410

452 

624

534

474

425

391

369

335

315

287.

13,758

444

0.529

0.61

Apr.

266

259

242

224

218

215" 210

298

 268

263

250 

233

2,O90

2.990

1,630

945

632

501

427

372

322

270 

255

242

233

250

326

320

305

305

15,364

512

0.61O

0.68

May

296

2ST

241

214

192

186

183

192

203

2O7

212 

208

194

186 

186

166

140

136

134

119

 125

175 

181

166

168

158

158

155

134

136

129

5,541

179

0.213

0.25

June

125

123

121

144

278

1,320

2,330

3.870

3,360

2,250

1,420 

1,140

988

937 

971

991

925

786

841

1,O6O

1,180

974 

778

922

616

662

994

1,38O

1,280

996

-

34,762

1,159

1.38

1.54

July

715

571

486

450

415

415

417

 467

534

577

505

643

458

378 

335

326

49?

657

1,330

1,500

1,080

875 

1,370

1,580

1.920

1,730

1,430

1,230

1,130

1,170

1,300

26,493

855

1.02

1.17

Aug.

1,360

1,920

1,96O

1,600

1,490

1,450

1,530

1,620

1,470

1,300

1,290 

 1,300

1,240

1.120 

1,150

1,580

1,590

1,840

2,310

 2,440

2,580

2,390 

2,120

1,940

1,820

1,910

2,760

3,990

6,720

9.130

7753o"

74,740

2,411

2.87

3.31

Sept.

6,000

4,270

3,300

3,190

3,110

3,040

2,880

2,780

2,770

2,770

2,910 

2,740

2,380

2,050 

1.900

2,000

2,570

3,130

4,150

5,030

5,590

 5,570 

4,820

3,950

3,320

2,890

4,460

6,410

6,730

6,540

113,250

3,775

4.49

5.O1

Calendar year 1952 : Max 8,46O Min 121 Mean 638 Cfsm 0.76O In. 10.33

Water year 1952-53 : Max 9,13O Min 119 Mean 1,251 Cfsm 1.49 In. 2O.21

 Discharge measurement made on this day.
PEACE RIVER BASIN 

Charlie Apopka Creek near Gardner, Pla.

Ill

Location. Lat 27°22', long. 81°48>, in sec. 3, T. 36 S., R. 25 E., near left bank on 

downstream side of bridge pier on U. S. Highway 17, 1.6 miles north of Gardner and 2.2 

miles upstream from Peace River.

Drainage area. 330 sq mi, approximately. 

Records available. April 1950 to September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 21.66 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929 (revised).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,980 cfs Sept. 28 (gage height, 17.03 ft); minimum, 4.3 cfs June 4 (gage height, 2.43 ft).

1950-53: Maximum discharge, that of Sept. 28, 1953; minimum, 0.3 cfs Aug. 6-8, 

1950.

Flood of 1928 reached a stage of 24.2 ft, from information by local resident.

cs_. Records good, 

isions. WSP 1234: Drainage area.

Rating tables, water year 1952-53 (gage height, In feet, and

discharge, In cubic feet per second} 

(Shifting-control method used Sept. 30}

Oct. 1 to Apr. 1 Apr. 2 to Sept. 50

3.0 

3.2 

3.5 

4.0 

5.0

13

22

43

89

208

8.0

10.0

14.0

16.0

17.0

641

1,010

2,400

3,690

4,930

2.4

2.5 

2.8 

3.0

3.6 

5.S

17

27

3.5 58

4.0 100

5.0 208

Note. Same as preceding table above 5.0 ft.

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

192

203

222

228

225

224

216

214

224

221

205

191

182

231

547

1,140

1,110

1,830

1,780

1,930

*2,990

*4,460

4.810

4,460

3,810

3,190

2,640

2,140

1,600

1,130

829

43,374

1,399

4.24

4.89

Nov.

652

542

463 

400

350

304

271

240

317

198

182

169

157

144

133

122

112

102

94

238

496

396

304

288

281

265

247

228

207

188

"

7,990

266

0.806

0.90

Dec.

112

156

146 

130

118

107

94

86

79

73

67

62

56

71

89

79

68

61

56

54

52

*49

45

45

45

41

39

37

37

M

36

2,282

73.6

0.223

0.26

Jan.

44

44

45 

44

39

34

30

28. in

426

348

293

321

353

353

*334

300

262

229

202

178

158

140

153

154

136

121

112

104

98

90

5,344

172

0.521

0.60

Feb.

85

101

 275 

237

186

156

157

392

341

285

248

221

208

191

186

182

170

154

141

129

118

108

101

*91

82

75

67

60

*

- 

4,747

170

0.515

0.53

Mar.

53

47

41 

35

30

27

24

22

19

17

15

14

17

31

140

183

170

194

233

265

269

254

261

296

279

283

312

331

326

303

269

4,760

154

0.467

0.54

Apr.

234

204

180 

160

141

124

107

*94

81

73

61

M

257

829

893

1,120

1.320

1,250

1,020

819

647

524

409

314

243

204

184

160

135

116

-

11,951

398

1.21

1.35

May

9£

84

72 

64

57

50

46

42

37

33

30

27

24

22

19

17

15

13

12

no

11

9.2

7.6

7.0

6.4

6.1

5.6

4.9

4.7

4^5

4.7

844.7

27.2

0.082

0.10

June

4.7

4.7

H26

207

469

641

729

741

686

607

559

525

488

520

512

415

383

641

655

590

881

1.180

871

613

643

1,010

955

825

-

16,391.3

S46

1.65

1.85

July

729

641

565 

502

450

402

360

*309

324

360

326

387

456

434

394

374

351

361

415

514

606

649

665

687

714

881

875

913

1,590

1,710

1,770

19,714

636

1.93

2.22

Aug.

1,810

2,110

2,170 

1,810

1,480

1,430

1,360

1,380

1,310

1,190

1,180

1,030

*859

746

734

702

616

607

761

917

857

720

638

578

522

565

1,760

2,460

2,400

2,310

2,290

39,302

1,268

3.84

4.43

Sept.

2,420

2,470

2,370 

2,240

2,010

1.770

1,830

2,420

2,960

3,760

4,190

3,740

3,150

2,640

*2,180

1,870

1,810

*1,930

2,290

2,480

2,500

2,680

2,750

2,600

2,330

2,030

2,530

4,520

4.690

4,140

-

81,300

2,710

8.21

9.16

Calendar year 1952: Max 4,810 Mln 3.5 Mean 255 Cfsm 0.773 In. 10.53

Water year 1952-53: Max 4,810 Mln 4.5 Mean 652 Cfsm 1.98 In. 26.83

Discharge measurement made on this day.
112 PEACE RIVER BASIN

Little Charlie Bowlegs Creek near Sebring, Pla.

Location.--Lat 27°28'41", long. 81°33'28", in SVf£ sec. 31, T. 35 S., R. 28 E., on right 

bank 160 ft downstream from concrete control, 750 ft north of county road in Highlands 

Hammock State Park, and 7-J- miles southeast of Sebring. Prior to-June 4, 1953, on right 

bank at upstream side of concrete control.

Drainage area. 32.4 sq mi.

Records available.--January 1952 to September 1953.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 62.32 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

T929. Prior to June 4, 1953, on right bank at upstream side of concrete control.

Extremes. 1952: Maximum discharge during period January to September, 364 cfs Mar. 27 

(gage height, 16.80 ft, at site then in use); no flow for many days.

1952-53: Maximum discharge during water year, 604 cfs Sept, 8 (gage height, 16.65 

ft); no flow for many days.

Remarks. Records fair. Low flow regulated by manipulation of stopiogg and gates in dam 

upstream from station.

Cooperation. Prior to June 4, 1953, stoplog record furnished by superintendent of Highlands Hammock State Park.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, January to September 1952

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan.

.

-

-

 -

-

_

_

-

_

-

_

-

_

.

-

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.5

6.6

6.6

8.8

16

4.9

0

_

-

-

-

Feb.

0

7.2

24

28

32

30

30

26

22

12

16

16

15

13

12

11

15

15

14

13

13

12

11

11

11

31

45

49

_

-

568.2

19.6

0.605

0.65

Mar.

18

62

46

36

30

28

10

.1

5.7

4.2

1.6

1.8

1.8

.8

10

12

12

10

9.2

4.0

00"

0

0

0

42

180

TOT

104

85

75

893.2

28.8

0.889

1.03

Apr.

58

IT

22

5.3

6.2

9.2

6.2

*5.3

2.7

3.3

3.3

2.7

1.5

1.0

.2

o~0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0-

167.9

5,60

0.173

0,19

May

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2.1

6,2

2T_

27

25

23

19

14

10

9.2

7.1

7.1

6.2

6.2

189.1

6.10

0.188

0.22

June

5.4

4.7

4.0

3.3

2.7

1.5

.4

"$ 0 7

477

4.0

2.7

2.1

2.1

1.0

.3

.4

1.0

1.5

.4

,2

,9

4,7

4.7

4,0

4.0

4.0

4.7

4.0

3.3

-

86.4

2.88

0.089

0.10

July

5.4

19

*25

23

22

31

34

49

63

63

55

44

55

110

126

107

83

72

63

50

33

21

16

5,g

*i

4,1

4.8

4.1

4.1

4.1

3,3

1,199.6

38.7

1.19

1.38

Aug.

3 S

STTT

6.6

7,6

 9.9

*11

14

21

27

27

46

41

31

28

26

30

36

55

92

129

122

107

86

74

77

83

107

174

T5S

122

129

1,863.1

60.1

1,85

2,14

Sepft,

«ig

Tf

69

61

57

3©

26

26

39

34

30

31

31

33

37

34

33

31

28

24

23

24

*21

15

14

12

^2

26

m

30-

1,030

34.3

1,06

1.18

Calendar year : Max Min Mean Cfsm In.

Water year : Max Min Mean Cfsm In.

Discharge measurement made on this day.
PEACE RIVER BASIN 

Little Charlie Bowlegs Creek near Sebrlng, Pla.--Continued

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

113

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

31

30

27

23

20

15

13

T5

19

21

20

18

17

26

27

28

30

43

51

89

152

155" 195

174

149

122

104

89

72

57

51

1,914

61.7

1.90

2.20

Nov.

39SB29

*26

28

26

24

21

14

12

11

11

10

9.7

9.0

8.0

7.3

6.4

5.7

6.4

9.5

10

9.4

8.3

7.5

6.9

6.3

5.7

5.1

4.7

409.9

13.7

0.423

0.47

Dec.

4.3

4.0

3.7

3.4

3.2

3.0

2.8

2.7

2.4

2.4

.9

00"

2.6

5.3

6.2

T^

6.2

6.2

6.2

6.2

6.2

6.2

 5.3

3.5

3.5

4.4

4.4

5.3

5.3

6.2

128.2

4.14

0.128

0.15

Jan.

6.2

T^

7.0

7.9

7.9

7.0

7.0

7.9

13

26

26

26

23

19

16

14

12

9.7

8.8

7.9

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.9

8.8

7.9

7.0

7.0

7.0

6.2

6.2

337.5

10.9

0.336

0.39

Feb.

5.3

770

13

19

*20

20

19

2828-

26

23

20

17

14

13

13

12

10

9.0

7.9

7.3

10

14

14

13

11

9.8

8.3

_

-

411.6

14.7

0.454

0.47

Calendar year 1952: Max - Min

Mar.

6.8

5.6

4.6

3.9

3.2

2.8

2.5

2.2

1.9

1.6

 1.6

1.7

4.6

11

15

17

15

13

10

7.7

6.0

6.9

13

28

31

33

3ff

27

16

12

9.7

344.3

11.1

0.343

0.40

Apr.

7.9

7.1

*4.0

4.4

3.5

3.5

4.4

4.4

3.5

3.5

3.5

3.5

44

107

120

94

69

47

30

19

13

 11

7.9

7.0

5.3

7.0

7.0

6.2

5.3

5.3

-

658.2

21.9

0.676

0.76

May

4.4

3.5

3.5

2.6

1.8

2.6

7.0

T7Z

5.3

4.4

3.5

2.6

1.8

.4

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

49.6

1.60

0.049

0.06

June

*0

15

0

0

0

36

168

232 »m

151

124

100

81

64

49

34

23

18

17

20

21

23

40

52

61

81

116

118

101

88

-

2,012

67.1

2.07

2.31

July

731

57

*44

30

22

17

13

T?

42

67

94

SS

72

56

*42

36

40

46

91

89

83

76

69

66

66

64

63

67

66

70

73

1,794

57.9

1.79

2.06

Aug.

84

98

105

94

 91

86

83

81

86

81

76

70

64

61

60

56

52

57

64

73

70

73

72

75

80

88

103

*148

240

296

308

3,071

99.1

3.06

3.53

Sept.

*296

272

252

248

264

377

443

*592 553"

579

574

 490

414

348

312

288

296

304

352

385

377

357

328

300

272

244 3"§T

523

464

406

~

11,291

376

11.6

12.96

Mean - Cfsm - In.

Water year 1952-53: Max 592 Mln 0 Mean 61.4 Cfsm 1.90 In. 25.76

Discharge measurement or observation of no flow made on this day.
114 PEACE RIVER BASIN

Peace River at Arcadia, Fla.

Location. Lat 27°13', long. 81°52' (corrected), in sec. 26; T, 37 S., R. 24 E., on left 

bank 75 ft upstream from bridge on State Highway 70, half a mile west of Arcadia, and 

5 miles upstream from Joshua Creek.

Drainage area. 1,370 sq mi, approximately. 

Records available. April 1931 to September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 8.25 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1924 

Prior to July 19, 1931, staff gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 22 years, 1,238 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 12,100 cfs Oct. 25 (gage height, 13.55 ft); mlnimum, 126 cfs June 3 (gage height, 0.12 ft).

1931-53: Maximum discharge, 36,200 cfs Sept. 9, 1933 (gage height, 17.67 ft); minimum, 37 cfs May 28, 1949; minimum gage height, -0.81 ft June 4, 5, 7, 1945. 

Maximum stage known, 18.3 ft in 1912, from information by county engineer (discharge, 

43,000 cfs, from rating curve extended above 30,000 cfs).

Remarks. Records good. 

Revisions. WSP 1234: Drainage area

Rating tables, water year 1952-53 (gage height. In feet, and discharge, in cubic 

feet per second)

Oct. 1-25

2.9 1,100

7.0 3,510

11.0 7,640

13.5 12,000

Oct. 26 to Feb. 11 Feb. 12 to Sept. 30

1.5 412

3.0 990

5.0 2,050

8.0 4,350

12.0 9,100

13.2 11,300

0.1 123

.5 195

1.0 314

2.0 650

6.0 2,830

8.0 4,350

12.0 9,100

13.2 11,300

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

2,340 

1,940

1,520

1,340

1,280

1,230

1,110

1,160

1,260

1,250

1,180

1.100

1,170

2,070

1,880

2,870 

3,680

5,710

6,220

6,920

8,480

9,680

10,900

11,900

12,000

11,300

10,300

*9,120

7,680

6,230

4,640

149,460

4,821

3.52

4.06

Nov.

3,450

2,766

2,320

2,050

1,830

1,660

1,530

1,400

1,290

1,200

1,130

1,060

1,010

966

926

890 

862

818

782

l,T2o"

2,510

3,210

3,310

2,910

2,270

1,850

1,600

1,460

1,340

1,240

50,754

1,692

1.24

1.38

Dec.

1.140 

1,040

966

918

866

822

782

731

685

651

628

587

560

609

731

802 

750

685

647

636

617

*598

571

545

522

511

477

452

452

444

441

20,866

673

0.491

0.57

Jan.

455 

357

514

541

549

522

488

480

621

1,670

2,300

2,560

2,130

1,850

1,640

*1,480 

1,330

1,190

1,060

974

910

878

854

858

890

882

826

750

701

674

666

31,550

1,018

0.743

0.86

Feb.

651 

651

918

1,060

994

890

798

1,250

2,150

2,740

3,010

2,800

2,220

1,800

1,580

1,460 

1,430

1,300

1,160

1,080

1,000

933

878

*821

767

 729

683

658

_

-

36,391

1,300

0.949

0.99

Mar.

602 

576

554

543

515

494

491

474

450

424

402

380 355"

393

602

1.180

1,126

873

785

763

754

763

812

1,050

969

835

780

767

737

683

622

20,773

670

0.489

0.56

Apr.

561 

512

474

437

393

368

362

*362

396

368

356

3"5o~ 328

2,230

3,580

5.750 

3,250

2,700

2,230

1,810

1,420

1,100

844

675

558

501

484

515

487

450

-

3i,a7i

1,062

0.775

0.87

May

424 

35S

348

314

283

264

252

240

235

235

231

228

224

208

197

191 

180

161

150

*148

141

143

161

166

157

153

150

146

143

135

135

6,539

211

0.154

0.18

June

134 

T2~9~ 129

134

239

1,520

2,650

4,250

5,040

5.120

4,650

3,570

2,610

2,100

1,840

1,850 

1,950

1,900

1,860

2,100

2,560

2,770

3,180

4,540

4,870

3,600

2,750

3,200

3,540

3,220

-

78,005

2,600

1.90

2.12

July

2,640 

2,100

1,690

1,400

1,210

1,110

*1,090

1,020

1,080

1,360

1,520

1,310

1,390

1,200

1,030

903 

854

l,T5o~

1,420

1,800

2,100

2,100

2,350

2,920

3,110

3,720

3,990

5,530

3,710

3,890

3,830

62,567

2,018

1.47

1.70

Aug.

3,920 

4,260

4,830

5,120

4,860

4,300

3,880

3,720

3,840

3,780

3,520

3,310

2,980

2,620

2,400

2.580 

2,520

2,710

*3,010

3,500

3,880

4,040

4,000

3,910

3,590

3,270

3,630

5,160

6,290

6,750

7.280

123,260

3,976

2.90

3.35

Sept.

8,180 

8,820

8,830

8,300

7,570

6,860

6,340

6,460

6,510

6,900

7,030

7,150

7,150

6,900

6,450

5,800 

5,350

5,560

6,470

7,060

7,540

*7,940

8,190

8,330

8,190

7,720

8,500

9,860

10,500

11.200

-

227,660

7,589

5.54

6.18

Calendar year 1952: Max 12,000 Mln 171 Mean 1,073 Cfsm 0.783 In. 10.68

Water year 1952-53: Max 12,000 Mln 129 Mean 2,301 Cfsm 1.68 In. 22.82

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
PEACE RIVER BASIN 115

Joshua Creek at Nocatee, Pla.

Location. Lat 27°10', long. 81 0 53', in sec. 14, T. 38 S., R. 24 E., near center of span 

on downstream side of bridge on U. S. Highway 17, 0.5 mile north of Nocatee and 2.1 

miles upstream from Peace River.

Drainage area. 115 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. April 1950 to September 1953.

Sage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 3.94 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,040 cfs Oct. 21 (gage height, 16.36 ft); minimum, 0.5 cfs May 18-20, 24-31; minimum gage height, 3.99 ft May 26, 29, 30.

1950-53: Maximum discharge, 7,620 cfs Oct. 2, 1951 (gage height, 17.89 ft); minimum, 0.2 cfs May 15, 1950; minimum gage height, that of May 26, 29, 30, 1953.

Flood of September 1948 reached a stage of 17.7 ft, from information by local residents.

Remarks. Records fair except those for period July 27 to Sept. 30, which are poor.

Rating tables, water year 1952-53 (gage height. In feet, and discharge, 

In cubic feet per second)

6.4

7.O

8.0

1O.O

12.0

14.0

15.0

16.0

96

148

268

6EO

1,190

1.89O

2,540

3,500

4.0

4.1

4.2

4.4

4.8

5.0

5.5

Oct. 29

0.5

1.2

2.3

5.5

17

24

43

to July 26

6.0

7.6

8.O

1O.O

12.0

14. 0

15.4

7O

156

284

625

1,190

1,890

2,890

July 27 to Sept. 3O

5.7

7.O

9.0

10.0

11.0

12.0

14. 0

15.7

20

110

275

382

545

855

1,850

3,180

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

S 

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

2O

21 

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

*4O8

243

180

137

96

205

338

448 

473

326

220

163

182

687

714

1,300

915

1,150

1,150

1,540

 3,500 

*2,650

1,830

1,58O

1,460

1,290

1,100

869

653

475

294

26,576

857

7.45

8.59

Nov.

172

TI3

78

60

48

4O

38

33 

29

26

24

23

22

21

20

18

16

16

14

20

36 

65

85

65

34

19

16

14

13

12

-

1,190

39.7

0.345

O.38

Dec.

12

11

10

9.5

9.0

8.4

7.8

.5

.0

.3

.8

.3

7.0

14

19

16

13

a!2

all

alo

a9.0 8.1

7.5

7.0

6.7

6.2

5.9

tt

5.9

5.9

6.2

280.9

9.06

O.079

0.09

Jan.

7.3

7.3

7.8

8.1

7.3

6.7

6.2

tt 

18

42

39

36

27

20

16

*14

13

12

11

11

11 

10

9.8

15

17

15

13

12

11

1O

9.2

448.9

14.5

0.126

0.15

Feb.

9.0

11

30

34

30

23

20

31 

34

41

58

W

26

16

16

17

16

14

13

12

10 

9.5

9.2

 9.0

8.1

7.5

6.7

5 .,9

-

-

566.9

20.2

0.176

0.18

Mar.

5.5

5.1

4.5

4.2

4.0

3.8

3.4

3.3

3.0

2.9

2.9

3.3

4.9

13

26

28

IF

9.2

6.4

4.9

4.9

8.1

8.4

6.7

5.3

4.3

3.7

3.3

2.9

2.7

2^6

206.2

6.65

0.058

0.07

Apr.

2.4

2.4

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.0

2.2

 2.4 

2.3

2.3

2.0

1.8

2.6

5.3

59

~5T 110

40

15

2.3

1.4 

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.1

1.4

1.8

1.5

1.4

1.3

-

355.5

11.8

0.103

0.11

May

1.2

T35

1.0

1.0

.9

1.0

1.0

.9 

.9

.8

.8

.7

.7

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

*~rs .5

.6 

.6

.6

.5!

.5

.5

.5

.5

.5

.5

.6

21.8

O.70

O.0061

O.OO7

June

0.8

OJ

1.3

1.7

43

577

834

1.060 ~78T

500

356

233

182

168

142

132

162

184

213

226

324 

366

456

605

912

958

860

814

840

642

-

12,580.8

419

3.64

4.07

July

409

250

166

135

386

582

*409

*235 

176

251

374

374

340

272

26O

278

187

165

129

93

103 

108

149

424

701

2.870

2,686

879

983

512

346

14,626

472

4.10

4.73

Aug.

284

212

236

254

234

225

196

~314 196 

238

184

132

 87

54

33

3O

22

7T

126

128

133 

152

140

128

108

89

135

431

1.520

I,o£6

a790

7,935

256

2.23

2.57

Sept.

a64O

a520

a425

a355

a310

a300

a310

339 

443

447

433

418

385

346

318

290

23?

405

550

722

619 

 528

510

476

444

405

1,400

5.130

2.1S6

1,7OO

-

19,612

654

5.69

6.34

Calendar year 1952: Max 3,500 Win 0.6 Mean 100 Cfsm 0.870 In. 11.88

Water year 1952-53: Max 3,500 Min 0.5 Mean 231 Cfsm 2.01 In. 27.29

irge (base, 1.OOP efs). Oct. 16 (1:3O p.m.) 1,390 cfs (12.63 ft); Oct. 21 (1 p.m.) 

i.36 ft): June 8 (12:30 p.m.) 1,130 cfs (ll.SO ft); June 26 (5 p.m.) 1.O30 cfs (11.49 

(3 p.m.) 3,440 cfs (15.95 ft); July 29 (1:30 p.m.) 1,040 cfs (12.45 ft); Aug. 29 (11

, ^,~~- fs (13.60 ft); Sept. 28 (4 a.m.) 3,410 cfs (15.92 ft).

Discharge measurement made on this day.

No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of records for stations on nearby streams.
116 PEACE RIVER BASIN

Horse Creek near Arcadia, Pla.

Location.--Lat 27°12', long. 81°59', in sec. 2, T. 38 S., R. 23 E., near right bank on 

downstream side of bridge on State Highway 72, 8 miles west of Arcadia, and 8 miles upstream from Peace River.

Drainage area. 205 sq mi, approximately. 

Records available. April 1950 to September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 10.96 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929 

TState Road Department benchmark).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,780 cfs Oct. 22 (gage height, 15.80 ft); minimum, 1.1 cfs June 2, 3 (gage height, 1.92 ft).

1950-53: Maximum discharge, 6,680 cfs Oct. 2, 1951 (gage height, 16.84 ft); minimum, 0.1 cfs May 10-17, 20-22, 1950; minimum gage height, 1.83 ft June 16-18, 1951.

Flood of September 1948 reached a stage of 17.8 ft, from information by State Road 

Department.

Remarks. Records good.

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

1.9

2.0

2.1

2.2 

2.4 

2.6 

3.1

0.9

1.8

3.0

4.6

9.4

17

48

4.0

5.0

8.0

11.0

13.0

15.0

15.8

121

226

722

1,450

2,220

3,740

4,780

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

*543

538

773

891

804

777

726

639

596

464

380

329

341

614

517

654

976

1,900

1,650

1,790

»3,670

4.740 

4,440

3,610 

2,740

1,930 

1,390 

1,070 

804

610

481

41,387

1,335

6.51

7.51

Nov.

384

298

241

203

178

158

143

128

116

106

94

87

81

74

66

61

58

55

51

163

7*5

1,170

1^030

782 

644

542 

440 

341 

265

213

8,917

297

1.45

1.62

Dec.

179

155

137

121

108

97

86

77

70

65

62

57

54

115

137

111

93

83

*75

69

66

62 

59

55

51

48 

45 

42 

41

3840"

2,498

80.6

0.393

0.45

Jan.

51

43

42

43

43

42

40

38

ITT

392

423

m

405

410

375

312

255

205

»179

152

134

117 

105

117

117

106 

94 

86 

80

74

68

5,056

163

0.795

0.92

Feb.

64

W

147

136

115

98

90

457

659

477

412

498

531

474

407

336

272

225

192

169

148

130

118

*108 

96

86 

77 

68

_

-

6,655

238

1.16

1.21

Mar.

61

5¥

49

44

40

36

33

30

27

24

21

20

18

18

23

24

23

19

16

14

14

16 

16

18 

16

13 

11 

10 

9.1

8.5

7.9

733.5

23.7

0.116

0.13

Apr.

7.7

7.2

*6.9

6.5

6.0

5.4

5.6

17

9.4

6.9

5.6

4.8

577

12

35

138

314

392

333

241

164

112 

79

59 

48

42 

37 

31 

25

21

-

2,180.7

72.7

0.355

0.40

May

18

15

12

10

8.8

7.7

6.9

6.2

5.6

4.8

4.2

3.9

3.6

3.4

3.3

3.O

2.9

*£.6

2.4

2.1

2.0

1.9 

2.5

1.8

1.6

1.5

1.4 

1.4 

1.3

ITz- 1.2

144.2

4.65

0.023

0.03

June

1.2

1.1

T7T

1.4

8.7

286

488

656

815

1,370

1,530

1,250

953

674

471

340

272

207

175

183

301

815 

1,610

1.950 

1,540

1,300 

1,180 

1,100 

978

735

-

21,172.5

706

3.44

3.84

July

569

438

332

250

208

211

*192

247

290

659

712

316

212

176

180

258

211

207

177

157

133

132 

TTT

637 

637

1,010 930" 

650 

583

520

383

11,990

387

1.89

2.18

Aug.

311

276

6T 

956

1,10O

1,240

1,040

823

760

694

*718

590

510

476

433

397

410

764

673

644

6SO

716 

916

1,190 

1,180

1,270 

2.530 

2,120 

1,710

1,330

1,150

28,065

905

4.41

5.09

Sept.

1,120

1,050

893

782

810

976

1,000

1,080

1,080

1,220

1,140

939

870

799

711

692 m

1,190

1,460

1,900

2,460

 2,450 

1,980

1,510 

1,210

972 

2,220 

4,140 

2,'866

2,390

-

42,818

1,427

6.96

7.77

Calendar year 1952: Max 4,740 Min 0.9 Mean 207 Cfsm 1.01 In. 13.74

Water year 1952-53: Max 4,740 Min 1.1 Mean 470 Cfsm 2.29 In. 31.15

Discharge measurement made on this day.
MIAKKA RIVER BASIN 

Miakka River near Sarasota, Pla.

117

Location. Lat 27°14'25", long 82°18'50", in sec. 21, T. 37 S., R. 20 E., on right bank 

half a mile upstream from bridge on State Highway 72, 2 miles upstream from lower 

Miakka Lake, and 14 miles southeast of Sarasota.

Drainage area. 235 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. August 1936 to September 1953.

Gage. Staff gage read once daily. Datum of gage is 7.92 ft above mean sea level, datum 

of 1929 (National Park Service benchmark). Prior to Apr. 10, 1941, at highway bridge 

at same datum.

Average discharge. 17 years, 256 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,630 cfs Oct. 23, 24 (gage height, 9.11 ft); 

no flow for many days.

1936-53: Maximum discharge observed, 6,620 cfs Sept. 21, 1947 (gage height, 10.78 

ft); no flow for many days in some years.

Remarks.--Records fair. 

Cooperation. Gage readings furnished by employees of Miakka River State Park.

Revisions. WSP 1234: Drainage area.

Rating tables, water year 1952-53 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic

feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used May 13-27)

Oct. 1 to Nov. 26, Jan. 14 to Aug. 26 Nov. 27 to Jan. 13 Aug. 27 to Sept. 30

2.9

5.0

3.1

3.2

3.4

5.6

0

.5

.9

1.7

4.2

- 8. a

4.0

4.5

5.0

5.5

6.0

6.5

20

40

72

150

254

426

7.

7

8

9

.0

.5

.0

.2

760

1,200

1.8SO

5,780

5.0

5.2

5.4

5.6

5.8

6.0

6.5

55

44

62

94

145

212

426

6

7

8

8

.5

.0

.0

.6

426

760

1,670

2,420

Discharge, in .cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

105

TSS

190

271

347

376

359

442

493

510

522 

522

522

499

470

459

470

499

528

848

2,110

3,240

*3,610

5.630 

3.S20

2,950

2,380

1,940

1,530

1,180

974

35,418

1,143

4.86

5.61

Nov.

'5B3 792

561

476

406

351

305

271

240

218

199 

181

171

158

147

135

124

112

103

9J5

203

264

327

351 

368

372

368

355

334

292

8,946

298

1.27

1.42

Dec.

263

235

212

187

167

145

129

111

99

86

77 

70

63

75

72

70

67

66

*65

63

62

60

58

56 

54

52

50

47

44

42

ii

2,888

93.2

0.397

0.46

Jan.

40

38

40

39

37

36

36

35

3?

75

145 

368

426

4?T

396

363

342

320

*295

271

246

229

213

231 

192

181

173

165

156

147

138

5,856

189

0.804

0.93

Feb.

130

124

T3T

133

130

130

127

218

359

432

459 

481

45?

411

381

342

312

291

261

243

224

208

192

*179 

171

160

152

144

_

-

-

6,990

250

1.06

1.11

Mar.

135

IFf

122

114

106

101

98

92

87

81

76 

71

66

62

58

55

51

45

39

34

30

26

24

22 

19

15

12

7.6

5.6

4.2

5.9

1,789.3

57.7

0.246

0.28

Apr.

3.4

2.8

2.4

1.9

1.6

' 1.4

 1.0

37f

4.5

5.0

5.2 

4.7

5.6

7.4

10

11

13

21

39

52

67

77

79

75 

77

72

76

72

66

59

-

920.3

30.7

0.131

0.15

May

48" 53

42

57

32

26

20

16

12

8.8

6.1 

4.2

2.8

1.9

1.2

.7

.3

*.l

0

S

0

0

0

0 

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

312.1

10.1

0.043

0.05

June

0TO

O

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0 

0

0

0.1

9.8

40

71

100

115

161

165

199

199

226 

271

334

448

554

582 5"3o

-

4,014.9

134

0.570

0.64

July

481

437

381

351

327

291

258

234

*218

203

190 

177

165

158

149

147

T5T

229

264

312

295

278

278

298

359

416

554

688

808 '§50'

776

10,703

345

1.47

1.69

Aug.

744

680

696

760

824

947

965

888

1,080

1,330

*1,380 

1,330

1,160

992

840

744

688

652

610

589

582

568

528

470 

432

426

m

481

617

792

872

24,115

778

3.31

3.82

Sept.

956

956

920

£72

880

520" 840

904

920

920

1,000 

1,190

1,200

1,140

1,030

938

1,100

' 1,510

1,900

2,250

2,250

*2,080

1,910

1,660 

1,450

1,240

1,260

1,780

2,150

3.560

-

40,406

1,347

5.73

6.59

Calendar year 1952 : Max 3,630 Mln 0 Mean 170 Cfsm 0.723 In. 9.85

Water year 1952-53 : Max 3,630 Min 0 Mean 390 Cfsm 1.66 In. 22.55

Discharge measurement made on this day.
118 MANATEE RIVER BASIN

Manatee River near Bradenton, Fla.

Location. Lat 27°28'30", long. 82°18'05", In sec. 34, T. 34 S., R. 20 E., on left bank 

20 ft downstream from bridge on State Highway 675, 800 ft upstream from Cralg Branch, 1 

6£ miles northwest of Verna, and 17 miles east of Bradenton.

Drainage area. 90 sq ml, approximately.

Records available. April 1939 to September 1953.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 11.72 ft above mean sea level, datum of

~1929.

Average discharge. 14 years, 104 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 3,600 cfs Oct. 21 (gage height, 22.28 ft); 

minimum, 1.8 cfs June 1-4 (gage height, 3.73 ft).

1939-53: Maximum discharge, 6,170 cfs Sept. 18, 1947 (gage height, 24.51 ft); from 

rating curve extended above 3,500 cfs; minimum, 0.6 cfs May 7, 1939; minimum gage 

height, 2.48 ft May 5-7, 1939.

Remarks. Record good, except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Revisions. WSP 1234: Drainage area.

Rating tables, water year 1952-53 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In cubic 

feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Apr. 12 Apr. 13 to Sept. 28 Sept. 29-30

3.7 

4.0 

5.0 

6.0 

7.0

4.8

15

56

102

165

9.0

13.0

19.0

21.0

21.7

365

859

1,720

2,380

2,930

3.7

3.8 

4.0

1.4

3.6

13

5.0 

7.0 

9.0

66

195

365

11.7

17.6

581

1,380

Note. Same as preceding table above 9.O ft.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

*1,810

860

390

240

146

*110

141

533

1,130

845

377

201

139

121

109

107

138

365

521

2,250

*2,870 

l,7lO

*971

474

284

191

142

116 

104

90

82_

17,567

567

6.30

7.26

Nov.

74

67

62

57

54

51

48

47

44

42

40

39

39

56

64

51

45

39

37

ITS

SUB- 274

ISO

94

74

64

55

49 

44

41

-

2,135

71.2

0.791

0.88

Dec.

37

35

33

32

30

29

28

27

26

25

25

25

26

73

*59

47

41

36

33

31 

29

28

26

25

25

24

23 

23

23

30

1,024

33.0

0.367

0.42

Jan.

37

36

43

44

42

38

33

31

393

687

489

230

130

96

77

64

56

49

44

*41

39 

37

35

54

54

50

45

39

35

32

30

3,110

100

1.11

1.29

Feb.

29

36

94

100

84

64

95

570" 989

521

209

131

108

88

97

91

76

65

56

49

44 

39

36

34

*32

30

28

26

_

-

4,221

151

1.68

1.74

Mar.

23

20

20

19

18

17

16

15

15

14

14

13

13

12

12

11

11

11

10

10 

12

11

12

11

10

9.3

9.0 

8.6

8.2

875

415.3

13.4

0.149

0.17

Apr.

7.9

7.6

7.6

7.2

6.9

6.6

*6.3

a6.3

36.6

6.6

6.6

6.6

218

252

252

126

77

54

39

28

22 

18

15

13

11

47

31

30 

29

22

1,336.8

44.6

0.496

0.55

May

16

T2

9.7

7.8

30.9

36.4

36.4

36.4

36.0

35. 0

4.5

a4.5

34.5

34.5

34.5

34.5

34.5

34.1

*4.1

4.1

4.1 

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.5

4.1

2.9

2.8 

2.4

2.2

272

163.9

529

0.059

0.07

June

2.2

2.2

ra- 2.0

il

15

24

95

187

85

51

57

208

181

117

73

48

32

25

22

24 

68

213

2§6~ 284

220

128

97 

106

101

2,736.6

91.2

1.01

1.13

July

64

41

28

38

34

46

»139

97

62

65

51

31

22

*18

16.

17

35

44

91

114

87

317

243

150

166

238

197 

189

189

109

3,198

103

1.14

1.32

Aug.

82

131

520

186

107

88

150" 69

995

897

259

»189

132

113

254

307

345

182

237

188

134 

187

256

447

681

322

394

1,250 

T,090

934

468

11,624

375

4.17

4.80

Sept.

630

585

356

695

899

598

537

1,010

600

332

229

174

140

118

TJ5

351

1,160

1,300

1,030

1,020

655 

412

»278

212

173

188

1,510

2.700 

*1,3S6

586

19,998

667

7.41

8.26

Calendar year 1952: Max 2,870 Min 2.9 Mean 107 Cfsm 1.19 In. 16.16

Water year 1952-53: Max 2,870 Min 2.0 Mean 185 Cfsm 2.06 In. 27.89

Peak discharge (base, 1,100 efs). 

3,600 cfs (22.28 ft); Aug. 9 (10 p.m.

Oct. 9 (4:30 a.m.) 1,190 cfs (15.53 ft): Oct. 21 (4:30 a.m.) 

) 1,270 cfs (16.13 ft); Aug. 28 (5 a.m.) 1,320 cfs (16.55 ft):

Sept. 8 (4 a.m.) 1,120 .. cfs (15.00 ft); Sept. 18 (6:30 a.m.) 1,350 cfs (16.71 ft); Sept. 28 (7 a.m.)

3,290 efs (22.02 ft).

» Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of partial record.
LITTLE MANATEE RIVER BASIN 

Little Manatee River near Wimauma, Fla.

119

Location. Lat 270 40'15", long. 82°21'10", in sec. 25, 1

25 ft downstream from bridge on U. S. Highway 301, If

Creek, and 4 miles southwest of Wimauma.

. 32 S., R. 19 E., on left bank 

miles upstream from Cypress

Drainage area.--145 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. March 1939 to September 1953.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 2.17 ft above mean sea level, datum of

Average discharge. 14 years, 182 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 6,020 cfs Oct. 20 

imura, 4.5 cfs May 30 to June 1 (gage height, 0.20 ft).

1939-53: Maximum discharge, 9,450 cfs June 24, 1945 

mum, 1.2 cfs June 6, 7, 1945 (gage height, -0.45 ft).

Remarks. Records good.

Revisions (water years). WSP 1032: 1939(M). WSP 1234: Drainage area.

height, 13.05 ft); minheight, 14.44 ft); miniRating tables, water year 1952-53 (gage height, In feet 

cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1-2O

1.4

2.O

4.O

6.0

118

192

S30

946

7.

9.

11.

12.

O

0

O

4

1,260

2,240

3,530

4,940

0.2

.3

.4

.6

1.0

2.0

Oct. 21

4.5

6.6

14

26

62

153

to May 31

3

5

7

9

11

12

.0

.O

.O

.O

.0

.7

277

636

1,160

2,020

3,460

5,360

, and discharge, In

June 1 to Sept. 3o

0.2 4.5

.3 6.6

.4 15

.6 33

Note. Same a

Ing table above

2.0 185

3.0 305

5.0 636

s preeed5.0 ft.

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18 

19

2O

21 

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

750

532

320

215

154

3S6"

1,350

1,860

1,540

S04

450

309

261

498

700

1,360

3,710 

3,330

 4,940

5.220 

2,860

1,360

748

495

36O

295

259

217

184

162

35,946

1,160

8.00

9.22

Nov.

147

133

122

113

107

102 

97

94

66

66

65

63

63

62

62

79

77

75 

72

Si?

 m661

321

237

164

154

133

118

1O6

98

-

4,575

152

1.05

1.17

Dec.

92

86

82

78

76

73 

69

66

64

63

62

61

60

102

109

 106

99

91 

83

79

74 

70

68

64

62

60

56

57

3T

57

63

2,291

73.9

0.510

0.59

Jan.

96

93

86

86

62

77 

73

S3

931

1,520

1,430

697

377

251

192

155

131

115 

103

*97

92 

66

62

102

116

111

103

94

65

79

74

7,703

246

1.71

1.96

Feb.

70

63

190

170

152

130 

127

599

175

512

31O

211

161

127

126

125

110

96 

66

81

75 

69

66

63

 61

59

55

T~51

_

-

4,544

162

1.12

1.17

Mar.

49

46

44

41

40

38 

36

36

33

32

30

30

29

28

28

26

27

28 

26

24

24 

51

62

BT

41

34

29

26

24

22

li

1,056

34.1

0.235

0.27

Apr.

20

19

19

19

16

17 

 15

22

24

21

19

19

54

?I3- 252

140

100

* ^

43

35 

 28

24

21

19

20

29

37

32

25

1,436

47.9

0.33O

0.37

May

21

15

16

15

14

13 

13

12

12

12

11

11

9.6

9.1

6.6

8.1

7.6

7.6 

*7.6

7.1

7.6 

6.1

9.1

6.1

7.1

6.7

6.3

5.9

5.1

 ITS- 4.5

307.3

9.91

0.066

o.oe

June

£4BTT

5.1

5.5

6.6

24 

37

77

79

63

44

40

35

54

51

39

32

24 

22

20

19

23

60

154

175

111

116

142

109

60

1,659.1

55.3

0.361

0.43

July

6O

46

38

53

44

31 

*26

31

26

28

57

74

54

»37

25

50" 24

87 

100

131

101 

96

12O

140

160

136

112

110

94

80

70

2,243

72.4

O.499

0.56

Aug.

64

62

154

224

172

168 

136

224

415

579

396

»251

160

134

133

148

132

141 

163

146

120 

290

308

202

271

22O

322

526

733

T§9

348

7,893

255

1.76

2.02

Sept.

302

456

497

538

743

1,000 

731

613

655

459

360

264

219

176

166

786

2,530

2,650 

2,260

2.240

1,660 

1,050

 664

415

321

319

2,O7O

2,410

 1,640

990

29,224

974

6.72

7.50

Calendar year 1952: Max 5,220 Mln 4.3 Mean IBS Cfsm 1.3O In. 17.65

Water year 1952-53: Max 5,220 Mln 4.5 Mean 271 Cfsm 1.87 In. 25.36

Peak discharge (base. 1.400 cfs).--Oct. 8 (11 p.m.) 1.97O cfs (8.50 ft); Oct. 18 (6 a.m.) 3,940 

efs (11.48 ft); Oct. 20 (11:30 p.m.) 6,O20 efs (1S.O5 ft): Jan. 11 (2 a.m.) 1.68O efs (8.34 ft); 

Sept. 18 (1 a.m.) 2.94O efs (1O.36 ft); Sept. 27 (10 p.m.) 2,640 efs (9.96 ft).

 Discharge measurement made on this day.
120 ALAFIA RIVER BASIN

North Prong Alafia River at Keysvllle, Fla.

Location. Lat 27°53', long. 82°06i, in sec. 10, T. 30 S., R. 22 E., near center of span 

at downstream side of highway bridge, 0.8 mile northwest of Keysvllle, and 3 miles upstream from confluence with South Prong Alafia River.

Drainage area. 175 sq ml, approximately. 

Records available.--May 1950 to September 1953.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 39.56 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,490 cfs Oct. 20 (gage height, 12.53 ft); minimum, 4.0 cfs June 1, 2 (gage height. 1.18 ft).

1950-53: Maximum discharge, 3,890 cfs Sept. 7, 1950 (gage height, 12.78 ft); minimum, 3.6 cfs May 17, 1952; minimum gage height, that of June 1, 2, 1953.

Remarks. Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Revisions. WSP 1234: Drainage area.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsro

In.

Oct.

67

58

49

43 

40

41

115

213

377

458

256

152

112

96

100

150

157

371

1,120

2.890

2,510

*1,580

994

726 

563

423

322

280

250

208

177

14,898

481

2.75

3.17

Nov.

156

138

123

110 

100

91

83

74

67

64

63

72

68

64

60

57

55

52

50

235

553

610

407

265 

196

161

140

124

110

100

-

4,445

148

0.846

0.94

Dec.

91

84

79

74 

70

66

61

57

54

53

52

?8~ 48

77

105

95

83

80

*78

74

71

69

67

64 

61

64

60

58

58

57

60

2,118

68.3

0.390

0.45

Jan.

75

74

67

64 

61

60

56

55

131

280

384

Z9T

222

175

146

126

113

106

100

97

*a95

a8 9

a 83

a97 

al!6

a97

83

79

78

76

73

3,652

118

0.674

0.78

Feb.

72

80

145

171 

137

107

110

231

31S~ 378

210

154

127

108

118

139

124

100

92

86

80

76

72

70 

66

63

60

57.

_

-

3,576

128

0.731

0.76

Mar.

54

51

»49

48 

46

45

44

43

41

38

37

37

*37

37

36

35

34

31

30

29

31

82

138

IB"5~ 161 

100

63

51

43

37

33

1,697

54.7

0.313

0.36

Apr.

29

28

27

27 

26

23

3T

»40

30

26

24

23

»69

134

T6T

84

83

63

53

48

44

40

37

34

33

36

63

60

41

38

1,395

46.5

0.266

0.30

May

33

35

28

27 

25

24

24

24

23

22

20

19

17

26

33

26

20

16

*14

12

11

9.9

9.6

8.7 

7.6

6.8

6.3

5.7

5.1

4.3

4.1

542.1

17.5

0.100

0.12

June

4T5" 4.0

6.8

6.8 

19

88

165

279

287

208

147

105

82

72

83

94

96

100

104

103

86

71

60

118 

244

328

360

SiT

289

225

4,182.1

139

0.794

0.89

July

167

126

96

76 

62

76

70

*62

68

93

129

162

124

78

60

61

191

445

527

670

579

412

429

1.100 

797

579

482

472

490

493

374

9,550

308

1.76

2.03

Aug.

291

463

984

1.140 

766

516

365

313

694

612

463

375

309

*235

214

260

344

347

379

347

334

451

431

355 

596

612

782

716

519

445

341

14,933

482

2.75

3.17

Sept.

389

752

846

1,830 

1,000

713

508

366

302

286

283

234

192

158

166

346

2,390

*l,37b

994

955

1,100

885

737

*620 

540

465

1,430

1,810

929

682

23,278

776

4.43

4.95

Calendar year 1952: Max 2,890 Min 3.9 Mean 118 Cfsro 0.674 In. 9.19

Water year 1952-53: Max 2,890 Min 4.0 Mean 231 Cfsro 1.32 In. 17.92

Peak discharge {base, 600 cfs). Oc

cfs (9.15 ft); July 20 (1 p.m.) 707 c

t. 20 (7 p.m.) 3,490 cfs (12.53 ft); Nov. 21 (10:30 p.m.) 716 

IS 13.J.O i^Ji dUJ.y £U ^J. p.IH.J IVt CiO ta (9.12 \y.±C ft); t-^li July vu±y 24 c.-± (11:30 \J.J.**J\t a.m.) a.m./ 1,220 A,*.*.v cfs w*« (10:15 x-""*" ft); *-/, Aug. «-o- 3-

8 p.m.) 1,660 cfs (10.78 ft); Aug. 9 (1:30 p.m.) 842 cfs (9.48 ft); Aug. 27 (3:30 p.m.) 1,160 cfs 

10.07 ft); Sept. 4 (7:30 a.m.) 2,310 cfs (11.53 ft); Sept. 17 (10 a.m.) 3,100 cfs (12.24-ft); Sept. 

27 (9:30 p.m.) 2,980 cfs (12.14 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of recorded range in stage and records for 

Alafia River at Lithia.
ALAPIA RIVER BASIN 

Alafla River at Llthla, Pla.

Location. -Lat 27°52', long. 82°12', In sec. 16, T. 30 S., R. 21 E., on left bank 11 ft 

downstream from Marvlnla Bridge, 1 mile northwest of Llthla, and It miles downstream 

from Little Alafla River.

Drainage area. 335 sq ml, approximately.

Records available.--January 1933 to September 1953.

Gage, Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 9.86 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929. Prior to Aug. 8, 1939, staff gage at site 250 ft upstream at same datum.

Average discharge.--20 years, 345 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 6,280 cfs Oct. 21 (gage height. 16.27 ft)- mini 

mum, 11 cfs June 2 {gage height, -0.39 ft).

1933-53: Maximum discharge, 19,300 cfs (revised) Sept. 7, 1933 (gage height, 25 6 

ft, from floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 10,000 cfs: minimum, 6.6 cfs 

June 5, 6, 1945 (gage height, -0.91 ft).

Revisions.--The figures of maximum discharge for some water years have been revised. 

as shown In the following table. They supersede figures published in the water-supply 

papers indicated.

WSP

742

757

782

872

1032

1082

1112

1142

1172

Water 

year

1933

1934

1935

1939

1945

1947

1948

1949

1950

Date

Sept. 7,

June 16,

Sept. 6,

Oct. 17,

June 25,

Sept. 20,

Sept. 30,

Aug. 29,

Sept. 7,

1933

1934

1935

1938

Jftly 26, 1945

1947

1948

1949

1950

Discharge 

(cfs)

19,300

6,410

8,300

6,870

6,850

11,100

5,590

9,740

5,030

Gage height 

(feet)

25.6

16.40

18.08

16.85

16.83

20.38

15.59

19.28

15.04

Remarks. Records good.

Revisions (water years). WSP 782: 1933(m). WSP 1234: Drainage area. Revised figures 

of discharge, in cubic feet per second, for high-water periods In the water years 

1933-35, 1939, 1945, and 1947-50, superseding those published in WSP 742, 757, 782, 

872, 1032, 1082, 1112, 1142, and 1172, are given herewith:

Date

1933

Sept. 6

7

8

9

1934

June 16

17

1935

Sept. 5

6

7

1938

Oct. 17

Discharge

15,500

13,000

10.OOO

6,100

5,950

5,900

8,200

7,030

5,900

6,660

Date

1944

Oct. 21

1945

June 25

July 26

1947

Sept. 19

20

21

22

23

24

25

1948

Sept. 29

Discharge

2,380

6,530

6,650

8,960

10,200

6,820

4,260

3,760

4,890

4,490

4,210

Date

1948-Con.

Sept. 30

Oct. 1

1949

Aug. 28

29

30

31

Sept.30

Oct. 1

1950

Sept. 7

8

Discharge

5,420

4,650

7,430

9,100

6,360

3,930

4,450

4,25O

4,780

4,220

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of 

floodraark and records for Peace River at Arcadia.

Month

Calendar year 1934 ..............

Calendar year 1935 ..............

Water year 1938-39 ..............

Calendar year 1944 ..............

Calendar year 1945 ..............

Water year 1947-48 ..............

Calendar year 1950 ..............

Cfs -days

76,1H

30,168 

117,425 

121,090

58,750 

106,180 

108,776

39,020 

118,716 

214,767

12,250 

69,817

25,057.1 

82,692 

204,281.1 

206,098.1

75,851 

201,082 

222,155

32,899 

180,062

29,365 

185,538

66,226 

30,044 

155,116.3 

25,627 

155,760.3

24,629 

83,211 

67,386

Revised oeak discharge. 1948-49: Aug. 29 (2

Maximum

18,000

5,950 

5,950 

5,950

8,200 

8,200 

8,200

6,660 

6,660 

6,660

2,500 

2.5OO

6,530 

6,650 

6,650 

6,650

10,200 

10,200 

1O,200

5,420 

5,420

4,650 

5,420

9,1OO 

4,450 

9,100 

4,250

9,100

4,780 

4,780 

4,780

Minimum

1S7

57 

40 

40

434

13 

13

116 

17 

18

37 

22

6.6 

862 

6.6 

6.6

417 

52 

52

257

15

162 

15

401 

370 

8.3 

206 

8.3

78 

12 

12

Mean

2,537

1,006 

322 

332

1,958 

291 

298

1,259 

325 

588

395

191

835 

2,667 

560 

565

2,528 

551 

609

1,097 

492

947 

507

2,136 

1,001 

425 

827 

421

821 

228 

185

Per square 

mile

7.55

2.99 

.958 

.988

5.83 

.866 

.887

3.75 

.967 

1.75

1.18 

.568

2.49 

7.94 

1.67 

1.68

7.52 

1.64 

1.81

3.26 

1.46

2.82

1.51

- 6.36 

2.98 

1.26 

2.46 

1.25

2.44 

.679 

.551

Runoff In 

inches

8.42

3.34 

13.00 

13.40

6.50 

11.75 

12.03

4.32

13.14 

23.77

1.36 

7.72

2.77 

9.15 

22.59 

22.80

8.4O 

22.26 

24.60

3.64 

19.93

3.25 

20.53

7.33 

3.33 

17.16 

2.84 

17.02

2.73 

9.21 

7.45

a.m.) 9,74O cfs; Sept.30 (9 a.m.) 4,76O cfs.
122 ALAPIA RIVER BASIN

Alafia River at Lithia, Fla. Continued

Rating tables, water year 1952-53 (gage height. In feet, and discharge,

In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used July 4-13)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 12 Feb. 13 to Sept. 30

0.7 

2.0 

3.0

137

280

430

-0.04 

-.2 

0.0 

.5 

1.0 

1.5

11

18

30

76

131

196

2.0

3.0

7.0

11.0

13.0

16.0

268

430

1,260

2,310

3,350

6,000

Note. Same as 

following table 

above 3.0 ft.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

270

214

181

156 

139

137

370

684

1,180

988

756

479

349

327

284

626

512

936 

1,480 

3,450

*S',63Q 

3,930 

2,7OO 

1,910

1,440

1,130 

974

854

730

614

39,400

1,271

3.79

4.37

Nov.

528

468

415

369 

330

302

276

255

257

224

215

223

215

206

197

191

184

180

m

1.480 i'i6o

966 

740

541

423

358

321

283

257

12,179

406

1.21

1.35

Dec.

^23" 238

211

201 

194

188

180

172

169

164

162

157

TsTT

232

226

215

209 

 201 

200

194 

184 

180 

176 

174

178

168 

165

164

161

160

5,782

187

0.558

0.64

Jan.

186

192

190

188 

190

188

180

175

378

988

1,200 lyioo

870

634

499

422

369

350 

303 

286

 275 

262 

250 

268 

290

275

257 

248

240

231

222

11,786

380

1.13

1.31

Feb.

217

225

367

585 

342

296

376

666

776" 802

676

516

416

357

348

596

564

512 

278 

259

242 

225 

220 

220 

206

196

186

T"~

_

-

9,936

355

1.06

1.10

Mar.

155

144

*138

152 

125

119

116

116

114

101

94

98

 92

87

84

87

86

78 

74 

72.

76 

192

fif 

282

216

146 

118

107

95

81

4,052

151

0.591

0.45

Apr.

74

70

67

65 

64

55

60

 85

82

73

81

75

205 556" 340

220

204

169 

141 

125

105 

95 

87 

74 

68

84

185 

168

115

98

-

5,576

119

0.555

0.40

May

87

74

65

5? 

49

47

46

45

42

42

58

56

55

51

46

48

40

55 

 30 

29

26 

32 

26 

22 

20

18

16 

15

14

13

12

1,130

36.5

0.109

0.13

June

12

H

T?

16

31

117

289

572

427

556

234

177

555

181

144

143

136

144 

155 

159

151 

141 

141 

170 

464

586 m576

450

-

7,650

254

0.758

0.85

July

556

280

227

189 

159

144

152

 158

15T

200

215

255

252

192

161

157

512

522 

712 

760

820 

740 

742 

1,050 

1.550

1,220

996 

922

962

920

836

16,070

518

1.55

1.78

Aug.

890

728

1,580

1.660 

1,510

1,040

764

672

900

1,180

1,020

770

646

*584

655

596

860

774 

884 

754

656 

790 

796 

704 

744

878

960 

1,220

1,240

1,140

896

28,516

913

2.73

5.14

Sept.

954

1,260

1,410

1,810 

3,650

2,580

1,770

1,390

1,020

834

740

610

477

391 4§6"

942

2,480

5.560 

3,100 

2,800

2,800 

2,560 

2,150 

 1,760 

1,420

1,210

2,080 

5,560

 5,540

2,590

"

54,294

1,810

5.40

6.03

Calendar year 1952: Max 5,970 Min 12 Mean 292 Cfsm 0.872 In. 11.86

Water watyear 1952-53: A^ot o^; Max picui.5,970 o>» t v FIJ.II Min -* * 11mean Mauc 532v/.». Cfsm « »a. 1.59 «<j*?j.«». In.t-j. 21.55 .*/**

Peak discharge (base. 1.700 cfs). Oct. 21 (8 p.m.) 6,280 cfs (16.27 ft); Aug. 4 (9 a.m.) 1, 

cfs (8.76 ft); Sept. S (7 p.m.) 2,740 cfs (11.98 ft); Sept. 18 (11 a.m.) 5,650 cfs (13.45 ft); 

Sept. 28 (8:50 p.m.) 3,720 cfs (13.53 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

.) 1,700

HILLSBOROUGH RIVER BASIN

Crystal Springs near Zephyrhills, Pla.

Location.--Lat 28°11', long. 82°11', in sec. 35, T. 26 S., R. 21 E., on left bank of

Hillsborough River, a quarter of a mile downstream from Crystal Springs, If miles west 

of village of Crystal Springs, and 3? miles south of Zephyrhills.

Records available. October 1934 to September 1953 (discharge measurements only).

Gage. Staff gage read only when discharge measurements are made. Datum of gage is 34.67 

ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929 (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Extremes.--1934-53: Maximum discharge measured, 147 cfs July 19, 1941; minimum measured, 

20.3 "cfs July 1, 1946.

Remarks. Discharge measurement either of Crystal Springs or of Hillsborough River made 

both above and below Crystal Springs to obtain discharge of the springs, which is the 

difference between that of the river at each of the two points. Flow regulated 

occasionally at springs outlet for recreational purposes.

Revisions (water years). WSP 1052: 1935, 1937-42, 1944-45.

Discharge measurements, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to 

September 1955

Date

Dec. 8..............

Mar. 2..............

May 25..............

June 27 ..............

Hillsborough River

Below springs

70.0 

72.5 

72.4 

69.4 

94.1

Above springs

12.6 

16.5 

15.0 

11.0 

54.9

Difference 

or spring flow

57.4 

56.0 

57.4 

58.4 

59.2
HILLSBOROUGH RIVER BASIN 123

Blackwater Creek near Knights, Fla.

Location. Lat 28°08'25", long. 82°09'00", in sec. 18, T. 27 S., R. 22 E., on downstream 

side of center pier of bridge on State Highway 39, 2.0 miles downstream from 

Itchepackesassa Creek, and 4.4 miles northwest of Knights.

Drainage area. 110 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. January 1951 to September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 70.56 ft above mean sea level, datum of

Extremes. 1951: Maximum discharge during period January to September, 927 cfs Apr. 24 

(gage height, 6.74 ft); minimum, 14 cfs Apr. 5, 6; minimum gage height, 1.18 ft 

Sept. 14.

1951-52: Maximum discharge during year, 1,180 cfs May 30 (gage height, 7.19 ft}; 

minimum, 0.7 cfs May 23 (gage height, 0.72 ft).

1952-53: Maximum discharge during year, 1.800 cfs Sept. 27 (gage height, 8.13 ft); 

minimum, 1.2 cfs June 2 (gage height, 0.66 ft).

Remarks. Records fair.

Rating tables, Jan. 1O, 1951, to Sept. 30, 1953 (gage height.

In feet, and discharge, In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Jan. 10 to Feb. 5, Mar. 19 to 

Apr. 7, May 23 to June 19, Nov. 19 to Dec. 2, 1951, 

Apr. 23 to May 24, 1952)

Jan. 10, 1951, to Aug. 3, 1952, 

Feb. 9 to Sept. 30, 1953 Aug. 4, 1952, to Feb. 8, 1953

0.6 

.8 

1.0 

1.5 

2.0

0.6 

3.6

3.0 

5.0 

6.0 

7.0 

7.9

163

450

635

1,070

1,640

1.1 

1.5

2.0 

3.0

66

163

Note.--Same as preceding 

table above 3.0 ft.

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, January to September 1951

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

35

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan.

]

t 341

I

J

I 337

' 35

34

*33

31

31

31

31

30

30

29

29

29 

28

27

27

28

28

27

27

27

26- 26

997

32.2

0.293

0.34

Feb.

f

56

56

53

48 

125

83

67

56

50

45

41

38

36

35

*34

32

32

31

30

29

28

27

26

26

.

_

-

1,371

49.0

0.445

O.46

Mar.

26 

25

25

24

23

23 

22 

22 

22

21

20

85

155

109

82

66

54

45

38

36

34 

34

32

27

25

23

21

19

18

18

11

1,191

38.4

0.349

0.40

Apr.

16 

*17

17

16

15

15 

125 

402 

360

258

193

147

125

98

76

60

53

48

326

723

530 

342

279

748

217

176

120

89

69

58

5,798

193

1.75

1.96

Msy

48 

49

45

39

35

32 

*30 

27 

46

61

43

36

37

34

31

28

26

26

25

24

23 

23

21

20

19

19

25

26

21

18

11

960

31.0

0.382

. ' 0.32

June

*26 

21

18

17

17

18 

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

19

21

25

28

35

fo27

24

23

21

21

27

23

24

659

22.0

0.200

0.22

July

24 

31

35

43

43

34 

30 

32 

44

46

38

32

27

25

24

23

22

28

47

49

*45 

38

37

36

34

33

34

52

130

68

60

1,244

40.1

0.365

0.42

Aug.

44 

36

37

41

83

83 

66 

56 

56

51

42

32

27

24

21

22

25

25

27

34

31 

46

74

72

55

106

*102

94

155

84

58

1,709

55.1

0.501

0.58

Sept.

45 

38

33

29

26

24 

26 

26 

24

22

20

19

IS" 18

27

29

54

290

480

285

195 

136

94

66

51

42

34

44

144

173

-

2,512

83.7

0.761

0.85

Calendar year : Max Mln Mean Cfsm In.

Water year : Max Mln Mean Cfsm In.

Peak discharge (base. 1.000 cfs). No peak above base. 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of records for Hillsborough River near 

Zephyrhills.
124 HILLSBOROUGH RIVER BASIN

Blackwater Creek near Knights, Fla. Continued

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1951 to September 1953

Day

1 

2

2

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

179 

T7T

135

103

77

60

45

38

32

28

25

22

19

18

 18

17

16

15

14

14

13

13

13

12

 12

13 

13

13

13

12

11.

1,190

38.4

0.349

0.40

Nov.

11 

11

12

11

11

11

11

10

TT

10

11

10 

10

10

11

18

46

75

66

53

46

40

37

34

32

 30 

27

26

24

23

-

738

24.6

0.224

0.25

Dec.

22

21

20

24

29

30

28

27

25

24

23

22

21

20

20

22

23

23

31

37.

34

33

35

33

31

30 

29

26

25

25

25

818

26.4

0.240

0.28

Jan.

ft22

21

21

21

*23

24

23

21

20

21 

21

21

21

20

18

IS

18

18

20

20

20

19

19

19 

19

19

20

20

19

633

20.4

0.185

0.21

Feb.

§

24

25

27

30

29

28

26

26

24

24 

23

21

21

22

24

 25

25

24

23

23

23

24

27

61 

130

TI9

106

..

-

1,025

35.3

0.321

0.35

Mar.

87 

68

54

45

40

38

36

33

31

30

29

27

25

400

515

366

227

154

118

94

75

60

50

65

544 

Si£

6T7

406

268

 190

5,659

183

1.66

1.91

Apr.

138

T55

82

66

55

46

40

36

31

28

25

24 

23

23

22

20

19

19

18

17

17

17

16

14

I!

19 

22

22

19

16

1,013

33.8

0.307

0.34

May

14 

13

13

14

13

10

9.0

8.4

7.2

7.2

6.3

 5.4 

5.1

5.4

5.1

4.2

5.1

9.3

9.6

5.4

1.3

1.0

 8

5.4

8.7

17 

57

160

357

539

194

2,110.9

68.1

0.619

0.71

June

1390 5?o"

131

84

59

43

35

34

29

25

24

i

35

27

25

27

29

42

40

44

44

 96

59

45

72 

219

193

115

71

-

2,309

77.0

0.700

0.78

July

50 

84

112

81

75

146

166

171

126

1

98 

87

82

72

60

50

43

37

33

29

26

24

22

20

19 

19

24

56

98

106

2,414

77.9

0.708

0.82

Aug.

164 

170

207

*654

368

275

251

546

435

304

247

190 

152

149

124

126

120

155

423

315

216

146

106

84

94

129 

103

82

70

60

6T

6,531

211

1.92

2.21

Sept.

68 

55

58

117

217

265

208

153

127

103

86

89 

97

87

 78

66

57

53

48

43

39

70

109

79

74

74 

74

65

58

54

-

2,851

95.0

0.864

0.96

Calendar year 1951: Max 748 Min 10 Mean 52.6 Cfsm 0.478 In. 6.48

Water year 1951-52 : Max 942 Mln 0.8 Mean 74.6 Cfsm 0.678 In. 9.22

Peak discharge (base. 1.000 cfs). Mar. 27 (5 a.m.) 1,050 cfs (6.96 ft)j May 30 (11:30 p.m.) 1,180 

cfs (7.19 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

48 

43

39 

34

29

27

28 

52

149

168

139

112

91

77

82

153

139

237

271 

751

743

651

533

387

286

223

183

150

122

*102

86

6,135

198

1.80

2.07

Nov.

73 

63

55 

48

43

39

36 

32

29

28

26

25

24

24

22

21

20

20

tt

Ho" 175

119

100

84

73

62

55

48

43

1,591

53.0

0.482

0.54

Dec.

39 

3T

35 

33

31

28

26 

*25

24

24

25

25

24

24

28

27

23

23

21 

21

23

21

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

17

Ts

748

24.1

0.219

0.25

Jan.

25 

27

25 

24

22

19

tf

50

116

105

96

80

68

60

56

51

45

 43

41

39

37

36

43

46

42

39

37

36

35

33

1,415

45.6

0.415

0.48

Feb.

32 

36

71 

71

64

60

63

155

140

112

34

83

69

57

69

68

57

51

48 

45

43

41

38

35

33

32

31

30

_

-

1,728

61.7

0.561

0.58

Mar.

28 

*26

25 

24

23

22

21 

20

19

18

17

18

17

17

16

15

14

12

18

42

76

22.

62

60

51

45

37

30

26

897

28.9

0.263

0.30

Apr.

24 

22

21 

22

20

18

34 

25

29

28

26

26

55

 48

39

39

35

32

30 

26

23

21

20

19

,16

19

46

47

40

35

-

885

29.5

0.268

0.30

May

30

22 

19

17

16

13 

12

11

10

10

10

9.6

8.4

8.4

7.8

7.2

6.9

6.6 

6.0

5.1

4.2

4.2

3.9

 3.0

2.8

2.4

1.8

1.5

1.3

ITS

287.4

9.27

0.084

0.10

June

fct

2.8 

3.3

8.4

14

29 

46

79

81

50

32

27

22

19

17

17

17

21 

23

20

18

19

23

30

38

 34

29

25

23

-

776.2

25.9

0.235

0.26

July

21 

19

17 

16

15

15

tt

16

67

83

38

28

28

29

32

129

261

375 

348

265

233

747

533

477

708

560

453

338

237

208

6,324

204

1.85

2.14

Aug.

348 

350

1.510 

1,150

544

356

278 

243

294

292

227

163

114

136

176

234

334

297

303 

*392

 408

382

406

1,440

1,120

1,290

734

562

579

477

369

15,508

500

4.55

5.24

Sept.

524 

648

726 

678

989

1,030

1,040 

654

468

412

279

199

145

111

35s

 707

*1,430

*1,140

836 

678

>794

681

1,300

694

456

38Z

1.37C

*1.58C

1.17C

736

-

22,167

73?

6.7?

7.4?

Calendar year 1952 : Max 942 Min 0.8 Mean 90.2 Cfsm 0.820 In. 11.15

Water year 1952-53 : Max 1,580 Mln 1.3 Mean 160 Cfsm 1.45 In. 19.75

Peak discharge (base. 1.000 cfs).--Aug. 3 (1 p.m.) 1,630 cfs (7.88 ft); Aug. 24 (11 a.m.) 1,650 cfi 

(7.92 ft); Sept. 7 (2:30 a.m.) 1,210 cfs (7.23 ft); Sept. 17 (8 a.m.) 1,490 cfs (7.69 ft); Sept. 23 

(9 a.m.) 1,140 cfs (7.11 ft); Sept. 27 (8 p.m.) 1,800 cfs (8.13 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
HILLSBOROUGH RIVER BASIN 125

kllisbor'ough River near Zephyrhills, Fla.

..Lat 288 Q§', long; 82"l4" i in sec. 8, T. 27 S., R.. 21 E., on left bank 10 ft 

'treaft frffln footbridge in Sillsborough River State Park, 2 miles downstream from 

Blaokwater Creelt, and 7 miles southwest of Zephyrhills.

Ppai.nagg 820 e§ mi, approximately.

Records available . "Hoyembe? 1939 to September 1953.

Gage. --Staff gage read ondfe daily. Datum of gage is 33.28 ft above mean sea level (Corps 

of Engineers* benchmark ) .

Average dischargs . - '14 years, 289 cfs.

Extremes . Maximum discharge observed during year, 4,310 cfs Sept. 28 (gage height, 12.66 

 ft J ;" minifttitt* 71 <Jfs June 2 4 3 (gage height, 0.89 ft).

1939-53t fecifiutt discharge observed, 5,920 cfs Sept. 19, 1947; maximum gage height,

13.80 ft Sept. 7, iDSOj minimum discharge observed, 48 cfs June 11-17, 1945; minimum

gage height observed, 0.78 ft June 3-6, 1944, June 11-17, 1945.

go6d. 

*Qage-height record furnished by superintendent of Hillsborough River State

> --W3P 1234: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

0.8 

2.0 

4.0 

6.0

60

215

580

1,010

8.0

10.0

11.0

12.6

1,530

2,260

2,770

4,240

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

00 1,

154

145

134

123

116

112

Tfl" 111

219

2SO

230

203

181

170 

158

211

234

312

344 

874

1,150 

1,010

889

734

618

544

488

439

382

*334

291

11,269

364

1.65

1.90

Nov»

255

S5I

211

19E

173

163

147

137

132

127

121

119

114

111 

108

107

103

103

ISO"

225 

236

211

192

176

163

153

145

137

132

-

4,642

155

0.705

0.78

Dec.

127

124

121

119

114

111

106

*106

103

103

103

103

102

101 

103

103

103

98

98 

95

98 

98

95

93

93

93

55- 90

93

93

93

3,172

102

0.464

0.54

Jan.

98

103

102

98

98

95

93

97

140

235

215

197

179

163 

154

145

140

134

*129 

127

124 

119

116

129

132

124

119

116

114

111

108

4,050

131

0.595

0.68

Feb.

107

150" 106

171

156

147

149

317

3T2

263

235

219

206

186 

197

207

192

179

168 

158

158

144

166

153

140

132

124

119

_

_

-

4,971

178

0.809

0.84

Kar.

114

*108

108

106

101

95

95

93

90

90

88

85

88

93 

89

85

82

80

78 

!§.

107 

59~2* 296

249

223

197

173

160

167

186

212

4,103

132

0.6OO

0.69

Apr.

223

221

205

189

163

145

160

173

137

132

119

I3T

722

*1,270 

1,190

1,110

1,050

*981

920 

848

763 

682

604

525

452

396

367

330

277

249

14,739

491

2.23

2.49

May

212

154

159

142

127

116

108

103

98

94

93

90

90

88 

84

82

82

80

80 

80

80 

77

78

77

*77

76

76

75

73

72

7T

3,025

97.6

0.444

0.51

June

72

71

7T

75

85

98

140

145

168

181

155

129

121

111 

103

101

92

108

106 

108

103 

95

107

124

119

147

*163

145

134

124

3,507

117

0.532

0.59

July

118

110

103

102

99

95

94

53- 92

93

176

132

114

114 

124

124

247

337

399 

394

344 

272

674

703

602

84S

878

859

575" 916

817

10,951

353

1.60

1.85

Aug.

1,020

956

1,770

2.150

1,460

945-

837

714

688

645

574

478

428

397 

557

542

815

684

602 

*784

874 

925

865

1,360

1,840

1,650

1,770

1,700

1,550

1,400

1,210

32,160

1,037

4.71

5.44

Sept.

1,280

1,350

1,460

1,470

1,460

2,300

2,520

2,360

1,740

1,620

1,340

1,140

1,000

907 

1,555"

1,510

*3,090

*3,170

2,470 

1,990

2,250 

2,250

2,320

2,400

1,630

1,350

2,640

3I340

2,500

-

60,017

2,001

9.10

10.15

Calendar year 1952 : Max 1,360 Kin 77 Mean 215 Cfsm 0.977 In. 13.31

Water year 1952-53 : Max 4,140 Kin 71 Mean 429 Cfsm 1.95 In. 26.46

Peak discharge (base, 1,500 cfs). Aug. 4 (6 a.m.) 2,300 cfs (10.10 ft); AUK. 25 (7 a.m.) 1,960

cfs (9.25 ft); Sept. 7 (3 p.m.) 2,560 cfs (10.65 ft); Sept. 17 (10 p.m.) 3,480 cfs (11.88 ft)j 

Sept. 24 (4 a.m.) 2,590 cfs (10.70 ft); Sept. 28 (8 a.m.) 4,310 cfs (12.66 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
126 HILLSBOROUGH RIVER BASIN

Hillsborough River near Tampa, Fla.

Location. Lat 28°01'25", long. 82°25'40", in seo. 29, T, 29 S,, R, 19 E., on left bank 

just upstream from spillway of Tampa Reservoir Dam, at Thirtieth Street, 5$ milee 

northeast of Tampa.

Drainage area.--650 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. October 1938 to September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is at mean sea level, datum of 1929 (city of 

Tampa benchmark). Prior to Oct. 1, 1945, at site 1.4 miles upstream at datum 0.66 ft 

higher.

Average discharge. 15 years, 614 cfs (adjusted for diversion).

Extremes. Maximum daily discharge during year, 6,830 flfs Sept. 30; maximum gage height, 

21.84 ft July 28; minimum daily dischargn, 3? cfs Dec. 12, Jan, 1, June 4, 5; minimum 

gage height, 18.06 ft Sept. 16.

1938-53: Maximum discharge, 9,610 efs July 28-30. 1945} maximum gage height, 

22.76 ft Sept. 10, 1950; no flow NOV. 30 to Dec. 8, 1S45.

Maximum stage known, 25.6 ft, at former site and datum, Sept. 7. 1933, from floodmarks, affected by backwater prior to failure of Tampa power dam. 1,4 miles below 

former gage. A discharge of 16,500 cfs was measured Sept. 9, 1933,

Remarks.-^Records fair except those for period of no gage-height record, which are poor. 

Flow regulated by Tampa Reservoir Dam ainse Oet. 1, 194S, Capacity of reservoir insufficient to affect monthly figure of runoff. Diversion at point 1$ miles above 

station for water supply by city of Tampa as shown in monthly table.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 1234: Drainage area.

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

e

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

16

19

20

21 

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

(t)

Oct.

369

278

$19

452

440

4CO

408

329

114

401

442

405

82~8~ 61

565

441

402

407

442

437

696 

1,340

1,620

1,840

1,880

1,870

1,490

1,550

 1,570

1,450 

1,170

24,405

787

24.3

Nov.

982

1.160

sea

998

441

847

545

436

399

366

359

361

39

401

370

38

35?

41

364

370

39 

365

283

39

368

325

40

381

325

126

11,718

391

27.2

bee,

283

129

199

298

38

1S5

19S

44

*367

39

360

37

ITS

39

47

233

33

42

58

364

39 

44

215

39

47

258

39

44

58

77 

401

4,377

141

26.6

Jail.

37

37

201

38

39

40

86

69

110

151

181

S07

236

259

279

279

291

295

SST

*275

259

250

239

236

233

225

218

212

205

202 

194

5,842

188

2S.3

Feb.

181

M

80S

203

tit

342

191

2S9

324

a380

a400

]

I a350

J

»

1 a280

*

.

8,986

321

26.7

Mar.

aSSO

aE40

*228

205

187

173

162

1S4

144

130

117-

104

81

76

63

55

87

*£

4ff

41

54 

117

173

203

242

£83

468

SST

295

291 

287

5,290

171

34.3

Apfr.

287

£83

404

271

271

271

275

263

247

244

253

250

263

271

820

1,270

1,800

*1,890

2,330

2,290

2,400 

2,340

2,270

1,980

1,800

1,840

1,630

1,170

1,200

1,060

31,943

1,065

31.7

May

III 4t?

71S

479

464

417

see

324

287

256

233

207

184

166

148

134

120

106

93

80

74 

72

75

78

74

*66

56

48

43

40 

39

6,713

217

42.9

June

39

38

38

37

57

66

110

141

158

162

164

164

136

173

184

189

189

230

244

236

221 

203

191

193

212

236

253

 267

279

291

S.lll

170

32.2

July

291

27S

279

29S

267

250

263

259

259

279

291

304

279

267

253

247

S7T

279

279

299

340 

383

452

502

806

822

796

1,170

1,060

1,520 

1,260

14,537

469

33.3

Aug.

1,340

1,380

1,380

1,540

1,950

2,190

2,000

2,220

2,080

2,130

2,390

2,150

2,050

1,290

1,560

2,040

1,470

1,450

1,780

*1,640

1,530 

2,160

1,380

2,750

2,090

2,100

2,240

2,430

2,540

2,660 

3_,OOO

60,930

1,965

25.9

Sept.

2.600

2, $16

3,180

2,850

3,020

3,260

3,120

3,450

3,810

3,910

3,910

3,790

3,600

3,360

2,960

3,050

3,440

3,820

4,350

4,790

5,200 

5,670

6,250

6,420

6,420

6,280

6,080

6,000

6,530

*6.830

131,120

4,371

25.2

Adjusted for diversion

Mean 

Cfsm 

In.

811 

1.25 

1.44

418 

0.643 

0.72

Calendar year 1952 : 

Water year 1952-53 :

168 

0.258 

0.30

213 

0.328 

0.38

348 

0.535 

0.56

205 

0.315 

0.36

1,097 

1.69 

1.88

Observed

260 

0.400 

0.46

Max 1,900 Min 37 Mean 370 

Max 6,830 Win 37 Mean 852

202 

0.311 

0.35

502 

0.772 

0.89

1,991 

3.06 

3.53

4,396 

6.76 

7.55

Adjusted

Mean 398 Cfsm 0.612 In. 8.33 

Mean 882 Cfsm 1.36 In. 18.42

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

t Diversion by city of Tampa, in cubic feet per second; furnished by city of Tampa Water Department, 

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of recorded range in stage and records for 

station near Zephyrhllls.
HILLSBOROUGH RIVER BASIN 127

Drainage ditch at Bearss Avenue,near Sulphur Springs, Pla.

Location. Lat 28°05'15", long. 82°27'55", In sec. 36, T. 27 S., R. 18 E., on right bank 

25 ft downstream from bridge on Bearss Avenue, 0.3 mile west of U. S. Highway 541, and 

4.5 miles north of Sulphur Springs Post Office.

Drainage area. 12 sq mi, approximately. 

Records available.--July 1946 to September 1953.

Gage. Staff gage read once or twice daily. Datum of gage is 30.00 ft above mean sea 

level, datum of 1929.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 77 cfs Sept. 30 (gage height, 19.61 ft); no flow 

for many days.

1946-53: Maximum discharge observed, 107 cfs Sept. 23, 25, 1947; maximum gage height 

observed, 20.18 ft Sept. 29, 1946; no flow for many days each year.

Remarks Records fair. Since the completion of a dam Just upstream from station on Feb. 10, 

1953, the amount of flow diverted from basin has increased.

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height. In feet,

and discharge, In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Dec. 27 to Feb. 10)

16.97

17.0

17.2

17.4

17.6

17.8

0

.1

.5

1.2

2.0

3.0

13.0

18.2

18.4

18.6

19.0

19.3

4.4

6.8

10

14

39

60

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

'0

1

: z

'. 3

: 4

15

16

17

18

19

;o

Tl

-2

13

24"5

26

27

28

29

;-r.

"1

Total

I'ean

CTsm

rn.

Oct.

4.3

4.2

3.9

3.6

3.5

3.9

4.6

4.7

5.3

4.9

4.8

4.8

4.9

5.2

5.2

5.4

5.7

6.1

7.2

12

15

20

3129"

29

28

26

24

21

 18

15

360.?

11.6

-

-

Nov.

14

T?

12

11

10

9.4

9.0

8.2

7.5

7.0

6.6

6.0

5.7

5.2

4.8

4.4

4.2

3.9

3.6

4.2

3.9

3.5

3.4

3.2

3.2

3.0

3.0

2.9

2.9

2.6

-

180.3

6.01

-

-

Dec.

'57? 2.5

2.3

2.2

2.0

1.9

1.8

1.7

1.7

1.6

 1.5

1.4

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.0

1.0

1.0

.9

.9

.8

.8

.8

.8

.8

.7

7T

.7

.7

.7

.7

39.7

1.28

-

-

Calendar year 1952: Max 31

Jan.

0.8

.8

.8

.8

.7

.7

.7

.6

1.5

1.6

1.8

1.8

1.7

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.8

 1.7

1.9

T78

1.7

1.6

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.4

44.9

1.45

-

-

Feb.

1.4

1.3

1.9

1.8

1.9

1.9

2.4

3.1

3.3

3^5

.9

.6

.3

.2

.4

.2

.2

.1

00"

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

-

-

-

25.4

0.91

-

-

Mln 0

liar.

(*)

0

0

-

-

Apr.

o

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0~.1

0

*0

0

0

o

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

-

0.1

0

-

-

May

0

0

-

-

June

(*)

0

0

-

-

July

0

0

-

-

Aug.

0

5

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

.1

.9

2.2

 59

*60

50

*41

31

29

23

13

1.7

.4

.3

.2

.4

317.2

10.2

-

-

Sept.

1.1

42

46

42

39

39

39

38

38

38

38

36

29

34

34

42

49

50

52

53

55

57

54

53

52

53

38

3.6

3.6

36

-

1,184.3

39.5

-

"

Mean 4.69 Cfsm - In. -

Viter year 1952-53: Max .60 Mln 0 Mean 5.90 Cfsm - In. -

Discharge measurement or observation of no flow made on this day.
128 SWEETWATER CREEK BASIN

Sweetwater Creek near Sulphur Spflrtgs, Fla.

Location. Lat 28°02'33", long. 82 030'44", in s§e. .16, f, §8 3.. R. 18 E., on left bank 

near upstream side of bridge on Gunn Highwaf,- if miles downstream from Lake Ellen and 

4.1 miles northwest of Sulphur Springs Post Officei

Drainage area. 6.4 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. October 1951 to September 195§,

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 30.68 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

T929.

Extremes. 1951 -52; Maximum discharge during year", 26 ofs Sept, 6 (gage height, 2.16 ft); 

no flow for many days.

1952-53: Maximum discharge during year, 83 cfs Sept. 16 (gage height, 3,40 ft); 

no flow for many days.

Remarks. Records fair. Some regulation by lakes above station, Since Feb. 10, 1953, cov 

siderable flow diverted into basin above station from Hillsborough River basin.

Rating table, Oct. 1, 1951, to Sept. 3O, 1953 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 14 to Dec. 25, 1951, Mar. 29 te 

Apr. 20, Aug. 21 to Sept. 19, 1952, Apr. 3-22, Sept. 28-30, 1953)

0.17 

.2 

.4 

.5 

.8

1.0

.1 

1.0 

1.4 

2.9 

4. 2

1.5 

2.0 

2.5 

3.0 

3.3

9.0

16

29

54

74

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1951 to September 1962

Day

1

2 

3

4

5

6

7

e

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

He an

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

 a2.4

a. 8

(*)

a. 5

37.5

1.21

-

Nov.

> aO.3

> a. 6

1.0

1.1

1.6

2.2

THJ

3.0

1.9

1.7

1.7

1.6

1.7

1.6

 1.9

2.1

2.2

2.1

1.8

35.0

1.17

_

-

Dec.

1.7

ITS 

1.5

1.6

1.7

1.6

1.5

1.4

1.3

1.3

1.2 

1.2 

1.1

1.0

1.1

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.2

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.0

1.0

.9

.9

.8

.8

75

36.2

1.17

_

-

Jan.

0.9

~T§ 1.0

.8

.7

.7

.6

.5

.5

 .4

.4 

.4 

.4

.4

.4

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.2

75

.3

.2

.3

.4

.3 

.3

IS. 7

0.44

_

-

Feb.

~!

.4

.3

.5

.4

.5

.4

.4

.4

.4 

.4 

.4

.4

.4

.3

.4

.3

.3

 .3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.4

.6

1.2

172 1.1

-

13.2

0.46

_

-

liar.

1.1

1.0 

.8

.7

.6

.5

.5

.4

75

.3 

.3 

.3

.3

2.9

2.6

2.1

1.7

1.6

1.4

1.2

.9

.7

.5

1.5

7.8

T7e

6.2

5.3

4.8 

*4.7

61.1

1.97

-

Apr.

4.1

37T 

3.3

2.9

2.6

2.2

1.9

1.7

1.5

1.3

1.2 

1.2

1.1

1.2

1.1

.9

.9

.8

.S

.7

.7

.6

.5

.5

.5

.5

.4

.3

.3

.2

39.6

1.32

_

-

Hay

. 0.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.1

.1

.1 

.1

.1

**.!

0

0

O

.2

.1

0

0

0 '

.1

.1

.1

0

0

0

.1ft

3.5

0.11

_

-

June

0.2

,2 

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.1

.2

.1

.1 

~.3 O 

.3

.3

.3

.2

.2

.2

.2

.5

.6

.4

.4

 .3

.4

.8

7T

.6

.5

9.1

0.30

_

-

July

0.4

.4

476

.4

1.9

3.0

2.6 2.5

2.3

3.2 

2.7 

2.4

3.0

3.6

. 2.7

2.3

1.9

1.6

1.3

2.9

4.0

3.4

2.9

2.5

2.0

1.7

1.7

1.9

2.9 

4/7

69.8

2.25

_

-

Aug.

10

H.7

8.8

5.9

6.4

6.2

*5.2

4.7

4.1

3.7 

3.3 

1T74

5.6

6.2

6.1

5.9

5.9

5.9

7.8

8.6

8.8

6.5

5.1

4.3

4.3

3.4

4.2

3.6

3.6 

4.6

182.8

S.90

-

-

Sept.

4.2

3.5 

4.3

7.5

12

8,1

6.5

6.6

6.6

5.2

3.9 

3.6 

3.0

2.9

2.8

 2.5

2.3

T^

3,2

2.8

2.9

3,6

5.9

6.2

7.1

6.4

E.7

£.5

5.4

4.5

14f.3

4.94

_

-

Calendar year 1951: Max - Kin - Hean - Cfsm - In. -

Water year 1951-52: Max 12 Kin O Hean 1.78 Cfsm - In. -

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

* Field estimate made on this day.

a No gage-height records discharge estimated on basis of unpublished stage records for Lake Ellen 

near Sulphur Springs.
SWEETWATER CREEK BASIN 129

Sweetwater Creek near Sulphur Springs, Pla. Continued

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

TotaJ

Mean 

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

3.7

3.2

2.7

2.3

2.0

2.0

3.6

5.5

7.4

6.4

5.4

4.9

4.5

5.0

4.7

4.4 

4.5

5.5

6.7

18

 18

16

 14

11

9.9

8.5

7.5

6.7

5.5

4.6

4.1

208.2

6.72

Nov.

3.7

37S

3.1

2.9

2.5

2.3

2.1

1.9

1.6

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.1 

.9

.8

73

1.7

2.1

2.0

1.8

1.6

1.4

1.3

1.2

1.1

.9

.8

-

51.2

1.71

Dec.

~76 0.7

.5

.5

.5

.4

.3

.3

«.3

.3

.2

7?

.2

.2

.2

.2 

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

8.6

0.28

Jan.

0.2

T?

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.9

2.0

2.3

2TZ

2.0

1.8

1.6

1.5 

1.4

1.2

1.1

 1.0

1.0

.8

.8

1.2

1.1

1.0

.9

.8

.9

.7

.5

30.3

0.98

Feb.

0.3

.6

1.2

1.4

1.6

1.4

2.6

5.6

TTe

3.9

3.2

2.6

2.3

2.0

3.0

2.9 

2.5

3.5

1.9

1.6

1.5

1.3

1.2

1.1

1.0

.9

.9

.8

-

-

-

57.4

2.05

liar.

0.9

.8

*.8

.8

.8

.7

.6

.6

.4

.3

.2

75

.2

.2

.2

.2 

.2

.2

.2

.3

2.0

4.5

4.8

T7£

4.0

3.1

2.5

2.3

2.0

1.6

1.3

41.5

1.34

Apr.

1.0

.8

.7

.5

.3

^* 0

1.2

1.2

1.1

.9

.9

 2.8

3.5

3.7

Iff

3.8

3.6

3.2

2.7

2.4

2.2

2.0

2.0

2.7

3.0

2.9

2.8

2.6

-

64.3

2.14

May

 27T 2.5

2.2

1.9

1.5

1.3

1.3

1.2

1.0

.8

.7

.5

.3

.1

0

0 

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

17.7

0.57

June

 50

0

0

0

.2

.2

.1

.2

.1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

.3

7?

.1

.2

.3

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

»».2

0

0

-

3.1

0.10

July

 50

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0 

.2.1

.2

.1

.3

1.1

4.9

4.2

2.8

4.6

"JTs 6.4

3.8

5.8

5.0

44.0

1.42

Aug.

7.4

7.4

6.6

1417?

6.9

6.9

8.2

10

9.0

8.7

10

15

16

20

42 

*64 *34"

 44

39

34

 29

25

22

19

16

14

12

12

11

12

593.9

19.2

Sept.

15

18

20

20

19

17

18

16

13

12

11

9.9

9.2

 978" 8.7

39 

47

39

32

30

27

26

26

27

28

32

68

57

49

 51

-

794.6

26.5

Calendar year 1952: Max 18 Mln 0 Mean 2.21 Cfsm - In. -

Water year 1952-53: Max 68 Mln 0 Mean 5.25 Cfsm - In. -

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

** Field estimate made on this day.
130 ROCKY CREEK BASIN

Rocky Creek near Sulphur Springs, Fla.

Location. Lat 28°02 I 23", long. '82°34'3l", in N| see. 23, T. 28 S., R. 17 E., on left bank 

100 ft upstream from Seaboard Railroad bridge, 2.5 miles downstream from Brushy Creek, 

and 7.7 miles northwest of Sulphur Springs Post Office.

Drainage area. 35 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. January to September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 0.15 ft below mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during period, 697 cfs Sept. 27 (gage height, 12.00 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 400 cfs; minimum, 1.4 cfs July 13-16 (gage height, 3.17 ft).

Remarks. Records fair.

Rating table, Jan. 1 to Sept. 30, 1953 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge. In cubic feet per second)

3.1

3.2 

3.5 

3.7 

4.0

0.6

2.0

12

26

64

5.0

7.0

9.0

11.0

129

261

409

597

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, January to September 1953

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14 

15

16

17

18

19

20

Zl

Z2

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan.

3.1

3.6

3.4

3.1

3.1

3.1

2.8

2.8

7.5

11

19

13

10

9.5 

8.5

7.8

7.5

7.2

7.2

*7.2

7.5

7.2

6.8

8.2

9.2

8.8

7.8

7.5

7.2

6.8

6.5

233.9

7.55

0.216

0.25

Feb.

6.5

13'

17

14

11

12

64

76

1T

34

28

25

22 

33

44

43

34

29

26

24

22

20

20

18

17

15

14

_

-

735.0

26.2

0.749

0.78

Mar.

13

12

*11

10

9.8

9.2

8.8

8.2

7.8

7.2

6.8

6.5

6.1

 6.1 

5.7

5.7

S.4

5.0

4.8

478

12

51

26

20

16

14

12

11

10

414.9

13.4

0.383

0.44

Apr.

9.8

9.5

9.2

8.8

8.2

8.2

8.8

13

12

10

8.8

8.5 *25

i

47

43

42

40

40

39

36

33

30

26

26

28

25

22

20

750.8

25.0

0.714

0.80

May

17

Tl

13

12

11

10

9.8

9.5

8.8

8.2

7.8

7.2

6.5

6.1 

5.7

5.4

4.8

4.5

4.2

4.2

3.6

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.1

2.5

*2.2

2.0

2.0

1.8

T75

198.9

6.42

0.183

0.21

June

1.8

275

2.0

2.2

2.8

3.6

3.9

3.9

3.6

3.1

2.8

2.8

2.5

2.5 

2.0

2.0

2.2

3.4

3.9

4.2

3.6

3.9

3.9

4.2

4.8

4.8

4.5

*3.6

3.1

2.8

96.4

3.21

0.092

0.10

July

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.2

2.2

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

1.8

1.6

t*

1.6

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

1.8

2.0

4.8

14

25

32

144

181

155

83

79

709.3

22.9

0.654

0.75

Aug.

100

117

99

79

73

91

116

126

255

233

182

265

340

266 

196

223

487

*245

*192

155

*132

115

103

93

85

78

75

72

66

5,100

165

4.71

5.42

Sept.

100

91

91

91

87

83

87

100

99

101

99

87

74

68 

67.

128

436

*383

301

242

198

170

154

138

138

155

492

547

355

273

5,406

180

5.14

5.74

Calendar year : Max Mln Mean Cfsm In.

Water year : Max Mln Mean Cfsm In.

Peak discharge (base. 500 cfs). Aug. 17 (2 p.m.) 576 cfs (10.79 ft)j Sept. 27 (9:30 p.m.) 697 cfs 

(12.00 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
ALLIGATOR CREEK BASIN 

Alligator Creek at Safety Harbor, Fla.

131

Location. Lat 27°58'40", long. 82°41'45", in sec. 9, T. 29 S., R. 16 E., on right upstream 

wing wall of concrete control, 190 ft upstream from bridge on highway between Safety 

Harbor and State Highway 60, and 0.8 mile southwest of Safety Harbor.

Drainage area. 9.0 sq mi, approximately.

Records available.--October 1949 to September 1953.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Datum of gage is 0.85 ft below mean 

sea level, datum of 1929.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 289 cfs July 27 (gage height, 8.17 ft); no flow 

for many days.

1949-53: Maximum discharge, 490 cfs Sept. 6, 1950 (gage height, 9.00 ft); no flow 

for many days each year.

Remarks. Records fair. Some regulation at times from manual operation of gate valve in 

control.

Rating tables, water year 1952-53 (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Oct. 5

6.3

6.4

0.5

3.3

e.s

6.3

6.4

6.5

6.6

Oct. 6 to Sept. 30

6.7

6.8 

1.2 

7.5 

8.1

0.5 

2.7 

6.3

35

69

138

373

scharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.4

1.2

1.2

3.6

5.8

6.6

6.6

6.3

5.8

4.6

5.4

5.8

4.6

6.2

7.0

7.0

16

*26

*30

2T

18

14

9.8

7.5

6.2

5.0

3.9

3.9

349.1

8.04

0.893

1.03

Nov.

3.9

3.6

3.2

3.0

2.7

2.7

3.7

272" 3.2

2.2

3.0

2.7

3.4

2.4

3.7

3.7

2.7

2.7

3.7

5.0

4.6

3.6

3.2

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

2.7

3.4

2.2

-

88.1

2.94

0.327

0.36

Dec.

1.9

T7S

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.4

1.0

1.0

1.2

 1.4

.8

.575"

.8

.6

.5

.5

.6

.6

.8

1.0

.8

.8

.8

.8

.8

.8

.6

.6

.6

1.0

30.4

0.98

0.109

0.13

Jan.

0.8

.8

.8

.3

73

.4

.5

.6

3.6

4.6

" 3.6

3.3

3.0

2.7

3.7

3.7

2.4

2.2

2.2

2.2

3.2

1.9

1.7

2.7

1.4

1.0

1.2

1.4

1.7

1.7

1.7

58.2

1.88

0.209

0.34

Feb.

1.7 2~72"

3.6

3.3

3.0

2.7

5.3

11

13

TZ

9.8

8.4

6.6

5.4

7.5

6.6

6.6

6.3

5.4

5.4

5.0

4.6

3.9

3.9

3.3

3.2

3.2

3.0

-

_

-

154.6

5.52

0.613

0.64

Mar.

3.0

2.7

3.0

 3.0

2.2

1.3

1.3

1.3

.8

.5

.4

.5

.6

.6

.5

.4

.3

.1

7T

.1

1.7

4.6

4.6

5.4

57TJ

3.2

3.0

3.7

1.7

1.2

1.2

56.7

1.83

0.203

0.33

Apr.

1.3

1.4

1.2

.8

.5

.4

TIT

.6

.5

.5

.5

.8

3.0

1.9

 3.2

370~ 3.2

3.2

3.3

3.4

1.7

1.4

1.2

1.3

1.2

3.4

3.7

3.2

1.4

1.3

-

47.6

1.59

0.177

0.20

May

T8" 1.0

.5

.3

.1

.1

.2

.3

.1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

«0

0

0

0

0

0

3,3

0.11

0.012

0.01

June

0

S

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.6

.8

1.3

3.2

2.7

2.4

1.9

1.4

1.4

1.8

3.9

*37g"

3.6

-

28.6

0.95

0.106

0.13

July

3.7

3.3

2.6

3.7

1.7

1.0

.5

.4

.3

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.3

.5

.4

.4

3.8

3.6

1.9

3.2

19

171

212

365

24T

169

119

77

1,305.1

43.1

4.68

5.39

Aug.

56

38

23

16

13

13

16

27

40

40

36

37

30

32

16

12

 13

13

14

12

 11

IT

14

13

13

13

12

11

14

14

18

626

30.3

3.24

3.59

Sept.

38

34

32

24

18

14

13

15

11

8.8

7.5

6.3

5.0

4.6

BTff

30

110 *138

95

66

48

38

33

30

33

39

157

178 TUT

74

-

1,403.9

46.8

5.20

5.80

Calendar year 1952: Max 131 Mln o Mean 4.24 ' Cfsm 0.471 In. 6.43

Water year 1952-53: Max 365 Mln 0 Mean 11.1 Cfsm 1.23 In. 16.74

* Discharge measurement or observation of no flow made on this day.
132 LONG BAYOU BASIN

Semlnole Lake Outlet near Largo, Pla.

Location. Lat 27°50t20", long. 82°46'50", in sec. 27, T. 30 S., R. 15 E., on south shore 

of Semdnole Lake, 250 ft west of highway bridge across spillway channel and 5.2 miles 

south of Largo.

Drainage area. 14 sq mi, approximately.

Records available.--August 1950 to September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Datum of gage is at mean sea level, 

3atum of 1929 (Pinellas County benchmark).

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 266 cfs Sept. 17 (gage height, 6.44 ft); no flow 

for many days.

1950-53: Maximum discharge. 539 cfs Sept. 5, 1950 (gage height, 7.44 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 270 cfs; no flow for many days each year.

Remarks. Records fair. Greater part of inflow to Seminole Lake is regulated by pumps at 

north dam 3.0 miles above station. Pumpage at north dam represents natural flow of 

tributary above dam.

Rating tables, water year 1952-53 (gage height in feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to July 10 July 11 to Sept. 30

5.0 0

5.1 4.6

5.2 14

5.3 

5.6 

6.0

26

75

160

5.0

5.1

5.2

5.3

1.5 

7.0 

IS

5.5 46

5.8 98

6.0 150

6.5 282

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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 

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

1.6

1.6

1.2

.2

0

0

2.6

14

31

28

25

21

17

14

13

11

18

29

41

112

150

*125

102

81

60

49

42

34

28

19

16

1,087.2 

35.1

2.51

2.89

Nov.

15

TT

12

9.8

8.0

7.1

7.1

4.6

3.9

2.6

3.2

4.6

3.9

3.2

3.2

4.6

4.6

3.2

2.6

7.1

8.0

6.2

6.2

5.4

3.9

3.9

4.6

3.2

3.2

3.2

-

172.1 

5.74

0.410

0.46

Dec.

2.1

ITS

2.1

2.1

2.1

1.6

.8

.4

.4

0

.9

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

14.1 

0.455

0.032

0.04

Calendar year 1952: Max 172

Jan.

O0"

0

0

0

0

O

0

5.7

17

21

Tf

18

15

13

12

9.8

8.0

8.0

7.1

*7.1

7.1

3.9

3.9

4.6

5.4

3.9

a2.2

a2.5

a2.5

a2.5

199.2 

6.43

0.459

0.53

Feb.

a2.5

17

16

14

11

12

36

52

29

25

19

21

13

18

16

17

15

12

8.9

8.0

9.8

9.8

8.0

8.0

6.2

7.1

5.4

..

-

411.7 

14.7

1.05

1.09

Min 0

Mar.

3.9

2.6

1.2

.8

2.1

.8

.4

.8

00"

0

0

0

O

0

0

0

0

0

0

1.0

9.8

14

T4

14

12

8.0

7.1

6.2

3.2

2.6

104.5 

3.37

0.241

0.28

Apr.

2.6

2.6

1.2

2.1

.8

.2

2.5

3.9

2.1

1.6

2.1

.2

7.1

17?

*3.9

7.1

3.9

1.2

2.6

3.2

.4

00"

0

0

1.3

3.2

2.1

.8

.2

65.1 

2.17

0.155

0.17

May

0-.1

7T

O

0

O

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

*0

0

0

0

0

0

0.2 

0.01

0.00071

0.0005

June

00"

0

0

0

O

0

0

0

0

0

0

0Q*

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1.8

7.1

BTI

3.9

18.2 

0.61

0.044

0,O5

July

3.2

2.1

1.6

1.2

.4

0

0

0

0

0

6

0

e

0

0

i.e

6.2

5.5

4.8

3.6

2.6

2,2

3,1

13

34

30

IS35

32

30

2§

273,5 

8.32

0.630

6,73

Aug.

22

a29

36

29

29

42

46

OS

1SS

14T

118

110

84

§7

§9

72

*106

*94

78

64

*56

S2

46

40

34

29

23

Zt

18

IS

2f

1,821 

§8,7

4,13

4.84

Sept.

47

90

78

64

52

40

34

29

28

19

14

11

8.8

25 7.0

155

*261 *2"§5"

166

126

98

78

59

47

39

44

190

180

*136

103

-

2,455.8 

81,9

5.85

6.52

Mean 9.48 Cfsm 0.677 In, 9<2J

Water year 1952-53: Max 261 Min 0 Mean 18.1 Cfsm 1.29 IH. 17.60

* Discharge measurement or observation of no flow made on this day.

a Ho gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of records for Alligator Cir'ee'k at Safety 

Harbor.
TARPON PASIN 133

Brooker Creel? near Odessa, Pla.

Location. Lat 28"08'05", long. 83°3§<40", in sec, 10. T, §7 g f , R, 17 E., on left bank 

20 ft upstream from bridge on Stats Highway g32, 30 ft downstream from outlet of Keystone Lake, and 3.2 miles south of Odessa,

Drainage area.--10 sq mi, approximately.

Records available.--April 1946 to September 1913,

. Water-stage recorder. Datura of gage is 30,00 ft above mean sea level, datura of 

929.

Average discharge.--? years, 7.73 cfs;

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 69 ofa at 12 p.m. Sept. 30 (stage rising; peak, 

73 cfs, occurred at 6 p.m. Oct. 1, 1953, gage height, IP.60 ft); no flow for many days; 

minimum gage height, 9.83 ft July 21,

1946-53: Maximum discharge observed, 180 cfs Aug. 23, 1949 (gage height, 13.20 ft); 

no flow for many days; minimum gage height, 8.31 ft June 8, 1949.

Remarks .--Records fair above 5 cfs and poor below. 

Revisions.--WSP 1204: Drainage area.

Rating tables, water year 1952-53 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in 

cubic feet per second)

!t. 1

10.7

11.0

11.5

to Nov. 25

5.9

12

23

Nov. 26

10.4

10.5

10.7

to Dec. 10

2

3

5

.5

.4

.9

9

10

10

10

10

11

.95

.0

.1

.5

.7

.1

Dec.

0

3

4

9

11

.3

.8

.2

.9

.1

to Sept

11

11

12

12

12

. 30

.3

.6

.O

.3

.5

13

23

36

53

66

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

Day

1

2

5

4

?

6

7

9

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

Z3

24

25

?6

27

?S

£9

§0

31

fetal

Mean

Cfsm

in.

Oct.

13

12

12

11

IP.

10ii

3J!

12

J-2

12

11

11

11

11

10

11

11

12

J-5

IB

19

If-

^21

22

22

n21

20

19

18

452

14,6

1,46

1,68

Nov.

18

IT

17

16

15

15

14

13

12

12

12

11

11

10

9.6

9.2

8.7

8.1

7.4

8.1

7. -7

7-8

7.0

6 '.3

5.9

5.6

5.3

5.0

4,7

4.4

~-

303,2

10.1

1.01

1,13

Dec.

4.2 TTO3.9

3.7

3.6

3.4

3.2

3.0

2.9

2.8

*2.6

2.4

2.4

2.3

2.2

2.1

2.0

1.9

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.8

117 1:7

1.6

1.6

1.5,

1.4

T74

Ir*

74.0

2^39

0.239

0.28

Jan.

1.6

1.6

1.4

1.4

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.2

T77

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

2.0

2..0

1.9

1.9

f 1.8

1.9

2.0

1.9

1.8

1.6

1.7

11 7

lie

1.5

53.9

1.74

O."l74

0:20

Feb.

1.5

TTT

1.8

1.8

1.7

1.7

2.0

2.4

2.4

2.5

2.5

2.6

2.6

2.6

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.1

311

3.1

3.2

37?

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.0

2.8

2.7

-

-

=

72.6

2^59

0.259

6.27

Mar.

2.7

2.6

2.5 2.4-

2.3

2.1

2.0

1.9

1.7

1.6

1.6

1.5

1.4

1.4

1,3

1.2

1.P'.9

.8

 7

1.6

2.4

2.6

2.8

?78

2.6

2.6

2.5

2.4

2.4

2.3

60.6

1.95

0.195

0.23

Apr.

2.3

2.3

2.2

2.1

2.0

2.0

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.0

1.9

27T

4.2

4.6

5.0

f5.9

6.2

6.8

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

6.9

6.9

6.7

7.1

775

6.8

6.6

6.4

-

140.3

4.68

0.468

0.52

May

6.2

370

5.7

5.4

5.1

4*8

4.5

4.4

4.1

3.8

3.5

3.2

3.0

2.8

2.5

2.3

2.1

1.9

1.8

1.6

1.4

1.3

1.1

1.0

.8

.7

.5

.4

.2

0

0

82.1

2.65

0.265

0.31

June

0

0

0

.2

.8

75

.8

a. 8

a. 8

a. 8

a. 8

.8

.7

.6

.5

.4

.5

.5

.5

.6

.6

.5

.4

.3

.3

.3

.3

.2

0

13.8

O.460

0.046

0.05

July

0

ff

0

0

0

0

O

0

0

0

0

0

O

0

O

0

0

O

0

0

0

.2

.7

1.8

2.6

4.2

7.5

9.4

11

12

13

62.4

2.01

0.201

0.23

Aug.

13

13

12

12

U

14

14

21

26

29

a29

a27

a26

a25

a24

324

a34

50

46

43

42

39

37

35

35

33

31

29

28

27

877

28.3

2.83

3.26

Sept.

26

27

31

32

32

32

34

35

33

32

30

28

27

25

29

33

37

38

38

39

38

37

38

38

40

SB

62

65

66

1,103

36.8

3.68

4.10

Calendar year 1952: Max ?3 Mln 0.4 Mean 6.53 Cfsm 0.653 In. 8.91

Water year 1952-53: Max* 66 Mifi Q Mean 9.03 Cfsm 0.903 In. 12.26

» Discharge j&easurenent; made on this day.

3 Ho gage-height record} discharge estimated on basis of recorded range in stage and records for 

station near Tarpon Springs.
134 LAKE TARPON BASIN

Brooker Creek near Tarpon Springs, Fla.

Location. Lat 28°Q5'45", long. 82°41'1S", in sec. 27, T. 27 S., R. 16 E., on right bank 

so rt downstream from bridge on private road, 1.8 miles upstream from Lake Tarpon, and 

5 miles southeast of Tarpon Springs.

Drainage area. 30 sq ml, approximately.

Records available.--August 1950 to September 1953.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is at mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 866 cfs Aug. 10 (gage height, 11.70 ft); no flow 

May 24 to June 4.

1950-53: Maximum discharge, 1,080 cfs Sept. 6, 1950 (gage height, 12.80 ft); no flow 

at times each year.

Remarks. Records good.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

14 

If

19

20

19

18

17

19

22

23

24

22

21

19

18

17

17

20

28

72

127

*151

ITJ

1O8

89

75

 63

*S2

42

36

32

1,347

43.5

1.45

1.67

Nov.

29 

27

25

23

22

21

20

18

17

17

19

19

19

19

19

18

17

16

 &IS

27

31

35

28

25

23

21

19

18

16

640

21.3

0.710

0.79

Dec.

14 

13

12

11

10

9.3

8.8

7.6

7.5

*7.6

7.0

6.4

6.2

6.2

5.7

5.5

5.2

5.0

4.8

4.7

4.7

4.5

 4.4

4.3

4.2

4.0

3.9

3.8

3.6

3.5

TT3

202.7

6.54

0.218

0.25

Jan.

4.S B75

5.2

5.2

5.4

5.5

5.4

5.4

9.6

9.7

12

15

13

12

11

10

9.5

8.9

8.5

8.0

7.0

*7.0

7.1

8.9

9.0

9.0

8.9

8.6

8.5

7.8

7.5

256.4

8.27

0.276

0.32

Feb.

7.2 

T7§

9.6

10

12

12

14

25

29

29

26

23

21

18

27

30

32 25

25

23

21

19

17

15

14

12

10

9.7

_

_

-

527.3

18. S

0.627

0.65

Mar.

9,3 

8.4

7.1

6.0

*5.2

4.4

3.8

3.3

2.7

2.0

2.0

2.0

1.8

1.6

1.4

1.2

1,0

.8

.7

j_6

10

25

40

48

15

39

32

27

22

17

14

384.3

12.4

0.413

0.48

Apr.

11 

8.4

6.4

4,7

3,5

2.6

375

3.8

3.5

3.4

3.4

4.4

23

64

80

*88

Sf

72

58

44

34

28

22

18

14

13

13

12

11

10

748.7

25.0

0.833

O.93

May

to

6.4

5,5

4,4

3.4

3.1

3.0

2.4

1.9

1.3

1.2

1.0

.8

.7

.6

.4

.3

.3

.2

.2

.1

.1

O

S

0

*0

0

0

0

0

54.2

1.75

0.058

0.07

June

§

0

0

.1

1.4

2.3

4.2

6.8

8.8

10

^.7

8.5

7.1

5.5

4.1

2.6

1.2

1.1

.4

1.4

3.1

4.3

4.8

4,8

5.0

5.4

5.1

4.3

*3.3

115.3

3.84

0.128

0.14

July

2.3 

2.1

2.9

3.4

2.5

2.0

1.6

1.2

.7

1.5

1.9

1.6

.8

-4275

8.6

21

28

29

27

25

23

27

52

90

114

168 I6"5~

151

138

114

1,207.4

38.9

1.30

1.50

Aug.

90 

74

62

53

i§

52

83

134

217

2§i

237

208

163

128

105

106

156

 160

158-

147

138

128

123

116

117

114

102

92

86

80

77

3,815

123

4.10

4.73

Sept.

79 

83

109

123

158

153

128

114

111

109

103

92

82

74

21

95

174

237

217

182

145

119

106

1OO

101

113

222

232

211

211

4,055

135

4.50

5.03

Calendar year 1952: Max 245 Min 0 Mean 17.5 Cfsm 0.583 In. 7.90

Water year 1952-53: Max 261 Min 0 Mean 36.6 Cfsm 1.22 In. 16.56

Discharge measurement or observation of no flow made on this day.
ANCLOTE RIVER BASIN 135

Anclote River near Elfers, Pla.

Location. Lat 28 0 12'50", long. 82°40'00", in sec. 23, T. 26 S., R. 16 E., on left bank 

40 ft downstream from bridge on State Highway 54 and 3| miles southeast of Elfers,

Drainage area. 67 sq mi, approximately.

Records available.--May 1946 to September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is at mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Average discharge.--? years, 81.9 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,340 cfs Apr. 14 {gage height, 24.37 ft); min- 

 Imum72.2 cfs Mar. 20, 21 (gage height, 7.55 ft).

1946-53: Maximum discharge, 3,500 cfs Sept. 6, 1950 (gage height, 26.02 ft); minimum, that of Mar. 20, 21, 1953.

Remarks. Records fair.

Revisions. WSP 1204: Drainage area.

Rating tables, water year 1952-53 (gage height, In feet, and discharge,

In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Jan. 18 to Feb. Z)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 16

7.6

8.0

9.0

10.0

14.0

15.8

6.6

22

60

106

388

546

7.5

7.6

7.7

8.0

9.0

10.0

Feb. 17 to Sept. 30

1.5

2.9

4.5

13

55

106

12.0

18.0

21.0

23.0

24.2

258

748

1,070

1,610

2,240

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

197

144

110

86

69

59

54

54

65

68

67

61

56

51

47

43

41

45

51

116

285

496

*544 *5~9"2~

530

257

*199

155

123

99

82

4,444

143

2.13

2.47

Nov.

70 52

56

51

47

44

41

38

35

33

35

37

36

35

32

31

28

26

25

39

49

43

41

38

35

33

31

29

26

li

-

1,150

38.5

0.572

0.64

Dec.

22 5T

19

18

16

15

14

15

11

11

10

*8.8

8.4

8.8

9.1

8.8

8.4

8.0

7.7

7.3

9.5

9.8

9.1

8.4

8.0

7.7

7.3

7.0

775

7.0

7.7

554.1

10.8

0.161

0.19

Jan.

8.8

8.8

8.8

8.4

57J

8.4

8.4

8.8

20

54

39

43

TS

56

55

31

29

27

24

23

21

*19

18

21

22

23

22

21

20

18

16

668.8

21.6

0.322

0.57

Feb.

15

51

55

38

37

57

48

60

68

862

856

a50

a46

a60

a77

91

aTf

863

a55

a48

a42

838

834

831

28

a26

a 23

-

-

1,291

46.1

0.688

0.72

Mar.

a22

a 20

a!7

a!4

*12

10 ,

9.2

7.9

6.5

5.5

4.8

4.3

4.0

5.7

3.5

3.2

2.9

2.6

2.5

2.5

27

92

190

298

510

248

181

152

102

78

60

1,875.9

60.5

0.905

1.04

Apr.

48

59

54

28

24

20 5B~

58

63

56

46

122

*1,240

 2,200

*1,560

1,050

*765

548

416

338

276

224

a!86

a!54

8128

8105

889

a75

863

a54

-

10,045

555

5.00

5.58

May

a46

a40

a55

a31

a2S

825

a25

821

a!9

18

a!6

a!4

*15

a!2

all

alO

as. 6

a8.8

a8. 0

87.5

7.0

 86.4

a5.9

85.5

85. 0

a4.6

*4.5

4.2

4.0

4.0

5.9

450.7

14.5

0.216

0.25

June

5,7

577

3.7

a3.7

a3.7

a3.7

a3.7

a3.8

a6.2

alO

16

TT

8.6

6.0

6.8

7.3

6.8

6.5

6.2

6.0

5.5

6.5

6.2

5.8

5.8

a6.1

86.5

a6.6

86.9

 7.0

-

189.8

6.55

0.094

0.11

July

7.5

7.0

9.5

14

11

9.5

7.9

7.0

6.5

6.5

6.0

5.S

575

6.2

6.8

7.0

7.9

9.5

11

12

15

14

18

22

54

70

107

203

225

a'STJ?

187

1,259.2

40.6

0.606

0.70

Aug.

176

141

8115

100

135

117

116

143

262

564

661

667

150

594

295

599

652

8628

*509

*584

8330

392

8444

355

322

524

504

267

250

206

182

10,509

335

4.97

5.72

Sept.

157

145

211

260

209

198

229

8265

284

288

250

196

143

121

114

a!54

274

a398

512

414

529

519

320

320

304

305

474

701

ill STT

-

9,296

310

4.63

5.16

Calendar year 1952: Max 863 Min 4.2 Mean 62.4 Cfsm 0.931 In. 12.68

Water year 1952-53: Max 2,200 Min 2.5 Mean 115 Cfsm- 1.69 In. 22.95

Peak discharge (base. 700 cfs). Apr. 14 (6 a.m.) 2,340 cfs (24.37 ft); Aug. 17 (12 p.m.) 739 cfs 

(17.90 ft); Sept. 29 (7 a.m.) 766 cfs (18.20 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of records for station near Tarpon Springs.

Note. Discharge Feb. 17, 26, May 7, 13, 21, June 11 to Sept. 30 computed from once- or twice-daily 

gage readings.
136 WEEKIWACHEE RIVER BASIN

Weekiwaohee Spring near Brooksville, Fla.

Location.--Lat 28°31', long. 82°34', In sec. 2, T. 23 S., R. 17 E., on northeast side of

pool at spring at head of Weekiwachee River, 12 miles southwest of Breioksville, 

Records available.--1917. 1929-30 (one discharge measurement in each yeari, February 1931

to September 1953 (discharge measurements only). 

Page.--Staff gage read only when discharge measurements are made, 

Extremes..--1931-53: Maximum discharge measured, 256 cfs Sept. gg, 19§0i minimum measured,

106 efs Feb. 14, 1933. " , . , . , 

Remarks. Discharge measurements made three -quarters of a. mile downstream from head of

spring.

Discharge measurements, In cubic feet per second, water year

October 1952 to September 195? 

Oct. 27............. 167 May 20............. 162

Dec. 3............. 165 July 1........,,,., J8.4

Jan. 13............. 153 Aug. 14......,,,,... 828

Feb. 26............. 155 Sept.23..,,.,,,.,,,. 837

Apr. 8............. 160

WITHLACOOCHEE RIVER BASIN

Withlacoochee River at Trilby, Pla.

Location.--Lat 28°29', long. 82°11', on line between sees. 14 and 23, T. 23 S., R. 21 E., 

on right bank at downstream side of bridge on U. S. Highway 301, If miles northeast of 

Trilby and 10 miles upstream from Little Withlacoochee River.

Drainage area.--650 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. August 1928 to February 1929, February 1930 to September 1953.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 49.87 ft above mean sea level (corps of 

Engineers benchmark). Prior to Oct. 1, 1938, staff gage at site 1$ miles downstream at 

datum 0.12 ft lower.

Average discharge. 23 years (1930-53), 371 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 2,420 cfs Sept. 19 (gage height, 13.79 ft); minimum, 67 cfs June 1, 2 (gage height, 2.45 ft).

1928-29, 1930-53: Maximum discharge, 8,840 cfs June 21, 1934 (gage height, 20.5 ft, 

site and datum then in use); minimum, 8.6 cfs June 9-17, 1945 (gage height, 1.12 ft).

Remarks.--Records good.

Revisions. WSP 1234: Drainage area.

Rating tables, water year 1952-53 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, 

In cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Mar. 31 Apr. 1 to Sept. 30

2.6

5.0

76

265

425

E.5. 

4.0 

6.0

70

173

375

8.0

10.0

13.8

674

1,130

2,420

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

133

118

108

100

94

91

90

90

96

101

106

109

112

114

120

129

125

126

128

169

192

199

202

214

231

256

*281

308

331

360

384

5,217

168

0.258

0.30

Nov.

402

411

416

412

404

391

373

351

329

308

288

267

246

226

208

194

183

169

159

155

155

150

139

129

122

119

116

113

H2

110

-

7,155

238

0.366

0.41

Dec.

log

108

106

*106

106

107

106

105

103

103

104

103

102

102

101

97

95

94

94

94

93

90

88

94

98

88

81

81

78

81

91

3,008

97.0

0.149

0.17

Jan.

94

94

94

104

97

90

87

Q6

98

109

103

91

88

89

*91

93

94

97

98

98

98

98

98

101

101

97

94

93

93

93

94

2,955

95.3

0.147

0.17

Feb.

as 105

124

120

117

117

119

124

123

121

122

126

133

141

164

183

197

204

206

208

211

212

212

205

201

*197

192

185

-

-

4,464

159

0.245

0.26

Mar,

177

168

153

145

140

133

128

125

120

115

112

110

108

106

106

97

86

83

79

IS

89

112

117

112

101

96

99

104

134

191

251

3,773

122

0.188

0.22

Apr.

302

347

394

428

449

459

472

469

461

*445

423

402

579

724

950

1,140

1,380

1,630

1,820

1,950

1,990

2.000

1,980

1,930

1,860

1,800

1,720

1,630

1,520

1,430

33,084

1,103

1.70

1.89

May

1.290

17050

1,010

890

794

715

647

580

508

443

386

333

297

265

238

216

195

171

 152

145

137

129

122

112

97

93

93

92

91

88

82

11,561

373

0.574

0.66

June

22.

72

76

79

88

92

100

103

106

112

112

129

153

152

138

126

124

125

124

122

129

141

162

214

277

228

338

338

329

311

4,780

159

0.245

0.27

July

289

265

243

225

206

196

187

171

151

135

125

114

105

101

102

105

105

105

102

Sfi

104

118

112

117

148

207

300

401

554

697

800

6,686

216

0.332

0.38

Aug.

890

955

1,000

1,040

1,110

1,200

1,210

1,230

1,290

1,270

 1,240

1,190

1,130

1,080

1,130

1,210

1,270

1,260

1,210

1,140

1,110

1,070

1,050

1,110

1,150

1,180

1,180

1,220

1,420

1,540

1.5SO

36,665

1,183

1.82

2.10

Sept.

1.610

1,660

1,720

1,780

1,820

1,910

2,060

2,200

2,220

2,250

2,300

2,300

2,260

2,210

2,180

2,200

2,300

2,390

2.420

2,400

2,370

*2,320

2,300

2,260

2,220

2,190

2,210

2,260

2,270

2,260

-

64,850

2,162

3.33

3.71

Calendar year 1952 : Max 897 Min 27 Mean 210 Cfsm 0.323 In. 4.39

Water year 1952-53 : Max 2,420 Mln 70 Mean 505 Cfsm 0.777 In. 10.54

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
WITHLACOOCHEE RIVER BASIN 137

Withlacoochee River at Croom, Fla.

Location.--Lat 28°36', long. 82 0 13', in sec. 8, T. 22 S., R. 21 E., on left bank at upstream side of highway bridge at Croom, 2 miles downstream from Little Withlacoochee 

River.

Drainage area.--900 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. November 1939 to September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 38.94 ft above mean sea level (Corps of 

Engineers benchmark). Prior to Feb. 2, 1940, staff gage at railroad bridge 500 ft upstream at same datum.

Average discharge.--14 years, 493 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 3,560 cfs Sept. 22, 23 (gage height, 10.12 ft); 

minimum, 143 cfs Dec. 29-31, Jan. 7, 8 (gage height, 3.68 ft).

1939-53: Maximum discharge, 8,450 cfs Sept. 12, 1950 (gage height, 12.71 ft); minimum, 19 cfs June 17, 18, 1945 (gage height, 1.78 ft).

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor.

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

3.6 

4.0 

5.0

6.0

136

175

306

522

7.0 

8.0 

9.0 

10.2

901

1,390

2,110

3,660

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

287 

285

279

272

262

258

262

248

241

236

235

235

233

229

229

237

236

241

256

298

350

392

419

430

434

441

*453

470

484

498

513

9,943

321

0.357

0.41

Nov.

529 

538

545

542

525

513

495

478

453

432

413

390

366

341

322

304

287

274

260

253

246

241

236

227

220

212

207

203

198

195

-

10 , 445

348

0.387

0.43

Dec.

J92 

189

*192

185

183

182

180

178

177

175

173

172

171

171

170

168

165

162

161

160

159

158

155

153

155

156

152

149

145

IM

147

5,178

167

0.186

0.21

Jan.

150 

151

151

151

154

152

146

143.

157

167

168

165

 159

156

156

156

158

159

160

160

160

160

160

161

161

161

160

157

156

155

155

4,865

157

0.174

0.20

Feb.

155 

162

176

181

183

185

187

192

196

197

197

199

200

203

219

231

242

253

260

266

266

266

268

265

260

256

252

246

-

-

-

6,163

220

0.244

0.25

Kar.

240 

233

226

217

209

203

198

193

189

185

183

181

178

177

175

174

168

162

160

157

167

188

199

209

206

203

199

199

204

214

141

6,038

195

0.217

0.25

Apr.

280 

319

358

394

428

458

501

504

501

*498

487

476

538

655

874

1,120

1,270

1,440

1,600

1,700

1,790

1,880

1,940

1,970

2,000

2.040

2,000

1,920

1,840

1,760

-

33,541

1,118

1.24

1.39

May

1.650 

1,540

1,450

1,310

1,200

1,100

1,060

980

870

784

698

609

532

478

437

404

374

a352

a324

303

293

279

a270

a259

a249

a241

a232

a224

a215

a207

al99

19,123

617

0.686

0.79

June

al93 

al85

178

180

186

198

207

214

227

218

213

212

223

233

235

229

220

217

213

209

207

212

222

236

272

332

378

394

598

*392

-

7,233

241

0.268

0.30

July

380 

362

343

324

308

296

285

271

253

238

227

213

200

193

190

192

187

187

192

IfiS.

197

233

237

238

249

293

330

380

463

617

780

9,043

292

0.324

0.37

Aug.

905 

995

1,050

1,090

1,140

1,200

1,220

1,270

1,360

1,430

1,460

1,420

1,400

 1,330

1,310

1,380

1,490

1,580

1,620

1,610

1,580

1,550

1,510

1,500

1,550

1,590

1,590

1,600

1,620

1,690

1.740

43,780

1,412

1.57

1.81

Sept.

1,800 

1,850

1,900

1,930

1,990

2,080

2,220

2,340

2,510

2,650

2,720

2,740

2,760

2,700

2,660

2,730

2,810

2,970

3,200

3,340

3,410

 3,480

5.560

3,530

3,500

3,450

3,450

3,320

3,270

3,290

-

84,160

2,805

3.12

3.48

Calendar year 1952: Max 1,070 Min 78 Mean 307 Cfsm 0.341 In. 4.65

Water year 1952-53: Max 3,560 Min 143 Mean 656 Cfsm 0.729 In. 9.89

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of recorded range in stage and records for 

station near Trilby.
138 WITHLACOOCHEE RIVER BASIN

Wlthlacoochee River near Holder, Fla.

Location. Lat 28°59'15", long. 82°20'50", In sec. 19, T. 17 S., R. 20 E., on right bank

100 ft downstream from bridge on State Highway 200 and 4f miles northeast of Holder. 

Drainage area. 1,710 sq ml, approximately.

Records available . August 1928 to February 1929, August 1931 to September 1953. 

Gage . Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 27.52 ft above mean sea level (levels by

orps of Engineers). Aug. 14, 1928, to Feb. 15, 1929, staff gage at bridge 100 ft upstream at datum 2.00 ft higher. 

verage discharge. 22 years (1931-53), 1,112 cfs.

tremes . Maximum discharge during year, 4,830 cfs at 12 p.m. Sept. 30 (stage rising; 

peak," 5,050 cfs, occurred Oct. 9, 1953, gage height, 10.46 ft); minimum, 571 cfs Feb. 2 

(gage height, 1.37 ft).

1928-29, 1931-53: Maximum discharge, 6,740 cfs July 8-13, 1934; maximum gage height, 

11.63 ft July 9, 10, 1934; minimum discharge, 144 cfs Feb. 1, 1933; minimum gage height, 

-0.41 ft June 19, 1945. 

Remarks. Records fair. 

Revisions. WSP 1234: Drainage area.

Rating tables, water year 1952-53 (gage height, in feet, and

discharge, in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Aug. 9, 10)

Av 

Ex

Oct. 1 to Apr. 4 Apr. 5 to Aug. 10 Aug. 11 to Sept. 3O

1.3 

3.6

» 556 

1,180

1.4 

4.0 

5.8

569

1,160

1,720

4.2

7.0 

9.0 

10.1

1,230

2,270

3,580

4,650

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

873

876

867

850

839

836

906

979

1,030

1,040

1,040

1,030

1,020

1,010

994

982

97O

956

947

«956

1,020

1,080

1,130

1,150

1.160

1,160

1,160

1,150

1,140

1,130

1,120

31,401

1,013

0.592

0.68

Nov.

1,110

1,110

1,110

1,110

1,110

1,100

1,100

1,090

1,090

1,100

1,110

1,110

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,080

1,080

1,070

1,050

1,060

1,040

1,020

1,000

994

979

970

958

935

918

104

-

31,608

1,054

0.616

0.69

Dec.

881

864

856

842

831

814

801

790

782

771

758

744

729

718

716

705

698

688

680

678

682

678

670

658

653

653

651

646

634

625

639

22,535

727

0.425

0.49

Jan.

637

628

618

602

596

589

582

578

713

147

734

721

708

695

*688

678

67O

665

665

665

660

651

648

648

637

625

616

607

596

585

578

20,030

646

0.378

0.44

Feb.

576

580

580

598

600

605

618

672

680

670

658

651

639

628

651

648

641

632

625

621

623

623

623

625

«623

623

621

623

-

-

17,557

627

0.367

0.38

Mar.

639

651

656

663

653

639

634

632

623

605

598

596

591

589

591

587

589

587

587

585

602

665

705

742

JlB

685

665

658

656

651

651

19,693

635

0.371

0.43

Apr.

641

630

618

612

111

622

721

*739

730

732

744

765

807

819

839

867

881

899

928

944

962

988

1,020

1,050

1,090

1,180

1,260

1,320

1,500

1.700

-

27,219

907

0.530

0.59

May

1,700

1.710

1,710

1,700

1,670

1,66O

1,660

1,660

1,630

.1,580

1,530

1,490

1,430

1,370

1,320

1,270

1,220

1,180

1,110

1,090

1,050

«1,030

1,030

962

913

862

804

767

728

689

654

39,179

1,264

0.739

0.85

June

629

607

587

sag

597

622

659

661

691

664

645

631

661

670

712

714

684

652

634

616

605

599

620

698

703

790

826

795

769

735

-

20,058

669

0.391

0.44

July

*703

693

684

693

689

686

684

670

654

647

661

654

638

638

634

634

650

647

682

716

749

792

802

816

832

860

918

960

971

976

978

23,011

742

0.434

0.50

Aug.

986

983

993

1,000

1,020

1,070

1,080

1,100

1,140

1,190

1,230

1,280

 1,340

1,390

1,440

1,520

1,610

1,810

1,900

1,980

2,050

2,140

2,170

2,220

2,300

2,380

2,420

2,470

2,500

2.510

2,510

51,737

1,669

0.976

1.13

Sept.

2.500

2,520

2,530

2,550

2,550

2,560

2,590

2,620

' 2,640

2,660

2,690

2,710

2,750

2,780

2,820

2,960

3,230

3,450

3,630

3,810

3,930

*4,040

4,090

4,140

4,190

4,270

4,410

4,460

4,530

4.650

-

99,260

3,309

1.94

2.16

Calendar year 1952: Max 1,540 Min 501 Mean 894 Cfsm 0.523 In. 7.12

Water year 1952-53: Max 4,650 Min 576 Mean 1,105 Cfsm 0.646 In. 8.78

Discharge measurement made on this day.

Rainbow Springs near Dunnellon, Fla.

Location.--Lat 29°06'05", long. 82°26'10", In sec. 12, T. 16 S., R. 18 E., at head of

springs, 4 miles northeast of Dunnellon. 

Records available. 1907. 1917, 1929-30 (one discharge measurement In each year), February

1931 to September 1953 (discharge measurements only). Prior to October 1940, published

as Blue Springs near Dunnellon.

Gage.--Staff gage read only when discharge measurements are made. Datum of gage Is 28.34 

~Irt above mean sea level (levels by Corps of Engineers). Prior to Nov. 19, 1948, at

datum 1.63 ft higher. 

Extremes.--1931-53; Maximum discharge measured, 1,020 cfs Sept. 28, 1950; minimum measured, 487 cfs Oct. 3, 1932. 

Remarks. Discharge measurements made at bridge on State Highway 484, 5 miles downstream

from springs. Surface inflow between springs and measuring section Is negligible

except after heavy rains.

Discharge measurements, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

Oct. 20.......... 770 Feb. 25.......... 673 June 30.......... 753

Dec. 1.......... 698 Apr. 10.......... 533 Aug; 13.......... 770

Jan. 14.......... 731 May 18.......... 736 Sept.21.......... 876
WACCASASSA RIVER BASIN 

Waccasassa River near Otter Creek, Pla.

139

Location. La t 29°22', long. 82°44', in sec. 17, T. 13 S., R. 16 E., near right bank at 

upstream side of bridge on State Highway 24, 2.8 miles northeast of village of Otter 

Creek, and 11 miles upstream from Otter Creek.

Records available . May 1945 to November 1953 (discontinued).

~Gage . Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 23.52 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

Average discharge. 8 years, 80.0 cfs.

Extremes . - -Maximum discharge during period October 1952 to November 1953, 577 cfs Aug. 25 

(gage height, 5.60 ft); minimum, 14 cfs June 3, 4 (gage height, 1.97 ft).

1945-53: Maximum discharge, 1,210 cfs Sept. 7, 1950 (gage height, 7.16 ft); minimum, 6.5 cfs June 11, 12. 1945; minimum gage height, 1.52 ft June 11, 12, 14, 15, 1945

Remarks . Records good. Records' include flow in main channel only. Waccasassa River and 

Otter Creek are connected above State Highway 24 by swamps and numerous cross channels .

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

106 

93

B2

73

67

M

75

136

219

266

286

277

256

231

205

184

161

143

130

120

*121

124

121

118

118

114

108

104

95

90

86

4,373

141

-

-

Nov.

ft

73

69

66

64

61

59

56

56

62

61

58

55

53

51

50

49

46

58

63

61

SB

53

50

45

42

41

40

38

-

1,698

56.6

-

-

Dec.

36 

*34

33

33

33

33

33

33

33

33

34

34

34

33

32

31

31

31

3S.

31

31

32

32

32

31

31

31

30

30

30

36

1,001

32.3

-

-

Jan.

44

47

45

42

39

36

35

M

110

175

177

166

154

*136

124

112

100

91 97

85

80

76

74

79

77

71

67

65

65

62

59

2,614

84.3

-

-

Feb.

56 

55

57

56

55

53

53

51

4B

47

45

44

42

41

43

43

42

41

39

38

38

38

41

41

39

38

*36

35.

-

-

1,255

44.8

-

-

Mar.

ft

32

31

30

29

29

28

27

27

26

26

26

26

25

25

25

24

24

23

24

30

33

34

31

28

25

24

23

22

22

846

27.3

-

-

Apr.

t

21

22

21

22

195

187

*145

118

102

143

200

166

130

*102

86

73

82

101

92

79

67

58

50

53

58

54

52

50

-

2,571

85.7

-

-

May

45

41

36

32

29

27

29

33

32

30

29

26

24

22

21

20

19

*18

18

17

17

16

16

16

16

16

16

15.

15

15

15

721

23.3

-

-

June

«15

16

20

24

26

26

29

24

22

28

32

38

82

80

65

54

42

32

27

25

26

30

36

53

68

70

*69

62

-

1,151

3S.4

-

-

July

53 

48

45

37

31

30

31

29

31

32

32

37

38

42

69

84

91

138

189

195

177

154

138

120

191

259

247

218

186

3,028

97.7

-

-

Aug.

164 

159

149

130

133

180

209

230

313

330

297

*272

258

266

284

297

302

283

306

340

386

428

459

497

552

558

529

539

532

484

*422

10,288

332

-

-

Sept.

365 

326

302

281

263

266

281

261

233

207

191

170

151

131

118

128

143

131

123

130

133

123

112

104

102

138

235

231

221

*249

5,849

195

-

-

Calendar year 1952: Max 369 Mln 18 Mean 78.4 Cfsm - In. -

Water year 1952-53: Max 558 Min 15 Mean 97.0 Cfsm - In. -

Discharge measurement made on this day.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, 1953

Day

1

2 

3

4

5

6

7

8

Oct.

306

"288 308

261

239

216

191

173

Nov.

61

58 

56

54

60

66

65

62

Day

9

10 

11

12

13

14

15

16

Oct.

170

161 

147

133

120

109

100

94

Nov.

60

61 

61

60

58

56

55

54

Day

17

18 

19

20

21

22

23

24

Oct.

88

83 

79

74

69

65

61

59

Nov.

52

50 

48

48

60

65

*69

-

Day

25

26 

27

28

29

30

31

Runoff in inches ...............................................

Oct.

56

54 

53

60

66

65

62

-

Nov.

-

_

-

-

-

-

_

_

_

-

Discharge measurement made on this day.
140 WACCASASSA RIVER BASIN

Otter Creek at Otter Creek, Fla.

Location.--Lat 29°19', long. 82°46', in sec. 26, T. 13 S., R. 15 E., near right bank at 

upstream side of bridge on State Highway 24, 0.5 mile southwest of village of Otter 

Creek and 7 miles upstream from mouth.

Records available. May 1945 to November 1953 (discontinued).

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 13.35 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

T929.

Average discharge. 8 years, 58.6 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during period October 1952 to November 1953, 474 efs Aug. 9 

(gage height, 5.00 ft); no flow May 21 to June 7.

1945-53: Maximum discharge, 3,000 cfs Sept. 6, 1950 (gage height, 7.93 ft); no 

flow at times in most years.

Remarks. Records fair. Records include flow in main channel and a relief channel 0.4 

mile east of gage. Waccasassa River and Otter Creek are connected above State Highway 

24 by swamps and numerous cross channels.

Rating table, Oct. 1, 1952, to Nov. 23, 1953 (gage height.

In feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used May 19-28, June 6-8, Oct. 2

to Nov. 23)

1.1

1.2 

1.4 

1.6 

1.8 

2.0

.1

.7

1.8

3.4

5.7

2.3 

2.6 

3.8 

4.1 

4.4 

5.0

10 

£0 

95 

137 

331 

474

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

89 

78

68

58

50

46

56

100

100

270

262

231

195

158

126

106

94

86

81

79

 78

78 

78

78

76

73

70

66

61

57 

52

3,100

100

-

"

Nov.

||

41

38

34

31

27

24

21

23

32

35

34

30

27

23

21

18

17

33

39

38 

37

30

27

25

23

19

16

ii

871

29.0

-

-

Dec.

 if

10

9.9

9.7

9.5

9.1

8.5

8.2

8.2

9.5

9.3

9.1

8.7

8.0

7.6

7.4

7.2

7.2

7.0

7.8

7.9 

7.9

7.8

7.6

7.6

7.4

7.2

6.7

6.6

264.6

8.54

-

-

Jan.

ft

20

18

18

18

17

17

98

213

224

209

179

 145

118

102

91

84

79

75

72

66 

63

65

63

59

55

53

51

48 

46

2,402

77.5

-

-

Feb.

44 

44

48

48

47

43

41

39

36

33

30

28

27

23

25

25

23

20

18

18

17

16 

14

13

13

12

 12

11

-

768

27.4

-

-

Mar.

10 

9.3

8.5

8.0

7.4

6.5

6.0

5.7

5.1

4.5

4.3

4.2

3.8

3.5

3.2

3.2

2.9

2.4

2.2

ill

1.9

5.2 

11

16

13

9.9

7.3

5.8

4.7

3.6 

2.9

183.7

59.3

-

-

Apr.

2.2 

1.9

1.7 1.'6

1.3

14*41.2

250

»T73

124

105

146

250

206

158

 137

105

87

134

153

105

87 

78

69

61

66

69

60

50

42

2,868.9

95.6

-

-

May

37 

32

26

20

14

11

11

12

11

9.5

7.6

6.1

4.7

3.8

2.9

2.2

1.5

.8

*.4

.1

0

5

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0 '0

213.6

6.89

-

-

June

0 

0

0

0

0

0

0

.1

2.3

3.0

4.0

3.4

4.3

13

46

74

78

71

56

40

25

15 

12

16

19

43

50

47

 39

30

691.1

23.0

-

-

July

22 

18

16

13

10

10

10

7.8

6.1

5.8

5.8

6.0

5.5

4.5

4.2

4.7

26

47

44

54

60

57 

56

57

71

76

112

224

243

IS

1,860.4

60.0

-

-

Aug.

179 

126

100

85

Ii

88

84

116

379

412

298

 220

166

140

155

202

189

169

227

362

424

4*9 

440

424

395

416

350

318

330

318 

 286

7,925

256

-

-

Sept.

250 

209

185

163

140

124

124

128

122

109

99

89

80

73

67

73

86

84

79

79

 79

78 

75

75

74

102

224

250

266

310

3,896

130

-

-

Calendar year 1952: Max 487 Min 0.6 Mean 54.5 Cfsm - In. -

Water year 1952-53: Max 449 Min 0 Mean 68.6 Cfsm - In.

Discharge measurement made on this day.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second., 1953

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Oct.

375

399

326

262

209

166

131

110

Nov.

28

23

27

25

32

37

37

34

Day

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

Oct.

105

99

90

83

76

72

66

61

Nov.

31

31

31

30

27

25

24

21

Day

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

Oct.

57

53

49

44

40

36

31

28

Nov.

20

18

16

16

19

22

*31

-

Total.... .... . .

Day

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Runoff in Inehe s .................................................................

Oct.

25

22

20

31

39

36

31

102

-

Nov.

.

-

-

-

.

-

-

_

_

-

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
SUWANNEE RIVER BASIN 141

Suwannee River at Fargo, Ga.

Location .--Lat 30°41', long. 82°34', on downstream side of right bank bridge pier on U. S. 

Highway 441 at Pargo, Clinch County, 4 miles upstream from Suwanoochee Creek and 12 

miles downstream from Mixons Ferry dam site. Prior to Nov. 26, 1952, at site 1,000 

ft upstream.

Drainage area. About 1,260 sq mi (includes part of watershed in Okefenokee Swamp which 

Ts indeterminate).

Records available. January 1921 to September 1923 (gage heights only), January 1927 to 

December 1931, April 1937 to September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 91.90 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Jan. 27, 1921, to Sept. 30, 1923, staff gage 

at site 1,200 ft upstream at datum 3.00 ft higher. Jan. 27, 1927, to Dec. 31, 1931, 

and Apr. 20, 1937, to June 10, 1938, staff gage at site 1,000 ft upstream at datum 

1.00 ft higher. June 11, 1938, to Nov. 26, 1952, staff gage at site 1,000 ft upstream 

at present datum.

Average discharge. 20 years (1927-31, 1937-53), 1,150 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 4,000 cfs Sept. 30 (gage height, 12.7 ft); 

minimum, 17 cfs June 6.

1921-23, 1927-31, 1937-53: Maximum discharge, 12,700 cfs Oct. 3, 1929; maximum 

gage height, 19.6 ft (present datum) Oct. 3, 1929, Oct. 28, 29, 1947; no flow at times 

in 1931, 1943.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of shifting-control and no gage-height 

record, which are fair.

Revisions.--WSP 1234: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, In feet, and

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used Hov. 26 to Feb. 15, Aug. 21-29, 

Sept. 7-24)

1.3

3.0 

5.0

15

24

37

64

182

440

7.0

9.0

10.0

11.0

12.5

745

1,330

1,830

2,640

3,840

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cf stn

In.

Oct.

150 

140

110

100

90

80

90

100

150

200

200

190

180

170

160

150

130

100

90

80

80

80 

*71

70

SO

60

60

60

50

50

i§

3,346

108

0.086

0.10

Nov.

45 

40

40

*36

35

30

so

so

30

35

35

40

35

35

35

40

40

40

40

40

45

50 

50

50

50

44

44

43

42

39

IjlBB

39.6

0.031

0.03

Dec.

38 

36

36

38

40

43

44

11

43

40

40

39

38

37

36

34

32

31

*29

28.

31

36 

37

38

38

37

36

36

34

35

36

1,140

36.8

0.029

0.03

Jan.

43 

15

48

48

49

48

46

48

58

75

81

84

84

84

82

80

76

70

72

*74

73

70 

66

73

82

81

79

79

79

76

74

2,130

68.7

0.055

0.06

Feb.

70 

7T

96

106

108

115

164

264

306

346

380

428

440

476

528

585

650

705

745

765

785

785

810

83O

855

880

"555 905

_

_

-

14,108

504

0.400

0.42

Mar.

905 

*555

855

810

765

725

685

650

600

570

542

556

556

542

542

528

515

5O2

476

464

452

428 

416

404

392

369

346

333

306

285

264

16,663

538

0.427

0.49

Apr.

250 

229

215

201

188

188

369

489

528

556

600

725

*880

960

1,050

1,180

1,330

1,410

1,550

1.65O

1,650

i'ei'o 1.7101

1,650

1,550

1,450

1,370

1,290

1,180

1,110

-

29,158

972

0.771

0.86

May

1.02.0 

90S

830

745

650

600

556

542

502

476

452

404

369

320

278

236

208

176

154

135

*121

112

100

86

64

62

51

43

36

31

26

10,290

332

0.263

0.30

June

22 

22

22

20

18

19

30

40

59

15

72

67

66

62

60

60

52

54

63

60

52

45 

40

35

31

29

29

25

23

20

-

1,272

42.4

0.034

0.04

July

28 *5T

40

50

60

70

80

70

SO

50

40

30

29

32

39

130

194

194

215

264

278

250 

243

285

299

292

306

333

404

440

464

5,300

171

0.136

0.16

Aug.

464 

416

380

346

299

271

313

292

257

229

243

346

358

*358

346

358

369

392

476

556

830

1,080 

1,180

1,220

1,180

*1,180

1,290

1,550

1,970

2,550

*2.960

24,059

776

0.616

0.71

Sept.

*3,200 

3,280

3,280

*3,280

3,200

3,200

3,120

3,120

3,040

2,880

2,720

2,460

2,200

1,970

1,770

1,650

1,600

*1,500

1,450

1,450

1,450

1,370 

1,250

1,180

1.150

1,370

2,280

3,040

3,520

3.640

70,820

2,361

1.87

2.09

Calendar year 1952: Max 4,300 Mln 9.8 Mean 506 Cfsm 0.402 In. 5.47

Water year 1952-53: Max 3,840 Mln 18 Mean 492 Cfsm 0.390 In. 5.29

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Mote. Mo gage-height record Oct. 1-22, Oct. 24 to Nov. 3, Nov. 5-25, July 3-12; discharge 

mated on basis of 2 discharge measurements, weather records, and records for station at Whit

Springs, Pla.
142 SDWANNEE RIVER BASIN

Suwannee River at White Springs, Pla.

Location. Lat 30°20', long. 82°44', In sec. 8, T. 2 S., R. 16 E., on left bank at down- 

 stream side of bridge on U. S. Highway 41, 1 mile southeast of White Springs.

Drainage area. 1.990 sq ml (Includes part of watershed In Okefenolcee Swamp which Is indeterminate).

Records available. May 1906 to December 1908, February 1927 to September 1953.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 48.54 ft above mean sea level (Corps of 

Engineers benchmark). May 28, 1906, to Dec. 31, 1908, chain gage and Feb. 8, 1927, to 

July 31, 1932, staff gage, at site 1 mile downstream at same datum.

Average discharge.--28 years, 1,784 cfs.

Extremes . Maximum discharge during year, 7,200 cfs at 12 p.m. Sept. 30 (stage rising; 

peak, 10,100 cfs, occurred Oct. 10, 1953, gage height, 28.36 ft); minimum, 46 cfs 

Dec. 18, 19, June 5; minimum gage height, 1.73 ft June 4, 5.

1906-8, 1927-53: Maximum discharge, 28,500 cfs Apr. 5, 6, 1948; maximum gage height, 

36.65 ft \pr. 5, 1948; minimum discharge, 4.8 cfs Nov. 15, 1931; minimum gage height, 

1.17 ft June 27, 1935.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Revisions. WSP 727: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height. In feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

1.7

1.8 

2.0 

2.5 

3.0

42

48

69

131

215

4.0

7.0

12.0

22.6

429

1,350

3,130

7,080

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

211 

195

176

156

138

127

121

127

165

245

232

217

208

201

190

183

177

170

164

167

162 

162

144

130

118

112

107

105 

104

93

87

4,894

158

0.079

0.09

Nov.

81 

78

73

69

*64

59

55

51

48

47

47

54

55

49

49

52

53

53

52

72

80 

77

76

78

78

78

74

71 

67

64

1,904

63.5

0.032

0.04

Dec.

61 

57

56

55

53

54

55

55

56

55

54

52

50

49

47

47

*47

46

16

47

53 

52

49

48

48

49

50

50 

48

48

62

1,599

51.6

0.026

0.03

Jan.

68 

61

61

62

61

61

^9~ 60

149

164

142

140

142

143

143

142

137

134

132

131

132 

132

131

138

140

138

142

 142 

142

138

136

3,713

120

0.060

0.07

Feb.

m213

236

262

270

353

639

671

683

728

797

854

887

954

1,040

1,110

1,170

1,280

1,300

1,320 

1,330

1,340

1,360

1,370

1,400

1,420

1.430

_

-

24,691

882

0.443

0.46

Mar.

1.430 

1,410

1,380

1,350

1,300

1,230

1,160

1,110

1,040

982

 957

970

954

942

917

896

872

836

797

758

725 

701

671

642

613

582

540

503 

471

437

409

27,585

890

0.447

0.52

Apr.

382 

362

339

315

294

292

667!

1,020

1,020

1,010

1,050

1,370

2,700

2,600

2,290

2,280

2,370

2,320

2,480

2.710

2,620 

 2,510

2,440

2,360

2,270

2,190

2,100

1,980 

1,860

1,730

49,924

1,664

0.836

0.93

May

1.620 

1,516

1,390

1,270

1,150

1,030

985

967

896

812

737

671

596

530

468

414

366

326

290

259

230 

204

186

170

151

131

116

100 

88

79

li

17,811

575

0.289

0.33

June

62 

58

*52

47

48

66

76

65

65

78

103

132

143

136

131

114

121

131

110

94

90 

82

74

72

68

60

59

66 

64

53

2,520

84.0

0.042

0.05

July

47 

52

210

197

118

100

215

215

154

152

272

447

313

228

 181

764

1,480

1,470

1,130

1,020

1.630 

1,616

1,230

1,140

1,240

1,120

985

954 

l.OOO

1,040

1,050

21,764

702

0.353

0.41

Aug.

1,120 

1,070

942

824

803

1,010

830

920

872

716

710

1,W5

1,340

1,030

866

788

821

951

1,600

2,040

2,940 

3,360

3,240

3,170

3,190

 3,170

3,010

2,970 

3,360

3,360

a.3.,700

56,003

1,807

0.908

1.05

Sept.

a3,900 

a4,100

a4,200

a4,200

84,400

4,720

4,980

5,130

5,190

a5,200

a5, 200

a5,100

4,940

4,720

4,480

4,120

3,760

3,380

3,070

2,850

2,600 

2,360

2,130

2.000

2,140

2,920

6,360

7.060 

6,710

6,610

128,530

4,284

2.15

2.40

Calendar year 1952: Max 5,770 Mln 38 Mean 1,028 Cfsm 0.517 In. 7.03

Water year 1952-53: Max 7,060 Mln 46 Mean 934 Cfsm 0.469 In. 6.38

» Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record! discharge estimated on basis of recorded range In stage and records for 

nearby stations.
SWANNEE RIVER BASIN 143

Alapaha River near Alapaha, Ga.

Location. La t 31°23' , long. 83°10', near left bank on downstream side of bridge on 

State Highway 50, 2 miles east of Alapaha, Berrien County, and 6 miles upstream from 

Wlllacoochee River.

Drainage area. --644 sq mi.

Records available. April 1937 to September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datura of gage is 209.34 ft above mean sea level, datura of 

T929. Prior to Sept. 8, 1943, staff gage at same site and datura.

Average discharge. --16 years, 495 cfs.

Extremes . Maximum discharge during year, 2,140 cfs Apr. 20 (gage height, 10.7 ft); minimum, 1.8 cfs Nov. 10.

1937-53: Maximum discharge, 12,700 cfs Apr. 4, 1948 (gage height, 16.8 ft); minimum observed, 0.2 cfs Nov. 11-17, 21, 22, 1942.

Remarks . Records good. Records of water temperatures for the water year 1953 are given 1290.

Revisions (water years). WSP 872: 1937. WSP 1002: 1939(M).

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height. In feet, and

discharge, In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 2O to Dec. 21, July 3-16)

0.0

.2

.5

.8

1.4

2.0

3.0

1.8 

4.3

16

40

72

138

5.0

6.0

7.0

8.0

9.0

10.0

11.0

317

430

590

830

1,170

1,660

2,400

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

Day

1 

2 

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16 

17

18

19

3O

31

22

33

34

35

36'37

138

i39 -o

"I

"total

"ean

Cfsro "n.

Oct.

ft25

19

14

11

9.8

13

18

16

17

17

17

20

27

32 

34

31

27

22

18

14

12

10

8.3

7.2

6.1

5.3

4.5

3.9

 £.6

549.7

17.7

0.027

0.03

Nov.

3.2 

2.9 

2.7

2.5

2.6

2.5

2.2

2.1

2.0

il

3.6

5.1

5.4

5.7

4.8

4.6 

4.3

4.2

4.2

6.8.

5.9

5.1

4.6

4.3

4.5

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.8

-

120.9

4.03

0.0063

0.007

Dec. "*i

6.4

7.2

7.7

8.3

8.3

8.5

8.3

8.6

9.4

9.4

10

13

16

19 

22

25

26

29

40

39

41

46

50

54

60

62

59

60

 11

834.6

26.9

0,042

0.05

Jan.

72 

68 

66

64

75

81

84

90

106

128

146

169

203

257

287

267 

229

198

194

190

224

257

328

472

590

610

590

590

630

'61T5

590

8,480

274

0.425

0.49

Feb.

590 

'BSO 

*805

780

73O

680

730

830

830

755

730

730

705

680

730

805 

920

1,010

1,090

1,090

1,090

1,250

1,550

1,780

1.840

1,720

1,600

1,500

_

_

-

28,230

1,008

1.57

1.64

Mar.

1,450 

«1.500 

1,4§'0

1,350

1,300

1,210

1,130

1,090

1,090

1,090

1,130

1,170

1,300

1,350

1,300

1,250 

1,090

950

980

980

950

950

980

1,010

950

860

755

705

655

590

«536

33,101

1,068

1.66

1.91

Apr.

472 

430 

383

339

297

338" 277

590

572

520

520

755

1,010

1,210

1,450

1,660 

1,780

1,780

1,840

2.060

1,900

1,550

1,300

1,050

830

655

536

472

444

406

-

27,576

919

1.43

1.60

May

 383 

339 

287

247

220

216

257

257

229

216

198

177

194

512

920

1.050 

890

705

504

406

472

444

361

267

198

157

120

97

 78

65

58

10,524

339

0.526

0.61

June

64 

72 

70

*62

53

66

69

69

81

78

103

94

87

110

146

146 

117

84

60

42

31

24

18

14

10

8.1

7.5

7.2

6.3

 5.9

1,805.0

60.2

0.093

0.10

July

fc*

18

42

41

48

52

46

36

30

25

19

15

12

12

*14 

54

103

94

178

317

418

755

920

7S5

488

339

247

173

128

 94

5,484.2

177

0.275

0.32

Aug.

70 

56 

50

44

46

103

146

157

150

117

100

94

75

52

37

27 

20

M

If

43

44

75

146

165

153

120

117

169

220

155

 114

2,926

94.4

0.147

0.17

Sept.

84 

81 

84

87

75

138

117

90

69

57

84

114

97

72

52

38 

28

20

59

48

36

28

37

357

1,120

1,300

1,300

1.550

-

7,278

343

0.377

0.42

Calendar year 1952: Max 

Water year 1952-53: Max

2,140

2,060

Min 

Min

Mean 449 

Mean 348

Cfsro 0.697 In. 9.49 

Cfsro 0.540 In. 7.35

Discharge measurement made on this day.
144 SUWANNEE RIVER BASIN

Alapaha River at Statenville, Ga.

Location.--Lat 30°40', long. 83°01', at downstream side of left bank pier of bridge on

 State Highway 94, a quarter of a mile west of Statenville, Echols County.

Drainage area. 1,400 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. January to June 1921, December 1931 to September 1953.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 76.77 ft above mean sea level (levels by

 TFeorgia State Highway Department). Jan. 28 to June 30, 1921, staff gage at site 50 

ft upstream at datum 2.10 ft higher. Dec. 10, 1931, to July 9, 1935, chain gage and 

July 10, 1935, to Nov. 30, 1949, staff gage, at site 200 ft upstream at present datum. 

Dec. 1, 1949, to Nov. 22, 1952, wire-weight gage at present site and datum.

Average discharge. 21 years (1932-53), 975 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 4,100 cfs Sept: 30 (gage height, 16.9 ft); 

minimum observed, 54 cfs Nov. 10.

1921, 1931-53: Maximum discharge, 27,300 cfs Apr. 6, 1948 (gage height, 29.8 ft, 

from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 17 cfs Dec. 21, 28-31, 1931.

Flood of Apr. 30 or May 1, 1928, reached a stage of 28.5 ft (discharge, 18,400 cfs).

Remarks. Records good.

Revisions (water years). WSP 822: 1936, drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

1.3 

2.0 

3.0

46

133

303

5.0

10.0

17.0

748

2,050

4,130

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Zl

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cf sin

In.

Oct.

136

129

129

132

127

120

108

229

333

343

313

274

238

210

182

166

150

138

133

136

119

112

108

100

96

89

88

86

77

74

69

4,744

153

0.109

0.13

Nov.

72

67

67

*65

64

62

59

59

56

54

56

57

60

66

71

69

67

67

64

65

65

71

88

118

Tl5

102

92

86

78

73

-

2,155

71.8

0.051

0.06

Dec.

69

67

68

64

64

64

62

60

60

60

65

65

62

59

6?

63

64

*62

62

66

79

83

89

98

109

116

119

116

113

116

135

2,441

78.7

0.056

0.06

Jan.

144

150

162

168

173

166

156

148

160

171

184

195

212

229

238

247

265

294

363

*459

481

459

416

437

481

537

606

652

700

748

796

10,597

342

0.244

0.28

Feb.

820

892

1,060

1,140

1,190

1,190

1,470

1,720

1,720

1,690

1,610

1,550

1,530

1,500

1,580

1,640

1,550

1,470

1,400

1,370

1,420

1,580

1,830

2,020

2,160

2,300

2,360

2.390

.

-

-

44,152

1,577

1.13

1.18

Mar.

2,420

*2,480

2,560

2.590

2,530

2,420

2,300

2,19O

2,050

1,910

1,830

1,800

1,830

1,850

1,880

1,830

1,800

1,770

1,770

1,770

1,830

1,850

1,830

1,740

1,660

1,550

1,500

1,450

1,400

1,340

1.J20

58,950

1,902

1.36

1.57

Apr.

1,120

1,020

916

820

748

724

1,115

1,340

1,450

1,530

1,530

1,640

*2,250

2,620

2,790

2,970

3,000

2,880

2,740

2,680

2,590

2,560

2,500

2,450

2,450

2,480

2,420

2,220

1,880

1,450

-

58,928

1,964

1.40

1.56

May

1.140

940

82O

796

772

748

724

748

676

629

606

583

548

503

459

416

426

526

652

796

*868

820

700

629

652

700

676

548

426

353

294

20,174

651

0.465

0.54

June

256

229

205

187

181

184

182

192

204

220

238

238

238

238

265

284

284

384

394

353

274

238

212

210

182

192

187

162

142

m.

6,852

228

0.163

0.18

July

122

*118

116

105

111

113

154

210

220

274

313

303

284

238

220

247

514

606

481

492

470

514

537

700

1,040

1,160

1,290

1,400

1.470

1,420

1,140

16,382

528

0.377

0.43

Aug.

796

618

503

416

353

313

*303

313

313

363

537

700

820

892

652

526

514

748

796

868

1,060

1,220

1,530

1,990

2.050

1,580

1,340

1,450

1,340

1,340

1,160

27,404

884

0.631

0.73

Sept.

990

86f

748

748

748

796

676

629

583

537

470

405

353

323

303

294

274

*247

238

247

238

229

20*

192

T§5

838

3,000

3,63O

3,880

4.040

-

26,923

897

0.641

0.72

Calendar year 1952-. Max 3,320 Mln 43 Mean 794 Cfsm 0.567 In. 7.73

Water year 1952-53: Max 4,040 Mln 54 Mean 766 Cfsm 0.547 In. 7.44

Discharge measurement made on this day.
SUWANNEE RIVER BASIN 145

Little River near Adel, Ga.

Location. Lat 31°09', long. 83°33', on right bank 500 ft downstream from bridge on State 

Highway 37, half a mile downstream from Georgia & Florida Railroad bridge, 5? miles 

upstream from Bear Creek, 6 miles downstream from Warrior Creek, and 7 miles west of 

Adel, Cook County.

Drainage area.--S47 sq mi.

Records available. June 1940 to September 1953.

Gage.'--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 171.08 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929.

Average discharge. 13 years, 517 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,210 cfs Sept. 30 (gage height, 14.9 ft); 

minimum, 3.5 cfs Nov. 8-11, 15-18.

1940-53: Maximum discharge, 38,800 cfs Apr. 2, 1948 (gage height, 21.0 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 13,000 cfs on basis of contracted-opening determination 

of peak flow; minimum, 1.5 cfs Nov. 25, Dec. 13, 14, 1943.

Flood of August 1928 reached a stage of 20.5 ft, from information by Georgia State 

Highway Department (discharge, 33,200 cfs, from rating curve extended above 13,000 cfs 

as explained above).

Remarks.--Records good.

Revisions (water years). WSP 1082: 1944.

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, In feet, and

discharge, In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Aug. 1-10)

1.3 

1.5 

2.0 

3.0 

4.0 

6.0

1.9

7.8

28

88

175

424

8.0

10.0

12.0

14.0

15.0

752

1,160

1,670

2,460

3,320

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

M28

23

20

17

15

16

16

15

18

19

19

21

27

26

23

20

18

16

13

12

12

9.8

8.S

8.1 

*7.5

7.2

7.8 

5.9

5.6

530.4

17.1

0.031

0.04

Nov.

5.6 

5.2

4.9

4.1

3.8

3.8

3.8

1.5

3.5

3.5

4.1

4.3

4.3

3.8

3.5

3.5

3.5

3.8

4.1

5.2

5.6

5.2

4.6

4.3

3.8

3.8 

4.1

4.3

5.2 

7.J

-

129.9

4.33

0.0079

0.009

Dec.

7.5 

7.2

7.2

6.8

*6.8

6.5

6.2

6.2

5.9

13

13

9.5

7.8

7.5

7.5

7.8

8.5

9.2

9.5

12

15

14

12

15

21

30

36

36

33 

34

38

449.6

14.5

0.027

0.03

Jan.

38 40"

44

46

. 54

56

52

45

49

53

67

114

165

196

190

155

118

98

*92

95

136

202

254

272

322

483 

628

790

"698 828 

529

6,909

223

0.408

0.47

Feb.

410

356" 368

424

483

561

680

809

1,010

1,180

1,100

906

771

698

698

790

1,010

1,140

1,250

1,230

1,180

1,230

1,380

1,580

1.670

1,610 

*1,610

1,670

-

-

27,844

994

1.82

1.90

Mar.

1.5SO 

1,420

1,250

1,100

986

906

828

752

698

662

716

752

771

771

790

771

698

628

594

645

662

771

847

847

847

771 

628

498

424

396

342

24,351

786

1.44

1.66

Apr.

284 

254

*224

196

170

185

680

966

1,280

1,550

1,700

1,760

2,100

2.400

*2,340

2,060

1,790

1,580

1,350

1,050

1,010

1,350

1,640

1,610

1,350

1,030 

734

529

424 

410

34,006

1,134

2.07

2.31

May

382 

342

303

260

236

224

248

296

342

342

296

342

529

577

410

248

170

127

98

*80

66

74

102

95

98

127 

122

102

81 

65

52

6,836

221

0.404

0.47

June

42 

34

28

24

21

20

19

18

18

16

19

19

71

87

59

42

36

29

24

27

28

23

20

16

15

12 

11

10

9.2

"-

805.7

26.9

0.049

0.05

July

iH

*12

15

106

95

98

170

145

185

218

185

136

110

87

72

214

453

611

771

926

866

886

1,280

1,230

1.300 

1,21'C986

662 

382

266

13,699.2

442

0.808

0.93

Aug.

212 

155

114

87

*70

11

317

545

396

342

296

196

140

106

95

88

84

70

271

290

190

132

140

248

202

140 

233

716

HI561

7,843

253

0.463

0.53

Sept.

529 

410

260

180

190

801

1,010

1,070

1,030

771

498

382

329

*230

150

106

84

69

60

80

102

102

80

62

5§

451 

1,520

2,060

2,670 

5.210

18,552

618

1.13

1.26

Calendar year 1952 : Max 2,920 Mln 3.5 Mean 388 Cfsm 0.709 In. 9.68

Water year 1952-53 : Max 3,210 Mln 3.5 Mean 389 Cfsm 0.711 In. 9.66

Peak discharge (base. 1.500 cfs). Feb. 25 (10 a.m.) 1,670 cfs (12.o ft)j Apr. 14 (ll p.m.) 2,460 

cfs 114.0 ftj; Apr. 23 (11 p.m.) 1,700 cfs (12.1 ft)j Sept. 30 (ll a.m.) 3,210 cfs (14.9 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
146 SUWANNEE RIVER BASIN

Withlacoochee River near Pinetta, Fla.

Location. Lat 30°36', long. 83°16', on line between sees. 6 and 7, T 2 N RUE on 

and 5 miles 3east of Pinetta fr°m hlghway brld«e ' a quarter of a mile west of Bellville, 

Drainage area. 2.220 sq mi, approximately. 

Records available . December 1931 to September 1953.

F record?r : Datura of gage is 47.21 ft above mean sea level (levels by 

' ' 1941 ' °hain or wlre -weleht gag6 , at same site

Average discharge. 22 years, 1,497 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 7,180 cfs Apr. 20 (gage height, 18.01 ft)' minTQ-JI «CfSMN°y- 8 'J 9> 17> 18 ' Dec ' l > 2 ( «age height, 6.67 ft).

1931-53: Maximum discharge, 79,400 cfs Apr. 5, 1948 (gage height. 38.64 ft, from 

floodmarks); minimum, 86 cfs Oct. 29, 30, 1943 (gage height, 6.42 ft 

Maximum stage known, that of Apr. 5, 1948.

Remarks . Records good.

Revisions (water years) . WSP 972: 1941-42.-

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height. In feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

7.0

8.0

15.0

18.0

100

229

685

5,190

7,170

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

7M

249

214

195

178

178

241

273

314

306

257

229

202

191

181

171

161

165

161

149

146

146

144

141

135

132

132

129

123

123

6,004

194

0.087

0.10

Nov.

126 

126

129

126

126

 129

126

123

123

126

132

129

129

129

132

129

123

120

T26

141

144

158

152

144

141

138

129

123

123

123

-

3,925

131

0.059

0.07

Dec.

120

T55

129

126

132

135

132

129

129

138

132

132

141

138

129

123

123

 126

126

129

138

161

174

165

161

165

165

161

158

161

181

4,385

141

0.064

0.07

Jan.

195 

206

214

221

214

202

195

191

214

225

237

257

285

298

302

318

352

386

452

594

714

641

568

696

931

1.050

1,030

979

*967

985

1,030

15,149

489

0.220

0.25

Feb.

w1,290

1,480

1,580

1,580

1,700

1,990

2,150

2,210

2,220

2,220

2,230

2,270

2,390

2,460

2,400

2,250

2,120

2,090

2,140

2,260

2,570

2,940

3,230

3,410

3,560

3.710

-

-

-

62,650

2,238

1.01

1.05

Mar.

3,880 

3,980

4.010

3,950

3,820

3,640

3,370

2,990

2,520

2,140

1,940

*1,860

1,850

1,850

1,830

1,810

1,790

1,770

1,760

1,680

1,600

1,580

1,580

1,580

1,590

1,610

1,630

1,610

1,520

1,360

1.180

69,280

2,235

1.01

1.16

Apr.

1,030 

913

818

742

674

691

1,360

2,120

2,570

2,870

3,100

3,490

4,360

5,140

5,610

6,010

6,460

6,840

7,030

7.160

 7,010

6,590

*5,780

4,260

2,880

2,550

2,660

2,770

2,620

2,220

-

108,328

3,611

1.63

1.81

May

1.770 

1,480

1,320

1,200

1,090

979

949

955

1,000

1,050

1,040

1,030

985

889

841

877

883

806

668

568

502

452

413

378

336

348

348

331

356

417

391

24,652

795

0.358

0.41

June

344 

323

29S

 277

273

281

277

331

530

636

620

578

525

489

535

525

507

588

630

573

535

502

448

391

369

323

302

302

269

2§7

12,838

428

0.193

0.22

July

241 

245

229

221

210

245

281

281

378

516

630

788

748

663

614

646

*1;320

1,700

1,240

1,180

1,470

1,640

1,730

1,790

1,890

2,050

2,140

2,300

2,500

2,680

2.750

35,316

1,139

0.513

0.59

Aug.

2.470 

1,780

1,180

859

806

742

594

530

883

1,180

1,310

1,440

1,680

1,540

1,230

925

901

961

1,030

1,120

1,200

1,350

1,570

1,710

1,670

1,600

 1,460

1,500

1,560

1,630

1,820

40,231

1,298

0.585

0.67

Sept.

1,940 

1,960

1,860

1,680

1,740

2,170

2,080

1,950

2,010

2,110

2,200

2,320

2,260

1,880

1,410

1,110

883

719

620

568

549

530

507

502

493

691

2,520

3,360

3,690

3.980

-

50,292

1,676

0.755

0.84

Calendar year 1952 : Max 5,860 Min 117 Mean 1,125 Cfsm 0.507 In. 6.89

Water year 1952-53: Max 7,160 Mln 120 Mean 1,186 Cfsm 0.534 In- 7.24

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
SUWANNEE RIVER BASIN 147

Suwannee River at Ellavllle, Pla.

Location.--Lat 30°23', long. 83°10', In sec. 24, T. IS., R. 11 E., on left bank at Ellaville, 200 ft upstream from Seaboard Air Line Railroad bridge, 200 ft downstream from 

Wlthlacoochee River, and a quarter of a mile upstream from bridge on U. S. Highway 90.

Drainage area. 6,580 sq ml, approximately. 

Records available. January 1927 to September 1953.

Cage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 27.82 ft above mean sea level (levels by 

Corps of Engineers). Prior to June 20, 1932, staff gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge.--26 years, 6,390 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 14,600 cfs Sept. 30 (stage rising; peak, 19,200 

cfs, occurred Oct. 9, 1953, gage height, 18.80 ft); minimum, 1,330 cfs Dec. 17 (gage 

height, 2.33 ft).

1927-53: Maximum discharge, 95,300 cfs Apr. 7, 8, 1948 (gage height, 40.88 0, from 

floodmarks); minimum, 970 cfs Dec. 13, 14, 24, 25, 1943; minimum gage height, 2.05 ft 

June 30, 1935, Dec. 13, 14, 24, 25, 1943.

Remarks. Records excellent. 

Revisions.--WSP 727: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

2.3

3.0

6.0

10.0

14.1

1,300

2,160

5,810

9,820

14,200

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

1,990 

1,950

1,870

1,820

1,760

1,730

1,710

1,850

1,980

2,070

2,130

2.160

2,130

2,080

2,060

2,020

1,960

1,940

1,900

1,890

1,840

1,820

1,800

1,770

1,720

1,690

1,670

1,650

1,610

1,590

1.580

57,740

1,863

0.283

0.33

Nov.

1.570 

1,550

1,540

1,530

*1,520

1,510

1,490

1,480

1,470

1,470

1,460

1,460

1,460

1,460

1,460

1,450

1,450

1,430

1,430

1,460

1,450

1,450

1,460

1,460

1,460

1,450

1,450

1,430

1,420

1.410

-

44,090

1,470

0.223

0.25

Dec .

1,400 

1,400

1,400

1,390

1,390

1,390

1,380

1,380

1,380

1,380

1,380

1,370

1,360

1,360

1.540

1,340

*1,340

1,360

' 1,340

1,340

1,360

1,360

1,380

1,390

1,390

1,390

1,390

1,390

1,380

1,380

1.410

42,640

1,375

0.209

0.24

Jan.

1.410 

1,430

1,450

1,450

1,450

1,450

1,450

1,450

1,510

1,550

1,590

1,600

1,600

1,610

1,630

1,640

1,670

1,710

1,750

1,870

2,040

2,080

2,080

2,100

2,240

2,390

2,460

*2,500

2,500

2,510

2.520

56,690

1,829

0.278

0.32

Feb.

2-. 670 

2,800

2,980

3,320

3,540

3,660

3,910

4,420

4,920

5,180

5,330

5,430

5,460

5,530

5,660

5,780

5,910

5,930

5,900

5,890

5,910

5,990

6,190

6,560

6,930

7,250

7,490

7.720

-

-

-

148,260

5,295

0.805

0.84

Mar.

7,930 

8,090

8,240

8,360

8.410

8,380

8,300

8,110

7,780

7,400

*7,080

6,830

6,680

6,590

6,530

6,440

6,350

6,280

6,200

6,100

6,020

5,930

5,910

5,860

5,810

5,730

5,640

5,560

5,430

5,230

4.980

208,180

6,715

1.02

1.18

Apr.

4,680 

4,410

4,140

3,910

3,690

5.600

4,070

5,310

5,970

6,290

6,690

7,070

7,940

9,210

9,950

10,600

11,100

11,600

12,000

12,300

12.500

*12,500

12,400

11,900

11,200

10,600

10,300

10,200

9,980

9,000

-

255,110

8,504

1.29

1.44

May

8.870 

8,230

7,640

7,140

6,740

6,370

6,080

5,880

5,740

5,590

5,400

5,210

5,000

4,710

4,430

4,240

4,110

3,960

3,770

3,600

3,550

3,500

3,400

3,280

3,150

3,080

3,030

2,970

2,880

2,840

2.790

147,180

4,748

0.722

0.83

June

2.710 

2,630

*2,540

2,480

2,460

2,410

2,390

2,410

2,430

2,550

2,610

2,590

2,560

2,550

2,520

2,540

2,510

2,520

2,570

2,560

2,500

2,450

2,380

2,330

2,300

2,260

2,210

2,200

2,170

2.150

-

73,470

2,449

0.572

0.42

July

2,100 

2,060

2.050

2,060

2,100

2,070

2,070

2,150

2,240

2,320

2,410

2,610

2,790

2,710

2,600

*£,570

3,220

4,420

4,570

4,610

4,920

5,320

5,450

5,420

5,460

5,640

5,860

5,940

6,150

6,550

6.480

116,640

5,763

0.572

0.66

Aug.

6,450 

6,120

5,490

4,860

4,380

4,230

4,050

3.830

3,9bO

4,070

 4,160

4,480

5,210

5,470

5,330

4,950

4,560

4,500

4,620

5,170

5,750

6,430

6,940

7,330

7,650

*7,970

7,980

7,870

8,000

8,160

8.520

178,230

5,749

0.874

1.01

Sept.

8,430 

8,510

8,570

8,590

8,640

9,020

9,560

9,840

10,000

10,100

10,200

10,200

10,200

10,000

9,610

9,110

8,630

8,150

7,690

7,290

6,940

6,600

6,260

6,000

S.850

6,030

8,070

11,100

12,900

14.100

-

266,170

8,872

1.35

1.50

Calendar year 1952: Max 14,200 Mln 1,340 Mean 4,723 Cfsm 0.718 In. 9.78

Water year 1952-53: Max 14,100 Mln 1,340 Mean 4,368 Cfsm 0.664 In. 9.02

Discharge measurement made on this day.
148 SUWANNEE RIVER BASIN

Suwannee River at Branford, Pla.

Location. Lat 29°57', long. 82°56', in sec. 17 or 20, T. 6 S., R. 14 E., near left bank 

on upstream side of bridge on U. S. Highways 27 and 129 at Branford, lOf miles upstreati 

from Santa Pe River.

Drainage area.--7.090 sq mi, approximately. 

Records available.--July 1931 to September 1953.

Gage. Wire-weight gage read once daily. Datum of gage is 4.81 ft above mean sea level, 

datum of 1929. Prior to June 15, 1933, chain gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 22 years, 6,470 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 12,000 cfs Sept. 30 (stage rising; peak, 16,700 

cfs occurred Oct. 11, 1953, gage height, 18.96 ft); minimum, 2,150 cfs Dec. 29 (gage 

height, 3.30 ft).

«i931-53: Maximum discharge observed, 83,900 cfs Apr. 11, 1948 (gage height, 34.07 

ftn minimum, 1,610 cfs Dec. 12-21, 24, 1943; minimum gage height, 2.27 ft Dec. 17, 18,

Maximum stage known, that of Apr. 11, 1948. 

Remarks. Records good.

Rating table, .water year 1952-53 (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

3.3

5.0

10.0

14.3

2,150

3,290

7,390

11,600

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean 

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

3,000 

2,960

2,920

2,880

2,820

2,780 

2,810

2,920 

2,960

2,960

3,000

3.080

3,080

3,080

3,080

3,040 

3,000

2,920

2,880

2,880

2,820

2,740

2,740

2,740

2,700

2,670

2,640

2,640

2,640

2.600

2,600

88,580

2,857 

0.403

0.46

Nov.

2.600 

2,570

*2,570

2,540

2,480

2,510 

2,480

2,480 

2,450

2,480

2,480

2,510

2,420

2,420

2,360

2.510 

2,360

2,420

2,360

2,480

2,420

2,390

2,360

2,360

2,360

2,390

2,390

2,360

2,340

2,340

-

72,990

2,433 

0.343

0.38

Dec.

2,340 

2,340

2.360

2,340

2,340

2,280 

2,280

2,280 

2,280

2,310

2,280

2,250

2,250

2,250

2,250

!

*2,250 

2,250

2,220

2,220

2,220

2,220

2,220

2,180

2,200

2,200

2,200

2,180

2,180

2.150

2,180

2,220

69,720

2,249 

0.317

0.37

Jan.

2.180 

2,280

2,180

2,180

2,180

2,180 

2,180

2,2dO 

2,340

2,310

2,310

2,310

2,310

2,340

2,360

2,390 

2,420

2,450

2,420

2,480

2,510

2,600

2,650

2,700

2,750

2,800

*2,870

2,990

3,000

3,000

3.020

76,890

2,480 

0.350

0.40

Feb.

3I200

3,300

3,440

3,640

3,880

4,100

4,220 

4,480

4,780

5,010

5,200

5,320

5,390

5,500

5,550 

5,680

5,770

5,840

5,970

5,940

5,950

5,990

6,130

6,310

6,540

6,720

6.870

_

_

-

143,830

5,137 

0.725

0.75

Mar.

7,040 

7,200

7,340

7,460

7,560

7,620 

7,650

7.710 

7,626

*7,500

7,430

7,270

7,110

7,020

6,940

6,860 

6,800

6,780

6,710

6,630

6,600

6,510

6,440

6,390

6,340

6,280

6,210

6,140

6,060

5,970

5.850

213,040

6,872 

0.969

1.12

Apr.

5,750 

5,560

5,400

5,190

4,990

4.830 

5,030

5,210 

5,660

6,160

6,590

7,160

7,420

7,950

8,580

9,180 

9,680

10,200

10,700

* 10, 900

11,200

11,400

11,500

11.600

11,500

11,300

11,100

11,000

10,800

10,700

-

254,240

8,475 

1.20

1.33

Hay

10.500 

10,060

9,410

8,970

8,830

8,540 

8,230

7,930 

7,670

7,470

7,290

7,140

6,960

6,770

6,590

6,420 

6,240

6,090

5,930

5,760

5,580

5,480

5,380

5,260

5,120

5,010

,890

,780

,690

,570

.500

208,000

6,710 

0.946

1.09

June

4.420 

*4,330

4,180

4,060

4,030

4,060 

4,010

3,950 

3,940

3,930

3,920

3,960

3,930

3,960

3,880

3,800 

3,790

3,750

3,730

3,730

3,700

3,640

3,590

3,620

3,500

3,500

3,500

3,430

3,390

3.550

-

114,580

3,819 

0.539

0.60

July

3,310 

3,280

3,220

3,170

3,170

3,170 

3,170

3.140 

3,190

3,270

3,310

3,350

*3,490

3,600

3,600

3,520 

3,510

3,920

4,540

4,840

4,990

5,190

5,440

5,590

5,640

5,690

5,850

6,180

6,160

6,220

6.340

133,060

4,292 

0.605

0.70

Aug.

6,410 

6,500

6,420

6,150

5,890

5,590 

5,400

5,280 

5,130

5.110

5,190

5,200

5,340

5,600

5,840

5,870 

5,770

5,650

5,640

5,640

5,910

6,360

6,750

*7,050

7,340

7,660

7,890

8,060

8,240

8,430

8.660

195,970

6,322 

0.892

1.03

Sept.

8,88G 

9,140

9,350

9,550

9,670

9,800 

9,940

10,100 

10,300

10,400

10,400

10,500

10,500

10,500

10,400

10,300 

10,10C

9,820

9,49C

9,23C

8,940

8.64C

8,350

8,050

7.820

7,990

8,250

9,120

10,300

11.600

-

287,430

9,581 

1.35

1.51

Calendar year 1952: Max 13,700 Mln 2,150 Mean 5,743 Cfsm 0.810 In. 11.03

Water year 1952-53: Max 11,600 Mln 2,150 Mean 5,091 Cfsm 0.718 In. 9.74

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
SUWANNEE RIVER BASIN 149

New River near Lake Butler, Pla.

Location. Lat 30°00', long. 82°17', In sec. 2, T. 63., R. 20 E., near right bank on 

downstream side of bridge on State Highway 100, 4.4 miles southeast of village of Lake 

Butler.

Drainage area.--212 sq ml.

Records available. January 1950 to September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 83.8 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

T929.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,550 cfs Aug. 28 (gage height, 9.77 ft); minimum, 0.7 cfs June 4 (gage height, 0.76 ft).

1950-53: Maximum discharge, 6,470 cfs Sept. 8, 1950 (gage height, 12.02 ft); minimum, 0.6 cfs June 11, 1951 (gage height, 0.71 ft).

Remarks. Records good.

Rating tables, water year 1952-53 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in 

cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Oct. 9 Oct. 10 to June 23 June 24 to Sept. 30

2.5 

4.0 

4.8 

6.2

35

76

120

260

1.9 

2.6 

8.2

2.0 

3.0 

4.0 

4.8 

6.0

20

44

76

120

240

6.5

7.0 

7.5 

8.0

300

420

620

890

1,440

0.9 

1.1 

1.3 

1.7 

3.0 

4.0

2.0

4.4

7.1

15

48

76

4.8 

6.5 

7.0 

7.5 

8.0 

9.8

120

300

420

630

960

2,580

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

124 

91

70

54

44

37

46

111

254 

253

208

182

158

125

98

78

65

52

42

40

46

*57

62

57

55

55

52

46

38

31 

2j5

2,657

85.7

0.404

0.47

Nov.

22

19

16

14

12

10

9.2

8.2

7.8 

7.2

6.9

6.9

6.8

6.4

6.3

6.2

5.7

5.6

5.3

6.8

7.9

7.9

7.2

6.6

6.2

5.9

5.7

5.4

5.0

4.8

250.9

8.36

0.039

0.04

Dec.

4.7 

4.7

4.5

4.7

4.8

5.3

F73

*5.1

5.0 

4.8

4.8

4.7

4.5

4.4

4.4

4.3

4.3

*4.2

4.2

4.2

4.4

4.4

4.5

4.4

4.2

4.2

4.2

4.1

4.1

111

140.2

4.52

0.021

0.02

Jan.

5.6 

6.0

6.0

5.3

5.1

4.8

4.7

12

188 

562_

452

316

349

334

267

212

157

108

*86

78

72

63

57

65

80

75

67

68

68

63 

54

3,890.5

126

0.594

0.68

Feb.

46 

42

58

64

58

52

45

45

51 

49

44

40

38

36

58

92

91

71

58

51

46

42

38

34

31

28

27

24

_

-

1,359

48.5

0.229

0.24

Mar.

22 

*19

17

16

15

14

12

12

10 

9 .5

31

177

265

211

150

130

120

100

77

60

46

45

52

50

47

48

52

52

46

36 

28

1,969.3

63.5

0.300

0.35

Apr.

22

18

16

15

14.

34

*839

*1,380

*1.410 

1,340

956

750

1,080

938

830

770

735

566

510

866

788

695

640

510

384

286

230

169

113

89

16,993

566

2.67

2.98

May

66 

54

42

34

28

23

21

18

16 

13

11

9.0

7.8

6.8

5.9

5.1

4.2

3.7

3.2

2.7

2.5

2.3

2.0

1.8

*1.5

1.4

1.2

1.1

1.0

.9 

.1!

390.9

12.6

0.059

0.07

June

0.8 

.7

.7

.7

.8

3.3

9.3

9.0

17 

8.1

4.7

4.5

9.4

16

15

11

7.4

4.8

3.4

2.6

2.2

1.8

6.3

62

33

33

51

44

28

19

409.5

13.6

0.064

0.07

July

14 

10

7.8

5.9

5.0

*4.5

4.4

3.6

3.3 

3.4

3.2

2.9

2.6

2.4

2.5

2.7

5.0

4.1

7.6

4.4

3.2

2.5

2.2

273

2.4

6.6

56

56

62

54 

56

402.5

13.0

0.061

0.07

Aug.

50 

36

25

18

23

29

22

20

15

11

35

225

96

60

45

54

*145

227

372

314

402

469

540

690

642

666

1,140

2,400

2,270

m

15,721

507

2.39

2.76

Sept.

*1.710 

1,250

952

*744

580

487

472

399

376 

358

316

273

234

189

145

109

90

M

88

88

145

167 1'82

201

256

411

1,250

*1,480

1,330

1,100

15,466

516

2.43

2.71

Calendar year 1952 : Max 750 Win 1-5 Mean 54.3 Cfsm 0.256 In. 3.50

Water year 1952-53 : Max 2,430 Win 0.7 Mean 163 Cfsm 0.769 In. 10.46

Peak discharge (base, 2.000 cfs).--Aug. 28 (l p.m.) 2,550 cfs (9.77 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
150 SUWANNEE RIVER BASIN 

Santa Pe River at Worthington, Pla.

Location. Lat 29°55', long. 82°26', on line between sees. 32 and 33, T. 6 S., R. 19 E., 

near left bank on downstream side of bridge on State Highway 23, half a mile south of 

Worthington, and three-quarters of a mile downstream from New River.

Drainage area.~630 sq mi, approximately.

Records available.--November 1931 to September 1953.

gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 42.91 ft above mean sea level (Corps of 

Engineers benchmark). Prior to Jan. 16, 1939, staff gage at site one-quarter of a 

mile downstream at same datum. Jan. 17, 1939, to July 23, 1953, wire-weight gage at 

same site and datum.

Average discharge.--21 years (1932-53), 440 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 6,120 cfs Aug. 29 (gage height, 20.44 ft); minimum, 21 cfs Dec. 29-31 (gage height, 7.35 ft).

1931-53: Maximum discharge, 17,500 cfs June 17, 1934; maximum gage height, 24.94 

ft Oct. 21, 1944; minimum discharge observed, 1.3 cfs May 17, June 1, 1932.

Remarks. Records fair.

Rating tables, water year 1952-53 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, 

In euble feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Jan. 27, Sept. 21-30 Jan. 2S to Sept. 20

7.3 

7.6 

8.0 

9.0 

11.0

19

33

56

127

309

13.0

14.0

15.0

16.0

17.5

576

756

1,050

1,500

2,570

7.3

8.0

9.0

11.0

13.0

19

55

121

309

576

14.0

15.0

17.0

19.0

20.3

756

1,020

1,920

3,910

5,880

Day

1 

Z

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

Mear

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

213 

179

148

118

92

81

9T

117

172

225

276 

268

253

229

239

216

202

202

177

161

161

202

237

277

 296

272

242

214

189 

165

145

6,059

195

0.310

0.36

Nov.

126 

Tl2

99

90

80

73

69

64

59

57

52 

49

46

46

44

42

40

38

38

39

46

45

45

43

41

38

36

35

34 

32

1,658

55.3

0.088

0.10

Dec.

30

3o

29

29

28

29

29

 29

28

28

2S 

26

25

24

22

?3~ 21

22

22

22

24

24

23

24

24

23

22

22

21 

21

21

773

24.9

0.040

0.05

Jan.

i

25

26

26

26

23

29

163

323

435 

587

641

513

486

431

369

 317

276

250

229

218

217

217

232

248

227

204 

189

180

7,720

249

0.395

0.46

Feb.

168 

159

165

170

174

162

160

157

151

147

143 

135

130

127

160

186

193

197

188

168

156

139

126

116

107

101

95

88

-

4,168

149

0.237

0.25

Mar.

82 

*77

72

68

65

61

57

55

52

M

67 

213

277

286

319

328

264

221

201

179

158

158

168

154

147

133

126

124

114 

103

91

4,468

144

0.229

0.26

Apr.

79 

68

65

74

65

117

790

1,280

1,730

2,080

2.090 

2,040

 1,920

1,900

1,980

1,760

1,780

1,310

1,250

1,340

1,290

1,460

 1,350

1,210

1,080

948

790

650

542 

456

-

33,494

1,116

1.77

1.98

May m

305

262

229

203

180

164

153

a!40

a!20 

allO

alOO

a90

a85

a80

77

71

65

61

56

51

48

44

 41

37

34

31

29 

26

24

3,663

118

0.187

0.22

June

23 

22

21

22

23

36

46

56

69

69

70 

74

77

89

109

242

280

216

162

121

83

61

52

65

268

462

448

a400

a320 

a280

-___

4,266

142

0.225

0.25

July

240 

214

18S

135

113

 86

72

60

53

53

48 

47

45

11

46

62

58

56

55

58

64

74

69

62

64

75

127

332

564 

548

444

4,153

134

0.213

0.25

Aug.

342 

274

220

169

147

199

276

305

270

233

208 

423

820

939

738

683

 624

862

1,190

1,480

1,480

1,490

1,400

1,400

1,660

2,490

2,780

4,140

5,860 

5,830

5,190

44,122

1,423

2.26

2.60

Sept.

4.540 

 3,630

2,960

 2,590

2,230

1,990

1,870

1,880

1,700

1,480

1,280 

1,130

996

872

754

667

605

556

534

538

631

600

587

589

595

643

1,110

 1,840

2,490 

2,420

-

44,307

1,477

2.34

2.62

Calendar year 1952: Max 1,440 Mln - Mean 144 Cfsm 0.229 In. 3.12 

Water year 1952-53: Max 5,860 Mln 21 Mean 435 Cfsm 0.690 In. 9.40

 Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of records for New Hlver near Lake Butler.
SUWANNEE RIVER BASIN 151

Santa Pe River near High Springs, Pla.

Location. Lat 29°51', long. 82"38', in sec. 29, T. 7 S., R. 17 E., near right bank at upstream side of bridge on U. S. Highway 27, 150 ft upstream--from Atlantic Coast Line 

Railroad bridge and 2 miles northwest of High Springs.

Drainage area. 950 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. January 1931 to September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 26.36 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

 T929 (levels by Florida State Rpad Department). Prior to Jan. 9, 1933, staff gage at 

same site and datum.

Average discharge. 22 years, 796 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,820 cfs Sept. 2 (gage height, 7.79 ft); minimum, 180 cfs Jan. 6, 7 (gage height, 1.43 ft).

1931-53: Maximum discharge, 12,700 cfs Mar. 14, 1948 (gage height, 15.71 ft, from 

floodmarks); minimum, 71 cfs about June 27, 1935 (gage height, 0.46 ft).

Remarks. Records good.

Rating tables, water year 1952-53 (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Hay 15 to June 14)

Oct. 1 to Apr. 5 Apr. 6 to Sept. 30

1.4 

1.7 

2.0 

2.2

175

243

375

467

1.7 

2.0 

3.0

243

363

798

4.0

5.0 

7.8

1,260

1,870

3,830

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

23

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

398

3§5

375

352

338

324

311

306

292

2S8

306

329

347

357

357

357

347 

343

352

343

301

320

329

338

352

357

357

357

329

320

320

10,491

338

0.356

0.41

Nov.

311

?17

*283

271

263

255

237

234

234

234

234

228

226

223

220

214

214 

214

217

226

214

207

207

209

209

209

207

202

23?

202

-

6,903

230

0.242

0.27

Dec.

202

202

202

200

205

202

198

198

200

200

196

191

196

193

189

*188

188 

188

189

191

191

189

186

186

186

186

185

185

TB"5" 183

189

5,969

193

0.203

0.23

Jan.

183

186

188

183

181

181

158" 180

209

212

231

267

334

398

416

421

426 45S421

407

393

375

375

375

338

329

 343

352

338

324

320

9,500

306

0.322

0.37

Feb.

306

30T

292

2S8

271

275

288

275

255

263

271

288

271

263

271

255

263 

263

275

292

283

271

263

263

263

263

255

247

-

-

-

7,634

273

O.E87

0.30

Mar.

243

237

234

234

223

217

217

214

209

*207

220

220

240

283

329

357

3S6" 366 

352

338

334

324

320

311

306

288

283

279

267

263

255

8,536

275

0.289

0.33

Apr.

251

243

240

231

228

247

338

475

653

936

1,180

1,380

1,500

1,500

1,550

1,720

1.750 

1,670

1,600

*1,570

1,550

1,570

1,590

1,570

1,510

1,440

1,360

1,260

1,170

1,090

33,372

1,112

1.17

1.31

May

1.010

941

872

816

766

734

694

658

627

592

574

552

531

514

501

480

467 

463

442

433

425

417

404

400

392

379

375

359

555

355

355

16,883

545

0.574

0.66

June

*351

330

322

310

310

310

306

306

302

298

302

306

302

314

310

314

347 

375

371

351

33S

322

318

314

302

355

412

442

429

510

10,179

339

0.357

0.40

July

SIB" 522

484

446

425

408

388

367

359

347

338

330

318

*306

294

?30~ 290

290

290

290

290

290

298

310

306

302

31S

330

379

459

501

11,083

358

0.377

0.43

Aug.

514

505

488

475

471

467

454

ISS

480

475

471

467

518

614

694

720

720 

738

775

858

959

1,040

1,090

 1,120

1,160

1,220

1,460

1,840

2,210

2,720

5.240

29,426

949

0.999

1.15

Sept.

3,630

5.790

3^780

3,630

3,450

5,270

3,090

2,920

2,760

2,610

2,470

2,280

2,100

1,930

1,760

1,620

1,480 

1,380

1,310

1,280

1,210

1,170

1,130

1,110

1.090

1,120

1,150

1,190

1,360

1,750

62,820

2,094

2.20

2.46

Calendar year 1952: Max 1,220 Min 183 Mean 377 Cfsm 0.397 In. 5.40

Water year 1952-53: Max 3,790 Min 180 Mean 583 Cfsm 0.614 In. 8.32

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
152 SUWANNEE RIVER BASIN 

Santa Fe River near Port White, Fla.

Location.--Lat 29°51', long. 82°43', in sec. 28, T. 7 S., R. 16 E., on left bank 2 miles 

upstream from bridge on State Highway 47, 5 miles south of Port White, and 15 miles 

upstream from mouth.

Drainage area.--1.080 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. October 1927 to January 1930, June 1932 to September 1953.

Sage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 21.28 ft above mean sea level (Corps of 

Engineers benchmark). Prior to June 4, 1932, staff gage at several sites within 200 ft 

of present site at various daturas. Oct. 1, 1947, to Feb. 10, 1949, auxiliary wireweight gage and since Feb. 11, 1949, auxiliary water-stage recorder, at bridge on State 

Highway 49, 13.1 miles downstream.

Average discharge. 23 years (1927-29, 1932-53), 1,623 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum daily discharge during year, 4,400 cfs Sept, 3-5; minimum, 896 cfs 

JanTl, 2, 4-8 (gage height, 0.83 ft).

1927-30, 1932-53: Maximum discharge, 12,300 cfs Mar. 14, 1948; maximum gage height 

observed, 13.70 ft Apr. 12, 1948; minimum discharge, 670 cfs June 4, 5, 1932; minimum 

gage height, 0.58 ft June 26-28, July 5, 1935.

Remarks.--Records good.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

Day

1

Z

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

Mean

Cf sin

In.

Oct.

1,180 

1,180

1,160

1,140 

1,120

1,110

1,110

,120

,100

,090

,100

,120

,120

1,130

1,130

1,130 

1,120 

1,110

1,120

1,120

1,080

1,080

1,080

1,090

1,090

1,090

1,090

1,090

1,070

1,060

1,060

34,390

1,109

1.03

1.18

Nov.

1,050

TToTo

1,030

 1,010 

1,000

998

982

975

975

975

975

968

960

960

952

945 

945 

945

945

960

931

938

938

938

938

938

931

91T

5IT

917

-

28,893

963

0.892

0.99

Dec.

917 

917

924

5IT 

924

. 917

917

917

917

917

910

910

910

91O

 910

910 

917 

917

917

917

924

917

917

910

910

910

910

903

SOT

903

910

28,329

914

0.846

0.98

Jan.

896 

903

903

896 

896

896

896

917

968

952

960

990

1,040

1,100

1,130

1.140 

1,140 

1,140

1,140

1,130

1,120

1,100

1,110

1,100

1,080

*1,060

1,060

1,070

1,060

1,040

1,040

31,873

1,028

0.952

1.10

Feb.

1.040 

1,030

1,020

1,020 

1,000

1,010

1,020

1,000

990

990

998

1,000

990

990

990

968 

975 

975

990

998

990

982

975

975

975

968

968

960

_

-

27,787

992

0.919

0.96

Mar.

960 

960

952

952 

931

931

931

924

 924

a 920

a940

a960

a990

al,O20

al,O30

1,040 

1.050 

1,650

1,050

1,050

1,050

1,040

1,040

1,030

1,010

1,000

998

998

a990

982

a970

30,673

989

0.916

1.06

Apr.

a960 

a950

a940

a930 

a53U

945

1,040

1,160

1,310

1,540

1,780

2,000

2,170

2,220

2,280

2,400 

2.480 

2,450

2,430

2,380

*2,360

2,370

2,400

2,410

2,360

2,320

2,220

2,100

2,010

1,930

-

55,775

1,859

1.72

1.92

May

1,830 

1,7S6

1,680

1,620 

1,560

1,520

1,500

1,450

1,420

1,390

1,370

1,350

1,310

1,300

1,270

1,260 

1,240 

1,220

1,210

1,200

1,180

1,170

1,170

1,160

1,150

1,140

1,130

1,120

1,100

1,100

1,090

40,960

1,321

1.22

1.41

June

1,080 

*1,070

1,060

1.050 

1,050

1,050

1,050

1,060

1,060

1,060

1,060

1,060

1,070

1,080

1,080

1,090 

1,120 

1,150

1,160

1,150

1,140

1,120

1,110

1,120

1,110

1,140

1,180

1,200

1,220

1.240

33,190

1,106

1.02

1.14

July

1.270 

al,260

al,22O

al,190 

al,150

al,130

al,120

1,110

1,100

1,080

1,080

1,060

1,050

*1,050

1,040

1,040 

1,040 

1,030

1,030

1.020

1,030

1,020

1,020

1,020

1,120

1,020

1,040

1,050

1,080

1,150

1,190

33,710

1,087

1.01

1.16

Aug.

1,210 

1,220

1,200

1.190 

1,190

1,200

1,190

1,200

1,210

1,220

1,220

1,210

1,230

1,290

1,360

1,410 

1,420 

1,440

1,460

1,530

1,620

1,730

1,790

1,830

 1,900

1,970

2,110

2,430

2,760

3,230

5..750

50,720

1,636

1.51

1.75

Sept.

a4,100 

a4,300

a4.400

a4,400 

a4,400

a4,300

4,230

4,050

3,860

3,710

3,530

3,340

3,170

3,010

2,860

2,720 

2,610 

2,490

2,400

2,360

2,280

2,210

2,140

2,090

2.070

2,180

2,270

2,280

2,400

2,660

92,820

3,094

2.86

3.20

Calendar year 1952: Max 2,010 Mln 903 Mean 1,104 Cfsm 1.02 In. 13.91

Water year 1952-53: Max 4,400 Mln 896 Mean 1,340 Cfsm 1.24 In. 16.85

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of records for Santa Pe River near High 

Springs.

Ichatucknee Springs near Hildreth, Fla.

Location. Lat 29°58', long. 82°47', in sec. 23, T. 6 S., R. 15 E., on Ichatucknee River, 

near center of span on upstream side of bridge on U. S. Highway 27, 1 mile east of 

Hildreth, 2 miles upstream from mouth, and 2f miles downstream from head of springs.

Records available.--1917. 1929-30 (one discharge measurement in each year), January 1931 

to September 1953 (discharge measurements only),

Gage. Reference point. Observations of stage below reference point made only when discharge measurements are made.

Extremes. 1931-53; Maximum discharge measured, 578 cfs Apr. 29, 1948; minimum measured, 

245 cfs Aug. 20, 1935.

Remarks.--Surface inflow between springs and measuring section is negligible except after 

heavy rains.

Discharge measurements, In cubic feet per second, water year 

October 1952 to September 1953

Nov. 3.......... 331

Dec. 16.......... 327

Jan. 27.......... 340

Mar. 10.......... 336

Apr. 20.......... 364

June 2.......... 357

July 13.......... 346

Aug. 24.......... 308
SUWANNEE RIVER BASIN 

Suwannee River near Bell, Fla.

153

Locatlon.--Lat 29°48', long. 82°5S', in sec. 16 or 17, T. 83., R. 14 E., on left bank at 

Rook Bluff Perry, 4f miles northwest of Bell and 10 miles downstream from Santa Fe 

River.

Drainage area. 9.260 sq mi, approximately. 

Records available. June 1932 to September 1953.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 2.75 ft above mean sea level (Corps of 

Engineers benchmark).

Average discharge. 21 years, 8,969 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 14,500 cfs Sept. 30 (stage rising; peak, 20,700 

cfs, occurred at 10 a.m. Oct. 12, 1953, gage height, 14.33 ft); minimum, 3,530 cfs 

Dec. 29, 30 (gage height, 2.19 ft).

1932-53: Maximum discharge, 82,300 cfs Apr. 13, 1948 (gage height, 27.43 ft); minimum, 2,790 cfs Dec. 17, 18, 1943 (gage height, 1.03 ft).

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Revisions (water years). WSP 822: 1928(M).

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In cubic feet per second)

2.2

3.0

6.0

10.8

3,540

4,370

7,530

14,200

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

4,760 

4,820 

4,790 

4,680

4,600

4,610

4,720

4,840 

4,880

4,780

4,750

4,780

4,810

4,840

4.900

4,900

4,840

4,780

4,750

4,760

4,590

4,420

4,460

4,470

4,460

4,410

4,3BO

4,420

4,370

4.280

4,310

144,160

4,650

0.502

0.5S

Nov.

4,380 

4.390 

4,360 

*4,320

4,250

4,270

4,240

4,130 

4,100

4,150

4,190

4,110

4,020

4,030

4,090

4,070

4,060

4,070

4,120

4,340

4,170

4,030

3,990

3,950

. 3,970

4,040

4,030

3,900

3,850

3,930

123,550

4.11B

0.445

0.50

Dec.

3,900 

3,940 

4,020 

3,9lo

3,910

3,840

3,800

3,860 

3,890

3,930

3,950

3,740

3,810

3,810

*3,730

3,700

3,730

3,820

3,770

3,810

3,830

3,720

3,690

 3,690

3,670

3,640

3,590

3,570

3.560

3.BOO 

3,920

117.350

3,785

0.409

0.47

Jan.

3,770 

3,660 

3,760 

3,600

3,600

3,630

3,660

3,710 

4,000

3,990

3,830

3,760

3,780

3,920

4,030

4,070

4,070

4,160

4,190

4,170

4,230

4,240

4,310

4,540

4,450

*4,320

4,460

4,620

4.690

4,610 

4,680

126,510

4,081

0.441

0.51

Feb.

4.760 

4,830 

4,950 

5,000

5,120

5,320

5,580

5,710 

5,780

6,030

6,300

6,550

6,670

6,690

6,930

6,940

a6,950

a6,950

a6,950

a7,000

a ,000

a ,000

a ,100

a ,200

a ,400

a ,500

a ,800

8. IRQ _~

-

180,170

6,435

0.695

0.72

Mar .

8,360 

8,570 

8,700 

8,880

8,98&

8,980

9,050

9.100 *9,oio

8,910

8,910

8,330

B,650

8,520

8,440

8,380

8,300

8,230

8,210

8,080

8,030

7,980

7,880

,830

,780

,680

,570

,510

,440

,380 

,310

257,480

8,306

0.897

1.03

Apr.

7,220 

7,110 

6,960 

6,760

6,540

6.490

6,956

6,800 

7,070

7,610

8,180

8,860

9,490

9,900

10,500

11,200

11,800

12,300

12,800

13,200

*13,500

13,700

13,900

14,000

14.100

14,000

13,900

13,700

13 , 600

13,400

315,540

10,520

1.14

1.27

May

13.200 

12,900 

12,500 

12,000

11,500

11,100

10,700

10,300 

9,990

9,740

9,490

9,260

9,040

8,840

8,580

8,350

8,130

a ,900

a ,800

a ,600

a ,400

a ,300

a ,100

a ,000

a6,900

a6,750

a6,650

a6,550

a6,400

a6,300 

a6,250

273,520

8,823

0.953

1.10

June

 6.190 

6,160 

5,990 

5,910

5,870

5,930

5,880

5,830 

5,800

5,720

5,670

5,670

5,680

5,680

5,650

5,610

5,560

5,510

5,430

5,400

5,390

5,370

5,360

5,360

' 5,320

5,360

5,350

5,320

5,280

5.230

168,470

5,616

0.606

0.68

July

5,200 

5,160 

5,090 

5,000

4,970

5,000

4,980

4.960 

4,960

5,030

5,030

5,010

5,080

*5,230

5,280

5,240

5,290

5,400

5,870

6,240

6,370

6,560

6,780

6,950

7,020

7,080

7,210

7,360

7,490

7,640 

7j770

182,250

5,879

0.635

0.73

Aug.

7,890 

7,980 

7,940 

7,740

7,450

7,240

7,070

6,950 

6,830

6.820

6,880

6,830

6,880

7,110

7,340

,480

,440

,360

,300

,350

7,640

8,090

8,600

9,040

*9,460

9,870

10,200

10,500

10,900

11,000 

11,400

252,580

8,148

0.8BO

1.01

Sept.

11,800 

12,200 

12,600 

12,900

13,100

13,200

13,300

13,500 

13,600

13,600

13,600

13,700

13,700

13,600

13,600

13,500

13,200

12,900

12,600

12,400

12,000

11,700

11,300

11,000

10,700

10,900

11,400

12,000

12,900

13.900

380,400

12,680

1.37

1.53

Calendar year 1952: Max 15,800 Mln 3,560 Mean 7,479 Cfsm 0.808 Ih. 10.99

Water year 1952-53: Max 14,100 Mln 3,560 Mean 6,910 Cfsm 0.746 In. 10.13

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of records for Suwannee River at Branford.
154 SUWANNEE RIVER BASIN

Suwannee River near Wilcox, Fla.

Location. Lat 29°36', long. 82°56', in sec. 29, T. 10 S., R. 14 E., on left bank about 

400 ft downstream from Fort Fannin Bridge on U. S. Highway 19 and 2 miles southwest 

of Wileox.

Drainage area. About 9,500 sq mi.

Records available. October 1930 to September 1931, March 1942 to September 1953 (fragmentary March 1942 to January 1951).

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is at mean sea level, datum of 1929. Prior 

to July 4, 1931, staff gage at site 400 ft upstream at same datum. July 4 to Sept. 30, 

1931, and Mar. 26 to May 14, 1942, water-stage recorder at present site and datum. 

May 15, 1942, to Jan. 24, 1951, staff gage at present site and datum. Since Feb. 1, 

1951, auxiliary water-stage recorder at site 9 miles downstream.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 13,900 efs Apr. 26 (gage height, 7,14 ft); minimum daily, 4,030 cfs Jan. 4.

1930-31, 1942-53: Maximum discharge, 84,700 cfs Apr. 14, 1948 (gage height, 22.32 

ft); minimum not determined.

Remarks.--Records good. Flow affected by tide for discharges less than 12,000 cfs.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

5,230

5,400 

5,530

5,310

5,210

5,210

5,470

5,480

5.820

5,610

5,250

5,280 

5,300

5,300

5,490

5,610

5,580

5,460

5,410

5,520

4,940

4,380 

4,936

5,010

4,980

4,920

4,910

5,130

5,140 

4,720

4,890

162,420

5,239

0.551

0.64

Nov.

5,150

5,220 

5,250

5,260

4,940

5,040

*5,120

4,740

4,640

4,740

4,950

4,790 

4,560

4,620

5,030

5,000

4,900

4,840

4,750

5,280

5,350

4,700 

4,680

4,530

4,490

4,770

4,900

4,460

4,440 

4,800

-

145,940

4,865

0.512

0.57

Dec.

4,720

4,780 

5,550

4,760

4,880

4,570

4,560

4,540

4,610

4,650

5,190

4,180 

4,640

4,660

4,510

4,450

4,490

4,710

 4,600

4,510

4,750

4,530 

4,490

4,450

4,450

4,400

4,390

4,540

4,210 

4,500

4,850

142,280

4,590

0.485

0.56

Jan.

4,690

4,420 

4,800

.050

,230

,240

,280

,300

4,780

4,780

4,350

4,060 

4,140

4,600

4,750

4,750

4,710

4,800

4,880

4,700

4,870

4,810 

4,780

5,500

5,150

4,520

4,880

5,080

5,410 

 4,380

5,060

144,510

4,662

0.491

0.57

Feb.

5,330

5.500 

5,59i5'

5,500

5,560

5,780

6,110

6,460

6,050

6,420

6,870

7,110 

7,610

7,410

7,520

7,880

7,850

7,950

7,850

7,980

8,550

8,580 

8,120

8,090

8,420

8,580

8,840

9,050

-

-

201,720

7,204

0.758

0.79

Mar.

9,010

9,050 

9,260

9,270

10.100

9,900

9,920

10,000

10,100

9,760

9,800

10,000 

*9,610

9,520

9,170

9,170

9,200

9,180

9,220

9,060

8,950

9,060 

8,950

8,810

8,850

8,750

8,600

8,620

8,480 

8,290

8,180

285,580

9,212

0.970

1.12

Apr.

7,990

7,920 

7,890

7,650

7,420

6.920

T.950"

7,810

7,830

8,250

8,780

8,630 

9,680

10,700

10,600

11,000

11,800

11,700

12,300

12,400

12,500

12,700 

15,000

*15,400

15,600

15,800

13,700

13,400

15,500 

15,400

-

518,020

10,600

1.12

1.24

May

15,400

15,160 

12,700

12,200

11,800

11,600

11,500

11,500

10, 900

10,600

10,500

9,870 

9,570

9,580

9,500

9,070

9,040

8,810

8,690

8,490

8,290

8,060

7,910

7,750

7,650

7,370

7,270

7,160

7,050 

6,870

6,750

293,750

9,475

0.997

1.15

June

6,560

6,740 

6,460

6,580

 6,130

6,560

6,720

6,470

6,480

6,180

6,200

6,250 

5,960

6,270

6,120

6,250

6,250

6,150

5,920

5,860

5,850

5,790 

5,920

5,960

5,750

5,860

5,780

5,780

5,720 

5^680

-

185,960

6,152

0.645

0.72

July

5,750

5,640 

5,540

5,580

5,480

5,520

5,440

5,400

5,410

5,490

5,410

5,570 

5,560

5,600

5,790

5,810

5,930

*5,810

6,360

6,800

6,900

 7,120 

7,060

7,640

7,670

7,690

7,660

8,000

8,220 

8,270

8,500

198,420

6,401

0.674

0.78

Aug.

8,720

8,910 

8,850

8,700

8,500

8,150

7,940

7,680

,490

,610

,580

,690 

,680

7,750

8,150

8,550

8,520

' 8,290

8,200

8,200

8,340

8,790 

8,970

9,490

9,750

10,100

10,400

*10,800

11,200 

11,500

11,700

275,780

8,852

0.950

1.07

Sept.

11,900

12,000 

12,400

12,700

12,900

15,200

15,500

15,500

15,200

15,200

15,200

15,300 

15,500

15,500

15,500

15,400

15,200

15,000

12,900

12,900

12,800

12,500

11,800

11,800

11,400

12,400

13,600

15,000

12,800 

13,400

-

585,800

12,860

1.55

1.51

Calendar year 1952: Max 16,500 Min 4,180 Mean 8,154 Cfsm 0.858 In. 11.69

Water year 1952-53= Max 13,800 Min 4,030 Mean 7,496 Cfsm 0.789 In. 10.72

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
STEINHATCHEE RIVER BASIN 

Steinhatchee River near Cross City, Pla.

155

Location. Lat 29°47', long. 83°19', in sec. 15, T. 8 S., R. 10 E., on right bank 0.7 mile 

downstream from Atlantic Coast Line Railroad bridge, 1 mile south of Clara, and 16 

miles northwest of Cross City.

Drainage area.--360 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. February 1950 to September 1953.

.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 7.84 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

'929.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,740 cfs Sept. 30 (gage height, 15.39 ft); 

minimum, 8.3 cfs June 3, 4 (gage height, 2.64 ft).

1950-53: Maximum discharge, that of Sept. 30, 1953; minimum, 3.4 cfs June 27, 28, 

1950 (gage height, 2.44 ft).

Remarks. Records good.

Revisions (water years). WSP 1234: 1950.

Rating tables, water year 1952-53 (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to May 15

2.6 15

2.8 32

3.0 52

Note. Same as 

following table 

above 3.0 ft.

May 16 to Sept. 30

2.6

2.7 

3.0 

4.0 

10.0

7.2

16

52

181

1,150

13.0

14.0

15.0

15.4

1,780

2,250

3,190

3,760

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

 1

 2

'3

'4

 5

\6'7

 8

'9

20

21

22

23"4

"5

"6

"7

'A 8

"9

.' 0

'"1

Total

"pan

"f am

in.

Oct.

636

588

518

446

388

340

350

555

745

75?

646

575

500

426

383

342

306

274

244

230

216

198

188

174

155

138

124

111

96

84

76_

10,754

347

0.964

1.11

Nov.

69S3"

56

50

45

*42

40

36

34

32

30

32

30

30

30

29

27

26

2632'

36

36

34

32

32

30

29

27

26

25.

-

1,066

35.5

0.099

0.11

Dec.

24

23

23

21

22

25

25

25

25

24

26

27

27

26

25

24

23

*22

22

21

23

24

24

24

24

24

23

22

21

21

25

735

23.7

0.066

0.08

Jan.

27

27

27

26

25

24

55" 23

190

238

264

244

214

187

169

155

144

139

141

137

134

126

126

155

149

145

138

130

*134

124

118

3,912

126

0.350

0.40

Feb.

113

125

180

181

175

162

162

184 155"

155

142

134

125

114

115

111

105

99

91

90

91

89

89

85

84

80

77

11

_

-

-

3,395

121

0.336

0.35

Mar.

66

64

60

57

56

52

50

47

44

42

43

*49

50

50

48

48

45

42

42

38

44

66

58" 97

74

63

56

51

46

42

38

1,658

53.5

0.149

0.17

Apr.

34

58" 32

50

50

62

707

858

897

794

681

792

1,360

1,430

1,510

1,500

1,480

1,210

1,060

937

807

716

*620

538

469

512

498

446

399

358

-

20,845

695

1.93

2.15

Hay

550" 325

256

222

192

166

174

166

156

148

125

105

89

75

64

54

48

42

38

34

33

30

24

22

20

17

15

13

12

11

IP2,976

96.0

0.267

0.31

June

9.7

9.0

8.3

*ET3"

10

22

52

121

308

506

554 475"

422

372

423

382

347

285

227

176

141

113

94

118

119

108

155

207

238

239

-

6,249.3

208

0.578

0.65

July

215

209

193

181

168

276

306

285

278

356

374

322

284

266

302

299

*422

790

555" 932

842

813

794

784

748

707

662

610

561

486

420

14,770

476

1.32

1.53

Aug.

365

320

278

245 245"

286

288

360

360

325

299

316

340

324

307

331

331

364

405

607

712

744

845

950

1,050

1,180

*1,210

1,200

1,250

1,256

1,210

18,297

590

1.64

1.89

Sept.

1,130

1,110

1,380

1,410

1,520

1,930

2,500

2,500

*2,190

1,800

1,480

1,200

969

807

690

626

606

500

550" 457

774

863

853

818

914

1,360

2,280

3,070

3,600

5.680

-

43,577

1,453

4.04

4.50

"alendar year 1952: Max 1,600 

 'ater year 1952-53 : Max 3,680

Hin 

Hin

11

8.3

Mean 221 

Mean 351

Cfsm 0.614 In. 8.34 

Cfsm 0.975 In. 13.25

Discharge measurement made on this day.
156 FENHOLLOWAY RIVER BASIN

Fenholloway River at Foley, Fla.

Location. Lat 30°04', long. 83°32', in sec. 9, T. 5 S., R. 8 E., on right bank at up-, 

stream side of highway bridge at Foley.

Drainage area. 180 sq mi, approximately.

Record? available.--September 1946 to September 1953.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 29.36 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929. Prior to June 24, 1947, staff gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge.--? years, 96.6 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,860 cfs Sept. 28 (gage height, 15.32 ft); minimum, 10 cfs Dec. 16 (gage height, 6.72 ft).

1946-53: Maximum discharge, 2,640 cfs Mar. 10, 1948 (gage height, 16.03 ft); minimum, 5.1 cfs Oct. 15, 1950; minimum gage height, 6.40 ft Jan. 8, 9, 1950.

Remarks.--Records fair.

Rating tables, water year 1952-53 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, 

In cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Jan. 7

6.7 

7.0 

7.5 

8.0 

9.0 

9.5 

Discharge,

9.9

16

29

45

83

103

6.7

7.0

8.0

10.0

11.0

Jan. 8 to Sept. 30

12.0

13.0

14.0

15.0

15.3

49

137

209

317

514

880

1,550

1,840

In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

100

82

69

57

48

43

50

66

82

78

68

57

51

45

42

40

37

33

30

28

26

24

22

20

2C

17

17

16

15

15

15

1,313

42.4

0.236

0.27

Nov.

14

14

13

13

13

13

*13

14

13

14

15 

16

17

15

15

14

14

14

14

a22

a22

a20

a20

a!9

al8

a!7

a!6

a!5

15

14

-

466

15.5

0.086

0.10

Dec.

1*

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

13

14

13

13

13

12

11

it

11

*11

12

12

13

13

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

13

396

12.8

0.071

0.08

Jan.

12

11

12

12

11

11

11

11

15

17

18 

17

16

16

15

15

15

15

22

18

14

13

15

18

20

*20

17

17

16

15

15

470

15.2

0.084

0.10

Feb.

15

19

37

51

52

43

52

102

112

97

85 

76

66

55

52

57

55

50

46

43

42

43

48

53

51

48

46

44

-

-

-

1,540

55.0

0.306

0.32

Mar.

41

39

41

43

33

34

38

27

28 

34

*38

36

34

30

28

27

38

37

50

81

83

80

71

62

55

46

35

29

27

1,289

41.6

0.231

0.27

Apr.

25

23

23

23

£2

37

332

626

636

556

477 

475

768

880

764

680

712

687

623

*587

527

443

363

303

262

264

270

248

222

185

-

12,043

401

2.23

2.49

May

165

147

130

114

97

85

75

72

68

60

52 

46

41

37

34

31

28

26

23

23

23

23

21

20

18

17

16

15

13

13

IZ

1,545

49.8

0.277

0.32

June

*12

11

11

a!6

a20

a28

a39

94

299

467

m402

356

298

253

214

178

149

126

107

98

87

76

61

83

208

302

309

238

-

5,522

184

1.02

1.14

July

175

141

110

86

70

80

194

230

275

295

295 

250

198

155

127

120

260

260

224

*226

241

274

276

267

277

285

278

253

247

240

205

6,614

213

1.18

1.37

Aug.

176

151

130

alll

a94

a79

aj£

a76

a84

90

97 

186

342

323

236

178

151

133

164

203

345

664

966

557

640

537

*530

517

567

708

657

10,032

324

1.80

2.07

Sept.

527

42C

352

31]

294

32?

34F

38]

32?

264

22? 

19?

16?

15C

13S

12f lie

10*

M

ne

141

14f

134 12?

124

36?

1.30C

1 . 78C

*1,36C'

1.05C

-

11,50?

383

2.13

2.36

Calendar year 1952: Max 708 Mln 9.2 Mean 63.0 Cfsm 0.350 In. 4.77

Water year 1952-53: Max 1,780 Mln 11 Mean 144 Cfsm 0.800 In. 10.91

Peak discharge (base, 400 cfs). Ar

(14.04 ft); June 11 (7 a.m.) 524 cfs

r. 8 (11:30 p.m.) 629 cfs (13.41 ft); Apr. 14 (2 a.m.) 900 cfs 

(13.04 ft); Aug. 23 (4 a.m.) 984 cfs (14.19 ft); Aug. 30 (6p.m.)

733 cfs (13.68 ft); Sept. 28 (6 a.m.) 1,860 cfs (15.32 ft).

Discharge measurement made on this day. 

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of recorded range In stage and records for 

stations on nearby stream.

Fenholloway River near Perry, Fla.

Location.--Lat 30°04', long. 83°40>, in sec. 6, T. 5 S., R, 7 E., on left bank 4 ft upstream from highway bridge, 0.6 mile south of Hampton Springs Hotel, and 6 miles 

southwest of Perry.

Drainage area. 210 sq mi, approximately.

Records available.--August 1946 to September 1953 (discharge measurements only).

Gage. Staff gage read only when discharge measurements are made. Datum of gage is 5.00 

ft above mean sea level (unadjusted). Prior to Aug. 11, 1952, reference points at same 

site at various datums.

Extremes.--1946-55: Maximum discharge measured, 1,260 cfs Mar. 12, 1948; minimum measured, 36.8 cfs Feb. 16, 1951,

Discharge measurements, In cubic feet per second, water year October J.952 to September 1953

Nov. 6.......... 84.3

Dec. 15.......... 67.5

Jan. 26.......... 69.2

Mar. 9.......... 81.8

Apr. 20.......... 713

June 2.......... 81.3

July 20.......... 309

Aug. 27.......... 666

Sept.30.......... 955
FENHOLLOWAY RIVER BASIN 157

Rocky Creek near Perry, Fla.

Location. Lat 30°05', long. 83°40', in sec. 6, T. 5 S. , R. 7 E. , on left bank 3 ft downstream from highway bridge at Hampton Springs Hotel, and 5i miles southwest of Perrv. 

Drainage area. 160 sq mi, approximately.

Records available . August 1946 to September 1953 (discharge measurements only). 

Gage. Staff gage read only when discharge measurements are made. Datum of gage is 10.54

ft above mean sea level (unadjusted). Prior to Dec. 7, 1951, reference points at same

site at various daturas. 

Extremes. 1946-53: Maximum discharge measured, 1,920 ofs Mar. 11, 1948; minimum measuriaT 25.6 cfs Feb. 16, 1951.

Discharge measurements, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

Nov. 7.......... 67.3 Mar. 9.......... 86. O July 20. ........ 190

Dec. 15.......... 42.2 Apr. 2O. ......... 678 Aug. 27.......... 638'

Jan. 26.......... 41.7 June 2.......... 89.6 Sept. 30. ......... 985

ECONFINA RIVER BASIN

Econfina River near Perry, Fla.

Location. Lat 30°10', long. 83°49', in sec. 4, T. 4 S., P.. 5 E., on right bank 10 ft 

downstream from highway bridge and 14.7 miles northwest of Perry.

Drainage area. 230 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. February 1950 to September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 14.35 ft above mean sea level (unadjusted),

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 758 ofs Apr. 17 (gage height, 10.75 ft); minimum, 26 cfs Dec. 19-21; minimum gage height, 2.66 ft Dec. 20.

1950-53: Maximum discharge, that of Apr. 17, 1953; minimum, 16 cfs June 30 to 

July 5, Oct. 7, 8, 1950; minimum gage height, 2.31 ft Oct. 7, 8, 1950.

Remarks. Records good. Records are for flow in main channel only.

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

2.6 

3.0 

4.0 

6.0

36

77

196

8.0 

1O.O 

10.8

354

575

772

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

258

221

190

160

139

122

109

103

106

99

94

88

82

76

72

71

67

64

61

58

54

52

50

48

45

43

41

40

38

11

37

2,725

87.9

0.382

0.44

Nov.

36

35

35

33

33

33

*32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

31

31

30

31

31

31

31

30

3O

29 

29

29

29

29

-

946

31.5

0.137

0.15

Dec.

28

28

28

28

28

28

28

28

28

28

27

27

27

27

*27

27

27

27

26

27

28

28

28

28 

28

27

27

27

28

85O

27.4

0.119

0.14

Calendar year 1952: Max 536

Jan.

28

29

30

30

29

29

28

28

29

31

33

35

35

34

32

32

31

31

31

31

32

31

32

34

38

*41 

41

39

38

36

36

1,014

32.7

O.142

O.16

Feb.

35

38

54

59

62

62

115

146

164

198

2 2O

223

226

226

223

217

204

190

175

161

153

144

141

137

134

131 

130

126

-

-

-

4,094

146

0.635

0.66

Mar.

122

U8

113

108

102

96

90

84

*80

74

72

75

74

73

71

71

67

63

61

58

66

86

98

108

102

92 

84

76

71

66

61

2,582

83.3

0.362

0.42

Apr.

58

54

51

48

IS.

49

158

194

200

211

223

299

489

587

645

735

I§5

737

710

*691

660

618

571

527

491

486 

47O

437

391

348

-

11,939

398

1.73

1.93

May

315

286

258

227

200

175

163

155

147

137

124

no

98

88

80

72

66

60

56

53

52

48

45

43

41

38 

37

35

33

33

32

3,307

107

0.465

0.53

June

*31

30

29

29

29

32

47

287

515

670

732

721

675

634

616

618

620

579

529

482

436

378

323

284

247

223 

236

253

250

237

-

10,772

359

1.56

1.74

July

228

229

204

172

147

129

118

112

118

142

146

146

147

150

*151

143

140

135

128

128

134

140

139

145

153

152 

154

148

135

123

112

4,548

147

0.639

0.74

Aug.

102

94

85

76

69

64

60

56

57

58

58

60

60

56

54

56

69

72

82

96

161

343

458

531

593

*608

591

575

557

548

6,961

225

0.978

1.13

Sept.

539

529

515

502

498

458

413

362

317

282

251

223

200

176

159

147

131

119

110

106

102

97

9O

84

80

191 

365

436

504

*570

8,556

285

1.24

1.38

Mln 22 Mean 114 Cfsm O.496 In. 6.78

Water year 1952-53: Max 755 Mln 26 Mean 160 Cfsm O.696 In. 9.42

Discharge measurement made on this day.
158 AUCILLA RIVER BASIN

Aucilla River at Lament, Fla.

Location.--Lat 30°22', long. 830 48', in'sec. 26, T. 1 S., R. 5 E., near left tank on 

downstream side of bridge on U. S. Highway 19,' 0.6 mile southeast of Lament.

Drainage area.--680 sq mi, approximately.

Records available.--February 1950 to September 1953.

Page. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 42.90 ft above mean sea level, unadjusted.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,640 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 10.64 ft); 

minimum, 12 cfs Nov. 3-11; minimum gage height, 1.91 ft Nov. 5-10.

1950-53: Maximum discharge, that of Apr. 16, 1953; minimum, 9.2 cfs Oct. 13-15, 20, 

1951 (gage height, 1.80 ft).

Remarks. Records good.

Revisions.--WSP 1204: Drainage area.

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1953 to September 1953

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

32

23

24

25

26

27

38

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

TI9~ 149

97

80

68

59

53

50

54

53

47

42

38

33

33

30

29

36

23

33

19

17

16

16

15

14

14

14

1313-

13

1,267

40.9

0.060

0.07

Nov.

13

13

13

13

T?

*12

12

13

13

13

13

14

14

14

13

13

13

13

13

19

IB" 30

17

15

15

14

14

14

14

14

-

417

13.9

0.020

0.02

Dec.

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

16

23

21

18

17

16

15

15

14

*14

15

17

17

17

16

15

15

15

14

14

15

16

481

15.5

0.023

0.03

Jan.

17

16

16

15

15

14

14

14

16

19

20

18

17

16

15

15

15

16

24

36

24

23

22

33

38

37

*34

33

33

32

30

676

21.8

0.032

0.04

Feb.

3855"

33

33

31

30

64

106

133

132

120

108

99

91

112

131

119

110

101

96

93

110

162

172

177

183

187

IBT

_

_

-

2,964

106

0.156

0.16

Mar.

178

171

163

150

137

125

130

132

151

157

172

182

»T79

170

161

152

141

129

119

109

138

147

145

139

131

120

112

103

93

86

79_

4,280

138

0.203

0.23

Apr.

73

68

63

53

54

82

115

173

318

434

536

723

1,330

1,5.10

1,600

1,650

1,530

1,410

1,330

1,220

1,130

1,060

986

*904

836

859

833

774

720

673

-

23,909

764

1.12

1.25

May

636

5ST

530

481

433

389

355

318

288

358

329

201

176

158

141

125

113

100

90

84

83

75

68

63

57

52

47

42

37

34

30

6,260

202

0.297

0.34

June

37

*34

21

15" 19

39

59

133

288

371

390

441

598

692

774

794

797 77?

734

650

558

481

422

374

336

311

310

364

334

302

-

11,426

381

0.560

0.62

July

280

2BT

329

197

175

178

.163

159

153

157

145

129

111

101

94

*91 155"

144

161

192

245

265

251

.237

323

207

196

189

182

186

180

5,606

181

0.266

0.31

Aug.

170

154

136

121

1ft

105

95

90

91

88_

145

138

113

107

113

141

184

234

345 286

438

437

416

423

607

*787

711

639

990

757

620

9,731

314

0.462

0.53

Sept.

 517

a 439

a389

aS17

a669

a590

a490

418

408

360

329

303

280

254

235

219

203

184

171

164

162

157

151

150

IBT

340

618

764

*836

948

11,415

380

0.559

0.62

Calendar year 1953 : Max 1,040 Mln 11 Mean 208 Cfsm 0.306 In. 4.16

Water year 1952-53 : Max 1,630 Mln 12 Mean 212 Cfsm 0.312 In. 4.22

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of recorded range in stage.
ST. MARKS RIVER BASIN 

Wakulla Spring near Crawfordville, Pla.

159

Location. Lat 30°14', long. 84°18', In sec. 11, T. 3 S., R. 1 W., on right bank 500 ft 

downstream from head of spring, 6 miles northeast of Crawfordville, and 14 miles south 

of Tallahassee.

Records available.--1917. 1929, 1930 (one measurement In each year), February 1931 to 

June 1932, July 1941 to September 1953 (discharge measurements only).

Gage..--Staff gage read only when discharge measurements are made. Prior to July 17, 1931, 

reference point and July 17, 1931, to July 27, 1932, water-stage recorder at same site 

and datum.

Extremes.--1931-32. 1941-53: Maximum discharge measured, 892 cfs Aug. 18, 1948; minimum 

measured, 25.2 cfs June 18, 1931.

Remarks. Discharge measurements of Wakulla River made at bridge 3 miles below spring and 

of Inflow through two culverts near head of spring and of McBrldes Slough ij miles 

below spring. The discharge of spring Is difference between that of river and the combined inflow at head of spring and slough. Slight tide effect at station. 

Discharge measurements, in cubic feet per second, water year 

October 1952 to September 1953

Date

Nov 6

Dec 18

Jan 27

Mar 12

Apr 23

June 4

July 16

Aug. 26

Sept. 29

Wakulla River

407

461

278

566

698

290

517

594

621

McBrldes Slough and 

other surface Inflow

**3.0

**5.0

«*2.7

15.0

**9.0

**.!

«*3.0

**10

25.0

Difference 

or spring flow

404

456

275

551

689

290

514

584

596

** Field estimate.

OCHLOCKONEE RIVER BASIN 

Ochlockonee River near Thomasvllle, Ga.

Location.--Lat 30°52', long. 84°03', on downstream side of left bank pier of bridge on 

U. S. Highway 84, 2 miles upstream from Atlantic Coast Line Railroad bridge, 4 miles 

upstream from Barnetts Creek, 5 miles northwest of Thomasvllle, Thomas County, and 

6 miles downstream from Little Ochlockonee River.

Drainage area. 550 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. August 1937 to September 1953.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 133.6 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

T929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Jan. 7, 1947, wire-weight gage at 

same site and datum.

Average discharge. 16 years, 470 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 5,140 cfs Apr. 14 (gage height, 15.6 ft); minimum, 15 cfs Nov. 10, 11.

1937-53: Maximum discharge, 72,000 cfs Apr. 2, 1948 (gage height, 29.1 ft, from 

floodmark), from rating curve extended above 25,000 cfs by logarithmic plotting; minimum observed, 2.6 cfs Oct. 17, 18, 1938.

Remarks.--Records good.

Revisions (water years). WSP 1112: 1937, 1939, 1945(M).

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to.September 1953

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

1O

11

12

13 

14 

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

"iTta!

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

112.

99

83

70

63

55

52

50

53

52

48

47

44 

42 

49

63

56

49

44

39

35

33

31

29

27

26

 24

23

22

21

20

1,468

47.4

0.086

0.10

Nov.

20

19

18

17

17

17

17

17

16

15

20

32

25 

25 

25

24

23

23

23

28

29

31

33

33

31

30

28

27

26

723

24.1

0.044

0.05

Dec.

31

 32

35

38

38

38

39

4O

63

63

55 

49 

43

39

37

36

35

38

66

80

11

75

69

65

67

64

61

60

66

1,553

50.1

0.091

O.10

Jan.

80

95

99

92

81

74

67

84

174

313

354

326 

274 

200

164

145

136

*169

210

244

238

227

507

608

660

660

574

475

398

383

8,174

264

0.480

0.55

Feb.

368

398

714

786

750

642

714

920

1,000

1,000

920

805

678 

591 

78b

1,130

1,200

1,200

1,130

980

881

. 1,060

1,430

1,540

1.560

*1,510

1J480

1,510

-

-

27,683

989

1.80

1.87

Mar.

1.48S

1,320

1,110

90O

786

714

642

574

523

475

4S9

540

608 

608 

574

557

523

475

413

354

313

300

306

326

326

294

262

227

194

174

154

16,511

533

0.989

1.12

Apr.

140

127

119

107

95.

150

*1,430

2,210

2,540

2,490

2,130

1,940

3,080 

4.820 

4,540

3,420

2,440

1,800

1,370

1,020

768

608

475

383

340

507

625

591

507

368

-

41,140

1,371

2.49

2.78

May

540

326

306

262

216

189

200

238

280

294

227

184

154 

136 

119

99

82

69

60

 57

52

47

42

38

34

33

31

30

27

26

24

4,222

136

0.247

0.28

June

22

21

20

19

19

27

25

33

84

119

184

280

256 

194 

140

274

491

SZi

475

300

227

179

123

145

86

87

119

136

174

189

"

5,022

167

0.304

0.34

July

*140

605

862

900

881

608

475

574

678

1,090

1,480

1,560

1,220 

940 

862

678

557

714

1,000

1,250

1,300

1,220

1,000

824

843

1,180

1,620

1.650

1,180

750

491

29,132

94O

1.71

1.97

Aug.

383

333

256

194

 150

119

107

95

92

28S

696

960

1.040 

824 

459

280

222

200

274

491

678

696

507

507

696

805

824

900

980

750

523

15,329

494

0.898

1.04

Sept.

383

320

280

262

625

1,250

1,510

1,680

1,590

1,130

642

383

244

189 

 150

132

115

123.

103

359

574

507

354

238

179

551

1,870

3,080

3.240

2,600

"

24,643

821

1.49

1.66

Calendar year 1952: Max 3,000 Mln 14 Mean 406 Cfsm 0.738 In. 10.06

'<ater year 1952-53: Max 4,820 Min 15 Mean 481 Cfsm O.875 In. 11.86

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
160 OCHLOCKONEE RIVER BASIN

Tired Creek near Cairo, Ga.

Locatlon.--Lat 30°54', long. 84 0 16', on left bank 140 ft upstream from highway bridge, a 

quarter of a mile downstream from Wolf Creek, 1 mile downstream from Atlantic Coast 

Line Railroad bridge, and 3 miles west of Cairo, Grady County.

Drainage area. 55 sq mi, approximately. 

Records available.--July 1943 to September 1953.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 159.0 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 10 years, 70.9 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 1,940 cfs Apr. 7 (gage height, 7.53 ft); minimum, 3.3 cfs June 3.

1943-53: Maximum discharge, 28,100 cfs Apr.- 1, 1948 (gage height, 16.3 ft, from 

floodmark), from rating curve extended above 2,500 cfs on basis of slope-area determination of peak flow; minimum, 1.2 cfs June 27, 1944.

Remarks. Records good.

Revisions (water years). WSP 1052: 1944.

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, In feet, and

discharge, In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Nov. 21)

0.4 

.7 

1.0 

1.5 

2.0 

3.0

4.0 

5.0 

5.5 

6.0 

6.5 

7.1

101 

195 

285 

450 

800 

1,39O

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

14

12

12

9.8

9.3

9.1

9.4

11

21

17

14

12

12.

12

30

26

18

14

12

12

10

8.7

9.0

*9.4

9.3

8.7

8.3

8.3

7.8

1.5

8.3

381.9

12.3

0.224

0.26

Nov.

9.3

9.3

9.0

8.6

8.3

8.6

9.3 

9.1

9.3

9.6

12

21

18

15

14

13

12

12

*12

24

29

2U

16

15

14

14

15

15

14

13

-

408.4

13.6

0.247

0.28

Dec.

ii

IS

30

*26

21

23

21 

19

18

19

34

24

20

19

18

18

18

17

17

21

28

24

21

21

22

28

27

23

20

21

3JL

683

22.0

0.400

0.46

Jan.

39

28

26

23

21

20

19 

1?

49

110

92

54

35

30

28

*27

26

28

58

46

39

32

113

358

23T

99

55

48

44

39

36

1,877

60.5

1.10

1.27

Feb.

36

8T

195

138

80

55

162 

210

125

74

57

54

50

49

272

T7B- 334

88

64

60

68

168

195

125

134

*158

218

188

_

-

3,619

129

2.35

2.45

Mar.

"74 104

66

61

61

55

49 

46

42

39

55

101

74

54

57

92

60

44

40

36

35

39

38

40

35

29

27

27

26

24

22

1,552

50.1

0.911

1.05

Apr.

21

22

*22

19

11

158

*1.320 

<K5B176

95

121

499

1,080

290

153

129

95

72

70

61

52

48

43

40

43

115

107

60

40

39

5,412

180

3.27

3.65

May

55

49

39

32

26

32

64 

47

31

24

21

18

15

14

13

13

12

12

*11

11

12

11

9.7

8.6

7.7

6.9

5.8

5.0

4.5

4.3

4.1

619.6

20.0

0.364

0.42

June

4.0

3.6

3.4 173-

4.O

6.3

12 

27

24

17

27

18

11

11

22

26

40

2S

13

10

11

9.3

7.7

6.6

6.0

6.4

13

19

19

35

437.8

14.6

0.265

0.30

July

*20

14

12

24

19

16

17 

35

24

31

28

15

9.7

16

28

23

28

20

16

17

27

48

3T

24

16

11

9.3

9.7

12

8.4

UL

616.8

19.9

0.362

0.42

Aug.

7.2

9.1

6.7

*5.4

5.1

6.5

17 

66

60

66

27

32

22

13

9.8

10

24

32

32

34

28

18

19

22

16

12

13

59

~B4 143

28

906.8

29.3

0.533

0.61

Sept.

21

19

15

13

14

20

20

12

9.1

7.6

6.9

6.1

5.7

*F^" 5.5

6.3

6.9

6.1

6.6

52

84

31

17

13

14

114

382

TW

76

43

1,220.3

40.7

0.740

0.83

Calendar year 1952: Max 497 Min 2.9 Mean 48.8 Cfsm 0.887 In. 12.09

Water year 1952-53: Max 1,320 Mln 3.4 Mean 48.6 Cfsm 0.884 In. 12.00

Peak discharge (base. 1,500 cfa). Apr. 7 (6 a.m.) 1,940 cfs (7.53 ft). 

" Discharge measurement made on this day.
OCHLOCKONEE RIVER BASIN 161

Ochlockonee River near Havana, Fla.

Location. Lat 30°33', long. 84°23', in sec. 24, T. 2 N., R. 2 W., on upstream side near 

center of span of bridge on U. S. Highway 90, three-quarters of a mile upstream from 

Seaboard Air Line Railroad bridge, 4 miles downstream from Mill Creek, and 5 miles 

southeast of Havana.

Drainage area. 1,020 sq mi, approximately.

Records available.--December 1928 to September 1953.

Page.--Wire-weight gage read once daily. Datum of gage is 59.16 ft above mean sea level, 

datum of 1929. Prior to Aug. 11, 1934, chain gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 25 years, 972 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 5,920 cfs Apr. 18 (gage height, 26.35 ft); minimum, 78 cfs Nov. 9, 10 (gage height, 11.83 ft).

1928-53: Maximum discharge observed, 55,900 cfs Apr. 4, 1948 (gage height, 35.08 

ft); minimum observed, 24 cfs Nov. 14, 15, 17, 1933; minimum gage height observed, 11.15 

ft Nov. 5-7, 1943.

Maximum .stage known, that of Apr. 4, 1948.

Remarks.--Records good.

Revisions (water years). WSP 822: 1929(M).

Rating tables, water year 1952-53 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

11.8

12.0

13.0

15.0

74

102

245

595

19.0

23.0

25.0

26.3

1,520

2,740

4,210

5,840

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1955

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

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

519- 665 

424

368

324

282

254

233

220

209

214

214

203

193

206

215

248

242

218

194

178

162

152

141

133

124

119

113

106

103

99

7,075

228

0.224

0.26

Nov.

96 

94

*92

92

88

85

82

80

7878-

80

95

115

147

144

130

123

116

110

120

120

136

151

148

140

133

127

122

117

115

-

3,354

112

0.110

0.12

Dec.

110 

ITo- 106

127

165

171

161

159

155

148

144

141

161

180

172

161

151

*143

136

133

168

194

239

TSS

216

212

215

230

232

218

209

5,295

171

0.168

0.19

Jan.

212 

238

260

252

244

233

216

?2"T 203

322

426

515

595

619

575

491

421

380

373

431

479

479

515

770

921

1,110

1,260

*1,500

1,210

1,060

877

17,214

555

0.544

0.63

Feb.

755 

736

HT

1,110

1,270

1,360

1,420

1,490

1,520

1,570

1,610

1,610

1,540

1,420

1,330

1,360

1,550

1,730

1,860

1,920

1,910

1,900

1,940

1,920

2,030

2,140

2,220

2.280

.

-

44,415

1,586

1.55

1.62

Mar.

2,320 

2.350

2,310

2,260

2,160

1,970

1,710

1,460

1,260

1,110

1,020

*987

1,000

1,050

1,080

1,130

1,110

1,080

1,020

912

815

746

696

671

647

629

603

559

513

471

431

36,060

1,163

1.14

1.31

Apr.

396

367

343

319

296

360

877

1,310

1,730

2,160

2,560

3,090

3,970

4,240

4,660

5,300

5,740

5,840

5,560

4,570

3,730

*3,020

2,370

1,810

1,330

1,190

1,160

1,210

1,220

1,150

-

71,678

2,389

2.34

2.61

May

1,050 

894

826

767

698

643

649

619

651

603

569

541

479

425

380

346

316

290

264

242

236

218

203

189

178

165

152

140

130

119

115

13,053

421

0.413

0.48

June

105 

*98

91

85

80

89

92

109

137

227

275

406

421

416

458

368

352

382

503

569

619

49T

382

352

311

290

306

287

424

442

-

9,167

306

0.300

0.33

July

485 

S56" 460

971

993

1,060

1,150

1,130

1,000

960

1,040

1,210

1,340

*1,430

1,480

1,440

1,290

1,160

1,070

998

1,110

1,310

1,490

1,620

1,680

1,570

1,350

1,210

1,290

1,420

1,530

36,943

1,192

1.17

1.35

Aug.

1,420 

1,000

665

543

449

375

322

281

354" 272

402

635

730

864

974

956

732

527

471

430

509

593

755

802

751

*633

686

784

886

1,080

1,260

21,141

682

0.669

0.77

Sept.

1,280 

1,010

698

543

464

443

603

879

1,090

1,250

1,380

1,410

1,200

751

487

377

317

284

257

238

222

ZS?

511

547

467

456

*675

1,020

1,380

1,660

-

22,181

739

0.725

0.81

Calendar year 1952: Max 4,570 Min 65 Mean 813 Cfsm 0.797 In. 10.85

Water year 1952-53: Max 5,840 Min 78 Mean 788 Cfsm 0.773 In. 10.48

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
162 OCHLOCKONEE RIVER BASIN

Little River near Quincy, Fla.

Location. Lat 30°35', long. 84 S 30', in sec. 12, T. 2 N., R. 3 W., near right bank at 

downstream side of bridge on State Highway 12, 0.5 mile southwest of Shady Rest, 1.1 

miles downstream from confluence of Willocoochee and Attapulgus Creeks, and 4f miles 

east of Quincy.

Drainage area. 250 sq mi, approximately. 

Records available. April 1950 to September 1953. 

Sage. Water-stage recorder.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,340 cfs Apr. 14 

imum, 24 cfs June 5.

1950-53: Maximum discharge, 3,480 cfs Sept. 1, 1950 

mum, 24 cfs Oct. 10, 1951, June 5, 1953.

Remarks. - -Records fair.

height, 12.07 ft); minheight, 13.69 ft); miniRatlng table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, In feet, and

discharge, In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used July 5 to Sept. 10)

1.4 

2.0 

2.5 

4.0 

7.0

24

50

76

198

516

9.0

10.0

10.7

11.9

856

1,180

1,500

2,220

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

84

77

71

65

63

60

60

60

67

71

72

69

66

65

133

158" 185

105

81

75

67

59

58

58

58

56

54

53

51

50" 49

2,300

74.2

0.297

0.34

Nov.

54

55

54

53

*52

52

53

52

52

53

59

117

TIT

95

82

74

71

69

69

89

97

98

91

80

72

72

74

75

72

71

-

2,174

72.5

0.290

0.32

Dec.

70" 70

86

102

111

109

102

92

86

82

80

79

82

82

78

74

»75

75

75

84

200

TST

142

113

113

151

192

185

140

121

166

3,404

110

0.440

0.51

Jan.

215

205

165

138

117

105

99

2?6" 97

380

408

366

261

200

156

139

129

133

202

a230

a!90

a!50

a220

a340

a400

a460

a4T3o"

a240

»187

165

151

6,874

222

0.888

1.02

Feb.

iil ?8T

472

489

426

327

393

473

440

344

274

225

200

184

397

569

*683 B4"0~

437

298

254

369

506

519

482

470

503

515

_

-

11,261

402

1.61

1.67

Mar.

449

347

291

254

252

233

209

191

176

163

*187

252

268

237

233

324

313

253

201

165

157

176

165

179

166

137

117

108

102

96

9£

6,487

209

0.836

0.96

Apr.

85

82

81

78

72

139

628

856

1,460

997

594

611

1,380

2.200

1,520

900

545

396

. 321

290

»246

207

183

166

166

361

417

373

266

202

15,822

527

2.11

2.35

May

184

181

163

140

121

175

314 2"§3~

236

176

121

96

82

74

69

66

63

61

57

56

61

60

58

58

53

46

41

37

34

32

30

3,238

104

0.416

0.48

June

29

29

27

26 »?6"

38

72

99

86

140

355

408

5SS" 491

195

233

287

289

156

202

294

184

119

89

75

72

104

163

254

355

5,162

172

0.688

0.77

July

401

292

225

138

123

163

199

265

417

429

316

213

160

*117

 147

217

295

354

298

176

261

350

366

342

277

240

202

143

113

101

88

7,428

240

0.960

1.10

Aug.

83

80

71

66

62

57

53

BT

136

117

233

187

104

89

77

64

63

91

192

311

398

1ST

167

151

*129

105

99

103

170

169

109

4,053

131

0.524

0.60

Sept.

83

71

64

61

75

89

71

60

51

46

42

39

38

38

11

38

41

49

40

62

265

640

458

218

117

323

829

»1,650

1,240

653

7,668

256

1.02

1.14

Calendar year 1952: Max 1,460 Min 43 Mean 219 Cfsm 0.876 In. 11.91

Water year 1952.53: Max 2,200 Mln 26 Mean 208 Cfsm 0.832 In- 11.26

Peak discharge (base. 1,500 efs). Apr. 9 (12 m.) 1,640 cfs (10.96 ft)j Apr. 14 (6 a.m.) 2,340 cfs 

(12.07 ft); Sept. 28 (5 a.m.) 2,000 cfs (11.56 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of records for Telogla Creek near Bristol and 

recorded range In stage.
OCHLOCKONEE RIVER BASIN 163

Oohlookonee River near Bloxham, Fla.

Location. Lat 30°23'00", long. 84°39'15", in NE£ sec. 30, T. 1 S., R. 4 W., on down- 

 stream side of left pier of bridge on State Highway 20, 3,000 ft downstream from 

powerplant and dam, and If miles southwest of Bloxham.

Drainage area. 1.660 sq mi, approximately. 

Records available. June 1926 to September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 29.69 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

~1929. Prior to Apr. 9, 1930, staff gage at site 2,700 ft upstream at same datum.

Apr. 9, 1930, to Jan. 19, 1939, water-stage recorder at site 2,000 ft upstream at same

datum.

Average discharge. 27 years, 1,636 ofs (unadjusted).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 7,530 ofs Apr. 19 (gage height, 13.71 ft); 

minimum daily, 5.9 cfs June 1.

1926-53: Maximum discharge observed, 50,200 ofs Apr. 5, 1948 (gage height, 23.50 

ft); no flow except indeterminate and negligible amount of leakage for several days 

in most years.

Remarks. Records fair above 300 cfs and poor below. Flow regulated by powerplant above 

sTJaTion and storage in Lake Talquin (capacity, 3,030,000,000 ou ft).

Revisions (water years).--WSP 1002: 1940-43.

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

Day

1 

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

25

24

25

26

27

28

29 

30

31

Total

Mean

(t)

Oct.

52B" 692 

211

341

27_

298

310

254

109

152

128

210

188

365

555

436

496

570

663

364

682

250

338

228

74

181

112

254

474 

298

103

9,609

310

-49

Nov.

222

16

180

167

234

158

145

19

8.4

150

75

68

122

14

8.7

177

245

474

572

8C8

101

21

505

152

255

24

919

355 

301

-

6,259.1

209

-15

Dec.

904 

367

586

409

394

457

60

270

450

304

828

831

952

378

815

 1.250

718

820

605

829

268

620

739

290

19

170

157

577

856 

849

425

17,175

554

-280

Jan.

456 

860

774

412

485

410

561

422

964

482

976

1,080

1,090

501

482

512

468

816" 72

904

666

812

774

524

293

1,070

1,240

1,300

1.410 

 1,120

954

22,668

751

+198

Feb.

HI 1,110

1,230

1,340

1,200

2,000

2,470

2,550

2,290

1,990

1,940

1,890

1,720

1,560

1,680

2,130

2,230

2,260

2,150

2,370

5,270

5,460

2,830

2,710

2,370

2,860

2,800

-

57,710

2,061

+182

Mar.

2,680 

2,770

2,780

2,800

2,820

2,800

2,370

1,220

2,010

 2,300

1,950-

1,200

1,150

1,250

1,020

455

1,090

1,720

1,800

1,760

1,100

715

772

845

909

1,100

1,190

1,020

112 

STT

491

46,574

1,502

-54

Apr.

628 

723

594

464

98

662

2,150

1,940

2,290

5,520

2,850

5,520

4,180

5,120

4,450

5,600

5,410

5,470

5,670

4,310

4,850

4,190

 4,150

5,950

5,780

5,790

5,770

2,790

2,620 

2,860

-

96,359

3,212

-262

May

1,980 

1,250

948

628

892

1,140

1,000

661

548

188

678

799

480

545

409

269

11

200

494

919

948

1,740

875

181

880

675

705

162

112 

8.2

6.6

20,131.8

649

-30

June

50- 11 

3.3.

19

15

254

49

266

114,

18

70

360

186

56

228

499

800

912

724

326

434

1,240

499

646

1,060

525

615

480

584 

1,520

-

12,401

413

+328

July

1,470 

518

7BT

974

624

1,240

1,260

1,070

1,640

3,640

5,720

1,010

1,770

 2,460

1,680

1,620

1,780

1,460

1,290

1,760

2,250

2,520

2,250

2,050

2,500

1,520

1,410

1,620

1,240 

1,390

1,540

51,810

1,671

0

Aug.

1,320 

968

1,560

988

962

1,140

948

156

13

73?

698

416

456

1,530

624

352

1,080

992

593

1,420

1,650

912

647

970

900

1,100

510

1,050

1.880 

580

1,460

28,414

917

-19

Sept.

1,350 

814

506

1,070

894

284

534

514

1,140

821

see

950

1,080

1,260

1,520

1,220

542

339

IST

580

590

570

520

1,720

3.540

2,290

1,230

 2,050 

2,990

-

31,561

1,045

-15

Adjusted for change in reservoir contents

Mean 

Cfsm 

In.

261 

0.157 

0.18

194 

0.117 

0.15

Calendar year 1952 : 

Water year 1952-53 :

274 

0.165 

0.19

929 

0.560 

0.65

2,243

1.35 

1.41

1,468 

0.884 

1.02

Observed

2,950 

1.78 

1.98

619 

0.373 

0.43

Max 6,250 Mln 6.4 Mean 1,238 

Max 5,670 Mln 6.6 Mean 1,097

741 

0.446 

0.50

1,671 

1.01 

1.16

898 

0.541 

0.62

1,030 

0.620 

0.69

Adjusted

Mean 1,209 Cfsm 0.728 In. 9.92 

Mean 1,096 Cfsm 0.660 In. 8.96

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

t Change In contents, e(julvalent In cubic feet per second. In Lake Taiquln; furnished by Florida 

Power Corp.
164 OCHLOCKONEE RIVER BASIN

Telogla Creek near Bristol, Fla.

Location. Lat 30°25'35", long. 84°55<40", in sec. 3, T. 1 S., R. 7 W., near left bank at 

downstream side of bridge on State Highway 20, 600 ft upstream from White Branch and 

3 miles east of Bristol.

Drainage area. 130 sq mi.

Records available. March 1950 to September 1953.

;e. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 99.50 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

929 {Florida State Road Dept. benchmark).

Extremes..--Maximum discharge during year, 2,720 cfs Sept. 27 (gage height, 7.81 ft); 

minimum, 29 cfs June 5 (gage height, 1.45 ft).

1950-53: Maximum discharge, 4,080 cfs Mar. 20, 1951 (gage height, 8.35 ft); minimum, 

that of June 5, 1953.

Remarks. Records good.

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, in feet, and

discharge, In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Aug. 20 to Sept. 8)

1.4 

1.6 

2.0 

3.0 

4.0

27

35

53

104

177

5.0 

6.0 

6.5 

7.0 

7.6

305

555

791

1,220

2,230

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

6

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

61

59

54

50

iZ

55

91

167

TSG

81

70

64

63

68

127

143

130

91

72

66

62

56

57

58

60

57

52

53

50

51

49

2,264

73.0

0.562

0.65

Nov.

52

53

49

 46

*46

45

BT

50

49

51

50

62

79

71

65

63

59

55

65

98

~9T 110

76

66

63

66

66

66

59

61

-

1,885

62.8

0.483

0.54

Dec.

61

61

*66

62

66

71

76

71

66

66

62

63

56

BT

58

*57

60

59

57

57

66

76

82

99

68

83

92

76

76

79

165

2,214

71.4

0.549

0.63

Jan.

206

194

127

100

88

76

76

176- 72

260

323

332

164

104

94

88

82

79

87

106

106

84

106

247

338

IS"? 371

 112

99

90

83

4,662

.150

1.15

1.33

Feb.

82

10T

ISO

238

237

143

245

299

319

225

127

110

104

105

175

267

*354 269"

135

112

112

170

280

325

273

207

201

196

_

_

-

5,596

200

1.54

1.60

Mar.

164

125

109

103

106

115

98

86

81

*78

100

133

147

124

121

162

T40~ 198

103

94

90

93

102

110

112

92

81

71

72

68

63

3,341

108

0.831

0.96

Apr.

68

65

59

57

64

96

256

260

250

165

121

209

358

488 455-

192

117

101

96

100

*90

84

79

72

81

179

249

237

122

94

4,864

162

1.25

1.39

May

87

88

84

76

64

98

222

239

T4T

93

78

62

64

59

55

50

52

51

45

61

90

74

56

52

48

42

43

42

36

34

55.

2,319

74.8

0.575

0.66

June

35

32

32

*30

3ff

37

134

195

174

197

265

343

267

174

143

116

128

108

83

74

156

210

157

206

156

125

110

109

115

103

-

4,037

135

1.04

1.15

July

76

63

53

4848"

66

86

113

248

338

257

387

*TBT

106

88

100

164

231

270

267

273

209

185

140

116

104

84

74

72

80

87

4,614

149

1.15

1.32

Aug.

80

64

62

57

57

59

So" 55

68

70

63

 68

91

92

70

82

66

55

79

139

332

260

254

*181

126

107

119

380

3Tf

183

116

3,822

123

0.946

1.09

Sept.

88

85

77

72

86

118

98

67

64

52

53

51

46

47

42

46

48

46

47

226

690

773

334

129

118

524

*2,060

1,29'fl

566

332

8,275

276

2.12

2.37

Calendar year 1952: Max 756 Win 44 Mean 149 Cfsm 1.15 In. 15.56

Water year 1952-53: Max 2,060 Mln 30 Mean 131 Cfsm 1.01 In. 13.69

Peak discharge (base, 1,500 cfs). Sept. 27 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

p.m.) 2,720 cfs (7.81 ft).
APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN 165

Chattahoochee River near Leaf, Ga.

Location. Lat 34°35', long. 830 38', on left bank 700 ft upstream from bridge on State 

Highway 115, If miles east of Leaf, White County, 2$ miles downstream from Blue Creek, 

3 miles upstream from Soque River, 7? miles southeast of Cleveland, White County, and 

at mile 405.6.

Drainage area. 150 sq mi.

Records available.--May to December 1907 (fragmentary), February 1940 to September 1953.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,219.47 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. May 8 to Dec. 31, 1907, staff gage at site 

700 ft downstream at different datum.

Average discharge. 13 years (1940-53), 397 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 8,120 cfs July 22 (gage height, 9.8 ft); minimum 

daily7 , 101 cfs Nov. 9.

1940-53: Maximum discharge, 14,100 cfs Jan. 7, 1946 (gage height, 13.6 ft); minimum 

daily, 72 cfs Oct. 26, 1941.

Remarks.--Records good. Diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by milldams above station.

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

1.5 

1.7 

2.0 

2.5

145

245

480

3.0

5.0 

6.0

775

2,400

3,400

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

116

112

110

110

110

110

114

114

215 168"

14O

128

125

12O

120

118

118

116

114

112

107

Tiff

*114 

114

114

112

114

112

107

112

112

3,720

120

0.800

0.92

Nov.

112

112

112

109

109

114

112

103

101

ISO

140

125

116

114

114

112

112

109

535" 678

253

197

168 

162

151

255

237

194

174

165

-

5,225

174

1.16

1.29

Dee.

151

207

 200

168

230

207

184

168

168

685

513

314

258

222

200

187

174

168

160

168

174

157

168 

162

157

151

145

140- 140

145

552

6,821

220

1.47

1.70

Jan.

341

305

323

258

230

215 215'

82O

1,570

2,160

910

616

491

 418

379

351

323

454

379

351

508

389

566

737

546

449

408

454

413

379

360

16,318

526

3.51

4.05

Feb.

351

323

314

3O5

287

296

351

305

279

270

491

794

558

449

675

535

480

418

399

1,730

2,970

1,280

875 

731

657

 592

541

496

_

_

-

17,752

634

4.23

4.40

Kar.

475

639

552

875

669

552

508

486

454

438

508

486

464

454

508

444

423

444

475

415

413

718

1,200 

882

694

581

530

496

475

454

444

17,154

553

3.69

4.25

Apr.

 438

423

404

394

384

413

428

384

379

379

356

433

394

365

356

356

337

346

365

332

332

328

318

314

310

31O

300

292

?9T

759

-

11,221

374

2.49

2.78

May

541

475

428

558

475

756

910

60T

518

454

423

394

*384

365

356

346

341

332

379

356

323

310

296 

287

283

274

262

2.53

249

249

241

12,422

4O1

2.67

3.08

June

234

226

222

222

218

234

266

241

332

249

262

3OO

215

24T

222

245

253

222

215

245

270

245

215 

 215

234

287

274

418

33T

413

7,833

261

1.74

1.94

July

258

266

310

266

222

2OO

226

262

226

200

197

190

187

184

IBT

399

310

323

310

266

365

2,700

1,700- 

513

384

337

305

274

262

253

249

12,328

398

2.65

3.06

Aug.

234

234

218

218

200

197

194

194

194

*181

174

157

151

142

140

132

500" 245

207

215

171

157

151 

145

140

132

130

125

122

T50" 116

5,336

172

1.15

1.33

Sept.

114

148

130

14O

190

148

138

122

12O

128

122

122

116

112

112

112

 110

105

TST

351

157

132

128 

122

323

459

f§6" 645

215

187

5,426

181

1.21

1.35

Calendar year 1952 : Max 7,110 Mln 101 Mean 388 Cfsm 2.59 In. 35. 2O

Water year 1952-53 : Max 2,970 Mln loi Mean 333 Cfsm 2.22 In. 30.15

Peak discharge (base, Z.700 cfs). Jan. 10 (2 a.m.) 3,620 ofs (6.2 ft); Feb. 21 (1O a.m.) 4,280 cfs 

(6.8 ft); July 22 (8 p.m.) 8,120 efs (9.8 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
166 APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN 

Chattahoochee River near Galnesville, Ga.

Location. Lat 34°20', long. 83°52', on right bank 1,100 ft upstream from State Highway 

&3, half a mile upstream from Eddie Creek, 3f miles downstream from Little River, 4 miles 

northwest of Gainesville, Hall County, 6 miles upstream from Chestatee River, and at 

mile 368.8.

Drainage area. 559 sq mi.

Records available.--June 1901 to December 1903, April 1937 to September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 974.98 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. June 26, 1901, to Dec. 31, 1903, chain gage at 

site 2| miles upstream at different datum. Apr. 28, 1937, to Dec. 31, 1938, staff gage 

at site three-quarters of a mile downstream at present datum.

Average discharge. 16 years (1937-53) 1,185 cfs. 

Ext ies.. Maximum discharge during year, 12,200 cfs July 23 (gage height, 12.9 ft); minimum daily, 349 cfs Oct. 20.

1901-3, 1937-53: Maximum discharge, 45,800 cfs Jan. 7, 1946 (gage height, 26.2 ft,! 

from floodmark); minimum dally, 242 cfs Oct. 13, 19, 26, 1941.

Remarks. Records good.

Revisions (water years). WSP 922: Drainage area. WSP. 952: 194Q(P). WSP 1234: 1946-48.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

442

434

418

418

418

363

434

418

474

572

522

450

370

434

410

410

394 

426

370

549

410 

394

*378

386

426

426

363 

410

394

394

394

12,901

416

0.744

0.86

Nov.

402

410

370

426

394

394

394

394

394

378

506 

506

442

410

402

426

363 

437

624

2.280

1,030 

751

615

572

572

564

717 

683

581

547

-

16,981

566

1.01

1.13

Dec.

498

632

717

*632

666

751

649

598

615

1,070

1,990 

1,150

886

751

700

666

632 

606

581

598

606 

581

632

649

522

547

581 

547

482

5S4

1,550

22,649

731

1.31

1.51

Jan.

1,470

1,030

1,230

990

870

768

ZI4 l.fSCT

5,220

7.420

3,490 

2,150

1,590

1,350

*1.190

1,110

1,030 

1,070

1,190

990

1,550 

1,230

1,350

2,550

1,710

1,350

1,150 

1,110

1,190

1,030

950

51,292

1,655

2.96

3.41

Feb.

910

886

844

819

785

794

1,070

990

861

810

861 

2,070

1,790

1,310

2,230

2,070

1,510 

1,310

1,230

3,340

»9.600 

4,560

2,720

2,230

2,070

1,870

*1,710 

1,590

_

_

-

52,840

1,887

3.38

3.52

Mar.

1,47O

1,910

1,870

2,230

2,390

1,830

1,630

1,550

1,470

1,390

1,430 

1,590

1,510

1,390

1,470

1,430

1,510 

1,350

1,590

1,590

1,510 

1,650

2,590

2,640

1,950

1,710

1,590 

1,510

1,450

1,590

1,350

51, 100

1,648

2.95

3.40

Apr.

1,550

1,510

1,270

1,250

1,190

1,230

1,350

*1,250

1,190

1,190

1,150 

1,550

1,470

1,190

1,150

1,190

1,150 

1,150

1,190

1,110

1,110 

1,070

1,070

1,070

1,070

1,070

1,030 

1,030

1,030

2.410

-

36,600

1,220

2.18

2.43

May

3,060

2,070

1,870

3,230

2,070

2,720

5.940

2,316

1,830

1,630

1,510 

1,430

1,390

*1,510

1,270

1,250

1,190 

1,230

1,510

1,430

1,190 

1,150

1,110

1,070

1,070

1,050

1,030 

990

990

950

954

49,544

1,598

2.86

3.30

June

934

918

910

894

894

894

902

950

1,190

1,030

990 

950

942

950

954

926

942 

894

855

1,270

1,110 

1,270

878

828

*8T56"

1,110

1,270 

1,150

1,110

1.450

-

50, 209

1,007

1.80

2.01

July

950

894

934

1,310

950

819

768

918

844

742

717 

6~6~g" 640

700

685

1,110

1,190 

902

950

918

1,150 

1,250

8.760

2,230

1,450

1,190

1,070 

990

902

862

855

58,272

1,235

2.21

2.55

Aug.

828

768

751

742

726

*685

658

649

606

624

632 

598

572

564

556

458

606 

114 SST

751

649 

606

498

514

572

522

490 

482

498

594

10?

18,909

610

1.09

1.26

Sept.

482

683

658

606

751

624

581

564

506

498

506 

506

458

418

4BT

466

458 

*450

482

934

717 

598

522

522

819

1,430

1.710 

1,190

844

760

-

20,225

674

1.21

1.35

Calendar year 1953: Max 20,200 Min 349 Mean 1,264 Cfsm 2.26 In- 30.77

Water year 1952.53: Max 9,600 Min 349 Mean 1,100 cfs>» 1.97 In- 26.73

Peak discharge {base, 9.000 cfs). Jan. 10 (7 a.m.) 10,600 

cfs (11.3 ftj; July 23 (1 p.m.) 12,200 ofs (12.9 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

ofs (11.8 ft); Feb. 21 (9 a.m.) 9,990
APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN 167

Chestatee River near Dahlonega, Ga.

Location. Lat 34°32", long. 83°56', on left bank 250 ft upstream from Bearden Bridge

on State Highway 43, 2 miles downstream from Ballplay Creek, 2| miles east of Dahlonega, 

Lumpkin County, and 3f miles upstream from Yahoola Creek.

Drainage area.--153 sq mi.

Records available.--July 1929 to December 1931, April 1940 to September 1953.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,128.6 ft above mean sea level (levels 

tjy Corps of Engineers) .

Average discharge. 15 years (1929-31, 1940-53), 344 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,860 cfs July 22 (gage height, 10.3 ft); minimum daily, 94 cfs Sept. 18.

1929-31, 1940-53: Maximum discharge, 15,300 cfs Jan. 7, 1946 (gage height, 22.1 ft); 

minimum daily, 49 cfs Oct. 4, 1931, Oct. 26, 1941.

Flood of Aug. 12, 1907, reached a stage of about 25 ft, from information by local 

resident. Plow increased by failure of dam above station.

Remarks. Records good. Moderate diurnal fluctuation at times caused by milldam above 

station.

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

1.1 

1.5 

2.0

66

165

295

4.0 

8.0

958

2,680

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11'2

13-.4

 5

'6

' 7

8 ' 9

20

21"2

"3

?A~5

~6

"7

"9

"9

r o

='1

'"-tal

!"°an

rfsm

In.

Oct.

108

104

99

100

99

100

104

104

182

1ST

125

119

112

108

108

106

106

104

104

97

97

102

 104

104

104

104

104

104

102

104

104

3,376

109

0.712

0.82

Nov.

104

104

104

104

102

102

100

ISO" 99

136

144

123

108

106

106

104

104

104

665

57T

254

194

167

149

144

212

219

172

158

151

-

5,016

167

1.09

1.22

Dec.

142

252

 189

167

219

202

177

167

167

708

574

348

278

240

214

202

194

184

177

179

184

170

179

175

165

160

156

154

151

156

538

7,118

230

1.50

1.73

Jan.

342

324

360

284

254

235

555" 232

1,750

2,520

958

657

509

446

400

360

336

509

415

378

541

*409

800

708

541

462

415

446

403

372

357

17,178

554

3.62

4.17

Feb.

342

324

312

307

289

301

366

310

287

281

493

794

590

477

742

607

525

462

430

1,220

2,260

1,150

812

708

624

574

525

493

_

_

-

16,605

593

3.88

4.04

Mar.

462

640

558

866

BIT

574

525

493

462

446

493

462

446

446

462

430

409

430

462

409

403

574

674

624

541

*477

562

430

415

403

596

15,565

502

3.28

3.78

Apr.

384

372

366

354

342

366

*396

354

342

339

330

415

378

339

330

327

315

324

330

310

301

298

295

289

289

289

278

278

S3-

72?

-

10,332

344

2.25

2.51

May

509

446

477

708

493

760

830

B74

477

430

403

378

363

348

336

324

318

315

372

345

310

295

284

273

264

256

254

243

240

235

£27

12,087

390

2.55

2.94

June

222

214

209

206

204

214

235

222

262

?54

214

202

199

209

199

224

227

192

182

177

194

199

179

187

*175

184

184

248

189

189

-

6,165

206

1.35

1.51

July

170

160

242

298

196

172

165

214

192

160

156

151

147

142 Tzs

273

182

199

222

177

175

1,250

1,410

415

295

245

222

206

192

196

196

8,562

276

1.80

2.08

Aug.

-199

209

177

175

160

151

147

151

160

 142

138

132

132

125

119

117

177

214

19?

196

154

140

138

129

123

119

113

112

110

106

1£2

4,566

147

0.961

1.11

Sept.

100

167

125

132

295

156

134

121

115

113

110

110

106

99

99

99

*96

94

1?T

336

149

123

113

112

384

403

273- 590

202

175

-

5,258

175

1.14

1.27

Calendar year 1952: Max 6,590 Mln 97 Mean 373 Cfsm 2.44 In. 33.17

rater year 1952-53: Max 2,320 Min 94 Mean 306 Cfsm 2.00 In. 27.18

Peak discharge (base. 2,600 cfs). Jan. 10 {2 a.m.) 3,530 cfs (9.7 ft); Feb. 21 (9 a.m.) 3,030 cfs 

(8.7 ft); July 22 (12 p.m.) 3,860 cfs (10.3 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
168 APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN

Chattahoochee River near Buford, Ga.

Location. Lat 34°08', long. 84°06', at downstream end of left bank pier of bridge on

State Highway 20, three-quarters of a mile upstream from Dave Creek, 4 miles downstream 

from Bald Ridge Creek, 5 miles west of Buford, Gwinnett County, and at mile 345.7

Drainage area. 1.060 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. June to December 1901 (gage heights only), January 1942 to September

I9S3.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 905.20 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

T929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. June 24 .to Dec. 21, 1901, staff gage at site 

1,000 ft downstream at different datum. Jan. 27, 1942, to Dec. 3, 1944, staff gage 

and Dec. 4, 1944, to Dec. 31, 1947, water-stage recorder, at site 1,000 ft downstream 

at present datum.

Average discharge. 11 years (1942-53), 2,264 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 16,200 cfs Jan. 10 (gage height, 19.9 ft); minimum, 540 cfs Aug. 31.

1942-53: Maximum discharge, 55,000 cfs Jan. 8,.1946 (gage height, 32.6 ft, from 

floodmark), from rating curve extended above 13,000 cfs by logarithmic plotting on 

basis of peak flows passing upstream and downstream stations; minimum, 342 cfs Sept. 10, 

1951.

Remarks. Records good.

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, In feet, and

discharge, in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Nov. 19)

3.6 

4.O 

6.0 

8.0

535

755

1.91O

3,320

12.0

16.0

19.0

7,050 

11,OOO 

14,800

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

Day

1 

Z

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

755 

728

700

700

700

700

661 728-

810

1.060

1,030 

892

810 

755

782

755

755

755

755

672

689

700

700

*728

728

755

728

672 

700

694

700

23,297

752

0.709

0.82

Nov.

72-5 700 

728

700

728

700

700 

700

700

782

892 

948

892 

782

755

782

755

728

975

4,010

2,300

1,420

1,140

975

975

975

1,170

1,200 

1,060

948

-

30,848

1,028

0.970

1.08

Dec.

1,0"6~0~ 892 

1,280

*1,170

1,170

1,300

1,200 

1,060

1,060

1,950

3.850 

2,300

1,660 

1,420

1,250

1,200

1,110

1,030

1,000

1,030

1,080

1,030

1,060

1,110

1,030

920

1,000

975 

892

920

2,780

40,769

1,315

1.24

1.43

Jan.

3,160 

2,170

2,360

2,040

1,660

1,540

1.560

2, did

10,100

14,700

9.600 

4,480

3.240 

2,710

2,360

*2,170

2,040

2,040

2,430

2,100

2,570

2,710

2,570

4,680

3,570

2,780

2,430

2,240 

. 2,360

2,170

1,980

105,190

3,393

3.20

3.69

Feb.

1,910 

1,840

1,780

1,720

1.660

1,660

2,100 

2,100

1,780

1,720

1,660 

2,930

3,740 

2,710

3,660

4,480

3,000

2,570

2,300

3,610

12,000

12,000

5,530

4,300

3,920

3,570

3,160

2,930

_

-

96,340

3,441

3.25

3.38

Mar.

2,710 

*3,320

3,920

4,010

5.150

3,570

3,080 

2,860

2,710

2,570

2,570 

2,860

2,710 

2,640

2,640

2.570

2,360

2,360

2,640

2,570

2,300

2,570

3,400

4,580

3,400

2,930

2,640

2,500 

2,360

2,300

2, 240

91,040

2,937

2.77

3.19

Apr.

2,170 

2,170

2,110

2,040

1,980

1,980

*2,170 

2,110

1,980

1,910

1,910 

2,240

2,570 

2,110

1,910

1,980

1,910

1,840

1,910

1,840

1,780

1,720

1,720

1,720

1,660

1,660

1,660

1,600 

1,600

5,480

-

59,440

1,981

1.87

2.09

May

5,910 

3,160

3,160

5,060

3,920

4,480

7,240 

4,390

3,240

2,780

2,500 

2,360

2,240 

2,170

*2,040

1,980

1,910

1,910

2,040

2,360

2,040

1,840

1,780

1,660

1,660

1,600

1,540

1,510 

1,450

1,450

1,390

82,770

2,670

2.52

2.90

June

1,360 

1,330

1,280

1,280

1,280

1,280

1,280 

1,390

1,390

1,720

1,390 

1,390

1,310 

1,510

1,390

1,330

1,450

1,360

1,220

1,666

1,780

1,980

1,420

*1,280

1,310

1,540

1,840

1,660 

1,720

1,840

-

43,970

1,466

1.38

1.54

July

1,600 

1,280

1,360

1,980

2,040

1,420

1,220 

1,250

1,480

1,250

1,140 

 1,060

1.030 

1,060

1,060

1,250

1,980

1,600

1,660

1,600

1,480

1,980

8,110

6,740

2,570

1,980

1,78O

1,660 

1,540

1,420

1,420

59,000

1,903

1.80

2.08

Aug.

1,360 

1,310

1,280

1,220

1,200

1,140

 1,060 

'1,080

1,060

1,030

1,000 

975

920 

892

865

782

689

1,250

1,220

1,250

1,160

1,000

920

810

838

838

755

728 

700

700

568

30,600

987

0.931

1.07

Sept.

640 

684

1,280

948

1,250

1,310

975 

892

810

755

755 

755

7215 

618

S45

672

662

640

7515

1,720

*1,540

1,000

838

78?

1,220

2,860

3.240 2,7K" 

1,660

1,330

-

34,674

I,15i5

1.0?

1.22

Calendar year 1952: Max 28,200 Mln 661 Mean 2,230 Cfsm 2.10 In. 28.64

Water year 1952-53: Max 14,700 Mln 568 Mean 1,912 Cfsm 1.80 In. 24.49

Eeak discharge (base, 10,000 cfs). Jan. 10 (9 p.m.) 16,200 cfs (19.9 ft); ?eb . 22 (S a.m.) 14,800

cfs (19.0 ft); July 24 (1 a.m.) 13,200 ofs (17.8 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN 

Chattahooohee River near Roswell, Ga.

169

Location. Lat 34°00', long. 84°20' , on right bank li miles upstream from Big Creek and 

bridge on U. S. Highway 19, 2 miles southeast of Roswell, Pulton County, and at mile 

318.8.

Drainage area. 1,230 sq mi, approximately. 

Records available. October 1941 to September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 849.50 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929 (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Average discharge. 12 years, 2,417 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 17,400 cfs Jan. 11 (gage height, 14.0 ft); minimum, 638 cfs Sept. 1, 15 (gage height, 1.87 ft).

1941-53: Maximum discharge, 56,000 cfs Jan. 8, 1946 (gage height, 23.4 ft, from 

floodmark), from rating curve extended above 30,000 cfs on basis of computation of 

peak flow over Morgan Falls Dam 6 miles below station; minimum, 384 cfs Oct. 14, 21, 26, 

27, 1941 (gage height, 1.26 ft).

Remarks. Records good. Slight diurnal fluctuation at low flow.

Rating tables, water year 1952-53 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, 

In cubic feet per second)

dot.' 1 to May 9 May 10 to Sept. 30

2.2 

3.0 

5.5

620

1,200

3,550

9.0

12.0

14.0

7,960

13,000

17,400

1.9 

3.0 

5.5

655

1,330

3,550

Note. Same as 

preceding table 

above 5.5 ft. 

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6 

7 

8

9 o

1 ' 2

' 3 

4

"5

' 6

' 7

"8

"9

20

21 

22

23

24 >s

26

?7'38

29 

.50

51

 "otal

'<"?an

Ofsm

In.

Oct.

*768

747

722

692

68O

698 

674 716"

775

896

 1,080 554"

852 

754

775

768

754

747

775

734

674

704

704

704

716

734

740

704

710 

710

*710

23,401

755

0.614

0.71

Nov.

716

728

734

722

740

728 

716 

710

7I£

775

852 

984

944 

845

796

796

796

747

904

2,920

5,770 

1,870

1,440

1,200

1,120

1,120

1,200

*1,400

1,240 

1,120

-

33,349

1,112

0.904

1.01

Dec.

1,040

1,040

1,360

1,400

1,280

1,440 

1,440 

1,280

1,200

1,870

5,880 

3,440

2,230 

1,740

1,480

1,360

1,280

1,240

1,200

1,200

1,320 

1,240

1,200

1,280

1,280

1,120

1,080

1,120

1,080 

992 *2,4"IO~

46,522

1,501

1.22

1.41

Jan.

4,100

2,800

2,800

8,600

2,140

1,820 

1,640 

4,940

10,700

14,700

16,700 

6,000

4,100 

3,220

2,800

2,500

2,320

2,320

2,600

2,500

2,500 

3,220

2,800

4,650

4,760

3,330

2,700

2,500

2,410 

2,410

2,140

128,720

4,152

3.38

3.90

Fab.

2,050

*1,960

1,920

1,820

1,780

1,740 

2,230 

2,410

2,050

1,820

1,780 

2,230

4,210 

3,330

3,880

5,230

3,880

3,000

2,600

3,000

9,520 

14,700

9,730

5,110

4,650

4,210

3,770

3,330

-

-

107,940

3,855

3.13

3.26

Mar.

3,110

*3,110

4,430

4,430

5.750

4,320 

3,550 

3,220

2,900

2,800

2,800 

3,000

3,000 

2,800

2,700

2,800

2,600

2,500

2,700

2,900

2,500 

2,600

3,550

4,540

4,100

3,330

2,900

2,700

2,600 

2,500

*2,4_10

99,130

3,198

2.60

3.00

Apr.

2,320

2,320

2,230

2,230

2,140

2,140 

2,230 

2,320

2,140

2,050

2,050 

2,320

3,000 

2,600

2,140

2,050

2,050

1,920

2,050

2,050

1,920 

1,820

1,820

1,820

1,780

1,780

1,780

1,690

1,640 

*2,600

-

63,000

2,100

1.71

1.91

May

6,940

4,540

3,660

4,540

5,350

4,320 

7,510 

6,250

4,100

3,250

2,960 

2,690

2,510 

2,420

2,330

2,240

2,240

2,150

2,330

2,780

2,510 

2,150

2,060

1,970

1,880

1,800

1,760

1,720

1,640 

1,640

1,600

95,840

3,092

2.51

2.89

June

*1,560

1,520

1,440

1,440

1,400

1,400 

1,440 

1,480

1,520

1,800

1,680 

1,560

1,480 

1,520

1,600

1,520

1,520

1,560

1,400

1,560

2,330 

2,020

1,970

1,480

1,440

1,560

1,800

1,970

1,880 

1,880

-

48,530

1,618

1.32

1.47

July

*2,060

1,480

1,440

1,520

2,690

1,680 

1,360 

1,300

1,520

1,400

1,220 

1,160

1,060 

1,090

1,090

1,220

1,760

1,800

1,970

1,720

1,800 

2,150

4,720

10,200

S.1SO

2,240

1,840

1,680

1,560 

1,440

1,360

62,680

2,022

1.64

1.89

Aug.

1,400

1,360

*1,300

1,220

1,190

1,160 

1,090 

1,060

1,090

1,060

1,000 

1,000

970 

940

910

880

820

910

1,300

1,260

1,260 

1,060

1,000

880

850

880

850

792

765 

765

*738

31,760

1,025

0.833

0.96

Sept.

655

73?

940

1,120

1,090

1,360 

1,090 

940

850.

792

765 

765

765 

738

655

699

699

688

710

1,400

1,840 

1,190

940

820

970

2,600

5.880

3,450

2,020 

*1,480

-

36,649

1,222

0.993

1.11

Calendar year 1952: Max 27,000 Mln 674 Mean 2,372 Cfsm 1.93 In. 26.26

 later year 1952-53: Max 16,700 Mln 655 Mean 2,130 Cfsm 1.73 In. 23.52

Peak discharge (base, 12,000 cfs). Jan. 11 (1 p.m.) 17,400 cfs (14.0 ft)j Feb. 22 (9 p.m.) 15,800 

ifs (13.3 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
170 APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN

Chattahoochee River at Atlanta, Ga.

Location. Lat 33°52', long. 84°27', on left tank 20 ft upstream from Pace Ferry Bridge 

at Atlanta, Fulton County, 1 mile downstream from Rotten Wood Creek, 2| miles upstrean 

from Peaohtree Creek, and at mile 303.0.

Drainage area. 1.450 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. August 1928 to December 1931, November 1936 to September 1953. Prior 

to October 1951, published as "near Vinings."

/

Page. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 750.10 ft-above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Aug. 3, 1928, to Dec. 31, 1931, water-stage 

recorder and Nov. 15, 1936, to Mar. 8, 1937, staff gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 19 years (1928-31, 1937-53), 2,590 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 18,000 cfs Jan. 11 (gage height, 14.3 ft); minimum daily, 634 cfs Sept. 1.

1928-31, 1936-53: Maximum discharge, 59,000 cfs Jan. 9, 1946 (gage height, 28.0 ft); 

minimum dally, 422 cfs Oct. 26, 1941.

Remarks. Records good. Considerable diurnal fluctuation caused by Morgan Palls hydroelectric plant 9| miles above station.

Revisions (water years). WSP 972: 1932.

Rating table, water year 1952-55 (sage height. In feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

2.2

3.0

4.0

12.0

14.0

620

1,310

3,450

15,000

17,600

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

770

818

762

754

722

738

746

714

$55

930

1,150 

1,060 

966 

866

834

858

826

834

826

826

754 

738

810

786

810

810

834 

818

746 

818

*810

25,604

826

0.570

0.66

Nov.

80Z

STB

818

834

810

834

802

802

802

898

984 

1,010 

1,040 

*948

882

882

882

834

1,040

2,200

4.340 

2,120

1,560

1,310

1,180

1,250

1,260 

*1,410

1,360 

1,250

-

35,962

1,199

0.827

0.92

Dec.

1,150

1,170

1,460

1,560

1,460

1,510

1,610

1,410

1,310

2,180

3,780 

4,180 

Z,450 

1,940

1,720

1,560

1,460

1,410

1,310

1,410

1,460 

1,460

1,360

1,460

1,460

1,310

1,210 

1,310

1,310 

1,070

2,680

52,130

1,682

1.16

1.34

Jan.

4,500

3,620

3,220

3,060

2,380

2,060

*1,830

4,620

13 , 500

16,000

17,300 

12,400 

4.980 

3,780

3,140

2,820

2,600

2,680

2,750

2,750

2,750 

3,620

3,380

3,780

5,300

3,780

3,140 

2,750

2,750 

2,680

2,380

146,300

4,719

3.25

3.75

Feb.

2,300

*2,200

2,120

2,060

1.940

1,940

2,450

2,680

2,380

2,060

2,060 

2,310 

4,180 

3,860

4,340

5,460

4,500

3,460

2,980

3,460

8,660 

14,300

13,000

6,110

5,300

4,820

4,340 

3,860

-

-

119,130

4,255

2.93

3.05

Kar.

3,540

*3,380

4,660

5,140

5,940

5,300

4,020

3,620

3,300

3,140

3,220 

3,460 

3,460 

3,220

3,060

3,060

2,980

2,820

3,220

3,300

2,900 

3,060

3,940

4,660

4,820

3,860

3,380 

3,140

2,980 

2,820

 2,680

112,080

3,615

2.49

2.87

Apr.

2,680

2,680

2,520

2,450

2,450

2,380

2,520

2,680

2,450

2,450

2,380 

2,820 

3,540 

3,060

2,520

2,380

2,450

2,310

2,310

2,310

2,240 

2,120

2,120

2,060

2,060

2,060

2,060 

2,000

1,940 

2,600

-

72,600

2,420

1.67

1.86

May

4,020

6,450

4,180

4,660

*6,110

6,110

7,640

7,810

4,620

3,860

3,300 

3,060 

2,820 

2,680

2,520

2,450

2,380

2,380

2,680

3,140

2,820 

2,380

2,180

2,120

2,060

1,940

1,940 

1,830

1,780 

1,780

1,780

105,680

3,409

2.35

2.71

June

 1,720

1,610

1,610

1,560

1,610

1,610

1,610

1,660

1,720

1,830

1,940 

1,660 

1,610 

1,560

1,720

1,720

1,660

1,660

1,560

1.460

2.240 

2,000

2,180

1,660

1,610

1,660

2,000 

2,180

1,880 

2,000

-

52,500

1,750

1.21

1.35

July

 2,120

1,660

1,560

1,830

2,750

2,000

1,560

1,410

1,510

1,560

1,360 

1,270 

1.150 

1,180

1,210

1,290

1,780

2,180

2,240

1,830

2,060 

2,750

3,540

10,100

4.S40

2,380

2,000 

1,830

1,720 

1,610

1,510

67,290

2,171

1.50

1.73

Aug.

1,510

1,460

1,410

1,310

1,310

1,230

 1,190

1,120

1,140

1,130

1,080 

1,050 

1,030 

975

930

930

914

922

1,410

1,610

1.460 

1,210

1,060

975

850

914

890 

834

794 

770 756"

34,204

1,103

0.761

0.88

Sept.

634

7CT

810

1,280

1,410

1,460

1,280 99-5

898

850

802 

802 

786 

802

662

698

722

690

81?

1,610

*1,940 

1,360

975

88?

1,310

2,540

4,980 

47010"

2,380 

1,660

-

40,752

1,359

0.937

l.OI

Calendar year 1952: Max 31,000 Mln 714 Mean 2,689 Cfsm 1.85 In. 25.25

Water year 1952-53: Max 17,300 Mln 634 Mean 2,368 Cfsm 1.63 In. 22.17

Peak discharge (base. 13.000 cfs). Jan. 11 (8 p.m.) 18,000 cfs (14.3 ft); Feb. 23 (3 a.m.) 15,900 

cfs [12.7 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN 171

Sweetwater Creek near Austell, Ga.

Location. Lat 33°46' , long. 84°37' , on right bank 400 ft upstream from Blair Bridge, 

3 miles southeast of Austell, Cobb County, and 5-5 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area. 246 sq mi.

Records available. May 1904 to December 1905, November to December 1913, March 1937 to 

September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 857.01 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

JT929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 (levels by Corps of Engineers). May 6, 1904, 

to Dec. 31, 1905, and Nov. 3 to Dec. 27, 1913, staff gage at site 2^ miles upstream at 

different datum. Mar. 24 to Nov. 29, 1937, staff gage at present site and datum.

Average discharge. 16 years (1937-53), 315 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,130 cfs Jan. 10 (gage height, 9.6 ft); minimum, 

28 cfs Sept. 19 (gage heignt, 0.09 ft).

1904-5, 1913, 1937-53: Maximum discharge, 7,970 cfs Nov. 29. 1948 (gage height, 

18.4 ft); minimum, 12 cfs Sept. 11, 1951 (gage height, -0.30 ft).

Flood of July 8, 1916, reached a stage of about 20.0 ft, from information by local 

resident (discharge, 8,980 cfs, from rating curve extended above 6,500 cfs by logarithmic plotting).

Remarks. Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per-second)

.6 

1.0

70

122

1.5 

2.0 

6.0 

10.0

222

356

1,730

3,310

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

Day

1

Z

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

53

49

45

43

42

43

*43

43

55

66

74

7?

65

62

59

57

56

54

54

50

47

46 

47

49

53

53

53

53

50

50

51

1,637

52.8

0.215

0.25

Nov.

55

BT

56

56

56

56

56

56

56

*72

96

87

76

72

71

70

68

68

99

246

178

122 

96

86

82

98

138

120

100

92

-

2,640

88.0

0.358

0.40

Dec.

87

ITT

147

129

131

145

127

111

106

586

732

552

362

220

178

156

144

*136

127

154

234

204 

187

204

191

176

160

149

138

145

982

7,211

233

0.947

1.09

Jan.

840

732

732

501

368

288

249

1,075"

2,560

5,090

2,800

1,620

606

418

356

315

295

418

418

347

412

362

501

804

588

415

*344

326

320

282

259

22,636

730

2.97

3.42

Feb.

254

241

234

224

215

224

350

304

249

224

222

285

329

295

982

912

714

467

356

588

1,250

1,280

1,056

840

948

858

60

518

_

-

15,071

538

2.19

2.28

Mar.

434

399

380

840

53T

588

434

368

329

309

405

*450

412

368

338

309

288

309

418

392

380

518 

714

660

518

405

347

315

293

277

267

13,268

428

1.74

2.01

Apr.

262

256

241

232

222

227

304

272

236

386

362

467

570

402

304

272

*244

227

251

227

211

204 

196

189

189

222

209

185

§15" 170

-

8,651

288

1.17

1.30

May

1,450

1,520

1,080

948

804

1,120

2,140

1,866

982

501

386

335

293

267

256

241

232

227

362

552

374

269 

222

200

187

168

154

140

*133

133

124

17,600

568

2.31

2.66

June

116

108

103

100

99

111

119

114

108

109

138

196

127

106

106

114

140

120

98

90

140

218 

126

103

122

142

332

344

IBT

140

-

4,176

139

0.565

0.63

July

144

129

TS"2 114

277

158

*114

120

140

170

250

220

150

120

120

140

170

200

800

1,200

800

600 

450

300

250

220

210

180

160

150

140

8,318

268

1.09

1.26

Aug.

 no" 120

100

90

80

80

74

70

70

66

64

62

58

58

56

56

54

54

52

*51

50

49 

49

46

42

39

3743-

44

43

50

1,917

61.8

0.251

0.29

Sept.

50

51

56

58

138

136

77

62

53

48

45

43

39

36

35

32

30

So" 28

227

153

87 

65

54

164

306

912

732

396

185

-

4,358

145

0.589

0.66

Calendar year 1952: Max 3,220 Min 25 Mean 261 Cfsm 1.06 In. 14.45

Water year 1952-53: Max 3,090 Min 28 Mean 294 Cfsm 1.20 In. 16.25

Peak discharge (base, 1,800 cfs). Jan. 10 (2 p.m.) 3,130 cfs (9.6 ft); May 7 (7 p.m.) 2,370 ofs 

(7.7 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Mote. No gage-height record July 8 to Aug. 19j discharge estimated on basis of recorded range in 

stage and records for stations on nearby streams. %
172 APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN 

Chattahoochee River near Whitesburg, Ga.

Location. Lat 33°29', long. 84°54', at downstream side near center of bridge on State 

Highway 16, half a mile upstream from Central of Georgia Railroad bridge, l£ miles 

southeast of Whitesburg, Carroll County, 1-| miles downstream from Cedar Creek, 2 miles 

downstream from Snake Creek, and at mile 260.0.

Drainage area. 2,430 sq ml, approximately. 

Records available. October 1938 to September 1953.

Gage.--Wire-weight gage read twice dally. Datum of gage is 684.06 ft above mean sea level, 

cfatum of 1929. Prior to May 1, 1949, at site 1 mile upstream at same datum.

Average discharge. 15 years, 3,740 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 21,200 cfs Jan. 10 (gage height, 13.4 ft, from 

graph based on gage readings); minimum daily, 890 cfs Oct. 5-8, Sept. 15-18.

1938-53: Maximum discharge, 59,000 cfs Jan. 10, 1946 (gage height, 25.1 ft, site 

then in use, from graph based on gage readings), from rating curve extended above 30^X50 

cfs on basis of velocity-area and channel-capacity studies; minimum daily, 468 cfs 

Oct. 26, 1941.

Remarks. Records fair, 

plant.

Moderate diurnal fluctuation caused by Morgan Falls hydroelectric

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

-0.2 

0.0 

2.0

890

1,030

2,840

5.0

12.0

14.0

6,500

18,400

22,400

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

25

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

1,100 

1,OOO

920

900

890

*890

890 

890

1,270

1.550

1,350

1,350

1,270

1,270

1,190

1,190

1,110

1,030

1,030

1,030

1,030

960 

960

1,030

1,110

1,110

1,110

1,036

1,030

1,030 

1,030

33,350

1,076

0.443

0.51

Nov.

1,030 

960

1,335"

1,030

1,030

1,030

1,030 

960

960

1,030

1,270

1,190

1,190

1,190

1,110

1,110

 1,110

1,110

1,190

2,340

3,340

4.020 

2,846

1,510

1,600

1,690

1,600

1,510

1,510

1,600

44,120

1,471

0.605

0.68

Dec.

1,690 

1,780

1,870

2,340

2,140

2,050

2,050 

2,050

2,050

3,140

5,240

6.920

5,100

3,140

2,540

2,240

2,140

2,140

2,050

2,050

2,300

2,300 

2, ZOO

2,400

2,400

2,200

2,000

1,870

 1,870

2,440 

5,100

81,700

2,635

1.08

1.24

Jan.

6,920 

6,500

4,740

3,900

3,340

3,040

2,940 

3,800

18,200

21,000

20,000

20,000

16,000

9,660

6,360

5,100

,740

,700

,000

,800

,600

,000 

,400

,000

,500

,800

,800

,300

,000

3,700 

3,500

224,340

7,237

2.98

3.44

Feb.

3,300

3,200

3,140

2,900

2.800

3,300

4,020 

4,200

 3,780

3,400

3,200

3,500

4,200

5,500

6,800

8,060

7,060

5,800

4,860

4,260

8,700

14,600 

17,400

14,806

12,800

9,340

7,900

6,220

"

179,040

6,394

2.63

2.74

Mar.

5,520 

4,860

4,500

6,640

9.820

7,200

6,200 

5,800

5,300

5,100

5,000

5,200

5,400

5,100

4,900

4,700

4,500

4,500

4,500

5,660

5,380

5,240 

 5,940

7,620

6,780

5,800

5,400

5,000

4,700

4,500 

4.500

171,060

5,518

2.27

2.62

Apr.

4,100 

4,000

3,900

3,800

3,800

3,700

3,700 

5,600

5,600

5,600

5,600

5,660

9,020

6,500

4,740

4,020

3,780

3,540

3,440

3,440

3,340

3,540 

5,240

3,140

3,140

3,040

3,040

2.940

2,940

9.500

125,200

4,107

1.69

1.89

May

11,400 

10,900

9,180

*8,580

9,180

10,500

12.600 

9,560

7,480

6,640

5,100

4,380

4,020

5,780

5,660

3,540

3,540

5,440

3,660

6,220

5,380

3,660 

3,340

3,140

5,040

2,840

2,740

2,740

2,640

2,540 

2, 440

171,600

5,535

2.28

2.63

June

2,440 

2,340

2,240

2,140

2,140

2,240

2,540 

2,240

 2,140

2,140

2,740

2,640

2,440

2,240

 2,100

2,500

2,600

2,440

2,540

2,540

3,440

4,500 

3,040

2,900

2,800

2,800

2,900

3,340

3,140

3,040

78,480

2,616

1.08

1.20

July

2,940 

2,840

2,640

2,540

3,200

3,000

2,600 

2,400

2.2OO

2,400

2,200

2,000

1,900

1,780

1,760

1,870

2,140

2,700

4,500

5,400

5,200

4,500 

5,300

7,000

7,400

4,000

 3,000

2,800

2,600

2,500 

2,400

99,730

5,217

1.52

1.52

Aug.

2,500 

2,200

2,10O

2,000

1,900

1,800

1,700 

1,700

1,800

1,700

1,600

1,510

1,430

1,350

1,350

1,190

1,270

1,600

1,780

2,100

1,900

1,700 

1,600

1,430

1,350

1,270

1,190

1,110

1,110

1,050 

1,030

49,100

1,584

0.652

0.75

Sept.

1,030 

1,110

1,110

1,350

1,690

2,050

1,690 

 1,510

1,270

1,190

1,110

1,030

1,030

960

890

890

890

890

1,190

2,140

2,540

2,340 

1,960

1,780

1,350

2,540

7.620

6^080

4,260

3,040

58,530

1,951

0.805

0.90

Calendar year 1952: Max 31,200 Min 830 Mean 3,787 Cfsm 1.56 In. 21.22

Water year 1952-53: Max 21,000 Min 890 Mean 3,601 Cfsm 1.48 In. 20.12

Peak discharge (base, 18.000 cfs). Jan. 10 (6 p.m.) 21,200 cfs (15.4 ft); Feb. 23 (6 p.m.) 18,000 

cfs (11.8 ft).

 Discharge measurement made on this day.

Note. Pcrjbtful or no gage-height record Oct. 1-4, Dec. 21-27, Jan. 8, Jan. 18 to Feb. 2, Feb. 4-6,8, 

lO^IBT Mar. 6-18, Mar. 26 to Apr. 11, June 15-18, 24-27, July 5-13, July 18 to Aug. 11, Aug. 20-23; 

discharge estimated on basis of 2 discharge measurements and records for stations at Atlanta and 

West Point.
APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN 173

Yellowjacket Creek near La Orange, Oa.

Location. Lat 33°05'25", long. 85°03'45", at downstream end of right bank pier of bridge 

on State Highway 219, It miles downstream from Beach Creek, 2 niles upstream from Jackson Creek, and 4£ miles northwest of La Orange, Troup County.

Drainage area. 182 sq mi.

Records available. January 1951 to September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 601 ft (by barometer).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,890 cfs May 2 (gage height, 9.7 ft); minimum, 

BfCTs Oct 4 5

1951-53: Maximum discharge, 6,870 cfs Mar. 5, 1952 (gage height, 11.28 ft); minimum recorded, 8.7 cfs Sept. 10, 1951.

Remarks. Records good.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1353

Day

a

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

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

«35

33

29

27

?8

28

28

29

38

44

44

42

4O

37

37

36

»37

36

35

33

33

31 

34

36

37

36

37

37

35

35

37

1,084

35.0

0.192

0.22

Nov.

40

39

37

37

3_6

»37

37

38

38

44

47

49

48

48

48

47

*47

47

59

97

82

62

54

51

49

54

65

62

56

52

-

1,5O7

50.2

0.276

0.31

Dec.

52

ST

83

74

101

150

113

83

76

176

293

212

130

105

90

82

76

73

70

87

150

130 

126

170

176

188

155

130

*113

117

470

4,112

133

0.731

0.84

Jan.

330- 686

398

316

23O

194

165

165

286

425

434

316

237

200

176

160

356" 150

622

566

389

372 

324

380

356

258

218

200

194

176

160

9,723

314

1.73

1.99

Feb.

155

150

14O

135

 126

135

258

308

*218

170

160

200

251

206

578

»890

790

348

251

265

518

1,080 

1,110

870

1,240

*1 , 45O

1,056

670

.

-

-

13,722

490

2.69

2.80

Mar.

416

356

324

3OO

244

293

372

407

434

452

389

324

308

286

244

218

f79" 2OO

578

654

452

434 

452

*452

425

340

279

251

230

212

206

10,811

349

1.92

2.21

Apr.

200

194

188

176

165

194

332

286

218

578

790

770

975 iro

461

308

265

244

272

237

*206

194 

188

176

170

188

170

155

150 »5BT

-

9,921

331

1.82

2.03

May

1,900

2.500

1,050

1,020

1,280

*1,170

830

910

566

380

300

258

230

206

194

182

170

170

218

332

272

194 

170

155

145

135

126

113

109

105

101

15,291

493

2.71

3.12

June

94

90

85

82

80

82

86

90

89

88

206

206

121

101

*97

105

160

145

101

90

86

109 

97

162

30O

286

170

244

155

126

-

3,933

131

0.720

0.8O

July

113

101

109

188

145

113

109

426

389

237

135

105

97

88

86

155

237

182

506

554

1,110

1,560

1,246

590

272

188

*182

218

182

155

140

9,912

320

1.76

2.03

Aug.

117

113

121

101

94

86

8O

79

97

86

74

70

68

63

m

75

416

2T?

237

170

140

109 

105

101

90

83

77

75

75

73

68

3,419

110

0.604

0.70

Sept.

65

70

75

70

64

72

70

*64

59

56

54

54

50

47

47

46

46

44

5T

170

130

82 

67

64

109

228

566

718

33tJ

188

-

3,806

127

O.698

0.78

Calendar year 1952: Max 5,050 Mln 20 Mean 199 Cfsm 1.09 In. 14.87

Water year 1952-53: Max 2,300 Mln 27 Mean 239 Cfsro 1.31 In. 17.83

Discharge measurement made on this day.
174 APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN 

Chattahoochee River at West Point, Ga.

Location. Lat 32°53', long. 85°11', on right bank just downstream from Oseligee Creek, 

1 mile upstream from West Point, Troup County, and at mile 198.9.

Drainage area. 3.550 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. July 1896 to December 1910, January 1912 to September 1953. Gageheight records collected at site three-quarters of a mile downstream since 1899 are 

contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 551.67 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

T929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Oct. 20, 1912, chain gage at site 

three-quarters of a mile downstream at datum 2.83 ft lower. Oct. 20, 1912, to Jan. 25, 

1925, staff gage at site 500 ft upstream at present datum.

Average discharge. 55 years (1896-1910, 1912-53), 5,694 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 26,100 cfs Jan. 10 (gage height, 14.2 ft); minimum, 1,050 cfs Sept. 18 (gage height, 2.40 ft).

1896-1910, 1912-53: Maximum discharge, 134,000 cfs Dec. 10, 1919 (gage height, 30.0 

ft, from floodmark), by computation of peak flow over Goat Rock Dam; minimum, 224 cfs 

Sept. 12, 1925 (gage height, 1.64 ft).

Remarks. Records good. Slight diurnal fluctuation caused by powerplants above station. 

Revisions (water years). WSP 862: 1920, drainage area. WSP 972: 1931-32.

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, In feet, and

discharge. In cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used Kov. 16 to Dec. lo, Dec. 14-30, 

Jan. 15 to Feb. 14)

2.4

3.0

6.0

11.0

14.0

1.O5O

1,910

7.OOO

17,500

25,500

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

Day

1 

Z

3

4

5

6

7

8 

9

10

11 

1Z

13 

14

15

16

17

18

19

ZO

21

2Z

23

Z4

Z5

Z6

Z7

28

29 

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

1,380 

1,280

1,210

1,220

1,180

1,180

 1,140

1,180 

1,320

1,480

1,660 

1,620

1,750

1 , 690

1,460

1,380

1.31O

1,310

1,270

1,220

1,210

1,220

1,170

1,140 

1,190

,220

,21O

,220

,240 

,19O

,190

40,440

1,305

0.368

0.42

Nov.

1,240 

1,280

1,280

1,280

1,280

1.30O

1,260

1,280 

1,280

1,320

1,460 

1,630

1,640 

1,630

1,660

1,520

1,420

 1,410

1,480

2,040

2,950

4.380

4,210

2,790 

2,230

2.04O

2,O70

2,230

2,070 

2,150

-

55,810

1,860

0.524

0.58

Dec.

2,070 

2.020

2,150

2,310

2,470

2,790

2.79O

2,550 

2,470

3,190

7,720 

7,540

7,180 

5.O60

3,870

3,190

2,870

2,630

2,550

2,550

3,280

3,440

3,190

3,360 

3,440

3,620

3,280

2,870

2,630 

*2,630

7,180

108,890

3,513

0.990

1.14

Jan.

11,500 

9,750

8,80O

7,720

6,280

5,400

4,550

4.210 

14,200

25.5OO

24,000 

22,200

22.00O 

14,000

7,360

6.10O

5,570

7.72O

8,440

7,180

6,820

6,280

6,460

8,440 

8,990

8,800

7,540

6,280

5,740 

5,400

5,230

298,460

9,628

2.71

3.12

Feb.

4,720 

4,550

4,380

4,210

4,040

5.960

4)890

5,920 

5,400

 4,890

4,210 

4,380

4,550 

5.57O

10,500

12,800

11,100

9,370

7,360

6,640

10,700

18,000

20,2OO

22,000 

23,400

17,500

13,400

1O,5OO

-

-

259,140

9,255

2.61

2.72

Mar.

8.8OO 

7,900

7,360

8,8OO

14.1OO

12,100

10,300

8,26O 

7,360

6,640

6,460 

6,820

7,360 

7,000

6,640

6,280

5,920

6,280

8,080

8,440

7,360

8,8OO

9,180

*9,750 

9,750

9,370

7,900

7,000

6,46O 

6.1OO

5.740

248,310

8,010

2.26

2.61

Apr.

5,570 

5,57O

5,400

5,230

5.O60

5,230

5,920

5,740 

5,570

8.8OO

8,080 

9,370

17.000 

12,100

8,260

6,640

5,920

5,570

5,740

5,400

5,230

4,890

4.72O

4,550 

4,550

4,720

4,550

4,380

4.210 

10,800

-

194,770

6,492

1.83

2.04

May

23.700

I8,floO

16,800

19,500

 21,800

 18,800

17.2OO

16,800 

16,200

11.5OO

8,620 

7,540

6,640 

6,28O

5,920

5.57O

5.4OO

5,230

5.4OO

7,540

8,440

7,540

5,740

. 5,060 

4,720

4,380

4,210

3,960

3,870 

3,700

3,620

300,480

9,693

2.73

3.15

June

3,530 

3,360

3,190

3,110

3,030

3,030

3,190

3,190 

3,190

3,110

4.21O 

4,890

3,700 

3.19O

 2,950

3,110

4,O4O

3,700

3,190

2,950

2.87O

37555"

4,550

4,210 

4,210

4,210

4,380

5,230

5.570 

4,120

-

110,490

3,683

1.04

1.16

July

3.7OO 

3,530

4,210

4,380

4,040

4,380

4,380

4,550 

5,570

4,380

3,440 

2,950

2,630 

2.47O

2.590

2,630

3,700

4,300

5,230

8,260

8,O8O

. 8.8OO

9.940

8,260 

9,750

9,940

 5,230

4,380

5,960 

3,62O

3,280

156,360

5,044

1.42

1.64

Aug.

5.050

2,870

5,050

2,710

2,550

2,390

2,310

2,230 

2,470

2,710

2,230 

2,070

1,960 

1,880

1,800

1,800

2,55O

2,230

2,470

2,310

2,630

2,630

2,390

2,150 

1,910

1,720

1,540

1,540

1,520 

1,460

1.580

68,470

2,209

0.622

0.72

Sept.

1,510 

1,550

1,28O

1,550

2,010

2,150

2,470

2,250 

 1,880

1,570

1,450 

1,570

1,280 

1,240

1,210

1,210

1.13O

1.O60

1,190

2,470

3,620

2,870

2,71O

2,020 

2.23O

5,190

9,940

12.500

8,080 

5,740

-

84,110

2,804

0.790

0.88

Calendar year 1952: Max 39,200 Mln 1,01O Mean 5,102 Cfsm 1.44 In. 19.57

Water year 1952-53: Max 25,500 Mln 1,060 Mean 5,276 Cfsm 1.49 In. 2O.18

Peak discharge discharge (base. 25.000 cfs). Jan. cfs). Jan. 10 (5 p.m;) 26,100 cfs (14.2 ft); Feb. 25 (2 a.m.) 25,800

cfs U*.l ft); May 1 (2 p.m.) 25,500 cfs (14.O ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN 

Mountain Creek near Hamilton, Ga.

175

Location.--Lat 32°44', long. 85°04', at downstream end of right bank pier of bridge on 

State Highway 103, 5 miles upstream from mouth and 11 miles west of Hamilton, Harris 

County.

Drainage area.--61.7 sq mi.

Records available. December 1943 to September 1953.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 550 ft (by barometer). Prior to Sept. 8, 

1950, wire-weight gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 9 years (1944-53), 87.3 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 899 cfs May 1 (gage height, 3.97 ft); minimum, 

9.4 cfs Oct. 8.

1943-53: Maximum discharge, 11,800 cfs July 11, 1948 (gage height, 16.6 ft, from 

floodmark), from rating curve extended above 7,000 cfs on basis of slope-conveyance 

studies; minimum, that of Oct. 8, 1952.

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, In cubic feet per second)

1.5

1.6

1.7

1.8

1.9

7.0

10

16

26

2.1 

2.3 

3.0 

4.O

129

390

920

. 

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

'lean

"f sm

In.

Oct.

1916-

15

13

11

10

*10

9.8

14

14

14

14

14

13

13

14

*14

13

12

12

10

11

14

14

13

13

13

13

13

13

14

405.8

13.1

0.212

0.24

Nov.

14

TT

14

14

14

14

14

14

15

15

18

18

16

16

16

16

16

*16

20

24,

21

18

16

17

17

19

21

18

18

18

-

501

16.7

0.271

0.30

Dec.

18

??

25

21

37

40

25

22

22

53

58

34

26

24

22

21

21

21

21

32

54

34

34

62

102

83

58

47

39

*42

223

1,343

43.3

0.702

0.81

Calendar year 1952: Max 918

Jan.

141

88

S5

66

56

51

49

33

226

230

141

97

78

70

64

60

54

97

116

83

72

64

70

102

74

64

60

58

58

51

51

2,625

84.7

1.37

1.58

Feb.

51

49

49

47

44

49

90

74

62

*54

53

62

66

66

408

202

118

92

83

78

144

216

141

268

471

444

318

188

-

_

-

3,987

142

2.30

2.40

Mar.

144

ra

129

141

129

107

92

90

83

78

105

107

124

116

102

90

83

83

102

85

78

83

92

*88

88

78

70

70

68

~SS 66

2,961

95.5

1.55

1.79

Apr.

62

64

62

58

54

70

144

92

78

435

334

278

278

157

124

116

97

92

92

83

78

74

70

70

70

78

68

64

62

499

3,903

130

2.11

2.35

May

2T8- 670

246

262

 417

278

230

188

148

124

allO

a98

a90

a82

a76

72

72

72

95

132

92

78

68

66

60

56

53

49

49

47

44

4,402

142

2.30

2.65

June

42

40

39

36

36

36

37

39

37

37

68

40

37

34

3?

*a35

a74

a42

a40

a38

a40

a44

a50

a68

a!20

a88

a 60

a56

a50

44

-

1,441

48.0

0.778

0.87

July

44

44

87

154

95

58

45

70

223

TTO

64

54

47

42

17

51

135

80

148

198

164

206

223

124

88

72

66

*83

72

62

56

3,009

97.1

1.57

1.81

Aug.

51

47

45

42

40

39

36

34

58

47

a36

a30

a28

a28

a28

a54

a!20

a5?

a70

47

40

36

37

36

32

30

29

27

29

27

25

1,320

42.6

0.690

0.80

Sept.

24

26

26

25

23

25

24

22

*20

19

19

18

17

16

TS

16

16

16

21

80

39

26

23

26

66

97

375

?4?

92

68

-

1,523

50.8

0.823

0.92

Mln 9.8 Mean 61.7 Cfsm 1.00 In. 13.60

Vater year 1952-53: Max 670 Mln 9.8 Mean 75.1 Cfsm 1.22 In. 16.52

Peak discharge (base, 1,000 efs). No peak above base. 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of recorded range In stage and records for 

stations on nearby streams.
176 APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN

Chattahoochee River at Columbus, Ga.

Location. lat 32°27'45", long. 84°59'45", on downstream side of center piep of Central 

of Georgia Railroad bridge in Columbus, Muscogee County, half a mile downstream from 

Eagle and Phenix Dam, !< miles downstream from City Mills Dam, 17? miles downstream 

from Bartlett Feppy Resepvoip, and at mile 159.5.

Drainage area. 4.670 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. December 1912, August 1929 to September 1953.

. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 185.14 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Dec. 1-31, 1912, staff gage at site 800 ft 

upstream at same datum.

Average discharge. 24 years, 6,647 cfs (unadjusted).

Extremes. Maximum dischapge during year, 44,400 cfs May 2 (gage height, 25.1 ft); minlmum daily, 1,410 cfs Nov. 12.

1912, 1929-53: Maximum discharge, 104,000 cfs Nov. 28, 1948, by computation of flo-f 

at North Highlands Dam; maximum gage height, 42.4 ft Nov. 28, 1948; minimum discharge, 

294 cfs Oct. 23, Nov. 14, 1931; minimum daily, 480 cfs Oct. 31, 1931.

Maximum dischapge known, 198,000 cfs Map. 15, 1929, by computation of flow at North 

Highlands Dam; maximum stage known, 53.2 ft Mar. 16, 1929.

Remarks.--Records good. Flow regulated by Baptlett Peppy Reservoip, completed in 1926 

(usable capacity, 134,000 acre-ft).

Cooperation. Hourly readings of tailpace at North Highlands Dam furnished by Georgia 

Power Co.

Revisions (water years). MSP 1082: 1943(M).

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In cubic feet per second)

-0.3

.0

2.0

1,380

1,570

3,090

7.0

16.0

23.0

9,150

24,100

39,300

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

(t)

Oct.

2,060 

2,060

1,780

1,710

1,710

1,710 

1,850 

1,850

1,990

1,710

1,710

1,710

1,780 

1,710

 1,780

1,780 

1,710

1.680 

1,686

1,710

2,020

2.160 

1.920

1,710

1,710

1,710

1,710 

1,710

1,710

1,780

1,780

55,600

1,794

-309

Nov.

1,710 

1,710

1,710

1,710

1,710

1,570 

1,570 

1,570

1,470

1,440

1,540

1,410

1,500 

1,570

1,540

1,440 

1,570

1,640 

1,850

2,830

2,830

2,270 

2,130

2,350

2,830

 2.910

2,836 

2,430

2,430

2,270

-

58,340

1,945

+319

Dec.

2.270 

Z.67O

3,000

3,180

3,570

3,770 

3,270 

3,370

4,190

4,300

5,080

7,080

6,950 

5,080

4,410

5,800 

6,040

5,560 

4,740

4,520

3,270

3,570 

3,870

4,630

5,200

4,630

5,080 

4,190

4,080

5,680

7,890

140,940

4,546

-163

Jan.

7,750 

8,450

6,950

6,560

8,310

6,950 

*6.170 

6,300

13,000

23,900

24.700

23,766

21,900 

17,000

10,400

10,000 

10,000

12,000 

12,000

10,600

11,200

9,570 

9,570

10,900

9,150

9,850

10,000 

9,850

8,870

8,870

6,560

351,030

11,320

-65

Feb.

5,320 

4.300

4,746

6,040

6,040

6,170 

6,170 

5,920

6,170

6,170

6,820

6,950

7,210 

6,300

9,710

11,800 

10,600

 10,400 

10,300

10,200

11,500

19,600 

22,500

19,300

33,600

28,800

21,000 

13,000

.

.

-

316,630

11,310

+828

Mar.

12,000 

10,800

10,600

10,900

13,400

15.400 

10,400 

10,300

10,300

10,200

10,300.

10,400

10,900 

10,800

10,300

9,430 

8,590

6,430 

8,870

8,870

8,870

6,590 

9,430

9,850

9,850

9,850

9,850 

9,850

9,010

8,590

7,210

310,140

10,000

-520

Apr.

6,170 

 5,800

5,680

5,200

4,410

4,520 

6,560 

8,030

6,820

13,300

13,800

14,6OO

20.200 

16,706

11,500

10,300 

10,200

10,6OO 

11,000

10,200

6,300

5,920 

5,800

6,430

5,560

4,410

3.370 

4,410

5,080

19,900

-

262,770

8,759

+487

May

38.600 

37.7OO

29,200

28,400

38,400

29,000 

23,700 

20,200

17,400

14,800

10,900

 10,300

10,200 

9,150

8,670

7,610 

5,440

5,200 

5,920

8,310

8,870

8,730 

6,430

5,800

5,080

4,410

5,920 

5,680

5,440

5,08O

3^370

424,110

13,680

-179

June

2,830 

3,970

3,970

3,970

3,970

3,090 

2.270 

2,836

3,570

3,970

3,970

4,080

3,770 

3,090

2,910

4,300 

4,520

5.440 

5,26o

4,410

3,000

3,180 

4,190

4,850

*4,630

4,740

4,520 

4,520

4,850

4,960

-

119,570

3,986

+50

July

4,960 

4,850

5,200

5,560

5,080

4,740 

5,560 

6,040

5,200

9,150

6,560

4,410

3.270 

4,086

4,960

4,740 

5,200

4,850 

4,410

6,560

10,900

12.60C 

12,400

11,400

10,200

10,800

10,000 

10,000

 6,950

6,170

5,320

212,120

6,843

-146

Aug.

4,520 

2,510

3,090

4,190

4,520

4,850 

4,306 

3,180

2,200

2,510

2,830

2,910

2,830 

2,670

2,130

1.920 

2.67O

3,670 

3,970

3,270

3,000

2,910 

2,270

2,430

2,830

2,910

2,910 

2,910

2,350

2,060

2,430

93,750

3,024

-163

Sept.

3,000 

3,090

3,090

2,510

2,060

1,920 

1,920 

1,920

1,990

 2,130

1,920

1,920

1,850 

1,850

1,920

1,850

1,850

1.780 77TJBiT

2,200

1,780

1,780 

1,850

2,430

3,470

7,080

13,300 

13,20T

10,800

10,200

-

108,720

3,62<

+261

Adjusted for change In reservoir contents

Mean 

Cfsm 

In.

1,485 

0.318 

0.37

2,264 

0.48. 

0.5

I 4,383 

5 0.939 

I 1.08

11,260 

2.41 

2.78

12,140 

2.60 

2.71

9,480 

2.03 

2.34

9,246 

1.98 

£.21

13,500 

2.89 

3.33

Observed

Calendar year 1952: 

Water year 1952-53:

Max 56,900 Win 1,340 Mean 6,363 

Max 38,600 Kin 1,410 Mean 6,723

4,036 

0.864 

0.96

6,697 

1.43 

1.6E

2,861 

0.613 

0.71

3,89? 

0.83* 

0.9?

Adjusted

Mean 6,313 Cfsm 1.35 In. 18,41 

Mean 6,748 Cfsm 1.44 In. 19.61

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

t Change In contents, equivalent In cubic feet per second. In Bartlett Perry Reservoir; furnished 

by Georgia Power Co.
APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN 177

Chattahoochee River at Columbia, Ala.

Location. Lat 31°17', long. 85-07', In T. 4 N., R. 29 E., on downstream side of pier of 

bridge on State Highway 52, a quarter of a mile downstream from Central of Georgia 

Railway bridge, half a mile upstream from Omussee Creek, half a mile east of Columbia, 

and at mile 48.9.

Drainage area. 8.040 sq mi, approximately.

Records available.--July 1928 to September 1953. Gage-height records collected at same 

site since 1936 are contained in reports of U. S. Weatner Bureau.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 72.23 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1943 (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Average discharge.--25 years, 11,070 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, S2.000 cfs May 4 (gage height, 45.8 ft); minimum, 

2,360 cfs Nov. 10, 18, 19 (gage height, 4.2 ft).

1928-53: Maximum discharge, 203,000 cfs Mar. 18, 1929 (gage height, 56.05 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 115,000 cfs; minimum, 1,220 cfs Oct. 26, 1931 (gage height,

Remarks. Records good. Flow regulated by Bartlett Ferry Reservoir (see preceding page).

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, in feet, and

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used May 5-Z9,

July 25 to Sept. 26)

4.3 

5.0

8.0 

14.0

2,440

3,000

6,000

14,200

22.0

36.0

46.0

27,800

57,000

93,000

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

1 0

] 1

12

13

14

15

16

] 7

: a

1.9

;:o

£1

22 

23

24

25

26

27 

26 

29 

SO"1

 \5tal

"ean

Cfsm "n.

Oct.

2,760

2,920

2,920

2,920

2,680

2,600

2,600

2,600

2,760

2,840

3,000

2,840

2,760

2,760 

2,760

2,680

2,680

2,680

2,600

2,520

2,520

2.440 

*?,600

3,090

2,766

2,600

2,520 

2,520 

2,520 

2,520

2,520

83,490

2,693

0.335

0.39

Nov.

2,520

2,680

2,600

2,600

2,600

2,520

2,520

2,520

2,440

2,440

2,600

2,600

2,680

2,600 

2,680

2,680

2,600

2,440

2,520

3,450

3,900

4,500 

4,3(36

3,720

3,270

3,360

3,810 

4,000 

3,900 

3,540

-

90,590

3,020

0.376

0.42

Dec.

3,450

*3 , 360

3,450

4,000

4,500

5,010

5,340

5,230

4,700

5,010

6,360

6,960

7,800

8,540 

8,040

6,000

6,000

6,960

7,080

6,480

5,890

6,120 

5,450

5,670

6,360

8,960

9,800 

8,820 

7,440 

6,360

7,080

192,220

6,201

0.771

0.89

Jan.

11,500

13,900

12,300

11,200

9,660

9.580

9,800

9,380

10,800

18,600

28,000

30,100

28,360

26,400 

*23,700

16,800

13,200

12,900

18,800

22,300

18,900

17,700 

16,300

16,100

17,700

16,000

14,000 

13,700 

13,400 

12,300

11,900

505,620

16,310

2.03

2.34

1 Feb.

12,200

11,500

10 , 400

9,240

9,380

9,240

11,600

14,700

13,600

11,100

10,400

10,100

10,500

10,800 

16,000

25,600

24,600

19,800

16,400

15,200

14,800

17,600 

26,900

30,100

 28,500

39,000

46.000 

41,400

-

516,660

18,450

2.29

2.38

War.

29,600

20,600

17,600

16,600

17,400

18,600

21,500

17,100

14,800

14,500

15,200

16,000

16,400

17,600 

17,400

16,400

14,800

13,400

13,100

12,600

13,200

12,900 

12,500

13,600

14,000

13,900

13,400 

13,100 

13,100 

12,500

11,500

484,900

15,640

1.95

2.25

Apr.

10,800

9,800

 9,380

8,960

8,680

7,800

9,380

14,500

14,700

16,400

23,000

28,500

33,500

35,200 

51,000

21,300

16,400

15,300

16,000

23,000

20,800

14,800 

11,200

9,940

9,940

11,100

9,660 

8,160 

7,560 

8,540

-

465,300

15,510

1.93

2.15

May

36,000

51,200

69,600

90.500

83.200

68,700

57,900

45,200

37,200

29,600

25,500

19,400

16,800

15,800 

14,800

13,700

12,800

*10,900

9,380

10,200

14,200

15,300 

14 , 500

12,600

10,500

8,960

8,400 

8,040 

8,680 

8,540

8,280

836,380

26,980

3.36

3.87

June

7,800

6,480

5,340

6,240

6,360

6,360

6,600

6,480

5,560

5.010

5,780

6,360

6,720

6,720 

6,480

5,890

5,560

6,600

7,800

7,920

7,920

7,560 

6,600

6,360

6,600

7,560

7,680 

8,400 

 11.200 

10,100

-

208,040

6,935

0.863

0.96

July

8,960

8,160

8,160

8,280

8,400

8,820

8,040

7,320

9,380

10,600

11,600

11,300

8,400

6,120 

5.670

6,960

10,400

10,600

10,900

10,100

13,100

15,200 

18,900

22,700

18,200

14,800

11,600 

12,300 

13,100 

13,400

10,400

341,870

11,030

1.37

1.58

Aug.

8,680

7,566

*6 , 600

5,670

5,560

6,360

6,360

6,240

5,340

4,800

4,300

4,100

4,400

4,400 

4,300

4,000

3,810

3,720

4,360

6,360

6,720

5,560 

5,120

4,500

3,810

4,000

4,400 

4,600 

4,700 

4,500

4,000

158,770

5,122

0.637

0.73

Sept.

3,900

3,720

4,300

4,400

4,300

3,810

3,450

3,360

3,270

3,180

3,090

3,180

3,000

2.920 

2,920

»2,920

2,920

2,920

2,920

3,900

5,560

5,120 

4,500

3,720

3,630

6,480

16,100 

24.900 

24.20O 

18,800

-

181,390

6,046

0.752

0.84

Calendar year 1952: Max 70,200 Mln 2,440 Mean 9,594 Cfsm 1.19 In. 16.27

Mater year 1952-53: Max 90,500 Mln 2,440 Mean 11,140 Cfsm 1.39 In. 18.80

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Mote.--Discharge computed from once-daily wire-weight-gage readings July 15 to Sept.
178 APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN

Flint River near Griffin, Ga.

Location. Lat 33°14', long. 84°26', near left bank at downstream side of pier of bridge 

on State Highway 16, It miles downstream from Shoal Creek, 5i miles upstream from Line 

Creek, 10 miles west of Griffin, Spalding County, and at mile 304.4.

Drainage area. 273 sq mi.

Records available.--March 1937 to September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 711.44 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929 (levels by Corps of Engineers). Prior to May 6, 1941, wire-weight gage at same 

site and datum.

Average discharge. 16 years, 334 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 2,860 cfs May 1 (gage height, 11.55 ft); minimum daily, 44 cfs Oct. 22, 23.

1937-53: Maximum discharge, 13,200 cfs Nov. 27, 1948 (gage height, 18.0 ft); minimum telly, 13 cfs Sept. 9, 1951.

Flood of Mar. 14 or 15, 1929, reached a stage of 17.9 ft, from floodmark located by 

local resident (discharge, 15,300 cfs).

Remarks. Records good. Some diurnal fluctuation at low flows. City of Griffin diverted 

an average of about 2f cfs from tributary above station to Towaliga River for municipal 

supply.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

68

63

*58

55

55

56

46

*46

57

66

78

73

68

66

61

60

60

59

59

47 

44

Ti

46

48

51

52

52

50

50

50

1,766

57.0

0.210

0.24

Nov.

"ST 54

60

60

60

60

60

62

62

66

70

76 

81

81

78

78

78

76

*81

101

121 

128

132

TOT

89

86

98

101

101

98

-

2,462

82.1

0.302

0.34

Dec.

92

89

10T

107

124

154

150

150

135

146

183

192 

226

286

249

255

128

114

107

121

196 

206

226

293

279

279

255

216

183

166

*565

5,973

193

0.710

0.82

Jan.

845

770

875

845

615

444

329

267

353

605

1,070

1.840 

1,170

758

507

337

279

417

575

565

585 

555

480

625

615

585

605

471

337

279

261

18,864

609

2.24

2.58

Feb.

249

226

211

201

192

192

426

545

525

575

*453

329 

337

307

1,000

*1,140

890

815

635

435

595 

1,070

1,310

1,440

1 , 650

1,550

1,480

1,140

_

_

-

19,898

711

2.61

2.72

Calendar year 1952 : Max 5,810 Min 26

Mar.

785

595

525

516

605

695

950 755"

498

361

369

462 

455

462

435

555

321

345

658

708

565

615

645

615

 585

516

444

369

329

286

267

16,117

520

1.91

2.20

Apr.

255

255

245

257

251

251

521

314

275

329

521

435 

670

845

1,670

1,010

525

321

273

257

221 

211

196

188

185

196

185

170

162 ^6"T3~

-

11,319

377

1.39

1.55

May

2,470

2,120

2,420

2,120

1,440

*1,280

1,630

1,550

1,480

1,050

682

444 

329

273

245

221

211

201

282

462

337 

293

279

221

192

170

146

152

121

114

Tiff

25,031

743

2.73

3.15

June

107

101

95

89

92

107

124

128

121

221

237 

154

128

121

121

*138

132

121

192

192 

146

142

142

146

237

267

385

2BT

188

-

4,703

157

0.577

0.64

July

162

132

110

104

118

124

132

166

206

135

128

101 

89

81

BT

95

214

520

970

890

1,670 

1,316

770

401

345

255

188

188

*174

154

135

10,148

327

1.20

1.38

Aug.

118

107

104

104

107

92

84

78

84

107

118

104 

84

76

68

66

66

66

70

138

178 

TBT

142

107

89

78

70

68

63

66

62

2,918

94.1

0.546

0.40

Sept.

~s~ Si

101

107

12*

192

183

15*.

101

*81

73

70

63

61

56

55

5\

73

453

42 S 

275

221

128

114

50")

1 .050

~^J3T

741}

64*1

-

7,115

237

0.871

0.97

Mean 511 Cfsm 1.14 In. 15.54

Water year 1952-53: Max 2,470 Min 44 Mean 341 Cfsm 1.25 In. 16.99

Peak discharge (base. 2.000 cfs).--May 1 (8 a.m.) 2,860 cfs (11.55 ft). 

Discharge measurement made on this day.
APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN 179

Flint River near Molena, Ga.

Location. Lat 32°59', long. 84°32', near right bank at downstream end of pier of bridge

 on State Highway 18, 500 ft downstream from Southern Railway bridge, half a mile downstream from Pappys Creek, if miles upstream from Elkins Creek, 2 miles southwest of 

Molena, Pike County, and at mile 278.1.

Drainage area.--990 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. June 1897 to May 1898 (gage heights only, June to December 1897), November 1945 to June 1953 (discontinued).

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 646.78 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

~^929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 (levels by Corps of Engineers). June 1897 to 

May 1898, wire-weight gage at site 500 ft upstream at different datum.

Average discharge. ? years (1945-52), 1,355 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during period October to June, 10,700 cfs May 1 (gage height,

 14.9 ft); minimum, 160 cfs Oct. 7. nc ...

1898, 1945-53: Maximum discharge, 31,100 cfs Nov. 27, 1948 (gage height, 25.9 ft); 

minimum, 46 cfs Sept. 10, 1951.

Remarks. Records good.

Rating table, Oct. 1, 1952, to June 30, 1953 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used Jan. 13 to Feb. 15, May 11

to June 30)

5.4 

5.7 

6.0

136

255

430

7.0

12.0

15.0

1,260

6,900

10,800

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, October 1952 to June 1953

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

£8 

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

210 206

190

174

163

167

167

182 

210

250

5§0" 260

260

250

 232

224

214

210

214

206

190

170

182

170

178

182 

190

190 

182

174

182

6,239

201

0.203

0.23

Nov.

190 

5CS

210

210

214

214

214

214 

219

232

250

270 

270

270

270

270

270

260

295

335

424

430

415

372

347

323 

323

359 

365

353

-

8,589

286

0.289

0.32

Dec.

335 

35T

384

410

465

631

623

552 

*500

583

794

846 

922

930

735

615

505

465

437

451

695

803

812

1,040

1,080

1,090 

982

862 

719

663

2.050

22,335

720

0.727

0.84

Jan.

*3,120 

3,230

3,340

2,680

2,100

1,650

1,260

1.090

i.SSo

2,460

3,560

4.260 

3,900

2,740

1,800

1,350

1,170

1,500

2,570

2,520

2,790

2,400

2,050

2,740

2,570

2,460 

2,000

1,650 

1,450

1.220

1,120

70,300

2,268

2.29

2.64

Feb.

1,080 

1,040

973

948

922

922

1,650

2,050 

2,000

 1,350

1,500

1,300

1,400

1,350

3,780

4,980

4,260

3,120

2,150

1,750

2,300

4,260

5,220

5,820

6,780

7.160 

6,780

5,220

-

-

82,065

2,931

2.96

3.08

Mar.

3,450 

2,350

2,150

2,150

2,250

2,570

3,010

2,400 

1,850

1,400

1,450

1,700 

1,850

1,800

1.600

1,400

1,220

1.450

3,010

3,340

2,900

2,790

2,740

2,680

*2,350

2,050 

1,750

1,500

1,300

1,220

1.120

64.800

2,090

2.11

2.43

Apr.

1,080 

1,060

1,040

973

948

990

1,350

1,400 

1,220

1,800

2,150

1,950 

2,900

3,780

4.140

3,230

2,050

1,400

1,170

1,080

990

939

888

862

854

862 

862

837 

778

3,750"

-

47,303

1,577

1.59

1.77

May

9,760 

9,240

7,810

9,500

8,070

*7,680

6,420

5,700 

4,980

3,780

2,790

1,950 

1,500

1,300

1,220

1,130

1,120

1,100

1,170

1,700

1,600

1,300

1,170

1,100

1,030

930 

862

794 

735

703

687

98.S31

3,188

3.22

3.71

June

663 

631

607

568

552

560

599

655 

679

663

1,030

1,450

1,040

820

719

623

»956

862

687

948

948

703

735

1,110

1,170

862

1,170

1,550 

1,460

1,170

-

26,130

871

0.880

0.98

July Aug. Sept.

Calendar year 1952: Max 16,900 Mln 80 Mean 1,127 Cfsn 1.14 In. 15.49

Water year 1952-53: Max - Mln - Mean - Cfsn - In. -

Peak discharge (base, 7,500 cfs). May 1 (7 a.m.) 10,700 cfs (14.9 ft); May 4 (9 a.m.) 9,760 cfs 

(14.2 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
180 APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN

Potato Creek near Thomaston, Ga.

Location. Lat 32°54'15", long. 84°21'45", on right bank 300 ft downstream from State HigV 

way 74, 600 ft downstream from Basin Creek, 1,000 ft downstream from Central of Georgia 

Railway bridge, 1 mile downstream from Ten Mile Creek, and 2f miles northwest of 

Thomaston, Upson County.

Drainage area. 186 sq mi.

Records available.--July 1938 to September 1953.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 600 ft (by barometer).

Average discharge.--15 years, 226 ofs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,240 cfs Apr. 30 (gage height, 6.65 ft); mlnimum daily, 44 cfs Oct. 5, 22.

1938-53: Maximum discharge, 9,240 cfs Nov. 27, 1948 (gage height, 8.80 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 4,000 cfs by logarithmic plotting; minimum daily, 2.8 cfs 

Sept. 10, 1951.

Remarks.--Records good. Some regulation at low flow caused by diversion for municipal 

and industrial supplies at Thomaston.

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage-height, In feet, 

and discharge, In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Sept. 30)

2.7 

2.9 

3.2 

3.5 250

4.0 

4.5 

5.0 

6.0

560 

1,O30 

1,640 

3,060

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

£2

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

52

49

50

45

44

45

*47

48

56

61

64

67

62

56

53

53

53

53

53

48

46

44

46

45

48

50

52

43

46

46

45

1,572

50.7

0.273

0.31

Nov.

50

50

53

43

Iff

50

53

49

49

54

54

58

62

59

57

61

61

54

*61

§1

78

71

64

61

56

59

62

64

61

61

-

1,750

58.3

0.313

0.35

Dec.

61

S2

73

78

94

106

103

85

75

39

109

112

87

82

75

67

66

66

71

87

158

155

129

148

236

236

201

148

120

129

624

3,932

127

0.683

0.79

Jan.

*658 6l6~

384

366

295

223

205 S53~

408

560

658

518

348

270

236

235

205

246

290

312

206

280

420

476

576

396

285

250

236

218

205

10,802

348

1.87

2.16

Feb.

205

193

185

173

162

173

318

390

336

232

*210

232

241

246

900

986

820

408

312

290

372

532

608

694

975

1,540

986

730

_

-

13,249

473

2.54

2.64

liar.

490

402

384

403

462

518

348

312

280

260

342

406

469

402

360

300

280

290

490

469

712

55F

640

525

*448

372

312

285

270

250

236

12,292

397

2.13

2.46

Apr.

232

232

214

210

197

232

306

324

336

1,480

1,210

784

624

592

384

306

270

241

241

223

205

197

193

181

I3T

193

189

181

185

1, 770

-

12,113

404

2.17

2.42

May

5.060

3,660

2,300

2,520

2,520

*1,060

775

820

560

420

342

300

260

241

228

210

210

205

270

360

360

250

214

197

181

158

152

139

132

123

123

21,750

702

3.77

4.35

June

120

106

103

93

96

103

139

139

135

129

135

142

109

98

96

*152

155

126

103

255

241

232

135

112

120

260

396 342"

300

223

-

4,900

163

0.876

0.98

July

193

148

193

360

214

152

139

173

342

576

285

158

126

112

Tg?

236

218

2,100

2,740

1,770

1,240

793

694

518

342

250

223

*255

270

218

181

15,342

495

2.66

3.07

Aug.

162

152

142

123

118

112

106

109

185 120-

115

152

103

92

80

80

82

92

132

126

135

118

98

89

85

78

78

73

57

80

75

3,379

109

0.586

0.68

Sept.

75

2FT

152

275

354

384

241

If5

*120

106

98

155

103

89

80

80

82

76

123

920

1,250

504

476

155

384

1,120

2,370

2.820

TTTTo"

427

-

14,505

484

2.60

2.90

Calendar year 1952: Max 5,260 Mln 8.6 Mean 240 Cfsm 1.29 In. 17.55

Water year 1952-53: Max 3,060 Mln 44 Mean 317 Cfsm 1.70 In. 23.11

Peak .discharge (base. 1.700 efs). Apr. 10 (1 a.m.) 1,900 cfs (5.20 ft); Apr. 30 (7 p.m.) 4,240 

ofs (6.65 ft); May 4 (5 a.m.) 3,140 cfs (6.06 ft); July 18 (9 p.m.) 3,490 cfs (6.23 ft); Sept. 28 

(12 m.) 2,980 cfs (5.95 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN 

Flint River near Culloden, Ba.

181

Location. Lat 32°43', long. 84°13', on left bank underneath bridge on U. S. Highway 19, 

4 miles upstream from Auchumpkee Creek, 5 miles downstream from Swift Creek, 13 miles 

southwest of Culloden, Monroe County, and at mile 238.4.

Drainage area.--1.890 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. July 1911 to May 1923, July 1928 to December 1931, March 1937 to 

September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 334.54 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. July 1, 1911, to Oct. 11, 1918, staff gage 

and Oct. 12, 1918, to May 31, 1923, water-stage recorder, at site 2f miles downstream 

at different datum. July 21, 1928, to Dee. 31, 1931, chain gage. Mar. 18, to May 10, 

1937, staff gage, and May 11, 1937, to May 3, 1939, wire-weight gagei all at present 

site and datum.

Average discharge.--30 years (1911-22, 1928-31, 1937-53), 2,446 ofs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 35,800 cfs May 1 (gage height, 27.6 ft); minimum, 386 cfs Oct. 6.

1911-23, 1928-31, 1937-53: Maximum discharge observed, 92,000 cfs Mar. 15, 1929 

(gage height, 38.40 ft); minimum observed, 92 cfs Oct. 4, 6, 7, 1931.

Remarks. Records good.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 822: Drainage area. WSP 1002: 1943.

Discharge, In cubic feet per second,-water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

490 

460

440

422

399

390

39T

422

510

585

585

585

579

 557

535

515

505

485

475

475

445

417

408

435

430

435

435

440

435 

426

417

14,531

469

0.248

0.29

Nov.

435 

415

465

475

470

475 

480

480

475

495

535

568

590

585

579

574

568

568

601

790

790

790

742

706

 656

640

640

656

667 

667

-

17,607

587

0.311

0.35

Dec.

645

SeT

736

790

820

1,030 

1,090

1,030

910

970

1,330

1,390

1,360

1,420

1,270

1,090

940

850

820

880

1,600

1,540

1,420

1,660

2,660

2,660

2,150

1,800

1,540 

1,360

5,560

43,988

1,419

0.751

0.87

Jan.

6.290 

5,626

4,840

4,200

3,430

»2,810 

2,360

2,220

3,760

5,690

5,690

5,690

5,310

4,380

3,270

2.58O

2,150

2,220

3,850

3,850

4,200

3,940

3,600

4,930

4,480

4,020

3,430

2,960

2,660 

2,290

2,080

LIB, 200

3,813

2.02

2.33

Feb.

2,080 

2,010

1,870

1,730

1,660

1,600 

2,566"

3,600

3,270

2,960

2,510

2,360

2,510

2,360

4,300

5,310

 7,090

8,500

10.200

11,100

10,500

7,290

6,890

7,840

11,400

12.600

11,106

0,170

:-

155,390

5,550

2.94

3.06

Mar.

5,990 

4, 680

4,120

4,020

4,380

4,200 

4,480

4,020

3,430

2,880

2,810

3,430

3,510

3,510

3,270

2,880

2,580

2,360

3,600

5,220

4,840

4,660

4,480

4,560

4,020

3,600

3,110

2,810

2,440 

2,220

2.080

114,170

3,683

1.95

2.25

Apr.

»2,010 

2,010

1,940

1,800

1,730

1,730 

2,510

2,740

2,440

8,820

7,510

5,600

5,890

5,220

5,500

4,740

3,680

2,810

2,290

2,150

1,940

1,800

1,660

1,600

1,540

1,600

1,540

1,480

1.390 

l6,?00

-

98,370

3,279

1.73

1.93

May

32,200 

22,666

17,200

19,500

15,600

11,700 

10,300

8,280

7,190

5,790

4,660

 3,600

2,960

2,510

2,290

2,150

2,010

1,940

1,940

2,960

2,880

2,440

2,080

1,870

1,660

1,540

1,360

1,270

1,180 

1,120

1,060

195,240

6,298

3.33

3.84

June

1,030 

970

910

850

820

820 

970

1,030

1,060

1,030

1,150

1,800

1,600

1,150

970

970

1,360

1,420

1,120

1,660

2,080

1,420

1,150

»1,600

1,800

1,600

2,150

3.600

i,270 

2,080

-

43,440

1,448

0.766

0.85

July

1,940 

1,420

1,420

2,510

1,870

1,300 

1,150

1,600

2,510

2,290

1,73O

1,300

1,030

850

820

1,730

2,960

7,730

7,290

8,060

12.600

16,666

8,280

5,400

3.600

2,510

2,890

»4,740

2,740 

2,01O

1,660

107,940

3,482

1.84

2.12

Aug.

1,420 

1^300

1.24O

1,240

1,060

1,000 

910

910

1,330

1,390

1,000

970

910

620

730

689

678

790

880

850

1,120

1,150

970

910

820

730

872

640

640 

640

596

29,005

936

0.495

0.57

Sept.

606 

1,030

1,150

1,150

2,510

2,360 

2,010

1,800

1,210

940

820

760

718

650

618

 601

590

579

752

6,290

3,680

3,040

1,940

1,420

2,420

7,340

15.200

12,900

.7,510 

4,660

-

87,254

2,908

1.54

1.72

Calendar year 1952 : Max 34,600 Mln 260 Mean 2,204 Cfsm 1.3.7 In. 15.88

Water year 1952-53 : Max 32,200 Mln 390 Mean 2,809 Cfsm 1.49 In. 20.18

charge (base, 11.Oi OOP efs) Feb. 20 (12 p.m.) 11,200 cfs.(14.0 ft)j Feb. 26 (5 p.m.)

(15.5 ft}, May 1 

10 p.m.) 16,200 of

13,100 ofs (15.5 ft), May 1 (6 a.m.) 35,800 cfs (27.6 ft); July 21 (7 a.m.) 15,400 ofs (17.4 ft); 

Sept. 27 (10 p.m.) 16,200 ofs (17.5 ft). 

 Discharge measurement made on this day.
182 APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN

Whltewater Creek below Rambulette Creek, near Butler, Ga.

Loeatlon."Lat 32°28', long 84°16', on left bank 500 ft downstream from bridge on U. S. 

Highway 19, at confluence with Rarabulette Creek, 6f miles south of Butler, Taylor 

County, and 8 miles upstream from Cedar Creek.

Drainage area. 93.4 sq ml. .,

Records available. October 1951 to September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 365.85 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,120 cfs May 1 (gage height, 5.54 ft); minimum 

 3aTIy, 112 cfs Oct. 20-23, 26.

1951-53: Maximum discharge, that of May 1, 1953; minimum dally, 112 cfs Oct. 16, 

1951, Oct. 20-23, 26, 1952.

Remarks.--Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Variable backwater from Rambulette Creek which Is regulated by Cpton Mill.

Plating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height. In feet,

and discharge, In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 9 to Feb. 19)

1.0 

2.0 

3.0 

4.0 

5.0

112

187

295

490

850

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

125

125

122

122

122

 125

125

128

146

13?

125

122

118

*115

115

118

115

115

115

112

*112

112

112

115

115

112

115

115

115

115

118

3,705

120

1.28

1.48

Nov.

118

118

115

TI5

115

118

118

122

118

128

139

139

128

125

125

125

122

122

139

167

178

139

128

132

132

132

132

 136

132

132

-

3,909

130

1.39

1.55

Dec.

132

139

158

142

139

142

132

155" 128

136

158

142

132

128

128

128

128

128

128

146

192

162

142

154

192

155" 215

142

139

139

215

4,596

148

1.58

1.82

Jan.

240

19T

166

150

142

142

 142

166

200

230

210

166

150

146

146

142

155" 139

192

170

170

150

158

196

166

150

142

146

142

139

142

5,094

164

1.76

2.03

Feb.

154

158

150

146

136

142

182

174

150

142

142

142

142

142

230

230

 178

154

146

154

174

225

210

178

225

5BO" 290

210

_

-

4,966

177

1.90

1.98

Mar.

174

174

174

174

174

174

162

154

154

154

170

187 rrs

174

166

158

154

154

166

150

154

174

178

166

154

154

150

150

 146

146

142

5,039

163

1.75

2.02

Apr.

150

146

146

142 res

158

225

205

166

353

SIS' 44O

3O2

252

2O5

192

182

178

220

2OO

174

166

166

162

166

170

170

158

158

341

-

6,145

205

2.19

2.44

Hay

 814 355"

348

310

278

348

310

265

235

215

210

192

187

*182

182

174

174

178

178

196

215

196

174

170

166

162

162

154

154

162

146

7,192

232

2.48

2.86

June

158

142

14T

150

150

158

166

178

174

166

154

154

ISO

146

ISO

150

166

162

150

200

235

245

196

 192

158

170

215

34O

552

192

-

5,365

179

1.92

2.14

July

187

174

196

215

210

187

178

166

174

170

158

146

I4T

146

154

234

440

395

348

318

452

315

290

245

215

196

234

428

»31O

252

220

7,502

242

2.59

2.99

Aug.

205

2OO

200

190

180

170

160

550" 150

250"

210

190

180

160

180

220

210

200

190

180

170

170

170

170

165

165

160

160

200

190

185

5,760

186

1.99

2.29

Sept.

ISO

230

210

200

220

200

190

180

175

17O

158

162

154" 154

154

 162

154

158

178

429

332

220

187

196

278

415

650 355"

285

240

7,006

234

2.51

2.80

Calendar year 1952 : Max 456 Hln 112 Mean 152 Cfsm 1.63 In. 22.22

Water year 1952-53: Max 814 Hln ng Mean 182 Cfsro 1.95 In. 26.40

Peak discharge (base, 500 cfs). AI

(5.54 ft); July 21 (B a.m.; 550 cfs

Jr. 11 (1 a.m.) 550 cfs (4.20 ft); May 1 (3 a.m.) 1,120 cfs 

4.22 ft); Sept. 2O (3 p.m.) 535 cfs (4.13 ft); Sept. 27 (9 a.m.)

705 cfsr (4-65. ft). n).

» Discharge measurement made on this day.

Note. No gage-height record Aug. 4 to Sept. 10; discharge estimated on basis of recorded range In 

itage and records for stations on nearby streams.
APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN 

Flint River at Montezuma, Ga.

183

Location. Lat 32°18', long. 84°03', on downstream side of left pier to right bank truss 

of bridge on State Highways 26 and 49, half a mile downstream from Buck.Creek, 1 mile 

west of Montezuma, Macon County, and at mile 180.7.

Drainage area. 2,900 sq ml, approximately.

Records available. January 1905 to December 1909, January 1911 to December 1912, July 

1930 to June 1933, October 1934 to September 1953. Gage-height records collected at 

same site since 1904 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 255.83 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

T929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. January 1905 to December 1909 and January 1911 

to December 1912 chain gage at site I? miles upstream at same datum. July 1930 to June 

1933 chain gage and Oct. 1, 1934, to Dec. 12, 1941, wire-weight gage, at present site and 

- datum.

Average discharge.--21 years (1930-32, 1934-53), 3,641 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 34,500 cfs May 4 (gage height, 20.4 ft); minimum 

dally, 950 cfs Oct. 27.

1905-9, 1911-12, 1930-33, 1934-53: Maximum discharge, 68,900 cfs Nov. 30, 1948 

(gage height, 25.2 ft); minimum daily, 585 cfs Oct. 26, 1941.

Maximum stage known, 27.4 ft Mar. 17, 1929, from D. S. Weather Bureau (discharge, 

92,300 cfs, from rating curve extended above 65,000 cfs by logarithmic plotting)

Remarks. Records good. Moderate diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by powerplant 

above station.

Revisions (water years). WSP 822: Drainage area. WSP 852: 1936(M).

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, In feet, and

discharge, In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 10 to Dec. 25, 

Mar. 25 to Apr. 11)

1.4

3.0

6.0

11.0

930

1,660

3,570

7,950

14.0

17.0

21.0

12,700

20,000

38,100

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsra

In.

Oct.

1,180 

1,180

1,110

1,090

1,050

1,030 

1,010

1,010

1,070

1,180

1,220

1,270 

1,220

1,220 

1,180

1,180

1,180

1,140

1,110

1,090

*1,070

1,050

1,030

1,010 

1,050

1,010

1,030" 950

1,010

1,010

1,010

33,950

1,095

0.378

0.44

Nov.

1,050 

1,050

1,050

1,050

1,070

1,070 

1,070

1,070

1,090

1,130

1,270

1,320 

1,270

1,320 

1,320

1,270

1,270

1,270

1,270

1,460

1,660

1,770

1,720

2,250

1,560

1,510

1,460

*1,410 

1,460

1,460

-

40,010

1,334

0.460

0.51

Dec.

1,460 

1,460

1,510

1,610

1,720

1,770 

1,820

1,880

1,820

1,770

1,770

1,990 

2,230

2,110 

2,110

1,990

1,880

1,770

1,660

1,660

1,770

2,290

2,610

2,340 

2,740

3,430

3,920

3,710 

3,290

2,740

2,610

67,640

2,182

0.752

0.87

Jan.

4,000 

5,360

6,240

6,720

6,620

5,800 

4,700

3,850

*3,S50

4,620

5,700

6,620 

7,110

7,310 

7,IlO

6,440

4,860

3,780

3,710

4,360

5,180

5,440

5,700

5,980 

6,160

6,440

6,340

5,800 

4,940

4,220

3,710

168,690

5,442

1.88

2.17

Feb.

3,500 

3,430

3,360

3,290

3,080

2,870 

3,010

3,570

4,460

4,700

4,460

3,920 

3,570

3,570 

4,300-

5,520

6,720

7,950

9,250

9,250

7,840

6,060

5,980

6,820 

7,950

9,390

11,400

14.600

_

-

163,820

5,851

2.02

2.10

Mar.

16.200 

14,800

12,100

9,690

8,070

7,010 

6,530

6,240

6,060

5,700

5,100

4,780 

*5,020

5,270 

5,360

5,270

4,860

4,460

4,150

4,300

5,100

5,880

6,160

6,160 

6,060

5,880

5,620

4,940 

4,300

3,850

3,500

198,420

6,401

2.21

2.55

Apr.

*3,360 

3,220

3,150

3,080

2,940

2,870 

3,360

3,920

4,300

4,860

6,620

8,310 

11,200

12.100 

10,600

9,540

8,440

7,620

6,720

5,270

4,380

4,000

3,640

3,430 

3,220

3,080

3,080

3,010 

2,870

2,800

-

155,190

5,173

1.78

1.99

May

4,080 

7,570

25,200

55.400

27,900

25,200 

24,800

21,500

18,300

15,000

12,300

10,300 

8,700

*6,820 

5,100

4,380

3,920

3,710

3,570

3,640

4,300

4,700

4,460

3,920 

3,570

3,220

2,940

2,740 

2,540

2,420

2j 290

302,490

9,758

3.36

3.87

June

2,230 

2,170

2,050

1,990

1,940

1,880 

1,940

2,050

2,110

2,170

2,230

2,170 

2,420

2,680 

2,350

2,050

1,990

2,230

2,420

2,420

2,870

3,710

4,000

3,360 

2,940

3,010

3,080

3,780 

4,620

5.270

80, 130

2,671

0.921

1.03

July

5,020 

3,850

3,080

2,940

3,570

3,850 

3,290

2,870

3,010

3,570

3,780

3,290 

2,740

2,350 

2,110

2.050

2,480

3,920

5,800

7,410

10,500

12,500

13,700

15.500 

14,100

11,900

9,250

6,720 

6,160

6,720

*6,530

184,360

5,947

2.05

2.36

Aug.

4.620 

3,430

3,010

2,800

2,680

2,540 

2,350

2,230

2,290

2,610

3,010

2,680 

2,350

2,170 

1,990

1,880

1,820

1,820

1,820

1,940

1,990

2,050

2,170

2,050 

1,940

1,820

1,720

1.660 

1,660

1,660

1,660

^0,420

2^272

0.783

0.90

Sept.

1,610 

1,880

2,420

2,680

3,080

3,780 

4,000

3,570

3,150.

2,610

2,110

1,880 

1,720

1,660 

1,560

1,510

*1,460

1,460

1,460

2,110

4,620

5,880

5,880

4,620 

3,570

4,380

7,510

9,690 

13,300

18.000

-

123,160

4,105

1.42

1.58

Calendar year 1952: Max 33,900 Mln 950 Mean 3,448 Cfsm 1.19 In. \6.20

Water year 1952-53: Max 33,400 Min 950 Mean 4,351 Cfsra 1.50 In. 20.37

Peak discharge (base. 15.000 efs) . Mar. 1 (12 ra.) 

cfs (2O.4 ft); July 24 (1 p.m.) 15,300 cfs (15.2 ft); 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

16,500 cfs (15.7 ft); May 4 ( 6 a.m.) 34,500 

Sept. 30 (2 p.m.) 18,600 cfs (16.5 ft).
184 APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN

Flint River at Oakfleld, Ga.

Location.--Lat 31°46', long. 83°59', on downstream side of center pier of Georgia Southwestern & Gulf Railroad bridge, 1 mile southwest of Oakfleld, Worth County, 1 mile upstream from Jones Creek, 9.7 miles downstream from Crisp County Dam, and at mile 125.0.

Drainage area.--3.860 sq ml, approximately.

Records available. January 1930 to June 1933, October 1934 to September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 193.29 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

T929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 21 years (1930-32, 1934-53), 4,577 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 32,100 cfs May 7 (gage height, 22.5 ft); minimum

~ (JaTTv 456 Cfs Oct 26

1930-33, 1934-53: Maximum discharge, 60,500 cfs Dec. 3, 1948 (gage height, 30.1 ft); 

minimum dally, 152 cfs June 8, 1941.

Maximum stage known, 35.1 ft Jan. 20, 1925, from floodmark.

Remarks.--Records good except those below 1,000 cfs, which are fair. Flow regulated by 

Crisp County powerplant and reservoir (capacity, 35,000 acre-ft). Normal operation of 

powerplant does not materially affect figures of monthly runoff.

Revisions (water- years).--WSP 822: Drainage area. WSP 852: 1936(M).

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

1.3 

2.0 

4.0 

6.0 

7.0

445

905

2,760

5,080

6,370

8.0

10.0

12.0

16.0

23.0

7,720

10,500

13,400

19,600

33,400

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7 

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

IB

19

20

31

32

23

24

25

36

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsjn

In.

Oct.

1,800

1,800

1,800

1,800

804

1,240 

1,800 

1,510

1,510

1,510

1,540

790

1,250

1,510

1,510

1,620

1,580

1,540

779

1,440

1,760

1,770

1.850

1,610

1,600

456.

1,410

1,740

1,310

1,210

1,200

45,049

1,453

0.376

0.43

Nov.

1,190

477

1,050

1,190

1,260

1,250 

1,230 

1,220

548

1,070

1,460

1,600

1,600

1,580

1,610

922

1,200

1,480

1,560

1,530

1,490

1,520

1,660

1,890

1,940

2,390

2,290

2.440

2,140

1,570

-

44,357

1.479

0.383

0.43

Dec.

1,840

1,890

1,940

1,890

1,940

1,940 

1.570 

1,840

1,990

2,090

2,040

1,990

2,040

1,660

1,940

2,090

2,140

2,240

2,240

 2,240

1,700

2,090

»2,290

3,760

4,840

4,840

5.590

5,460

4,720

3,530

3,640

82,010

2,645

0.685

0.79

Jan.

3,640

4,360

5,690

5,720

5,720

5,720 

5,850 

5,850

5,850

5,850

5,850

5,850

6,240

7,580

8.000

7,720

7,440

6,110

5,850

5,350

4,840

5,720

6,500

7,440

7,580

7,580

7,300

7,580

7,020

6,110

5,980

193,770

6,251

1.62

1.87

Feb.

5,850

5,850

5,720

4,600

5.550

3,760 

4,720 

5,330

4,240

5,330

5,720

5,850

5,720

4,360

4,960

6,110

7,860

8,560

9,680

11,500

10,800

11,200

10,700

6,240

7,860

15 .000

10,900

11,100

-

-

-

201,050

7,180

1.86

1.94

Mar.

14,300

16,100

18.000

16,200

16,700

12,800 

6,370 

7,160

8,000

7,300

8,280

6,760

6,370

6,370

6,370

*7,020

7,440

6,240

6,240

6,240

6,240

6,240

6,240

6,370

7,720

7,300

6,370

6,890

6,240

6J11Q

6,110

262,090

8,455

2.19

2.52

Apr.

5,200

5,080

4,480

3,880

5.200

3,530 

5,330 

5,330

5,200

6,240

6,110

7,440

10,900

13,000

12,100

14.000

12,800

10,400

10,800

8,700

6,240

6,240

5,460

3,880

4,120

3,550

3,880

3,880

3,880

3,420

-

198,250

6,608

1.71

1.91

May

4,720

6,110

6,240

15,200

24,200

29,800 

31.800 

30,800

30,800

26,300

18,600

15,500

12,500

9,820

8,560

6,750

6,370

4,840

3,420

4,840

5,330

5,080

5,980

5,080

4,240

3,200

3,880

3,760

3,090

2,980

1.090

340,890

11,000

2.85

3.29

June

2,370

3,090

2,710

2,650

2,650

2,510

2^660

2^560

2,560

2,630

2,420

1,030

 2,310

2,660

2,650

2,640

2,680

2,480

1,090

2,500

4,240

4,240

4,360

4,240

4,000

2,980

3,420

5.200

-

84,768

2,826

0.732

0.82

July

5,200

5,200

3,880

3,880

3,760

3,880 

4,240 

4,240

4,720

6,110

5,330

2.290

3,200

3,420

3,310

2,830

3,880

2,980

3,880

5,720

7,720

10,100

12,800

13,600

14,300

15.000

13,200

11,100

7,720

7,020

6,760

201,270

6,493

1.68

1.94

Aug.

7.30Q

6,240

5,590

4,240

3,260

2,840 

2,690 

2,500

816

2,320

2,750

2,950

2,960

3,010

2,690

1,260

2,460

2,760

2,700

2,670

2,580

2,540

981

2,260

2,540

2,540

2,700

2,560

2,440

828

2,150

88,125

2,843

0.737

O.S5

Sept.

2,490

2,520

2,500

2,530

2,480

1.080 

3,310 

4,000

4,000

4,000

3,200

3,090

1,190

2,280

2,580

2,480

2,490

2,490

2,320

1,300

2,770

5,850

5,850

5,850

5,980

6,890

15.700

12,100

11,800

11,900

~

155,020

4,501

1.17

1.50

Calendar year 1952: Max 27,500 Min 240 Mean 4,263 Cfsro 1.10 In. 15.02

Water year 1952-S5: Max 31,800 Min 456 Mean 5,142 Cfsro 1.35 In. 18.09

Discharge measurement made on this day.
APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN 

Kinchafoonee Creek at Preston, Oa.

185

Location. Lat 32°03', long. 84°33', near right bank at downstream side of bridge on State 

Highway 41, 1 mile southwest of Preston, Webster County, and 1 mile upstream from 

Harrel Mill Creek.

Drainage area. 197 sq mi.

Records available.--October 1951 to September 1953.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 337.7 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

T929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 (levels by Georgia State Highway Department).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year. 6,000 cfs May 4 (gage height, 8.80 ft); minimum, 

44 cfs Oct. 4-6 (gage height, 2.18 ft).

1951-53: Maximum discharge, that of May 4, 1953; minimum, 38 cfs July 20, 21, 1952.

Remarks. Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used June 26 to July 16,

July 26 to Sept. 19)

2.1 

2.5 

3.0 

3.5 

4.0 

4.5

42

58

89

132

196

278

5.0 

5.5- 

6.0 

6.5 

7.0 

8.1

390

570

860

1,300

1,900

3.95O

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

15

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

50

48

47

45

44

45

46

46

56

67

69

66

62

60

*58

57

57

56

54

53

51

49

49

51

54

54

55 X 56

56

 56

57

1,676

54.1

0.275

0.32

Nov.

62

64

65

65

64

65

67

68

68

83

108

112

100

90

86

86

85

83

98

226

242

203

132

104

99

*98

104

108

100

95

-

3,030

101

0.513

0.57

Dec.

93

104

156

156

150

162

144

117

108

122

175

175

138

117

108

104

100

98

98

104

144

162

162

168

242

329

318

242

162

150

242

4,850

156

0.792

0.91

Jan.

308

329

278

203

168

150

144

 196

298

390

485

420

260

196

182

175

168

189

196

352

340

308

308

329

329

298

226

203

189

182

182

7,981

257

1.30

1.50

Feb.

242

298

269

218

189

182

288

378

405

278

210

196

196

196

430

595

760 *435

278

251

269

352

525

570

450

620

1.020

790

-

-

-

10,890

389

1.97

2.05

Mar.

525

390

340

329

468

468

340

278

260

242

318

390

420

435

420

340

318

278

298

318

288

260

260

251

234

218

203

203

196

189

JJ5

9,652

311

1.58

1.82

Apr.

196

*269

210

189

168

182

468

505

485

390

390

670

700

1.020

645

390

508

278

420

525

485

340

260

234

218

234

234

210

182

189

-

10,994

366

1.86

2.08

May

326

1,140

2,340

*3.860

1,460

1,300

1,060

86O

645

505

420

 352

318

298

269

242

226

218

218

469

670

405

288

226

132

175

156

132

117

108

12i

19,039

614

3.12

3.60

June

1OO

100

90

80.

90

100

120

120

110

130

160

130

110

100

90

100

110

100

150

200

300

400

450

500

»50O

420

378

595

485

420

-

6,738

225

1.14

1.27

July

251

196

196

182

182

182

144

132

156

189

168

127

104

18

98

126

226

361

505

390

269

£60

260

226

175

138

112

117

127

127

122

5,946

192

0.975

1.12

Aug.

104

100 "*98

90

82

76

72

68

93

84

76

71

69

11

67

67

91

144

138

156.

122

98

86

89

86

74

77

88

108

104

89

2,834

91.4

0.464

0.53

Sept.

78

77

87

86

83

127

108

86

73

*66

62

60

58

57

56

58

60

58

60

240

352

420

212

112

168

456

1,110

1.520

900

485

-

7,375

246

1,25

1.40

Calendar year 1952: Max 1,840 Mln 40 Mean 177 Cfsm 0.898 In. 12.22

Water year 1952-53: Max 3,860 Min 44 Mean 249 Cfsm 1.26 In. 17.17

Peak (JlscharEe (base. 900 efs). Fe

(6.27 ft); Apr. 14 (7 a.m.) 1,160 ofE

b. 17 (2 a.m.) 900 cfs (6.06 ft); Feb. 27 (8 a.m.) 1,060 cfs 

(6.34 ft); May 4 (l a.m.) 6,000 cfe (8.80 ft); May 20 (11 p.m.)

1,020 cfs (6.21 ft); Sept. 28 (5 a.m.) 1,710 cfs (6.86 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Note. No gage height record June 1-25; discharge estimated on basis of weather records, recorded 

range in stage and records for stations on nearby streams.
186 APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN

Flint River at Albany, Ga.

Location. Lat 31°36', long. 84°09', on right bank at downstream side of Georgia Northern 

Railway bridge at Albany, Dougherty County, at mile 103.4.

Drainage area. 5.230 sq ml, approximately.

Records available. February 1897 to December 1901 (gage heights only), January 1902 to 

June 1921, September 1929 to September 1953. Gage-height records collected at site 

1 mile downstream since 1893 are contained In reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 150.03 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Feb. 1, 1897, to Dec. 31, 1901, staff gage at 

site 1 mile downstream at datum 1.3 ft lower. Jan. 1, 1902, to Apr. 19, 1904, staff 

gage and Apr. 20, 1904, to June 30, 1921, chain gage, at site 1 mile downstream at 

datum 2.0 ft lower.

Average discharge. 42 years (1902-20, 1929-53), 6,387 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 41,400 cfs May 8 (gage height, 26.3 ft); minimum dally, 950 cfs Nov. 9.

1902-21, 1929-53: Maximum discharge, 64,800 cfs Jan. 22, 1943 (gage height, 31.6 

ft); minimum dally, 426 cfs Aug. 24, 1930.

Maximum stage known, 37.84 ft Jan. 21, 1925, from floodmark, present site and datum 

(discharge, 92,000 cfs, from rating curve extended above 60,000 cfs).

Remarks. Records good. Flow regulated by powerplants above station; capacity of reservoirs Insufficient to materially affect figures of monthly runoff.

Revisions (water years). WSP 822: Drainage area. WSP 1052: 1930, 1934(M).

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height. In feet, and

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used Hay 25 to July 20, Aug. 2 

to Sept. 26)

2.4 

3.0 

4.0 

6.0

920

1,350

2,290

5,230

8.0

14.0

20.0

27.0

8,890

18,000

26,500

43,900

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to.September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

2,180

2,180

1,970 

2,020

1,470

1,350

2 . 160

1,560

1,830

1,780

1,770

1,680

980

1,920

1,820

1,820

1,970

1,820

1,590

1,190

1,870

1,870

1,670

2,020

2,020

1,050

1,120

1,920

1,720

1,390

1,350

53,260

1,719

0.329

0.38

Nov.

1,470

1,020

1,120 

1,390

1,470

1,510

1,470

1,510

950

1,270

1,470

1,950

2,180

1,910

1,830

1,810

1,480

1,840

2,150

2,290

1,920

2,130

2,350

2,130

2,720

2,590

3,110

5.390

3,110

2,120

-

57,660

1,922

0.367

0.41

Dec.

2,290

2.070

2,290 

2,290

2,530

v 2,590

2,590

2,410

2,530

2,720

2,840

2,590

2,720

2,290

2,530

2,910

2,590

2,720

2,650

2,840

2,590

2,410

*2,980

3,250

4,890

5,400

7.620

6,670

6,670

4,390

3,990

101,850

3,285

0.626

0.72

Jan.

4,890

4,890

7,050 

6,860

6,860

6,670

6,480

6,120

6,670

7,240

7,050

7,240

7,240

6,890

9,410

9,580

8,890

8,170

7,240

7,050

-4.720

7,430

7,620

8,710

10.600

8,530

10,100

8,530

9,580

7,620

6,660

234,790

7,574

1.45

1.67

Feb.

7,050

7,240

7,240 

6,860

<L.07Q

4,550

5,940

7,990

4,890

7,050

7,620

7,430

7,430

6,670

4,890

8,710

9,750

12,700

11,700

15,200

14,500

13,900

13,900

8,890

8,350

16.600

14,000

13,900

-

-

-

259,020

9,251

1.77

1.84

Mar.

16,000

18,600

20.900 

20,200

20,200

18,500

8,170

9,240

11,600

. 8,530

11,400

9,240

8,530

6,890

6,890

*9,070

11,400

8,170

8,530

8,710

8,170

8,890

6,170

7,430

9,920

9,750

7.050

8,890

7,240

7,430

7,430

335,140

10,810

2.07

2.39

Apr.

6,860

5,940

5,940 

4,390

5,400

3.910

6,660

6,670

7,050

8,710

9,410

9,750

13,700

16,600

15,300

17.900

14,900

13,900

13,600

13,300

8,350

7,620

8,710

4,890

5,580

4,890

5,580

5,230

4,550

4,550

-

260,040

8,668

1.66

1.85

May

5,580

7,620

7,430 

14,300

23,000

31,500

38,600

4}.. 100

40,100

38,000

28,400

23,000

17,700

13,900

10,800

8,530

6,530

6,120

4,550

5,760

7,810

6,860

10,300

8,350

6,860

4,690

5,760

5,060

3,760

3,910

5480

441,260

14,230

2.72

3.14

June

2,650

3,610

3,460 

2,980

3,110

3,840

2,650

2,720

3,390

3,320

3,390

3,390

3,390

2,630

2.540

3,390

3,390

3,390

3,540

3,460

3,040

2,580

4,230

5,230

5,580

5,940

5,940

5,580

6,120

7.620

-

116,100

3,870

0.740

0.83

July

7,810

8,710

5,060 

5,400

5,060

5,230

5,760

5,580

5,940

8,350

7,240

5,230

4,230

4,720

4,550

4.070

4,550

4,390

4,890

6,670

10,100

12,800

15,200

16,000

16,700

17.300

16,700

13,600

9,920

7,810

7,430

257,000

8,290

1.59

1.83

Aug.

8.350

7,430

6,860 

4,390

4,230

3,760

3,460

*3,180

2,720

2,290

2,780

3,320

3,460

3,540

3,460

2,910

2,410

2,910

3,180

3,250

3,320

3,320

3,180

2,590

3,460

2,840

3,250

3,460

3,460

1.640

2,020

110,430

3,562

0.681

0.79

Sept.

3,320

3,180

3,320 

3,320

3,390

2,590

3,390

4,550

5,060

5,060

4,230

3,840

3,040

2.130

3,110

2,650

2,530

2,780

2,910

2,780

2,780

7,430

7,620

7,240

7,430

8,890

15,200

17.000

15,600

16,500

-

172,870

5,762

1.10

1.23

Calendar year 1952: Max 31,800 Mln 725 Mean 5,405 Cfsm 1.03 In. 14.06

Water year 1952-53: Max 41,100 Mln 950 Mean 6,574 Cfsm 1.26 In. 17.08

Discharge measurement made on this day.
APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN 187

Ichawaynochaway Creek at Mllford, Ga.

Location. Lat 31°22', long. 84°32', on downstream end of left bank pier of highway bridge 

(relocated) at Mllford, Baker County, 2t miles upstream from Alligator Creek and 5? 

miles upstream from Chlckasawhatchee Creek.

Drainage area. 620 sq ml, approximately.

Records available.--August 1905 to December 1907, October 1939 to September 1953.

Qage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 150.3 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

T929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 (levels by Georgia State Highway Department). 

Aug. 29, 1905, to Dec. 31, 1907, staff or chain gages at several sites within 450 ft of 

present site at various daturas. Oct. 1, 1939, to Nov. 11, 1942, staff gage and Nov. 12, 

1942, to Dec. 4, 1953, water-stage recorder, at site 100 ft downstream at present datum.

Average discharge. 14 years (1939-53), 837 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,800 cfs May 8 (gage height, 7.6 ft); minimum, 

203 cfs Oct. 6.

1905-7, 1939-53: Maximum discharge, 10,100 cfs Jan. 21, 1943 (gage height, 13.9 

ft); minimum, 138 cfs Sept. 1, 1951.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Moderate diurnal fluctuation at'low flow.

Revisions. WSP 922: Drainage area.

Rating tables, water year 1952-53 (gage height, In feet, and discharge,

In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Jan. 26)

Oct. 1 to Dec. 4 Dec. 5 to Sept. 30

1.0 

1.6

175

462

1.0 

1.5 

2.0

176

392

685

3.0 

5.0 

8.0

1,350

2,300

4,090

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

248

248

229

214

214

206

210

229

252

279

297

302

288

279

297

322

283

248

240

233

218

*214

210

214

218

218

218

210

214 

214

210

7,476

241

0.389

0.45

Nov.

214

221

225

225

225

237

229

233

237

240

244

283

322

337

332

302

292

288

297

312

342

388

433

418

348

302

292

288

288 

292

-

8,683

289

0.466

0.52

Dec.

288

183.

288

312

377

424

446

*462

468

441

441

542

646

626

500

419

382

367

357

352

372

382

403

424

441

518

602

685

732 

704

652

14,334

462

0.745

0.86

Jan.

666

666

672

659

590

524

489

462

500

659

771

850

872

*813

698

633

560

530

608

678

750

813

828

880

919

911

895

828

764 

724

678

21,890

706

1.14

1.31

Feb.

685

737

820

911

943

935

975

1,080

1,120

1,120

1,150

1,050

903

806

919

1,180

1,350

1,540

»L580

1,450

1,220

1,120

1,150

*1,150

1,150

1,180

1,240

1,270

-

-

30,734

1,098

1.77

1.84

Mar.

1,240

1,180

1,080

1,010

967

927

951

1,150

1,050

828

872

1,080

1,180

1.270

1,270

1,180

1,050

975

927

919

1,010

1,080

935

865

792

737

692

659

640 

614

602

29,732

959

1.55

1.79

Apr.

578

*590

590

590

£41

554

704

828

865

943

1,010

1,120

1,400

1.670

1,630

1,450

.1,150

858

820

850

960

900

790

720

680

720

700

650

666 

640

-

26,174

872

1.41

1.57

May

646

633

640

646

672

1,300

*3,140

»3.660

3,200

2,800

2,150

1,630

1,240

975

828

718

666

*626

584

572

718

806

1,150

1,900

1,760

1,010

620

560

512 

4"5S 387

37,157

1,199

1.93

2.22

June

382

362

342

333

528

367

446

560

666

640

440

420

410

400

410

420

440

430

420

410

400

380

370

360

370

771

1,050

1.220

*1,050 

1,120

-

15,717

524

0.845

0.94

July

1,150

911

626

590

4,78

122

451

578

895

1,300

1,580

2,000

1,800

1,120

659

572

506

484

548

724

1,050

1,240

1,300

1,080

1,010

1,080

1,010

792

652 

560

495

27,671

893

1.44

1.66

Aug.

478

446

*424

441

451

414

-372

352

339

324

305

301

296

288

279

279

296

305

414

484.

462

446

435

387

352

333

319

333

382 

403

382

11,522

372

0.600

0.69

Sept.

347

333

319

328

333

314

301

288

267

254

238

234

230

222

222

»218

222

222

246

408

778

1,240

1,350

1,220

880

835

1,350

1,950

2.600 

2,550

-

20,299

677

1.09

1.22

Calendar year 1952 : Max 2,460 Mln 172 Mean 559 Cfsm 0.902 In. 12.27

Water year 1952-53 : Max 3,660 Mln 206 Mean 689 Cfsm 1.11 In. 15.07

Peak reaic dlscharee aiscnarge (base. ipase. 3.000 o.uuu cfs). ei3).--rcav May 8 a (4 i* a.m.) a.m.; 3.8OO i,ouo cfs crs (7.6 ^.b ft). it;. 

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

Mote. No gage-height record Apr. 21-28, June 10-25; discharge estimated on basis of recorded 

 ange In stage, weather records, and records for stations on nearby streams.
188 APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN

Flint River at Bainbridge, Ga.

Location. Iat 30-55', long. 84°34', on downstream side of right major pier of Decatur 

County Memorial Bridge on U. S. Highway 84 at Bainbridge, Decatur County, a quarter of 

a mile downstream from Atlantic Coast Line Railroad bridge and at mile 29.0.

Drainage area.--7.350 sq mi, approximately.

Records available.--January 1908 to December 1913, December 1928 to September 1953. Gageneight records collected at same site since 1904 are contained in reports of U. S. 

Weather Bureau.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 58.06 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Jan. 1, 1908, to Dec. 31, 1913, chain gage at 

same site at datum 0.3 ft higher.

Average discharge.--29 years (1908-13, 1929-53), 8,568 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 37,900 cfs May 11 (gage height, 27.0 ft); minimum, 2,490 cfs Nov. 11.

1908-13, 1928-53: Maximum discharge, 83,200 cfs Mar. 21, 1929 (gage height, 37.73 

ft); minimum, 1,960 cfs Sept. 18, 19, 1951.

Maximum stage known, 40.9 ft, present datum, Jan. 24, 1925 (discharge, 101,000 cfs, 

from rating curve extended above 70,000 cfs).

Remarks. Records good. Some regulation by powerplants above station. Capacity of reservoirs insufficient to materially affect figures of monthly runoff.

Revisions (water years|.--WSP 697: 1908-13. WSP 822: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height. In feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

4.4

6.0

10.0

14.0

2,630

3,840

7,720

12,900

18.0

22.0

27.0

18,900

25,600

37,900

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Tola]

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

3,520

5.680

3,660

3,520

3,440

3,440

2,980

3,280

3,360

3,200

3,280 

3,280

3,200

3,050

3,050

3,280

3,200

3,440

3,280

3,050

2,910

3,050

3,200

*3,280

3,560

3,280

3,050

2.630

2,980

3,120

2,980

100,050

3,227

0.439

0.51

Nov.

2,840

2,840

2,770

2.650

2,700

2,840

2,840

2,840

2,840

2,770

2,630 

2,770

2,980

3,280

3,280

3,120

3,200

2,980

3,050

3,200

3,520

3,280

3,280

3,440

3,600

3,600

3,760

3,840

4,080

4.160

-

94,960

3,165

0.431

0.48

Dec.

3,760

3,520

*3,520

5,440

3,520

3,600

3,680

3,760

3,680

3,760

3,760 

3,920

3,920

3,840

3,920

3,680

3,760

3,840

3,680

3,920

3,840

3,840

3,680

3,840

4,080

4,880

5,420

6,620

6,730

6.840

6,120

130,370

4,205

0.572

0.66

Jan.

5.620

5,720

5,820

6,840

7,060

7,060

7,060

6,950

6,950

7,170

7,500 

7,720

7,840

8,080

8,560

*9,160

9,280

9,160

8,920

8,440

6,320

7,390

8,080

8,800

9,260

10.400

10,100

10,300

9,930

10,100

9,540

253,150

8,166

1.11

1.28

Feb.

8,680

8,680

8,800

8,800

8,680

7,390

7.060

7,840

9,040

8,320

8,680 

9,410'

9,410

9,280

9,040

8,320

9,540

10,800

12,300

12,900

14,500

15,100

15,000

14,800

12,900

11,900

15,200

15.800

-

-

-

298,170

10,650

1.45

1.51

Kar.

15,700

16,600

18,100

19,500

20.500

20,500

19,700

15,100

13,500

14,000

12,800 

13,500

12,900

12,300

12,300

12,300

12,300

 13,200

12,200

11,600

11,600

11,200

11,400

11,100

10,800

11,600

11,600

10,600

10,700

10 , 100

9.950

419,430

13,530

1.84

2.12

Apr.

9,800

9,410

8,800

8,680

7,960

 7,960

7.390

8,800

9,160

9,670

10,400 

11,100

13,800

14,400

16,800

17,500

IS . 100

17,600

18,100

16,000

15,600

13,300

12,200

11,900

10,200

9,930

9,280

8,920

8,800

8,440

-

^350, 000

11,670

1.59

1.77

Hay

8,200

8,560

9,540

10,200

13,300

18,600

22,900

27,600

32,200

35,600

37.500 

57,000

32,900

26,000

21,500

17,400

14,600

13,300

*11,800

10,200

9,930

11,400

11,100

12,800

12,900

11 , 600

9,930

9,160

8,800

7,960

7,390

523,670

16,890

2.30

2.65

June

6,950

6,120

6,520

6,420

6,120

6,020

6,420

6,020

5,620

6,220

6,220 

6,120

6,020

5,920

5,620

5.060

5,620

5,720

5,620

5,720

5,720

5,620

5,060

5,920

6,620

7,170

7,610

7,960

7,960

 8.200

-

187,910

6,264

0.852

0.95

July

8,920

9,280

9,540

8,200

7,610

7,280

7,170

7,390

7,610

7,960

9,280 

9,670

9,040

8,080

7,720

7,280

6.840

6,840

6,840

6,950

8,080

10,200

12,300

14,500

15,700

16,400

17,000

17.200

15,800

12,100

11,200

309,980

9,999

1.36

1.57

Aug.

10.600

10 , 600

9,930

*9 , 410

8,080

7,280

6,730

6,320

6,120

5,720

5,150 

5,150

5,420

5,520

5,520

5,520

5,240

4.790

4,880

5,240

5,350

5,550

5,330

5,240

4,790

5,150

5,060

4,970

5,150

5,240

4,790

189,600

6,116

0.832

0,96

Sept.

4,000

4,880

4,970

5,060

5,060

5,150

4,970

4,970

5,620

6,120

6^120 

5,920

5,520

5,240

4,250

*4,70C

4.70C

4.25C

4.43C

4.70C

4.79C

4.88C

7,17C

8.52C

8.44C

8,800

9,670

15,600

16 , 500

17.000

-

199,600

6,653

0.905

1.01

Calendar year 1952: Max 30,700 Win 2,630 Mean 7,408 Cfsm 1.01 In. 13.74

Water year 1952-53: Max 37,300 Mln 2,630 Mean 8,375 Cfsm 1.14 In. 15.47

Discharge measurement made on this day.
APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN 189

Spring Creek near Iron City, Qa.

Location.--Lat 31"03', long. 84°43', on right bank 125 ft below highway bridge, l£ miles 

downstream from Aycock Creek, If miles upstream from Dry Creek, 5 miles north of Brinson, and 5f miles northeast of Iron City, Seminole County. Prior to Oct. 18, 1952, at 

highway bridge 125 ft upstream.

Drainage area.--520 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. October 1920 to June 1921, June 1937 to September 1953.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 85.7 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Oct. 21, 1920, to June 30, 1921, staff gage 

at site 125 ft upstream at different datum. June 11, 1937, to Oct. 17, 1952, staff 

gage at site 125 ft upstream at present datum.

Average discharge. 16 years (1937-53), 514 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 1,460 cfs May 10 (gage height, 10.6 ft); minimum daily, 30 cfs Nov. 5-10.

1920-21, 1937-53: Maximum discharge, 12,600 cfs Apr. 2, 1948 (gage height, 19.9 

ft, from floodmark), from rating curve extended above 8,000 cfs by logarithmic plotting; minimum daily, 14 cfs Oct. 15-17, 1951.

Remarks . 

TalF.

rks Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are

Revisions (water years ) . --WSP 852: Drainage area. WSP 1052: 1939-40(M), 1942(M), 

1944 (M) .

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height. In feet, and

discharge, In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Jan. 15-30, Mar. 1 to June 11}

1.4 

2.0 

3.0

26

58

129

5.0 

8.0 

11.0

332

820

1,700

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

13

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

23

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

62

55

56

53

50

47

57

55

57

56

53

52

51

50

48

48

46

43

41

40

38

37

 36

 35

35

34

34

34

32

sU

32

1,402

45.2

0.087

0.10

Nov.

32

32

32

31

30

30

30

30

30

30

31

32

32

32

33

32

32

32

35

42

48

52

53

15

50

48

47

45

44

44

-

1,123

37.4

0.072

0.08

Dec.

IS 42

42

42

42.

42

44

44

44

45

47

48

48

47

47

49

51

49

47

47

48

50

53

54

57

61

64

65

365

1,556

50.2

0.097

0.11

Jan.

a70

aSO

aSO

a75

a75

870

a65

a7o

aeo

390

alOO

allO

a!20

8130

 137

141

137

129

133

133

141

154

168

190

210

230

246

251

251

251

256

4,373

141

0.271

0.31

Feb.

240

235

255

240

246

268

332

384

425

468

514

563

597

580

597

614

632

686

761

840

860

¥25

780

742

 780

820

860

860

_

_

-

15,979

571

1.10

1.14

Mar.

800

800

800

761

723

686

704

704

668

614

632

668

686

742

800

840

515

780

723

668

632

614

597

580

563

530

493

468

439

411

5J4

20,355

657

1.26

1.45

Apr.

358

345

332

320

296

 332

614

761

820

860

860

900

1,100

1,210

1.240

1,240

1,240

1,150

1,020

860

761

686

632

580

563

580

563

546

546

530

-

21,845

723

1.40

1.56

May

530

514

483

453

439

483

614

742

1,050

1.390

1,390

1,210

975

800

636

597

530

483

*439

411

397

371

345

332

320

332

332

290

256

235

215

17,644

569

1.09

1.26

June

200

186

172

163

158

163

163

172

172

172

181

176

163

158

163

163

163

176

176

168

158

145

137

129

I3T

158

215

256

'S4TJ

 246

-

5,239

175

0.337

0.38

July

225

200

181

158

141

137

145

133 TiT

158

IS 6

210

240

256

290

290

246

220

215

230

278

397

433

530

53 1)

498

468

468

453

411

332

8,850

285

0.584

0.63

Aug.

290

284

268

*240

210

190

181

168

163

150

141

133

125

117

109

105

ITS

109

113

200

246

230

200

195

190

168

154

172

172

163

154

5,453

176

0.338

0.39

Sept.

141

129

121

117

137

163

154

154

181

158

125

113

102

98

94

*90

88

84

1J4

98

109

141

154 125'

109?

145

225

268

332

392

4,436

148

0.285

0.32

Calendar year 1952: Max 2,260 Mln 30 Mean 355 Cfsm 0.683 In, 9.29

Water year 1952-53: Max 1,390 Mln 30 Mean 297 Cfsm 0.571 In. 7.73

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of recorded range In stage and records for

stations on nearby streams.
190 APALACHICOLA RIVEi BASIN

Apalachicola River at Chattahoochee, Fla.

Location.--Lat 30°43 ! , long. 84°51', in sec. 32, T. 4 N., R. 6 W., near center of span on 

upstream side of bridge on U. S. Highway 90, four-fifths of a mile downstream from confluence of Flint and Chattahoochee Rivers and 1 mile west of Chattahoochee.

Drainage area. 17,100 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. December 1928 to September 1953. Prior to October 1939, published as 

"near River Junction." Gage-height records collected at former site October 1919 to 

September 1925 and at present site since October 1925 are contained in reports of D. S. 

Weather Bureau.

Page.--Wire-weight gage read twice daily. Datum of gage is 45.58 ft above mean sea level, 

Saturn of 1929 (U. S. Weather Bureau benchmark). Prior to Dec. 16, 1939, water-stage 

recorder at site seven-eighths of a mile downstream at datum 0.73 ft lower. Dec. 16, 

1939, to June 25, 1952, water-stage recorder at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 25 years, 22,190 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 91,300 cfs May 7, 8 (gage height, 21.39 ft); 

minimum, 6,450 cfs Nov. 11 (gage height, -0.58 ft).

1928-53: Maximum discharge, 293,000 cfs Mar."207 1929 (gage height, 34.70 ft, site 

and datum then in use), from rating curve extended above 200,000 cfs; minimum, 5,120 

cfs Nov. 5, 11, 1931; minimum gage height, -1.70 ft Nov. 5, 1931, site and datum then 

in use.

Remarks.--Records good except those for period of doubtful gage-height record, which are

Rating tables, water year 1952-53 (gage height, In feet, and discharge,

In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Dec. 4-9)

Oct. 1 to Dec. 3 Dec. 4 to Sept. 30

-0.6 

.9

6,420

8,900

0.1

4.0

8.0

12.0

7,800

15,900

25,200

36,200

16.0

18.0

21.4

52,000

62,600

91,400

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

7,750 

7,710

7.890 

7,890

7,670

7,420

7,260

7,040

7,300

7,280

7,320

7,440

7,340

7,260

7,080

7,180

7,200

7,140

7,220 

7,120

6,850

6,690

6,820

7,040

7,420

7,260

7,090

6,740

6.550

6,646

6,740

223,350

7,205

0.421

0.49

Nov.

6,660 

6,630

1

6,740 

6,550

*6,500

6,560

6,590

6,640

6,640

6,570

6.45Q

6)560

6,660

6,840

6,940

6,970

6,960

6,820

6,600 

6,850

7,690

8,210

8,630

8,600

8,200

7,870

7,960

8,410

8,710

8,880

-

216,890

7,230

0.423

0.4T

Dec.

8,620 

8,160

7.910 

7)960

8,680

9,160

9,800

10,200

10,200

10,200

1

10,400

11,500

12,100

13,100

13,600

12,800

* 11, 300

11,500

12,100 

12,200

12,200

11,800

11,400

10,800

10,500

12,600

15,100

17.000

16,800

15,200

14,700

359,590

11,600

0.678

0.78

Jan.

15.000 

17,566

20,100 

18,600

18,000

17,600

17,300

16,900

17,900

20,400

26,200

32,200

34.600

3'4,366

33,800

31,300

27,200

23,600

23,600 

26,800

28,400

26,600

26,100

25,700

26,100

25,900

25,900

25,400

* 24, 700

23,700

23,000

754,400

24,340

1.42

1.64

Feb.

22,200 

21,200

21,000 

20,700

19,600

18.900

19,300

21,600

23,500

23,000

21,000

21,100

20,900

21,000

22,200

27,300

32,000

33,600

31,100 

27,700

26,300

28,900

33,600

39,000

41,400

42,500

49,600

54.400

_

_

-

784,800

28,020

1.64

1.71

Mar.

55.800 

47,466

40,900 

37,500

37,300

36,800

39,900

38,900

33,800

31,700

*31,000

31,000

31,200

31,000

31,500

31,400

30,400

29,200

28,500 

26,800

25,800

26,200

26,200

26,100

26,200

26,800

27,000

26,600

25,900

25,500

24.500

986,800

31,830

1.86

2.15

Apr.

23,700 

22,800

21,700 

20,700

19,900

19,400

20,000

21,600

25,300

26,000

28,400

34,500

39,600

44,900

49.200

46,500

41,800

38,500

36,200 

36,500

38,900

*36,900

32,300

27,900

25,600

24,600

24,000

24,500

20,300

18.700

-

890,900

29,700

1.74

1.94

May

24,600 

41,000

50,100 

58,700

71,000

84,700

91.000

96,366

84,300

76,700

69,900

64,400

58,500

53,700

47,800

41,700

36,500

32,400

28,400 

25,400

25,700

27,700

28,200

27,600

26,700

24,900

22,700

20,700

20,300

19,800

18.900

1,394,300

44,980

2.63

3.03

June

18,200 

16,500

*14,800 

15,200

15,300

15,000

15,400

15,400

14,100

13,700

14,900

15,000

15,000

14,900

14,700

13,700

13.300

14,866

15,500 

16,000

15,900

15,500

14,100

.13,900

14,700

16,600

17,200

18,900

20,100

20.700

-

469,000

15,630

0.914

1.02

July

20,000 

19,700

19,300 

19,200

18,400

18,400

18,500

17,700

17,500

20,000

21,100

23,000

21,800

19,300

17,000

16.600

*l'/,966

19,900

20,800 

*20,200

19,900

22,200

26,800

31,200

53.400

32,500

31,200

30,800

30,600

30,000

27,600

702,500

22,660

1.33

1.53

Aug.

24.300 

22,166

20,800 

19,100

17,400

16,800

16,400

16,000

15,300

14,600

13,000

11,900

12,100

12,400

12,300

12,200

12,100

11,400

10.900 

12,700

14,000

14,000

13,300

12,500

*11,800

11,300

11,500

.11,700

12,000

12,100

11,800

439,800

14,190

0.830

0.96

Sept.

10,600 

10,100

10,700 

11,300

11,500

11,500

11,000

10,400

10,600

10,900

11,100

11,100

10,900

10,400

9,700

9,280

9,480

9,280

9,140 

9.64C

10,800

12,OOC

12,20C

13.30C

13.50C

14,80C

19,200

*28,OOC

34,50C

36.000

-

402,920

13,430

0.78f

0.88

Calendar year 195Z: Max 86,100 Mln 6,450 Mean 19,200 Cfsm 1.12 In. 15.25

Water year 1952-53: Max 91,000 Mln 6,450 Mean 20,890 Cfsm 1.22 In. 16.60

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Note. Doubtful gage-height record Dec. 15 to Jan. lOj discharge based on graph of observer's 

readings, records for Flint River at Balnbrldge, Ga., and Chattahoochee River at Columbia, Ala., 

and gage-height records for U. S. Weather Bureau station at Blountstown, Fla.
APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN 191

Chipola River near Altha, Fla.

Location (revised).--Lat 30°32'02", long. 85°09'55", in NWi sec. 32, T. 2 N., R. 9 W., 

on right bank on downstream side of bridge on State Highway 274, 0.9 mile downstream 

from Holliman Branch, and 3? miles southwest of Altha.

Drainage area. 844 sq mi.

Records available. November 1912 to December 1913, September 1921 to September 1927, 

August 1929 to September 1931, March 1943 to September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 19.95 ft above mean sea level (levels by 

Corps of Engineers). Prior to Jan. 13, 1950, staff, chain, or wire-weight gage at 

same site and datum.

Average discharge.--18 years (1921-27, 1929-31, 1943-53), 1,563 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,720 cfs Apr. 13 (gage height, 19.12 ft); 

minimum, 515 cfs Nov. 4, 5, 7, 8 (gage height, 8.54 ft).

1912-13, 1921-27, 1929-31, 1943-53: Maximum discharge, 25,000 cfs Sept. 20, 1926 

(gage height, 33.55 ft, from floodmarks), by slope-area determination of peak flow; 

minimum, 425 cfs Oct. 17-20, 1951.

Remarks. Records excellent. 

Revisions.--WSP 1002: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

8.5

9.0

10.0

11.0

495

745

1,260

1,660

12.0

15.0

19.0

1,990

3,070

4,660

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

"665 670

640

625

610

620

660

615

625

625

615

605

605 

600

600

595

590 

575

570

565

545

545

555

545

545

545 

545 

550

540

535

545

18,260

589

0.698

0.80

Nov.

545

545

530

»520

520

525

520

115

530

520

550

545

535 

535

530

525

525 

525

535

625

600

595

585

580

575

580 

570 

555

550

545

-

16,435

548

0.649

0.72

Dec.

540

545

540

540

555

555

555

555

555

575

585

575

575 

570

565

*555

555 

550

550

565

570

570

570

595

615

655 

690 

6f5

670

665

680

18,110

584

0.692

0.80

Jan.

670

665

670

655

660

655

650

650

755

790

810

820

815 

825

840

840

820 

815

885

905

920

895

900

975

1,000

1.010 

995 

 995

1,000

985

960

25,830

833

0.987

1.14

Feb.

945

940

965

960

950

1,040

1,710

1,810

1,760

1,680

1,610

1,590

1,5SO 

1,530

2,150

2.410

2,266 

2,140

2,040

2,040

2,080

2,210

2,170

2,060

2,000

2,100 

2,280 

2,220

_

-

-

49,250

1,759

2.08

2.17

Mar.

2,110

2,020

1,950

1,880

1,770

1,670

1,600

1,560

1,550

*1,560

1,890

1,970

1,920 

1,880

2,040

2,380

2.420 

2,350

2,220

2,100

2,000

1,910

1,810

1,740

1,660

1,570 

1,510 

1,440

1,380

1,340

1,280

56,480

1,822

2.16

2.49

Apr.

1,220

1,190

1,170

1,150

1,120

1,500

3,100

3,040

2,920

2,920

3,120

3,680

4.640 

4^280

3,790

3,640

3,630 

3,570

3,400

3,090

 2,740

2,480

2,270

2,090

2,020

2,340 

2,280 

2,150

2,070

2,020

-

78,630

2,621

3.11

3.46

May

1,990

1,920

1,820

1,710

1,620

1,740

2,270

2,430

2,470

2.480

2,470

2,380

2,220 

2,020

1,820

1,650

1,530 

1,420

1,340

1,300

1,340

1,230

1,180

1,150

1,120

1,090 

1,060 

1,020

985

960

950

50,685

1,635

1.94

2.23

June

935

915

 910

905

900

915

940

945

955

970

960

940

935 

920

925

945

935 

920

890

870

830

835

855

850

845

860 

870 

880

880

870

-

27,100

903

1.07

1.19

July

860

850

7SO

765

8T55

805

845

890

890

920

855

840

*835 

820

820

875

1,000 

955

970

1,070

1,140

1,190

1,140

1.210

1,150

1,120 

1,070 

1,040

1,030

965

910

29,415

949

1.12

1.30

Aug.

895

865

825

805

785

770

825

830

830

805

785

775

755 

740

TIs

775

785 

840

815

805

855

955

1,020

*1,080

1,080

950 

875 

880

845

830

815

26,240

846

1.00

1.16

Sept.

785

755

735

700

700

735

720

705

710

705

670

665

655 

645

645

645

'635 635 

655

750

695

685

670

655

690

1,610 

1.900 

 1^790

1,690

1,580

-

25,815

860

1.02

1.14

Calendar year 1952: Max 4,130 Mln 515 Mean 1,085 Cfsm 1.29 In. 17.50

Water year 1952-53: Max 4,640 Mln 515 Mean 1,157 Cfsm 1.37 In. 18.60

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
192 BEAR CREEK BASIN

Econfina Creek near Bennett, Pla.

Location. Lat 30°23'04", long. 85°33'24", in sec. 20, T. 1 S., R. 13 W., near left bank 

at downstream side of bridge on State Highway 388, 0.5 mile downstream from Old Mill 

Branch and 1.6 miles southwest of Bennett.

Drainage area.--ISO sq mi.

Records available.--November 1935 to September 1953.

Gage. staff gage read once daily. Datum of gage is 1.03 ft above mean sea level, datum 

of 1929.

Average discharge. 18 years, 541 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,560 cfs Sept. 26 (gage height, 9.47 ft); 

minimum, 403 cfs Feb. 6 (gage height, 4.56 ft).

1935-53: Maximum discharge observed, 4,860 cfs Apr. 2, 1948 (gage height, 12.46 

ft), from rating curve extended above 2,200 cfs; minimum, 350 cfs July 4, 20, 21, 

1952 *

Maximum stage known, 15.0 ft, from floodraarks, either in September 1926 or in April 

1928 (based on a study of rainfall records).

Remarks.--Records good. Plow includes large ground-water inflow. 

Revisions (water years).--WSP 872: 1937.

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, In feet, and

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used Feb. 18-21, 24-26, Mar. 1 to Apr. 6, 

Apr. 9-11, 17-25, Apr. 29 to May 7, May 9 to June 13)

4.5 

6.0 

8.0

397

596

1,060

1,300

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsra

In.

Oct.

449

446

43S

437

438

438

449

4"5?

*446

438

438

434

431

430

427

425

423

463

427

423

421

425

436

425

427

4£5

422

418

*

13,410

433

2.89

3.32

Nov.

419

419

421 42-0

421

421

419

419 

419

421

423

447

436

425

421

420

421

 419

431

466

*2*

436

431

427

423

427

423

421

419

415

12,804

427

2.85

3.17

Dec.

417

115

419

421

429

425

421

421

422

421

432

446

427

421

419

417

417

419

419

419

431

436

434

421

428

436

'535 449

422

423 

449

13,216

426

2.84

3.28

Jan.

430

429

422

417

417

413

415

412

7SB"

 445

427

419

416

414

412

406

409

427

438

427

419

415

459

451

421

413

411

408

ft

13,152

424

2.83

3.26

Feb.

407

417

419

417

407

403

681

780 

 584

470

449

441

427

436

636

787

g^6

522

496

492

494

549

568

522

509

514

565

562

_

"

14,600

521

3.47

3.62

Mar.

514

498

491

485

475

470

465

461 

455

451

' 509

539

500

503

500

488

494

502

487

484

488

484

 500

491

484

464

462

459

455 

453

15,081

486

3.24

3.74

Apr.

. 453

455

461

453

446

460

571

570 

527

509

506

593

857

TO

590

543

513

509

508

520

509

494

491

484

490

646

629

547

509

506

16,129

538

3.59

4.00

May

503

502

491

4S2

478

481

516

565 

330

494

481

 473

466

462

457

465

461

455

454

455

481

468

455

456

451

446

446

4*4:1

444

441

14,641

472

3.15

3.63

June

439

437

434

434

441

484

514

497 

475

487

470

457

460

502

543

 578

sBT

471

444

435

436

431

429

sTfT

494

455

488

514

503

471

14,291

476

3.17

3.54

July

474

448

438

427

425

427

436

466 

469

477

455

442

438

425

435

503

565

584

593

593

600

5§5"

546

518

480

*469

455

457

456 

461

1S,11S

488

3.25

3.75

Aug.

464

456

451

454

459

451

451

526 

530

496

474

481

466

480

502

518

533

485

521

496

496

471

485

552

578

536

528

535

571

512 

503

15,471

499

3.33

3.34

Sept.

488

475

482

474

500

526

552

 500 

477

469

' 461

459

461

460

461

465

461

459

464

518

521

482

461

457

STO

1,160

lJ'S4"d

809

639

17,171

572

3.61

4.26

Calendar year 1952: Max 943 Mln 350 Mean 446 Cfsm 2.97 In. 40.50

Water year 1952-53: Max 1,280 Mln 403 Mean 480 Cfsm 3.20 In. 43.41

Peak discharge (base. 1.200 ofs). Sept. 26 (1:30 p.m.) 1.560 cfs (9.47 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER BASIN 193

East Pork Choctawhatchee River near Midland City, Ala.

Location. lat 31°22', long. 85°29', in NW£ sec. 31, T. 5 N., R. 26 E., on left bank on 

downstream side of highway bridge, 4 miles upstream from confluence with West Pork 

Choctawhatchee River and 4 miles north of Midland City.

Drainage area. --2 96 sq mi.

Records available. --May 1952 to September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder.

Extremes . --Maximum discharge during year, 15,700 cfs May 4 (gage height, 23.82 ft); minimum, 50 cfs Sept. 18 {gage height, 2.60 ft).

1952-53: Maximum discharge, that of May 4, 1953; minimum, 42 cfs July 21, 26, 1952 

(gage height, 2.55 ft).

Remarks . --Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, In feet, and

discharge. In cubic feet per second)

(Discharge affected by backwater from return of overbank 

flow May 5, 6)

2.6 

3.0 

4.0 

8.0

50

93

241

1,190

14.0

16.0

19.0

23.0

3,100

4,110

7,430

14,000

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

Day

1 

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

16

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

77 

73

68

63

62

62

*61

64

80

81

83

80

76

75

71

68

67

63

58

54

58

63

61

60

63

63

63

62

67

2,111

68.1

0.230

0.27

Nov.

68

75

71

69

69

71

73

73

75

91

111

103

 97

97

100

98

97

96

139

241

206

175

156

160

146

136

133

131

126

124

-

3,402

113

0.382

0.43

Dec.

123

T57

135

139

196

250

225

198

188

310

400

260

209

200

195

 176

164

159

157

182

332

234

200

225

378

482

422

367

343

422

602

8,000

258

0.872

1.01

Jan.

530 

446

411

400

400

354

310

US

578

626

576

566

542

 542

482

389

332

354

434

400

378

389

530

650

15J

494

458

458

422

8360

8380

14,090

455

1.54

1.77

Feb.

a600 

8560

a520

a490

a?to"

a660

a740

a740

a700

a650

a620

a600

a620

8760

al,100

al,100

 990

1.120

946

722

650

746

698

698

866

940

866

818

-

.

-

21,054

752

2.54

2.65

Mar.

794 

755

626

650

770

626

518

542

530

470

590

590

554

518

674

698

650

srs

578

506

446

494

578

506

*422

367

354

343

280

250

237

16,461

531

1.79

2.07

Apr.

234 

241

241

225

213

407

746

578

470

482

530

650

1,160

1.220 9io

890

674

518

482

458

 367

343

310

270

310

470

389

310

300

400

-

14,828

494

1.67

1.86

May

422 

411

1,840

* 13. 600

 2,000

1,160

890

770

674

554

482

458

389

332

280

260

241

223

232

250

260

310

542

470

290

 204

166

146

131

Hi

32,906

1,061

3.58

4.13

June

110 

101

92

88

106

122

131

131

118

154

159

124

103

102

123

145

138

147

164

146

135

149

170

188

250

321

506

674

 ISO"

-

5,568

186

0.628

0.70

July

m193

147

129

112

102

96

255

270

260

163

126

111

106

115

170

162

190

270

389

354

378

354

354

260

192

153

124

111

119

6,506

210

0.709

0.82

Aug.

115 

119

103

 93

92

93

96

76

73

66

61

59

56

76

71

71

81

119

422

227

193

300

470

181

178

184

178

146

139

4,479

144

0.486

0.56

Sept.

132 

115

101

92

83

82

76

71

66

61

56

55

53

52

52

54

52

50

 IS

100

123

107

103

97

150

585

965

1,900

2.780

I'Sso

9,846

328

1.11

1.24

Calendar year 1952: Max - Mln - Mean - Cfsm - In. -

Water year 1952-53: Max 13,600 Mln 50 Mean 382 Cfsm 1.29 In. 17.51

Peak discharge (base. 1,800 cfs). May 4 (7 a.m.) 15.700 cfs (23.82 ft); Sect. 29 (9 a.m.) 2,980

cfs (13.66 ft;.

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of recorded range In stage, weather records,

and records for stations on nearby streams.
194 CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER BASIN 

West Pork Choctawhatohee River at Blue Springs, Ala.

Location. Lat 31°40', long. 85°30', in SE£ sec. 14, T. 8 N., R. 25 E., on right bank at 

downstream side of bridge on State Highway 10 at Blue Springs, 4 miles downstream from 

Lindsey Creek.

Drainage area. 85 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. October 1943 to September 1953 (discontinued).

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 289.24 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

T929, supplementary adjustment of 1943. Prior to Oct. 18, 1946, wire-weight gage at 

same site and datum.

Average discharge. 10 years, 143 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,730 cfs Apr. 10 (gage height, 8.27 ft); minimum daily, 25 cfs Oct. 6.

1943-53: Maximum discharge observed, 4,820 cfs Mar. 29, 1944 (gage height, 9.10 ft); 

mimimum daily, 12 cfs July 16, 1951.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Diurnal fluctuation and some regulation at low flow caused by mill above station.

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per- second)

1.9 

2.5 

3.0 

3.5 

4.0

25

49

76

119

187

4.5 

5.0 

6.0 

8.0

305

510

1,250

3,340

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsra

In.

Oct.

30

28

31 

26

26

 25

26

28

38

42

42

38

36

36

36

37

36

34

34

28

30

27

30

33

33

32

32

31

32

31

34

1,002

32.3

0.380

0.44

Nov.

 3639-

38 

38

37

39

37

38

39

41

a48

«62

52

49

47

48

47

49

83

206

238

TT7

68

59

56

56

62

56

54

56

-

1,895

63.2

0.744

0.83

Dec.

59

?T

86 

99

a90

130

117

71

a70

alOO

158

158

81

70

62

«62

60

62

59

63

73

71

67

84

163

358

?9?

142

102

114

212

3,396

110

1.29

1.49

Jan.

281

198

147 

128

102

94

105

328

672

TSZS

340

210

*173

152

140

145

127

192

518

350

229

214

196

229

236

158

140

138

140

130

151

6,987

225

2.65

3.06

Feb.

270

265

195

a!50

al50

a!50

a350

a280

a!90

a!50

 142

145

154

155

450

'2~3"8~ 498

182

160

155

196

319

284

214

250

326

287

227

_

-

-

6,512

233

2.74

2.85

Calendar year 1952: Max 1,510 Mln 23

Mar.

187

173

170 

170

223

225

160

145

136

131

166

202

243

281

212

210

173

161

310

3752

187

170

184

*200

162

134

120

129

130

114

110

5,620

181

2.13

2.46

Apr.

110

T2S

198 

142

110

145

422

388

193

1.480

832

411

600

305

219

200

187

166

182

182

*155

146

140

130

145

214

202

140

119

328

-

8,311

277

3.26

3.64

May

950

1,070

1,800

5VQ

305

340

275

216

223

238

173

155

142

136

128

121

119

115

126

264

368

225

145

119

102

94

85

«74

69

67

66

8,880

286

3.36

3.89

June

62

59

54 

31

54

117

122

93

77

65

83

85

66

56

83

126

152

119

71

59

58

143

243

284

m

200

242

251

145

*97

-

3,531

118

1.39

1.54

July

89

191

138 

109

71

62

62

69

83

109

96

62

52

BT

58

79

122

140

96

92

160

193

T4T

152

110

66

53

62

62

60

58

2,955

95.3

1.12

1.29

Aug.

52

58

52 

48

*44

42

38

39

34

33

34

33

31

3?

36

39

36

50

198

504

405

116

85

98

98

64

60

60

71

70

54

2,614

84.3

0.992

1.14

Sept.

50

46

45 

42

42

42

40

39

35

35

32

34

33

29

37

35

34

32

34

55

65

50

«40

39

236

1,270

2,800 4i"6'

287

214

-

6,214

207

2.44

2.72

Mean 115 Cfara 1.35 In. 18.40

Water year 1952-53: Max 2,800 Mln 25 Mean 159 Cfara 1.87 In. 25.35

Peak discharge (base. 1.000 ef a) .--Apr. 10 (5:30 p.m.) 3,730 cfs (8.27 ft); Ma 

3,600 cfs (8.20 ft)j Aug. 20 (1 a.m.) 1,010 cfs (5.70 ft)} Sept. 27 (10 a.m.) 3,

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of records for Choctawhatohee River near 

Newton, recorded range In stage, and weather records.

600 cfs~(8'2b"ft).
CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER BASIN 195

Choctawhatchee River near Newton, Ala.

Location. Lat 31°21 r , long. 85°37', in SEfc sec. 2, T. 4 N., R. 24 E., on left bank downstream side of bridge on U. S. Highway 231, 200 ft downstream from milldam, 1,500 ft 

upstream from Hurricane Creek, 0.8 mile north of Newton, and 1 mile downstream from 

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad bridge.

Drainage area. 693 sq mi.

Records available. June 1906 to August 1908, October 1911 to August 1912 (gage heights 

only) November 1921 to September 1927, May 1935 to September 1953. Gage-height records 

collected near same site since 1931 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 138.56 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

T929, supplementary adjustment of 1943. Prior to Apr. 22, 1907, staff gage at site 

1 mile upstream at different datum. Apr. 22, 1907, to Aug. 22, 1908, and Oct. 20, 1911, 

to Aug. 3, 1912, chain gage at site 800 ft upstream at different datum. Nov. 20, 1921, 

to Sept. 30, 1927, water-stage recorder at site 800 ft upstream at datum 154.83 ft above 

mean sea level (levels by Ludlow Engineers). May 10, 1935, to Sept. 8, 1938, wireweight gage at present site and datum.

Average discharge.--22 years (1922-24, 1925-27, 1935-53), 1,018 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 23,900 cfs May 4 (gage height, 29.6 ft); minimum 

daily, 142 cfs Sept. 17.

1906-8, 1911- 12, 1921-27, 1935-53: Maximum discharge, 25,800 cfs Jan. 20, 1936; 

maximum gage height, that of May 4, 1953; minimum discharge observed, 52 cfs June 4, 

1937, from rating curve extended below 250 cfs; minimum daily, 74 cfs Sept. 11, 1925.

Maximum stage known, 45 ft Mar. 15, 1929, from information by local residents.

Remarks. Records' fair. 

above station.

Moderate diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by gristmills

Revisions. WSP 782: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage-height, In feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

2.0 

2.5 

3.5 

6.0

129

246

620

1,970

12.0

21.0

26.0

29.0

5,430

10,300

15,600

22,400

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

195

187

176

165

163

158

»150

154

180

202

224

254" 226

213 

205

ZOO

190

187

180

174

154

146 its

148

152

165

165

165 

158 

152

161

5,465

176

0.254

0.29

Nov.

167

T75

187

190

180

180

187

190

195

215

252

261

 267

270 

264

258

252

246

289

474

442 

438

431

385

353

346

342

328 

315 

315

-

8,395

280

0.404

0.45

Dec.

S58~ 322

356

400

535

642

598

535

490

535

664

642

577

510 

454

400

*356

346

342

385

519 

490

442

478

710

995

1,020

920 

810 

760

1.180

17,741

572

0.825

0.95

Jan.

1,200

1,070

995

890

785

687

642

TOT

1,790

2.150

2,030

1,500

 1,200

1,070 

970

860

760

810

1,160

1,340

1,280 

1,100

1,130

1,360

1,260

1,100

995

920 

920 

835

1,070

34,689

1,119

1.61

1.86

Feb.

1,970

1,790

1,670

1,500

1,360

1,340

2,610

2,320

1,850

1,500

1,360

1,260

1,160

1.100 

2.960

2,610

2,320

 2,090

1,670

1,390

1,390 

1,910

1,790

1,670

2,150

2,260

2,090

1,850

-

50,940

1,819

2.62

2.73

Mar.

1,610

1,470

1,340

1,470

1.750

1,550

1,280

1,180

1,130

1,040

1,310

1,390

1,360

1,390 

1,550

1,500

1,340

1,230

1,260

1,160

1,180 

1,100

1,160

 1,130

1,020

920

860

810 

760 

735

687

37,652

1,215

1.75

2.02

Apr.

687 "BHT

710

710

710

1,200

1,970

1,730

1,470

1,260

1,280

2.900

5,856

2,610 

1,970

 1,610

1,280

1,070

1,040

1,020

945 

*810

760

710

835

1,180

1,020

860 

810 

995

-

37,689

1,256

1.81

2.02

May

1,390

2,440

8,380

20.600

 13,800

5,930

3,320

2,670

2,210

1,850

1,610

1,415

1,260

1,130 

1,020

920

835

785

735

860

1,040 

1,260

1,070

1,020

920

664

*527

454 

396 

349

335

81,195

2,619

3.78

4.36

June

315

292

267

246

240

276

342

415

393

346

474

535

435

342 

308

356

642

620

494

415

371 

415

620

687

664

920

920

995 

1.100 

 1,626

-

15,465

516

0.745

0.83

July

556

486

446

360

353

315

415

642

735

577

400

322

289

3C5 

434

577

735

664

710

1,180

1.540 

1,640

785

664

490

404

378

560 

542 

322

508

16,951

546

0.788

0.91

Aug.

342

57 r

311

 273

252

238

240

210

192

185

169

163

154

152 

T7T

176

195

215

270

1,070

1.850 

1,130

860

760

620

478

458

431 

419 

378

360

15,071

422

0.609

0.70

Sept.

555

298

276

249

232

218

215

200

187

171

161

154

150

148 

144

144

*142

TiT

150

200

273 

289

258

238

352

. 2,030

5,530

7.150 

5,630 

3,320

-

28,948

965

1.39

1.55

Calendar year 1952 : Max 5,480 Mln 126 Mean 713 Cfsm 1.03 In. 13.99

Water year 1952-53: Max 20,600 Mln 142 Mean 954 Cfsm 1.38 In. 18.67

Peak discharge (base, 5,000 cfs). May 4 (5 p.m.) 23,900 cfs (29.6 ft); Sept. 28 (3 p.m.) 7,280

cfs (15.7 ft) .

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
196 CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER BASIN

Pea River near Ariton, Ala.

Location. Lat 31 "35 1 , long. 85°47',. in SWi sec. 7, T. 7 N., R. 23 E., on left bank at 

downstream side of bridge on U. S. Highway 231, 2£ miles downstream from Bryors Mill 

Creek, 2£ miles downstream from Atlantic Coast Line Railroad bridge, and 3? miles west 

of Ariton.

Drainage area.--SOO sq mi, approximately.

Records available. October 1938 to September 1953.

Page. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 246.72 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1943.

Average discharge.--15 years, 696 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, '9,680 cfs Sept. 28 (gage height, 17.52 ft); minimum, 25 cfs Sept. 19 (gage height, 1.87 ft).

1938-53: Maximum discharge, 19,100 cfs Mar. 22, 1943 (gage height, 19.98 ft); minimum, 14 cfs Sept. 7-10, 1951.

Maximum stage known, about 25 ft in March 1929, from information by local residents.

Remarks. Records good. Prior to Dec. 24, 1941, occasional regulation at low flew by 

gristmill above station.

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage-height. In feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

1.8 

2.0 

2.2 

2.5

3.0

17

41

164

349

6.0

11.0

15.0

17.2

1,360 

3,220 

6,O70 

9,150

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

S

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26 

27

28

29

30

31

Total

He an

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

65

BT

52

47

44

*41

37

37

37

43

49

51

51

49

46

47

46

44

41

41

36

36

34

ST

40

40 

40

41

38

36

36

1,336

43.1

0.086

0.10

Nov.

37

JS

41

43

44

43

44

44

44

44

52

*61

67

73

75

75

75

71

102

151

161

TBT

157

141

122

102 

97

97

102

97

-

2,451

81.7

0.163

0.18

Dec.

97

155

138

171

231

283

280

28O

246

231

322

337

357

302

261

 228

185

161

151

151

154

174

199

239

437

728 

745

7T7

573

519

590

9,552

308

0.616

0.71

Jan.

590

590

590

537

482

4"BT 422

555

910

1,040

1,230

1,260

*1,140

1,070

1,040

844

643

1,010

1,420

1,680

1,910

2,110

1,980

1,710

1,420

1,230 

1,100

1,010

943

811

778

32,508

1,049

2.10

2.42

Feb.

910

844

811

811

794

745

794

828

794

811

745

711

660 ~SS5

1,260

1,390

*1,490

1,710

1,840

1,420

1,230

1,170

1,100

1,200

1,580

1,940 

1 ,840

1,810

_

-

31,898

1,139

2.28

2.37

liar.

2,110

1,916

1,520

1,230

1,100

943

844

762

643

590

573

573

794

762

828

844

794

745

844

1,070

1,140

1,100

1,140

*1,010

910

778 

745

711

643

537

AM

28,657

924

1.85

2.13

Apr.

445

5T5

519

501

445

626

1,170

1,200

1,170

1,200

5,310

7.760

3,890

2.70O

2,570

2,260

1,620

1,200

1,010

794

*677

608

573

519

555

660 

677

677

626

1,680

-

44,161

1,472

2.94

3.28

May

3,260

4,310

5,880

4,570

7.500

*4',980

*2,960

2,700

2,740

2,040

1,650

1,260

976

778

608

501

426

380

365

426

464

555

660

590

426

318 

250

*203

164

131

119

52,490

1,693

3.39

3.90

June

105

92

8O

75

69

80

168

206

164

138

418

'SSo" 943

337

250

365

590

794

694

910

877

537

295

265

295

501 

573

573

*501

460

-

11,945

398

0.796

0.89

July

333

302

235

257

235

174

125

TST

482

555

573

464

318

213

164

171

254

318

372

573

608

778

910 m

778

643

519

337

254

224

246

12,450

402

0.804

0.93

Aug.

239

261

257

192

*151

122

102

87

75

69

61

54

46

43

41

43

54

55

114

353

755" 501

388

287

203

154

131

154

168

128

111

5,126

165

0.330

0.38

Sept.

Ill

97

84

73

63

55

54

47

41

40

38

32

32

29

28

27

26

^

26

54

396

*299

203

141

154

1,170 

4,320

9,150

f,366

4,010

-

28,126

938

1.88

2.09

Calendar year 1952: Max 10,3OO Min 29 Mean 562 Cfsm 1.12 In. 15.28

Water year 1952-53: Max 9,150 Mln 26 Mean 714 Cfsm 1.43 In. 19.38

Peak discharge (base, 4.000 cfa).--Apr. 12 (12:30 a.m.) 9,500 ofs (17.40 ft); Hay 5 (time unknown)

8,350 cfs (16.73 ft); Sept. 28 (5 p.m.) 9,680 ofs (17.52 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER BASIN 197

Pea River near Samson, Ala.

Location.--Lat 31°07', long. 86°06 r , In sec. 25, T. 2 N., R. 19 E., on right bank at downstream side of bridge on State Highway 12, 500 ft downstream from Boyenton Creek, If 

miles downstream from Louisville & Nashville Railroad bridge, 3 miles west of Samson, 

and 6f miles upstream from Plat Creek.

Drainage area. 1,170 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. August 1904 to August 1913, June 1922 to October 1925, May 1935 to 

September 1953. Published as "at Pera" 1904-13, 1922-25.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 97.95 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1943 (levels by Corps of Engineers). August 1904 to 

August 1913 chain gage and June 1922 to October 1925 water-stage recorder, at site If

miles upstream at different datum, 

present site and datum.

May 9, 1935, to July 24, 1937, wire-weight gage at

Average discharge. 28 years (1904-12, 1923-25, 1935-53), 1,778 cfs.

Extremes . --Maximum discharge during year, 14,700 cfs Sept. 28 (gage height, 29.1 ft); mlnimum, 117 cfs Sept. 14; minimum daily, 127 cfs Sept. 14; minimum .gage height, 1.63 ft 

Oct. 6.

1904-13, 1922-25, 1935-53: Maximum gage height, 42.0 ft Jan. 20, 1925, from floodmarks, site and datum then in use (discharge uncertain); minimum discharge observed, 

41 cfs Oct. 26, 1935; minimum daily, 63 cfs Oct. 26, 1935.

Maximum stage known, 45.3 ft Mar. 15, 1929, from floodmarks.

Remarks . Records- good. Diurnal fluctuation and some regulation at low flow caused by 

powerplant 25 miles above station.

Revisions (water years). WSF 1112: 1925 (M).

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height. In feet, and

discharge, In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used May 13 to July 25, 

July 27 to Sept. 25)

1.6 

2.0 

3.0 

7.0

125

175

329

1,430

12.0

20.0

25.0

29.0

3,310

7,400

10,800

14,600

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cf am

In.

Oct.

262

278

232

232

247

145

 240

217

217

240

247

247

254

262 

247

240

232

232

210

172

196

203

196

182

189

203

161

196 

210

203

203

6,795

219

0.187

0.22

Nov.

196

203

Hi

210

217

217

224

240

240

189

224

262

 262

270 

278

329

240

270

338

588

6.15

496

434

389

368

368

368

378 

368

368

-

9,338

311

0.266

0.30

Dec.

378

389

411

496

548

809

753

725

669

895

895

837

837

809 

656

602

 548

509

458

446

446

509

535

656

895

1.790

1,620

1,590 

1,370

1,220

1,590

24,891

803

0.686

0.79

Jan.

1,690

1,400

1,430

1,280

1,O7O

982

953

1,280

2,860

3,960

3,150

2,940

2,380

 1,970 

1,790

1,690

1,530

1,690

4^060

3,740

3,570

3,400

3,310

3,520

3,060

2,500

2,160

1,900 

1,860

1,720

1,620

70,465

2,273

1.94

2.24

Feb.

2,820

2,700

2,380

2,010

1,860

1,760

2,230

2,200

1,940

1,760

1,620

1,560

1,560

1.500 

3,350

4.380

3,400

 3,060

2,820

2,900

2,740

3,440

2,980

2,700

3,310

4,010

4,190

3,880

-

-

75,060

2,681

2.29

2.39

Mar.

5.400

3,400

3,270

2,900

2,820

2,350

2,010

1,790

1,660

1,530

1,560

1,690

1,790

2,270 

2,270

2,540

2,120

1,860

1,940

1,900

2,050

2,230

2,270

2,350

*2,120

1,940

1,660

1,500 

1,460

1,370

1 . 250

65,270

2,105

1.80

2.07

Apr.

1.160

1,160

1,250

1,370

1,190

1,620

4,560

4,280

3,150

2,980

2,980

3,780

6,330

7.820 

7,220

5,250

4,010

3,060

2,350

2,080

1,790

 1,590

1,500

1,400

1,500

2,500

2,120

1,760 

1,590

2,540

85,890

2,863

2.45

2.73

May

6,040

5,990

7,760

9,930

9,510

9,020

10.600

9,930

7,400

5,400

4,190

3,190

2,460

2,050 

1,720

1,530

1,340

1,250

1,160

1,250

1,340

1,250

1,190

1,220

1,160

953

*753

656 

548

509

111,782

3,606

3.08

3.55

June

422

434

389

368

368

422

458

548

522

496

953

1,370

1,280 

866

725

1,370

1,370

1.430

1,250

1,220

1,430

1,370

809

628

697

982

1,280 

1,400

1,160

26,355

878

0.750

0.84

July

 953

781

683

669

574

422

454

434

548

1,530

1,900

1,220

1,070

725 

588

561

615

781

924

1,250

2.4,60

2,200

2,010

2,460

1,940

1,530

1,250

1,010 

837

725

697

33,781

1,090

0.932

1.07

Aug.

656

628

588

561

535

411

411

368

348

262

278

302

262

217 

270

240

217

320

368

509

753

809

866

1.010

69?

483

496

522

509

496

400

14,792

477

0.408

0.47

Sept.

348

311

294

270

270

247

270

224

232

203

217

247

196

121 

175

182

171

168

176

203

224

499

697

458

496

4,150

12,300

14.200 

12,200

10,800

60,554

2,018

1.72

1.92

Calendar year 1952: Max 10,300 Mln 145 Mean 1,448 Cfsm 1.24 In. 16.85

Water year 1952-53: Max 14,200 Mln 127 Mean 1,603 Cfsm 1.37 In. 18.59

Peak discharge (base. 7.OOP cfs). Apr. 14 (4 p.m.) 8,000 cfs (21.O ft); May 7 (6 p.m.) 11,000 cfs 

(25.2 ft); Sept. 28 (4 a.m.) 14,700 cfs (29.1 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
198 CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER BASIN

Choctawhatohee River at Caryville, Pla.

Location. Lat 30°46«32", long. 85°49'40", in sec. 10, T. 4 N., R. 16 W., near right bank 

on downstream side of bridge on U. S. Highway 90, 300 ft downstream from Louisville & 

Nashville Railroad bridge, three-quarters of a mile west of Caryville, and 1.8 miles 

downstream from Wrights Creek.

Drainage area. 3.490 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. August 1929 to September 1953. Gage-height records collected at same 

site since 1928 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Sage.--Wire-weight gage read twice daily. Datura of gage is 39.00 ft above mean sea level, 

datum of 1929. Prior to Oct. 12, 1929, staff gage and Oct. 12, 1929, to Sept. 11, 

1951, water-stage recorder, at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 24 years, 5,491 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 32,000"cfs Sept. 30 (gage height, 13.21 ft); 

minimum, 998 cfs Sept. 16 (gage height, 0.06 ft).

1929-53: Maximum discharge, 56,600 cfs Sept. 4, 1937 (gage height, 15.55 ft); minimum, 865 cfs Oct. 28, 1931; minimum gage height, -0.27 ft June 30, 1935.

Maximum stage known, 27.1 ft Mar. 17, 1929, from U. S. Weather Bureau records and 

floodmarks (discharge, 2Q6.000 cfs, by slope-area determination of peak flow).

Remarks. Records good.

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

0.1 

1.0 

4.0 

6.0

1,010

1,280

2,670

3,990

8.0

10.0

12.0

13.1

6,830 

12,100 

21,70O 

31,000

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6 

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

IS

19

2O

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

1.540

1,470

1.40O

1,350

1,300

1,260 

1,260

1,250

1,240

1,260

1,300

1,370

1,390

1,3SO

 1,390

1,350

1,310

1,280

1,270

1,240

1,180

1,140

1,130

1,140

1,170

1,140

1,110

1,090

1.070

1,080

1,130

38,990

1,258

0.360

0.42

Nov.

1.150

1,140

1,170

1,190

1,200

1,210 

1,210

1,210

1,220

1,220

1,240

1,320

1,450

1,500

1,430

1,400

1,390

1,430

1,490

1,680

2,060

2.420

*2,280

2,040

1,940

1,880

1,720

1,620

1,570

1,630

-

45,390

1,513

0.434

0.48

Dec.

1.700

1,700

1,710

1,810

1,900

2,090 

2,460

2,540

2,390

2,420

2,630

2,840

2,920

2,720

2,490

2,390

2,200

2,010

1,880

1,780

1,700

1,700

2,060

2,370

2,800

3,220

3,740

4,040

4,240

4,480

4.600

79,530

2,565

0.735

0.85

Jan.

4,750

4,560

4,340

4,190

3,940

3,740 

3,530

5.280

3,870

5,210

7,070

8,320

8,900

9.020

6,970

*5,490

4,820

4,740

5,030

5,490

6,750

7,510

7,460

7,460

7,330

7,140

7,480

7,980

5,340

4,850

4,840

181,380

5,851

1.68

1.93

Feb.

4.900

5,34O

6,870

7,980

8,220

7,880 

7,980

8,570

9,700

10,200

9,420

8,320

6,670

 5,710

5,710

7,180

9,980

11,400

11.700

11,400

10,900

10,000

8,470

8,6OO

9,150

9,150

9,250

9,900

-

-

-

240,490

8,589

2.46

2.56

Kar.

10.400

1O,500

9,450

8,620

7,910

7,600 

7,510

7,160

6,910

5,790

5,250

5,400

 5,900

6,180

6,460

7,620

8,420

8,570

7,580

6,610

6,090

5,720

5,520

5,870

5,900

5,870

5,500

4,870

4,580

4,090

5.S50

206,900

6,674

1.91

2.20

Apr.

3.610

5,640

5,910

5,950

5,770

3,950 

6,050

9,620

11 , 700

12,600

12,100

11,200

11,200

12,900

14,100

14.800

14,500

13,000

11,500

9,840

7,550

6,290

5,570

4,800

4,500

4,920

6,070

7,030

6,520

5,340

-

246,550

8,211

2.55

2.62

May

4,970

5,680

8,600

9,080

10,800

15,200 

23,600

27.200

24,800

21,000

16,800

 13,400

10,500

7,740

6,110

5,110

4,500

3,840

5,560

5,590

5,440

3,600

3,720

3,680

5,500

3,420

5,220

2,810

2,480

2,260

2.090

260,100

8,590

2.40

2.77

June

1,940

1,820

1,750

1,670

1,610

1,570 

1,600

1,730

1,820

1,990

2,140

2,360

2,740

3,040

3,160

5,080

2,650

2,75O

5,090

 5,040

2,850

2,650

5,070

3,400

3,240

2,800

2,600

2,980

3,550

3.820

-

76,450

2,548

0.750

0.81

July

5,70O

5,530

2,860

2,490

2,250

2,100 

1.950

1,980

2,420

2,600

2,970

3,660

3,440

2,920

2,520

2,520

2,490

2,950

3,150

3,190

5,640

4,190

5,050

5,800

6.000

5,680

4,480

3,570

3,060

2,780

2,620

102,120

3,294

0.944

1.09

Aug.

2,340

2,180

2,100

2,060

1,950

1,840 

1,760

1,690

1,640

1,550

1,440

1,370

1,380

1,540

1,300

'1.290

1,350

1,320

1,460

1,810

2,360

5,180

5.550

3,370

3,080

2,850

2,400

2,170

2,210

2,140

2,050

62,470

2,015

0.577

0.67

Sept.

1,910

1,700

1,610

1,500

1,540

1,460 

1,360

1,300

1,260

1,200

1,170

 1,120

1,110

1,100

1,060

1.010

1,010

1,010

1,020

1,090

1,240

1,240

1,280

1,460

1,610

2,390

5,640

10,100

20 , 300

31.000

-

101,800

3,393

0.972

1.08

Calendar year 1952: Max 17,900 Mln 1,070 Mean 3,832 Cfsm 1.10 In. 14.94

Water year 1952-53: Max 31,000 Mln 1,010 Mean 4,498 Cfsm 1.29 In. 17.48

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER BASIN 199

Holmes Creek at Vernon, Pla.

Location. Lat 30°37'35", long. 85°42'45", in sec. 35, T. 3 N., R. 15 W., near left bank 

on downstream side of bridge on State Highway 79 at Vernon, a quarter of a mile downstream from Pippin Mill Creek.

Drainage area. 383 sq mi.

Records available. April 1950 to September 1953.

Gage. Wire-weight gage read twice daily. Datum of gage is 10.70 ft above mean sea level, 

datum of 1929.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 3,220 cfs Apr. 15 (gage height, 17.55 ft); minimum, 278 cfs Sept. 24; minimum gage height, 10.64 ft Sept. 23, 24.

1950-53: Maximum discharge, 5,240 cfs Sept. 2, 1950 (gage height, 19.02 ft); minimum, that of Sept. 24, 1953; minimum gage height, 10.56 ft Oct. 31, 1951.

Remarks. Records fair.

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, In feet, and

discharge, In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Aug. 16 to Sept. 21)

10.7

13.0

14.0

16.0

17.6

281

632

960

E.040

3,260

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

]0

n

]2

]3

]4

]5

16

37

18

19 )

1

a

3

\

s

 5

7

 J

3 ) ;-\

T -fcal

M<5an

C °sm

T.n.

Oct.

431

410

393

380

371

362

358

354

348

340

334

331

329

323

*323

320

317

315

315

317

312

306

309

309

309

306

301

303

301

296

298

10,321

333

0.869

1.00

Nov.

301

301

298

298

298

298

295

292

295

301

302

301

298

295

292

292

292

292

315

395

365

34S

*340

333

330

327

 322

317

315

312

-

9,358

312

0.815

0.91

Dec.

309

309

312

312

320

317

312

309

306

306

303

301

306

303

301

299

301

298

292

295

301

295

294

295

298

306

326

323

320

323

345

9,537

308

0.804

0.93

Jan.

343

340

340

343

557

557

545

557

564

571

379

385

395

408

415

*410

401

410

469

508

517

553

543

590

625

614

610

610

567

555

505

15,900

448

1.17

1.55

Feb.

484

476

480

475

466

508

759

956

1,060

1,100

1,050

928

786

745

1,220

1,460

*1,600

1.610

1,450

1,270

1,140

1,020

956

952

968

1,040

1,020

1,000

-

-

-

26,895

961

2.51

2.61

Mar.

960

920

846

766

685

659

594

567

566

564

564

575

582

610

806

1,020

1,170

1,280

1.500

1,200

1,070

912

799

754

668

642

606

575

*557

526

506

23,827

769

2.01

2.31

Apr.

491

480

471

460

449

662

1,440

2,600

2,920

3,020

2,720

2,570

2,780

3,160

5.190

2,880

2,550

1,810

1,440

1,220

1,020

920

861

786

728

799

857

865

952

944

-

45,825

1,528

5.99

4.45

May

865

755

659

610

582

716

1,140

1,390

1.540

1,480

1,300

*1,100

892

734

639

582

559

511

492

480

469

457

446

"451 458

424

417

410

405

400

597

21,696

700

1.85

2.11

June

592

586

580

576

576

586

589

585

579

579

579

579

576

582

599

596

587

585

376

*371

568

565

562

565

562

562

371

371

572

590

-

11,346

378

0.987

1.10

July

582

573

362

557

548

Ml

555

579

576

585

385

368

355

354

354

555

572

596

401

417

469

553

606

I±6

728

661

602

546

497

463

452

13,724

443

1.16

1.55

Aug.

*1ZZ

470

 459

411

589

569

559

554

558

559

557

566

551

340

555

334

345

361

572

571

561

571

585

378

564

557

561

571

368

361

545

11,555

572

0.971

1.12

Sept.

540

338

338

357

341

559'

558

552

547

540

554

*335

326

519

315

312

506

301

303

305

296

288

281

281

351

728

750

775

912

992

12,258

409

1.07

1.19

Calendar year 1952: Max 2,240 Mln 280 Mean 497 Cfsm 1.30 In. 17.65

Viter year 1952-53: Max 3,190 Mln 281 Mean 576 Cfsm 1.50 In. 20.41

Discharge measurement made on this day.
200 CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER BASIN

Chootawhatchee River near Bruce, Pla.

Location.--Lat 3Q a 27<Q3n , long. 85°53'54", in sec. 36, T. 1 N., R. 17 W., on downstream 

fender pile at center swing pier of bridge on State Highway 20, 4 miles southeast of 

Bruce and 5.8 miles downstream from Holmes Creek.

Drainage area. 4,370 sq ml, approximately. 

Records available. October 1930 to September 1953.

:e.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 3.94 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

~929. Prior to Apr. 6, 1934, staff gage at site 1 mile downstream at same datum.

Average discharge. 23 years, 7,286 cfs.

Extremes..--Maximum discharge during year, 24,700 cfs May 11 (gage height, 10.79 ft); mirimum, 1,880 cfs Oct. 30 (gage height, 0.62 ft).

1930-53: Maximum discharge, 69,600 cfs Aug. 19, 20, 1939; maximum gage height, 

16.68 ft Aug. 19, 1939; minimum discharge observed, 1,680 cfs Nov. 10-13, 1931; minimum gage height, 0.42 ft July 1, 1935.

Maximum stage known, 25.0 ft in March 1929, from floodmarks (discharge, 220,000 cfs, 

from rating curve extended above 66,000 cfs on basis of records for station at Caryvllle).

Remarks. Records good.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 872: 1937. WSP 1234: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

0.6 

2.0 

4.0

1,870

2,650

4,280

6.0 

8.0 

10.8

7,650

12,500

24,800

in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

2.800 

2,600

2,500

2,420

2,320

2,240

2,250

2,240

2,310

*2,250

2,180

2,190

2,220

2,240

2,250

2,240

2,200

2,160

2,140

2,100

2,040

2,000

1,960

1,940 

1,940

1,940

1,940

1,940

1,920

l.BBO

1,900

67,230

2,169

0.496

0.57

Nov.

1.920 

1,940

1,960

1,960

1,940

1,960

1,960

1,940

1,940

1,980

2,010

2,010

2,020

2,060

2,100

2,120

2,120

 2,120

2,260

2,560

2,760

2,900

5,030

5.050 

2,940

2,830

2,710

2,620

2,550

2,510

-

68,780

2,295

0.525

0.59

Dec'.

2,480 

2.460

27470

2,490

2,570

2,670

2,800

3,010

3,170

3,220

3,170

3,110

3,260

3,450

3,480

3,340

3,120

3,030

2,870

2,810

2,760

2,690

2,720

2,820 

2,940

3,080

3,510

3,620

3,940

4,240

4.490

95,590

5,084

0.706

0.81

Jan.

4.620 

4,660

4,830

5,020

5,210

5,«10

5,260

5,040

4,890

 4,800

4,900

5,210

5,700

6,380

7, ISO

7,920

8,280

8,200

7,800

7,290

6,890

6,700

6,930

7,400 

7,920

8,340

B.530

8,510

8,450

8,280

7,940

204,390

6,593

1.51

1.74

Feb.

7,460 

6,980

6,600

6.510

6,740

7,590

8,770

9,330

9,700

 9,940

10,300

10,700

10,900

1O,800

11,100

10,500

10,400

10,400

10,800

11,600

12,500

12.700

12,300

11,500 

10,900

10,900

10,800

10,700

-

-

-

279,420

9,979

2.28

2.38

Mar.

10,700 

10,700

11,000

11.100

11,000

10,600

10,000

9,560

9,190

8,970

8,700

8,220

7,740

7,310

7,420

7,760

8,240

8,920

9,560

9,940

9,940

9,580

9,060

 8,490 

7,980

7,610

7,400

7,290

7,140

6,910

6.550

274,580

8,857

2.03

2.34

Apr.

6,110 

5,700

5,540

5,070

4.950

5,080

5,900

7,020

8,530

10,600

15,100

16,200

17,900

19.000

18,500

18,000

17,900

18,000

17,900

17,200

15,800

15,800

12,000

10,500 

9,470

8,700

8,000

7,540

7,310

7,610

-

338,730

11,290

2.58

2.88

May

7,980 

8,080

7,820

7,460

7,400

8,180

9,850

12,300

18,000

23,300

24.500

22,600

20,000

17,000

14,200

11,800

10,100

8,620

7,520

6,590

5,770

5,210

4,940

4,790 

4,700

4,620

4,500

4,330

4,070

3,720

5.580

505,550

9,785

2.24

2.58

June

5,140 

2,940

2,790

2,680

2,610

2,600

2,610

2.600

2,690

2,750

2,790

2,900

5,030

5,280

3,640

*3,820

4,020

4,010

3,810

3,700

3,680

3,680

3,560

3,580 

3,780

3,980

4.170

4,170

4,130

4,150

-

101,290

3,376

0.773

0.86

July

4,210 

4,360

4,390

4,270

5,810

5,400

3,220

3,150

3.110

5,300

5,430

3,480

3,660

3,920

4,040

3,890

3,980

4,090

4,260

4,580

4,860

5,130

5,390

5,590 

5,840

6,210

6,600

6.810

6,760

6,360

5,560

141,660

4,570

1.05

1.21

Aug.

4.740 

4,080

3,720

3,500

3,290

' 3,120

2,980

2,910

2,840

2,740

2,640

2,530

2,420

2,370

2,340

2.320

2,380

2,530

2,640

2,760

3,030

3,260

3,600

3,860 

4,030

4,090

4,050

3,860

3,570

3,370

3,200

98,770

3,186

0.729

0.84

Sept.

3,030

2)720

2,610

2,560

2,580

2,570

2,420

 2,290

2,190

2,120

2,080

2,040

2,000

1,980

1,960

1,920

1.900

1,900

1,950

2,000

2,080

2,OfO

2,100 

2,410

4,500

e.ofo

7,OCO

7,9fO 8^750.

90,570

3,019

0.691

0.77

Calendar year 1952: Max 21,200 Min 1,880 Mean 5,211 Cfsm 1.19 In. 16.24

Water year 1952-55: Max 24,500 Mln 1,880 Mean 5,656 Cfsm 1.29 In. 17.57

 Discharge measurement made on this day.
ALAQUA CREEK BASIN 201

Alaqua Creek near De Funiak Springs, Pla.

Location. Lat 30°37'00" J long. 86°09'50", in NE£ sec. 5, T. IN., R. 19 W., near center 

of span on downstream side of Pine Alien Bridge on 0. S. Forest Service Road 200 in 

Eglln Field Military Reservation, 0.8 mile upstream from Davis Branch and 8 miles 

southwest of De Funiak Springs.

Drainage area. 65.6 sq ml.

Records available.--April 1951 to September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 19.65 ft (revised) above mean sea level, 

datum of 1929.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 5,160 cfs Sept. 26 (gage height, 18.47 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 1,800 cfs; minimum, 59 cfs Nov. 8 (gage height, 6.76 ft).

1951-53: Maximum discharge, that of Sept. 26, 1953; minimum, 41 cfs Aug. 30, 1951, 

July 21, 1952 (gage height, 6.21 ft).

Remarks. Records good.

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge. In cubic feet per second)

6.7

7.0

' 8.0

10.0

12.0

127

287

423

13.0

14.0

15.0

16.0

16.8

547

746

1,040

1,860

2,780

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

3

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

74

72

69

67

67

84

105

78

76

74

*72

72

72

68

69

69

66

65

64

63

61

61

64

64

62

61

61

62

£2

61

63

2,126

68.6

1.05

1.21

Nov.

63

63

62

61

&&

61

61

60

60

63

69

69

65

64

63

63

62

62

 108

121

80

70

68

66

65

85

86

72

67

67

-

2,092

69.7

1.06

1.19

Dec.

70

69

78

72

100

97

76

72

70

79.

91

74

69

67

66

66

66

65

65

68

67

64

65

101

90

110

116

87

76

94

2£3_

2,613

84.3

1.29

1.48

Jan.

157

110

108

94

88

M

95

260

523

*304

180

140

122

115

109

104

100

210

307

182

151

126

186

237

151

126

119

113

108

102

126

4,737

153

2.33

2.69

Feb.

178

149

195

132

114

193

441

254

187

*157

144

145

134

169

*805

*414

245

207

190

182

204

273

218

187

210

185

163

148

-

-

-

6,221

222

3.38

3.53

Mar.

141

138

133

132

137

118

112

108

103

103

110

112

106

100

298

*M

219

172

161

137

132

141

169

175

 123

111

109

108

102

99

97

4,440

143

2.18

2.52

Apr.

99

152

117

100

32.

406

798

362

234

274

250

1^350

987

362

288

355

270

244

251

229

203

191

183

174

228

333

218

179

163

169

-

9,262

309

4.71

5.25

May

172

162

156

 138

127

198

196

133

119

111

105

102

100

99

96

93

93

91

92

253

405

166

122

108

99

93

88

84

81

79

II

4,039

130

1.98

2.29

June

76

72

23.

70

71

85

86

78

88

78

74

86

80

94

306

305

 312

154

107

96

92

138

127

118

93

97

179

234

130

100

-

3,696

123

1.88

2.10

July

89

84

78

76

74

12.

74

96

91

114

86

74

70

72

93

106

248

148

123

152

25g

226

139

252

138

105

95

 89

99

132

98

3,649

118

1.80

2.07

Aug.

86

84

97

88

92

82

101

90

105

82

76

80

12

106

221

106

113

225

168

150

112

97

94

95

82

88

153

232

119

96

84

3,492

113

1.72

1.98

Sept.

79

76

80

82

103

86

74

70

*67

66

65

64

63

63

63

65

62

61

84

118

82

70

65

64

162

2.680

*1,690

642

362

304

-

7,612

254

3.87

4.32

Calendar year 1952: Max 706 Hln 43 Mean 108 Cfsm 1.65 In. 22.42

Water year 1952-53: Max 2,680 Hln 60 Mean 148 Cfsm 2.26 In. 30.63

Peak discharge (base. 550 cfs). Feb. 15 (4 p.m.) 988 cfs (14.87 ft); Apr. 7 (11:30 a.m.) 865 cfs 

(14.46 ft): Apr. 12 (4 p.m.) 2,150 cfs (16.26 ft); Hay 21 (5:30 a.m.) 610 cfs (13.36 ft); Sept. 26 

(4:45 p.m.) 5,160 cfs (18.47 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
202 YELLOW RIVER BASIN

Lightwood Knot Creek at Babbie, Ala.

Location.--Lat 31°16', long. 86°19', in Sw£ sec. 36, T. 4 N., R. 17 E., on downstream 

side of right pier of bridge on U. S. Highway 84, 1 mile east of Babbie, l£ miles 

downstream from Poley Creek, 2 miles upstream from mouth, and 3f miles west of Opp.

Drainage area.--114 sq mi.

Records available.--February 1944 to April 1953 (discontinued). Prior to October 1947, 

published as Toley Creek at Babbie.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. 

Jatum.

Prior to Dec. 30, 1947, wire-weight gage at same site and

Average discharge.--8 years (1944-52), 227 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during period October to April, 1,040 ofs Apr. 7 (gage heigh1: 

6.33 ft); minimum daily, 33 cfs Oct. 22 and 23.

1944-53: Maximum discharge observed, 12,100 ofs Sept. 11, 1944 (gage height, 11.86 

ft); minimum daily, 18 cfs July 2-4, 1950, Aug. 29, 30, 1951.

Remarks. Records good except those below 100 efs and those for period of no gage-height 

record, which are fair. Some diurnal fluctuation at low flow.

Rating table, Oct. 1, 1952, to Apr. 30, 1953 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge. In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-10, Oct. 30 to Nov. 20)

0.6 

1.5 

3.5 

4.0

33

65

160

802

4.5 

5.0 

6.0 

6.5

276

394

805

1,160

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, October 1952 to April 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

44

42

42

39

38

38

38

*38

43

53

55- 57

53

49

45

44

43

42

41

38

35

5J

3T

36

36

36

36

37

38

37

39

1,278

41.2

0.361

0.42

Nov.

43

44

43

43

41

42

44

45

45

46

*52

57

59

55

53

53

53

53

59

79

107

~Sy 111

77

69

69

75

SI

77

75

-

1,844

61.5

0.539

0.60

Dec.

79

85

87

91

104

131

156

128

99

107

153

179

124

95

87

81

*79

77

7T

79

87

97

95

104

147

214

-552 276

138

121

171

3,750

121

1.06

1.22

Jan.

228

214

188

153

116

102

97

107

235

425

442

286

183

*136

121

114

111

166

335

476

328

208

164

171

192

164

134

124

128

128

134

6,110

197

1.73

1.99

Feb.

175

821

236

202

153

134

147

164

147

126

114

TIB- 111

136

306

493

394

 836

*153

136

850

400

350

300

270

270

340

300

.

_

-

6,380

828

2.00

2.08

Mar.

240 is?

160

150

160

170

150

130

130

180

120

130

150

180

160

190

160

140

130

130

180

120

130

130

»120

104

93

91

91

87

S3

4,859

137

1.80

1.39

Apr.

83

5T

97

104

91

174

849

TOT

410

365

458

3SO

448

410

276

236

183

141

134

131

118

*109

102

97

160

240

270

240

240

250

-

7.57S

853

2.22

2.47

May June July Aug. Sept.

Calendar year 1952 : Max 1,620 Mln 30 Mean 151 Cfsm 1.32 In. 18.05

Water year 1952-53 : Max - Mln - Mean - Cfsm - In. -

Peak discharge (base, 1,800 efs). No peak above base. 

* Discharge measurements made on this day.

Note. No gage height record Feb. 21 to Mar. 25, Apr. 25-30j discharge estimated on basis of recorded range In stage, weather records, and records for station on nearby streams.
YELLOW RiCVER BASIN 203

Yellow River at Milligan, Fla.

Location.--Lat 30°45'10", long. 86°37i45", in sec. 15, T. 3 N., R. 24 W., on right bank 

10 ft downstream from bridge on U. S. Highway 90, half a mile east of Milligan, half 

a mile upstream from Trammel Creek, and 6§ miles upstream from Shoal River.

Drainage area.--650 sq mi, approximately. 

Records available. July 1938 to September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 51.55 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

T929. Prior to Dec. 6, 1939, staff gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 15 years, 1,182 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 20,600 cfs Sept. 29 (gage height, 13.63 ft)j 

minimum, 189 cfs Oct. 26, 27 (gage height, 1.34 ft).

1938-53: Maximum discharge, 21,200 cfs Sept. 13, 1944; maximum gage height, that of 

Sept. 29, 1953; minimum discharge, that of Oct. 26,. 27, 1952; minimum gage height, 1.30 

ft Aug. 31, Sept. 1, 1951.

Flood in 1929 reached a stage of 26.2 ft, from information by local residents.

Remarks. Records good.

Revisions (water years). WSP 892: 1938-39. WSP 1204: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

1.3 

2.0

6.0 

7.0 

8.0

179

359

1,610

2,020

2,890

10.0

12.0

13.4

4,300

7,490

13,400

19,400

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

279 2~7T

262

249

242

239

232

242

259

254

246

246

252

*249

244

239

229

222

214

209

199

194

196

202

194

194

192

IW

194

194

202

7,037

227

0.349

0.40

Nov.

55S" 206 

206

209

209

209

212

209

209

214

229

234

232

234

239

239

234

234

264

284

276 

*272

284

297

5BT

279

272

259

259

272

-

7,269

242

0.372

0.42

Dec.

279 

358" 276

316

376

404

387

384

393

409

421

506

480

449

398

354

329

316

305

305

300 

295

354

435

494

622

695

64T

619

587

633

13,074

422

0.6A9

0.75

Jan.

695 

710

716

728

645

549

491

463

57F

832

1,070

*1,140

1,070

888

701

602

546

572

947

1,220

1,550 

1,250

1,160

978

922

865

807

716

642

619

665

25,115

810

1.25

1.44

Feb.

329 

,090

,450

,460

,340

,150

,130

,220

,180

1,030

876

767

*719

73T

1,230

1,510

1,730

1,820

1,710

1,420

1,130 

1,160

1,390

1,590

1,620

1,610

1,660

1,690

_

-

-

36,202

1,293

1.99

2.07

Mar.

1,610 

1,440

1,250

1,090

1,110

1,170

1,110

969

823

773

743

786

848

879

1,170

1,320

1,590

1,560

1,170

959

842 

770

755

785

855

783

695

*633

593

567

544

29,770

960

1.48

1.70

Apr.

535 755"

904

755

683

969

1,650

1,980

2,190

2,460

2,660

2,780

2,570

2,580

2,520

2,160

,910

,850

,720

,460

,170 

,020

904

817

876

1,260

1,500

1,670

1,630

1,450

-

47,148

1,572

2.42

2.70

May

1,480 

1,670

1,850

1,850

1,740

1,810

2,580

6,590

8,200

*5,a6o

5,450

2,150

1,580

1,270

1,080

972

894

852

783

876

991 

1,130

1,180

1,040

770

654

587

538

494

463

4.51

55,541

1,792

2.76

3.18

June

415 

395

576

359

354

379

370

359

409

567

477

435

407

401

538

561

*636

761

919

1,060

807 

619

584

595

494

494

567

645

633

707

-

16,321

544

0.857

0.95

July

683 

596

491

418

376

351 359"

500

497

564

526

468

451

446

429

463

792

752

725

764

,040 

,320

,430

,420

,550

1,310

814

636

561

555

*509

21,796

703

1.08

1.25

Aug.

4"71 

435

468

451

398

362

348

343

329

510

500

318

555" 295

308

300

300

409

776

785

630 

486

506

512

455

587

449

633

665

564

491

13,767

444

0.683

0.79

Sept.

423 

376

346

348 .

497

488

407

351

324

*302

282

272

259

252

244

244

242

232

5BT

503

373 

500

272

284

409

2,130

7,210

10,800

*L9,200

*L5,500

-

63,154

2,104

3.24

3.61

Calendar year 1952 : Max 4,410 Mln 192 Mean 705 Cfsm 1.08 In. 14.78

Water year 1952-53 : Max 19,200 Mln 192 Mean 921 Cfsm 1.42 In. 19.24

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
204 YELLOW RIVER BASIN

Shoal River near Mossy Head, Pla.

Location. Lat 30M7I45", long. 86°18'25", in SW£ sec. 36, T. 4 N., R.21 W., near left 

bank on downstream side of highway bridge, 200 ft downstream from Machine Branch and 

3.9 miles north of Mossy Head.

Drainage area. 123 sq mi.

Records available. March 1951 to September 1953.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 105.59 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

~L929.

Extremes.--1951 

(gage height 

Sept. 9. 

1951-52:

Maximum discharge during period March to September, 1,540 cfs Mar. 30 

12.33 ft); minimum, 50 cfs Sept. 9; minimum gage height, 3.13 ft Aug. 3C,

Maximum discharge during water year, 945 cfs Feb. 16 (gage height, 9.31 

ft); minimum, 54 cfs July 18; minimum gage height, 3.22 ft Oct. 20.

1952-53: Maximum discharge during water year, 8,690 cfs Sept. 27 (gage height, 21.86 

ft), from rating curve extended above 4,100 cfs on basis of slope-conveyance study; 

minimum, 64 cfs Nov. 5 (gage height, 3.60 ft).

Remarks. Records fair.

Rating tables, Mar. 1, 1951, to Sept.. 30, 1953 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, In cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used for the periods Mar. 1-25, Aug. 14-27, 

1951, Dec. 18, 1951, to Mar. 19, 1952, June 2 to July 8, 1952, 

Nov. 28, 1952, to Jan. 19, 1953, Feb. 15, 16, 1953)

Mar. 1, 1951, to July 5, 1952 July 6, 1952, to Sept. 30, 1953

3.1 

4.0 

5.0 

7.0

48

113

236

527

3.4 

4.0 

5.0 

7.0

51

96

216

527

12.0

14.0

18.0

19.3

1,460

2,130

4,620

5,750

Note. Same as following 

table above 7.0 ft.

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, March to September 1951

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar.

77

77

76

74

77

81

78

74

 72

12

77

180

150

114

102

96

94

189

791

664

428

326

264

229

207

185

172

162

820

1,090

iil

7,619

246

2.00

2.30

Apr.

391

33T

299

251

221

208

282

375

308

243

215

222

201

177

163

186

*235

195

370

384

311

374

388

314

250

221

205

184

172

165

7,847

262

2.13

2.37

May

154

143

135

149

140

123

119

115

116

131

240

285

HJ

162

142

130

119

112

107

104

100

96

94

91

88

200

260

180

138

 119 

110

4,416

142

1.15

1.34

June

102

96

91

85

83

81

79

77

75

74

79

75

72

72

94

108

286

m181

129

122

117

105

94

86

81

75

86

121

147

3,246

108

0.878

0.98

July

118

127

T2T

127

118

98

89

84

78

74

 70

68

67

69

70

64

63 77

79

75

747'4

83

79

69

72

70

68

125

126 

94

2,673

86.2

0.701

0.81

Aug.

82

75

71

68

66

72

77

71

89

122

94

84

75

75

78

73

70

68

66

66

 69

63

62

65

82

74

64

59

58

56

BT

2,251

72.6

0.590

0.68

Sept.

59

6R

6!5

5fl

5!5

59

60

57

52

159

387

2IS

205

190

282

249

212

198

159

156

182

158

165

147

127

17?

229

186

140

11*

4,54?

15f

1.24

1.3?

Calendar year : Max Mln Mean Cfsm In.

Water year : Max Mln Mean Cfsm In.

Peak discharge (base. 1,200 efs).--Mar. 30 (l a.m.) 1,540 cfs (12.33 ft). 

Discharge measurement made on this day.
YEIiOW RIVER BASIN 

Shoal River near Mossy Head, Pla. Continued

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1951 to September 1952

205

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

Mean

Cf am

In.

Oct.

~§2 101

86

82

77

74

72

68

66

65

*63

63

62

60

59

59

58

57

57

56

58

68

67

72

72

65

64

65

62

61

60

2,091

67.5

0.549

0,63

Nov.

73

266

348

?56

141

198

251

200

149

124

116

106

*101

98

229

329

266

188

153

136

126

119

114

111

107

102

100

96

96

93

-

4,764

159

1.29

1.44

Dec.

92

92

94

94

272

268

225

177

154

155

148

145

134

129

182

178

153

182

214

*201

208

190

163

151

144

158

205

193

158

150

144

5,153

166

1.35

1.56

Jan.

141

135

133

130

128

123

118

118

116

114

109

108

108

108

110

114

109

108

106

106

104

TU

174

160

129

120

127

216

273

215

 163

4,136

133

1.08

1.25

Feb.

142

138

189

185

156

136

135

130

123

118

116

113

112 23"5

599

870

555

396

316

348

447

365

372

584

359

503

629

333

360

_

-

9,045

312

2.54

2.73

Kar.

310

270

191

330

443

322

260

225

207

200

258

242

 221

195

177

165

154

171

299

256

205

182

200

219

221

202

177

159

145

138

T55

6,894

222

1.80

2.08

Apr.

348

350 263-

219

229

204

176

160

151

144

140

134

279

342

256

190

163

151

141

134

129

*123

117

129

142

176

163

132

119

112

5,516

184

1.50

1.67

May

108

105

103

102

98

96

96

103

102

98

120

126

104

98

94

92 106"

188

195

280

226

164

138

123

116

131

124

109

133

145

143

3,966

128

1.04

1.20

June

116

T52

94

88

84

*80

80

86

108

99

88

81

75

72

70

70

84

84

85

80

75

79

111

85

77

74

71

109

86

79

-

2,572

85.7

0.697

0.78

July

74

70

67

66

63

62

69

78

85

71

69

69

66

66

64

60

57

56 *~S6

61

70

106

78

68

69

216

13?

88

80

73

80

2,403

77.5

0.630

0.73

Aug.

92

83

72

65

64

127

307

266

216

423

360

246

178

245

490

565

4T7

292

237

194

246

 184

175

150

 134

115

102

96

173

319

232

6,865

221

1.80

2.08

Sept.

164

164

198

183

154

132

118

108

101

95

55" 91

141

150

142

194

150

124

178

258

~Z5Z 272

201

156

133

123

113

105

100

96

-

4,500

150

1.22

1.36

Calendar year 1951: Max - Mln - Mean - Cfsm - In. -

Water year 1951-52: Max 870 Mln 56 Mean 158 Cfsm 1.28 In. 17.51 .

Peak discharge (base, 1,200 cfs). No peak above base. 

* Discharge measurement mede on this day.

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

9289-

84

80

79

79

86

81

81

81

81

81

80 

*74

77

76

74

72

72

69

67

37

69

69

68

68

67

67

67

67

69

2,333

75.3

0.612

0.71

Nov.

69

68

68

SB- 66

67

66

66

67

71

75

75

74 

74

74

74

74

74

*97

118

93

86

84

83

81

85

89

85

81

83

-

2,333

77.8

0.633

0.71

Dec.

85

85

90

86

148

137

106

97

94

97

112

99

91 

87

87

86

86

85

85

85

82

33

150

212

170

169

161

133

116

134

273_

3,611

116

0.943

1.09

Jan.

245

193

177

149

136

128

153

281

503

509

 363

285

229 

197

179

165

154

184

290

242

194

174

197

254

214

173

153

144

135

ill TBJ

6,710

216

1.76

2.03

Feb.

324

333

358

312

250

243

503

451

322

254

*213

197

*756 m

 603

368

290

243

218

245

318

300

259

278

279

253

219

_

_

-

8,768

313

2.54

2.65

Mar.

193

194

187

182

179

161

150

142

135

132

144

162

154 

142

415

607

575

282

243

207

187

178

193

200

*171

151

142

138

130

125

122

6,126

198

1.61

1.85

Apr.

123

143

142

125

116

319

866

571

407

521

445

1,210

1.220 

^519

450

388

324

279

266

242

210

190

177

166

238

409

330

250

201

201

-

11,148

372

3.02

3.37

May

210

198

183

169

»161

195

191

160

143

133

125

119

115 

113

111

108

106

105

108

224

262

TTT

138

123

113

104

98

93

90

87

85

4,347

140

1.14

1.31

June

84

81

79

78

SI

92

96

91

88

85

94

112

114 

115

186

145

*122

102

90

85

82

111

145

122

105

111

153

293

307

IS5

3,632

121

0.984

1.10

July

126

108

108

113

98

86

55

148

144

197

166

130

104

100

111

232

864

535

457

395

489

418

350

325

237

184

157

*144

145

149

132

7,102

229

1.86

2.15

Aug.

117

110

107

102

98

100

114

98

107

96

99

107

93 

89

55

94

97

147

150

289

219

144

142

135

117

113

150

162

129

112

103

3,833

124

1.01

1.16

Sept.

98

93

93

94

97

93

88

85

 81

80

78

77

77 

76

76

78

76

74

9T

358

245

137

110

102

194

2,510

 5,660

 1,490

792

579

-

13,782

459

3.73

4.17

Calendar year 195E: Max 870 Min 56 Mean 148 Cfsm 1.20 In. 16.39

Water year 1952-53: Max 5,660 Mln 66 Mean 202 Cfsm 1.64 In. 22.30

charge (has 

(21.86 ft).

base, 1,200 eta}. Apr. 12 (10:30 p.m.) 1,640 cfs (12.71 ft); Sept. 27 (2:15 a.m.)

8,690 cfs (21.

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
206 YELLOW RIVER BASIN

Shoal River near Crestview, Fla.

Location. Lat 30°41'50", long. 86°34'15", in sec. 5, T. 2 N., R. 23 W., on right bank

 on downstream side of bridge on State Highway 85, 3f miles downstream from Titi Creek, 

4i miles south of Crestview, and 7 mJies upstream from mouth.

Drainage area. 475 sq mi.

Records available. July 1938 to September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 47.21 ft (revised) above mean sea level,

 datum of 1929. Prior to Feb. 12, 1939, staff gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 15 years, 1,092 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 20,000 cfs Sept. 28 (gage height, 13.93 ft); mir-

 EnumT 308 cfs Nov. 5 (gage height, 1.13 ft).

1933-53: Maximum discharge, 21,700 cfs (revised) July 7, 1940 (gage height, 14.26 

ft); minimum, 294 cfs Oct. 23-27, Nov. 3-7, 1943; minimum gage height, 0.98 ft Oct. 26, 

Nov. 4, 1943. Revisions. The figures of maximum discharge for some water years have been revised, 

as shown in the following table. They supersede figures published in the water-supply 

papers indicated.

WSP

872 

892 

1002 

1082 

1172

Water 

year

1939 

1940 

1944 

1947 

1950

Date

Aug. 18, 1939 

July 7, 1940 

Sept. 12, 1944 

Mar. 9, 1947 

Sept. 2, 1950

Discharge 

(cfs)

13,400 

21,700 

13,000 

17,100 

11,200

Gage height 

(feet)

11.18 

14.26

11.05 

12.57 

10.38

Remarks. Records good.

Revisions. MSP 1204: Drainage area. Revised figures of discharge, in cubic feet per 

 second, for high-water periods in the water years 1939, 1940, 1944, 1947, and 1950, 

superseding those published in tfSP 872, 892, 1002, 1082 and 1172, are given herewith:

Date

1939

Aug. 16

17

18

19

1940

July 7

Discharge

8,880

12,200

13,000

9,340

15,700

Date

1940-Con.

July 8

9

1944

Aug. 14

Sept. 12

Discharge

19,500

13,000

11,500

11,400

Date

1947

Mar. 8

9

1950

Sept. 2

Discharge

12,500

13,900

11,000

Month

Calendar year 1939. ................

July 1940. ...........................

Calendar year 1944 .................

Calendar year 1947 .................

September 1950. ......................

Cfs -days

390,249

384,314

522,106

557,619

Maximum

13,000

19,500

11,500

13,900

Minimum

332

398

470

538

Mean

3 225

1,069

1,050

1,427

1,528

Per square 

mile

2.14

2.10

2.85

3.06

Runoff 

In 

inches

29.03

28.58

38.85

41.46
YELLOW RIVER BASIN 

Shoal River near Crestview, Fla. Continued

207

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge. In cubic feet per second)

1.1 

2.0 

4.0

304

436

835

5.0 

6.0 

6.5

1,120

1,520

2,140

7.0

10.0

13.2

3,040

8,980

17,800

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

 

ay

i

1

i

1

i

i

tal

an

8m

I.

Oct.

391 382"

372

360

357

355

357

366

370

372

368

367

364

 354

350

348

344

337

334

326

317

314

321

321

318

314

314

314 

313

316

324

10,660

344

0.724

0.83

Nov.

326

324

317

313

309

313

317

314

313

317

337

341

334

329

327

324

321

320

 378

468

415

368

350

340

334

341

344

343 

333

336

-

10, 146

338

0.712

0.79

Dec.

341

547

362

357

530

609

473

404

384

418

492

422

360

364

354

351

351

351

347

351

351

341

463

810

735

772

715

570 

478

485

855

14,561

470

0.989

1.14

Jan.

971

735

648

564

512

480

484

719

1,150

1.560

1,350

 997

769

676

626

590

566

682

803

858

750

662

646

879

808

674

602

564 

545

523

577

22,970

741

1.56

1.80

Feb.

1,020

1,140

1,500

1,480

1,170

983

1,330

1,550

1,380

1,050

856

781

 746

735

1,440

2.210

1,730

1,230

986

879

942

1,100

1,110

994

983

1,070

1,040

914

_

-

32,349

1,155

2.43

2.53

Bar.

820

781

769

744

781

757

692

654

623

613

611

668

713

660

996

1.780

1,750

1,200

939

818

755

735

750

843

*772

670

632

621 

600

577

564

24,888

803

1.69

1.95

Apr.

566

700

717

656

587

749

1,940

2,970

2,230

1,560

1,700

2,590

3,650

5.710

2,520

1,530

1,510

1,160

1,140

1,110

1,020

928

871

850

920

1,470

1,57.0

1,260 

1,000

914

-

45,878

1,465

5.08

3.44

Hay

1,060

~97T 1.070

874

803

848

988

871

748

684

 646

617

602

596

585

571

562

554

549

676

856

805

644

575

556

507

484

465 

451

441

454

21,077

680

1.45

1.65

June

428

417

401

399" 396

467

473

453

441

473

467

473

475

458

717

851

715

 579

482

431

415

498

632

571

a536

a680

a850

al.040 

a920

855

-

16,975

566

1.19

1.55

July

656

525

475

487

478

451

438

855

672

686

692

625

514

472

480

652

1,250

2,210

2.680

2,000

1,990

1,960

1,500

1,420

1,280

1,000

810

726 

 715

892

855

50,378

980

2.06

2.38

Aug.

744

660

676

810

652

592

815

7O9

717

621

571

698

684

598

575

554

550

715

755

1,070

974

746

640

621

571

545

550

1.120

851

642

571

21,695

700

1.47

1.70

Sept.

552

510

507

525

621

615

556

491

«47O

455

441

455

428

425

418

420

420

409

415

577

781

652

492

448

579

5,270

12,500

 17.600 

 9,150

 4,940

-

59,854

1,994

4.20

4.68

ilendar year 1952: Max 3,030 Mln 304 Mean 628 Cfsm 1.32 In. 18. OO

iter year 1952-53: Max 17,600 Mln 309 Mean 848 Cfsm 1.79 In. 24.22

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of recorded range In stage and records for 

allow River near Mllllgan.
208 BLACKWATER RIVER BASIN

Blackwater River near Baker, Fla.

Location. Lat 30°50'00" ) long. 86°44'05", in sec. 22, T. 4 N., R. 25 W., near right bank 

at downstream side of bridge on State Highway 4, 0.3 mile downstream from Red Wash 

Branch, and 3.8 miles northwest of Baker.

Drainage area. 205 sq ml.

Records available. March 1950 to September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 60.5 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

T929 (from design elevation of bridge curb, furnished by Florida State Road Department

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,990 cfs Sept. 27 fgage height, 15.21 ft); min 

imum, 66 cfs Oct. 29 (gage height, 3.04 ft).

1950-53: Maximum discharge, that of Sept. 27, 1953; minimum, that of Oct. 29, 1952 

minimum gage height, 3.01 ft Oct. 21, 1951.

Remarks. Records good.

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height. In feet, and

discharge, In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used July 30 to Aug. 3)

3.0 

3.5 

4.0

63

109

186

5.0

11.0

14.5

387

2,430

4,280

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

U

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfstn

In.

Oct.

79

77

76

75

75

75

73

73

76

78

78

77

*76

74

73

72

71

71

70

69

68

68

68

69

68

67

67

67

67

67

69

2,233

72.0

0.351

0.41

Nov.

69

69

69

67

67

68

68

68

68

69

71

73

73

72

71

71

70

69

75

51

8O

*76

75

73

73

75

76

76

74

75

-

2,161

72.0

O.351

0.39

Dec.

76

77

87

9O

105

128

107

93

88

92

143

132

106

95

90

87

85

84

84

83

84

85

91

117

151

236 205"

149

121

121

190

3,482

112

0.546

0.63

Jan.

213

173

192

184

148

128

117

T9"3" 113

338

280

*213

17O

146

132

122

117

226

662

4BT

332

256

232

344

300

240

203

177

161

151

190

6,916

223

1.09

1.25

Feb.

363

446

689

496

365

230

502

44O

340

276

*236

218

209

*992

662

59O

405

320

28O

403

804

586

459

539

573

502

410

_

_

-

12,755

456

2.22

2.31

Mar.

340

302

272

280

383

312

252

218

194

177

175

213

213

197

316

4T8" 606

314

256

220

196

181

179

196

177

153

140

*134

127

122

119

7,382

238

1.16

1.34

Apr.

119

484

394

28O

209

737

1,870

1.O50

682

1,290

1,070

1,160

2,170

l.UO

517

487

564

462

410

369

312

272

244

224

280

732

542

385

302

392

-

19,149

638

3.11

3.47

May

689

468

398

352

*520

2,300

3.020

1,320

936

639

473

389

338

304

276

252

234

218

211

288

274

232

196

177

165

151

143

135

128

124

ill

15,671

506

2.47

2.84

June

117

114

111

108

TIT

117

116

110

121

173

181

172

148

140

156

218

*236

218

156

127

115

122

154

138

119

156

220

242

194

158

-

4,568

152

0.741

0.83

July

146

125

113

109

113

104

1O2 128"

125

179

182

128

109

106

122

203

503" 960

468

379

636

435

457

936

487

334

246

197

211

234

*199

8,781

283

1.38

1.59

Aug.

211

163

141

149

128

117

143

124

116

106

101

99

98

97 120"

121

138

2O7

510 252"

2O5

158

132

124

111

1O6

114

132

153

138

113

4,627

149

0.727

0.84

Sept.

10Z

ge

93

92

14C

16E

136

10S

96

gc

86

*B4

82

8C

7£

7£

Ti

Ti

8C

92

84

Ti

74

72

1C?

1,8£

*4 , 2S

*3 , OC

1,4£

8]

13, 7£

4£

2.Z

2.E

Calendar year 1952: Max 1,590 Mln 67 Mean 191 Cfstn o.932 !" 12.68

Water year 1952-53= Max 4.25O Kin 67 Mean 278 Cfsm 1.36 In. 18.40

Peak discharge (base, 2,500 efs). Hay 7 (6 a.m.) 3,240 cfs (12.70 ft); Sept. 27 (7 a.m.) 4,990 

cfs (15.21 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
BLACKWATER RIVER BASIN 

Coldwater Creek near Milton, Fla.

209

jcation. Lat 30°42'30", long. 86°58'20", in sec. 5. T. 2 N., R. 27 W., on right bank at 

downstream side of bridge on State Highway 191, 2^ miles upstream from mouth and 65 

miles northeast of Milton.

rainage area. 238 sq mi.

ecords available. November 1938 to September 1953.

age.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 9.10 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929. 

Prior to Dec. 2, 1938, staff gage at same site and datum.

verage discharge. 15 years, 552 cfs.

xtremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,910 cfs Sept. 27 (gage height, 8.06 ft); minimum, 215 cfs Oct. 29; minimum gage height, 1.96 ft Oct. 21, 29.

1938-53: Maximum discharge, 23,100 cfs Aug. 17, 1939 (gage height, 17.33 ft); minimum, that of Oct. 29, 1952; minimum gage height, 0.94 ft Dec. 11, 1938.

.emarks. Records good.

.evisions (water years). MSP 892: 1939. WSP 1204: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, In feet, and

discharge, In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used May 8 to June 2)

1.8 

3.0 

4.0

201

458

751

5.0 

6.0 

7.9

1,130 

1,S90 

3,730

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

LO

LI

12

L3

L4

15

L6 

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

ZK

29

50

51

total

lean

:fsm

In.

Oct.

248

246

241

239

239

237

233

232

233

239

237

237

*235

232

232

230 

228

226

224

223

217

?T?

224

224

223

221

219

219

217

219

223

7,116

230

0.966

1.11

Kov.

224

224

224

223

223

223

226

223

224

230

243

245

235

232

232

230 

230

230

254

284

254

*239

233

230

228

230

224

223

219

2HT

-

6,967

232

0.975

1.09

i Dec.

230 232"

270

258

386

341

276

258

254

268

337

288

264

256

250

248 

246

246

245

248

246

243

260

366

394

479

427

341

300

313

440

9,206

297

1.25

1.44

Jan.

440

377

403

357

313

292

282

396" 276

537

433

352

315

296

*290

288 

284

389

649 540"

420

359

413

591

481

379

343

326

315

309

363

11,808

381

1.60

1.85

Feb.

521

640

802

597

461

436

554

513

413

361

339

335

»330 46"0

1,110

916 

588

453

401

398

699

845

680

557

636

633

554

468

_

_

-

15,700

561

2.36

2.45

War.

423

401

401

416

394

366

346

328

317

311

328

357

354

354

748

 1,030 664"

494

436

394

368

352

389

428

377

339

326

*319

311

302

296

12,669

409

1.72

1.98

Apr.

300

39T

500

413

350

978

1,980

947

712

1,170

931

1,3BO

2,250

 93T

640

646 

559

513

540

479

413

377

357

343

423

744

652

463

389

398

-

21,169

706

2.97

3.31

May .

468

440

468

500

675

2,830

3,240

1,450

721

*524

446

401

370

352

332

319 

311

302

298

306

315

304

294

290

284

280

274

274

270

268

264

17,870

576

2.42

2.79

June

258

252

248

246 248"

268

26S

256

252

282

258

28O

276

252

306

366 

652

428

*304

292

294

436

403

352

300

450

554

731

65?

505

10,675

356

1.50

1.67

July

396

341

309

294

2S2

2S2

284

290

309

311

294

270

262

ZT2

290

350

680

768

4S3

403

526

492

453

430

382

332

306

302

328

391

*401

11,493

371

1.56

1.80

Aug.

346

313

317

321

302

296

339

366

319

302

290

302

292

288

300

304 

359

556" 479

354

317

300

300

296

276

270

SIT

438

398

339

304

10,134

327

1.37

1.58

Sept.

284

274

270

2S2

326

317

292

276

270

264

262

*260

256

256

258

262 

260

260

280

332

290

270

260

260

398

1,990

*5,630

2,520

831

562

16,552

552

2.32

2.59

Calendar year 1952: Max 2,390 Mln 217 Mean 357 Cfsm 1.50 In. 20.41

Water year 1952-53: Max 3,630 Mln 217 Mean 415 Cfsm 1.74 In. 23.66

Peak discharge (base, 2,700 efs). Hay 7 (12:30 a.m.) 3,810 cfs (7.97 ft); Sept. 27 (4 p.m.) 3,910 

cfs (8.06 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
210 ESCAMBIA RIVER BASIN

Conecuh River near Troy, Ala.

Location. Lat 31°51', long. 86°00', In NE^ sec. 13, T. 10 N., R. 20 E., on left bank nea: 

downstream side of bridge on U. S. Highway 231, lj miles downstream from Mannings Creel 

and 3 miles north of Troy.

Drainage area. 240 sq mi, approximately.

Records available.--October 1943 to September 1953 (discontinued).

Gage. Staff gage read once daily. Prior to Dec. 31, 1947, wire-weight gage at same site 

and datum.

Average discharge. 10 years, 355 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 16,800 cfs May 6 (gage height, 15.96 ft, from 

graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 4,7 cfs Nov. 1, Sept. 18, 19.

1943-53: Maximum discharge, 18,000 cfs Nov. 28, 1948 (gage height, 16.1 ft, from 

floodmark); minimum observed, 0.8 cfs Aug. 31, Sept. 1, 10, 1951.

Remarks. Records fair.

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, In feet, and

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-19, June 23 to July 8, 

July 12-23)

0.7 

1.0 

1.5 

2.0 

3.0

4.0 

6.0 

7.0 

8.0 

9.0

131

310

466

690

1,100

10.0

11.0

12.0

14.0

15.0

1,950

3,150

4,750

9,110

3.0 74 9.0 1.1OO Ib.O 12,200ZOO 

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

as

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

"9.3 11 

8.3

7.2

7.0

*6.2 

5.9

5.8

6.2

6.6

9.0 

9.5

9.1

8.2

* 7.2

6.6

6.2

5.9 

5.9 

5.4

5.2 

5.6

5.6

5.6

5.8

5.6

5.4

5.0

5.0

5.0

4.9

205.2

6.62

0.028

0.03

Nov.

H6.2

6.2

6.4

6.4 

6.5

7.1

7.4

7.9

8.8 

*12

13

15

16

14

13

13 

18 

30

29 

26

23

22

19

18

22

22

22

22

-

442.1

14.7

0.061

0.07

Dec.

24 

23

162

260

95

131 

113

95

79

101

167 

167

152

138

*119

95

74

64 

56 

56

69 

79

89

131

183

257

277

277

267

£47

267

4,314

139

0.579

0.67

Jan.

£67 

267

267

257

237

210 

175

167

277

427

527 

*593

593

548

506

361

288

427

640 

890

1.100 

890

810

715

593

527

466

392

334

277

247

14,275

460

1.92

2.21

Feb.

247

237

277

277

277

257 

257

299

334

322

310 

288

267

257

446

*886

1, 380

940 

745 

570

486 

570

810

940

990

1,160

1,640

1,550

_

-

17,049

609

2.54

2.64

Bar.

1. 100 

810

665

548

446

361 

322

288

257

228

219 

247

347

427

486

446

361

334 

506 

775

715 

593

*486

570

506

446

392

322

267

226

201

13,899

446

1.87

2.15

Apr.

175 

159

152

145

151

167 

527

990

1,100

1,830

4.950 

2,400

 4,050

*2,170

1,500

890

690

593 

506 

*446

409 

361

310

267

247

392

527

570

486

624

-

27,544

918

5.82

4.27

May

1,706 

2,520

2,280

5,450

4,575

*12.200 

*4,960

2,060

1,500

940

745 

570

486

427

522

219

267

247 

226 

247

288 

277

277

257

183

145

119

*101

84

74

6£

41,596

1,342

5.59

6.45

June

54

50

42

38

II

46 

69

69

56

62

113 

175

201

192

138

95

267

487 

990 

616

592 

219

158

145

138

192

185

152

*125

107

-

5,586

186

0.775

0.87

July

84 

74

62

52

46

56 

58

106

267

547

247 

152

89

62

54

64

84

113 

145 

138

125 

210

175

392

527

427

201

107

95

95

84

4,700

152

0.633

0.73

Aug.

79 

69

56

44

38

 54

30

24

20

18

15 

13

12

11

10

9.9

11.

18 

23 

34

74 

~56~ 113

38

29

28

26

24

35

54

44

1,089.9

35.2

0.147

0.17

Sept.

29

20

17

18

23

15 

12

12

10

9.5

7.9 

7.4

6.4

5.9

5.4

5.2

5.2

tt

19

52 

*26

20

17

16

110

1,534

t.,570

1,740

1,100

-

9,401.5

313

1.50

1.46

Calendar year 1952 : Max 8,070 Hln 2.1 Mean 266 Cfsm 1.11 In. 15.07

Water year 1952-53 : Max 12,200 Min 4.7 Mean 334 Cfsm 1.60 In. 21.72

Peak discharge (base. 2,500 cfs). Apr. 11 (7 a.m.) 5,690 cfs (12.52 ft); May 6 (8 a.m. 

(15.96 ft); Sept. 28 (8 a.m.) 5,890 cfs (12.56 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

) 16,800 cfs
ESCAMBIA RIVER BASIN 211

Conecuh River at Brantley, Ala.

3cation.~Lat 31°34' , long. 86°15', in SE£ sec. 16, T. 7 N., R. 18 E., on left bank at 

downstream side of bridge on State'Highway 52, half a mile downstream from Moody Mill 

Creek and three-quarters of a'mile southeast of Brantley.

ralnage area. 485 sq mi.

ecords available. October 1937 to September-1953.

age. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 226.2 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929 

(levels by Corps of Engineers). Prior to Nov. 1, 1938, wire-weight gage at same site 

and datum.

verage discharge. 16 years, 750 cfs.

xtremes. Maximum discharge during year, 15,000 efs May 7 (gage height, 22.59 ft); minimum, 

 61 cfs Oct. 29 (gage height, 1.47 ft).

1937-53: Maximum discharge, 15,800 cfs Nov. 29, 1948 (gage height, 23.0 ft); minimum, 

39 cfs Sept. 10, 1951 (gage height, 1.09 ft).

iemarks. Records good except those for period of doubtful gage-height record, which are 

tevlslons. WSP 952; Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height. In feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

1.4 

2.0 

4.0 

9.0 

12.0

55

110

364

1,240

2,000

14.0

16.0

19.0

22.0

23.0

2,980

4,600

8,450

13,450

15,800

Discharge, in cubic feet por second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7 

8

9

LO

LI

L2

13

14

15

IE 

17

18

19

20

21

22 

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

93

86

79

76

72

68

66 

65

67

*71

78

81

81

81

79

76 

76

77

76

74

70

68 

66

63

63

64

65

65

62

64

65

2,237

72.2

0.149

0.17

Nov.

68

70

73

73

74

75

76 

77

80

81

*87

100

113

113

104

101 

100

101

116

133

167

161 

142

128

122

123

129

143

143

136

3,209

107

0.221

0.25

Dec.

131

142

161

203

255

294

322

288

255

274

364

424

394

336

*301

274 

255

236

210

197

191

210 

229

255

527

663

629

564

500

500

548

10, 132

327

0.674

0.78

Jan.

564

580

548

516

484

454

424

394

935

1,040

999

»927

891

855

837

819 

819

1,130

1,610

1,660

1,470

*1,330 

1,360

1,640

1,640

1,430

1,260

1,090

963

837

748

30,254

976

2.01

2.32

Feb.

697

646

629

596

596

596

596 

596

580

564

580

580

564

606

1,170

*1,090 

1,020

891

1,020

1,190

1,540

1^780 

1,570

1,330

1,430

1,520

1,660

1,680

_

-

27,407

979

2.02

2.10

Kar.

1,640

1,780

1.940

1.78O

1,520

1,260

1,050 

873

731

646

596

424

714

783

891

927 

87.5

837

819

801

873

927 

*1,040

1,090

1,090

999

873

837

765

697

580

30,656

989

2.04

2.35

Apr.

516

500

454

424

394

572

981 

*945

1,060

1.38O

1,500

1,820

4,970

4,910

»5. 020

4,120 

2,850

2,390

1,660

 1,360

1,130

981 

855

731

765

891

873

855

819

1,160

-

46,886

1,563

3.22

3.60

May

1,450

1,540

1,640

2,710

5,400

*12,200

*14,200 

12,800

7,410

4,120

2,850

d2,100

dl,700

dl,400

dl,200

1,040 

891

765

714

680

629

612 

646

596

 548

500

454

379

322

281

255

82,032

2,646

5.46

6.29

June

236

216

197

179

175

185

222 

236

229

210

236

350

409

350

350

439 

516

580

580

564

646

801 

855

680

424

394

484

454

*424

409

-

12,028

401

0.827

0.92

July

336

322

274

236

203

173

167 

185

274

364

469

484

424

288

222

197 

191

203

229

500

580

532

629

765

697

629

629

629

532

372

294

12,029

388

0.800

0.92

Aug.

255

229

210

185

*167

155

132

130

122

110

102

97

98

99

96

&

116

113

242

255

185 

191

222

203

161

141

140

155

161

143

4,809

155

0.320

0.37

Sept.

134

126

114

106

103

100

99 

92

84

78

73

71

68

*67

65

64 

64

65

64

76

95

108 

101

98

103

856

2,850

8,440

2,370

5.580

-

16,314

544

1.12

1.25

Calendar year 1952 : Max 9,920 Mln 62 Mean 567 Cfsm 1.17 In. 15.93

Water year 1952-53 : Max 14,200 Min 62 Mean 762 Cfsm 1.57 In. 21.32

Peak discharge (base. 4.000 cfs). Apr. 13 (5 p.m. 

22.59 ft); Sept. 30 (9 a.m.) 6,190 cfs (17.36 ft).

) 5,940 cfs (17.22 ft); May 7 (9 p.m.) 15,OOO cfs 

- -. ...._.. ,_. ,36 ftl. 

Discharge measurement made on this day. 

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of reconstructed gage-height graph and 

records for station at Troy.
212

ESCAMBIA RIVER BASIN

Patsaliga Creek at Luverne, Ala.

Location. Lat 31°44', long. 86°17', in SW£ sec. 29. T. 9 N., R. 18 E., near center of 

span on downstream side of bridge on State High-ways 9 and 10, 1 mile northwest of 

Luverne and 3 miles downstream from Pond Creek.

Drainage area. 250 sq ml, approximately.

Records available. October 1943 to September 1953.

Gage. Wire-weight gage read once daily. Datum of gage is 267.53 ft above mean sea leve 

datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1943.

Average discharge. 10 years, 422 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,340 cfs Apr. 12 (gage height, 13.0 ft, from 

graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 17 cfs Sept. 18 (gage height, 1.51 f 

1943-53: Maximum discharge, 16,700 cfs Nov. 28, 1948 (gage height, 16.8 ft, from 

graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 8.0 cfs Aug. 30, 1951.

Remarks. Records fair.

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, In feet, and

discharge. In cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used May 14 to July 20,

July.24 to Aug. 27)

1.8 

2.5 

3.5 

5.0 

8.0

28

61

125

258

613

9.0

10.0

11.0

12.0

13.0

811

1,220

1,790

2,780

4,340

Discharge, In cubic ond, water year October 1952 to September 1953

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

1O

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

2Z 

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

27

23

20

18

18

19

19

24

28

*27

26

35

32

28

28

31

27

26

26

19

19

21 

21

E8

24

23

23

24

23

23

23

753

24.3

0.097

0.11

Calendar yeai

Nov.

27

28

33

32

29

31

35

30

32

36

*50

55

48

46

45

44

42

41

52

95

80

68 

60

50

50

50

65

68

57

51

-

1,430

47.7

0.191

0.21

Dec.

55

64

113

109

137

153

"ID'S 133

92

192

E43

248

219

149 *102

86

80

78

75

75

95

109 

117

174

278

308

308

298

258

219

228

4,901

158

0.632

0.73

Jan.

248

258

288

233

178

149

133

133

319

432

420

*471

538

584

497

318

228

493

584

566

769

1.260 

990

664

552

497

497

432

420

373

268

13,792

445

1.78

2.05

Feb.

248

258

288

340

329

298

318

329

384

4O8

458

524

445

278

432

*538

1,030

1,870

1,260

724

584

566 

613

1,030

1,530

1,340

1,360

1.990

_

-

-

19,772

706

2.82

2.94

- 1952: Max 7,060 Mln 18

Bar.

1.990

1,380

890

613

484

408

362

329

288

268

258

268

362

458

552

613

598

497

484

538

784

611 

*598

524

408

351

308

258

238

233

219

16,372

528

2.11

2.44

Apr.

201

188

188

174

170

278

510

746

1,260

1,650

1,220

2.900

2,760

*1,990

*2,080

1,410

840

566

420

*384

396

384 

298

243

298

432

510

584

584

566

-

24,230

808

3.23

3.60

May

552

570

1,140

1,470

1,910

*2,590

3.750

2,980

1,790

1,200

769

570

408

318

268

228

210

196

183

214

298

288 

228

174

*141

117

102

89

78

68

62

22,941

740

2.96

3.41

June

61

53

51

48

46

58

78

72

70

56

109

133

157

133

83

92

206

384

458

340

149

89 

65

72

117

196

170

117

*141

137

-

3,941

131

0.524

0.59

July

109

102

95

129

89

61

50

48

5E

157

133

72

56

4Z

51

52

53

89

161

258

373

566

458

396

445

373

192

117

98

89

5,555

179

0.716

0.83

Aug.

75

61

51

46

*44

43

58

50

38

33

26

22

24

23

40

42

41

40

35

57

137

113 

106

98

80

62

53

60

64

66

54

1,742

56.2

0.225

0.26

Sept.

4

4

3

3

3

3

3

2

2

2

2

2

2i

*2

2i

2(

1!

11

1!3"

4:3' 

3(

3<

3(

5{

88J

2.21C

3.49C

2.24C

-

9,611

32C

1.26

1.43

Mean 283 Cfsm 1.13 In. 15.41

Water year 1952-53: Max 3,730 Mln 18 Mean 343 Cfsm 1.37 In. 18.60

Peak discharge (base, 5.000 cfs).--Apr. 12 (9 p.m.) 4,340 cfs (13.0 ft); May 7 (7 p.m.) 3,980 cfs 

(12.8 ft); Sept. 29 (12 m.) 3,650 Cfs (12.6 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
ESCAMBIA RIVER BASIN 213

Sepulga River near McKensie, Ala.

ocatlon.--Lat 31°27', long. 86°47', In SE£ sec. 30, T. 6 N., R. 13 E., on left bank at 

downstream side of Watt Bridge on U. S. Highway 31, three-eighths of a mile upstream 

from Old Town Creek, 2? miles upstream from Plney Woods Creek, sj miles downstream 

from Persimmon Creek, and 7 miles southwest of McKenzie.

iralnage area. 470 sq mi, approximately.

iecords available. October 1937 to September 1953.

rage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 155.96 ft above mean sea level, unadjusted 

(levels by Corps of Engineers). Prior to Mar. 25, 1939, wire-weight gage at same site 

and datum.

Iverage discharge. 16 years, 678 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 3,370 cfs May 5 (gage height, 8.29 ft); minimum, 17 cfs Oct. 29-31; minimum gage height, 2.56 ft Oct. 30.

1937-53: Maximum discharge, 28,100 cfs Mar. 17, 1938 (gage height, 24.5 ft, from 

floodmark); minimum, 9.2 cfs Aug. 29-31, Sept. 10, 1951.

Maximum stage known, about 33 ft in March 1929, from information by local residents.

Remarks. Records good. ,

Rating table, water year 195Z-53 (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

2.5 

2.7 

3.0 

3.4 

3.8

13

27

59

121

224

4.5 

5.O 

6.0 

9.0

535

8OO

1,500

3,88O

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

IS

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27 

28 

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

26 

25

21

21

21

20

18

IB

*18

20

21

23

24

34

54

30

29

27

26

24

21

21

21

21

19

19

19 

18 

17

17

17

690

22.3

O.O47

O.O5

Nov.

18 

Iff

18

20

19

19

19

20

21

»24

27

27

26

26

27

26

29

29

46

58_

39

36

35

34

4O

46

43 

38 

36

42

-

906

3O.2

O.064

O.O7

Dec.

42 S-4

66

57

84

75

74

71

72

121

26O

349 2le

252

208

132

107

*92

84

BO

87

114

105

116

320

245

286 

263 

228

202

238

4,702

152

0.323

0.37

Jan.

267 

286

267

231

188

166

147

142

2W

500

610

48O

425

311

*231

196

193

635

800

920

718

580

460

425

475

420

349 

278 

252

224

224

11,686

377

O.8O2

0.92

Feb.

238 575

336

372

323

296

410

480

53O

470

362

294

275

332

1,340

2.3OO

2,120

1,460

*1,160

990

955

1,760

2,260

1,940

2,260

2,790

5,020 

2,870

_

-

32,220

1,151

2.45

2.55

fiar.

2,390 

1,980

1,580

1.13O

890

800

69O

615

510

45O

440

460

69O

1.50O

1,720

1,76O

1,540

1,340

1,100

1,130

920

B60

8OO

668

610

*530

440 

380 

340

319

294

2S.B76

931

1.98

2. 25

Apr.

271 

267

259

248

236

363

1,800

«2,87O

2,870

2,470

2.30O

2,210

2,390

2,390

1,760

1,460

1,340

1,020

662

545

475

440

*367

319

848

2,390

2,550 

1,670 

1,200

 2,120

40,132

1,338

2.85

3.16

May

2,710 

2,550

2,390

3.O2O

3,500

2,950

2,870

2,710

1.85O

1,240

8OO

585

47 O

385

34O

306

276

252

231

242

278

276

323

302

224

*177

159 

140 

125

114

105

31,704

1,O23

2.18

2.51

June

98 

93

59

87

81

84

80

80

75

72

81

80

74

71

75

78

90

136

140

18O

117

108

196

T4T

1OO

95

87 

57 

84

1OO

2,965

98.8

O.210

0.23

July

1OO 

*117

154

142

98

64

74

74

80

82

53

48

59

76

60

53

57

72

81

101

138

376

955

1,360

1.420

745

380 

228 

171

132

114

7,7O4

249

0.53O

0.61

Aug.

' 101 -§5

*86

76

69

64

59

57

52

47

46

44

42

56

35

34

54

42

43

43

39

36

43

66

54

53

92 

80 

69

57

47

1,741

56.2

0.120

0.14

Sept.

42 

39

37

35

35

35

32

35

53

40

34

30

27

25

23

*21

19

18

2T

27

23

21

19

18

24

326

1,020 

1,560

860

610

4,950

164

0.549

O.59

Calendar year 1952: Max 5.4OO Mln 17 Mean 383 Cfsm O.815 In. 11. OB

Water year 1952-53: Max 3,300 Min 17 Mean 461 Cfsm O.9S1 In. 13. 3O

Peak discharge (base, 3,500 cfa). No peak above base. 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
214 ESCAMBIA RIVER BASIN

Pigeon Creek near Thad, Ala.

Location. Lat 31°29', long. 86°39i, in Nf sec. 21, T. 6 N., R. 14 £., on left bank near 

downstream side of bridge on U. S. Highway 84, ij miles upstream from Louisville & 

Nashville Railroad bridge, 2 miles southeast of Thad, 3 miles upstream from Reedy 

Creek, and Sj miles southeast of McKenzie.

Drainage area. 296 sq mi.

Records available. October 1937 to September 1953.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 172.58 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

T929, supplementary adjustment of 1943. Prior to Oct. 24, 1938, wire-weight gage at 

same site and datum.

Average discharge. 16 years, 468 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,430 cfs May 4 (gage height, 14.68 ft); minimum daily, 27 cfs Oct. 29.

1937-53: Maximum discharge, 17,100 cfs Nov. 29, 1948 (gage height, 27.1 ft); minimum, 1.6 cfs (result of unusual regulation) Oct. 11, 1938 (gage height, 1.66 ft); 

minimum daily, 22 cfs Sept. 28, Oct. 18, 1938.

Maximum stage known, about 30 ft in March 1929, from information by local residents.

Remarks. Records good. Diurnal fluctuation and occasional regulation at low flow caused 

by small mill 200 ft above station.

Revisions. WSP 952: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1952-53 (gage height, In feet, and

discharge, In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 11 to Dec. 3 and Aug. 3-6)

2.1 25 9.0 894

3.0 84 13.0 1.8OO

5.O 3O9 15.0 2.56O

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1952 to September 1953

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

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

42

40 

36

35

33

33

31

34

*36

36

36 

36

41

38

41

43

fe

39

38

38

35

33

34

32

32

31

34 

32

27

28

31

1,095

35.3

0.119

0.14

Nov.

31

30 

3T

34

34

37

37

37

17

41

 39 

39

40

41

43

43

43

40

59

53

45

52

65

56

49

52

50 

47

50

67

-

1,325

44.2

0.149

0.17

Dec.

59

?9 

69

73

153

148

130

137

127

164

125 

182

26O

387

452

328

188

 142

125

115

112

117

164

170

322

296

3O9 

361

387

348

296

6,315

204

0.689

0.79

Jan.

266

290 

328

335

2S4

236

194

176

3eT

439

465 

505

575

617

478

 322

266

491

55B" 675

645

675

660

533

426

387

387 

348

296

266

278

12,864

415

1.40

1.62

Feb.

29~6" 284

348

374

361

335

348

374

4OO

452

439 

374

302

302

631

858

876

876

990

*1,110

840

822

894

950

1,310

1,570

1.620

1,456

_

_

-

19,786

707

2.39

2.49

War.

1,450

1.600 

1,480

990

660

561

505

491

439

387

374 

374

426

617

858

930

970

912

736

589

631

786

822

589

452

413

 387 

335

302

284

554

20,634

666

2.25

2.59

Apr.

266

254 

254

242

250

360

858

1,030

»1,010

1,430

1.920

1,676

1,310

1,240

1,290

1,530

1,530

912

547

439

40O

400

348

»296

426

720

84O 

752

768

786

-

24,058

802

2.71

3.02

May

858

1,090 

1,500

2.500

1,996

1,650

1,550

1,450

1,220

1,010

76S 

519

413

535

296

272

254

230

224

230

230

272

290

236

*188

155

152 

119

100

90

82

20,051

647

2.19

2.52

June

76

72 

71

69

66

65

62

?9

84

79

75 

68

68

84

85

81

95

142

502

554

151

125

84

74

77

129

151 

117

109

120

-

5,060

102

0.345

0.38

July

155

*124 

102

90

102

87

75

72

65

62

62 

96

115

79

68

61

6?

69

102

200

218

278

574

400

439

400

502 

170

112

96

88

4,721

152

0.514

0.59

Aug.

81

76 

*70

66

62

58

54

54

53

54

52 

47

49

44

44

4046*

44

44

46

43

60

TO" 121

75

98

99 

78

65

56

60

1,927

62.2

0.210

0.24

Sept.

62

55 

52

48

46

46

43

47

52

47

45 

41

35

41

59

55

57

35

59" 34

*4l

»37

56

40

52

242

574 

575

645

720

-

3,641

121

0.409

0.46

Calendar year 1952: Max 3,170 Mln 27 Mean 3O8 Cfsm 1.04 In. 14.18

Water year 1952-53: Max 2,300 Mln 27 Mean 327 Cfsm 1.10 In. 15. Ol

Peak discharge (baee. 2,OOP cfs). May 4 (12:30 p.m.) 2,430 cfs (14.68 ft). 

» Discharge measurement made on this day.