UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

HAROLD L. ICKES, Secretary

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 

W. C. MENDENHALL, Director

Water-Supply Paper 857

SURFACE WATER SUPPLY 

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NATHAN C. GROVER, Chief Hydraulic Engineer '

D. H. BARBER, H. C. BECKMAN, C. E. ELLSWORTH, ROBERT FOLLA

J. H. GARDINER, BERKELEY JOHNSON, J. L. SAUNDERS J 

C. E. McCASHIN, J. B. SPIEGEL, AND F. M. VEATCH

District Engineers

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ARKANSAS, COLORADO, KANSAS, KENTUCKY, LOUISIANA

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UNITED STATES

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

WASHINGTON : 1939

Forsaleby the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C. - - - Price 25 cents (paper cover)

CONTENTS

Page

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

Definition of terms.................................................................. 1

Explanation of data.................................................................. 1

Accuracy of field data and computed results.......................................... 3

Publications......................................................................... 3

Records of discharge collected by agencies other than the Geological Survey.......... 8

Cooperation.......................................................................... 9

Division of work..................................................................... 9

G-aglng-station records............................................................... 11

Mississippi River main stem...................................................... 11

Mississippi River at St. Louis, Mo........................................... 11

Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau, Mo...................................... 13

Mississippi River at Memphis, Term........................................... 15

Mississippi River near Vicksburg, Miss....................................... 17

Mississippi River near New Orleans, La....................................... 19

Meramec River Bas in.............................................................. 20

Meramec River near Steelville, Mo............................................ 20

Meramec River near Eureka, Mo................................................ 21

Bourbeuse River at Union, Mo................................................. 22

Big River at Byrnesville, Mo................................................. 23

Mayfield Creek Basin............................................................. 24

Mayfield Creek near Lovelaceville, Ky........................................ 24

Headwater diversion channel basin................................................ 25

Castor River at Zalma, Mo.................................................... 25

Obion River Basin................................................................ 25

South Fork of Obion River near Greenfield, Term.............................. 26

Obion River at Obion, Term................................................... 27

Rutherford Fork of Obion River near Bradford, Term........................... 28

North Fork of Obion River near Union City, Term.............................. 29

South Fork of Forked Deer River at Jackson, Term............................. 30

South Fork of Forked Deer River at Chestnut Bluff, Tenn...................... 31

Middle Fork of Forked Deer River near Alamo, Tenn............................ 32

Hatchie River Basin.............................................................. 33

Hatchie River at Bolivar, Term............................................... 33

Hatchie River near Stanton, Term............................................. 34

Wolf River Basin................................................................. 35

Wolf River at Rossville, Tenn................................................ 35

St. Francis River Basin.......................................................... 36

St. Francis River near Patterson, Mo......................................... 36

St. Francis River at Fisk, Mo................................................ 37

St. Francis River at Marked Tree, Ark........................................ 36

St. Francis River floodway near Marked Tree, Ark............................. 39

Little River ditch 81 near Kennett, Mo....................................... 40

Little River ditch 1 near Kennett, Mo........................................ 41

Little River ditch 66 near Kennett, Mo....................................... 42

Little River ditch 66-A near Kennett, Mo..................................... 43

Little River ditch 251 near Kennett, Mo...................................... 44

Little River ditch 259 near Kennett, Mo...................................... 45

White River Basin................................................................ 46

White River at Beaver, Ark................................................... 46

White River near Reed Springs, Mo............................................ 47

White River at Forsyth, Mo................................................... 48

White River near Fllppin, Ark................................................ 49

White River at Batesvllle, Ark............................................... 50

White River at De Vails Bluff, Ark........................................... 52

West Fork of White River near Fayetteville, Ark.............................. 53

James River at Galena, Mo.................................................... 55

Wilson Creek near Springfield, Mo............................................ 56

Buffalo River near Rush, Ark................................................. 57

North Fork of White River at Tecumseh, Mo.................................... 58

North Fork of White River near Henderson, Ark................................ 59

Black River at Leeper, Mo.................................................... 60

Black River at Pocahontas, Ark............................................... 61

Current River near Eminence, Mo.............................................. 63

Current River at Van Buren, Mo............................................... 64

Current River at Doniphan, Mo................................................ 65

Round Spring at Round Spring, Mo............................................. 66

Jacks Fork at Eminence, Mo................................................... 67

Alley Spring at Alley, Mo.................................................... 68

Big Spring near Van Buren, Mo................................................ 69

Spring River at Imboden, Ark................................................. 70

Eleven Po int River near Bardley, Mo.......................................... 72

Greer Spring at Greer, Mo.................................................... 73

Strawberry River near Poughkeepsle, Ark...................................... 74

Little Red River near Heber Springs, Ark..................................... 75

Lagrue Bayou near Stuttgart, Ark............................................. 78

III
IV CONTENTS

Gaging-station records Continued. Page

Arkansas River Basin........ .................................................... 79

Arkansas River at Granite, Colo.............................................. 79

Arkansas River at Sallda, Colo............................................... 80

Arkansas River at Canon City, Colo........................................... 81

Arkansas River near Pueblo, Colo............................................. 83

Arkansas River near Nepesta, Colo............................................ 83

Arkansas River at La Junta, Colo............................................. 84

Arkansas River at Caddoa, Colo............................................... 85

Arkansas River at Lamar, Colo................................................ 86

Arkansas River at Holly, Colo................................................ 87

Arkansas River at Syracuse, Kans............................................. 88

Arkansas River at Garden City, Kans.......................................... 89

Arkansas River at Larned, Kans............................................... 90

Arkansas River at Wlchlta, Kans.............................................. 91

Arkansas River at Arkansas City, Kans........................................ 92

Arkansas River at Ralston, Okla.............................................. 93

Arkansas River at Tulsa, Okla................................................ 94

Arkansas River near Muskogee, Okla........................................... 95

Arkansas River at Van Buren, Ark............................................. 96

Arkansas River at Dardanelle, Ark............................................ 97

Arkansas River at Little Rock, Ark........................................... 99

South Arkansas River near Sallda, Colo....................................... 100

Grape Creek near Westcliffe, Colo............................................ 101

St. Charles River at San Isabel, Colo........................................ 108

Huerfano River at Manzanares Crossing, near Redwing, Colo.................... 104

Huerfano River at Badlto, Colo............................................... 105

Huerfano River near Undercliffe, Colo........................................ 106

Cucharas River at Boyd ranch, near La Veta, Colo............................. 107

Aplshapa River at Agullar, Colo.............................................. 3.08

Purgatolre River at Trinidad, Colo........................................... 109

Purgatolre River at Nlnemlle Dam, near Hlgbee, Colo.......................... 110

Purgatolre River at Highland Dam, near Las Anlmas, Colo...................... Ill

Holly drain near Holly, Colo................................................. 112

Amazon canal near Hartland, Kans............................................. 113

South Side ditch near Hartland, Kans......................................... 114

Great Eastern canal at Lakin, Kans........................................... 115

Farmers ditch near Garden City, Kans......................................... 116

Garden City canal near Garden City, Kans..................................... 117

Pawnee River near Larned, Kans............................................... 118

Little Arkansas River at Valley Center, Kans................................. 119

Ninnescah River near Peck, Kans.............................................. 180

Walnut River at Wlnfield, Kans............................................... 121

Salt Fork of Arkansas River at Tonkawa, Okla................................... 122

Chlkaskla River near Blackwell, Okla.......................................... 123

Cimarron River at Oilton, Okla............................................... 124

Council Creek near Stlllwater, Okla.......................................... 125

Verdigris River at Independence, Kans........................................ 126

Verdigris River near Claremore, Okla......................................... 127

Caney River near Colllnsvllle, Okla.......................................... 130

Bird Creek near Owasso, Okla................................................. 131

Neosho River near lola, Kans................................................. 132

Neosho River near Parsons, Kans.............................................. 133

Neosho River near Grove, Okla................................................ 134

Cottonwood River at Cottonwood Falls, Kans................................... 135

Spring River near Waco, No................................................... 136

Turkey Creek at Joplln, Mo................................................... 137

Shoal Creek near Joplln, No.................................................. 138

Illinois River near Tahlequah, Okla.......................................... 139

Canadian River near Bell ranch, N. Hex....................................... 140

Canadian River at Logan, N. Hex.............................................. 141

Canadian River near Amarillo, Tex............................................ 142

Canadian River near Canadian, Tex............................................ 143

Vermejo River near Dawson, N. Hex............................................ 144

Cienegullla Creek near Eagle Nest, N. Hex.................................... 145

Cimarron River at Ute Park, N. Hex........................................... 146

Cimarron River at Springer, N. Hex........................................... 147

Rayado River at Sauble ranch, near Cimarron, N. Hex.......................... 148

Colmor intake canal near Ocate, N. Hex....................................... 149

Mora River at La Cueva, N. Hex............................................... 150

Mora River near Golondrlnas, N. Hex.......................................... 152

Mora River near Shoemaker, N. Hex............................................ 153

Coyote Creek near Golondrinas, N. Hex........................................ 154

North Canadian River near El Reno, Okla...................................... 155

North Canadian River near Wetumpka, Okla..................................... 156

Deep Fork near Dewar, Okla................................................... 157

Poteau River at Poteau, Okla................................................. 158

Frog Bajou near Mountainburg, Ark............................................ 159

Petit Jean Creek at Danville, Ark............................................ 160

Fourche La Fave River near Nimrod, Ark....................................... 162

Bayou Meto near Stuttgart, Ark............................................... 163

Red River Basin.................................................................. 165

Prairie Dog Town Fork of Red River near Estelline, Tex....................... 165

Red River near Terral, Okla.................................................. 166

Red River near Colbert, Okla................................................. 167

Red River at Garland, Ark.................................................... 168

Salt Fork of Red River at Mangum, Okla....................................... 169

Pease River near Crowell, Tex................................................ 170

Cache Creek near Walters, Okla............................................... 171
CONTENTS V

Gaging-station records Continued.

Red River Basin Continued. Page

Wichlta River at Wichlta Falls, Tex.......................................... 172

Little Wichita River near Archer City, Tex................................... 173

Washita River near Clinton, Okla............................................. 174

Washita River at Carnegie, Okla.............................................. 175

Washita River at Anadarko, Okla.............................................. 176

Washita River near Pauls Valley, Okla........................................ 177

Washita River near Durwood, Okla............................................. 178

Little River near Horatio, Ark............................................... 179

Sulphur River near Darden, Tex............................................... 181

Cypress Creek near Jefferson, Tex............................................ 182

Ouachita River near Mountain Pine, Ark....................................... 183

Ouachita River near Malvern, Ark............................................. 184

Little Missouri River near Murfreesboro, Ark................................. 186

Saline River near Rye, Ark................................................... 188

Mississippi River Delta.......................................................... 190

Bayou Duplantier at City Lake, Baton Rouge, La............................... 190

Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs, La....................................... 191

Miscellaneous discharge measurements................................................. 193

Index................................................................................ 195

ILLUSTRATION

Plate 1. Typical river-measurement stations.

SURFACE WATER SUPPLY OF LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN, 1938

SCOPE OF WORK

This volume is one of a series of 14 reports presenting results of measurements of stage 

and flow made on streams, lakes, and reservoirs in the United States during the water year 

ending September 30, 1938. The work was begun in 1888 in connection with special studies 

relating to irrigation. Measurements of stream flow have been made at about 7,800 points 

in the United States and also at many points in Alaska and the Hawaiian Islands. In July 

1938, 3,830 gaging stations were being maintained by the Geological Survey and cooperating 

organizations. Many miscellaneous discharge measurements were made at other points.

In the execution of the work many State and private organizations have cooperated, 

either by furnishing data or by assisting in collecting data. Acknowledgments for cooperation of the first kind are made in connection with the description of each station 

affected; cooperation of the second kind is acknowledged on page 9.

DEFINITION OF TERMS

The units in which stream-flow data are presented in this report and other terms used 

herein are defined as follows:

"Second-feet" is an abbreviation for "cubic feet per second." A second-foot is the 

rate of discharge of water flowing in a channel when the cross-sectional area is 1 square 

foot and the average velocity is 1 foot per second.

"Second-feet per square mile" is the average number of cubic feet of water flowing per 

second from each- square mile of area drained, on the assumption that the run-off is distributed uniformly both as regards time and area.

"Run-off In inches" is the depth to which an area would be covered if all the water 

flowing from it in a given period were uniformly distributed on its surface. It is used 

for comparing run-off with rainfall, which is usually expressed in inches.

An "acre-foot", equivalent to 43,560 cubic feet, is the quantity of water required to 

cover an acre to the depth of 1 foot. The term is commonly used in connection with storage for irrigation.

"Second-foot-day" is the volume of water represented by a flow of 1 second-foot for 24 

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

represents a run-off of 0.0372 inches from one square mile.

"Stage-discharge relation" is an abbreviation for the term "relation of gage height to 

discharge."

"Control" is a term used to designate the natural section or reach of the channel or 

artificial structure below the gage which determines the stage-discharge relation at the

EXPLANATION OF DATA

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

of discharge, and general Information used to supplement the gage heights and discharge

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2 EXPLANATION OF DATA

measurements 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 the fluctuations. Measurements of discharge are made with a current 

meter by the general methods outlined in standard textbooks on the measurement of river 

discharge. Typical gaging stations, equipped with water-stage recorder and measuring 

cable and car, are shown on plate 1.

Rating tables giving the discharge for any stage are prepared from the discharge 

measurements. The application of the daily gage height to these rating tables gives the 

daily discharge, from which the monthly and yearly mean discharge are computed.

The data presented for each gaging station in the area covered by this report usually 

comprise a description of the station, a table showing the daily discharge of the stream, 

and a table of monthly and yearly discharge and run-off. Skeleton rating tables are published except for those stations whose daily discharge for the greater part of the year 

was determined by the shifting-control method, the slope method, or other special methods.

The description of the station gives the type of gage, its latitude and longitude determined from the best available maps, and information in regard to diversions that 

decrease the flow at the gage, artificial regulation from pondage or storage, and the 

accuracy of the records. Under "Average discharge" is given the average discharge for 

the number of years indicated. It is given only for stations for which there are 10 or 

more complete years of record. Information under "Extremes" gives 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, and also the minimum discharge if useful; and the minimum gage height except when it is of no importance. Unless otherwise 

qualified, the maximum discharge corresponds to the crest stage, obtained by use of a 

water-stage recorder or a nonrecording gage read at the time of the crest. Likewise the 

minimum represents the lowest discharge, unless otherwise qualified. The peak discharge 

for the year with the time of its occurrence is given below the table of monthly discharge 

for some stations. Selected lower peaks are also given if the peak discharge exceeded the 

mean discharge for that day by more than 10 percent. This supplementary information is 

generally not given for stations having drainage areas of less than 10 square miles or 

more than 10,000 square miles.

The table of dally discharge gives, for stations equipped with nonrecording gages, the 

discharge in second-feet corresponding to once-daily or the mean of twice-daily readings 

of the gage. For flashy floods the mean daily discharge Is determined from gage-height 

graphs based on gage readings made once or twice dally or oftener, as stated In the station description. For stations equipped with water-stage recorders the table gives the 

discharge corresponding to the mean daily gage height except for stations on streams subject to sudden or rapid fluctuation. For stations subject to such fluctuation the mean 

daily gage height may not Indicate the true mean daily discharge, which must be obtained 

by averaging the discharge for Intervals of the day or by using the discharge Integrator, 

an Instrument for obtaining the mean dally discharge from a continuous gage-height graph 

and containing as an essential element the rating curve of the station.

In the table of monthly discharge the column headed "Second-foot-days" gives the sum 

for each month of the figures for that month given In the table of dally discharge. The 

column headed "Maximum" gives the maximum dally discharge and not the discharge when the 

water surface was at crest height. Likewise, In the column headed "Minimum" the quantity
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given is the minimum daily discharge. The column headed "Mean" is the average flow in 

cubic feet per second during the month.

ACCURACY OF FIELD DATA AND COMPUTED RESULTS

The accuracy of stream-flow data depends primarily (1) on the permanency of the stagedischarge relation and (2) on the accuracy of observation of stage, measurements of flow, 

and interpretation of records.

The station description gives a statement in regard to the general accuracy of the 

records. "Excellent" indicates that, in general, the daily records are accurate within 

5 percent; "good", within 10 percent; "fair", within 15 percent; and "poor", within 20 

percent or more.

The monthly means for any station may represent with high accuracy the quantity of 

water flowing past the gage, but the figures showing discharge per square mile and depth 

in inches may be subject to gross errors caused by the inclusion of large noncontributing 

districts in the measured drainage area, by lack of information concerning water diverted 

for irrigation or other use, or by inability to interpret the effect of artificial regulation of the flow of the river above the station. "Second-feet per square mile" and 

"run-off in inches" are therefore not computed if such errors appear probable. The computations are also omitted for stations on stream draining areas in which the. annual 

rainfall is less than 20 inches.

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

not show the water supply available for further development, as prior appropriations below 

the station must first be satisfied.

The table of monthly discharge gives a general idea of the flow at the station. The 

table of daily discharge allows more detailed studies of the variation in flow. It should 

be borne in mind, however, that the observations in each succeeding year may be expected 

to throw new light on data previously published, and that greater degrees of refinement in 

computations and records may be warranted with increased data and use of improved 

equipment.

PUBLICATIONS

The results of stream-flow measurements are now published annually In 14 parts, each 

part covering an area whose boundaries coincide with natural drainage features as indicated below:

Part 1. North Atlantic slope basins (St. John River to York River).

2. South Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico tiasins (James River to 

	Mississippi River).

3. Ohio River Basin.

4. St. Lawrence River Basin.

5. Hudson Bay and upper Mississippi River basins.

6. Missouri River Basin.

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.
4 PUBLICATIONS

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

regard to the water resources of the United States may be obtained or consulted as 

explained below.

1. Copies may be purchased at nominal cost from the Superintendent of Documents, 

Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., who will, on application, furnish lists 

giving prices.

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 local offices of the water-resources 

branch of the Geological Survey as follows:

Augusta, Maine, Statehouse.

Boston, Mass., 945 Post Office Building.

Hartford, Conn., 203 Federal Building.

Albany, N. Y., 586 Federal Building.

Trenton, N. J., 228 Federal Building.

Harrlsburg, Pa., 490 Education Building.

Charlottesvllle, Va., University of Virginia.

South Charleston, W. Va., Naval Ordnance Plant.

Ashevllle, N. C., 220 Post Office Building.

Columbia, S. C., 119 United States Courthouse.

Atlanta, Ga., Georgia School of Technology.

Ocala, Fla., Post Office Building.

Montgomery, Ala., 507 Post Office Building.

Chattanooga, Term., 442 Post Office Building.

Louisville, Ky., 641 Federal Building.

Columbus, Ohio, 404 Engineering Experiment Station, Ohio State University.

Indianapolis, Ind., 316 Federal Building.

Urbana, 111., 14 Post Office Annex.

Madison, Wis., 337 N. State Capitol.

St. Paul, Mlnn., 808 New Post Office Building.

Iowa City, Iowa, 402 Hydraulic Laboratory, University of Iowa.

St. Louis, Mo., 906 Customhouse, 1114 Market Street.

Rolla, Mo., Missouri Geological Survey Building, Missouri School of Mines

and Metallurgy.

Topeka, Kans., 305 Federal Building. 

Fort Smith, Ark., 6 Post Office Building. 

Austin, Tex., State Highway Building. 

Santa Fe, N. Mex., 3 United States Courthouse. 

Tucson, Ariz., 210 Post Office Building. 

Denver, Colo., 230 Customhouse. 

Salt Lake City, Utah, 303 Federal Building. 

Idaho Falls, Idaho, 204 Federal Building. 

Boise, Idaho, 429 Federal Building. 

Helena, Mont., 412 Federal Building. 

Tacoma, Wash., 406 Federal Building. 

Portland, Oreg., 606 Post Office Building. 

San Francisco, Calif., 208 Federal Office Building. 

Los Angeles, Calif., G-31 Post Office and Courthouse. 

Honolulu, Hawaii, 225 Federal Building.

A list of the Geological Survey publications may be obtained by applying to the 

Director, Geological Survey, Washington, D. C.

Records of flow of streams In the United States have been published In the reports 

tabulated as follows:

Stream-flow data In reports of the Geological Survey 

(A = Annual Report; B = Bulletin; W = Water-Supply Paper)

Report

10th A, pt. 

llth A, pt.

14th A, pt. 

B 131......

16th A, pt. 

B 140......

W 11

18th A, pt.

2 

2

2

2

4

Character of data

Descriptive information only. 

Monthly discharge and descriptive Information.....

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

Monthly discharge (long-time records, 1871-93)....

ratings. 

Descriptive Information only.

and monthly discharge (also many data covering 

earlier years) .

Descriptions, measurements, ratings, and monthly 

discharge (also similar data for some- earlier 

years ) .

Year

1884 to Sept. 1890.

1888 to Dec. 31, 1893.

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1895.

1896.

1895-96
PUBLICATIONS

Stream-flow data in reports of the Geological Survey Continued

Report Character of data

19th A, pt. 4 

W 27.........

W 28.

20th A, pt. 4 

W 35 to 39...

21st A, pt. 4 

W 47 to 52...

22d A, pt. 4. 

W 65, 66.....

Descriptions, measurements, and gage heights,

eastern United States, eastern Mississippi

River, and Missouri River above junction with

Kansas River. 

Descriptions, measurements, and gage heights,

western Mississippi River below junction of

Missouri and Platte Rivers, and western United

States. 

Descriptions, measurements, ratings, and monthly

discharge (also some long-time records). 

Measurements, ratings, and gage heights, eastern

United States, eastern Mississippi River, and

Missouri River. 

Measurements, ratings, and gage heights, Arkansas

River and western United States. 

Monthly discharge (also for many earlier years).. 

Descriptions, measurements, gage heights, and

ratings. 

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

Descriptions, measurements, gage heights, and

ratings. 

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

Descriptions, measurements, gage heights, and

ratings. 

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

1897.

1897.

1897.

1898.

1898.

1898.

1899.

1899.

1900.

1900.

1901.

1901.

Note.- The reports that contain records after 1901 are given in the table on page 6.

The table on the following page gives, by years and drainage basins, the numbers of 

the papers on surface water supply published from 1899 to 1938. The data for any particular station will, in general, be found in the reports covering the years during which 

the station was maintained. For example, the data from 1910 to 1920 for any station in 

the area covered by part 3 are published in Water-Supply Papers 253, 303, 323, 353, 403, 

433, 453, 473, and 503, which contain records for the Ohio River Basin for those years.

The records at most of the station discussed in these reports extend over a series of 

years. Miscellaneous 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, the streams and points of measurement listed appearing in the same 

relative order as the streams and gaging stations in the body of the report. An index of 

the records obtained prior to 1904 has been published in Water-Supply Paper 119.
Numbers of water-supply papers containing results of strea

(For basins included see p. 3)

Year

1899 a...

1900 g... 

1901..... 

1902..... 

1903. ....

1904..... 

1906..... 

1906..... 

1907-8... 

1909.....

1910..... 

1911..... 

1912..... 

1913..... 

1914.....

1916..... 

1916..... 

1917..... 

1918. .... 

1919-20..

1921..... 

1922..... 

1923..... 

1924. .... 

1925.....

1926 ..... 

1927. .... 

1928..... 

1929..... 

1930.....

1931..... 

1932..... 

1933..... 

1934..... 

J.935.....

1936..... 

1937..... 

1938.....

1

35 

47, h 48 

65, 75 

82 

97

o 124, p 125, q 126 

o 165, p 166, q 167 

o 201, p 202, q 203 

241 

261

281 

301 

321 

351 

381

401 

431 

451 

471 

501

521 

541 

561 

581

601

621 

641 

661 

681 

696

726 

741 

756 

781

801 

821 

851

2

b 35, 36 

48 

65, 75 

b 82, 83 

t 97. 98

q 126, 127 

q 167, 168 

q 203, 204 

242 

262

302 

322 

352 

382

402 

432 

452

472 

502

522 

542 

562 

582

602

622 

642 

662 

682 

697

712 

727 

742 

767 

782

802 

822 

862

3

36 

48, i 49 

65, 75 

83 

98

128 

169 

205 

243 

263

303 

323 

353 

383

403 

433 

453

473 

503

523 

543 

563 

583 

603

623 

643 

663 

683 

698

728 

743 

758 

783

803 

823 

853

4

36 

49 

65, 75 

m 82, 83 

97

129 

170 

206 

244 

264

304 

324 

354. 

384

404 

434 

454 

474 

504

524 

544 

564 

584 

604

624 

644 

664 

684 

699

714 

729 

744 

759 

784

804 

824 

854

5

36 

49 

k 65, 66. 75 

k 83, 86 

k 98. 99, n 100

k 128, 130 

171 

207 

245 

265

305 

325 

355 

385

405 

435 

455 

475 

505

525 

545 

565 

585 

605

625 

645 

665 

685 

700

730 

745 

760 

785

825

855

6

c 36, 37 

49, j 50 

66, 75 

84 

99

130, r 131 

172 

208 

246 

266

306 

326 

366 

386

406 

436 

456 

476 

506

526 

546 

566 

586 

606

626 

646 

666 

686 

701

731 

746 

761

786

826 

856

7

37 

50 

k 65, 66, 76 

k 83, 84 

k 98 P 99

k 128, 131 

k 169, 173 

k 205, 208 

247 

267

307 

327 

357 

387

407 

437 

457 

477 

S07

627 

647 

667 

587 

607

627 

647i 

667 

687 

702

717 

732 

747 

762 

787

807 

827 

857

66

a Rating tables and index to Water-Supply Papers 35-39 contained in Water-Supply 

Paper 39. Tables of monthly discharge for 1899 in 21st Annual Report, part 4.

b James River only.

c Gallatin River.

d Green and Qunnison Rivers and Colorado River above Gunnison River.

e Mojave River only.

f Kings and Kern Rivers and south Pacific slope basins.

g Rating tables and index to Water-Supply Papers 47-52 and data on precipitation, 

wells, and irrigation in California and Utah contained in mater-Supply Paper 52. 

Monthly discharge for 1900 in 22d Annual Report, part 4.

h Wissahickon and Schuylkill Rivers to James River.

i Scioto River.

i Loup, Plat

k Tributarie

m Lake Ontar

n Hudson Bay 

o New Englan

p Hudson Riv

q Susquehann

r Platte and 

s The Great 

t Below Junc

u Rogue, TJmp
PUBLICATIONS

From time to time reports 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 have been revised), as well as some records not contained in the annual series of water-supply papers. The following table gives the 

numbers and titles of these reports, arranged in alphabetical order by States and drainage basins.

Reports containing compilation of discharge by States and drainage basins

Water-Supply 

Paper

107

298

299

300

447

597e

636d

636e

637a

74

197

415

330

370

850

424

492

469

395

617

517

618

198

536

279

192

358

491

109

Year 

ending

1903

1912

1912

1912

1918

1927

1927

1927

1927

1900

1905

1915

1906

1910

1937

1916

1919

1921

1914

1927

1920

1926

1906

1920

1909

1906

1913

1917

1904

State or drainage basin and title

STATE

Alabama, Water powers of, with an appendix on stream measurements

in Mississippi.

California, Water resources of, part 1, Stream measurements in

Sacramento River Basin.

California, Water resources of, part 2, Stream measurements in

San Joaquin River Basin.

California, Water resources of, part 3, Stream measurements in

the Great Basin and Pacific coast river basins.

California, Surface water supply of the southern Pacific slope of.

California, Surface water supply of Sacramento River Basin.

California, Surface water supply of San Joaquin River Basin.

California, Surface water supply of Pacific slope basins in.

California, Surface water supply of minor San Francisco Bay,

northern Pacific, and Great basins in.

Colorado, Water resources of.

Georgia, Water resources of.

Massachusetts, Surface waters of.

Nebraska, Surface water supply of.

Oregon, Surface water supply of.

Texas, Summary of records of surface waters of.

Vermont, Surface waters of.

Washington, Summary of hydrometric data in.

Wyoming, Surface waters of, and their utilization.

DRAINAGE BASIN

Colorado River (Colo., Utah, etc.) and its utilization, 1916.

 Colorado River, upper (Colo., Utah), and its utilization, 1929.

Great Salt Lake Basin, Water powers of, 1924.

Green River (Wyo., Utah) and its utilization, 1930.

Kennebec River Basin (Maine), Water resources of, 1907.

Milk River. (See St. Mary and Milk Rivers.)

New-Kanawha River Basin (W. Va., Va., N. C.), Surface water

supply of, 1925.

Penobscot River Basin (Maine), Water resources of, 1912.

Potomac River Basin (W. Va., Va., Md., etc.), 1907.

Rio Grande Basin (N. Mex., Tex., etc.), Water resources of,

1888-1913.

St. Mary and Milk Rivers (Mont, and Canada), Water supply of,

1920.

Susquehanna River Basin (Pa., Md.), Hydrography of, 1905.

In addition to the records noted above, records of discharge have been published in 

State reports. Some of these are not contained in tine 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.

State reports containing compilation of records of discharge

State

Alabama ....

Georgia. .. .

Do......

Indiana. . ..

Do......

Year 

ending

1915

1920

1911

1927 

a!930

b!919

C 1924

Report

Bull. 17, Water powers of Alabama.....

Bull. 38, Water powers of Georgia.....

Pub. 72, Surface water supply of 

Indiana.

Indiana.

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

Issued by

Geological Survey of Alabama.

Geological Survey of Georgia.

Department of Conservation.

Do.
PUBLICATIONS

State reports containing compilation of records of discharge Continued

State

Minnesota. . 

Missouri. . .

Do ......

New Jersey. 

Do ......

New Mexico. 

North Carolina. 

Do ......

Pennsylvania 

Do ......

Tennessee. . 

Do ......

Utah. ......

Virginia. . . 

Washington. 

Wisconsin. .

Year 

ending

e !935

1920

1912 

1926

1914

1928 

£1934

1925 

1923

1914

 ^1930

k!936

1911

1924 

m!930

1927 

1933 

1914

n!923

Report

Water resources investigation of 

Minnesota. 

Reports of Bureau of Geology and 

Mines, vol. 20, 2d series, Water 

Resources of Missouri.

Bull. 33, Surface water supply of 

New Jersey.

of New Jersey. 

Surface water supply of New Mexico.... 

Bull. 34, Discharge records of North 

Carolina streams.

Carolina streams.

of Oregon.

of Oregon.

of Oregon.

of Oregon. 

Report of Water Supply Commission of 

Pennsylvania.

Bull. 34, Water resources of 

Tennessee.

Bull. 31, Water resources of Virginia.

Bull. 5, Monthly and yearly summaries 

of hydrometric data. 

1st report of Railroad Commission of 

Wisconsin to Legislature on water 

powers.

Wisconsin to Legislature on water 

powers.

Issued by

Agriculture.

State Drainage Commission.

Missouri Bureau of Geology 

and Mines.

gation and Drainage.

Department of Conservation 

and Development.

sion. 

Office of the State Engineer 

Department of Conservation 

and Development. 

Do.

Do.

Water Supply Commission of 

Pennsylvania.

Waters. 

Department of Education.

Do.

Conservation and Development 

Commission. 

Department of Conservation 

and Development. 

Railroad Commission of 

Wisconsin.

Wisconsin.

a Includes records for the years 1927-30. 

b Includes records for the years 1895-1919. 

c Includes records for the years 1919-24. 

d Includes records for the years 1924-28. 

e Includes records for the years 1928-35. 

f Includes records for the years 1914-28. 

g Includes records for the years 1928-34. 

h Includes records for the years 1889-1936;

records of daily and monthly discharge

are not included.

i Includes records for the years 1914-24. 

3 Includes records for the years 1924-30. 

k Includes records for the years 1930-36. 

1 Includes records for the years 1928-32. 

m Includes average weekly discharge for

the years 1920-30. 

n Includes records for the years 1914-23.

Note.- In addition to the records contained in the reports listed above, the following 

States have issued annual or biennial reports in which are contained records of discharge: 

California, Colorado, Idaho, Indiana, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Hew Mexico, New York 

(also New York City Board of Water Supply), North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Utah, 

Washington, and Wyoming.

RECORDS OF DISCHARGE COLLECTED BY AGENCIES OTHER THAN THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

Records of daily discharge for the area covered by this report were collected during 

the water year October 1937 to September 1938 by agencies other than the Geological Survey 

at the following locations: By the Southern Colorado Power Co. (records since 1905) on 

West Beaver Creek near Victor, Colo.; by the Soil Conservation Service (beginning in 1938) 

from four areas of less than 50 acres each near Colorado Springs, Colo., three areas of 

less than 150 acres each near Vega, Tex., four areas of less than 100 acres each near 

Huskogee, 01:la., and four areas of less than 25 acres each near Bentonville, Okla. These
DIVISION OF WORK 9

records are not published but are contained In the filed of the organizations named.

Records of dally discharge have been collected by the Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, 

at many gaging stations in this area, but the information for the water year 1937-38 was 

not received In time to be Included in this report. For a complete list of gaging stations being operated by the Corps of Engineers In this area during the water year 1936-37, 

see Water-Supply Paper 8E7, page 8.

COOPERATION

The work In the several States was done under cooperative agreements as follows: In 

Arkansas (except for the station on White River at Beaver), with the State Highway Commission, W. W. Mitchell, director; and the Arkansas Geological Survey, George C. Branner, 

State geologist. In Colorado, with the office of the State engineer, M. C. Hinderllder, 

State engineer. In Kansas, with the water-resources division of the Kansas State Board of 

Agriculture, George S. Knapp, chief engineer. In Kentucky, with the Department of Highways, T. H. Cutler, chief engineer. In Louisiana, with the Louisiana State University and 

Agricultural and Mechanical College, L. J.Lassalle, dean, College of Engineering. In 

Missouri and for the station on White River at Beaver, Ark., with the Missouri Geological 

Survey and Water Resources, H. A. Buehler, State geologist; the Missouri Highway Department, 

C. W. Brown, chief highway engineer; the Missouri Park Department, I. T. Bode, director; 

the city of Joplln, J. J. Saundars, commissioner, Department of Streets and Public Improvements; and the city of Springfield, Will C. Lohmeyer, commissioner, Department of Public 

Property and Public Utilities. In New Mexico, with the office of the State engineer, 

Thomas M. McClure, State engineer. In Oklahoma, with the Oklahoma Planning and Resources 

Board, Division of Water Resources, F. L. Vaugan, director, and the city of Oklahoma City, 

Water Department, M. B. Cunningham, superintendent. In Tennessee, with the Tennessee 

Division of Geology, Walter F. Pond, State geologist. In Texas, with the Texas State 

Board of Water engineers, C. S. Clark, chairman, A. H. Dunlap, and J. W. Prltchett.

Acknowledgments are due also to the Corps of Engineers, United States Army, the Mississippi River Commission, and the United States Weather Bureau for financial assistance in 

collecting records published herein.

Assistance In collecting records was rendered also by the following organizations and 

corporations: In Arkansas, by the Arkansas Power & Light Co. and the White River Power 

Co.; in Colorado, by the Arkansas Valley Ditch Association; in Mississippi, by the 

Vlcksburg Bridge Co.; In Missouri, by the Little River Drainage District and the Empire 

District Electric Co.

Funds for the construction, repair, and Improvement of gaging stations were allocated 

to the Geological Survey by the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works.

DIVISION OF WORK

The data for stations In the several States were collected and prepared for publication under supervision of district engineers as follows: In Arkansas (except for White 

River at Beaver), in Oklahoma (except for Red River near Terral), and for Mississippi 

River at Memphis, Term. J. H. Gardlner (to Sept. 12, 1938), succeeded by J. L. Saunders;
10 DIVISION OF WORK

in Colorado Robert Follansbee, the work being done in collaboration with M. C. Hinderlider, State engineer, and L. T. Burgess, State chief hydrographer; In Kansas J.B. Spiegel; 

in Kentucky F. M. Veatch; in Louisiana and Mississippi D. H. Barber; In Missouri and for 

White River at Beaver, Ark. H. C. Beckman; in New Mexico Berkeley Johnson; in Tennessee 

except for Mississippi River at Memphis C. E. McCashin; in Texas and for Red River near 

Terral, Okla. C. E. Ellsworth.
GAGING-STATION RECORDS 11 

MISSISSIPPI RIVER MIN STEM 

Mississippi River at St. Louis, Mo.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 38°37'44", long. 90°10'54", at foot of Washington 

Avenue, Just downstream from west pier of Eads Bridge, St. Louis, and 15 miles below 

mouth of Missouri River. Zero of gage is 379.94 feet above mean sea level (general 

adjustment of 1929) and 379.80 feet above mean Gulf level.

Drainage area,.- 701,000 square miles (authority, Mississippi River Commission).

Records available.- March 1933 to September 1938. Daily gage heights have been

publishes in reports of Mississippi River Commission since January 1S61, In reports 

of U. S. Weather Bureau since January 1890. Results of discharge measurements made 

Intermittently since 1866 by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, and Mississippi River 

Commission are published in reports of those organizations.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 434,000 second-feet May 27 (gage height, 

26.57 feet); minimum, 27,600 second-feet Dec. 1Z (gage height, -5.52 feet).

1933-38: Maximum discharge, 649,000 second-feet June 7, 1935; maximum gage height, 

33.52 feet June 9, 1935; minimum discharge, that of Dec. 12, 1937. 

Maximum stage taiown, 41.39 feet June 28, 1844.

Remarks.- Records excellent. Fifty discharge measurements were made during the year.

Gage height at 8 a.m., In feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1

2

S

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

IS

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

26

26

27

28

29

so

51

Oct.

-2.55

-2.54

-2.59

-2.70

-2.66

-2. SI

-2.77

-2.47

-2.21

-2.20

-2.37

-2.52

-2.67

-2.63

-2.47

-2.40

-2.36

-2.24

-2.16

-2.34

-2.54

-2.50

-2.41

-2.43

-2.50

-2.24

-1.93

-1.7S

-1.50

-1.S5

-1.36

NOT.

-1.43

-1.34

-1.35

-1.36

-1.33

-1.08

-.88

-.71

-.96

-1.21

-1.46

-1.47

-1.42

-1.40

-1.54

-1.70

-1.68

-1.70

-1.58

-1.37

-1.45

-1.52

-1.59

-1.72

-1.93

-1.92

-1.92

-2.07

-2.56

-2.8S

-

Dec.

-2.S8

-2. SO

-2.86

-2.69

-2.65

-2.72

-3.32

-3.61

-4.44

-4.79

-5.25

-5.47

-5.50

-5.2S

-5.06

-4.74

-4.11

-3.44

-2.92

-2.52

-2.49

-2.60

-2.73

-2.73

-2.21

-1.89

-1.74

-1.64

-1.30

-1.36

-1.50

Jan.

-0.73

-.97

-1.31

-1.18

-1.16

-1.62

-1.56

-1.35

-1.57

-1.87

-1.76

-1.92

-2.46

-2.48

-2.40

-2.49

-2.35

-2.29

-2.35

-2.63

-2.69

-2.65

-2.60

-2.38

-1.37

2.47

4.95

5.57

5.2S

5.00

4.89

Pet).

5.13

6.07

6.61

6.50

6.31

5.82

5.34

5.22

5.56

6.82

8.50

10.08

11.08

11.48

11.61

11.66

11.64

11.99

12.78

14.17

14.43

13.91

13.27

12.99

12.32

11.03

10.16

9.38

_

_

-

Mar.

9.36

9.29

8.83

S.64

8.38

7.68

7.32

7.08

6.69

6.65

8.40

9.52

9.73

10.33

12.55

15.24

14.23

12.98

11.97

11.29

10.69

10.57

10.70

11.59

13.03

12.69

12.18

12.21

12.68

15.60

20.97

Apr.

23.03

23.04

22.01

20.59

IS. 80

17.53

17.42

18.09

21.11

21.97

23.17

22.89

22.39

22.10

21.32

20.31

19.34

18.37

17.44

16.35

15.63

15.34

15.16

14.72

14.09

13.46

12.89

12.75

12.81

12.85

Hay

12.49

13.13

13. 3S

13.07

13.23

13.25

12. S5

12.71

14.74

16.67

15.66

14. S6

14.89

14.90

15.56

15.46

15.17

14.52

14.48

14.98

15.97

17.17

20.02

23.08

25.22

26.33

26.55

26.23

26.38

24.32

2S.S1

June

22.33

21.68

20.98

20.71

20.85

21.14

21.16

20.87

20.59

20.98

21.79

24.52

26.21

24.67

22.92

21.49

21.39

21.65

21.97

21.92

21.50

20.63

19.36

18.12

17.23

17.37

17.47

17.15

16.83

17.86

-

July

17.07

16.31

15.65

15.49

15.40

15.69

15.93

16.67

17.46

17.90

18.05

 17.90

17.65

17.53

17.40

17.11

17.16

18.10

18.90

19.44

19.21

1S.42

17.77

17.38

16.68

14.83

12.28

11.65

11.38

10.78

10.46

Aug.

10.37

9.13

8.43

8.67

6.32

8.25

8.34

8.34

8.61

8.23

8.74

8.77

9.04

9.07

7.S8

7.10

6.10

5.93

5.87

7.10

8.17

8.85

9.35

9.17

8.53

9.18

8.86

8.S9

7.68

7.46

6.81

Sept.

5.92

5.44

5.24

5.29

4.72

4.56

3.64

3.67

3.50

3. SO

4.81

5.27

7.31

9.68

10.87

11.06

11.37

13.00

12.95

14.65

16.35

16.75

16.43

16.66

17.11

17.67

17.99

18.35

18.85

19.10

-

1SS6MO 39 2
12 MISSISSIPPI RIVER MAIN STEM

Discharge, in second-feet, of Mississippi River at St. Louis, Mo., water year October 1937

to September 1938

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

83 

24 

2?

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

46,200 

46,100 

45,600 

45,800 

45,300

44,200 

44,800 

47,000 

48,400 

48,300

47,200 

46,000 

45,100 

45,700 

46,800

47,100 

47,700 

48,200 

48,400 

47,400

46,200 

46,500 

47,000 

46,800 

46,900

48,700 

50,700 

52,100 

53,600 

54,400 

54,300

HOT.

54,200 

54,500 

54,500 

54,400 

54,900

56,700 

58,100 

58,600 

57,000 

55,200

53,800 

55, 600 

54,100 

54,100 

53,000

52,100 

52,100 

52,100 

53,200 

54,400

53,700 

53,300 

52,700 

51,600 

50,500

50, 600 

50,200 

48,800 

45,700 

44,000

Dec.

43,800 

44,200 

44,400 

45,100 

45,500

44,000 

40,400 

37,800 

33,600 

31,500

28,800 

27,800 

27,900 

29,100 

31,100

32,600 

37,400 

40,400 

43,800 

46,300

46,500 

45,600 

44,700 

45,500 

48,800

50,500 

52,000 

53,400 

54,900 

54,100 

54,500

Jan.

58,700 

56,700 

54,900 

56,100 

55,100

52,500 

53,100 

54,400 

52,600 

51,100

51,800 

50,200 

46,600 

46,700 

47,000

46,600 

47,600 

47,900 

47,100 

45,500

45,100 

45,400 

45,800 

47,900 

51,600

88,200 

106,000 

110,000 

107,000 

105,000 

104,000

Pefc.

107,000 

116,000 

120,000 

119,000 

117,000

113,000 

110,000 

110,000 

116,000 

128,000

146,000 

161,000 

171,000 

175,000 

176,000

176,000 

175,000 

180,000 

191,000 

205,000

208,000 

200,000 

191,000 

188,000 

178 , 000

165,000 

155,000 

149,000

Month

Oot 

Hon 

Dec

C

Jan 

Pet 

Mar 

Apr 

"ay 

Jim 

Jul 

Avg 

Sep

1

alendar year 1937. .....................

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

ater year 1937 -3E

Mar.

148,000 

146,000 

142,000 

140,000 

136,000

130,000 

127,000 

124,000 

120,000 

123,000

140, 000 

150,000 

152,000 

159 , 000 

190,000

213,000 

197,000 

183,000 

172,000 

164,000

158,000 

157,000 

160,000 

174, 000 

185,000

180,000 

177,000 

177,000 

186,000 

236,000 

321,000

Apr.

358,000 

356,000 

335,000 

308,000 

279,000

262,000 

263,000 

286,000 

339,000 

373,000

378,000 

367,000 

354,000 

341,000 

321,000

298,000 

277,000 

256,000 

239,000 

223,000

214,000 

212,000 

209,000 

202,000 

195,000

188,000 

132,000 

180,000 

182,000 

180,000

Seoondfoot-days

1,478,500 

1,591,700 

1,306,000

50,606,700

1,878,200 

4,346,000 

5,167,000 

8,157,000 

7,994,000 

9,082,000 

7,047,000 

4,069,000 

5,113,700

57,235,100

May

179,000 

186,000 

188,000 

185,000 

189,000

188,000 

185,000 

185,000 

216,000 

234,000

220,000 

212,000 

210,000 

214,000 

221,000

218,000 

212,000 

205,000 

206,000 

213,000

227,000 

247,000 

298, OOC 

356,000 

398,000

424, OOC 

431,000 

422, OOC 

400,000 

373, OOC 

352, OOC

Ma-HlffiiT.

54,400 

58,600 

54,900

372,000

110,000 

208,000 

321,000 

378,000 

431,000 

410,000 

274,000 

154,000 

275,000

431,000

June

352,000 

319,000 

306,000 

302,000 

304,000

310,000 

308,000 

302,000 

298,000 

306,000

327,000 

386,000 

410,000 

373,000 

337,000

314,000 

314,000 

318,000 

323,000 

321,000

312,000 

293,000 

268,000 

248,000 

239,000

240,000 

240,000 

238,000 

234,000 

240,000 

-

July

236,000 

226,000 

217,000 

214,000 

216,000

220,000 

224,000 

234,000 

245,000 

252,000

252,000 

248,000 

245,000 

242,000 

239,000

236,000 

240,000 

253,000 

267,000 

274,000

268,000 

255,000 

247,000 

240,000 

228,000

204,000 

175,000 

169,000 

165,000 

159,000 

157,000

MlttljBQBl

44,200 

44,000 

27,800

27,800

45,100 

107,000 

120,000 

180,000 

179,000 

234,000 

157,000 

110,000 

91,400

27,800

Aug.

154,000 

139,000 

136,000 

137,000 

133,000

133,000 

134,000 

134,000 

135,000 

131,000

137,000 

136,000 

140,000 

138,000 

127,000

120,000 

111,000 

110,000 

110,000 

121,000

130,000 

137,000 

140,000 

138,000 

134, OOC

140, OOC 

136, OOC 

132,000 

125, OOC 

124, OOC 

117, OOC

Mean

47,690 

53,060 

42,130

138,600

60,590 

155,200 

166,700 

271,900 

257,900 

302,700 

227,300 

131,300 

170,600

156,800

Sept.

110,000 

107,000 

106,000 

104,000 

100,000

98,700 

92,200 

92,200 

91,400 

96,200

102,000 

108,000 

128,000 

152,000 

161,000

166,000 

174,000 

190,000 

192,000 

216,000

236,000 

240,000 

238,000 

239,000 

£47,000

256,000 

262,000 

267,000 

272,000 

275,000

Run-Off In 

. aore-f eet

2,933,000 

3,157,000 

2,590,000

p)0, 400, 000

3,725,000 

8,620,000 

10,250,000 

16,180,000 

15,860,000 

18,010,000 

13,980,000 

8,071,000 

10,150,000

113,500,000

Note.- Daily discharge computed from mean daily gage heights not from 8 a. 

on preceding page.

gage reading given
MISSISSIPPI RIVER MAIN STEM " 

Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau, Mo.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°18'06", long. 89°31'05", at downstream end 

of concrete retaining wall, 400 feet below St. Louis-San Francisco Railway station at Cape Girardeau and 52 miles above mouth, of Ohio River. Zero of gage is 

304.65 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929) and 304.43 feet above 

mean Gulf level. Auxiliary staff gages at Mocassin Springs, 14 miles upstream, 

and Grays Point, 6 miles downstream, used to determine slope.

Drainage area.- 716,000 square miles (authority, Mississippi River Commission).

Records available.- March 1933 to February 1938 (discontinued). Dal,ly gage heights 

have been published in reports of Mississippi River Commission since May 1896, in 

reports of U. S. Weather Bureau from February 1891 to February 1894 and since 

December 1904. Results of discharge measurements made intermittently since 1903 

by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, and Mississippi River Commission at Thebes, 6 

miles downstream, and referred to Cape Girardeau gage are contained in reports of 

those organizations.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during period, 266,000 second-feet Feb. 22 (gage height 

22.53 feet); minimum, 23,400 second-feet Dec. 13 (gage height, 3,03 feet).

1933-38: Maximum discharge, 623,000 second-feet June 10, 1935; maximum gage 

height, 36.20 feet June 11, 1935; minimum discharge, that of Dec. 13, 1937. 

Maximum stage known, 42.53 feet July 4, 1844.

Remarks.- Records excellent for October and November and good for December to

February^ except those for period affected by ice Jam upstream, Dec. 10-16, which 

were computed on basis of extension of rating curve and records for stations upstream and downstream and are fair. Seven discharge measurements made during the 

period. Stage-discharge relation occasionally affected by backwater from Ohio 

River. Discharge determined on basis of slope as obtained by use of auxiliary staff 

gages, gage heights from which were furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Gage height at S a.m., In feet, period October 1937 to Pebruary 1938

Day

1

2

S

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

S8

29

50

31

Oct.

7.48

7.37

7.35

7.33

7.47

7.56

7.36

7.37

7.49

7.68

7.78

7.67

7.51

7.38

7.26

7.26

7.34

7.58

7.70

7.93

7.89

7.81

7.71

7.68

7.67

7.56

7.47

7.55

7.69

7.83

7.95

Hov.

8.01

8.05

8.00

7.97

7.98

7.97

7.97

8.18

8.32

8.31

8.20

8.02

7.87

7.83

7.79

7.78

7.71

7.61

7.63

7.60

7.67

7.75

7.70

7.64

7.57

7.47

7.35

7.44

7.43

7.23

Dec.

6.93

6.75

6.70

6.74

6.77

6.79

7.07

7.30

6.71

6.O8

5.22

3.80

3.04

3.70

4.17

4.74

7.36

9.54

9.58

9.25

9.06

8.94

8.69

8.45

8.26

8.19

8.30

8.37

8.41

8.44

8.48

Jan.

8.37

8.28

8.41

8.19

7.96

7.96

7.84

7.61

7.51

7.67

8.05

7.90

7.96

7.63

6.92

6.80

6.86

6.82

6.89

6.92

7.15

7.72

7.38

7.56

8.40

8.26

9.15

12.14

14.16

14.19

15.40

Feb.

14.42

13.82

14.02

14.23

14.25

14.07

13.68

13.20

12.92

12.93

13.42

14.49

15.75

16.76

17.23

17,51

17.91

19.20

21.19

21.68

22.09

22.49

22.32

21.33

20.33

19.72

18.80

17.92

_.

..

-

Har. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept.
14 MISSISSIPPI RIVER MAIN STEM

Discharge, In second-feet, of Mississippi River at Cape Glrardeau

to February 1938

Mo., for period October 1937

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

3

0

10

11

12

13

u

16

16

If

18

19

20

21

22

29

24

25

26

27

28

29

50

31

Oct.

49,800

48,600

48,600

48,600

49,900

49,300

48,600

48,900

49,500

51,200

52,400

50,200

50,3OO

49,500

48,900

48,900

49,900

50,900

52,800

53,000

54,400

53,500

52,900

52,800

52,800

51,500

51,100

53,200

54,100

55,600

56,300

HOT.

56,300

56,200

56,300

56,300

56,300

56,300

56,200

58,100

58,600

58,900

57, 600

55,800

55,300

54,700

55,400

55,400

54,700

53,600

53,600

53,800

55,900

55, 600

55,600

54,700

54,500

52,900

53,200

54,600

52,900

51,100

Dec.

48,900

47,300

47,300

48,100

48,200

48,200

60,300r

52,400

46,600

42,100

36,600

27,100

24,000

28,800

30,500

41,100

69,400

73,600

71,100

68,400

67,000

66,100

63,600

61,700

59,800

59,800

60,900

61,300

61,700

61,900

62,200

Jan.

60,400

60,900

61,900

59,500

58,000

53,100

56^500

54,500

53,600

56,800

59,300

58,600

57,900

54,100

48,600

48,100

48,100

48,100

49,100

49,100

52,500

54,000

51,900

56,300

60,100

60,800

74,900

1.07,000

130,000

134,000

141,000

Feb.

128,000

122,000

126,000

127,000

126,000

123,000.

118,000

112,000

110,000

112,000

121,000

141,000

154,000

168,000

176,000

181,000

189,000

216,000

245,000

250,000

261,000

266,000

257,000

234,000

218,000

209,000

191,000

178,000

-

Month

Jan 

Fet

£511.....................................

July. .....................................

The peri )d........... ...................

Mar. Apr.

Secondfoot-days

1,588,000

1,660,400

1,626,000

66,085,100

2,023,700 

4,859,000

*"jr

Hcudmun

56,300

58,900

73,600

419,000

141,000 

266,000

June July

IHr^nmpi

48,600

51,100

24,000

24,000

48,100 

110,000

Aug.

Mean

51,230

55,350

52,450

153,700

65,280 

173,500

Sept.

Run-off In 

aore-feet

3.150,000

3,293,000

3,225,000

Jill, 200, 000

4,014,000 

9,638,000

23,320,000

Hota.- Dally discharge computed from mean dally gage heights, not from 8 a.m. gage readings 

given on preceding page*
MISSISSIPPI RIVER MAIN STEM 15

Mississippi River at Memphis, Term.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°07'37", long. G0°04'25", at Memphis, 50 feet 

below Harahan Bridge, 1.3 miles below Beale Street gage, li miles below mouth of 

Wolf River, 70 miles above mouth of St. Francis River, 164 miles above mouth of 

White River, and 171 miles above mouth of Arkansas River. Zero of gage is 183.91 

feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929), 184.21 feet above mean Gulf 

level (1912 Mississippi River Commission), and 190.86 feet on Memphis datum (1881 

Mississippi River Commission).

Drainage area.- 932,800 square miles (authority, Mississippi River Commission).

Records available.- April 1934 to September 1938 in reports of Geological Survey. Daily 

gage heights only as follows: Since November 1871 (from Beale Street gage) In reports of Mississippi River Commission; December 1890 to August 1932 (from Beale 

Street gage), September 1932 to December 1934 (from staff gage 1,000 feet downstream), 

and since December 1934 (from water-stage recorder at present site) in reports of 

U. S. Weather Bureau. To adjust gage heights obtained at present site to those obtained at Beale Street gage add 0.3 foot for each 10 feet of stage.

Results of 43 discharge measurements made during period 1882-1904 and referred to 

the Beale Street gage, and of 61 made in 1933, all by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, 

and Mississippi River Commission, are published In reports of the latter organization.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 971,000 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage height, 

32.97 feet); minimum, 96,900 second-feet Dec. 17 (gage height, 0.71 foot).

1934-38: Maximum discharge, 1,980,000 second-feet Feb. 8, 1937; maximum gage 

height, 48.69 feet Feb. 10, 1937; minimum discharge, 79,200 second-feet Aug. 25, 

1936 (gage height, -0.01 foot).

Maximum stage known prior to 1937, 46.55 feet at Beale Street gage or about 45.2 

feet at present site, Apr. 9, 1913.

Remarks.- Records excellent. During the year 76 discharge measurements were made. 

Gage-height record collected in cooperation with U. S. Weather Bureau.

Oage height at S a.m., in feet, water year October 1957 to September 1938

Day

1

2

5

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

IS

14

16

16

17

18

19

20

21

82

23

24

26

26

27

28

SO

SO

51

Oct.

2.56

2.33

2.55

2.22

2,30

2.56

2.94

3.64

4.18

4.16

4,42

4,80

5.10

4.99

4.19

3.62

3.05

3.06

3.47

3.65

4.23

4.09

5.55

6.36

6.90

7.31

7.90

8,63

8,82

8.81

8,82

Nov.

8.83

8,85

8,93

9.01

9.20

9.83

10.98

12,08

12.94

13.30

13.00

12.26

10.86

8.26

5.41

4.36

4.38

4.49

4.77

5,03

5.12

5.02

4.70

4.58

4.75

4.70

4.38

4.00

3.86

S.64

Dec.

3.33

3.52

4.07

4,79

5.30

5,40

5,16

4.75

4,40

4.11

3.60

2.90

2.76

2.98

2.19

1.19

.71

1.29

2.69

4.77

7.20

9.16

10.90

12.49

14.02

15.25

16,37

17.41

17.96

18.50

18.95

Jan.

19.32

19,61

19,19

18.53

17,68

16.76

15,90

15.09

14.47

13.94

13.47

13.01

12,57

12.11

11.62

10,96

9.73

7.81

6.42

6.17

6.50

7.47

7.47

8.02

9.68

11.91

14.00

16.80

17.18

18.31

19.68

Feb.

20.63

21.49

22.06

22,42

22.66

22/98

23.08

22,80

28,12

21.07

19,73

18.37

17.02

16.11

15.79

15.94

16.47

17.91

19.39

20.71

22.32

22.53

24.46

25.17

25.63

25.74

25.65

25.44

_

-

Mar.

25.06

24.70

24.34

23.90

23,44

23.13

22.40

21.70

21.16

21.25

21.44

22.03

22.81

23.76

24,77

25.86

26.86

27.59

28.43

28.94

29.23

29.41

29.42

29.32

29,13

29.04

28.00

28,96

29,23

29.34

29.50

Apr.

29.61

29.91

30.36

30.88

31. S6

31.78

32.10

32,31

32.39

32.01

31.52

31.21

31,20

31.33

31.58

31.88

32.21

32.45

32.68

32.84

32,90

32.94

32.72

32.29

31.78

31.24

30.57

29.81

28.91

2Y.77

-

May

26.50

24.99

23.42

21,75

20.21

18.72

17.47

16,48

16.24

13.94

13.27

13.22

13.72

14.34

14.26

14.01

13.70

13.55

13.64

13.87

14,02

13,96

14.09

14.96

16.67

16.87

18.80

21.23

23.61

25.51

26.96

June

27.86

23.64

29.06

29.24

29.26

29.00

28.53

27.98

27.08

26,09

24.80

23.37

21.92

21.31

21.46

21.99

22.38

22.35

22.13

21,40

20.69

20.28

20.03

19,84

19.57

19.24

18.88

18.58

18,49

18.71

-

July

18,99

19,00

18.78

IS ,48

18.20

17.98

17.90

17.92

17.89

17.75

17.72

17.87

18.01

17.96

17.74

17.62

17,40

17.37

17.52

17,66

18.02

18.75

19.59

20.08

20.01

19.41

18.60

18.13

16,16

18.27

18.10

Aug.

17.93

18.10

18.70

19.23

19.31

19,13

19.08

19.13

19.27

19.44

19.59

19.71

19.64

19.46

19,13

18.61

17.55

16.45

15.40

14.41

13.63

12.80

11.30

10.01

9.58

9.33

9.18

9,12

8.83

8.50

8,34

Sept.

8.10

7.66

7.48

7.35

7.43

7.60

7.30

6.83

6.10

5.70

5.40

5.04

4.87

5.40

6,72

7.84

8.41

9.04

9.84

10.46

10.91

11,37

11.66

11.44

11.43

11.74

11.67

11.54

11.53

11.86

-

Hot*." Above gage heights are 8 a.m, readings from recorder chart.
16 MISSISSIPPI RIVER MAIN STEM

Discharge, In thousands of second-feet, of Mississippi River at Memphis, Tenn. 

October 1937 to Septemoer 193S

water year

Day

1 

2 

S

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9

10

11 

12 

13 

14

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

26

26 

27 

28

29 

30 

31

Oct.

107 

107 

109 

106 

107

111 

118 

129 

136 

138

144 

160 

156 

151 

139

130 

123 

125 

130 

134

145 

168 

169 

184 

194

202 

214 

229 

232 

232 

232

Hov.

232 

234 

234 

236 

243

268 

286 

312 

330 

337

326 

305 

263 

206 

160

148 

148 

151 

166 

160

160 

168 

163 

161 

155

153 

148 

144

142 

139

Dee.

138 

142 

151 

163 

173

173 

167 

168 

153 

146

138 

127 

127 

127 

115

101 

97 

110 

134 

174

217 

266 

291 

334 

373

408 

442 

470 

485 

500 

512

Jan.

521 

621 

509 

485 

469

433

406 

384 

368

355

342 

332 

322 

312 

303

286 

258 

217 

194 

190

198 

212 

212 

229 

270

324 

379 

430 

470 

509 

646

Month

Oct

No 

De

Jai 

Pe 

Ma 

Ap 

Ma 

Ju 

Ju. 

Au 

Se

otier. .....................

Calendar year 19

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

«Iater year 1937-

Feb.

676 

606 

622 

632 

639

642 

639 

622 

595 

556

512 

470 

439 

419 

411

422 

439 

482 

628 

572

625 

663

690 

712 

719

722 

716 

704

liar.

690 

673 

663 

646 

632

619 

592 

672 

656 

659

569 

688 

615 

649 

684

726 

769 

786 

Sll 

827

836 

835 

831 

823 

813

811 

811 

811 

823 

831 

838

Thousands of 

second-footdays

4,741 

6,228 

7,102

186,771

10,976 

16,371 

22,277 

27 ,036 

14,230 

18 ,906 

14,900 

12,608 

7,240

162,614

Apr.

846 

862 

882 

902 

915

927 

932 

932 

923 

902

878 

870 

886 

906 

923

940 

949 

968 

962 

966

966 

962 

949 

927 

902

874 

846 

816 

785 

748

May

701 

663 

602 

550 

506

464 

433 

406 

373 

346

334 

337 

362 

365 

365

368 

352 

360 

366 

360

366 

363

371 

395 

417

469 

618 

598 

673 

733 

777

June

804 

823 

831 

835 

827

815 

792 

770 

737 

698

663 

602 

662 

566 

675

592 

602 

698 

685 

669

540 

628 

521 

618 

612

603 

494 

486 

486 

494

Discharge in thousands of

Maximum

232 

337

512

1,970

546 

722 

838 

966 

777 

835 

637 

515 

316

966

Minimum

106 

139 

97

97

190 

411 

556 

748 

334 

486 

456 

232 

160

97

July

600 

600 

491 

4S2 

473

467 

467 

467 

467 

464

467 

470 

473 

470 

464

469 

466 

466 

462 

467

479 

503 

624 

637 

634

609 

485 

476 

479 

479 

473

second-feet

Mean

162.9 

207.6 

229.1

509.0

354.1 

684.7 

718.6 

901.2 

459.0 

630.2 

480.6 

406.7 

341.3

446.5

Aug.

473 

486 

503 

616 

516

606 

603 

503 

506 

509

612 

516 

615 

609 

497

479 

453 

422

395 

368

350 

322 

284 

261 

264

249 

247 

247 

243 

236 

232

Rnn-o

aoreSept.

226 

217 

214 

212 

212

214 

208 

196 

182 

174

169 

162 

160 

174 

202

223 

236 

252 

268 

282

293 

303 

307 

303 

306

310 

310 

305 

307 

315

ff in 

ids of 

feet

9,404 

12,360 

14,090

368 ,500

21,770 

32,470 

44,190 

53,620 

28,220 

37 ,600 

29,560 

25,010 

14,360

322,600

Note.- Daily discharge computed from mean daily gage heights, not from 8 a.m. gage readings 

given on preceding page.
MISSISSIPPI RIVER MAIN STEM 17

Mississippi River near Vlcksburg, Miss.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°18'45", long. 90°54'25", In T. 16 N., R. 3 E., 

at combined highway and railway bridge of Vlcksburg Bridge Co., li miles below mouth 

of Yazoo River and 3 miles southwest of Vlcksburg. Zero of gage Is 46.16 feet above 

mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 1,144,500 square miles (authority, Mississippi River Commission).

Records available.- July 1931 to September 1938 In reports of Geological Survey. Dally 

gage heights only as follows: April 1930 to June 1931, In reports of Geological Survey; since November 1871 (at Yazoo Canal gage, 14 miles upstream), In reports of 

Mississippi River Commission; May 1873 to September 1934 (at Yazoo Canal gage) and 

since September 1934 (at water-stage recorder at present site) In reports of U. S. 

Weather Bureau. The two gages are at the same datum, but the Yazoo Canal gage reads 

0.2 foot when gage at present site reads 0.00 foot, and the difference Increases to 

2 feet at gage height 60.0 feet. Discharge for 1858 and for scattered periods since 

1903 published In reports of Mississippi River Commission.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 1,190,000 second-feet Apr. 23; maximum gage 

height, 40.4 feet Apr. 26; minimum discharge, 139,000 second-feet Dec. 21; minimum 

gage height, -3.11 feet Dec. 21.

1930-38: Maximum discharge, 2,080,000 second-feet Feb. 17, 1937; maximum gage 

height, 53.2 feet Feb. 21, 1937; minimum discharge, 101,000 second-feet Aug. 29, 51, 

Sept. 1, 2, 1936; minimum gage height, -3.52 feet Aug. 31, 1936.

Maximum gage height recorder (Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army), 56.6 feet, present 

gage, May 4, 1927. Minimum discharge observed (Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army), 

97,000 second-feet Oct. 26, 1895.

Remarks.- Records excellent. During the year 142 discharge measurements were made.

Gage height at 8 a.m., in feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

D«y

1

S

S

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

IS

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

SI

Oct.

-0.42

-.67

-.64

-.48

-.64

-.85

-.99

-1.24

-1.37

-1.26

-.82

-.18

.40

.76

.94

1.15

1.28

1.35

1.11

.55

.01

-.25

-.22

,07

.65

1.49

2.38

3.15

3.78

4.28

4.76

HOT.

5.19

5.41

5.48

5.45

5.43

5.43

5.45

5.52

5.82

6.63

7.82

9.01

9.94

10.48

10.60

10,46

9.68

8.35

6.88

5.48

4.45

3.88

3.63

3.52

3.40

3,21

2.86

2.60

2,33

2.06

-

Dee.

1.68

1.23

.82

.46

.20

.13

.30

.72

1,16

1.33

1.27

.99

.64

.27

-.25

-.74

-1.05

-1.32

-1.80

-2.50

-3.04

-2.93

-1.00

2,08

4.97

7.45

9.75

11,83

13.56

15.12

16.63

Jan.

17.87

18.73

19.39

19.90

20.16

20.14

19.92

19.42

18,70

17.96

17.13

16.30

15.50

14.77

14.00

13.28

12.61

11.88

11.07

10,04

S.74

7.22

5.92

5.55

6.33

7.87

9.67

12.45

14.77

16.89

18.82

Feb.

20.32

21.62

22.71

23.64

24.48

25.07

25.54

25.87

26.14

26.28

26.23

25.92

25.34

24.51

23.54

22.45

21.31

20.49

20.90

22.82

24.96

27.10

29.00

30.67

32.13

33,30

34.12

34.56

_

_

-

Mar.

34.79

34.92

34.90

34.79

34.63

34.47

34.12

33.78

33.31

32.90

32.32

31.80

31.32

30.96

30.73

30.56

30.66

30.88

31.31

31.89

32.30

32.70

33.18

33.47

33.70

33.83

33.89

33,86

33.94

33,92

33.92

Apr.

34.05

34.62

35.20

35.70

36.24

36.75

37.48

38.10

38.50

38.72

38.88

39.06

39.18

39.26

39.32

39.40

39,52

39.71

39.82

39.96

40.11

40.24

40.25

40.31

40.36

40.38

40,37

40.31

40.20

40.00

May

39.74

39.37

38.83

38.20

37.36

36.18

34.71

33.06

31.09

29.02

26.88

24.66

22.60

21.12

20,37

19.98

19.70

19,44

19.01

18.47

17.93

17.52

17.27

17.16

17.00

16.92

17.49

19.20

21.10

23.08

25.41

June

26.92

28.52

29.73

30.66

31.43

32,10

32.64

33.03

33.37

33.60

33,70

33.57

33.20

32.60

31.77

30,89

30.18

29.64

29,48

29.32

29,00

28.46

27.72

27.01

26,44

25.96

25.48

24.90

24,12

23.27

July

22.44

21. SO

21.39

21.20

21.04

20.72

20.37

19.97

19.68

19.37

19.09

18.73

18.43

18.04

17.85

17.80

17.71

17.55

17.32

17,32

17.15

17.10

17.20

17.37

17.78

18.26

18.75

19.03

18.96

18,65

18.20

Aug.

17,93

17.72

17.59

17.46

17.45

17.69

18.14

18.60

18,85

18.92

18,87

18.82

18.87

18.93

19.10

19,24

19.13

18.65

18.35

17.64

16.73

15.61

14.46

13,45

12.83

12,13

10.98

9.88

9.00

8.27

7.80

Sept.

7.31

6.88

6.43

6.02

5.58

5.14

4.84

4,66

4.61

4.48

4.16

3.67

3.12

2.62

2.16

1.81

1.79

2.33

3,31

4.22

5,10

6.03

6.80

7,43

7,96

8.42

8.71

8.79

8.85

8.89

-
18 MISSISSIPPI RIVER MAIN STEM

Discharge, In thousands of second-feet, of Mississippi River near Vioksburg, Miss., water 

year October 1937 to September 1938

D«y

1

2 

S 

4 

6

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

28 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oot.

153 

150 

152 

153 

152

148 

146 

142 

142 

147

154 

164 

172 

175 

178

183 

185 

185 

178 

169

166 

164 

164 

169

177

193 

211 

224 

235 

242 

249

Nov.

256 

260 

260 

260 

260

260 

260 

263 

274 

287

305 

336 

358 

360 

360

357 

343 

319 

292 

269

249 

240 

236 

235 

233

230 

226 

221 

218 

312

Dec.

206

199 

193 

188 

185

185 

188 

198 

207 

209

207 

202 

194 

185 

178

172 

169 

162 

154 

144

141 

150 

1B6 

240 

290

338 

380 

422 

460 

49,3 

528

Jan.

656 

570 

579 

588 

590

597 

583 

558 

537 

515

493 

472 

451 

432 

418

406 

394 

378 

362 

341

319 

292 

272 

274 

292

326 

370 

428 

485 

542 

592

Month

Oot 

Nov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 193

ater year 1937-38 .........

Feb.

626 

652 

677 

700 

720

740 

756 

766 

776 

787

761 

740 

704 

677 

645

609 

581 

581 

609 

662

720 

779 

867 

945 

994

1,030 

1,070 

1,080

Mar.

1,050 

1,060 

1,060 

1,040 

1,020

1,010 

998 

984 

967 

942

921 

904 

881 

867 

864

883 

895 

904 

915 

930

939

958 

980 

994 

994

990 

987 

980 

980 

974 

974

Thousands of 

second- footdays

5,422 

8,239 

7,351

227,957

14,012 

21,254 

29,845 

34,064 

21,428 

25,167 

16,917 

16,295 

8,077

207,071

Apr.

984 

1,010 

1,030 

1,040 

1,060

1,080 

1,100 

1,110 

1,130 

1,140

1,140 

1,150 

1,160 

1,180 

1,160

1,160 

1,170 

1,170 

1,180 

1,170

1,180 

1,190 

1,190 

1,180 

1,180

1,180 

1,180 

1,180 

1,170 

1,150

M«y

1,140 

1,110 

1,080 

1,030 

994

945 

889 

841 

787 

737

684 

633 

590 

576 

563

556 

551 

546 

540 

531

520 

513 

500 

493 

485

500 

515 

553 

611 

672 

743

June

811 

858 

892 

912 

930

948 

964 

977 

987 

994

984 

974 

936 

912 

878

847 

828 

817 

814 

806

792 

766 

745 

724 

707

700 

692 

682 

657 

633

Discharge In thousands of

Maximum

249 

360 

526

2,080

597 

1,080 

1,060 

1,190 

1,140 

994 

609 

572 

340

1,190

Minimum

142 

212 

141

141

272 

581 

864 

984 

485 

633 

506 

313 

202

141

July

609 

697 

692 

590 

586

579 

572 

567 

563

560

651 

544 

533 

515 

606

509 

513 

522 

516 

513

509

513 

520 

524 

531

540 

551 

558 

556 

546 

533

second-feet

Mean

174.9 

274.6 

237.1

624.5

452.0 

769.1 

962.7 

1,135 

691.2 

838.9 

545.7 

493,4 

269.2

567.3

Aug.

531 

531 

531 

528 

628

635 

549 

558 

560 

658

553 

558 

563 

565 

572

572 

565 

546 

531 

513

491 

468 

445 

428 

416

402 

376 

353 

334 

322 

313

Run-o

acreSept.

305 

290 

279 

267 

261

256 

252 

252 

252 

249

240 

228 

219 

211 

206

202 

207 

218 

236 

252

269 

287 

302 

317 

330

340 

336 

336 

338 

340

ff In

nds of 

feet

10,750 

16,340 

14,580

452,200

27,790 

42,160 

59,200 

67,560 

42,500 

49 ,920 

33,550 

30,340 

16,020

410,700

Note.- Dally discharge computed from m»an dally gage heights, not from 8 a.m. gage readings given 

on preceding page.
MISSISSIPPI RIVER MAIN STEM

Mississippi River near New Orleans, La.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 29°57', long. 90°10', in T. 13 S., R. 10 E. St. 

Helena meridian, at Huey P. Long Bridge, 5 miles west of New Orleans and 126 miles 

above mouth of Mississippi River. Zero of gage is at mean Gulf level (general adjustment of 1929), 0.15 foot below mean Gulf level (datum of Corps of Engineers, 

U. S. Army).

Drainage area.- 1,243,600 square miles (authority, Mississippi River Commission).

Records available.- Daily gage heights only as follows: November 1934 to September 1938 

in reports of Geological Survey, since 1871 (at gage of Corps of Engineers, U. S. 

Army, 24 miles downstream), In reports of Mississippi River Commission; May 1873 to 

December 1922 (at gage of U. S. Weather Bureau at foot of Canal Street, 11 miles 

downstream) and since January 1923 (at gage of Corps of Engineers above mentioned), 

in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau. Discharge for 1851, 1852, and scattered periods 

since 1879 are published in reports of Mississippi River Commission.

Extremes.- Maximum gage height during year, 16.81 feet Apr. 30; minimum, 0.04 foot Dec.

1934-38: Maximum gage height, 19.28 feet Mar. 1, 1937; minimum, that of Dec. 20, 

1937.

Maximum gage height observed, 21.3 feet Apr. 25, 1922; minimum, -1.6 feet Dec. 27, 

1872. Both maximum and minimum observations were made 24 miles downstream on gage 

of Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army* with zero 0.13- foot below mean'Gulf level (datum 

of Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army). This gage reads practically the same below 19.0 

feet as does the gage of the Geological Survey, but above 19.0 feet it reads lower, 

the difference increasing to a maximum of 0.10 foot.

Remarks.- Records excellent. Gage heights affected by tides, 

through Bonnet Carre floodway and Atchafalaya River.

Flow diverted at times

Gage height at 8 a. in feet, water year October 1937 to September 193S

Day

1

2

S

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

SO

SI

Oct.

2.42

2.80

2.18

1.57

1.24

1,43

1.20

1.41

1.80

1.74

1,86

1.98

2.14

2.30

2.12

2.37

2.51

1,96

2.11

1.49

1.49

1.57

1.60

1.62

1,71

1.92

1.66

1.6S

1.36

1.25

1.25

Nov.

1.34

1.44

1.41

1.64

1.82

1.64

1,65

1,97

2.30

2.16

2.38

2.56

2.46

2.05

1.96

2.40

1.80

1,95

2.29

2,04

2.21

1.98

2.22

2.32

2. SO

2.45

2.08

1.61

1,37

1,1T

-

Dee.

1.23

1.20

1.16

1.34

1.57

1.45

1.25

1.47

1.49

1.65

1.09

.99

1.06

.77

.81

.98

1.30

1.23

.98

1.02

.96

.96

1.17

.75

.79

.91

1.26

1.57

1.94

2.55

5.04

Jan.

3.80

4.54

5.24

5.65

5.89

6.30

6.41

6.44

6,21

6.13

6.03

5,85

5.48

5.37

5.13

5.03

4,90

4.80

4.53

4.43

4.28

3.98

3.65

2.54

2.67

2.03

2.01

2.42

3.13

4,09

4.93

Pel).

5.60

6.25

6.77

7.21

7.61

7.97

8.28

8.57

8.80

9.02

9.23

9.41

9.62

9.67

9.57

9.56

9.37

9.04

8.80

8.47

8.40

9.00

9,42

10.27

10.91

11,41

12.00

12.54

_

_

-

Mar.

12.93

13.15

13.37

13,39

13.54

13.49

13.39

13.34

13,26

13.29

13.27

13.26

13.24

13,16

13,29

13.06

13.02

12.79

12.90

12.74

12.77

12.97

13.24

13.18

13,26

13.38

13.41

13,57

15.71

13.75

13.80

Apr.

15.71

13.75

13.79

13.78

13.80

14.00

14.49

14.88

14,82

15.04

15.14

15.20

15.24

15.37

15.49

15.66

15.76

15.78

15.97

16.03

16.16

16.29

16.39

18.41

16.52

16.60

16,71

16.66

16.74

16.73

Mar

16.67

16.65

16.55

16.57

16,49

16.39

16.35

16.05

15,73

15.35

14,74

14,19

13.40

12.71

11.94

11.25

11.72

11146

11.33

10.10

9.66

9.30

8.96

8.60

8.30

8.03

7.91

7.69

7.62

7.84

8.27

June

8.94

9.76

10.60

11.29

11.70

12.07

12.43

12.59

12.74

12.97

13.16

13.15

13,02

13,04

13.00

18,76

12,58

12.45

12.29

12.12

12.11

12.01

11.86

11.60

11,30

10.99

10.63

10.34

10.11

9,81

July

9.53

9.19

8.79

8.36

8.02

8.07

7,82

7.48

7.20

6.91

6.65

6.47

6.36

6.18

6,00

5.84

5.73

5.67

5.62

5.65

5.72

5.81

5.79

5.83

5.76

5.70

5.67

5,71

5.99

6,25

6.49

Aug.

6.48

6,39

6.21

6.14

6.05

5.90

5.90

5.90

5.94

6.11

6.27

6.40

6.61

6.72

6.92

6.87

7.03

7U3

7.12

6.97

6.71

6.36

5.89

5.60

5.10

4.74

4.41

4.19

4.11

3.74

3.64

Sept.

3.28

5.14

2.95

2.89

2.68

2.49

2.38

2.40

2.70

2.50

2.40

2.25

2,27

2.33

2.42

2.59

2.52

2.60

2.39

2.26

2.20

1.78

1.69

1.67

1.90

2.22

2.48

2.98

3.20

3.02
MERAMEC RIVER BASIN

Meramec River near Steelville, Mo.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°59'55", long. 91°21'35", in NEi sec. 21, T. 38 

N., R. 4 W., at county highway bridge 400 feet downstream from St. Louis and San 

Francisco Railroad bridge, 0.7 mile upstream from Whittenburg Creek and 2i miles 

north of Steelville. Zero of gage is 680.26 feet (revised) above mean sea level 

(general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 830 square miles.

Records available.- December 1922 to September 1938.

Average discharge.- 15 years (1923-38), 583 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 14,700 second-feet May 24 (gage height, 14.14 

feet); minimum, 100 second-feet Oct. 7, 8 (gage height, 0.64 foot).

1922-38: Maximum discharge, 47,800 second-feet June 26, 1935 (gage height, 23.39 

feet); minimum, 74 second-feet July 22, 1934 (gage height, 0.35 foot).

Maximum stage known, 26.5 feet Aug. 20, 1915 (discharge, about 60,000 second-f.eet) .

Remarks .- Records good. Discharge for period Aug. 16 to Sept. 2 computed on basis of 

staff gage readings made once daily.

Rating table, water year 1937-38 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Feb. 19 to Mar. 27)

0.60

.80

1.00

1.20

1.50

2.00

147

212

283

397

607

2.50

3.00

4.00

5.00

7.00

845

1,140

1,820

2,640

4,640

9.00

11.00

13.00

14.00

14.20

6,940

9,500

12,700

14,500

14,900

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

16

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

26 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

Ill 

108 

102 

111 

108

108 

102 

102 

108 

111

111 

117 

117 

114 

114

114 

120 

126 

138 

144

150 

144 

138 

129 

126

123 

120 

117 

117 

117 

117

Nov.

117 

120 

117 

ISO 

13E

129 

132 

141 

138 

138

138 

135 

135 

132 

129

126 

126 

1E3 

123 

123

1£0 

120 

120 

117 

120

120 

126 

138 

138 

141

Dec.

141 

141 

144 

147 

147

144 

141 

135 

135 

135

147 

120 

123 

123 

126

169 

557 

2,150 

1,100 

652

495 

405 

354 

313 

283

258 

251 

236 

219 

212 

205

Jan.

189 

182 

179 

176 

169

163 

160 

157 

153 

147

147 

141 

138 

138 

135

138 

135 

132 

132 

150

247 

607 

507 

1,020 

1,980

1,080 

652 

520 

441 

417 

533

Month

Oct 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Fob 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

 Tun 

Jul AugSep

W

alendar year 1937 .........

nary

t ember. ...................

ater year 1937-3

Feb.

563 

46E 

401 

370 

347

3E4 

324 

324 

305 

294

313 

358 

347 

320 

305

374 

3,410 

11, 100 

11,700 

4,370

2,220 

1,580 

1,240 

1,020 

928

872 

770 

630

Secondfoot-days

3,684 

3,834 

9,906

178,435

11,065 

45,571 

30,576 

26,049 

62,108 

17,865 

7,609 

4,908 

4,325

227,501

Mar.

554 

499 

482 

458 

503

722 

563 

486 

449 

462

499 

470 

503 

1,660 

1,200

2,230 

1,770 

1,080 

9E8 

745

607 

563 

503 

499 

453

417 

381 

350 

1,220 

3,540 

5,780

Maximum

150 

141 

2,150

13,200

1,980 

11,700 

5,780 

3,090 

13,400 

2,170 

431 

354 

222

13,400

Apr.

3,090 

1,470 

1,040 

820 

698

607 

550 

787 

2,550 

2,010

1,340 

985 

820 

698 

607

675 

722 

722 

652 

607

607 

550 

499 

468 

425

397 

374 

366 

401 

521

May

652 

563 

486 

466 

507

585 

1,070 

5,440 

1,820 

1,110

795 

938 

3,140 

2,060 

1,500

1,080 

1,110 

1,110 

1,110 

928

770 

2,370 

6,220 

13,400 

4,210

2,270 

1,900 

1,610 

1,140 

928 

820

Minimum

102 

117 

120

102

132 

294 

350 

366 

466 

316 

192 

108 

114

102

June

722 

652 

585 

546 

491

458 

458 

441 

445 

449

445 

413 

385 

378 

374

389 

734 

890 

2,170 

1,630

928 

675 

554 

482 

425

385 

370 

347 

328 

316

Mean

119 

128 

320

489

357 

1,628 

986 

668 

2,003 

596 

245 

168 

144

623

July

309 

294 

283 

272 

261

247 

247 

240 

230 

219

205

199 

196 

199 

196

192 

219 

244 

431 

350

309 

269 

236 

219 

205

199 

199 

209 

226 

209 

296

Per 

square 

mile

0.143 

.154 

.386

.589

.430 

1.96 

1.19 

1.05 

2.41 

 708 

.295 

.190 

.173

751

Aug.

354 

279 

240 

219 

205

196 

186 

179 

169 

157

153 

150 

147 

153 

147

147 

147 

141 

129 

123

120 

126 

123 

117 

117

114 

108 

117 

117 

114 

114

Sept.

114 

135 

147 

144 

147

222 

216 

163 

147 

138

132 

135 

147 

150 

147

150 

153 

157 

147 

141

138 

135 

135 

135 

132

129 

126 

123 

120 

120

Run-off

Inches

0.16 

.17 

.44

7.98

T .50 

2.04 

1.37 

1.17 

2.78 

.80 

.34 

.22 

.19

10.18

Acre-feet

7,310 

7,600 

19,650

353,900

21,950 

90,390 

60,650 

51,670 

123,200

15,090 

9,730 

8,680

451,200

Peak discharge.- Feb. 19 (7 a.m.) 14,32O sec. -ft.; Map. 31 (1 p.m.) 6,94O sen. -ft. j May 8 (S p.m.

7,420 see.-ft.I May 13 (4 a.m.) 4,220 sec.-ft.} May 22 (7»30 p.m.) 4,860 sec.-ft.; May 

(2:30 p.m.) 14,700 sec.-ft.
MERAMEC RIVER BASIN <ijMeramec River near Eureka, Mo.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 38°30'20", long. 90°35'30", in SEi sec. 32, T. 44 

N., R. 4 E., at bridge on U. S. Highway 66, 2 miles east of Eureka and 12i miles upstream from Fishpot Creek. Prior to Sept. 30, 1937 wire-weight gage at same site and 

datum. Zero of gage is 406.18 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 3,800 square miles.

Records available.- August 1993 to July 1906 and October 1921 to September 1938.

Average discharge.- 17 years (1921-38), 3,004 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 46,100 second-feet May 6 (gage height, 25.47 

feet); minimum, 420 second-feet Oct. 3 (gage height, 0.49 foot).

1921-38: Maximum discharge observed, 64,000 second-feet Apr. 3, 1927 (gage height, 

29.47 feet, former site and datum); maximum gage height, 30.89 feet Mar. 14, 1935; 

minimum discharge, 196 second-feet Aug. 27, 31, Sept. 1, 1936; minimum gage height, 

0.33 foot Oct. 2, 3, 1932, former site and datum.

Maximum stage known, 40.2 feet, present site and datum, Aug. 22, 1915 (discharge, 

about 175,000 second-feet).

Remarks.- Records good. Gage heights computed from graph based on daily gage readings 

and trace of recorder pen, because of variable draw-down in gage well.

Rating tables, water year 1937-38 (gage height, in feet, 

Oct. 1 to Feb. 16

nd discharge, In second-feet) 

Feb. 17 to Sept. 30

0.50

1.00

1.50

2.00

2.50

3.00

3.50

4.00

425

739

1,100

1,480

1,900

2,375

2,885

3,435

5.00

6.00

8.00

10.00

14.00

18.00

22.00

26.00

4,610

6,000

9,100

12,400

19,600

27,600

36,800

47,500

0.70 

1-00

table

635

50 1,025

00 1> 450 

50 1,900 

00 2,380 

50 2,885

- Sajne as preceding 

bove 3.50 feet.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1 

2 

Z 

4

e

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.

454 

425 

425

454 

483

878 

640 

576 

544 

514

483

454 

454 

454 

42 &

454 

454 

454 

607 

843

988 

914 

808 

706 

640

544 

514 

514 

514 

514 

514

Nov.

514 

514 

483 

454 

483

514 

514 

514 

544 

544

544 

544 

544 

544 

514

514 

514 

514 

514 

514

483 

483 

483 

483 

454

454 

454 

514 

544 

607

Dec.

640 

640 

672 

706 

706

706 

706 

640 

640 

739

739 

640 

640 

607 

576

706 

4,720 

9,420 

9,260 

5,700

3,780 

2,780 

2,180 

1,860 

1,600

1,440 

1,360 

1,290 

1,180 

1,100 

1,060

Jan.

988 

950 

878 

808 

774

706 

672 

672 

672 

672

672 

672 

706 

739 

706

706 

706 

672 

672 

672

706 

3,440 

2,990 

2,780 

3,780

5,410 

6,000 

3,550 

2,680 

2,280 

2,420

Month

Dot 

NOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

ember .....................

alendar year 1937. ........

ater year 1937-3!

F»b.

2,780 

2,480 

2,280 

2,040 

1,860

1,770 

1,640 

1,560 

1,520 

1,560

1,810 

1,860 

1,990 

1,900 

1,770

1,810 

6,080 

19,600 

32,900 

43,100

42,000 

28,400 

9,100 

6,600 

5,410

4,610 

4,010 

3,550

Secondfoot-days

17,645 

15,297 

59,435

1,108,333

50,751 

235,990 

205,330 

215,330 

281,510 

226,170 

45,431 

23,491 

17,586

1,393,964

Mar.

3,210 

2,990 

2,780 

2,580 

2,780

2,990 

3,320 

3,660 

2,990 

2,990

2,880 

2,780 

4,020 

9,720 

15,300

2J,, 300 

22,300 

12,400 

7,050 

5,270

4,370 

3,780 

3,550 

3,320 

2,990

2,990 

2,780 

g~,530 

4,510 

13,800 

27,400

Maximum

988 

60"! 

9,42C

34,50C

6.00C 

43,10C 

27.40C 

28,90C 

38.20C 

44.30C 

5,09C 

2,55C 

1.07C

44,30C

Apr.

28,900 

25,600 

14,400 

6,450 

5,000

4,130 

3,780 

7,660 

15,200 

17,700

13,900 

8,780 

6,000 

4,740 

4,010

4,010 

4,740 

5,850 

4,610 

4,010

3,550 

3,210 

2,990 

2,780 

2,580

2,430 

2,230 

2,090 

2,000 

2,000

May

2,230 

2,990 

2,990 

2,580 

2,990

2,680 

2,780 

4,220 

9,100 

9,580

5,240 

3,900 

4,870 

7,350 

8,620

5,850 

4,490 

4,250 

5,700 

5,700

4,610 

4,740 

14,100 

29,000 

38,200

34,600 

25,500 

10,500 

9,100 

7,500 

5,550

Minimum

425 

454 

576

370

672 

1,520 

2,530 

2,000 

2,230 

1,720 

873 

455 

436

425

June

4,610 

4,370 

3,550

3,100 

2,780

2,530 

2,480 

2,430 

2,380 

3,780

28 , 500 

44,300 

32,600 

27,200 

9,680

4,370 

4,740 

4,490 

5,000 

5,410

5, "410 

4,130 

3,210 

2,780 

2,480

2,290 

2,090 

1,950 

1,810 

1,720

Mean

569 

510 

1,917

3,037

1,637 

8,428 

6,624 

7,178 

9,081 

7,539 

1,466 

758 

586

3,819

July

1,630 

1,500 

1,410 

1,360 

1,240

1,150 

1,050 

953 

937 

945

937 

937 

921 

881 

873

929 

945 

2,760 

5,090 

3,290

2,430 

1,810 

1,540 

1,410 

1,240

1,150 

1,080 

1,410 

1,090 

953 

1,580

Per 

square 

mile

0.150 

.134 

.504

.799

.431 

2.22 

1.74 

1.89 

2.39 

1.98 

.386 

.199 

.154

1.00

Aug.

2,550 

1,810 

1,450 

1,240 

1,020

881 

833 

801 

755 

732

695 

658 

635 

606 

570

563 

563 

563 

563 

549

543 

536 

515 

488 

495

502 

488 

475 

455 

469 

488

Sept.

469 

442 

436 

442 

442

442 

482 

515 

549 

543

515 

482 

536 

1,010 

1,070

809 

770 

755 

718 

635

672 

606 

577 

570 

556

556 

522 

502

488 

475

Run-off

Inches

0.17 

.15 

.68

10.85

.50 

2.31 

2.01 

2.11 

2.76 

2.21 

.45 

.23 

.17

13.65

Acre-feet

35,000 

30,340 

117,900

2,198,000

100,700 

468,100 

407,300 

427,100 

558,400 

448,600 

90,110 

46,590 

34,880

2,765,000

Peak discharge.- Dec. 19 (5 a.m.) 10,500 sec.-ft.5 Hay 15 (4 a.m.) 9,740 sec.-ft.; June 12 

iSilS p.m.) 46,100 sec.-ft.
22 MERAMEC RIVER BASIN

Bourbeuse River at Union, Mo.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 38°E6'45", long. 90°59'30", in SWi sec. 26, T. 43 N., 

R. 1 W., at bridge on U. S. Highway 50, 800 feet upstream from Flat Creek, half a 

mile east of Union and 7 miles upstream from Birch Creek. Zero of gage Is 491.58 feet 

above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 767 square miles.

Records available.- June 1921 to September 1938.

Average discharge.- 17 years, 659 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 28,200 second-feet June 13 (gage height, 20.23 

feetj; minimum, 25 second-feet October 3 (gage height, 0.26 foot).

1921-38: Maximum discharge, that of June 13, 1938; minimum, 14 second-feet Aug. 

31, Sept. 1, 1936 (gage height, 0.22 foot).

Maximum stage known, 25.5 feet Aug. 22, 1915, from floodmark (discharge, about 

50,000 second-feet).

Remarks.- Records good. Gage read once daily below and twice daily above gage height 

8.0 feet. Gage-height records collected in cooperation with U. S. Weather Bureau.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1 

2 

S

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 

SO 

31

Oct.

26 

26 

25 

27 

45

40 

40 

28 

26 

28

28 

27 

28 

27 

27

26 

26 

28 

34 

33

32 

29 

36 

34 

33

32 

31 

30 

30 

29 

28

Nov.

27 

29 

31 

30

35

32 

32 

31 

30 

44

33 

29

28

31 

39

36 

33 

38 

39 

38

36 

34 

33 

32 

33

33 

35 

38 

40 

40

Dec.

38 

38 

38 

45 

45

45 

44 

44 

44 

47

44 

43 

44 

46 

45

55 

388 

326 

721 

548

326 

223 

168 

134 

116

99 

91 

85 

78 

72 

69

Jan.

67 

64 

64 

61 

58

55 

53 

53 

52 

52

52 

51 

50 

48 

47

47 

47 

48 

51 

53

53 

53 

51 

110 

168

3,250 

1,270 

572 

367 

326 

254

Month

Oct 

NOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

ember .....................

alendar year 1937 .........

ater year 1937-3

Feb.

254 

307 

346 

238 

208

194 

170 

162 

158 

289

271 

289 

326 

271 

271

254

1,810 

5,880 

9,600 

12,000

7,170 

2,010 

1,440 

1,090 

895

655 

525 

432

Secondfoot-days

939 

1,019 

4,149

247,386

7,647 

47,515 

49,553 

47,669 

59,223 

77,259 

5,091 

1,603 

1,799

303,366

Mar.

368 

327 

287 

249 

327

327 

1,520 

1,020 

600 

454

389 

432 

1,370 

4,360 

7,530

4,750 

3,270 

1,670 

1,020 

710

525 

432 

477 

348

368

477 

389 

287 

1,790 

4,780 

8,700

Maximum

45 

44

721

12,900

3,250 

12,000 

8,700 

10,300 

9,760 

24,800 

1,090 

87 

166

24,800

Apr.

10,300 

6,050 

1.430 

960 

682

525 

432 

1,640 

4,840 

6,720

3,770 

2,070 

1>230 

770 

628

500 

655 

830 

525 

432

327 

327

389 

368 

287

231 

213 

193 

166 

179

May

',,090 

960 

710 

410 

770

525

368 

500 

1,520 

1,090

575 

500 

710 

2,640 

1,830

960 

575 

500 

1,370 

1,090

710 

1,310 

5,760 

8,390 

9,760

5,390 

2,110 

1,160 

3,150 

1,830 

960

Minimum

25 

27 

38

25

47 

158 

249 

166 

368 

147 

65 

37 

33

25

June

682 

830 

477 

348 

268

213 

249 

231 

368 

3,250

12,900 

19,200 

24, 800 

5,920 

1,160

895 

600 

525 

1,160 

575

432 

389 

348 

287 

249

231 

196 

176 

153 

147

Mean

30.3 

34.0

134

678

243 

1,697 

1,598 

1,589 

1,910 

2.5V5 

164 

51.7 

60.0

831

July

135 

125 

122 

105 

122

89 

84 

75 

72 

70

65 

65 

65 

75 

70

97 

84 

213 

1,090 

454

307 

199 

249 

173 

144

141 

111 

199 

119 

97 

75

Per 

square 

mile

0.040 

.044 

.175

.884

.317 

2.21 

2.08 

2.07 

2.49 

5.36 

.214 

.067 

.078

1.08

Aug.

87 

84 

75 

70 

72

65 

61 

61 

59 

59

57 

53 

51 

49 

49

47 

45 

44 

44 

42

44 

42 

41 

40 

38

38 

37 

37 

37 

37 

38

Sept.

38 

44 

42

37 

38

41 

 38 

37 

36 

35

35 

36 

37 

89

61

166 

153 

122 

135 

100

79 

65 

59 

49 

44

40 

38 

37 

35 

33

Run- off

Inches

0.05 

.05 

.20

11.99

.37 

2.30 

2.40 

2.31 

2.87 

3.75 

.25 

.08 

.09

14.72

Acre-feet

1,860 

2,020 

8,230

490,600

14,970 

94,240 

98,290 

94,550 

117,500 

153,200 

10,100 

3,180 

3,570

601,700
MERAMEC RIVER BASIN 23

Big River at Byrnesvllle, Mo.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 38°21'45", long. 90°39'05", In SEi sec. 12, T. 42 N., 

RT~3TE., at county highway bridge, 200 feet below dam and mill at Byrnesvllle, and 

4 miles upstream from Head Creek. Zero of gage Is 433.69 feet (revised) above mean 

sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 892 square miles.

Records available.- May 1922 to September 1938.

Average discharge.- 16 years, 813 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 24,600 second-feet Feb. 19 (gage height, 22.53 

feet); minimum observed, 85 second-feet Oct. 4, Aug. 28; minimum gage height observed, 

2.01 feist Aug. 28.

1922-38: Maximum discharge, 31,700 second-feet Mar. 12, 1935 (gage height, 24.65 

feet), from rating curve extended above 25,000 second-feet; minimum, 25 second-feet 

Aug. 30, 1936; minimum gage height, 1.50 feet Aug. 14, 1934.

Maximum stage known, 30.2 feet In August 1915, from floodmarks (discharge, about 

80,000 second-feet).

Remarks.- Records good. Gage read twice dally.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

16

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

98 

98 

91 

91 

£06

471 

262 

189 

151 

130

117 

117 

110 

98 

91

98 

98 

137 

£43 

418

393 

303 

£34 

£15 

173

151

144 

130 

124 

124

117

Nov.

104 

130

137 

144 

144

158 

158 

151 

151 

151

14.4 

130 

117 

130 

130

117 

124 

130 

117 

117

110 

110 

110

117 

117

117 

124 

130 

151 

£15

Dec.

215 

215 

198 

198 

198

189 

181 

130 

137 

130

137 

130 

137 

144 

158

353 

4, £70 

7,350 

4,230 

1,700

1,200 

850 

682 

556 

499

444 

444 

418 

369 

346 

324

Jan.

303 

303 

282 

262 

262

243 

234 

234 

215 

215

224

215 

206 

198 

198

189 

198 

189 

198 

198

520 

3,320 

1,800 

1,250 

2,490

2,000 

1,050 

715 

649 

649 

1,300

Month

Oct 

NOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jim 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

ember .....................

ater year 1937-3

Feb.

1,350 

755 

527 

586 

527

499 

499 

499 

444 

471

499 

586 

682 

586 

527

625 

5,080 

13,300 

23,500 

18,200

4,690 

2,380 

1,900 

1,600 

1,350

1,100 

1,000 

900

Secondfoot-days

5,422 

3,985 

26,532

349,757

20,309 

84,662 

79,253 

56,385 

79,769 

45,943 

14,397 

5,508 

4,755

426,920

Mar.

755 

682 

682 

649 

950

900 

950 

682 

616 

900

755 

682 

1,100 

3,360 

6,240

10,500 

10,800 

2,730 

1,850 

1,550

1,300 

1,100 

1,100 

1,000 

800

755 

649 

616 

2,820 

8,180 

13,600

Maximum

471 

215 

7,350

14,600

3,320 

23,500 

13,600 

10,200 

16,600 

14,900 

3,460 

682 

527

23,500

Apr.

10,200 

3,390 

1,900 

1,500 

1,250

1,100 

950 

3,150 

7,540 

4,120

2,160 

1,600 

1,300 

1,100 

9FO

1,150 

2,280 

2,220 

1,400 

1,100

950

800 

715 

616 

586

527 

499 

444 

444 

444

May

556 

586 

471 

418 

418

393 

597 

2,630 

2,210 

1,150

800 

900 

1,900 

1,800 

1,200

900 

800 

1,250 

2,000 

1,500

1,200 

1,300 

9,180 

16,600 

15,100

3,100 

3,270 

2,730 

2,110 

1,500 

1,200

Minimum

91 

104 

130

65

189 

444 

616 

444 

393 

369 

198 

91. 

110

91

June

1,000 

900

715 

649 

586

527 

527 

527 

499 

783

14,900 

6,900 

1,550 

1,000 

755

800 

2,330 

1,750 

1,450 

1,650

1,300 

900 

682 

586 

527

499 

471 

418

369

Mean

175 

133 

856

958

655 

3,024 

2,557 

1,879 

2,573 

1,531 

464 

178 

158

1,170

July

346 

324 

303 

282 

282

262 

262 

243 

224 

224

215 

206 

198 

198 

224

262 

234 

2,150 

3,460 

931

527 

418 

369 

324 

282

262 

262 

262 

234 

324 

303

Per 

square 

mile

0.196 

.149 

.960

1.07

.734 

3.39 

2.87 

2.11 

2.88 

1.72 

.520 

.200 

.177

1.31

Aug.

682 

369 

282 

243 

215

206 

189 

181 

173 

173

181 

166 

158 

151 

151

151 

144 

144 

137 

137

137 

130 

130 

124 

124

117 

98 

91 

110 

110 

104

Sept.

110 

124 

124

117 

117

117 

124 

124 

124 

137

137 

130 

158 

527 

393

243 

181 

166 

166 

158

151 

144 

130 

130 

124

124 

110 

117 

124 

124

Run-off

Inches

0.23 

.17 

1.11

14.59

.85 

3.53 

3.31 

2.35 

3.32 

1.92 

.60 

.23 

.20

17.82

Acre-feet

10,750 

7,900 

52,630

693,700

40,280 

167,900 

157,200 

111,800 

158,200 

91, 130 

28,560 

10,920 

9,430

846,700
24 MAYFIELD CREEK BASIN

Mayfield Creek at Lovelaceville, Ky.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 36°57', long. 88°49', at bridge on U. S. Highway 62, 

on line of Ballard and Carlisle Counties, 0.8 mile south of Lovelaceville and 3 miles 

upstream from Wilson Creek.

Drainage area.- 192 square miles.

Records available.- April to September 1938.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during period. 6,020 second-feet Aug. 1 (gage height, 17.9 

feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum daily discharge, 9.8 second-feet 

June 13, July 10; minimum gage height, 2.49 feet Sept. 10.

Maximum stage known, 21.1 feet January 1937 (discharge, 19,800 second-feet, by 

slope-area method).

Remarks.- Records above 1,500 second-feet good, between 1,500 and 200 second-feet fair, 

below 200 second-feet'poor. Gage read once daily below and twice daily above 10.0 

feet.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

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

Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan.

Month

Oct 

Nov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Pet 

Bar 

Apr 

Bay 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year

11 18-30

ater year

Pet). Mar.

Secondfoot-clays

352 

2,512 

3.898.8 

5,436.8 

10,635 

3,106

Apr.

42 

35 

29

25 

24 

22 

21 

21

19 

19 

19 

18 

58

Maximum

58 

960 

1,500 

4,100 

5,500 

1,200

Bay

17 

16 

16 

16 

16

15 

15 

16 

15

14

14 

17 

16 

16 

14

14 

14 

37 

16 

213

49 

23 

590 

960 

144

69 

30 

23 

43 

33 

21

Minimum

18 

14 

9.8 

9.8 

16 

10

June

17 

99 

43 

18 

15

15 

14 

14 

14 

14

28 

12 

9.8 

12 

12

385 

27 

70 

580 

1,500

485 

325 

37 

27 

28

20 

19 

19

17

July

16 

15 

16 

15 

14

13 

14

16 

9.8

14 

16 

22 

15 

13

12 

12 

133 

28 

16

12

13

12

11 

12 

IS 

124 

680 

4,100

Bean

27 

81 

130 

175 

344 

103

Aug.

5,500 

2,710 

285 

178 

115

91 

725 

124 

215 

40

33 

115 

33 

26 

24

34 

31

20 

20

19 

19 

18 

17 

17

16 

16

16 

17 

107 

32

Per square 

mile

0.141 

.422 

.677 

.912 

1.79 

.536

Sept.

18 

1,200 

86 

26

17

14 

12 

12 

11 

10

1,050 

76 

215 

124 

25

16 

16 

16 

15 

15

14 

14 

14 

14 

13

13 

13 

13 

12 

12

Run-off In 

Inches

0.07 

.49 

.76 

1.05 

2.06 

.60
HEADWATER DIVERSION CHANNEL BASIN 25 

Castor River at Zalma, Mo.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 37°08'45", long. 90°04'30", in SEi sec. 29, T. 29 N., 

R. 9 E., at bridge en State Highway 51 in Zalma, 2ir miles downstream from Perkins 

Creek. Zero of gage is 350.38 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 395 square miles.

Records available.- September 1921 to September 1938.

Average discharge.- 17 years, 513 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 14,900 second-feet Feb. 19 (gage 

"height, 23.72 feet); minimum observed, 34 second-feet Sept. 23 (gage height, 1.21 

feet).

1921-38: Maximum discharge, 40,400 second-feet Jan. 14, 1937, from rating curve 

extended above 25,000 second-feet; maximum gage height, 28.20 feet Mar. 11, 1935; 

minimum discharge, 16 second-feet Aug. 31, 1936 (gage height, 0.81 foot).

Remarks.- Records good except those for period of doubtful gage-height record, Oct. 1

to Feb. 9, which are fair. Gage read once daily below 11.0 feet and twice daily above.

Rating table, water year 1937-38 (gage height, in feet, and discharge in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Sept. 17-30)

34

60

92

145

210

286

374

566

987

1,460

1,720

2,460

15.0

18.0

20.0

22.0

24.0

3,760

5,220

6,400

8,400

16,400

Discharge, In eeoond-fset, water year October 1937 to September 1938

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

Oct.

71 

67 

79 

128 

164

286 

196

140 

134 

112

102 

102 

97 

92 

88

88 

83 

140 

393 

374

320 

270 

239 

196 

183

164 

157 

157 

145 

140 

134

Nov.

134 

128 

123 

118 

118

112 

112 

123 

134 

157

183 

170 

164

145 

140

140 

140 

134 

128 

128

123 

123 

123 

123

118

118 

118 

170 

239 

254

Dec.

286 

270 

254 

254 

239

224

210 

196 

183

164

157 

151 

151 

157 

164

170 

633 

3,350 

2,320 

1,370

785 

686 

606 

546 

507

431 

412 

393 

374 

374 

356

Jan.

320 

286 

270 

254 

239

224 

224 

210 

196 

196

196 

183

170 

157 

157

151 

151 

145 

145 

186

846 

1,700 

1,190 

1,530 

2,240

1,180 

863 

666 

586 

1,260 

1,750

Month

Got 

Nov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jim 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

w

ember .....................

alendar year 1937 .........

ater year 1937-;

Peb.

1,190 

811 

706 

626 

566

507 

450 

412 

356 

356

356 

374 

356 

431 

606

1,010 

2,750 

7,170 

13,300 

7,040

3,270 

1,770 

1,330 

1,090 

862

653

546 

488

Secondfoot-days

5,041 

4,240 

16,373

227,598

17,871 

49,382 

42,552 

27,884 

14,113 

10,462 

6,052 

3,885 

1,449

199,304

Mar.

431 

412 

374 

338 

320

303

270 

270 

270 

320

320 

303 

326 

4,300 

4,110

4,000 

2,600 

1,480 

1,110 

899

686 

586 

526 

488 

431

412 

374 

513 

3,990 

7,070 

4,720

Maximum

392 

254 

3.35C

24.80C

2,24C 

13.30C 

7.07C 

4.21C 

1,55C 

833 

768 

586 

6C

13,30C

Apr.

4,210 

1,900 

1,270 

958 

747

626 

546 

6S6 

1,950 

1,670

987 

811 

686 

606 

526

706 

1,890 

1.280 

892 

747

646 

566 

488 

450 

412

356 

320 

303 

286 

303

May

270 

254 

239 

239

224 

27O 

431 

356 

286

270 

239 

239 

303 

254

239 

239 

239 

239

224

210 

196 

356 

1,430 

1,170

877 

666 

490 

1,550 

1,170 

606

fljnlmiiin

67

112 

151

21

145 

356 

270 

286 

196 

164 

92 

60 

34

34

June

469 

488 

374 

320 

270

239 

224 

210 

224 

224

254 

210 

210 

183 

164

303 

412 

566 

726 

833

626 

450 

374 

374 

393

320 

303 

270 

239 

210

Mean

163 

141 

528

624

576 

1,764 

1,373 

929 

455 

349 

195 

125 

48.3

546

July

183 

183 

157 

469 

356

183 

164 

151 

157 

145

128 

118 

107 

102 

92

92 

97 

254 

431 

224

183

151 

134 

123 

112

102 

97 

107 

196 

286 

768

Per 

square 

mile

0.413 

.357 

1.34

1.58

1.46 

4.47 

3.48 

2.35 

1.15 

.884 

.494 

.316 

.122

1.38

Aug.

586 

286 

239 

196

170

157 

140 

128 

US 

107

102 

102 

97 

88 

118

123 

112 

107 

102 

83

79 

75 

71 

67 

64

60 

60 

60 

64 

64 

60

Sept.

60 

56 

56 

53 

53

53 

53

50 

46 

50

40 

46 

46 

60 

53

60 

53 

43 

38 

46

43 

50 

34 

40 

46

43 

43 

46 

46 

43

Run-off

Inches

0.48 

.40 

1.54

21.44

1.68 

4.66 

4.01 

2.62 

1.33 

.99 

.57 

.36 

.14

18.78

Acre-feet

10,000 

8,410 

32,480

451,500

35,450 

97,950 

84,400 

55,310 

27,990 

20,750 

12,000 

7,710 

2,870

395,300
26 OBION RIVER BASIN

South Fork of Obion River near Greenfield, Term.

Location.- Staff gage, lat. 36°07', long. 88°49', at bridge on U. S. Highway 45E (State 

Highway 43), 2i miles south of Greenfield, Weakley County, and 10 miles above confluence with Middle Fork of Obion River.

Drainage area.- 431 square miles.

Records available.- July 1929 to September 1938.

Extremes.- Maximum.discharge observed during year, 7,060 second-feet June 2 (gage height, 

14.40 feet); minimum observed, 94 second-feet Sept. 8-11; minimum gage height observed, 

2.20 feet Oct. 1.

1929-38: Maximum discharge, 25,600 second-feet Jan. 21-22, 1937 (gage height, 

17.82 feet, from floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 15,000 second-feet; 

minimum observed, 94 second-feet Aug. 28 to Sept. 1, Oct. 22, 1936, Sept. 8-10, 1938; 

minimum gage height observed, 1.5 feet on several days in August and September 1930.

Remarks.- Records fair. Gage read twice daily.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1 

2 

5 

4 

6

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

25 

24 

25

26 

- 27 

28 

29 

50 

31

Oct.

116 

540 

912 

1,100 

1,150

335 

195 

160 

148 

148

142 

142 

142 

131 

131

131 

391 

1,520 

1,760 

1,050

405 

307 

265 

209 

195

181 

167 

167 

167 

160 

160

Nov.

160 

160 

160 

160 

160

160 

160 

160

879 

863

705 

377 

307 

237 

209

237 

251 

223 

209 

195

196 

195 

195 

181 

181

181 

181 

251 

307 

209

Dec.

195 

195 

195 

195 

195

195 

181 

167 

167 

160

160 

160 

195 

279 

265

349 

555 

963 

540 

321

265 

735 

1,440 

963 

510

391 

1,560 

1,820 

1,540 

929 

570

Jan.

1,460 

1,140 

555 

335 

307

279 

265 

265 

251 

251

265 

265 

265 

251 

237

237 

237 

237 

223 

279

1,760 

2,380 

2,510 

4,570 

5,440

5,400 

2,510 

1,640 

799 

1,140 

1,760

Month

Oct 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Fob 

Mar 

Apr 

Hay 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

«

aland ar year 193

ater year 1937-3

Feb.

1,640 

1,440 

645 

435 

363

307 

293 

237 

237 

251

251 

237 

237 

630 

1,640

1,250 

895 

2,260 

3,960 

3,770

3,960 

2,060 

1,760 

1,060 

435

335 

321

279

liar.

237 

265 

377 

321 

847

1,910 

2,060 

2,160 

2,160 

1,820

1,460 

895 

540 

349 

321

799 

540 

349 

480 

705

349 

321 

335 

279

251

321 

735 

480 

1,720 

1,790 

1,440

Secondfoot-daya

12,727 

8,048 

16,355

302,542

35,513 

31,188 

26,616 

11,597 

9,199 

24,620 

8,300 

11,759 

3,547

199,449

Apr.

895 

391 

377 

265 

237

237 

363 

1,460 

1,440 

963

405 

321 

265 

223 

209

209 

209 

209 

195 

160

480 

600 

293 

209 

209

181 

154 

154 

142 

142

Maximum

1,760 

879 

1,820

25,000

5,440 

3,960 

2,160 

1,460 

1,140 

&,440 

2,380 

2,260 

580

5,440

Hay

142 

142 

142 

154 

420

195 

154 

767 

349 

174

142 

142 

293 

525 

265

167 

154 

160 

174 

154

237 

349 

293 

510 

209

160 

142 

167 

1,140 

912 

265

Minimum

116 

160 

160

97

223 

237 

257 

142 

142 

113 

101 

105 

94

94

June

1,050 

5,440 

2,880 

2,260 

2,260

1,820 

656 

809 

268 

243

186 

156 

138 

129 

121

121 

1,010 

656 

953 

1,300

792 

208 

176 

147 

129

138 

219 

121 

121

113

July

105 

113 

156 

113 

105

105 

105 

101 

101 

243

186 

138 

138 

113 

105

101 

129 

442 

410 

554

989 

197 

176 

138 

129

129 

113 

113 

105 

268 

2,380

Mean

411 

268 

528

829

1,146 

1,114 

859 

387 

297 

821 

268 

579 

118

546

Aug.

2,260 

2,060 

1,860 

1,260 

294

176 

147 

138 

129 

129

219 

639 

176 

166 

186

129 

129 

138 

138 

121

121 

113 

113 

105 

105

105 

105 

105 

105 

147 

121

Per square 

mile

0.954 

.622 

V23

1.92

2.66 

2.58 

1.99 

.898 

.689 

1.90 

.622 

.879 

.274

1.27

Sept.

113 

105 

105 

97 

97

97 

97 

94 

94 

94

97 

380 

255 

129 

138

121 

105 

105 

105 

105

105 

105 

105 

105 

101

101 

101 

97

97 

97

Run-off In 

Inches

1.10 

.69 

1.42

26.13

3.07 

2.69 

2.29 

1.00 

.79 

2.12 

.72 

1.01 

.31

17.21
OBION RIVER BASIN 27

Obion River at Obion, Term.

Location.- Chain gage, lat. 36°15 T , long. 89°12', at toll bridge on U. S. Highway 51 

(State Highway 3;, a quarter of a mile south of Obion, Obion County, and 7 miles 

below mouth of North Fork of Obion River. Zero of gage is 261.23 feet above mean 

Gulf level.

Drainage area.- 1,880 square miles.

Records available.- July 1929 to September 1938.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 17,200 second-feet Feb. 21 (gage 

height, 17.04 feet); minimum observed, 318 second-feet Sept. 30 (gage height, 0.70 

foot).

1929-38: Maximum discharge, 99,500 second-feet Jan. 24, 1937 (gage height, 25.4 

feet, from floodmarks); minimum discharge observed, 232 second-feet Sept. 1, 1936 

(gage height, -0.04 foot); minimum daily discharge, 15 second-feet Feb. 4, 1937, 

due to backwater from Mississippi River; reversed flow of 57 second-feet was measured 

by current meter on that date.

Remarks.- Records poor. Gage read twice daily.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1 

2 

Z 

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.

453 

565 

1,050 

1,800 

2,170

2,300 

2,370 

2,420 

2,400 

2,080

1,400 

786 

620 

553 

520

508 

860 

*1,970 

*2,380 

«2,520

2,830 

3,190 

3,320 

3,240 

2,990

2,620 

2,280 

1,720 

925 

705 

560

Nov.

472 

435 

420 

410 

400

410 

412 

426 

525 

740

1,110 

1,600 

1,730 

1,720 

1,380

995 

792 

705 

665 

648

615 

580 

545

528

514 

532 

570 

615 

660

Dec.

715 

702 

654 

620 

*590

555 

*550 

515 

470 

445

465 

442 

426 

458 

504

638 

862 

1,200 

1,710 

1,920

1,900 

2,030 

2,200 

2,220 

2,240

2,250 

2,400 

2,540 

2,740 

3,290 

3,870

Jan.

4,100 

3,980 

3,710 

3,540 

3,290

3,040 

2,760 

2,470 

2,290 

2,000

1,290 

922 

782 

728 

695

675 

650 

628 

620 

600

895 

2,160 

2,410 

2,980 

7,000

12,000 

*13,000 

*10, 700 

7,900 

6,150 

5,100

Month

Oct 

Nov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 192

ater year 1937-C

Feb.

4,750 

5,250 

4,700 

3,900 

3,520

3,180 

2,900 

2,620 

2,390 

2,190

1,910 

1,270 

1,020 

1,580 

2,340

2,640 

3,320 

5,850 

9,800 

14,100

16,600 

16,400 

13,200 

10,000 

7,700

5,800 

4,300 

3,300

Mar.

2,820 

2,470 

2,230 

2,040 

2,060

1,900 

2,030 

2,370 

2,590 

3,150

3,590 

4,700 

4,500 

4,020 

3,460

3,260 

3,130 

3,240 

3,580 

3,630

5,S90 

3,160 

2,910 

2,660 

2,430

2,260 

2,180 

2,280 

2,730 

3,300 

7,300

Secondfoot-daya

54,104 

21,786 

42,121

1,324,334

109,065 

156,530 

95,370 

63,835 

40,716 

81,951 

27,405 

71,571 

15,073

779,527

Apr.

7,500 

6,000 

4,800 

3,530 

3,110

2,770 

2,400 

2,270 

2,400 

2,470

2,570 

2,610 

2,570 

2,480 

2,220

1,860 

1,340 

1,060 

962 

922

880 

856 

922 

955 

932

795 

712 

668 

635 

636

Maximum

3,320 

1,730

3,870

99,500

13,000 

16,600 

7,300 

7,500 

2,840 

8,500 

2,280 

9,350 

927

16, 600

May

668 

654 

652 

638 

650

745 

848 

795 

S22 

992

1,010 

880

738 

835 

895

964 

918 

992 

1,240 

922

ase

1,120 

2,320 

2,470 

2,580

2,710 

2,840 

2,660 

2,290 

1,980 

2,060

Minimum

453 

400

426

15

600 

1,020 

1,900 

635 

638 

490 

344 

368 

318

318

June

*2,020 

*2,030 

*2,220 

2,470 

3,020

3,820 

7,000 

8,500 

7,500 

6,200

4,800 

3,640 

2,750 

2,050 

1,540

1,460 

1,460 

1,190 

1,820 

2,140

2,200 

2,220 

2,200 

2,050 

1,880

#1,500 

#716 

545 

520 

490

July

455 

440 

448 

460 

466

440 

408 --'380 

-»364 

»352

«344 -" 411 

613 

632 

535

478 

467 

1,850 

2,280 

2,280

2,130 

1,850 

1,640 

1,290 

927

698 

575 

490 

555 

927 

2,220

Mean

1,745 

726 

1,359

3,628

3,518 

5,590 

3,076 

2,128 

1,313 

2,732 

884 

2,309 

502

2,136

Aug.

2,520 

3,460 

9,350 

9,350 

7,750

6,640 

4,900 

3,640 

3,190 

2,590

2,220 

1,890 

1,680 1,450' 

1,220

1,190 

1,010 

780 

632 

698

632 

513 

444 

411 

389

378 

368 

378 

502 

713 

683

Per square 

mile

0.928 

.386 

.723

1.93

1.87 

2.97 

1.64 

1.13 

.698 

1.45 

.470 

1.23 

.267

1.14

Sept.

667 

698 

741 

767 

555

378 

368 

357 

357 

368

400 

433 

594 

805 

927

875 

754 

613 

502 

411

378 

357 

357 

357 

347

347 

357 

357 

328 

318

Run-off in 

inches

1.07 

.43 

.83

26.23

2.16 

3.09 

1.89 

1.26 

.80 

1.62 

.54 

1.4S 

.30

15.41

^Gage-height record Incomplete; discharge computed on basis of partial gage-height record and 

records for North Pork of Obion River near Union City, South Fork of- Obion River near Oreenfleld, 

and Rutherford Fork of Obion River near Bradford.
28 OBION RIVER BASIN

Rutherford Fork or Obion River near Bradford, Term.

Location.- Chain gage, lat. 36°04', long. 88°54', at bridge on county road, 2 miles

below State Highway 54, 5i miles southwest of Bradford, Gibson County, and 17 miles

above confluence with South Fork of Obion River. 

Drainage area.- 190 square miles. 

Records available.- July 1929 to September 1938. 

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 4,690 second-feet Feb. 19 (gage

height, 17.02 feet); minimum observed, 25 second-feet Aug. 28, Sept. 23-30; minimum

gage height observed, 0.95 foot Oct. 1.

1929-38: Maximum discharge observed, 9,730 second-feet Jan. 22, 1937 (gage

height, 20.06 feet), from rating curve extended above 5,000 second-feet; minimum

observed, 13 second-feet on several days during October 1931 and August 1934;

minimum gage height observed, 0.68 foot July 16, 1937. 

Remarks.- Records fair. Gage read twice daily.

Rating tables, water year 1937-38 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used June 21 to July 30)

Oct. 1 to Jan. 21

1.0 

1.2 

1.4 

1.6 

1.8 

2.0 

2.5 

3.0 

4.0 

5.0

34

44

57

75

100

130

210

295

475

660

6.0

7.0

8.0

9.0

10.0

11.0

12.0

13.0

14.0

15.0

850

1,050

1,260

1,500

1,760

2,030

2,340

2,670

3,020

3,440

1.2

1.4 

1.6 

1.8 

2.0 

2.2 

2.5 

2*8 

3.0

Jan. 22 to June 1

28 3.5

37 4.0

49 5.0

64 6.0

82 8.0

103 10.0

138 12.0

179 14.0

210 16.0

297

395

597

810

1,250

1,750

2,340

3,020

3,950

June 2 to Sept. 30

1.2 

1.4 

1.6 

1.8 

2.0 

2.2 

2.5 

2.8 

3.0 

3.5

128

152

226

4.0 

5.0 

6.0 

7.0

'12.0 

14.0

312

510

725

950

8.0 1,200 

10.0 1»740 

2,340

3,020

16.0 3,950

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

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 

2,7 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

32 

860 

1,360 

945 

774

261

81 

57 

54 

47

44 

42 

42 

42 

42

42 

385 

2,280 

926 

439

244 

227 

170 

94 

70

61 

61 

57 

64 

50 

50

Nov.

47 

47 

47 

47 

47

47 

?7 

170 

641 

529

278 

178 

122 

94 

65

65 

65 

65 

70 

65

57 

54 

50 

50 

60

50 

54 

65 

87 

75

Dec.

61 

54 

50 

50 

57

57 

54 

54 

57 

57

57 

57 

54 

57 

65

100 

146 

227 

194 

130

81 

403 

793 

439 

331

295 

1,600 

679 

439 

331 

403

Jan.

622 

421 

261 

170 

130

114 

100 

87 

75 

70

70 

81 

70 

65 

61

57 

67 

57 

57 

61

3,100 

3,900 

2,880 

3,220 

1,920

681 

243 

126 

126 

766 

1,490

Month

Dot 

Nov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

liar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 19' 7 ...........

ater year 1937-2

Peb.

555 

278 

179 

126 

92

82 

82 

73 

64 

64

64 

64 

64 

103 

515

194 

639 

4,210 

4,360 

1,750

416 

316 

278 

179 

138

126 

103 

92

Mar.

82 

73 

126 

103 

1,100

2,370 

898 

278 

681 

1,520

639 

260 

166 

126 

126

475 

138 

92 

316 

316

126

114 

194 

114 

82

744 

1,120 

597 

2,410 

1,300 

615

Second- . 

foot-days

9,883 

3,328 

7,432

141,249

21,138 

16,206 

17,200 

5,511 

3,177 

8,938 

5 395 

2)716 

869

100,792

Apr.

226 

151 

126 

103 

103

92 

555 

1,350 

597 

226

151 

103 

92 

82 

73

73 

64 

64 

64 

73

210 

395 

126 

82 

64

56 

56 

49 

49 

66

Maximum

2,280 

641 

1,600

9,210

3,900 

4,360 

2.410 

1,360 

396 

3,690 

2,940 

681 

50

4,360

May

49 

49 

43 

43 

335

64 

179 

273 

82 

56

49 

49 

138 

210 

82

56 

49 

49 

49 

49

49 

64 

103 

395 

103

64 

49 

43 

179 

114 

56

Minimum

32 

47 

60

21

57 

64 

73 

49 

43 

34 

30 

25 

25

25

June

1,750 

3,590 

552 

173 

152

68 

68 

86 

91 

159

77 

53 

43 

40 

37

34 

594 

106 

128 

594

116 

60 

46 

43 

37

37 

96 

40 

34 

34

July

34 

32 

46 

46 

34

32 

32 

30 

34 

37

34 

37 

34 

32 

30

30 

30 

276 

60 

68

950 

86 

128 

46 

37

32 

32 

30 

30 

96 

2,940

Mean

319 

111 

240

387

682 

643 

555

184 

102 

298 

174 

67. 6 

29.0

276

Aug.

681 

166 

77 

60 

53

46 

43 

40

37 

37

37 

86 

43 

37 

210

43 

32 

210 

46 

40

34 

32 

29 

30 

30

29 

27 

25 

28 

388 

40

Per square 

mile

1.68 

.684 

1.26

2.04

3.59 

2.86 

2.92 

.968 

.637 

1.57 

,916 

.461 

.163

1.45

Sept.

34 

32 

30 

30 

29

28 

27 

28 

28 

28

27 

46 

50 

32 

30

29 

28 

27 

27 

26

26 

26 

26 

26 

26

25 

25 

25 

25 

25

Run-off in 

inches

1.93 

.66 

1.45

27.63

4.14 

2.98 

3.37 

1.08 

.62 

1.76 

1.06 

.53 

.17

19.73
OBION RIVER BASIN ^ 

North Fork of Oblon River near Union City, Term.

Location.- Staff'gage, lat. 36°24', long. 89°00', at bridge on State Highway 22, 4i 

miles southeast of Union City, Obion County, and 9 miles above confluence with Oblon 

River.

Drainage area.- 490 square miles.

Records available.- July 1929 to September 1938.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 8,480 second-feet Feb. 19 (gage height, 17.4 

feet, from floodmarks}; minimum discharge observed, 103 second-feet July 9, Sept. 

24, 25; minimum gage height observed, 4.75 feet July 9.

1929-38: Maximum discharge, 49,200 second-feet Jan. 22, 1937 (gage height, 22.0 

feet, from floodmarks); minimum discharge observed, 85 second-feet Aug. 10, 1931; 

minimum gage height observed, 3.4 feet Aug. 27, Sept. 10, 1931.

Remarks.- Records poor. Gage read once daily.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

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

Oct.

115 

#190 

#525 

245 

«256

*179 

146 

146 

146 

146

146 

146 

*146 

#146 

#146

#146 

378 

1,020 

895 

456

267 

245 

*223 

190 

179

179 

168 

157 

157 

157 

146

Nov.

135 

125 

115

115 

115

115 

115 

115 

135 

179

223 

212 

201 

190 

168

157 

146 

146 

135 

135

135 

135 

146 

168 

245

223 

223 

212 

201 

201

Dec.

201 

190 

190 

190 

190

190 

190 

190 

179 

179

179 

179 

179 

212 

223

267 

352 

735 

525 

391

302 

267 

290 

314 

267

483 

2,770 

2,420 

1,180 

391 

801

Jan.

1,210 

#539 

*212 

-:il90 

 *190

#190 

#190 

#190 

190 

190

201 

201 

201 

201 

201

201 

190 

190 

201 

201

469 

2,550 

1,740 

3,410 

3,410

1,090 

437 

262 

293 

1,200 

2,000

Month

Oet 

Nov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sej

It

alendar year 19S 7 ...........

ater year 1937-2

Peb.

691 

469 

351 

304 

272

262 

262 

242 

224 

224

233 

233 

224 

315 

1,840

2,250 

1,120 

#6,100 

#8,480 

#7,250

2,320 

735 

519 

393 

327

304 

282 

272

Mar.

262 

262 

262

263 

591

827 

*573 

327 

407 

827

555 

365 

379 

995 

537

2,530 

*3,130 

1,340 

573 

485

421 

365 

351 

351 

315

407 

485 

407 

2,530 

2,690 

879

Second - 

foot-days

7,787 

4,866 

14,616

330,083

22,140 

36,498 

24,690 

8,938 

12,177 

8,087 

10,411 

10,508 

3,776

164,494

Apr.

453 

327 

293

282 

282

272 

327 

1,300 

1,200 

421

272 

224 

215 

215 

206

197 

189 

189 

189 

181

181 

181 

173 

173 

166

166 

166 

166 

166 

166

Maximum

1,020 

245 

2,770

44.300

3,410 

8,480 

3,130 

1,300 

2,390 

1,200 

4,390 

2,890 

351

8,480

May

159 

152 

146 

146 

159

252 

224 

173 

159 

152

152 

159 

189 

181 

173

166 

159 

173 

224 

181

181 

631 

2,390 

2,060 

801

519 

501 

315 

631 

407 

262

Minimum

115 

115 

179

97

190 

224 

262 

166 

146 

111 

103 

111 

103

103

June

242 

905 

469 -~-2S4 

#159

#134 

#129 

140 

124 

124

119 

119 

119 

111 

134

206 

«206 

#146 

#1,200 

1,120

573 

315 

*206 

#146 

124

#124 

#124 

#115 

#115 

#115

July

108 

108 

108 

108 

105

105 

105 

105 

103 

105

108 

206 

166 

124 

108

105 

119 

1,300 

537 

272

159 

134 

'124 

108 

105

105 

108 

119 

485 

469 

4,390

Mean

251 

162 

471

904

714 

1,304 

796 

298 

393 

270 

336 

339 

126

451

Aug.

#2,890 

*e,610 

853 

862 

173

152 

*134 - 134 

129 

*134

173 

166 

146 

159 

189

173 

159 

146 

124 

115

115 

115 

115 

115 

111

111 

111 

173 

224 

173 

124

Per square 

mile

0.512 

.331 

.961

1.84

1.46 

2.66 

1.62 

.608 

.802 

.551 

.686 

.692 

.257

.920

Sept.

115 

111 

111

ne

115

111 

106 

108 

108 

111

HE 

351 

26£ 

166 

129

124 

115 

119 

115 

115

108 

108 

105 

103 

103

105 

105 

105 

105 

105

Run-off In 

Inches

0.59 

.37 

1.11

25.12

1.68 

2.77 

1.87 

.68 

.92 

.61 

.79 

.80

12.48

 Discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for Rutherford Pork of Oblon Rive 

near Bradford and South Pork of Oblon River near Qreenfleld.
30 OBION RIVER BASIN

South Fork of Forked Deer River at Jackson, Term.

Location.- Chain gage, lat. 35°36', long. 88°49', at bridge on U. 8. Highway 45, 75 feet 

below mouth of Meridian Creek and 1 mile south of Jackson, Madison County. Zero of 

gage is 331.14 feet above mean Gulf level.

Drainage area.- 574 square miles.

Records available.- July 1929 to September 1938.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 9,670 second-feet Jan. 24 (gage 

height, 17.48 ||pet); minimum observed, 95 second-feet Aug. 27, 28; minimum gage 

height observed, 2.88 feet Oct. 1.

1929-38: Maximum discharge observed, about 35,800 second-feet Jan. 21, 1935 

(gage height, 22.66 feet), from rating curve extended above 15,000 second-feet; 

minimum observed, 73 second-feet July 1, 1936; minimum gage height observed, 1.58 

feet July 9, 1929.

Remarks.- Records fair above and poor below 1,000 second-feet. Gage read twice daily.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

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

Oct.

109 

242 

925 

475 

600

242 

214 

197 

197 

188

188 

180 

180 

180 

172

164 

356 

1,680 

813 

356

379 

379 

311 

242 

232

232 

232 

223 

206 

206 

206

Nov.

197 

206 

197 

188 

206

214 

206 

214 

925 

550

550 

379 

333 

311 

251

242 

290 

251 

251 

251

251 

223 

214 

206 

223

232 

242 

333 

290 

270

Dee.

242 

223 

223 

214

214

223 

206 

197 

197 

197

197 

188 

214 

270 

251

290 

550 

1,010 

451 

427

290 

500 

1.900 

841 

525

311 

2,150 

2.260 

1,320 

758 

704

Jan.

1,480 

731 

525 

451 

379

379 

356 

290 

290 

290

356 

311 

290 

270 

270

270 

270 

251 

251 

251

4.850 

6.380 

8.090 

9,410 

7,210

4,610 

2,700 

876 

596 

571 

2,110

Month

Oct 

Hov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 192

ater year 1937-:

Peb.

1,150 

730 

546 

499 

436

417 

399 

363 

345 

345

345 

328 

328 

345 

381

345 

345

4.310 

4,410 

1,490

675 

1.180 

846 

622

499 

399 

363

Mar.

345 

363 

1,120 

622 

499

3,350 

906 

596 

1,180 

4,220

1,970 

1,590 

846 

596

477 

436 

436 

477 

522

436 

417 

499 

436 

399

436 

596

3,420 

3,000 

3,000

Secondfoot-clays

10,506 

8,696 

17, 543

298,670

55,364 

22,963 

34,334 

22,437 

12,297 

20,237

9^876 

4,576

227,752

Apr.

2,040 

1,390 

546 

417 

363

311 

702 

2,900 

1,870 

1,390

876 

499 

381 

328 

294

294 

363 

456 

417 

277

1,180 

1,870 

1,240 

436 

345

311 

260 

227 

211 

243

Maximum

1,680 

925 

2,260

14,800

9,410 

4,410 

4,220 

2,900 

1,620 

2,740 

1,490 

2,190 

417

'9,410

May

227 

195 

180 

172 

165

158 

158 

596 

211 

172

158 

158 

165 

227 

195

180 

172

188 

172 

180

158 

846 

1,060 

1,620 

499

345 

294 

260 

1,430 

1,300 

456

Minimum

109 

188 

188

96

251

345 

211 

158 

151 

110 

95 

100

95

June

1,910 

2,740 

648 

294 

260

243 

243 

2,650 

758 

1,330

816 

363 

277 

260 

260

277 

1,430 

456 

996 

1,210

675 

345 

260 

243 

195

188 

399 

195 

165 

151

July

144 

130 

144 

180 

144

132 

126 

126 

158 

126

126 

132 

144 

126 

120

115 

115 

158 

758 

1,490

675 

675 

399 

227 

172

126 

115 

110 

110 

522 

1,090

Mean

339 

290 

566

818

1,786 

820 

1,108 

748 

397 

675 

288 

319 

153

624

Aug.

571 

876 

1,180 

363 

243

195 

158 

158 

328 

144

132

151 

138 

115

144

132 

126 

110 

105 

105

105 

105 

100 

100 

100

100 

95 

95 

596 

2,190 

816

Per square 

mile

0.591 

.505 

.986

1.43

3.11 

1.43 

1.93 

1.30 

.692 

1.18 

.502 

.556 

.267

1.09

Sept.

345 

195 

180 

151 

138

132 

132 

132 

126 

120

195 

195 

188 

211 

417

165 

138 

126 

115 

110

110 

110 

110 

110 

105

105 

105 

105 

105 

100

Run-off In 

Inches

0.68 

.56 

1.14

19.35

3.59 

1.49 

2.23 

1.45 

.80 

1.32 

.58 

.64 

.30

14.78
OBION RIVER BASIN 31

South Fork of Forked Deer River at Chestnut Bluff, Tenn.

Location.- Staff gage, lat. 35°52', long. 89°E1', at highway bridge, 1 mile west of 

Chestnut Bluff, Crockett County, and 12 miles above confluence with Uorth Fork of 

Forked Deer River. Zero of gage is E56.71 feet above mean Gulf level.

Drainage area.- 1,080 square miles.

Records available.- July 19E9 to September 1938.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, IE,500 second-feet Jan. 24 (gage 

height, 18.75 feet); minimum observed, 148 second-feet Sept. 30 (gage height, 9.8E 

feet).

1929-38: Maximum discharge, 33,300 second-feet Jan. E2, 1935 (gage height, 22.3 

feet, from floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 20,000 second-feet; minimum 

discharge observed, 108 second-feet, Sept. 11, 1934; minimum gage height observed, 

3.2 feet Aug. 5-13, 1930.

Remarks.- Records poor. Gage read twice daily.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

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

Oct.

178 

255 

1,000 

1,720 

2,660

2,420 

1,790 

1,000 

635 

485

412 

378 

360 

342 

325

308 

325 

1,940 

2,340 

2,580

2,260 

1,350 

930 

635 

485

430 

395 

360 

325 

308 

290

Nov.

272 

272 

272 

272 

272

290 

308 

308 

740 

1,490

1,490 

1,280 

930 

685 

545

430 

360 

448 

412 

325

360 

325 

290 

272 

272

290 

308 

325 

545 

505

Dec.

378 

325 

308 

308 

325

325 

272 

238 

238 

220

190 

187 

238 

272 

342

342 

545 

1,140 

1,420 

865

590 

635 

2,180 

2,580 

2,750

2,260 

2,180 

2,840 

2,920 

3,120 

3,120

Jan.

2,920 

2,840 

2,920 

2,500 

1,420

930 

800 

685 

545 

485

505 

545 

505 

430 

430

378 

378 

378 

360 

342

2.750 

4,620 

9.400 

12,000 

11,100

10,200 

10,200 

9,800 

8; 620 

7,900 

6,900

Month

Oct 

Hov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

VI

alendar year 193

ater year 1937-3

Feb.

5,030 

4,260 

3,820 

2,840 

1,640

1,070 

865 

685 

590 

505

505 

505 

465 

545 

685

685 

800 

3,570 

5,760 

7,900

7,550 

6,900 

6,020 

4,430 

2,840

1,490 

930

740

Mar.

590 

505 

800 

1,490 

1,280

2,420 

2,750 

3,700 

4,430 

4,820

4,260 

4,620 

4,620 

4,260 

3,340

1,790 

930 

360 

930 

1,640

1,350 

740 

740 

740 

430

800 

1,490 

1,350 

3,120 

2,920 

3,570

Second - 

foot-days

29,221 

14 , 893 

33,653

575,627

113,786 

73 , 625 

66,785 

50,453 

21,029 

37,433 

12,900 

13,066 

10,295

477,139

Apr.

4,100 

3,960 

3,700 

3,340 

2,180

1,140 

930 

2,100 

2,660 

2,750

3,020 

2,920 

2,lbO 

1,070 

800

685 

635 

740 

800 

635

930 

1,790 

1,940 

1,790 

1,000

685 

590 

505 

448 

430

Maximum

2,660 

1,490 

3,120

26,600

12,000 

7,900 

4,820 

4,100 

2,020 

2,660 

1,490 

1,720 

1,860

12,000

May

43C 

430 

37E 

325 

430

342 

30 F 

412 

590 

360

290 

272 

290 

44? 

545

342 

272 

360 

290 

255

36C 

80 C 

1,64C 

1,640 

1,94C

1,79C 

80 C 

48£ 

465 

1,72C 

2.02C

Minimum

178 

272 

187

142

342 

465 

360 

430 

255

22C 

154 

151

151

June

1,860 

1,790 

1,940 

2,180 

1,560

740 

505 

1,640 

2.180 

2,260

1,940 

1,070 

590 

412 

325

635 

1,490 

2,180 

2,660 

2,500

2,100 

1,280 

685 

505 

465

395

378 

448 

378 

342

-

July

308 

290 

290 

342 

342

290 

255 

238 

238 

238

238 

220 

238 

255 

238

220 

255 

505 

1,000

1,490 

1,280 

930 

545 

395

325 

290 

255 

239 

342 

590

Mean

943 

496 

1,086

1,577

3,671 

2,629 

2,154

'678 

1,248 

416 

421 

343

1,307

Aug.

1,000 

930 

930 

1,140 

545

545 

325 

272 

238 

272

220 

238 

220 

205 

308

308 

255 

220 

190 

184

178 

172 

169 

172

166

166 

160 

154 

184 

1,280 

1,720

Per square 

mile

O.B73 

.459 

1.01

1.46

3.40 

2.43 

1.99 

1.56 

.628 

1.16 

.385 

.390 

.318

1.21

Sept.

1,860 

1,210 

485 

342

290

238 

220 

205 

190

187

190 

205 

545 

360 

505

545 

342 

255 

220 

205

187 

178 

175 

166 

163

172 

178 

166 

160 

151

Run-off In 

Inches

1.01 

.51 

1.16

19.83

3.92 

2.54 

2.30 

1.74

1^29 

.44 

 45 

.35

16.43
32 OBION RIVER BASIN

Middle Fork of Forked Deer River near Alamo, Term.

Location.- Staff gage, lat. 35°52', long. 89 C 04", at bridge on State Highway 54, 5 miles 

north of Alamo, Crockett County, and 15 miles above confluence with North Fork of 

Forked Deer River.

Drainage area.- 410 square miles.

Records available.- July 1929 to September 1938.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 9,000 second-feet Jan. 22 (gage height, 

14.00 feet); minimum observed, 91 second-feet Sept. 5, 9, 28, 29; minimum gage height 

observed, 1.70 feet Oct. 1, 2.

1929-38: Maximum discharge observed, 19,500 second-feet Jan. 21, 1935 (gage height, 

15.46 feet), from rating curve extended above 10,000 second-feet; minimum observed, 68 

second-feet June 30, July 1, 1936; minimum gage height observed, 1.26 feet July 1, 11, 

17, 1931. ,

Remarks.- Records fair. Gage read once daily.

Discharge, In aecond-feet, water jeer October 1937 to September 1938

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

Oct.

103

187

726

866

938

283

196

145

138

130

130

123

116

116

116

116

377

2,280

1,610

842

356

335

253

178

161

153

145

130

130

130

123

Nov.

116

123

123

116

116

116

116

196

506

594

440

293

196

IV 0

161

153

145

145

170

161

153

145

145

145

138

130

170

293

224

196

-

Dec.

161

145

145

145

123

123

130

130

130

130

123

123

130

130

130

130

214

335

293

196

273

866

1,220

866

594

704

1,720

1,830

1,440

890

550

Jan.

1,800

914

572

550

293

273

243

233

196

196

214

214

196

196

196

187

187

178

178

419

4,900

9,000

6,900

6.150

4,200

2,080

1,110

462

335

377

748

Month

October. ........................

November ........................

December. .......................

Calendar year 1937 ...........

January. ........................

February. .......................

March «

April. ..........................

May. ............................

June ............................

July............................

August. .........................

September. ......................

Water year 1937-! 8 ...........

Feb.

1,060

842

419

335

356

273

243

214

205

196

205

205

196

253

273

273

616

4,500

6,900

3,150

1,610

660

660

484

335

214

273

243

-

-

Mar.

224

214

550

1,010

1,270

3,570

1,830

1,010

818

3,150

1,690

1,170

506

335

293

484

273

224

196

440

314

243

704

314

224

550

1,040

986

3,450

2,210

1,220

Secondfoot-daya

11,642

5,895

14,119

243 , 119

43,697

25,193

30,512

10,342

6,264

6)807

6,467

2,991

183,262'

Apr.

770

550

253

214

196

187

506

1,410

1,060

748

335

293

214

196

205

205

178

170

170

153

398

506

335

253

170

153

138

130

123

123

-

Maximum

2,280

594

1,830

15,000

9,000

6,900

lUlO

704

3,570

2.670

1 'l45220

9,000

May

145

138

130

123

528

153

138

253

224

145

130

123

123

224

187

170

153

138

138

153

145

153

205

704

550

170

138

110

110

293

170

Minimum

103

116

123

91

178

196

196

123

110

116

97

103

91

91

June

550

1,860

1,240

962

616

161

462

1,380

704

682

398

314

170

153

145

682

3,570

1,800

1,110

726

398

205

161

145

138

123

116

116

123

123

~

July

116

116

110

110

116

116

110

110

110

110

110

110

103

103

103

103

97

153

187

243

293

138

178

123

110

110

110

110

110

419

2,670

Mean

376

196

455

666

1,410

900

984

345

202

644

220

209

99.7

502

Aug.

866

335

178

153

130

123

123

123

116

116

116

110

110

110

205

153

123

110

110

116

110

110

110

110

103

103

110

103

224

1,220

638

Per square 

mile

0.917

.478

1.11

1.62

3.44

2.20

2.40

.841

1 *537 57

.510

.243

1.22

Sept.

145

97

97

97

91

97

97

97

91

97

97

97

103

110

103

110

110

103

97

97

97

97

97

97

97

97

97

91

91

97

-

Run-off In 

Inches

1.06

.53

1.28

22.06

3.96

2.29

2.77

94

 57

1^75

.62

. 59

.27

16.63
HATCHIE RIVER BASIN

Hatchie River at Bolivar, Term.

Location.- Staff gage, lat. 35°16', long. 88°59', at bridge on State Highway 18, 250 

feet upstream from Illinois Central Railroad bridge, 2,000 feet below mouth of Spring 

Creek, and 1 mile north of Bolivar, Hardeman County. Zero of gage is 323.86 feet 

above mean Gulf level.

Drainage area.- 1,430 square miles.

Records available.- July 1929 to September 1938.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 12,900 second-feet Jan. 27 (gage 

height, 15.95 feet); minimum observed, 165 second-feet Aug. 28, 29; minimum gage 

height observed, 1.98 feet Sept. 30.

1929-38: Maximum discharge observed, 43,400 second-feet Jan. 20, 1935 (gage 

height, 20.00 feet); minimum observed, 114 second-feet Sept. 1, 1936 (gage height, 

1.08 feet).

Remarks.- Records good except those above 800 second-feet 

September 30 which are fair. Gage read twice daily.

3uring the period May 22 to

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

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

Oct.

228 

318 

766 

1,400 

1,750

1,590 

1,210 

782 

513 

408

363 

348 

333 

333 

318

303 

363

878 

1,010 

1,200

1,100 

878 

686 

590 

558

513 

483 

483 

528 

498 

453

Hov.

423 

408 

393 

393

408

408 

408 

438 

702 

974

1,400 

1,410 

1,210 

1,070 

910

782 

702 

670 

702 

702

670 

654 

606 

558 

543

543 

543 

606 

750 

1,090

Dee.

1,170 

990 

782 

702

670

686 

686 

654 

574 

528

498 

483 

513 

558 

622

670 

686 

846 

1,150 

1,150

1,020 

890 

1,090 

1,340 

1,560

1,650 

1,790 

2,060 

2,440 

2,690 

2,780

Jan.

2,980 

2,980 

2,880 

2,780 

2,690

2,360 

1,830 

1,520 

1,430 

1,340

1,210 

1,130

1,120 

1,090 

990

926 

S78 

846 

830 

798

1.310 

5,820 

7,640 

10,100 

10,600

12,300 

12,300 

11,200 

9,660 

8,380 

8,000

Month

Oct 

Hov

Dec

C

Jan 

Pet 

Har 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

ember. .......................

alendar year 1937 ...........

ater year 1937-3

Feb.

7,300 

6,980 

6,380 

5,820 

5,560

5,080 

4,640 

4,240 

3,710 

2,800

1,900 

1,470 

1,250 

1,130 

1,100

1,070 

1,030

1,210 

2,050 

2,800

3.070 

3,380 

3,540 

3.380 

3,220

3,070 

2,800 

2,380

liar.

1,900 

1,490 

1,290 

1,220

1,450

2,170 

2,470 

2,680 

3,220 

5,080

5,320 

5,080 

5,320 

6,100 

6,380

6,100 

5,820 

5,080 

4.640 

4,240

3,540 

2,800 

2,470 

1,950 

1,700

1,410 

1,240

1,180 

1,810 

3,710 

4,640

Secondfoot-days

21,184 

21,076

710,391

129,918 

92,420 

103,500 

158.330 

34,514 

76,790 

29,293 

16,712 

10,053

727,723

Apr. N

4,640 

4,440 

4,640 

4,540 

4,440

4,060 

5,710 

4,440 

5,080 

5,080

6,680 

8,380 

8,000 

6,980 

6,100

5,320 

5,080 

4,t>40 

4,240 

4,240

5,320 

5,820 

5,560 

5,820 

5,820

5,820 

5,560 

5,080 

4,640 

4,060

Maximum

1,750 

1,410 

2,780

25,000

12,300 

7,300 

6,380 

8,380 

2,570 

5,080 

2,800 

1,900 

1,070

12,300

May

2,570 

1,950 

1,410 

1,080 

874

810 

1,030 

1,080 

1,000 

890

762 

634 

586 

586 

570

538 

506 

490 

538 

666

602 

842 

1,450 

1,950 

2,300

2,300 

1,770 

1,220 

1,000 

1,150 

1,360

Minimum

228 

393 

483

185

798 

1,030 

1,180 

3,710 

490 

1,130 

346 

165 

172

165

June

1,850 

2,300 

2,470 

2,680

2.680

2,570 

2,300 

2,050 

1,900 

2,000

2,230 

2,470 

2,680 

2,680 

2,380

1,850 

2,230 

2,930 

3,710 

4,240

5,080 

4,060 

3,540 

3,220 

2,930

2,170 

1,610 

1,450 

1,400 

1,130

July

826 

650 

538

618 

810

730 

554 

426 

378 

362

362 

362 

346 

362 

410

602 

938

986 

1,000 

1,640

2,380 

2,800 

2,570 

2,050 

1,640

1,200 

842 

554 

554 

778 

1,030

Mean

683

703 

1,094

1,948

4,191 

3,301 

3,339 

5,278 

1,113 

2,560 

945 

539 

335

1,994

Aug.

1,070 

1,360 

1,770 

1,900 

1,510

938 

586 

490 

426 

410

378 

426 

410 

410 

442

378 

362 

330 

300 

255

225 

S10 

195 

195

188

180 

172 

165 

225 

300 

506

Per square 

mile

0.478 

.492 

.765

1.36

2.93 

2.31 

2.33 

3.69 

.778 

1.79 

.661 

.377 

.234

1.39

Sept.

826 

1,070 

986 

730 

474

315 

255 

225 

210 

225

255 

255

270 

300 

394

31S 

315 

300 

255 

225

210 

195 

188 

188 

180

180 

188 

180 

173 

172

Run-off in 

inches

0.55 

.55 

.88

18.50

3.38 

2.40 

2.69 

4.12 

.90 

2.00 

.76 

.43 

.26

18.92
34 HATCHIE RIVER BASIN

Hatchie River near Stanton, Term.

Location.- Staff gage, lat. 35°31', long. 89°21', at bridge on U. S. Highway 70, 1 mile 

below Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway bridge, 4 miles north of Stanton, 

Haywood County, and 4 miles above mouth of Muddy CreeK. Zero of gage is 267.34 feet 

above mean Gulf level.

Drainage area.- 1,940 square miles.

Records available.- July 1929 to September 1938.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 13,000 second-feet Jan. 31 (gage 

height, 16.30 feet); minimum observed, 333 second-feet Sept. 26-30; minimum gage 

height observed, 2.46 feet Sept. 30.

1929-38: Maximum discharge observed, 59,000 second-feet Jan. 22, 1935 (gage 

height, 20.35 feet); minimum observed, 278 second-feet Sept. 1, 1936 (gage height, 

1.66 feet).

Remarks.- Records good. Gage read twice daily.

Rating tables, water year 1937-38 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Sept. 5-15)

2.5 

3.0 

3.5

4.0 

4.5 

5.0

395

460

525

595

672

760

Oct. 1 to Jan. 31

7.0

9.0

11.0

12.0

13.0

14.0

1,140

1,550

2,060

2,430

2,990

3,700

14.5

15.0

16.0

16.5

4,270

5,400

7,400

10,600

14,700

Feb. 1 to Sept.

2.4

3.0

4.0

5.0

6.0

7.0

8.0

319

405

573

750

933

1,120

1,320

9.0

10.0

11.0

12.0

13.0

13.5

14.0

1,550

1,850

2,230

2,700

3,240

3,610

4,100

14.5

15.0

15.5

16.0

16.5

4,750

5,900

8,150

11,200

14,900

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

^ 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

22 

23

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

421 

421 

525 

625

912

1,140 

1,300 

1,380 

1,400 

1,220

950 

742 

625 

567 

539

512 

512 

912 

1,260 

1,360

1,340 

1,260 

1,280 

1,080 

1,030

874 

779 

724 

656 

640 

640

Nov.

625 

610 

595 

567 

567

553 

553 

567 

640 

724

912 

1,120 

1,280 

1,420 

1,420

1,340 

1,240 

1,100 

988 

912

874 

855 

836 

798 

779

760 

724 

706 

706 

742

Dec.

779 

931 

1,060 

1,120 

1,060

950 

874 

836 

817 

779

742 

689 

672 

656 

672

706 

742 

779 

836 

912

1,040 

1,180 

1,400 

1,140 

874

1,480 

1,800 

2,060 

2,300 

2,300 

2,260

Jan.

2,430 

2,640 

2,700 

2,700 

2,700

2,750 

2,810 

2,810 

2,810 

2,750

2,700 

2,430 

2,120 

1,850 

1,700

1,380 

1,280 

1,200 

1,120 

1,060

2,060 

4,640 

7,400 

6,450 

9,900

11,400 

11,400 

10,600 

12,200 

12,200 

13,000

Month

Oct 

Nov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

w

ember. .......................

alendar year 1937 ............

uar

ater year 1937-3

Feb.

11,900 

10,600 

9,300 

8,150 

7,600

7,100 

6,650 

5,900 

5,600 

5,350

4,920 

4,750 

4,460 

4,100 

3,790

3,380 

2,850 

3,060 

7,100 

5,350

4,600 

4,330 

4,100 

3,790 

3,530

3,450 

3,530 

3,530

Mar.

3,530 

3,530 

3,450 

3,380 

3,240

3,790 

3,890 

3,380 

3,000 

3,700

4,460 

4,330 

4,920 

5,600 

5,600

5,350 

5,600 

6,250 

7,100 

6,650

5,900 

5,350 

5,350 

4,920 

4,460

4,100 

3,890 

3,700 

3,890 

4,600 

4,100

Secondfoot-days

27,626 

25,513 

34, 446

1,035,150

145,190 

152,770 

141,010 

169,940 

66,358 

94, 490 

37, 620 

25,515 

16.892

937,370

Apr.

3,890 

3,890 

4,100 

4,600 

4,750

4,600 

4,600 

4,920 

6,250 

5,900

5,600 

5,120 

5,120. 

5,600 

8,150

8,700 

7,600 

7,100 

6,250 

5,900

5,600 

5,350 

5,900 

5,900 

6,250

5,900 

5,600 

5,600 

5,600 

5,600

Maximum

1,400 

1,420 

2,300

42,900

13,000 

11,900 

7,100 

8,700 

5,600 

4,600 

2,700 

1,790 

971

13,000

May

5,600 

5,120 

4,750 

4,330 

3,990

3,530 

2,950 

2,070 

1,450 

1,320

1,280 

1,220 

1,140 

1,140 

1,160

1,010 

914 

858 

822 

786

858 

1,030 

1,200 

2,150 

2,500

2,190 

2,070 

2,070 

2,150 

2,350 

2,350

Minimum

421 

553 

656

356

1,060 

2,850 

3,000 

3,890 

786 

2,070 

573 

361 

333

333

June

2,070 

2,070 

2,600 

2,700 

2,700

2,600 

2,550 

2,600 

2,900 

2,950

3,000 

2,950 

2,800 

2,600 

2,400

2,400 

2,600 

2,850 

3,120 

3,530

4,460 

4,600 

4,460 

4,330 

4,330

4,100 

3,890 

3,700 

3,450 

3,180

"

July

2,700 

2,230 

1,610 

1,220 

1,010

914 

914 

914 

840 

768

678 

624 

607 

607 

573

573 

590 

678 

1,120 

1,080

1,160 

1,340 

1,450 

1,640 

1,790

1,910 

2,030 

2,070 

1,730 

1,220 

1,030

Mean

891 

850 

1,111

2,836

4,684 

5,456 

4,549 

5,665 

2,141 

3,150 

1,214 

823 

563

2,568

Aug.

971 

1,050 

1,240 

1,520 

1,640

1,760 

1,790 

1,640 

1,260 

933

750 

678 

642 

642 

642

750 

732 

660 

573 

539

505 

471 

454 

421 

405

390 

375 

361 

361 

556 

804

Per square 

mile

0.459 

.438 

.573

1.46

2.41 

2.81 

2.34 

2.92 

1.10 

1.62 

.626 

.484 

.200

1.32

Sept.

786 

804 

840 

876 

971

933 

786 

642 

556 

488

454 

454 

696 

642 

642

678 

607 

522 

488 

454

421 

390 

375 

361 

347

347 

333 

333 

333 

333

Run-off in 

inche s

0.53 

.49 

.66

19.87

2.78 

2.93 

2.70 

3.26 

1.27 

1.81 

.72 

.49 

.32

17.96
WOLF RIVER BASIN 

Wolf River at Rossville, Term.

35

Location.- Chain gage, lat. 35°04', long. 89°33', at county highway bridge, half a mile

 north of Rossville, Fayette County, and 8 miles downstream from Moscow and mouth of

North Fork of Wolf River. 

Drainage area.- 531 square miles. 

Records available.- July 1929 to September 1938. 

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 7,590 second-feet Jan. 24 (gage

 height, 10.20 feet); minimum observed, 147 second-feet Sept. 4-10, 22, 23, 25-30; minimum gage height observed, 3.48 feet Oct. 1.

1929-38: Maximum discharge, about 31,000 second-feet Jan. 20, 1935 (gage height, 

13.75 feet, from floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 2,000 second-feet; minimum discharge observed, 125 second-feet Oct. 1-27, 1931; minimum gage height observed, 

2.24 feet Aug. 12-14, 1930.

Remarks.- Records good. Probably slight regulation during low-water periods caused by 

operation of mill dam at Moscow. Gage read twice daily.

Rating tables,

5.5 

6.0 

6.5

7.0

ater year 1937-38 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 15 to Jan. 20)

Oct. 1 to Jan. 22

139 

194 

£46 

366 

430 

510 

630

7.4 

7.8 

8.0 

8.2 

8.5

765 

960 

1,090 

1,300 

1,800 

£.500

Jan. £3 to Sept. 30

147

193

323

465

610

820

.0

9.5 

10.2

1,100

1,280

1,750

2,650

5,100

7,590

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day Feb. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept.

148 

166 

235 

£82

354

342

270

204

175

175

166

166

166

157

157

204

378

330

318

342

354

330

258

214

£14 

204 

194 

204 

214 

*214

£04 

194 

194 

194 

194

194 

194 

£58 

404 

391

404

430

459

459

444

306 

246 

££4 

£14 

214

£14 

£04 

204 

194 

194

194 

194 

£14 

£14 

214

224 

214 

204 

£14 

224

£14 

204 

£14 

194 

194

175

175

184

194

194

214 

££4 

£35 

224 

224

£35 

235

306

306

354

630

730

660

602

630

730 900

765! 820

602 820

475 860

430 8£0

378 

306 

258 

£46 

246

£35 

£35 

£24 

£24 

££4

214 

£04 

£04 

£04 

£04

55£ 

2,100 

6,500 

7,££0 

5,450

4,050 

£,480 

1,550 

1, 100 

780

309

295

309

309

351

3,700

1,880

1,230

740

421

512

392

392

323

309

295

295

282

282

295

282

£95

960

3,000

2,300

1,550 

1,340 

1.E30

496

406

351

784. 337

960 435

860 1,480

1,180 3,880

4,750 4,750

4,750

4,050

2,480

1,340

900

548

860

351

351

407

393

407

393

379

450

2,300

1,400

960

568

379

365

960

1,550

1,880

4,750

3,70oi 

3,000 

1,750 

1,180 

960

530 1,0£0 

450 710 

5481 407

1,750

3,350

5,450

269 

£69 

256 

£43 

230

217 

£17 

230 

217 

205

205 

205 

£17 

230 

217

217 

217 

£17 

£17 

243

£30

2301 

407i

435J 

351

365 

323 

230

309 £30 

282J 512 

- i 1,180

1,230

1,100

1,100

1,400

1,100

530 

309 

£69 

£69 

365

4£1 

407 

465 

588 

512

309

960

1,230

1,100

1,£80

3,350 

3,000 

£,650 

£,000 

1,180

568 

435 

337 

3£3 

£95

243 

217 

205 

193 

193 !

193 

*181 

181 

181 

169

181

181

169

169

169

169

169

181

193

480

1,020

1,280

1,180

450

243

205

351

632

323

337 

351 

295 

£69 

323

295 

£17 

193 

193 

181

193 

£17 

193 

181 

193

205

193

193

181

169

169

158

158

158

158

158

158

158

158

158

169

169

169

*158 

147 

147

147

147

147

147

147

*158 

169 

181 

205 

256

217

193

169

169

*158

158

147

147

158

147

147

147

147

147

147

Secondfoot-days

Run-off in 

inches

October.. 

November. 

December.

7,477

7,861

9,137

378

459

730

148

194

175

241 

262 

£95

0.454

.493

.556

0.52 

.55 

.64

Calendar year 1937. 233,111 11,400 139 1.20 16.34

January.. 

February. 

March.... 

April....

June......

July......

Augus t.... 

September.

39,250

21,423

40,244

47,283

9,031

29,082

11,271

6,332

4,892

3,000

5,450

4,750

1,180

3,350

1,280

351

256

204

282

295

282

205

269

169

158

147

1,266

765

1,298

1,576

291

969

364

204

163

2.38

1.44

2.44

2.97

.548

1.82

.68

.384

.307

2.75

1.50

2.82

3.31

.63

2.04

.79

.44

.34

Water year 1937-38. 233,283 7,220 147 639 16.33

*0age height missing; discharge computed from gage height determined on basis of graph plotted 

through gage heights for preceding and following days.
36 ST. FRANCIS RIVER BASIN

St. Francis River near Patterson, Mo.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 37°11'40", long. 90°30'10", In Ni sec. 16, T. 29 N., 

R. 5 E., at bridge on State Highway 34, one mile upstream from Clark Creek and 3 miles 

east of Patterson. Zero of gage Is 372.45 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 956 square miles.

Records available.- June 1921 to September 1938.

Average discharge.- 17 years, 1,140 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 37,300 second-feet Feb. 18 (gage height, 20.65 

feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum discharge observed, 28 second-feet 

Sept. 2 (gage height, 0.12 foot).

1921-38: Maximum discharge, 79,200 second-feet Mar. 11, 1935 (gage height, 28.70 

feet) from rating curve extended above 55,000 second-feet; minimum, 8 second-feet 

Aug. 30 to Sept. 1, 1936; minimum gage height, that of Sept. 2, 1938.

Maximum stage known. 31.8 feet in August 1915, from floodmarks (discharge, 100,000 

second-feet, estimated).

Remarks.- Records good. Gage read once daily below 10.0 feet and twice daily above.

Rating table, water year 1937-38 (gage height, In feet, and discharge. In aecond-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-3)

0.1 

.3

26

43

63

100

1.0 

1.2 

1.5 

2.0

131

168

233

367

2.5 

3.0 

4.0 

5.0

542

759

1,260

1,830

6.0 

7.0 

8.0 

10.0

2,570

3,540

4,710

7,750

12.0 11,700

15.0 19,200

20.0 35,000

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

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

Oct.

45 

43 

*43 

668 

1,830

582 

337 

245 

199 

156

140 

140 

131 

123 

115

108 

131 

210 

282 

352

448 

309 

270 

222 

210

199 

168 

149 

140 

131 

108

Nov.

123 

131 

131 

115 

115

108 

337 

233 

140 

149

178 

168 

178 

168 

158

149 

140 

131 

149 

140

131 

123 

123 

123 

131

123 

131 

323 

382 

503

Dec.

466 

431 

131 

123 

309

270 

257 

245 

210 

199

188 

199 

188 

188 

178

227 

6,960 

12,500 

4,120 

2,100

1,480 

1,210 

1,050 

853 

759

668 

624 

682 

542 

503 

466

Jan.

448 

414 

398 

352 

337

323 

296 

282 

270 

282

245 

233 

222 

222 

222

309 

199 

199 

188 

310

5,280 

2,780 

2,250 

4,860 

8,360

3,100 

1,770 

1,310 

1,050 

1,680 

3,760

Month

Oet 

Nor 

Deo

C

Jan 

Fob 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 1937- ........

tember. ....................

ater year 1937-3 8* . . .

Feb.

2,320 

1,480 

1,370 

1,160 

1,050

901 

853 

759 

713 

668

901 

1,260 

1,050 

950 

1,210

2,080 

12,100 

34,700 

20, 200 

8,220

3,820 

2,660 

2,030 

1,710 

1,420

1,260 

1,100 

950

Secondfoot-daya

8,236 

5,234 

38, 226

500,026

41,951 

108,895 

105,716 

63,391 

44, 683 

14, 949 

8,302 

2,707 

1,123

443,413

Mar.

853 

759 

713 

668 

624

806 

759 

624 

582 

668

853 

853 

1,330 

5,800 

6,580

16,200 

4,630 

2,250 

1,890 

1,480

1,260 

1,050 

950 

901 

806

759 

668 

1,000 

17,100 

11,900 

20,400

Maximum

1,830 

503 

12,500

36, 100

8,360 

34, 700 

20,400 

9,280 

12, 900 

1,830 

1,310 

352 

49

34,700

Apr,

9,280 

3,330 

2,250 

1,710 

1,420

1,210 

1,100 

1,810 

7,090 

3,130

2,030 

1,590 

1,310 

1,100 

1,000

4,380 

6,160 

2,980 

1,830 

1,480

1,210 

1,050 

950 

759 

668

582 

503 

466 

431 

582

May

582 

582 

466 

414 

367

352 

367 

1,420 

713 

448

398 

352 

431 

901

668

503 

466 

448 

624 

624

624 

582 

6,720 

12,900 

3,500

1,960 

1,420 

2,100 

1,590 

1,260 

901

Minimum

43 

108 

123

21

188 

668 

582 

431 

352 

210 

74 

30 

28

28

June

713 

624 

503 

448 

352

309 

296 

262 

282 

296

352 

270 

257 

245 

210

233 

503 

503 

1,710 

1,830

1,050 

713 

542 

431 

466

431 

337 

282 

257 

222

Mean

266 

174 

1,233

1,370

1,363 

3,889 

3,410 

2,113 

1,441 

498 

268 

87.3 

37.4

1,215

July

199 

178 

158 

257 

188

149 

158 

168 

188 

131

115 

100 

94 

87 

79

74 

89 

398 

1,310 

542

323 

245 

210 

168 

149

131 

115 

414 

1,000 

382 

503

Per 

square 

mile

0.278 

.182 

1.29

1.43

1.42 

4.07 

3.57 

2.21 

LSI 

.521 

.280 

.091 

.039

1.27

Aug.

352 

257 

199 

168 

131

115 

99 

93 

99 

86

76 

67 

61 

54 

48

90 

74 

70 

66 

64

56 

53 

49 

46 

38

35 

33 

52 

31 

35 

30

Sept.

30 

28 

49 

47 

45

44 

44 

41 

40 

39

38 

38 

39 

38 

42

39 

38 

39 

36 

34

33 

34 

36 

34 

34

34 

34

33 

32 

32

Run-off

Inches

0.32 

.20 

1.49

19.47

1.64 

4.24 

4.12 

2.47 

1.74 

.58 

.32 

.10 

.04

17.26

Acre-feet

16,340 

10,380 

75,820

991,800

83, 210 

216,000 

209,<700 

125,700 

88,630 

29,660 

16,470 

6,370 

2,230

879,600

Wage height missing; discharge estimated.
ST. FRANCIS RIVER BASIN 37 

St. Francis River at Fisk, Mo.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 36°46'50", long. 90°12'10", in SWi sec. 28, T. 25 N., 

R. 8 E., at bridge on U. S. Highway 60 at Fisk and 6 miles upstream from Mingo ditch 

15. Zero of gage is 307.46 feet (revised) above mean sea level (general adjustment 

of 1929).

Drainage area.- 1,370 square miles (not including that of Mingo Creek, drainage from

which is diverted by ditches that empty into St. Francis River 6 miles downstream from 

Fisk).

Records available.- October 1927 to September 1938. 

Average discharge.- 11 years, 1,422 second-feet.

Extremes.- 1927-38: Maximum discharge, about 50,000 second-feet as measured by Corps of 

Engineers, U. S. Army (discharge in river channel at Fisk plus overflow between Fisk 

and Dudley, including drainage of an additional local area of about 186 square miles), 

sometime during flood of March 1935, when levee on left bank broke in many places between Wappapello and Fisk; maximum gage height, 26.89 feet May 15, 1933, from floodmark; minimum discharge, 94 second-feet Aug. 22-28, 30, 31, Sept. 1, 1936; minimum 

gage height, 1.24 feet Aug. 27, 28, 1936.

Remarks.- Records good. Gage read twice daily during period Oct. 1 to June 22; once daily 

thereafter. Discharge for Feb. 20-22, Apr. 2 does not include that part of the flow 

through levee breaks on left bank between Wappapello and Fisk that was carried by 

Mingo ditch 15 and two other channels between this ditch and Dudley.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1 

2 

5 

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.

102 

102 

115 

122 

122

231 

897 

783 

593

421

338 

285 

256 

238 

220

212 

204 

396 

501 

593

577 

546 

531 

487 

421

372 

338 

316 

295 

275 

265

Nov.

256 

247 

238 

229 

229

229 

229 

238 

247 

256

265 

285 

295 

305 

295

295 

285 

265 

256 

256

256 

247 

238 

238 

229

229 

229 

229 

238 

275

Dec.

501 

577 

609 

593 

546

516 

473 

447 

408 

384

349 

327 

316 

305 

295

295 

316 

1,400 

4,300 

5,830

5,070 

3,810 

3,030 

2,460 

2,090

1,820 

1,490 

1,280 

1,300 

1,190 

1,040

Jan.

935 

897 

783 

728 

659

609 

577 

561 

516 

473

447 

434 

421 

408 

384

372 

360 

349 

338 

327

349 

1,230 

3,450 

3,950 

4,380

6,520 

6,070 

4,820 

3,440 

2,830 

2,830

Month

Oct 

Nov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

Water year 1937-3

P»b.

3,430 

3,580 

3,130 

2,590 

2,310

2,050 

1,890 

1,730 

1,580 

1,430

1,280 

1,200 

1,400 

1,530 

1,660

2,050 

2,800 

5,320 

8,200 

14,100

17,100 

12,900 

' 9,400 

6,370 

4,680

3,640 

3,120 

2,710

Secondfoot-days

11, 154 

7,608 

43,367

636,433

50,447 

123,180 

94, 580 

123,160 

49, 153 

31,839 

14, 413 

10,039 

4,272

563,212

Mar.

,470 

,280 

,030 

,840 

.710

,580 

,490 

,470 

,450 

,400

,510 

,490 

,510 

1,700 

2,970

4,620 

6,560 

7,500 

6,800 

5,070

3,770 

3.080 

2,710 

2,390 

2,120

1,910 

1,600 

1,640 

2,500 

5,810 

9,400

Maximum

897 

305 

5,830

29,200

6,520 

17, 100 

9,400 

11,900 

6,140 

2,000 

1,240 

1,200 

159

17,100

Apr.

10,900 

11,900 

10,900 

7,800 

5,370

3,860 

3,200 

2,980 

3,350 

4,570

5,000 

4,200 

3,280 

2,840 

2,560

2,340 

3,280 

5,220 

5,600 

4,360

3,390 

2,740 

2,390 

2, 100 

1,860

1,730 

1,580 

1,400 

1,260 

1,200

May

1,130 

1,110 

1,090 

1,050 

994

935 

783 

710 

710 

878

935 

821 

676 

676 

764

897 

897 

821 

783 

746

728 

821 

878 

2,160 

.4,770

6,140 

5,000 

3,640 

2,910 

2,620 

2,080

Minimum

102 

229 

295

96

327 

1,200 

1,400 

1,200 

676 

421 

220 

159 

126

102

June

1,730 

1,640 

1,530 

1,240 

1,030

728 

593 

593 

531 

501

916 

1,010 

802 

593 

421

516 

693 

1,321 

1,660 

1,750

2,000 

1,820 

1,690 

1,400 

1,130

1,050 

916 

783 

659 

593

Mean

360 

254 

1,399

1,744

1,627 

4,399 

3,051 

4,105 

1,586 

1,061 

465 

324 

142

1,543

July

546 

487 

421 

334 

360

338 

372 

338 

396 

403

349 

305 

285 

256 

238

229 

220 

220 

338 

783

1,240 

1,070 

840 

659 

516

327 

285 

305 

338 

625 

935

Per 

square 

mile

0.263 

.185 

1.02

1.27

1.19 

3.21 

2.23 

3.00 

1.16 

.774 

.339 

.236 

.104

1.13

Aug.

1,200 

935 

676 

609 

546

487 

408 

316 

285 

265

265 

256 

247 

238 

238

229 

220 

220

212 

212

204 

204 

196 

188 

180

180 

173 

166 

166 

159 

159

Sept.

159 

159 

159 

159 

159

159 

152 

152 

152 

145

145 

145 

145 

145 

145

138 

138 

138 

138 

138

132 

132 

132 

132 

132

126 

132 

132 

126 

126

Run-off

Inches

0.30 

.21 

1.18

17.28

1.37 

3.34 

2.57 

3.35 

1.34 

.86 

.39 

.27 

.12

15.30

Aore-feet

22, 120 

15,090 

86,020

1,262,000

100,100 

244,300 

187,600 

244,300 

97,490 

63,150 

28,590 

19,910 

8,470

1,117,000
38 ST. FRANCIS RIVER BASIN

St. Francis River at Marked Tree, Ark.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35 0 31'58", long. 90°25'25", In NEiSWi sec. 35, T. 

11 N., R. 6 E., at Marked Tree, 4.8 miles (revised) downstream from Little River, and 

7 miles downstream from dam of Polnsett County Drainage District No. 7. Auxiliary 

wire-weight gage, used In determining slope, lat. 35°32'18", long. 90°25'30", near 

center of NWt sec. 35, 3 miles upstream from recording gage. Zero of gages Is 196.44 

feet above mean sea level (U. S. Weather Bureau benchmark].

Records available.- February 1918 and September 1927 to May 1931 (miscellaneous measurements only;, July 1934 to September 1938.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 4,380 second-feet May 8; maximum gage height, 

9.39 feet May 9 (caused by break In levee 7 miles upstream); minimum discharge, 94 

second-feet Sept. 29 (gage height, 0.10 foot), caused by regulation.

1934-38: Maximum discharge, 7,120 second-feet Feb. 6, 7, 1937; minimum, that of 

Sept. 29, 1938.

Remarks.- Records good. Gage-height record collected In cooperation with U. S. Weather 

Bureau. Discharge determined by slope method. Flood flows diverted through St. 

Francis River floodway 7 miles north of station, at dam of Polnsett County Drainage 

District No. 7 and bypassed to vicinity of Parkin, Ark. Low flows regulated at times 

by operation of gates at dam.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

16

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

276 

284 

318 

315 

346

366 

379 

375 

362 

358

347 

347 

335 

323 

323

311 

343 

402 

451 

532

593 

581 

564 

559 

553

540 

523 

504 

491 

485 

473

HOT.

460 

443 

440 

428 

423

420 

420 

423 

411 

547

598 

585 

59S 

598 

572

546 

534 

523 

499

505

49S 

486 

480 

462 

457

450 

450 

450 

443 

443

Dec.

430 

430 

418 

423 

423

407 

407 

394 

394 

382

375 

375 

383 

507 

521

504 

406 

406 

423 

458

469 

499 

579 

609 

622

649 

690 

715 

765 

765 

758

Jan.

806 

778 

778 

753 

753

728 

702 

685 

652 

642

610 

599 

581 

562 

545

545 

528 

504 

504 

493

751 

1,120 

1,160 

1,210 

1,250

1,420 

1,430 

1,300 

1,140 

1,090 

1,180

Feb.

1,170 

1,160 

1,110 

1,060 

1,050

948 

920 

905 

889 

812

796 

768 

753 

728 

728

778 

861 

1,540 

1,900 

1,840

1,870 

1,940 

1,890 

1,860 

1,880

1,890 

1,850 

1,850

Month

Oct 

Hot 

Dee

C

Jan 

Pet 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

I

alendar year 193

y. .....................................

ater year 1937-3

Kar.

1,810 

1,810 

1,750 

1,730 

1,630

1,610 

1,440 

1,360 

1,340 

1,400

1,360 

1,270 

1,290 

1,180 

1,120

1,060 

947 

893 

850 

823

806 

778 

771 

737 

702

695

702 

778 

1,250 

1,320 

1,410

Apr.

1,400 

1,330 

1,250 

1,170 

1,100

1,030 

996 

996

1,070 

1,090

1,100 

1,100 

1,070 

1,070 

1,010

1,000 

949 

911 

861 

824

788 

765 

738 

754 

705

675 

635 

587 

560 

544

Secondfoot-days

12, 959 

14, 597 

15, 586

402,827

25,799 

35,746 

36,622 

28,078 

84, 458 

34, 889 

8,082 

7,375 

4,755

308,946

May

533 

520 

498 

487 

481

469 

1,690 

4,240 

4,290 

4,050

3,790 

3,560 

3,600 

3,530 

2,920

2,490 

2,820 

3,280 

3,300 

2,970

3,090 

3,150 

3,370 

3,370 

3,240

3,210 

3,150 

3,090 

3,090 

3,150 

3,030

if q xK nniTti

593 

598 

765

7,120

1,430 

1,940 

1,810 

1,400 

4,290 

2,920 

381 

341 

279

4,290

June

2,920 

2,820 

2,800 

2,840 

2,870

2,850 

2,660 

2,500 

2,060 

1,030

595 

506 

475 

453 

436

434 

430 

424 

590 

554

526 

527 

504 

481 

458

447 

428 

465 

413 

393

July

381 

362 

351 

335 

324

313 

302 

302 

290 

280

280 

265 

260 

252 

243

239 

230 

238 

242 

242

238 

231 

227 

221

217

211 

207 

200 

194 

194 

211

Minimum

276

411 

375

169

493 

728 

695 

544 

469 

393 

194 

180 

96

96

Aug.

206 

207 

211 

211 

211

215 

226 

224 

224 

222

217 

207 

201 

211 

222

211 

198 

196 

194 

188

184 

180 

316 

341 

338

325 

328 

328 

297 

284 

252

Mean

418 

487

503

1,104

832 

1,277 

1,181 

936 

2,724 

1,163 

261 

238 

158

846

Sept.

250 

248 

250 

268 

278

278 

279 

278 

276 

241

125

115 

112 

120 

113

110 

108 

107 

104 

102

102

102 

102 

101 

100

99 

98 

96 

97 

96

Run-off In 

acre-feet

25, 700 

28, 950 

30,910

799, 000

51,170 

70,900 

72,640 

55, 690 

167,500 

69, 200 

16,030 

14,630 

9,430

612,800
ST. FRANCIS RIVER BASIN 39

St. Francis River floodway near Marked Tree, Ark.

Location.- Staff gage, lat. 35°36', long. 90°27', in SEi sec. 10, T. 11 N., R. 6 E., at 

dam of Poinsett County Drainage District 7, 3 miles north of Marked Tree. Zero of 

gage is 198.71 feet above Memphis datum and 192.08 feet above mean sea level (Morgan 

Engineering Co. benchmark).

Records available.- September 1927 to September 1931, July 1934 to September 1938.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 22,200 second-feet Mar. 2-4 (gage 

height, 27.4 feet); minimum observed, 25 second-feet May 29-30 (gage height, 18.6 

feet).

1927-31, 1934-38: Maximum discharge observed, 48,300 second-feet Jan. 26-28, 

1937; no flow at times during each year of period 1934-37.

Remarks.- Records good. Gage-height record furnished by Poinsett County Drainage 

District 7. Records show water diverted out of St. Francis River and bypassing 

Marked Tree; water returned to St. Francis River immediately below Parkin, Ark. Gage 

read twice dally.

Rating tables, water year 1937-38 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Dec. 29 to Jan. 2, May 7 to June 9) 

Oct. 1 to Jan. 2

20.0

21.0

22.0

22.5

23.0

23.5

24.0

1,060

1,960

3,060

3,780

4,640

5,960

7,700

18.7

18.8

18.9

19.0

19.1

19. 3

25

45

80

130

195

275

Jan. 3

19.4

19.6

20.0

21.0

22.0

22.5

to Sept.

475

700

1,180

2,300

3,445

4,150

30

23.0

23.5

24.0

25.0

26.0

28.0

5,110

6,500

8,250

12,170

16,220

25,010

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

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

Oct.

1,670

1,760

2,060

2,160

2,160

2,160

2,160

2,160

2,260

2,260

2,260

2,160

2,160

2,060

1,960

1,960

2,060

2,160

2,260

2,260

2,480

2,700

2,940

3,180

3,440

3,580

3,580

3,720

3,580

3,580

3,580

Hov.

3,440

3,300

3,180

3,060

2,940

2,820

2,700

2,590

2,700

2,820

2,820

2,700

2,700

2,700

2,700

2,820

2,820

2,820

2,820

2,820

2,820

2,700

2,590

2,480

2,480

2,370

2,260

2,260

2,260

2,160

Dec.

2,060

2,060

2,060

2,060

2,060

1,960

1,960

1,860

1,860

1,860

1.-860

1,860

1,760

1,670

1,670

1,670

1,860

1,960

2,060

2,060

2,260

2,480

2,590

2,820

3,180

3,440

3,720

4,040

4,640

5,380

6,270

Jan.

7,300

8,100

8,620

8,620

8,620

8,620

7,880

7,520

6,830

6,190

6,190

5,350

5,110

4,690

4,500

4,150

3,990

3,990

3,700

3,570

3,700

3,840

3,990

4,150

4,320

 4, 690

5,350

5,890

6,500

7,170

7,880

Feb.

7,880

8,620

10,200

10, 600

11,000

11,400

11,400

11,400

11,400

11,400

11,000

11,000

11,000

10,600

10,200

9,780

10,200

11,000

11,400

13,000

15,000

17,100

18,300

19, 600

20,500

20,500

20,900

21,400

_

_

-

Month

March. ....................................

April.....................................

May..... ..................................

July......................................

Water year 1937-J 8......................

Mar.

21,600

22,200

22,200

22,200

21,800

20,900

19,600

18,300

17,500

16, 600

15,400

14, 600

13,400

12,600

11,800

10, 600

10, 200

9,000

8,250

8,250

7,880

7,880

7,880

7,880

7,880

7,880

8,250

8,620

9,390

10,200

11,000

Apr.

11,800

13,000

13,000

13,400

13,800

14, 600

15,400

17,100

18,800

20,000

20,500

20,900

21,400

20,500

19,600

18,800

17,900

16, 600

15,800

15,000

14,200

13,800

13,000

12,200

11,400

10,600

9,780

9,000

8,620

7,880

-

Secondfoot-days

78,470

81,650

79,050

2,555,930

181,020

367,780

411,940

448,380

62,610

74,070

59,240

75,280

15,860

1,935,350

May

7,520

6,830

6,500

5,890

5,610

5,350

4,500

3,440

2,740

2,190

1,640

1,180

940

940

940

1,060

820

940

820

820

585

370

275

195

130

130

80

45

25

25

80

MqxI.TTP.ffll

3,780

3,440

6,270

48,300

8,620

21,400

22,200

21,400

7,520

3,200

3,080

3,840

820

22,200

June

130

370

700

940

1,180

1,520

1,750

2,190

2,410

2,740

2,960

3,200

3,200

3,080

2,960

2,850

2,850

2,740

2,740

2,740

2,850

2,850

2,960

3,080

3,080

3,200

3,200

3,200

3,200

3,200

-

July

3,080

3,080

2,960

2,850

2,630

2,520

2,300

2,190

2,190

2,080

,860

,750

,640

,520

,410

,410

,300

,300

,410

,410

,410

,520

,640

,750

,750

,750

,750

,750

1,750

1,640

1,640

Minimum

1,670

2,160

1,670

740

3,570

7,880

7,880

7,880

25

130

1,300

940

370

25

Aug.

1,750

1,750

1,970

2,300

2,630

2,850

3,200

3,440

3,700

3,700

3,840

3,840

3,700

3,570

3,320

3,200

2,960

2,740

2,520

2,410

2,190

2,080

1,860

1,640

1,410

1,410

1,180

1,060

1,060

1,060

940

Mean

2,531

2,722

2,550

7,002

5,839

13,140

13,290

14,950

2,020

2,469

1,911

2,428

529

5,302

Sept.

820

700

820

700

700

585

475

475

475

475

475

475

475

585

585

585

585

585

585

475

475

475

475

475

475

370

370

370

370

370

-

Run-off In 

acre-feet

155,600

162,000

156,800

5,069,000

359,000

729,500

817,100

889,300

124,200

146,900

117,500

149,300

31,500

3,839,000
40 ST. FRANCIS RIVER BASIN

Little River ditch 81 near Kermett, Mo.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 36 0 14'10 n , long. 89°58'55", in NE£ sec. 4, T. 18 N., R. 

10 E., at bridge on State Highway 84, about 4 miles east of Kermett. Zero of gage is 

about 240 feet above mean sea level (Little River Drainage District benchmark).

Records available.- October 1926 to September 1938. 

Average discharge.- 12 years, 252 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 1,940 second-feet Feb. 18 (gage height, 

11.46 feet); minimum observed, 67 second-feet Sept. 29 (gage height, 2.67 feet).

1926-38: Maximum discharge, 2,760 second-feet (including some overflow from levee 

breaks on St. Francis River) Apr. 21, 1927 (gage height, 15.11 feet, from graph based 

on gage readings); minimum discharge, 40 second-feet Aug. 11, 1934; minimum gage 

height, 2.31 feet Sept. 5-8, 1930.

Remarks.- Records good. Gage read once daily below 8.0 feet and twice daily above.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1

g

5

4

6

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

18

19

SO

SI

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

92

86

110

154

134

128

116

110

104

98

98

98

98

92

86

86

86

208

282

237

208

180

167

160

148

141

128

122

122

116

110

HOT.

104

104

104

104

104

98

92

98

98

104

134

141

134

122

116

116

110

104

104

104

98

98

98

92

92

98

92

98

98

98

-

Dec.

92

92

92

92

92

92

86

92

86

92

86

86

92

86

86

86

122

208

222

208

180

180

252

267

237

208

222

347

298

267

237

Jan.

237

222

134

194

194

180

180

160

160

154

148

148

141

141

134

134

134

128

128

122

160

252

267

314

527

546

398

314

282

252

452

Feb.

527

398

194

314

282

267

252

237

222

208

208

194

160

208

267

508

470

1,770

1,840

1,460

1,120

885

660

603

508

416

347

314

_

-

Month

October. ..................................

April .....................................

Hay.. .....................................

July. .....................................

Water year 1937-38. .....................

Har.

282

267

252

237

237

208

208

194

194

208

222

208

208

208

180

206

208

208

194

194

180

167

167

194

180

167

180

180

434

700

1,100

Apr.

1,460

1,490

1,230

927

660

470

381

347

398

364

314

282

252

237

222

208

237

208

208

194

180

180

167

167

167

160

154

298

154

154

-

Secondfoot-days

4,105

3,157

4,885

109,054

6,937

14,859

7,974

11, 870

4,108

3,663

3,263

4,201

2,289

71,311

 ay

148

148

141

141

148

141

134

141

141

134

134

134

141

141

141

128

128

134

126

122

122

116

134

134

128

128

122

122

122

116

116

Maximum

282

141

347

2,310

546

1,840

1,100

1,490

148

160

222

439

86

1,840

June

116

180

160

148

134

128

128

128

122

122

116

116

110

110

110

110

116

116

134

141

128

122

116

116

104

110

104

104

110

104

-

July

104

98

98

98

98

92

92

98

98

92

86

86

86

86

61

81

81

167

180

141

122

110

104

104

98

92

86

86

92

104

222

Minimum

86

92

86

67

122

180

167

154

116

104

81

86

67

67

Aug.

489

347

237

194

167

154

141

134

122

116

116

116

122

110

110

116

110

110

104

104

98

98

92

92

86

86

86

86

86

86

86

Mean

132

103

158

299

224

531

257

396

133

122

105

136

76.3

195

Sept.

86

86

86

81

81

81

76

76

76

70

70

76

86

81

81

76

76

76

76

76

76

76

76

76

70

70

69

68

67

68

-

Run-off in 

acre-feet

8,140

6,260

9,690

216,300

13,760

29,470

15,820

23,540

8,150

7,270

6,470

8,330

4,540

141,400
ST. FRANCIS RIVER BASIN 41

Little River ditch 1 near Kennett, Mo.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 36°14'10", long. 89°58'50", in NEi sec. 4, T. 18 N., 

R. 10 E., at bridge on State Highway 84. about 4 miles east of Kennett. Zero of gage 

is about 240 feet above mean sea level (Little River Drainage District benchmark).

Records available.- October 1926 to September 1938. 

Average discharge.- 12 years, 480 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 3,940 second-feet Feb. 19, 20; maximum gage height observed, 12.65 feet Feb. 19; minimum discharge observed, 32 secondfeet Sept. 29, 30; minimum gage height observed, 3.62 feet Dec. 15.

1926-38: Maximum discharge, 7,520 second-feet (including some overflow from levee 

breaks on St. Francis River) Apr. 25, 1927: maximum gage height observed, 16.80 feet 

Jan. 25, 1937; minimum discharge, 8 second-feet Sept. 13-18, 1932: minimum gage height, 

2.57 feet Sept. 18, 1932.

Remarks.- Records poor. Gage read once daily below 8.0 fe'et and twice daily above.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

6

6

7

S

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

IS

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

48

41

66

120

138

171

138

114

101

88

77

73

64

59

53

53

56

149

490

462

406

336

269

266

230

218

194

171

160

149

138

HOT.

128

123

122

112

116

113

126

108

104

114

138

138

149

138

128

128

122

106

116

104

104

103

95

95

94

95

94

103

99

97

-

Deo.

97

92

92

92

92

92

149

87

110

128

112

88

85

82

80

84

112

350

490

406

322

295

406

518

462

378

364

690

574

518

462

Jan.

434

406

378

350

322

30S

295

269

243

230

230

218

206

206

194

182

194

182

160

160

194

434

518

546

1,200

1,320

905

690

518

518

1,120

Feb.

1,320

975

810

720

661

603

546

490

462

434

406

378

350

37S

434

870

870

3,230

3,940

3,880

2,930

2,000

1,540

1,280

1,010

870

750

690

_

_

-

Month

December. .................................

April. ................ ....................

July. .......................... .... . .

Water year 1937-; 8. .....................

Mar.

603

574

546

490

462

434

378

364

364

378

406

406

406

406

378

490

546

490

462

406

378

350

360

350

336

336

308

295

406

1,360

2,470

Apr.

3,360

3,290

3,050

2,640

1,950

1,400

1,120

905

840

780

661

603

546

490

462

434

406

406

378

364

350

336

322

295

295

282

269

256

256

256

-

Seoondfoot-days

3,416

7,909

216, 108

13,130

52,827

87,002

1,641

ISO, 328

M«7

243

230

230

230

218

216

206

194

194

162

182

171

182

182

160

149

138

153

144

127

129

133

146

156

135

127

127

122

122

112

120

Ifajdnnm

149

690

7,260

1,320

3,940

2,470

3,360

86

3,940

June

114

197

133

153

142

129

124

1S7

108

104

101

103

106

108

99

99

103

110

156

211

265

240

211

170

153

144

131

124

114

114

-

July

104

101

88

92

92

88

86

85

76

78

72

68

65

64

68

62

52

101

435

301

226

170

140

137

120

120

93

86

86

114

226

Minimum

94

80

16

160

350

256

99

32

32

Aug.

1,950

1,440

1,020

735

581

471

366

317

286

240

226

226

197

190

183

183

170

158

144

133

129

122

112

106

104

97

96

88

80

90

86

Mean

114

256

592

424

1,172

514

900

141

119

54.7

357

Sept.

83

85

81

78

75

68

65

64

61

65

52

56

78

54

68

52

49

46

46

44

44

44

42

42

40

39

39

37

32

32

-

Run-off In 

acre-feet

6,780

16, 690

428,700

26,040

65,110

31,590

53,560

8,400

7,300

20,480

3,260

268,500
42 ST. FRANCIS RIVER BASIN

Little River ditch 66 near Kennett, Mo.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 36°14'10 T1 , long. 89°58'45", in NEi sec. 4, T. 18 N., R.

 10 E., at bridge on State Highway 84, about 4 miles east of Kennett. Zero of gage is 

about 240 feet above mean sea level (Little River Drainage District benchmark).

Records available.- October 1926 to September 1938. 

Average discharge.- 12 years, 411 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 3,170 second-feet Feb. 20 (gage height,

 15,68 feet); minimum observed, 34 second-feet Sept. 28-30 (gage height, 2.84 feet).

1926-38: Maximum discharge, 4,350 second-feet Jan. 24, 25, 1937 (gage height, 

18.15 feet); minimum, 7 second-feet Aug. 29, 1936 (gage height, 2.33 feet).

Remarks.- Records good. Gage read once daily below 8.0 feet and twice daily above. An

 auxiliary ditch, Little River ditch 66-A, receives part of the flow through cut-offs 

above stage 6.4 feet. Above stage 13 feet the low, narrow bank between the main and 

auxiliary ditches is submerged, and the two unite to form one stream in the vicinity 

of the gage. To segregate the discharge of each ditch, the division line between the 

two is taken as the top of the bank that separates them at low stages.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

6

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

SO 

31

Oot.

62 

58 

69 

86 

95

111 

95 

86 

81 

77

77 

73 

73 

73 

69

69 

69

106 

300 

370

334 

283 

235 

189 

167

147 

128 

116 

111 

106 

100

HOT.

90 

86 

86 

86 

90

86 

86 

90 

90 

90

95

100 

106 

106 

100

106 

100 

100 

100 

95

95 

90 

90 

86 

86

86 

86 

90 

90 

95

Dec.

95 

95 

90 

90 

95

90 

86 

90 

77 

90

122 

86 

90 

86 

81

81 

95 

219 

334 

317

283 

267 

300 

352 

334

300 

283 

406 

424 

370 

317

Jan.

300 

267 

251 

235 

219

204 

189 

182 

174 

167

160 

154 

147 

140 

140

134 

128 

122 

116 

111

128 

219 

370 

388 

827

1,310 

1,040 

761 

555 

442 

595

Feb.

1,600 

1,360 

1,040 

849

695

575 

517 

442 

406 

388

334 

334 

283 

317 

317

536 

805 

1,710 

2,900 

3,130

2,830 

2,260 

1,600 

1,420 

1,060

849 

695 

595

Month

Oot 

HOT 

Dee

C

Jan 

Fet> 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jim 

Jul 

lug 

Sep

M

uary

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

ater year 1937-38......................

Mar.

517 

460 

442 

406 

370

352 

317 

300 

283 

283

317 

370 

352 

334 

1,090

1,800 

1,970 

1,880 

1,660 

1,210

966 

655 

536 

498 

479

442 

370 

334 

352 

1,391 

2,450

Apr.

3,050 

3,130 

3,130 

3,010 

2,790

2,380 

1,690 

1,180 

1,010 

1,040

918 

783 

635 

517 

460

424 

388 

352 

334 

317

283 

251 

167 

219 

219

219 

189 

169 

189 

174

Secondfoot-daya

4,015 

2,782 

6,045

171,767

10,175 

30,067 

23,186 

29,637 

4,375 

8,736 

3,142 

9,325 

1,366

132,851

May

182 

174 

167 

167 

154

154 

147 

134 

134 

134

147 

147 

147 

140 

134

128 

122 

128 

134 

128

128 

122 

122 

128 

122

134 

128 

116 

116 

122 

235

Maximum

370 

106 

424

4,350

1,310 

3,130 

2,450 

3,130 

235 

990 

267 

1,520 

69

3,130

June

204 

132 

251 

167 

147

134 

122 

116 

111 

106

106 

134 

334 

251 

182

154 

134

334 

655 

966

990

827 

536 

352 

300

267 

219 

174 

147 

134

July

122 

122 

116 

111

100

95 

90 

90 

86 

116

90 

81 

73 

69 

69

65 

62 

116 

140 

267

174 

128 

100 

90 

81

73 

69 

62 

65

73 

147

Minimum

58 

86

77

45

111 

283 

283 

167 

116 

106 

62 

62 

34

34

Aug.

1,160 

1,520 

1,310 

918 

635

460 

352 

300 

251 

204

189 

167 

167 

160 

140

128

128 

116 

106 

100

95 

90 

86 

81 

73

69 

69 

62 

62 

62 

65

Mean

130 

92.7 

195

471

328 

1,074 

748 

988 

141 

291 

101 

301 

45.5

364

Sept.

69

62 

58 

58 

54

51

51 

48 

48 

48

45 

39 

45 

48 

45

45 

45 

45 

42 

42

42 

42 

42 

39 

39

36 

36 

34 

34 

34

Run-off In 

aore-feet

7,960 

5,520 

11,990

340, 700

20,180 

59,640 

45,990 

58,780 

8,680 

17,330 

6,230 

18,500 

2,710

263,500
ST. FRANCIS RIVER BASIN 43

Little River ditch 66-A near Kennett, Mo.

Location.- Chain gage, lat. 36°14'10", long. 89°58'45", in NEi sec. 4, T. 18 N., R. 10 

E., at bridge on State Highway 84, about 4 miles east of Kennett. Zero of gage is 

about 240 feet above mean sea level (Little River Drainage District benchmark;).

Records available.- January 1927 to September 1938. 

Average discharge.- 11 years, 56.6 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 1,050 second-feet Feb. 20 (gage height, 

15.63 feet); no flow on many days.

1927-38: Maximum discharge, 2,340 second-feet (including some overflow from levee 

breaks on Mississippi River) Apr. 25, 1927 (gage height, 17.6 feet, from graph based 

on gage readings); no flow on many days.

Remarks.- Records fair. Gage read once daily below 8.0 feet and twice daily above, 

page for relation to Little River ditch 66.

See

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

IS

14

16

16

17

18

19

20

81

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

SO

SI

Got. HOT. Dec. Jan.

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

33

136

68

27

0

0

0

Feb.

180

148

73

42

20

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

276

898

1,010

876

548

300

148

73

34

14

0

_

_

-

Month

April. ....................................

May. ......................................

July. .....................................

Water year 1937-38......................

Mar.

0

0

0

0

0

0

Of

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

73

300

370

326

230

106

54

10

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

142

620

Apr.

986

1,030

1,030

964

832

584

252

100

58

63

42

24

6

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

_

-

Sscondfoot-days

0

0

0

26,762

264

4,640

2,233

5,971

0

134

0

461

0

13,703

May

Maximum

0

0

0

1,650

136

1,010

620

1,030

0

56

0

180

0

1,030

June

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

46

56

32

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

-

July

MlnlmuBi

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Aug.

83

180

130

58

10

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

Mean

0

0

0

78.9

8.52

166

72.0

199

0

4.47

0

1-4.9

0

37.5

Sept.

Run-off in 

acre-feet

0

0

0

57, 100

524

9,200

4,430

11,840

0

266

0

914

0

27, 170
44 ST. FRANCIS RIVER BASIN

Little River ditch 251 near Kennett, Mo.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 36°14'10", long. 89°58'40", In NWi sec. 3, T. 18 N., 

R. 10 E., at bridge on State Highway 84, 4 miles east of Kennett. Zero of gage Is 

about 240 feet above mean sea level (Little River Drainage District benchnark).

Records available.- November 1926 to September 1938. 

Average discharge.- 11 years, 716 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 5,090 second-feet Feb. 20 (gage 

height, 15.76 feet); minimum observed, 151 second-feet Oct. 2; minimum gage height 

observed, 3.19 feet Sept. 29, 30. x

1926-38: Maximum discharge, 6,730 second-feet "Jan. 24-26, 1937; maximum gage 

height, 18.20 feet Jan. 25, 1937; minimum discharge, 52 second-feet Sept. 5-8, 1930 

(gage height, 2.10 feet).

Remarks.- Records good. Gage read once dally below 8.0 feet and twice dally above.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1

2

3

4

6

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

18

19

20

Si

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

158

151

180

218

251

369

251

234

202

SOS

202

194

187

187

187

187

187

269

655

806

745

655

542

440

393

370

348

307

307

288

269

HOT.

269

251

251

234

234

234

234

251

251

251

269

269

288

288

269

269

269

269

269

269

251

251

251

251

234

234

234

251

251

269

Dec.

269

269

251

251

269

251

251

251

234

202

234

234

251

234

234

234

269

490

775

715

655

597

685

837

806

715

655

1,030

1,060

930

806

Jan.

745

685

625

597

542

516

490

465

440

440

416

416

393

393

393

370

370

348

327

327

370

542

899

930

1,710

2,260

1,820

1,440

1,160

962

1,230

Feb.

2,700

2,310

1,820

1,550

1,370

1,160

1,090

962

899

868

806

775

715

715

775

1,440

1,710

3,010

4,630

5,040

4, 520

3,680

2,920

2,350

1,860

1,520

1,340

1,200

_

-

Honth

Harch. ....................................

April. . ...................................

Hay.......................................

July. .....................................

Water year 1937-2 8......................

Mar.

1,030

962

930

836

775

745

687

659

632

632

716

775

716

716

1,820

2,880

3,150

3,060

2,660

2,020

1,630

1,200

1,030

994

962

898

745

716

775

2,440

3,930

Apr.

4,880

5,000

4,940

4,620

4,470

3,830

2,740

1,980

1,710

1,740

1,560

1,410

1,200

1,060

930

867

605

775

716

687

632

579

553

528

504

504

480

480

457

435

-

Seoondfoot-days

9,841

7,665

14,944

316,927

22,621

53,735

41,721

51,272

10,929

17,138

9,792

21, 116

5,710

266,484

Hay

435

435

413

413

392

392

372

352

352

352

352

372

352

352

352

333

315

333

333

315

315

315

315

315

315

333

315

297

297

315

480

Maxljffun

806

288

1,060

6,730

2,260

5,040

3,930

5,000

480

1,670

745

2,610

248

5,040

June

413

413

435

392

372

333

315

315

297

380

280

333

605

504

392

352

333

605

1,130

1,630

1,670

1,410

962

687

579

528

457

392

372

352

-

July

333

315

315

297

280

280

280

264

264

315

264

248

233

218

218

218

204

315

372

745

579

480

392

352

315

280

264

248

248

264

392

lHTl<lilHIH

151

234

202

117

327

715

632

435

297

280

204

233

164

151

Aug.

2,220

2,610

2,350

1,740

1,410

1,100

867

745

632

553

504

457

457

435

413

372

372

352

333

315

315

297

280

280

264

248

248

248

233

233

233

Mean

317

256

482

868

730

1,919

1,346

1,709

353

571

316

661

190

730

Sept.

248

233

233

213

218

218

204

204

204

190

190

190

190

190

190

190

177

177

177

177

177

177

177

177

164

164

164

164

164

164

-

Run-off In 

acre-feet

19,520

15,200

29,640

628,500

44,870

106,600

82,750

101,700

21,680

33,990

19,420

41,880

11,330

528, 600
ST. FRANCIS RIVER BASIN

Little River ditch 259 near Kennett, Mo.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 36°14'10", long. 89°58"35", in NWi sec. 3, T. 18 N., 

R. 10 E., at bridge on State Highway 84, about 4 miles east of Kennett. Zero of gage 

is about 240 feet above mean sea level (Little River Drainage District benchmark).

Records available.- November 1926 to September 1938. 

Average discharge.- 11 years, 112 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 1,940 second-feet Feb. 19 (gage height, 

11.10 feet); minimum observed, 7 second-feet Sept. 20, 29, 30; minimum gage height 

observed, 1.35 feet July 12.

1926-38: Maximum discharge, 4,140 second-feet (including some overflow from levee 

breaks on Mississippi River) April 29, 1927 (gage height, 15.57 feet, from graph based 

on gage readings); no flow Aug. 3 to Sept. 2, 1936; minimum gage height, 1.28 feet 

Aug. 30 to Sept. 1, 1937.

Remarks.- Records fair. ge read once daily below 8.0 feet and twice dally above.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 193S

Day

1 

2 

S

4 

6

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

16

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

82 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

SO 

31

Oot.

13 

11 

24 

112

go

59 

43 

34 

27 

24

22 

20 

18 

14 

15

14 

16 

351 

501 

315

219 

156 

118

ge

84

68 

64 

55 

51 

44 

40

HOT.

37 

30 

30 

28 

28

28 

27 

26 

25 

30

68 

79 

74 

64 

55

51 

48 

48 

43

41

38 

36 

32 

31 

30

292g

32 

38 

38

Dec.

35 

32 

31 

31 

28

26 

24 

25 

20 

20

ig

19 

21 

20 

20

22 

38 

369 

282 

204

149 

130 

480 

351 

250

175 

234 

817 

501 

333 

250

Jan.

2S2 

219 

175 

142 

130

118 

101 

90 

84 

74

74 

68 

59 

59 

51

51 

51 

44 

43 

40

90 

501 

333 

732 

993

585 

315 

219 

175 

175 

648

Feb.

369 

266 

234 

189 

162

142 

118 

106 

96 

90

79 

79 

79 

96 

564

1,360 

1,220 

1,900 

1,940 

1,900

1,550 

1,060 

564 

387 

282

219 

175 

156

Month

Oct 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jar 

Pet 

Mai 

API 

Ma, 

Jim 

Jo] 

Auj 

Bei

1

alendar year 193 7......................

Fater year ig37-38......................

Mar.

130 

118 

112 

101 

96

S4 

79 

74 

68 

149

142 

118 

112 

96 

90

162 

156 

130 

118 

106

90 

79 

74 

106 

79

68

90 

101 

1,150 

1,220 

839

Apr.

564 

387 

315 

282 

234

204 

162 

162 

204 

175

142 

124 

106 

96 

112

84 

219 

162 

118 

96

34 

68 

64 

59 

55

55 

51 

48 

43 

44

Secondfoot-days

2,718 

1,193 

4,956

79,930

6,721 

15,382 

6,137 

4,519 

800 

1,543 

1,395 

5,034 

264

50,662

May

41 

40 

36 

35 

33

31 

29 

26 

26 

24

24 

24 

25 

26 

26

24 

23 

24 

24 

25

24 

23 

23 

22 

22

20 

20 

19 

21 

20 

20

Maximum

501 

79 

817

3,420

993 

1,940 

1,220 

564 

41 

315 

387 

1,150 

12

1,940

June

20 

315 

204 

118 

79

64 

51 

44 

38 

36

31 

28 

28 

24 

23

24 

44 

36 

37

41

41 

37

31 

27

24

22 

22

19 

18 

17

July

16 

14 

14 

13 

13

12 

12 

12 

11 

11

11 

9 

10 

10 

9

9 

9 

15 

266 

156

96 

64 

48 

38 

22

26 

22 

19 

19 

18 

387

Minimum

1125

19

6

40 

79 

68 

43 

19 

17 

9 

12 

7

7

Aug.

1,150 

1,080 

833 

522 

29 S

204 

149 

118 

96 

68

59 

55 

48 

40 

34

34 

28 

24 

22 

20

18 

17 

16 

14 

14

13 

12 

12 

12 

12 

12

Mean

87.7 

39.8 

160

219

217 

549 

198 

151 

25.8 

51.4 

45.0 

162 

8.8

139

Sept.

12 

11 

11 

10 

9

10 

9 

9 

9 

9

9 

9 

10 

9 

9

9 

9 

8 

8 

7

8 

8 

8 

8 

8

8 

8 

8 

7 

7

Run-off In 

acre-feet

5,390 

2,370 

9,830

158,500

13,330 

30,510 

12,170 

8,960 

1,590 

3,060 

2,770 

9,980 

524

100, 500
46 WHITE RIVER BASIN

White River at Beaver, Ark.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 36°28'20", long. 93°45'55", In sec. 20, T. 21 N., R. 

26 W., at Missouri & North Arkansas Railway bridge, a quarter of a mile east of 

Beaver, and 2f miles upstream from Leather-wood Creek. Zero of gage Is 883.04 feet 

above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 1,270 square miles.

Records available.- July 1909 to December 1910, May 1923 to September 1938.

Average discharge.- 15 years (1923-38), 1,663 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 40,300 second-feet Feb. 19 (gage height, 26.£ 

feet;; minimum observed, 48 second-feet Sept. 30 (gage height, 2.22 feet).

1909-10, 1923-38: Maximum discharge observed, 65,000 second-feet Apr. 16, 1927 

(gage height, 37.0 feet); minimum discharge, 3.0 second-feet Aug. 31, Sept. 1, 1936; 

minimum gage height, 1.55 feet, present datum, Oct. 1-8, 1909.

Remarks.- Records good. Gage read twice dally.

Rating table, water year 1937-3S (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Dec. 17-23)

2.2

2.3

2.4 

2.6

2.8 

3.0 

3.3

4.0

182 

262 

412 

S45

2,330

3,250

4,400

7,550

14.0 14,700

20.0

26.0

26,100

38, 500

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

6

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

19

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

26

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

241 

212 

193 

186 

172

158 

146 

139 

165 

285

216 

186 

16S 

155 

148

139 

136 

133 

142 

142

136 

197 

280 

258 

228

201 

176 

166 

165 

148 

142

Hov.

130 

127 

118 

108 

108

103 

110 

110 

110 

130

228 

1,460 

1,250 

910 

750

656 

562 

531 

470 

441

412 

358 

338 

318 

299

285 

276 

262 

254 

245

Dec.

237 

22S 

228 

237 

228

220 

212 

205 

197 

212

190 

175 

176 

182 

190

599 

4,050 

10,600 

9,360 

4,000

2,690 

2,080 

1,690 

1,460 

1,320

1,180 

1,040 

975 

910 

845 

782

Jan.

750 

688 

656 

624 

593

562 

531 

500 

470 

441

441 

412 

385 

358 

348

328 

313 

299 

290 

299

470 

562 

878 

4,440 

18, 200

14, 100 

4,980 

3,250 

2,500 

2,160 

2,080

Month

Oct 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

Bay 

Jiui 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

Water year 1937-3

Feb.

2,000 

1,690 

1,460 

1,390 

1,250

1,180 

1,110 

1,110 

1,040 

975

910 

910 

845 

845 

2,920

19,900 

32,200 

33,500 

38, 800 

22,700

9,120 

6,220 

4,820 

3,900 

3,250

2,880 

2,590 

2,330

Secondfoot-days

5,546 

11,459 

46,697

611,116

62,908 

201,846 

95,810 

93,970 

115, 256 

53,214 

7,583 

3,631 

2,176

699, 993

Mar.

2,160 

2,080 

1,920 

1,840 

2,240

2,590 

2,420 

2,000 

1,920 

1,840

1,920 

1.920 

1,840 

1,690 

1,690

1,620 

1,540 

1,460 

1,390 

1,760

2,960 

2,160 

1,920 

1,690 

1,540

1,880 

3,250 

6,280 

10,700 

15,700 

9,890

Maximum

285 

1,460 

10,600

19,300

18,200 

38,800 

15,700 

7,040 

22; 600 

3,900 

470 

190 

139

38,800

Apr.

7,040 

4,400 

3,350 

2,780 

2,420

2,080 

2,000 

2,240 

3,250 

4,540

3,900 

3,160 

2,590 

2,240 

2,080

2,590 

5,110 

3,660 

2,780 

2,500

2,590 

3,560 

6,220 

3,900 

2,960

2,500 

2,160 

1,920 

1,760 

1,690

May

1,460 

1,320 

1,250 

1,110 

1,040

975 

2,000 

4,020 

3,160 

2,000

1,620 

1,390 

3,900 

2,500 

2,500

1,840 

1,540 

1,390 

1,320 

1,620

2,330 

1,840 

7,630 

22,600 

12,700

4,670 

3,350 

3,060 

4,540 

7,620 

6,960

Minimum

133 

103 

175

82

290 

845 

1,390 

1,690 

975 

500 

124 

64 

48

48

June

3,520 

2,590 

2,160 

1,760 

1,540

1,320 

1,840 

2,420 

2,690 

2,240

2,880 

3,350 

3,900 

2,500 

1,840

1,540 

1,620 

1,760 

1,690 

1,620

1,460 

1,180 

1,040 

910 

814

719 

656 

593 

662 

600

Mean

179 

382 

1,606

1,400

2,029 

7,209 

3,091 

3,132 

3,718 

1,774 

246 

114 

72.6

1,918

July

470 

412 

385 

353 

318

294 

290 

276 

280 

280

280 

245 

220 

197 

186

190 

190 

175 

168 

228

212 

190 

168 

155 

145

133 

124 

130 

139 

470 

280

Per 

square 

mile

0.141 

.301 

1.19

1.10

1.60 

6.68 

2.43 

2.47 

2.93 

1.40 

.193 

.090 

.067

1.61

Aug.

190 

175 

162 

148 

142

136 

127 

116 

108 

98

96 

93 

103 

103 

124

118 

124 

155 

136 

130

130 

110 

100 

91 

85

81 

75 

71 

70 

64 

70

Sept.

73 

73 

70 

85 

83

75 

87 

81 

77 

66

63 

63 

66 

73 

77

139 

108 

93 

81 

73

68 

66 

63 

69 

56

55 

53 

61 

60 

48

Run- off

Inches

0.16 

.34 

1.37

14.97

1.84 

5.92 

2.80 

2.76 

3.38 

1.56 

.22 

.10 

.06

20.61

Acre-feet

11, 000 

22,730 

92,620

1,014,000

124,800 

400, 400 

190,000 

186,400 

228,600 

105, 600 

16,040 

7,000 

4,310

1,388,000
WHITE RIVER BASIN

47

White River near Reeds Spring, Mo.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 36°37'20", long. 93°25'20", In NEiSEi sec. 9, T. 22 N., 

R. 23 W., at bridge on State Highway 13, 5f miles downstream from James River, and 12 

miles south of Reeds Spring. Zero of gage is 739.00 feet above mean sea level (general 

adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 3,690 square miles.

Records available.- February to September 1938.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 95,100 second-feet Feb. 18 (gage 

height, 31.00 feet); minimum observed, 204 second-feet Sept. 30 (gage height, 0.53 

feet).

Maximum stage known, 47.96 feet April 14, 1927.

Remarks.- Records good. Gage read twice daily. Records collected in cooperation with 

the Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Rating table, water year 1937-38 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-controi method used July 10 to Aug. 28)

0.5 

1.0 

1.6 

2.2 

2.S

191

412

736

1,140

1,650

3.5 

4.2 

5.0 

7.0 

9.0

2,380

3.300

4,590

8,340

12,900

12.0

15.0

20.0

25.0

31.0

21,000

30,300

47,800

67,800

95,100

Diacharge, in aecond-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1 

2 

3 

4

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

IB

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

26

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan.

Month

Oct 

NOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Pet 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

ember .....................

alendar year

ruary If 

ch

The perj

Feb.

92,300 

89,300 

63,200

27, 100 

16,600 

12,900 

11,000 

9,620

8,340 

7.B40 

6,580

Secondfoot-daya

344, 480 

216,840 

240, 060 

327,590 

171,430 

30,591 

18,272 

9,489

Mar.

6,020 

5,480 

5,120 

4,760 

5,840

6,020 

6,020 

5,120 

4,760 

4,590

4,420 

4,590 

4,420 

4, 2BO 

4,080

3,920 

3,600 

3,450 

3,160 

3,920

4,940 

5,300 

4,250 

3,760 

3,4BO

3,450 

7,180 

8,770 

24,800 

30,000 

26, 400

Maximum

92,300 

30,000 

16.70C 

43,100 

14,400 

1,560 

1,060 

412

Apr.

16,700 

12,400 

9,180 

7,940 

6,960

6,020 

5,660 

8,540 

11,900 

12,400

11,000 

9,400 

7,740 

6,770 

6,020

7,540 

8,740 

9,180 

7,150 

6,390

6,390 

7,150 

9,400 

8,960 

6,960

6,020 

5,120 

3,760 

4,420 

4,250

May

3,760 

3,450 

3,160 

2,880 

2,620

2,380 

3,600 

10,300 

11,900 

7.1BO

5,300 

4,420 

16,400 

13,500 

8,960

7,940 

6,770 

6,390 

B,840 

6,390

6,580 

6,460 

19, 200 

43,100 

36,700

16,000 

10,700 

8,740 

17,000 

15,000 

IB, 000

Minimum

6.B80 

3,160 

3,760 

2,380 

1,740 

565 

276 

204

Juno

10,300 

7,740 

6,390 

6,020 

5,480

4,590 

8,660 

14,400 

8,960 

7,940

7,740 

7,340 

7,740 

6,390 

B.120

4,590 

6,770 

6,580 

6,200 

5,300

4,590 

3,760 

3,300 

2,880 

2,500

2,380 

2,150 

2,040 

1,840 

1,740

Mean

31,320 

6,963 

8,002 

10, 570 

5,714 

987 

589 

316

July

1,560 

1,470 

1,380 

1,300 

1,220

1,140 

1,140 

1,140 

1,140 

1,140

1,060 

993 

993 

925

860

797 

860 

925 

993 

860

925 

925 

797 

736 

677

677 

648 

56B 

648 

797 

1,300

Per 

square 

mile

8.49 

1.89 

2.17 

2.86 

1.5B 

.267 

.160 

.086

Aug.

1,060 

797 

736 

677 

620

620 

620 

1,060 

1,060 

797

677 

592 

736 

706 

620

592 

B65 

538 

512 

B12

486 

461 

436 

365 

388

344 

320 

298 

276 

436 

36B

Sept.

412 

388 

388 

365 

388

365 

344 

344 

344 

344

320 

298 

298 

320 

320

298 

388 

388 

344 

320

380 

276 

276 

267 

254

242 

233 

225 

216 

204

Run-off

Inchea Acre-feet

3.47 683,300 

2.18 428,100 

2.42 476,200 

3.30 649,600 

1.73 540,000 

.31 60,660 

.18 36,240 

.10 18,820

2, 693, 000
48 WHITE RIVER BASIN

White River at Forsyth, Mo.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°40'55", long. 93°06'05", in SEi sec. 33, T. 24 

N., R. 20 W., in Forsyth, at bridge on State Highway 78, a quarter of a mile below 

Swan Creek. Zero of gage is 640.64 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 

1929).

Drainage area.- 4,610 square miles.

Records available.- January to September 1926, February 1930 to September 1938.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 110,000 second-feet Feb. 18 (gage height, 29.84 

feet); minimum, 49 second-feet Sept. 11 (gage height, 1.70 feet); minimum daily discharge, 76 second-feet Aug. 28.

1926, 1930-38: Maximum discharge, 127,000 second-feet Mar. 11, 1935 (gage height, 

35.23 feet); minimum, 30 second-feet Sept. 2, 3, 1936; minimum gage height, 1.20 feet 

Sept. 25, 1932, July 14, 1934; minimum daily discharge, 34 second-feet Sept. 3, 1936.

Maximum stage known, 45.35 feet, from floodmarks, Apr. 16, 1927 (discharge, about 

160,000 second-feet).

Remarks.- Records good. Discharge for period of missing gage heights, Oct. 8-10, computed on basis of tail-gage readings at power plant. Flow regulated by operation of 

hydroelectric plant of Empire District Electric Co. 2 miles upstream.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

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

Oct.

763 

724 

*509 

569 

616

531 

403 

623 

729 

*426

474 

433 

476 

590 

599

685 

*548 

582 

520 

428

606 

569 

441 

*483 

599

582 

622 

571 

740 

577 

*402

Nov.

255 

447 

518 

575 

336

672 

*287 

332 

441 

674

780 

449 

1,230 

*2,000 

1,720

1,090 

1,500 

1,650 

976 

1,030

*481 

993 

880 

594 

485

524 

868

*514 

1,040 

S68

Dec.

422 

349 

553 

622 

*1,110

621 

568 

368 

495

715

965 

*385 

907 

561 

397

963

8,960 

17,000 

*19,000 

15,200

8,920 6.6701 

5,870 

4,370 

3,480

*3,270 

4,200 

3,640 

1,880 

976 

1,000

Jan.

1,290 

*1,610 

1,940 

1,730 

1,610

2,010 

1,770 

1,230 

*494 

1,020

986 

820 

873 

855 

813

*1,030 

895 

867 

646 

781

3,200 

5,080 

*4,100 

14,500 

27,200

35,000 

23,900 

12,300 

8,800 

*7,450 

7,030

Month

Oct 

NOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

ember .....................

alendar year 1937. ........

ruary

ater year 1937-3

Peak discharge. -

111 p.m.) 50,300 se

Peb.

6,500 

6,100 

5,780 

5,540 

4,540

*960 

3,060 

3,050 

3,120 

3,120

2,490 

2,670 

*1,600 

2,790 

8,040

33,800 

71,500 

106,000 

102,000 

*79,900

42,200 

22,300 

16,800 

13,900 

11,600

9,960 

*8,850 

7,880

Secondfoot-days

17, 420 

24,209 

114, 437

1,850,148

171,830 

586,050 

244, 300 

289,530 

415,320 

227,730 

29,495 

17, 402 

9,927

2, 147, 650

Mar.

7,060 

6,610 

5,980 

5,820 

6,010

*5,850 

5,850 

6,070 

5,920 

5,650

5,240 

4,870 

*4,920 

4,180 

4,370

4,130 

3,840 

3,680 

3,650 

*3,450

4,700 

4,750 

4,820 

4,480 

4,110

4,770 

*4,390 

9,630 

31,900 

34, 500 

33,100

Maximum

763 

2,000 

19,000

48,700

35,000 

106,000 

34, 500 

22,600 

46,200 

21,300 

1,670 

1,420 

611

106,000

Apr.

22,500 

16,900 

*12,600 

10,200 

8,650

7,450 

6,780 

8,160 

13,200 

*14, 500

13,800 

11,700 

9,690 

8,400 

7,450

7,680 

»9,160 

10, 500 

9,160 

7,680

7,450 

7,450 

8,900 

*10,800 

8,900

7,220 

6,340 

5,920 

5,500 

4,890

May

t~,370 

3,990 

3,480 

2,890 

3,060

2,090 

4,790 

*7, 140 

13, 100 

9,970

7,220 

6,130 

19,100 

22,500 

*13,400

11,100 

9,970 

8,900 

7,920 

7,920

7,920 

*8,460 

34,700 

44, 000 

46,200

26,200 

14,800 

11,700 

*15,100 

22, 300 

16,900

Mlnirinmn

402 

255 

349

181

494 

960 

3,450 

4,890 

2,090 

1,710 

483 

76 

147

76

June

14, 000 

12,900 

7,920 

7,450 

*6,760

5,920 

15, 500 

21,300 

14, 500 

11,400

9,970 

*9,160 

8,650 

8,400 

6^780

6,560 

7,000 

7,920 

*7,680 

6,780

6,130 

5,710 

3,720 

2,550 

1,710

*2, 150 

2,740 

2,150 

1,970 

2,330

Mean

562 

807 

3,692

5,069

5,543 

20,930 

7,881 

9,651 

13,400 

7,591 

951 

561 

331

5,884

July

1,410 

1,240 

*1,470 

1,570 

1,130

923 

972 

1,450 

767 

*1, 670

1,030 

781 

855 

692 

926

714 

*597 

983 

832 

848

1,020 

931 

501 

*765 

561

659 

527 

483 

793 

965 

*1,430

Per 

square 

mile

0.122 

.175 

.801

1.10

1.20 

4.54 

1.71 

2.09 

2.91 

1.65 

.206 

.122 

.072

1.28

Aug,

506 

S75 

1,010 

720 

1,090

724 

*349 

832 

718 

977

1,420 

825 

602 

»140 

333

475 

354 

863 

527 

603

*279 

518 

570 

316 

264

276 

150 

*76 

198 

530 

282

Sept.

315 

362 

270 

*532 

281

414 

584 

455 

437 

611

*186 

307 

310 

172 

186

408 

285 

*398 

236 

287

326 

357 

270 

476 

*224

400 

295 

200 

196 

147

Run-off

Inches

0.14 

.20 

.92

14.92

1.38 

4.73 

1.97 

2.33 

3.36 

1.84 

.24 

.14 

.08

17.33

Peb. 18 (6 p.m.) 110,000 see. -ft.; Mar. 29 (8 p.m.) 37,600 sec. -ft.; 

c . -ft .

Acre-feet

34, 550 

48,020 

227,000

3,669,000

340,800 

1,162,000 

484,600 

574,300 

823,800 

451,700 

58,oOO 

34, 520 

19,690

4,259,000

May 24

*Sunday
WHITE RIVER BASIN 49

White River near Flippin, Ark.

Location.- Staff gage, lat. 36°19', long. 92°41', in NWi sec. 9, T. 19 N., R. 15 W., 2£ 

miles northeast of Flippin, 12 miles upstream from mouth of Crooked Creek, and 194 

miles upstream from mouth of North Fork of White River. Zero of gage is 420.92 feet 

above mean sea level (White River Power Co. benchmark).

Drainage area.- 6,170 square miles.

Records available.- October 1928 to September 1938.

Average discharge.- 10 years, 6,035 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 134,000 second-feet Feb. 19 (gage 

height, 34.1 feet); minimum observed, 349 second-feet Sept. 1, 18 (gage height, 4.62 

feet).

1928-38: Maximum discharge observed, 164,000 second-feet Mar. 12, 1935 (gage 

height, 38.1 feet); minimum observed, 105 second-feet Sept. 14, 15, 1936; minimum gage 

height observed, 4.08 feet Dec. 18, 1932.

Maximum stage known, 46.6 feet Apr. 16, 1927.

Remarks.- Records good except those below 1,000 second-feet, which are fair. Gage read 

twice dally. Slight diurnal fluctuation at low water caused by operation of power 

plant at Forsyth, Mo.

Rating table, water year 1937-33 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

4.6 335

5.0 630

5.5 1,100

6.0 

6.5 

7.0

1,690

2,400

3,230

8.0

10.0

12.0

5,210

10,170

16,110

15.0

20.0

25.0

26,760

49,800

76,400

30.0

34.0

106,000

133,000

Discharge, in aeoond-feet, water year October 1937 to September 193S

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

Oct.

852 

950 

1,000 

S52 

760

805 

760 

715 

715 

715

805 

760 

760 

805 

760

760 

760 

805 

805 

SOS

760 

760 

715 

672 

760

672 

760 

715 

715 

715 

715

Nov.

672 

672 

590 

590 

590

550 

590 

550 

590 

550

590 

630 

715 

715 

1,690

2,250 

2,250 

1,440 

1,960 

1,560

1,380 i,ioa

1,320 

805 

1,100

805 

630 

590 

900 

805

Deo.

1,210 

950 

715 

672 

715

630 

1,260 

1,100 

900 

852

715 

715 

1,000 

900 

715

900 

1,380 

10,400 

20,100 

18,400

14,200 

9,900 

7,060 

6,110 

5,650

3,780 

3,780 

3,590 

4,570 

3,590 

1,960

Jan.

1,960 

1,320 

1,440 

1,620 

1,560

1,620 

1,690 

1,690 

1,820 

1,440

1,380 

1,260 

1,210 

1,100 

1,210

1,160 

1,100 

1,210 

1,210 

1,160

1,160 

1,500 

6,110 

11,900 

23,700

29,600 

36,300 

23,700 

14,600 

9,900 

8,570

Month

Oot 

Hov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Max 

Apr 

May 

Jiui 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

ember .....................

alendar year 1937. ........

ater year 19S7-!

Feb.

7,550 

7,300 

6,820 

6,580 

6,340

5,650 

5,210 

4,990 

4,370 

3,970

3,410 

3,230 

2,890 

3,060 

8,310

22,600 

70, 400 

120,000 

132,000 

117,000

81,400 

46,800 

25,200 

16,100 

16,100

13,600 

11,600 

10,400

Secondfoot-days

23,908 

29,179 

128, 419

2,345,638

19B, 200 

762,880 

311,080 

384,750 

573,810 

318,710 

47, 290 

26,336 

15,917

2,817,479

Mar.

9,360 

6,570 

7,800 

7,300 

9,900

7,550 

7,060 

8,570 

7,300 

7,550

7,060 

7,300 

7,060 

6,580 

6,110

5,210 

5,210 

4,990 

5,210 

6,820

6,340 

6,820 

6,340 

6,110 

5,650

5,430 

7,550 

8,830 

31,800 

43,800 

39,900

Maximum

1,000 

2,250 

20, 100

58,900

36,300 

132,000 

43,800 

35, 400 

57,300 

30,900 

2,890 

1,440 

715

132,000

Apr.

35,400 

24,000 

18,700 

13,300 

11,600

10,700 

9,630 

9,090 

11,900 

14,200

15,200 

14,900 12,400'' 

11,600 

9,900

16,400 

13,300 

11,600 

10,700 

10,200

9,900 

9,900 

9,630 

10, 400 

14, 600

14, 600 

8,830 

7,800 

7,550 

6,820

May

6,580 

3,410 

5,210 

4,570 

4,570

3,970 

4,170 

10,700 

10,200 

14,900

12,400 

9,630. 

32,900 

32,700 

22,900

16,800 

14,900 

13,600 

12,200 

11,600

11,000 

11,900 

47,800 

57,300 

53,300

43,800 

24,400 

17, 400 

18,100 

20,800 

20,100

Minimum

672 

550 

630

372

1,100 

2,890 

4,990 

6,820 

3,410 

2,720 

900 

475 

377

377

June

17,100 

15,600 

11,600 

9,630 

9,090

8,310 

23,700 

30,900 

24,000 

17,400

13,900 

12,200 

10,700 

9.900 

9,900

8,310 

8,570 

9,090 

12,200 

9,630

8,310 

7,300 

6,820 

5,430 

3,410

2,720 

2,890 

3,780 

3,060 

3,060

Mean

771 

973 

4,143

6,426

6,297 

27,250 

10,040 

12,820 

18, 510 

10,620 

1,525 

850 

530

7,719

July

2,890 

2,720 

2,560 

2,400 

2,560

2,560 

2,100 

1,690 

1,560 

1,560

1,320 

1,320 

1,160 

1,320 

1,440

1,100 

1,440 

1,260 

1,050 

1,260

1,260 

1,210 

1,260 

1,260 

900

950 

900 

950 

1,050 

900 

1,380

Per 

square

mile

0.125 

.158 

.671

1.04

1.02 

4.42 

1.63 

2.08 

3.00 

1.72 

.247 

.138 

.086

1.25

Aug.

1,000 

1,000 

1,000 

1,260 

1,380

1,210 

1,210 

1,000 

950 

605

900 

1,050 

1,440 

950 

950

900 

590 

550 

760 

672

760 

760 

630 

590 

672

630 

550 

590 

475 

512 

590

Sept.

447 

590 

630 

672 

590

512 

715 

512 

715 

672

630 

630 

715 

512 

550

550 

419 

377 

550 

405

512 

412 

398 

419 

475

419 

590 

398 

475 

426

Run-off

Inches

0.14 

.18 

.77

14.14

1.18 

4.60 

1,83 

2.32 

3.46 

1.92 

.28 

.16 

.10

16 .99

Acre-feet

47,420 

57,880 

254,700

4,652,000

387,200 

1,513,000 

617,000 

763,100 

1, 138, 000 

632,200 

93,800 

52,240 

31,570

5,588,000
50 WHITE RIVER BASIN

White River at Batesville, Ark.

Location.- Staff gage, on upper lock wall of dam 1, lat. 35°45', long. 91°38', in KE-t

 sec. 21, T. 13 N., R. 6 W., at Batesville, about 1 mile downstream from Polk Bayou. 

Zero of gage is 244.00 feet above mean Gulf level (Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army> 

benchmark).

Drainage area.- 11,100 square miles.

Records available.- July 1937 to September 1938.

Extremes.- 1937: Maximum discharge during period, 21,400 second-feet Sept. 12 (gage

 height, 10.5 feet, from gage reading at flood crest); minimum discharge observed, 

1,600 second-feet several times in August and September (gage height, 6.7 feet).

1937-38: Maximum discharge during year, 200,000 second-feet Feb. 19 (gage height, 

26.7 feet, from gage reading at flood crest), from rating curve extended above 

110,000 second-feet; minimum observed, 1,340 second-feet Sept. 20-30 (gage height, 

6.6 feet).

Maximum stage known, 30.7 feet Feb. 1, 1916.

Remarks.- Records good except those below 2,000 second-feet and above 120,000 second-

 Tie!;, which are fair. Gage read twice daily, oftener during periods of rapidly 

changing stage. Gage readings furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Rating table, period July 1937 to September 1938 (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, In second-feet)

7.0 

7.5

1,340

2,490

4,300

8.0

9.0

10.0

6,430 

"11,660 

17,960

12.0

15.0

17.0

33,450

63,100

82,800

20.0

23.0

27.0

111,100

147,900

204,200

Discharge, In second-feet, 1937-38 

1937

Dsy

1

2

S

4

S

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct. HOT. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July

4,690

3,910

3,910

3,540

5,530

4,300

5,970

3,910

3,540

3,540

5,110

4,300

4,690

4,690

3,540

3,170

3,170

3,170

3,170

3,910

5,970

7,380

6,430

6,430

5,970

5,110

4,690

3,540

3,170

3,170

3,170

Aug.

3,540

3,170

2,830

2,490

2,180

2,830

2,830

2,830

2,490

2,490

2,830

2,490

2,490

2,490

2,180

,890

,890

,600

' ,600

,600

,740

,740

3,000

2,490

2,040

1,890

1,600

1,600

1,600

1,740

1,890

Sept.

1,740

1,740

2,040

5,110

3,170

2,340

2,040

1,890

1,600

2,040

2,490

10,000

18,600

10,500

7,380

6,430

5,110

3,360

2,340

2,180

2,490

2,490

2,040

1,890

2,660

2,490

2,180

2,180

1,890

1,890

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WHITE RIVER BASIN 51

Discharge, in second-feet. White River at Batesville, Ark., 1937-38 Continued

1937-38

Day

1 

2 

Z 

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.

2,040 

2,340 

2,340 

18,000 

5,970

3,360 

2,830 

2,490 

2,490 

2,490

1,890 

2,040 

2,340 

2,180 

1,890

1,890 

2,040 

2,490 

3,720 

4,300

3,910 

3,540 

3,000 

2,490 

2,490

2,490 

2,340 

2,180 

2,180 

2,180 

2,180

HOT.

2,180 

2,180 

2,180 

1,890 

1,890

1,600 

1,600 

2,040 

2,180 

2,830

3,540 

3,170 

4,690 

4,300 

3,540

3,540 

3,910 

4,300 

3,720 

3,540

3,720 

3,360 

2,830 

2,490 

2,490

2,490 

2,490 

3,360 

3,170 

2,830

Dec.

2,830 

2,830 

2,830 

2,830 

2,660

2,340 

2,180 

2,180 

2,490 

2,490

2,340 

1,890 

1,890 

2,340 

2,490

2,490 

7.380 

11,100 

24,400 

25,200

24,400 

20,800 

16,600 

12,800 

11,100

9,420 

9,420 

8,380 

7,870 

8,380 

6,890

Jan.

5,970 

4,900 

4,300 

4,100 

4,300

4,300 

4,300 

3,910 

3,910 

4,300

3,720 

3,360 

2,830 

3,170 

3,170

2,830 

2,830 

2,660 

2,830 

2,830

4,300 

6,890 

6,430 

26, 000 

59, 800

56,600 

45, 400 

46,400 

31,800 

23,700 

20,000

Month

Ju. 

Auj 

SO]

Oct 

Hoi 

Dec

C

Jar 

Pet 

Mar 

Apr 

Maj 

Jur 

Jul 

Aug 

Sej

W

ober 192

alendar year ........

Feb.

18,000 

15,300 

14,100 

12,800 

11,700

11,100 

10,500 

8,380 

6,430 

7,380

7,380 

7,380 

7,380 

7,870 

27,700

65,300 

86,000 

163, 000 

198,000 

177,000

140,000 

104,000 

65,300 

40,600 

31, 800

26, 800 

23,000 

20,800

Secondfoot-days

136, 790 

70,070 

114,300

98,110 

88, 050 

243,240

401,840 

1,315,000 

623, 540 

831, 700 

930,790 

491,600 

110,710 

76, 590 

47,010

5, 258, 180

liar.

18,000 

16,000 

14,700 

13,400 

12,800

12,200 

12,200 

11,700 

11,700 

12,800

12,800 

12,800 

11,700 

11,700 

11,100

11,700 

10,500 

10,500 

9,420 

9,420

12,800 

10,500 

10,500 

11,100 

10, 500

10,500 

16,600 

25,200 

75,900 

100,000 

92, 800

Maximum

7,380 

3,540 

18,600

18,000 

4,690 

25,200

59,800 

198,000 

100,000 

71,900 

86,000 

35, 200 

5,970 

5,970 

1,890

198,000

Apr.

71,900 

57,600 

40,600 

31,800 

25,200

22,200 

19,400 

18, 600 

20,800 

25,200

27,600 

26,800 

24,400 

21,400 

18,600

52,400 

58,700 

35, 200 

28, 400 

25,200

22, 200 

20,800 

19,400 

18,000 

18,000

19,400 

16,600 

14,700 

15,300 

15,300

May

14,100 

16,000 

11,700 

10,500 

10, 500

10,500 

9,970 

9,420 

20,000 

16,600

20,800 

16,600 

16,000 

56,600 

52, 400

37,000 

26,800 

23,700 

20,800 

19,400

18,600 

20,000 

37,000 

85,200 

86,000

69,700 

60,900 

37,900 

30,900 

32, 600 

32,600

Minimum

3,170 

1,600 

1,600

1,890 

1,600 

1,890

2,660 

6,430 

9,420 

14,700 

9,420 

5,970 

2,490 

1,600 

1,340

1,340

June

32,600 

26,800 

22,200 

18,000 

15,300

13,400 

13, 400 

22,200 

35,200 

31,800

23,700 

20,000 

17,300 

15,300 

14,100

13,400 

12,200 

12,800 

17,300 

19, 400

17,300 

14,100 

11,700 

10,500 

9,420

7,380 

6,430 

5,970 

5,970 

6,430

Mean

4,413 

2,260 

3,810

3,165 

2,935

7,846

12,960 

46,960 

20,110 

27, 720 

30..020 

16,390 

3,571 

2,471 

1,567

14.410

July

5,530 

5,110 

5,110 

4,900 

4,300

4,300 

4,300 

4/300 

3,910 

3,540

3,720 

3,360 

3,360 

3,720 

3,170

3,000 

3,000 

3,000 

3,000 

2,830

2,830 

2,830 

2,660 

2,830 

2,830

2,830 

2,490 

2,660 

2,490 

2,830 

5,970

Per 

square 

mile

0,398 

.204 

.343

.285 

.264 

.707

1.17 

4.23 

1.81 

2.50 

2,70 

1.48 

.322 

.223 

.141

1-50

Aug.

5,970 

3,910 

3,720 

3,360 

2,660

2,490 

2,660 

2,490 

2,830 

2,660

2,340 

2,830 

2,180 

2,660 

2,830

2,490 

2,490 

2,180 

1,890 

1,890

1,890 

1,890 

1,890 

1,890 

1,890

1,600 

1,890 

1,890 

1,890 

1,740 

1,600

Sept.

1,600 

1,600 

1,600 

1,600 

1,740

1,890 

1,600 

1,600 

1,890 

1,890

1,740 

1,890 

1,600 

1,600 

1,890

1,740 

1,600 

1,600 

1,600 

1,340

1,340 

1,340 

1,340 

1,340 

1,340

1,340 

1,340 

1,340 

1,340 

1,340

Hun- off

Inches

0.46 

.24 

.38

.33 

.29 

.82

1.35 

4.40 

2.09 

2.79 

3.11 

1.65 

.37 

.26 

.16

17.62

Acre-feet

271,300 

139, 000

226,700

637,000

194,600 

174,600 

482,500

797,000 

2,608,000 

1,237,000 

1,650,000 

1,846,000 

975, 100 

219,600 

151,900 

93,240

10,430.000
52 WHITE RIVER BASIN

White River at De Vails Bluff, Ark.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°47', long. 91°27', in sec. 16, T. 2 N., R. 4

 W., 1 mile northeast of De Vails Bluff and 23 miles upstream from mouth of Cache 

River. Zero of gage is 152.93 feet (revised) above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 23,800 square miles.

Records available.- December 1927 to September 1938.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 134,000 second-feet Feb. 25; maximum gage

 height, 28.42 feet Feb. 27; minimum discharge, 4,990 second-feet Sept. 30 (gage 

height, 4.03 feet).

1927-38: Maximum discharge, 151,000 second-fee, Jan. 23, 1937 (gage height, 29.20 

feet); minimum, 3,200 second-feet Aug. 30 to Sept. 4, 1936 (gage height, 1.4 feet). 

Maximum stage known, 34.6 feet Apr. 23, 1927.

Remarks.- Records good. Stage-discharge relation affected by backwater Feb. 25 to Mar. 

IU7"Aprll 11-14; discharge determined by slope method, using slope obtained from 

U. S. Weather Bureau gage at Clarendon, 25 miles downstream. On Feb. 23 levee breaks 

occurred above and below Georgetown, bypassing some of the flow of White River into 

Cache River.

Discharge, in aecond-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1

2

S

4

5

6

7

9

10

11

12

14

16

17

18

19

20

21

23

26

Oct.

7,120

6,760

6,640

6,520

6,880

9,740

15,300

18,000

18,600

17, 500

15,600

13,600

11, 600

10,200

9,040

8,200

7,640

7,840

7,960

8,200

9,040

11,400

13,200

13,400

12,600

11,900

11,000

10,200

9,460

3,900

8,480

HOT.

7,960

7,720

7,360

7,120

7,000

6,760

6,520

6,520

6,400

7,120

8,200

9,180

10, 300

12,400

13, 700

14,000

13,700

13, 100

12,600

12,200

12,000

11,800

11,300

10, 900

10, 400

10, 000

9,460

9,040

8,760

8,480

-

Dee.

8,620

8,760

8,900

8,760

8,620

8,480

8,200

8,080

7,840

7,600

7,460

7,240

7,240

7,000

6,880

6,680

7,240

8,480

11,300

17,700

23,100

26,400

29,700

32,300

33,600

34, 100

34, 500

34, 500

34, 100

34,100

33,600

Jan.

32,700

31,500

30,000

23,200

26,400

24, 700

23, 100

21,400

20,000

18, 600

17, 400

16,200

15,300

14,300

13,600

12,600

12, 000

11,400

11,000

10,700

13,800

23,600

31,500

38, 200

42,700

44,900

46,500

47,300

47,300

48,100

50, 100

Feb.

52,000

53,000

56,500

57,600

57,600

56,500

54, 200

52,000

50, 100

47,300

44,900

42, 000

39, 400

37,100

35,000

33,200

34, 100

44,900

51,000

57,600

74,900

98,100

118,000

130, 000

132,000

125,000

118,000

110,000

_

-

Month

May.......................................

Water year 1937-3

Mar.

102,000

94, 500

87,600

81,000

75,900

70, 100

66,800

63, 200

61,600

60,700

58,800

56,500

53, 000

51,000

50,100

48,100

46,500

44, 900

43, 400

42,000

40,000

37, 600

36 , 600

35,000

33,200

31,900

30,700

30, 000

32,700

37,100

42, 000

Apr.

46,500

51,000

58,800

68, 000

74, 900

SO, 700

85,000

68,000

88, 000

36,500

82, 400

79, 000

75,200

72,400

69,400

68,000

69,400

68,000

68,000

69,400

70,700

72,000

70,700

70,700

69,400

68, 000

65, 400

61,400

58,800

56,500

-

Secondfoot-days

521,300

9, 123, 980

825 100

1,862,000

169,600

11,001,960

May

53,000

51,000

49, 100

47.30C

46,500

44, 900

42.70C

41.30C

39,400

37,100

35, 500

34, 100

33,200

33, 200

33,200

34, 100

35,000

36,000

37,100

37,600

38,200

38.80C

39,400

39.40C

39, 400

40,000

40,600

41.30C

42, 000

43, 400

46,500

Maximum

34,500

151,000

132,000

6,400

132,000

June

50,100

53,000

55, 300

55, 300

55,300

53, 000

52,000

50,100

48,100

45,700

44,100

43,400

42,000

41,300

40,600

40, 000

39,400

38,200

36,600

35,000

34, 500

35, 000

35,000

35,000

35,000

34,100

33,200

31,900

30,000

28, 200

-

July

26,200

24,300

22,300

20, 600

19,300

17,900

16,700

15,800

14,800

14,000

13,600

13,100

12,600

12,200

11,800

11,300

11,000

10,700

10,400

10,300

10, 400

10,400

10,900

11,400

11,900

11,800

11,400

10,900

10, 400

10,000

9,740

IHrMjnupl

6,680

5,460

33,200

5,080

5,060

Aug.

9,740

10,600

12, 500

13,800

14,300

14,300

14,000

13, 400

12,800

12, 200

11,800

11,400

11,200

10, 900

10,900

10,600

10,200

9,600

9,320

8,900

8,480

8,200

7,840

7,720

7,480

7,360

7,240

7,000

6,760

6,640

6,520

Mean

16,880

25,000

66,500

5,653

30,140

Sept.

6,400

6,280

6,280

6,280

6,060

5,960

5,860

5,860

5,860

5,860

5,860

5,760

5,760

5,760

5,760

5,660

5,660

5,660

5,560

5,460

5,460

5,360

5,260

5,260

5,170

5,170

5,080

5,080

5,080

5,080

-

Run-off in 

acre- feet

659,900

1,034,000

18,100,000

3,693,000

3» 363, 000 

4,189,000

336, 400

21,820,000
WHITE RIVER BASIN 53

West Fork of White River near Fayetteville, Ark.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°03', long. 94°07', in NEi sec. 24, T. 16 N., R. 

30 W., 3 miles southeast of Fayetteville, and 3i miles upstream from mouth. Zero of 

gage is 883.26 feet above mean sea level (Arkansas State highway benchmark).

Drainage area.- 118 square miles.

Records available.- July 1937 to September 1938.

Extremes.- 1937: Maximum discharge during period, 725 second-feet Aug. 15 (gage height, 

5.40 feet); no flow, July 23-25, July 27 to Aug. 3, Aug. 6-14.

1937-38: Maximum discharge during year, 6,930 second-feet Feb. 18 (gage height, 

16.18 feet) from rating curve extended above 3,600 second-feet; minimum, 0.5 secondfoot Oct. 29, 30, Nov. 2, 3, Sept. 24-30.

Remarks.- Records good except those below 20 second-feet, which are poor. Discharge 

for periods of missing gage heights, Sept. 8-19, 23-30, estimated on basis of rainfall 

records, recorded range in stage, and hydrograph characteristics for station. City 

of Fayetteville diverts water for municipal use above station.

Rating table, 1937-38 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used July 23 to Nov. 8, 1937, Sept. 20-22, 193S)

1.7

1.8 

2.0 

2.3 

2.6 

3.0 

3.5

2.4

10

25

60

135

4.0

5.0

6.0

8.0

10.0

13.0

16.0

250

570

970

1,920

3,000

4,760

6,770

Discharge, in second feet, 1937-38 

1937

Day

1

2

5

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. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July

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-

-

-

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-

-

-

_

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

_

-

0

0

0

.3

0

0

0

0

0

Aug.

0

0

0

.2

.4

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

116

14

26

5.6

1.0

.5

107

24

5.6

1.6

.8

.5

12

3.4

.6

'.6

Sept.

0.5

.5

2.3

10

55

74

28

219

119

43

22

12

11

8.6

7.4

5.9

5.2

7.4

9.2

8.0

6.9

6.9

6.3

6.9

44

27

13

9.2

6.3

5.2
WHITE RIVER BASIN

Discharge, In second-feet. West Pork of White River near Payettevllle, Ark., 

1937-38--Contlnued

1937-38

Day

i

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

Oct.

4.5 

4.5 

4.5 

4.5 

4.5

4.1

3.4 

2.3 

4.5 

3.1

2.5 

3.4 

3.4 

2.1

1.6

1.2 

1.2 

2.1 

4.5 

4.5

3.8 

2.5 

2.1 

1.6 

1.0

.8 

.6 

.6 

.5 

.5 

.6

Nov.

0.6 

.5 

.5

.8

1.4

1.2 

.8 

25 

4.7 

129

41 

33 

28 

23 

20

28 

24 

19 

16 

14

12 

11 

10 

9.7 

8.7

B.I 

8.1

11 

11 

9.0

Dec.

8.4 

8.1 

9.4 

10 

8.7

6.8 

6.5 

6.3 

S.5 

5.0

5.0 

5.0 

6.3 

8.7

11

525 

2,300 

604 

286 

182

131 

110 

107 

91 

77

68 

62 

59 

51 

48 

46

Jan.

44 

42 

39 

37 

34

34 

39 

37 

32 

24

22 

21 

18 

18 

16

16 

15 

14 

14 

16

37 

41 

615 

2,960 

785

382 

247 

182 

167 

253 

169

Feb.

135 

124 

114 

97 

82

98 

90

77 

72 

66

61 

57 

52 

279 

3,840

3,160 

3,900 

3,760 

1,100 

605

437 

355 

274 

216 

173

148 

126 

108

Month

Jul 

Aug 

Sei

T

Oct

No-s 

Dec

C

Jar 

Pet 

Mar 

Apr 

Maj 

JUE 

Jul 

Aui 

Sep

W

y 23-31, 1937. .........................

 he Peric 

ober 192

alendar 

raary 192

year

Q

rh

Mar.

96 

97 

86 

75 

238

103 

82 

77 

96 

110

85 

73 

68 

64 

72

56 

49 

46 

290 

280

148 

122 

103

86 

72

230 

970 

1,090 

1,900 

825 

500

Apr.

337 

247 

191 

154 

133

117 

193 

310 

427 

482

316 

239 

193 

156 

458

1,100 

451 

313 

231 

337

713 

709 

394 

286 

220

180

148 

143 

114 

97

Secondfoot-days

0.3 

320.3 

779.7

81.0 

509.1

4,857.7

6,370 

19,606 

8,189 

9,389 

10,102 

3,862 

146.9 

51.7 

30.5

63,194.9

May

82 

70 

61 

57 

53

80 

1,330 

334

175 

130

94 

81 

262 

175 

112

96 

82 

73 

257 

191

100 

323 

^,400 

665 

361

250 

295 

189 

310 

250 

164

Maximum

0.3 

116 

219

4.5 

129 

2,300

2,960 

3,900 

1,900 

1,100 

3,400 

660 

18 

15 

4.5

3,900

June

156

119 

91 

76 

62

52

136 

108 

104 

150

660 

448 

236

144 

105

86 

208 

139 

213 

130

92 

65 

51 

42 

36

41 

36 

31 

24

Minimum

0 

0 

.5

.5 

.5 

5.0

14 

52 

46 

97 

53 

21 

.8 

.6 

.5

.5

July

18 

15 

13

11 

9.4

7.8 

6.8 

2.4 

1.4 

1.3

1.2 

1.3 

1.3 

2.6 

2.3

15 

13 

3.8 

2.2 

2.3

2.0 

1.8 

1.6

1.4

1.6

1.3 

.9 

.8 

1.3 

1.8 

1.3

Aug.

0.9 

.9

.7 

.8 

.8

.9

1.0 

1.2 

1.3 

1.5

3.8 

1.3 

.8

.7 

.6

8.5 

15 

1.5

.6 

.7

.7 

.9 

.8 

.6 

.6

.6 

.6 

.6 

.6 

.9 

1.1

Mean

0.03 

10.3 

26.0

2.61 

17.0 

157

205 

700 

264 

313 

326 

129 

4.74 

1.67 

1.02

173

Sept.

1.4 

2.8 

1.0 

.6 

.6

.6 

.8

.8 

.7 

.7

.6 

.7 

4.5 

2.6 

1.2

1.1 

1.1 

1.1 

1.1

1.0

.8 

.6 

.6 

.5 

.5

.5 

.5 

.5 

.5 

.5

Run-off In 

acre-feet

0.6 

635 

1,550

2,190

161 

1,010 

9,640

12,630 

38,890 

16,240 

18,620 

20,040 

7,660 

291 

103 

60

125,300

Peak discharge.- Feb. 15, 1938 (12rl5 p.m.) 5,120 sec.-ft.; Feb. 18, 1938 (1:45 a.m.) 6,930 

sec.-ft.; May 23, 1938 (8:30 a.m.) 6,180 sec.-ft.
WHITE RIVER BASIN °°

James River at Galena, Mo.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 36°48'20", long. 93°27'50", in NWi sec. 7, T. 24 N., 

R. 23 W., at bridge on State Highways 13 and 44, in Galena, half a mile above Railey 

Creek. Zero of gage is 923.37 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 1,000 square miles.

Records available.- October 1921 to September 1938.

Average discharge.- 16 years (1922-38), 1,002 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 16,400 second-feet Feb. 19 (gage height, 14.08 

feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 82 second-feet Sept. 29, 

30 (gage height,.1.10 feet).

1921-38: Maximum discharge, 60,400 second-feet Mar. 11, 1935 (gage height, 27.05 

feet); minimum, 22 second-feet Aug. 26, 27, 29, 30, Sept. 4, 1936; minimum gage 

height, 0.45 foot Aug. 30, 1936.

Remarks.- Records good. Gage read twice daily or oftener.

Rating tables, water year 1937-38 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used May 7-23)

1.6 

1.8

2.2 

2.4

113 

154 

205 

£63

337

Oct. 1 to May 7 May 8 to Sept. 50

2.6 439 7.0 4,400 1.0 69 2.2 350

2.8 555 8.0 5,730 1.2 96 2.4 435

3.0 676 10.0 8,800 1.4 130 2.6 540

4.0 1,335 12.0 12,300 1.6 172 2.8 660

5.0 2.200 15.0 18,300 1.8 220 3.0 790

6.0 3,220 2.0 280 3.5 1,130

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

4.0 

5.0 

6.0 

8.0 

11.0

1,480

2,500

3,250

5,950

10,600

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 lOll 

12 

13 

14 

15

16

17 

18 

19 

20

81 

32 

25 

84 

25-

86 

27 

88 

29 

50 

31

Oct.

95 

89 

88 

109 

121

123 

113 

99 

133 

129

125 

113 

127 

106 

115

108 

117 

111 

133 

129

121 

115 

125 

113 

102

102 

111 

99 

106 

92 

95

Nov.

92 

102 

88 

88 

95

95

102 

99 

109 

113

117 

121 

109 

111 

111

113 

106 

111 

108 

106

100 

99 

99 

102 

95

102 

100 

99 

89 

95

Dec.

97 

90 

97 

106 

104

109 

113 

115 

117 

121

127 

127 

125 

113 

99

133 

385 

585 

927 

676

496 

385 

337 

297 

263

232 

203 

203 

190 

177 

166

Jan.

154 

133 

133 

133 

133

131 

123 

125 

125 

117

117 

119 

111 

111 

109

106 

99 

94 

106 

127

263 

927 

1,060 

1,920 

5,180

2,390 

1,480 

1,120 

927 

927 

927

Month

Oct 

Nov 

Dec

C

Jan 

 Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

w

ember .....................

alendar year 1937. ........

t ember. ...................

ater year 1937-J

Peb.

863 

769 

707 

615 

555

496 

496 

469 

439 

439

412 

385 

361 

385 

707

2,690 

6,320 

13,900 

12,800 

5,870

4,400 

3,330 

2,690 

2,300 

2,010

1,820 

1,650 

1,480

Secondfoot-daya

3,464 

3,076 

7,315

388,482

19,527 

69,358 

34, 162 

37,316 

76,621 

43,607 

9,656 

6,371 

3,127

313,600

Mar.

1,340 

1,190 

1,120 

1,060 

1,060

992

927 

927 

863 

863

863 

863 

927 

863 

992

863 

800 

769 

738 

738

707 

676 

646 

615 

555

555 

585 

585 

2,690 

4,790 

3,000

Maximum

133 

121 

927

14,000

5,180 

13,900 

4,790 

2,590 

9,670 

4,550 

512 

758 

130

13,900

Apr.

2,590 

1,920 

1.480 

1,260 

1,120

992 

927 

1,190 

2,490 

2,490

2,010 

1,650 

1,410 

1,260 

1,120

1,260 

1,190 

1,060 

992 

927

927 

863 

863 

769 

738

676 

646 

800 

927 

769

May

707 

738 

646 

555 

526

439 

3,220 

6,100 

2,950 

2,130

1,720 

1,480 

3,050 

2,390 

1,960

1,800 

2,040 

2,220 

2,130 

1,960

1,800 

1,880 

5,390 

9,670 

4,970

3,150 

2,390 

2,130 

2,390 

2,130 

1,960

Minimum

88 

88 

90

88

94 

361 

555 

646 

439 

570 

172 

106 

88

88

June

1,640 

1,480 

1,270 

1,480 

1,270

1,060 

4,550 

2,570 

1,800 

1,960

1,560 

1,410 

1,200 

1,060 

990

1,800 

2,480 

2,300 

1,800 

1,480

1,270 

1,130 

990 

922 

822

758 

725 

660 

600 

570

Mean

112 

103 

236

1,064

630 

2,477 

1,102 

1,244 

2,472 

1,454 

311 

206 

104

859

July

512 

485 

435 

390 

390

390 

350 

390 

370 

332

314 

297 

280 

280 

264

248 

280 

350 

297 

280

264 

248 

234 

220 

220

195 

172 

195 

412 

314 

248

Per 

square 

mile

0.112 

.103 

.236

1.06

.630 

2.48 

1.10 

1.24 

2.47 

1.45 

.311 

.206 

.104

.859

Aug.

208 

208 

195 

184 

184

172 

758 

692 

370 

280

220 

314 

208 

184 

172

161 

161 

150 

150 

140

130 

121 

121 

121 

109

112 

107 

109 

106 

112 

112

Sept.

107 

118 

110 

109 

109

130 

121 

107 

109 

106

102 

99 

110 

121 

110

106 

102 

109 

112 

118

109 

106 

99 

93 

90

86 

88 

88 

88 

83

Run-off

Inches

0.13 

.11 

.27

14.43

.73 

2.58 

1.27 

1.38 

2.85 

1.62 

.36 

.24 

.12

11.66

Acre-feet

6,870 

6,100 

14,510

770,600

38,730 

137,600 

67,760 

74,020 

152,000 

86,490 

19,150 

12,640 

6,200

628,100
°o WHITE RIVER BASIN

Wilson Creek near Springfield, Mo.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°11'35", long. 93°20'20", In NWiSEi sec. 28, T.

29 N., R. 22 W., three-quarters of a mile downstream from Jordan Creek and 2 miles

southwest of Springfield. Zero of gage is 1,196.16 feet (revised) above mean sea

level (general adjustment of 1929). 

Drainage area.- 19.4 square miles. 

Records available.- May 1932 to September 1938. 

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 980 second-feet June 16 (gage height, 5.35

feet, from range of stage on recorder chart); minimum, 3.8 second-feet Oct. 15, 16

(gage height, 0.25 foot); minimum dally discharge, 5.6 second-feet Oct. 16.

1932-38: Maximum discharge, about 2,440 second-feet June 27, 1932 (gage height,

7.62 feet); minimum, 2.1 second-feet Sept. 13, 1936; minimum gage height, that of

Oct. 15, 16, 1937; minimum dally discharge, 3.2 second-feet Oct. 8, 1932, Sept. 11,

1936. 

Remarks.- Records fair except those for periods of missing gage heights, which are poor.

Sewage from Springfield enters creek above this station. Springfield water supply Is

pumped from Little Sac River Basin.

Rating table, water year 1937-38 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used July 17 to Sept. 30)

0.30

.40

.50

.80

1.00

1.50

2.00

3.00

3.50

4.00

4.50

5.00

5.35

192

259

349

480

654

844

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

6

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.

#11 

*11 

#11 

#18 

#13

*12 

*13 

#17 

#14 

#12

10 

*8 

#6 

5.8 

5.8

5.6 

#13 

#20 

#15 

7.1

6.8 

6.6 

6.8 

5.8 

7-1

#7 

7.5 

6.6 

6.6 

6.6 

6.4

Nov.

7.5 

7.9 

7.5 

13 

7.9

6.6 

6.6 

7.9 

9.8

7.1

13 

8.3 

7.9 

7.9 

7.5

6.8 

7.5 

5.8 

6.4 

5.8

6.1 

6.1 

6.1 

5.8 

6.1

7.1 

6.4 

7.1 

7.1 

6.8

Dec.

6.8 

6.6 

12 

9.8 

#9

#8 

*9 

#8 

#8 

#7

#7 

6.6 

*7 

8.3 

12

32 

27 

#22

10

#8 

7.9 

8.3 

8.3 

7.1

6.8 

7.9 

7.9 

7.1 

6.4 

10

Jan.

#8 

7.1 

6.6 

7.5 

7.1

7.1 

6.6 

6.8

7.1 

6.6

6.6 

6.6 

6.6 

6.8 

6.8

6.4 

5.8 

7.1 

7.5 

44

24 

16 

23 

75 

30

22 

18 

17 

16 

36 

15

Month

Got 

Nov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

ember .....................

ater year 1937-S

Feb.

13 

12 

12 

11 

11

11 

17 

13 

12 

12

11 

10 

14 

22 

51

58 

120 

182 

93

67

56 

53 

47 

40 

35

32 

29 

28

Secondfoot-days

302.1 

223.4 

309.8

9,860.9

466,7 

1,072 

657 

827 

1,171 

1,317 

365.8 

246.7 

268.0

7,226.5

Mar.

29 

26 

25 

22 

34

19 

21 

19 

20 

£2

46 

15 

18 

19 

19

17 

16 

14 

14 

13

13 

13

12

11 

10

22 

11 

40 

45 

#42 

#40

Maximum

20 

13 

32

435

75 

182 

45 

75 

157 

250 

30 

10 

£3

250

Apr.

#34 

#23 

#22 

#22 

21

19 

42 

75 

47 

36

32 

28 

£6 

24 

38

31 

26 

25 

24 

38

22 

21 

21 

21 

21

19

18 

22 

14 

15

May

14 

15 

15 

16 

13

13 

130 

35 

27 

24

28 

29 

26 

22

18

48 

26 

24 

32 

28

24

66 

157 

68 

53

45 

41 

36 

39 

30 

29

Minimum

5.6 

5.8 

6.4

5.6

5.8 

10 

10 

14 

13 

12 

7.9 

6.8 

6.6

5.6

June

30 

26 

24 

23 

#26

#45 

#38 

#30 

#50 

#40

#28 

19 

#19 

#21 

#94

#250 

#170 

#58 

#43 

#39

36

-»33 

#30 

#28 

#33

#27 

17 

#15 

#13 

#12

Mean

9.75 

7.45 

9.99

27.0

15.1 

38.3 

21.2 

2V. 6 

37.8 

43.9 

11.8 

7.96 

8.93

19.8

July

#12 

11 

#11 

#10 

#10

#30 

-- 21 

15 

11 

9.0

10 

9.8 

9.4 

9.0 

8.3

30 

22 

12 

11 

9.4

9.0 

9.4 

9.0 

8.3 

9.0

8.7 

8.3 

8.7 

7.9 

8.3 

8.3

Per 

square 

mile

0.503 

.384 

.515

1.39

.778 

1.97 

1.09 

1.42 

1.95 

2.26 

.608 

.410 

.460

1.02

Aug.

8.7 

8.7 

8.3 

S.3 

8.7

8.3 

7.5 

8.7 

8.7 

8.3

7.9 

7.9 

7.1 

7.1 

7.9

10 

8.3 

7.9 

7.1 

7.5

7.1 

7.9 

8.3 

7.5 

7.5

7.9 

7.5 

6.8 

7.9 

7.9 

7.5

Sept.

7.1 

6.8 

7.9 

23 

21

12

11 

10 

9.8 

8.7

7.1 

B.7 

9.7 

7.5 

6.8

6.6 

7.1 

11 

7.9 

7.1

.7.1 

7.1 

7.1 

7.1 

7.5

7.5 

7.1 

6.8 

6.8 

7.1

Run- off

Inches

0.58 

.43 

.59

18.90

.90 

2.05 

1.26 

1.58 

2.25 

2.52 

.70 

.47 

.51

13.84

Acre-feet

599 

443

614

19,560

926 

2,130 

1,300 

1,640 

2,320 

2,610 

726 

489 

532

14,330

#Misslng gage height; discharge computed on basis of rainfall records
WHITE RIVER BASIN °' 

Buffalo River near Rush, Arlc.

Location.- Staff gage, lat. 36°07', long. 92°34', in SEi sec. 10, T. 17 N., R. 15 W., 

Immediately upstream from Rush Creek, li miles southeast of Rush and 24 miles upstream from mouth. Zero of gage is 458.70 feet above mean sea level (White River 

Power Co. benchmark).

Drainage area.- 1,110 square miles.

Records available.- October 1928 to September 1938.

Average discharge.- 10 years, 1,289 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 68,100 second-feet Feb. 18 (gage 

height, 25.2 feet), from rating curve extended above 28,000 second-feet; minimum 

observed, 46 second-feet Sept. 29, 30 (gage height, 0.74 foot).

1928-38: Maximum discharge observed, that of Feb. 18, 1938; minimum observed, 

15 second-feet Aug. 30 to Sept. 2, 1936; minimum gage height, 0.6 foot Sept. 25-30, 

Oct. 1-3, 7-9, 1929, Sept. 10-22, 1932.

Maximum stage known, 49.5 feet Apr. 21, 1927, former site and datum (discharge, 

about 107,000 second-feet).

Remarks.- Records good. Gage read twice daily.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1

a 

s

4

6

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

18 

13 

14 

16

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

86

26 

37 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

95 

85 

98 

127 

163

196 

159 

116 

120 

120

109 

106 

106 

106 

98

98 

120 

253 

540 

715

625 

453 

363 

276 

232

210 

191 

172 

143 

135 

135

Nov.

135 

131 

127 

120 

112

112 

112 

120 

127 

143

2,570 

2,290 

1,610 

1,080 

76S

625 

516 

476 

439 

396

356 

330 

270' 294 

253

242 

232 

232 

232 

221

Dec.

221 

210 

210 

201 

201

201 

191 

191 

182 

182

172 

172 

163 

163 

172

306 

1,430 

6,680 

4,270 

8,430

1,740 

1,420 

1,240 

1,080 

965

860 

810 

810 

762 

715 

715

Jan.

670 

625 

582 

532 

484

460 

424 

382 

363 

363

344 

318 

300 

288 

276

259 

242 

232 

232 

221

221 

312 

1,680 

17,500 

16,500

7,600 

4,270 

2,870 

2,290 

2,010 

2,150

Month

Oet 

NOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Pet 

Mar 

Apr 

Hay 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 1937. ........

ater year 1937-C

Feb.

2,010 

1,680 

1.420 

1,240 

1,080

1,020 

965 

860 

810 

715

715 

670 

625 

670 

21,800

27,300 

41,000 

63,900 

29,400 

11,300

7,040 

5,450 

4,430 

3,470 

2,570

2,150 

1,870 

1,680

Seeondf cot-days

6,465 

14,665 

29,065

445,622

65,000 

237,840 

72,460 

104,890 

78,000 

22,332 

4,784 

3,386 

2,017

640,904

Mar.

1,480 

1,300 

1,180 

1,130 

1,080

1,020 

910 

860 

965 

965

910 

910 

910 

1,080 

1,020

1,080 

1,080 

1,020 

1,020 

965

1,020 

965 

910 

910 

910

860 

1,870 

4,940 

18,700 

12,500 

7,990

Maximum

715 

2,570 

6,680

27,300

17,500 

63,900 

18,700 

14,500 

11,000 

1,610 

242 

201 

98

63,900

Apr.

5,620 

4,600 

3,320 

2,720 

2,290

2,010 

1,870 

2,430 

4,110 

3,790

3,020 

2,570 

2,150 

1,870 

1,740

14,500 

9,670 

5,280 

3,950 

3,020

2,720 

3,170 

3,020 

2,570 

2,150

1,870 

1,680 

1,870 

3,020 

2,290

May

2,150 

1,740 

1,420 

1,240 

1,740

1,540 

1,240 

3,950 

2,150 

1,360

1,180 

1,020 

1,740 

4,770 

2,870

2,150 

1,610 

1,360 

1,180 

1,300

1,480 

1,420 

11,000 

8,390 

4,430

3,320 

2,430 

2,290 

2,430 

1,740 

1,360

Minimum

85 

112 

163

64

221 

625 

860 

1,680 

1,020 

259 

116 

71 

46

46

June

1,080 

910 

810 

715 

715

670 

762 

1,180 

1,180 

965

1,080 

1,020 

715 

670 

625

540 

508 

516 

860 

1,610

1,300 

810 

625 

484 

410

376 

337 

312 

288 

259

Mean

209 

489 

938

1,221

2,097 

8,494 

2,337 

3,496 

2,516 

744 

154 

109 

67.2

1,756

July

242 

232

221 

201 

191

182 

172 

172 

172 

155

147 

147 

139 

139 

131

131 

131 

131 

123 

123

116 

116 

116 

116 

116

116 

116 

116 

116 

226 

232

Per 

square 

mile

0.188 

.441 

.845

1.10

1.89 

7.65 

2.11 

3.15 

2.27 

.670 

.139 

.098 

.060

1.58

Aug.

201 

182 

172 

155 

135

116 

112 

112 

112 

109

109 

109 

109 

106 

106

106 

106 

106 

102 

102

95 

95 

95

88 

88

82 

82 

76 

76 

71 

71

Sept.

68 

68 

79 

82 

98

92 

92 

92 

85

79

74 

71 

71 

71 

71

59 

59 

59 

59 

59

59 

59 

59 

59 

51

51 

51 

48 

46 

46

Run-off

Inches

0.22 

.49 

.97

14. S2

2.18 

7.97 

2.43 

3.52 

2.62 

.75 

.16 

.11 

.07

21.49

Acre-feet

12,820 

29 . 090 

57,350

883 , 900

128,900 

471,700 

143,700 

208,000 

154,700 

44,290 

9,490 

6,720 

4,000

1,271,000
58 WHITE RIVER BASIN

North Fork of White River at Tecumseh, Mo.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 36°36'16", long. 92°17'19", in NWiNEi sec. 16, T. 

22 N., R. 12 W., at bridge on State Highway 80, at Tecumseh, half a mile downstream 

from Bryant Creek. Zero of cage Is 547.75 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 1,180 square miles.

Records available.- October 1921 to September 1938.

Average discharge.- 16 years (1922-38), 1,235 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 28,600 second-feet Feb. 18 (gage height, 

16.80 feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 414 second-feet 

on many days; minimum gage height observed, 0.88 foot Dec. 11.

1921-38: Maximum discharge observed, 53,000 second-feet June 13, 1928 (gage 

height, 24.00 feet), from rating curve extended above 40,000 second-feet; minimum 

discharge, 280 second-feet Sept. 16, 1936; minimum gage height, 0.74 foot Aug. 16, 

30, 31, 1936.

Maximum stage known, 31.6 feet in July 1905, from floodmarks.

Remarks.- Records good. Gage read twice daily.

Rating table, water year 1937-38 (gage height in feet, and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Dec. 16)

0.8 414 2.0 1,370 5.0 5,490 13.0 19,200 

1.0 520 2.5 1,980 7.0 8,540 16.0 26,400 

1.3 720 3.0 2,640 10.0 13,500 17.0 29,200 

1.6 963

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

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 

26 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

414 

414 

439 

439 

439

439 

414 

414 

439 

439

414 

414 

414 

414 

414

414 

464 

492 

492 

492

464 

464 

439 

439 

439

439 

439 

439 

439 

439 

439

Nov.

439 

439 

414 

414 

439

439 

439 

439 

439 

464

464 

439 

439 

439 

439

464 

439 

439 

439 

439

414 

414 

414 

414 

414

414 

439 

439 

439 

414

Dec.

414 

414 

414 

439 

439

414 

439 

414 

414 

414

414 

414 

414 

414 

414

464 

1,540 

1,860 

1,210 

920

796 

758 

684 

649 

616

582 

582 

582 

582 

582 

551

Jan.

551 

520 

520 

520 

520

520 

520 

520 

492 

492

492 

492 

492 

492 

492

492 

492 

492 

464 

492

551 

582 

726 

3,230 

3,720

2,090 

1,480 

1,260 

1,100 

1,100 

1,100

Feb.

1,060 

963 

920 

877 

836

836 

796 

758 

720 

720

720 

720 

684 

758 

2,370

3,340 

9,480 

22,800 

9,940 

5,640

4,040 

3,340 

2,780 

2,370 

2,110

1,980 

1,860 

1,600

 ,.. SeoondMontn foot-days

Oet 

Nor 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

13,593 

13,020 

19,243

u

ater year 1937-3

27,006 

65,018 

56,160 

64,650 

100,360 

46,850 

24,232 

18,966 

16,027

185,145

Mar.

1,480 

1,430 

1,370 

1,320 

1,480

1,320 

1,210 

1,160 

1,160 

1,260

1,260 

1.210 

1,210 

1,210 

1,260

1,260 

1,210 

1,160 

1,100 

1,540

1,430 

1,320 

1,370 

1,320 

1,260

1,320 

1,730 

1,980 

8,980 

5,660 

4,180

Maximum

492 

464 

1,860

12,000

3,720 

22,800 

8,980 

3,930 

15,500 

2,500 

962 

836 

616

22.80C

Apr.

3,200 

2,640 

2,370 

2,110 

1,980

1,860 

1,730 

2,370 

2,920 

2,500

2,240 

1,980 

1,860 

1,730 

1,600

3,930 

3,670 

2,920 

2,500 

2,240

1,980 

1,860 

1,600 

1,540 

1,480

1,370 

1,320 

1,480 

1,430 

2,240

May

2,370 

1,860 

1,730 

1,540 

1,980

1,730 

1,860 

4,330 

2,640 

2,110

1,860 

1,600 

3,200 

3,340 

2,640

2,240 

2,370 

2,500 

2,370 

2,500

2,370 

2,7BO 

15,500 

8,700 

4,760

3,760 

3,060 

3,060 

3,060 

3,760 

2,780

» 

414 

414 

414

413

464 

684 

1,100 

1,320 

1,540 

1,060 

649 

520 

492

414

June

2,370 

2,110 

1,860 

1,730 

1,600

1,480 

1,860 

2,110 

1,730 

1,600

1,540 

1,430 

1,320 

1,260 

1,210

1,160 

1,370 

1,430 

1,860 

2,500

1,860 

1,540 

1,430 

1,320 

1,260

1,370 

1,260 

1,160 

1,060 

1,060

Mean

438 

434 

621

1,120

871 

3,036 

1,812 

2,155 

3,237 

1,562 

782 

612 

534

1,329

July

963 

963 

963 

920 

877

877 

877 

836 

796 

796

796 

758 

758 

758 

720

720 

720 

758 

720 

720

720 

720 

720 

684 

684

649 

649 

758 

836 

758 

758

Per 

square 

mile

0.371 

.368 

.526

.949

.738 

2.57 

1.54 

1.83 

2.74 

1.32 

.663 

.519 

.453

1.13

Aug.

720 

684 

649 

649 

616

616 

836 

796 

684 

649

616 

616 

616 

616 

582

649 

616 

582 

582 

582

551 

551 

551 

551 

520

551 

551 

551 

582 

551 

520

Sept.

520 

520 

551 

551 

551

551 

616 

551 

520 

520

520 

520 

551 

616 

616

551 

551 

551 

520 

520

520 

520 

520 

520 

520

492 

492 

492 

492 

492

Run- off

Inches

0.43 

.41 

.61

12.90

.85 

2.66 

1.78 

2.04 

3.16 

1.47 

.76 

.60 

.51

15.30

Acre-feet

26,960 

25,820 

38,170

810,500

53,570 

168,600 

111,400 

128,200 

199,100 

92,930 

48,060 

37,650 

31,790

962,300
WHITE RIVER BASIN 59 

North Fork of White River near Henderson, Ark.

Location.- Staff gage, lat. 36°22', long. 92°14', in NEiSW-i sec. 26, T. 20 N., R. 12 W. 

1 mile southeast of Henderson, 1 mile downstream from Bennetts Bayou, and 19 miles 

upstream from mouth. Zero of gage is 430.67 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 1,640 square miles.

Records available.- July 1909 to December 1910, October 1928 to September 1938.

Average discharge.- 10 years (1928-38), 1,464 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 47,700 second-feet Feb. 18 (gage 

height, 19.00 feet) from logarithmic extension of rating curve above 11,000 secondfeet; minimum observed, 413 second-feet Nov. 28, Dec. 8-13 (gage height, 1.42 feet).

19S8-38: Maximum discharge observed, 62,900 second-feet Mar. 11, 1935 (gage 

height, 22.2 fee.t) from logarithmic extension of rating curve above 11,000 secondfeet; minimum observed, 312 second-feet Aug. 1-3, 15-17, 23, Sept. 1, 1936 (gage 

height, 1.34 feet).

Maximum stage known, 29.5 feet in August 1915.

Remarks.- Records good. Gage read twice daily.

Rating table, water year 1937-38 (gage height. In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

2.5 

3.0

413

513

790

1,240

1,770

3,070

5.0

6.0

8.0

11.0

15.0

19.0

4,690

6,630

11,290

19,700

32,700

47,700

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

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

23 

27 

28 

29 

SO 

31

Oct.

436 

436 

436 

436

460

436 

436 

436 

436 

433

436 

436 

436 

436 

436

436 

486 

543 

573 

543

513 

486 

486 

460 

460

460 

460 

436 

436 

436 

436

Uov.

436 

436 

436 

436 

436

436 

436 

436 

460 

486

486 

486 

460 

460 

436

436 

436 

460 

436 

436

436 

436 

436 

436 

436

436 

436 

413 

436 

436

Deo.

436 

436 

436 

436 

436

436 

436 

413 

413 

413

413 

413 

413 

436 

436

486 

3,120 

3,070 

2,930 

2,130

1,340 

870 

830 

750 

710

674 

674 

638 

606 

606 

573

Jan.

573 

573 

543 

543 

543

513 

513 

513 

573 

543

513 

513 

486 

486 

460

460 

460 

460 

460 

460

573 

638 

966 

9,330 

6,630

3,520 

2,260 

1,660 

1,550 

1,660 

1,770

Month

Got 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Pet 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

Water year 1937-3

Feb.

1,440 

1,340 

1,190 

1,140 

1,100

1,050 

960 

915 

915 

870

830 

790 

790 

1,050 

3,480

5,050 

17,000 

39,100 

21,600 

10,000

6,220

4,870 

4,000 

3,370 

2,930

2,650 

2,390 

2,130

Secondfoot-days

14,214 

13,303 

26,409

581,457

40,745 

139,170 

100,850 

100,670 

151,260 

60,400 

28,355 

20,555 

16,494

712,425

Mar.

2,010 

1,890 

1,770 

1,660 

1,890

1,770 

1,550 

1,550 

1,550 

2,010

1,770 

1,770 

1,660 

1,660 

1,550

2,010 

1,770 

1,660 

1,890 

3,520

2,390 

2,130 

2,010 

2,010 

1,890

2,260 

3,070 

4,730 

24,100 

12,300 

7,050

Maximum

573 

486 

3,120

30,200

9,330 

39,100 

24,100 

11,500 

25,800 

3,220 

1,440 

960 

638

39 , 100

Apr.

5,050 

4,000 

3,370 

3,070 

2,790

2,520 

2,390 

3,520 

4,000 

3,680

3,070 

2,790 

2,520 

2,390 

2,520

11,500 

6,220 

5,050 

4,340 

3,680

3,070 

2,520 

2,390 

2,130 

2,010

1,890 

1,770 

2,520 

2,010 

1,890

May

3,370 

2,520 

2,260 

2,130 

2,010

2,010 

2,130 

5,820 

4,170 

2,650

2,260 

2,130 

9,560 

5,430 

3,840

3,220 

2,930 

3,070 

3,070 

2 930

2,790 

2,930 

25,800 

15,300 

7,490

5,240 

4,170 

3,680 

7,460 

5,050 

3,840

Minimum

436

413 

413

413

460 

790 

1,550 

1,770 

2,010 

1,240 

710 

543 

486

413

June

3,070 

2,790 

2,520 

2,260 

2,010

1,890 

1,890 

2,130 

2,390 

2,130

1,890 

1,770 

1,660 

1,550 

1,550

1,550 

2,790 

2,650 

2,520 

3,220

2,390 

1,890 

1,770 

1,660 

1,550

1,550 

1,440 

1,340 

1,340 

1,240

Mean

459 

443 

852

1,593

1,314 

4,970 

3,253 

3,356 

4,879 

2,013 

915 

663 

550

1,950

July

1,190 

1,140 

lilOO 

1,100 

1,050

1,000 

960 

1,000 

960 

960

915 

870 

870 

830 

830

790 

790 

830 

790 

790

790 

790 

790 

750 

750

710 

710 

750 

 870 

1,440 

1,240

Per 

square 

mile

0.280 

.270 

.520

.971

.801 

3.03 

1.98 

2.05 

2.98 

1.23 

.558 

.404 

.335

1.19

Aug.

960 

870 

870 

790 

710

638 

750 

790 

750 

710

710 

674 

674 

638 

638

674 

674 

638 

638 

606

573 

573 

573 

573 

543

543 

543 

543 

573 

573 

543

Sept.

543 

543 

543 

543 

638

638 

606 

573 

573 

543

543 

543 

543 

638 

606

573 

573 

543 

543 

543

513 

513 

513 

513 

513

513 

513 

513 

513 

486

Run- off

Inches

0.32 

.30 

.60

13.19

.92 

3.15 

2.28 

2.29 

3.44 

1.37 

.64 

.47 

.37

16.15

Acre-feet

28,190 

26,390 

52,380

1,153,000

80,820 

276,000 

200,000 

199,700 

300,000 

119,800 

56,240 

40,770 

32,720

1,413,000
60 WHITE RIVER BASIN

Black River at Leeper, No.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°04'30", long. 90°42'35", in SWiNEi sec. 27, T.

28 N., R. 3 E., at Missouri Southern Railraod bridge, at Leeper, and 2i miles downstream from McKenzie Creek. Prior to Oct. 22, 1937, chain gage at same site and

datum. Zero of gage is 424.66 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929). 

Drainage area.- 957 square miles. 

Records available.- June 1921 to September 1938. 

Average discharge.- 17 years, 956 second-feet. 

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 36,200 second-feet Feb. 18 (gage height, 15.42

feet); minimum,1 244 second-feet Sept. 29, 30; minimum gage height, 1.46 feet Oct. 2. 

1921-38: Maximum discharge, 78,400 second-feet May 14, 1933 (gage height, 20.1

feet); minimum, 133 second-feet Aug. 11, 1934 (gage height, 1.22 feet).

Maximum stage known, about 24.7 feet in March 1904, from floodmarks (discharge,

125,000 second-feet, estimated). 

Remarks.- Records excellent. Gage-height record collected in cooperation with the U. S.

Weather Bureau.

Rating tables, water year 1937-38 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used September 3-9)

Oct. 1 to Dec

Dec. 16 to June 16 

Sept. 7 to Sept. 30 June 17 to Sept. 8

3.5

4.0 

4.5

197

238

286

404

572

790

1,310

1,780

2,320

o.O

6.0

7.0

8.0

10.0

12.0

13.5

15.0

16.0

2,940

4,300

6,000

8,000

12,800

18,600

24,700

33,400

40,800

1.5 

1.7 

2.0 

2.3 

2.6 

2.9 

3.3 

3.8

208

257

339

442

584

775

1,105

1,580

1.3

1.7 

2.0 

2.3 

2.6 

2.8

200 

293 

3S6 

508 

664 

790

Note.- Same as preceding 

table above 3.8 feet.

Note.- Same as rating table for Oct. 1 to 

Dec. 17 above 2.8 feet.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6

7

e

9 

10

11

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

IS 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

256 

252

261 

286 

404

340 

318 

307 

302 

302

291 

281 

291 

286 

271

281 

271 

329 

371 

384

384 

388 

362 

340 

318

312 

302 

299 

2B6 

286 

284

Nov.

274 

281 

286 

286 

291

312 

309 

340 

340 

332

323 

318 

312 

312

312

309 

304 

309 

302 

302

299 

296 

291 

289

291

294 

312 

394 

391 

415

Dec.

411 

404 

391 

381 

371

359 

366

346 

340 

332

323

318 

315 

312 

315

352 

1,380 

4,020 

2,500 

1,680

1,240 

1,020 

850 

733 

641

574 

542 

504 

476 

455 

438

Jan.

431 

419 

404 

390 

373

370 

364 

361 

351 

342

342 

339 

330 

327 

319

313 

310 

307 

307 

322

705 

2,380 

1,680 

2,320 

3,600

2,210 

1,530 

1,240 

1,070 

1,240 

1,530

Month

Oct 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul AugSep

W

ember. ....................

alendar year 1937. ........

ater year 1937-3

Feb.

1,340 

1,040 

1,020 

922 

882

835 

761 

705 

660 

641

641 

692 

699 

726 

798

1,140 

4,940 

22,600 

15,100 

6,840

4,300 

3,200 

2,560 

2,100 

1,830

1,680 

1,530 

1,380

Secondfoot-days

9,645 

9,426 

22,689

356,788

26,526 

81, 562 

56,619 

55,543 

50,037 

32,877 

17,408 

12,499 

7,879

382,715

Mar.

1,340 

1,240 

1,170 

1,110 

1,070

1,040 

1,020 

981 

964 

956

947 

930 

972 

1,200 

1,530

3,740 

2,680 

1,990 

1,680 

1,480

1,380 

1,240 

1,160 

1,130 

1,080

1,030 

998 

981 

5,430 

7,580 

6,570

Maximum

404 

415 

4,020

22,400

3,600 

22,600 

7,580 

5,430 

9,240 

3,330 

1,070 

770 

307

22,600

Apr.

5,430 

3,330 

2,440 

1,990 

1,680

1,530 

1,430 

1,430 

2,380 

2,160

1,780 

1,580 

1,430 

1,340 

1,290

2,040 

4,020 

2,740 

2,100 

1,780

1,580 

1,380 

1,290 

1,200 

1,150

1,100 

1,030 

990 

947 

981

May

998 

1,020 

972 

914 

890

874 

835 

1,240 

1,340 

1,100

939

930 

981 

1,120 

1,100

1,010 

964 

1,100 

1,380 

1,240

1,100 

1,040 

2,780 

9,240 

3,870

2,380 

1,940 

1,730 

1,990 

1,630 

1,340

Mn^um

252 

274 

312

228

307 

641 

930 

947 

835 

548 

372 

304 

244

244

June

1,200 

1,080 

964 

866 

805

747 

719 

705 

686 

686

733 

686 

618 

584 

548

660 

2,045 

1,490 

2,440 

3,330

1,940 

1,440 

1,230 

1,150 

1,070

1,040 

965 

888 

811 

751

Mean

311 

314 

732

978

856 

2,913 

1,826 

1,852 

1,614 

1,096 

562 

403 

263

1,049

July

707 

658 

614 

577 

546

513 

4B2 

470 

460 

452

444 

4E7 

408 

397 

386

372 

434 

1,070 

1,000 

811

694 

602 

556 

513

477

468 

473 

464 

556 

664 

713

Per 

square 

mile

0.525 

.328 

.765

1.02

.894 

3.04 

1.91 

1.94 

1.69 

1.15 

.587 

.421 

.275

1.10

Aug.

770 

694 

608 

542 

495

470 

473 

462 

435 

423

401 

379 

376 

369 

359

359 

359 

359 

352

343

333 

330 

327 

321 

315

313 

307 

310 

307 

304 

304

Sept.

307 

304 

299 

293 

285

280 

278 

267 

262 

252

252 

254 

254 

252 

254

257 

257 

257 

257 

254

254 

254 

252 

252 

252

252 

250 

250 

244 

244

Run-off

Inches

0.37 

.37 

.88

13.86

1.03 

3.17 

2.20 

2.16 

1.95 

1.23 

.68 

.49 

.31

14.89

Acre feet

19,130 

18,700 

45,000

707,700

52,610 

161,800 

112,300 

110,200 

99,250 

65.S10 

34,530 

24,790 

15,630

759,200

Peak discharge.- Dec- 18 (7 a.m.) 4,750 sec.-ft.; Feb. 18 {8«30 p.m.) 36,200 sec.-ft.; Mar. 30 

(3 a.m.) 8,440 see.-ft.; Apr. 17 (8 a.m.) 4,450 sec.-ft.j May 2* (7 a.m.) 11,500 sec.-ft.; June 20 

(4 a.m.) 4,300 sec.-ft.
WHITE RIVER BASIN D± 

Black River at Pocahontas, Ark.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 36°15', long. 90°58', in SWi sec. 27, R. IE., T. 19 

N., at Pocahontas, 14 miles downstream from Fourche Creek, 6 miles downstream from 

Current River and 15 miles upstream from Spring River. Zero of gage is 242.43 feet 

above mean Gulf level ( Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, benchmark).

Drainage area.- 4,900 square miles.

Records available.- July 1937 to September 1938.

Extremes.- 1937: Maximum discharge observed during period, 6,270 second-feet July 20 

(gage height, 8.18 feet); minimum observed, 1,680 second-feet Sept. 24 (gage height, 

0.94 foot).

1937-38: Maximum discharge during year, 30,100 secon'd-feet Feb. 25 (gage height, 

21.94 feet); minimum observed, 1,760 second-feet Oct. 2 (gage height, 1.11 feet).

Maximum stage known, 25.9 feet in April 1927.

Remarks.- Records good. Gage read twice dally. Results of several discharge measurements furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Hating table, period July 1937 to September 1938 (gage height, in feet, and disoharg

in second-feet)

0.9 

2.0 

4.0 

6.0

e.o

1,680

2,200

3,340

4,650

6,110

10.0 7,710

14.0

17.0

19.0

20.0

21.0

11,010 

14,010 

17,090 

19,900 

24,BOO

22.0 30,800

Discharge, in second-feet, 1937-38 

1937

Day

1

2

S

4

e

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

IS

14

IB

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

SO

51

Oct. HOT. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July

_

-

_

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

_

_

_

_

-

5,630

5,490

5,070

5,560

6,030

4,790

4,090

3,520

2,980

2,920

2,740

2,620

2,500

2,450

2,350

2,300

Aug.

2,250

2,250

2,200

2,150

2,150

2,100

2,100

2,100

2,100

2,100

2,050

2,050

2,000

2,000

1,950

1,900

1,900

1,350

1,850

1,850

1,800

1,800

1,950

2,100

1,900

1,850

1,850

1,800

1,800

1,760

1,760

Sept.

1,760

1,760

1,850

1,950

2,350

2,400

2,300

2,150

2,050

2,100

2,250

2,350

2,150

2,050

1,950

1,900

1,850

1,800

1,760

1,760

1,720

1, 720.

1,720

1,720

1,760

1,950

1,850

1,850

1,850

1,850
62 WHITE RIVER BASIN

Discharge, In second-feet, Black River at Pocahontas, Ark., 1937-38--ContInued

1937-38

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

Oct.

1,800 

1,760 

1,800 

2,050 

3,340

2,620 

2,200 

2,050 

2,000 

2,000

1,950 

1,900 

1,850 

1,850 

1,800

1,800 

1,900 

2,050 

2,680 

3,100

2,980 

2,920 

2,800 

2,740 

2,400

2,500 

2,300 

2,200 

2,100 

2,050 

2,000

Nov.

2,000 

1,950 

1,900 

1,900 

1,900

1,900 

1,900 

1,950 

1,950 

2,100

2,680 

2,500 

2,350 

2,300 

2,350

2,200 

2.200 

2.150 

2,100 

2,100

2,050 

2,000 

2,000 

2,000 

1,950

2,000 

1,950 

1,950 

2,050 

2,100

Dec.

2,150 

2,150 

2,150 

2,050 

2,100

2,100 

2,100 

2,050 

2,050 

2,000

2,000 

2,000 

2,000 

2,000 

2,000

2,050 

2,300 

3,820 

4.5RO 

5,210

5,490 

5,210 

5,630 

5,560 

5,140

5,070 

5,490 

5,870 

5,560 

5,350 

5,210

Jan.

5,210 

5,070 

4,860 

4,580 

4,300

3,880 

3,580 

3,280 

3,040 

2,860

2, BOO 

2,680 

2,560 

2,500 

2,450

2,400 

2,400 

2,350 

2,300 

2,300

2 , 620 

3,400 

3,760 

5,280 

7,230

7,870 

8,270 

7,950 

7,150 

6,830 

7,870

Month

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

VI

Oct 

Nov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Pet 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

y 16-31, 

ust

1937

tember ....................

ater yea 

oter 193

r

r]

alendar 

uary 193

year

Q

Pet.

8,190 

8,030 

8,030 

7,870 

7,630

7,390 

7,150 

6,910 

6,750 

6,510

6,190 

5,870 

5,490 

5,280 

6,830

9,070 

10,100 

13,100 

17,300 

18,900

23,200 

28,000 

28,700 

29,400 

30,100

28.700 

27,300 

22,200

Secondfoot-days

61,040 

61,270 

58,480

69,490 

62,430 

108,440

133,630 

390,190 

292,420 

522,590 

207,340 

185,290 

124,250 

111,350 

57,100

2,264,520

liar.

19,600 

17,300 

16,000 

15,300 

14,100

13,000 

12,200 

11,200 

10,300 

9,230

8,510 

7,550 

6,750 

6,190 

5,790

5,630 

5,630 

5,950 

6,190 

6,110

5,950 

5,710 

5,630 

5,490 

5,490

5,630 

6,190 

6,350 

9,550 

15,000 

18,900

Maximum

6,030 

2,250 

2,400

3,340 

2,680 

5,870

8,270 

30,100 

19,600 

27,300 

11,000 

8,830 

7,390 

7,310 

2,050

30,100

Apr.

21,400 

22,700 

24,200 

26,000 

27,300

27,300 

26,000 

24.800 

23,200 

21,400

20,600 

19,600 

17,800 

16,700 

15,600

15,300 

16,300 

16,900 

16,500 

14,900

14,800 

13,800 

13,000 

12,400 

10,900

9,790 

9,230 

8,590 

8,030 

7,550

May

7,310 

7,070 

6,910 

6,670 

6,190

5,710 

5,350 

5,140 

4,860 

6,670

6,750 

6,030 

6,270 

5,560 

5,420

5,350 

5,350 

5,140 

5,000 

4,930

5,070 

5,210 

5,420 

5,630 

7,390

9,470 

10,800 

11,000 

11,000 

10,400 

8,270

Minimum

2,300 

1,760 

1,720

1,760 

1,900 

2,000

2,300 

5,280 

5,490 

7,550 

4,860 

4,090 

2,560 

2,050 

1,800

1,760

June

7,950 

7 310 

6,750 

6,430 

6,270

6,110 

5,950 

5,710 

5,560 

5,280

4,930 

4,720 

4,510 

4,300 

4,090

4,790 

5,560 

5,950 

6.750 

8,110

8,830 

8,750 

8,270 

7,550 

6,670

6,270 

5,870 

5,560 

5,350 

5,140

Mean

3,815 

1,976 

1,949

2,242 

2,081 

3,498

4,311 

13,940 

9,433 

17,420 

6,688 

6,176 

4,008 

3,592 

1,903

6,204

July

4,860 

4,650 

4,370 

4,020 

3,700

3,460 

3,280 

3,340 

3,100 

3,040

2,920 

2,920 

2,860 

2,740 

2,680

2,620 

2,560 

3,580 

5,630 

7,390

6,590 

5,420 

4,650 

4,020 

3,400

3,100 

2,920 

3,100 

4,790 

5,790 

6,750

Per 

square 

mile

0.779 

.403 

.398

.458 

.425 

.714

.880 

2.84 

1.93 

3.56 

1.36 

1.26 

.818 

.733 

.388

1.27

Aug.

6,990 

7,310 

6,510 

5,870 

5,560

5,350 

5,630 

5,790 

4,790 

4,510

3,950 

3,460 

3,040 

2,920 

2,800

2,740 

2,620 

2,560 

2,500 

2,500

2,450 

2,450 

2,300 

2,100 

2,100

2.100 

2,100 

2,100 

2,100 

2,100 

2,050

Sept.

2,000 

2,000 

2,000 

2,050 

2,050

2,050 

2,050 

2,050 

2,050 

2,000

1,950 

1,850 

1,850 

1,850 

1,850

1,850 

1,850 

1,850 

1,850 

1,850

1,850 

1,850 

1,850 

1,850 

1,800

1,800 

1,800 

1,800 

1,800 

1,800

Run-off

Inches

0.46 

.46 

.44

.53 

.47 

.82

1.01 

2.96 

2.22 

3.97 

1.57 

1.41 

.94 

.85 

.42

17.16

Acre-feet

121,100 

121,500 

116,000

137,800 

123,800 

215,100

265,100 

773,900 

570,000 

1,037,000 

411,300 

367, 500 

246,400 

220,900 

113,300

4,482,000
WHITE RIVER BASIN

63

Current River near Eminence, Mo.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°11'00", long. 91°15'30", in SW-iNEi sec. 15, T.

29 N., R. 3 W., 1 mile downstream from Jacks Fork and 8 miles northeast of Eminence.

Zero of gage is 568.80 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929). 

Drainage area.- 1,230 square miles. 

Records available.- August 1921 to September 1938. 

Average discharge.- 17 years, 1,457 second-feet. 

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 31,200 second-feet Feb. 18 (gage height, 16.48

feet); minimum, 470 second-feet Nov. 21-25 (gage height, 1.31 feet).

1921-38: Maximum discharge, 59,600 second-feet Mar. 11, 1935 (gage h3ight, 24.35

feet); minimum, 360 second-feet July 21-25, July 27 to Aug. 13, 1934; minimum gage

height, 1.08 feet Aug. 3-10, 1934. 

Remarks.- Records excellent except those for period of missing gage heights, September

19-30, which were computed on basis of records for Current River at Van Buren and

Jacks Fork at Eminence and are fair.

Rating table, water year 1937-38 (gage height in feet, and discharge, In second-feet) 

Oct. 1 to May 7 May 8 to Sept. 30

1.1 

1.3 

1.5 

2.0 

3.0 

4.0 

5.0

370

470

600

1,010

1,920

2,920

4,000

6.0

8.0

10.0

12.0

14.0

16.0

17.0

5,420

9,010

13,200

17,900

23,300

29,500

32,800

1.0 

1.2

400

511

636

778

1,100

3.0 

4.0 

5.0 

6.0

2,010

3,040

4,220

5,600

Note.- Same as preceding table 

at and above 8.0 feet.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

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 

26

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oct.

500 

500 

500 

530 

565

530 

500 5001 

500 

500

500 

500 

500 

500 

500

500 

500 

530 

600

600

600 

530 

530 

500 

500

500 

500 

500 

500 

500 

500

Hov.

500 

500 

500 

500 

530

530 

530 

530 

530 

530

530 

500 

500 

500 

470

500 

500 

500 

500 

500

470 

470 

470 

4-70 

470

500 

500 

600 

600 

565

Dec.

530 

530 

530 

530 

530

530 

500 

500 

500 

500

500 

500 

500 

500 

500

640 

1,890 

4,380 

2,420 

1,640

1,280 

1,100 

965 

880 

800

760 

720 

680 

640 

600 

600

Jan.

600 

565 

565 

565 

530

530 

530 

530 

500 

500

500 

500 

500 

500

500

500 

500 

500 

500 

530

1,460 

2,020 

1,640 

2,960 

4,990

2,720 

1,920 

1,550 

1,370 

1,460 

1,730

Month

Oct 

Hov 

Dec

0

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

ember .....................

alendar year 1937 .........

tember . ...................

ater year 1937-:

Feb.

1,640 

1,460 

1,370 

1,190 

1,100

1,060 

1,010 

965 

920 

880

880 

880 

840 

880 

1,100

2,560 

9,000 

25,400 

13,600 

7,920

5,580 

' 4,390 

3,760 

3,220 

2,820

2,520 

2,320 

2,020

Secondfoot-days

16,015 

15,295 

27,675

481,030

34,265 

101,285 

66,410 

82.660 

110,970 

61,850 

38,700 

23,912 

18,500

597,537

Mar.

1,820 

1,730 

1,640 

1.550 

1,550

1,460 

1,370 

1,280 

1,280 

1,280

1,280 

1,280 

1,280 

1,280 

1,640

2,420 

2,320 

2,020 

1,820 

1,730

1,550 

1,460 

1,550 

1,550 

1,460

1,460 

1,370 

1,370 

7,480 

8,000 

7/130

Maximum

60C 

60C 

4.38C

15.80C

4,990 

25.40C 

8,OOC 

6.31C 

13.50C 

5,04C 

3.80C 

1,180 

693

25,400

Apr.

5,110 

4,000 

3,320 

2,820 

2,520

2,220 

2,020 

3,100 

3,310 

4,260

3,430 

3,020 

2,620 

2,320 

2,120

3,730 

4,390 

3,430 

2,920 

2,620

2,320 

2,020 

1,820 

1,640 

1,550

1,460 

1,370 

1,370 

1,280 

1,550

May

2,620 

2,220 

1,920 

1,730 

1,820

1,730 

2,060 

6,940 

3,650 

2,820

2,410 

2,160 

2,210 

2,670 

2,510

2,160 

2,060 

2,560 

2,720 

2,560

2,310 

2,110 

11,400 

13,500 

6,060

5,100 

5,180 

3,840 

3,960 

3,260 

2,720

Minimum

500 

470 

500

470

500 

840 

1,280 

1,280 

1,730 

1,270 

847 

636 

550

470

June

2,310 

2,010 

1,820 

1,720 

1,580

1,500 

1,540 

1,500 

1,580 

1,900

1,870 

1,630 

1,450 

1,360 

1,270

1,600 

3,090 

4,620 

5,040 

3,640

2,930 

2,360 

2,160 

1,960 

1,680

1,870 

1,580 

1,450 

1,360 

1,270

Mean

517 

510 

893

1,318

1,105 

3,617 

2,142 

2,755 

3,580 

2,062 

1,248 

771 

617

1,637

July

1,230 

1,180 

1,140 

1,100 

1,060

1,020 

1,020

1,010 

975 

951

919 

887 

879 

8-71 

863

847 

3,630 

3,800 

1,580 

1,320

1,140 

1,060 

999 

959 

927

887 

871 

895 

1,820 

1,230 

1,630

Per 

square 

mile

0.420 

.415

.726

1.07

.898 

2.94 

1.74 

2.24 

2.91 

1.68 

1.01 

.627 

.502

1.33

Aug.

1,180 

1,060 

951 

911 

863

983 

991 

871 

840 

793

763 

749 

727 

720 

749

742 

727 

720 

705 

698

670 

670 

657 

650 

643

650 

643 

636 

650 

650 

650

Sept.

664 

670 

664 

664 

684

691 

670 

657 

643 

630

623 

616 

636 

650 

636

636 

623 

623 

610 

580

580 

580 

570 

560 

560

560 

550 

5*0 

560 

560

Run-off

Inches

0.48 

.46 

.84

14.53

1.04 

3.06 

2.01 

2.50 

3.36 

1.87 

1.16 

.72 

.56

18.06

Acre-feet

31,770 

30,340 

54,890

954,100

67.960 

200,900 

131,700 

164,000 

220,100 

122,700 

76,760 

47,430 

36,690

1,185,000
64 WHITE RIVER BASIN

Current River at Van Buren, Mo.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°59', long. 91°01', in NEtNWi sec. 25, T. 27 N.,

R. 1 W., at bridge on U. S. Highway 60, in Van Buren, 700 feet downstream from Davis

Creek. Zero of gage is 445.78 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929). 

Drainage area.- 1,640 square miles. 

Records available.- June 1921 to September 1938 in reports of U. S. Geological Survey.

September 1912 to June 1921 in reports of University of Missouri and of Missouri

Geological Survey.

Average discharge.- 17 years (1921-38), 1,845 second-feet. 

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 37,700 second-feet Feb. 19 (gage height,

12.66 feet); minimum, 651 second-feet Nov. 23-26, Dec. 11; (gage height, 0.43 foot). 

1921-38: Maximum discharge, 86,600 second-feet Mar. 11, 1935 (gage height, 19.84

feet); minimum, 490 second-feet Aug. 26-28, 30, 31, 1936.

Maximum stage known, 26.0 feet Mar. 26, 1904, from floodmarks. 

Remarks.- Records excellent except those for period of missing gage heights, May 25-29,

which were computed on basis of records for station at Eminence and are fair.

Rating table, water year 1937-38 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Jan. 25 to Feb. 17.)

0.4 

.6

1.0 

1.5

Oct. 1 to Feb. 17

630

775

930

1,100

1,540

2,070

2,710

3,490

4,420

Note.- Same as following table 

bove 3.5 feet.

1.0 

1.5 

2.0 

2.5

Feb. 18 to Sept. 30

700

773

933

1,380

1,900

2,600

3.0 

4.0 

5.0 

7.0 

9.0 

11.0

3,440

5,530

8,090

14,100

21,200

29,400

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

6

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26

ar

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

665 

665

679 

760 

782

745 

700 

693 

686 

686

686 

6R6 

686 

679 

679

672 

700 

775 

820 

850

820 

768 

738 

715 

715

715 

715 

715 

700 

693 

693

Nov.

686 

693 

686 

679 

700

700 

700 

700 

700 

722

715 

700 

700 

700 

693

693 

700 

686 

686 

679

672 

672 

665 

658 

658

658 

672 

805 

842 

805

Deo.

768 

738 

715 

722 

715

700 

708 

686 

672 

665

658 

658 

672 

693 

686

730 

1,400 

3,620 

2,830 

1,960

1,590 

1,400 

1,270 

1,180 

1,100

1,030 

998 

964 

930 

906 

906

Jan.

906 

898 

890 

890 

882

882 

R74 

866 

866 

866

866 

866 

850 

850 

842

835 

835 

835 

828 

820

1,040 

1,960 

1,800 

2,310 

5,390

3,490 

2,500 

2,130 

1,850 

1,850 

2,020

Month

Oct 

Nov 

Deo

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

ember. ....................

alendar year 1937 .........

t ember. ...................

ater year 1937-35

Feb.

2,070 

1,900 

1,740 

1,640 

1,540

1,500 

1,450 

1,360 

1,320 

1,320

1,270 

1,270 

1,270 

1,320 

1,450

2,130 

7,620 

25,700 

28,000 

12,700

8,370 

6,140 

4,850 

4,010 

3,440

3,000 

2,760 

2,450

Secondfoot-days

22,281 

21,025 

33,270

644,305

43 , 587 

133.590 

77,330 

105,990 

121,790 

79,510 

54,540 

32,332 

25,152

750,397

Mar.

2,170 

2,030 

. 1,900 

1,780 

1,780

1,720 

1,620 

1,520 

1,520 

1,570

1,520 

1,520 

1,520 

1,570 

1,670

2,450 

2,680 

2,380 

2,170 

1;960

1,780 

1,670 

1,620 

1,570 

1,520

1,480 

1,480 

1,480 

6,260 

12,200 

9,220

Maximum

850 

842 

3,620

22,OOC

5,39C 

28.00C 

12.20C 

7,55C 

20,000 

7,880 

10,90C 

1,90C 

95C

28,000

Apr.

7,550 

5,530 

4,420 

3,720 

3,180

2,840 

2,520 

3,210 

6,780 

5,680

4,420 

3,720 

3,180 

2,840 

2,600

4,290 

6,010 

4,850 

3,910 

3,350

2,920 

2,680 

2,380 

2,170 

2,100

1,960 

1,840 

1,780 

1,720 

1,840

May

2,450 

2,680 

2,240 

2,030 

'2,030

2,100 

1,900 

6,120 

4,410 

3,090

2,600 

2,310 

2,240 

2,450 

2,600

2,310 

2,170 

2,380 

2,760 

2,680

2,450 

2,240 

5,500 

20,000 

7,200

6,000 

6,000 

5,000 

6,000 

4,320 

3,530

Minimum

665 

658 

658

658

820 

1,270 

1,480 

1,720 

1,900 

1,570 

1,010 

796 

744

658

June

3,180 

2,680 

2,380 

2,170 

2,100

1,960 

1,960 

1,900 

1,840 

2,100

2,450 

2,100 

1,840 

1,720 

1,620

1,620 

3,960 

4,010 

7,880 

5,650

4,110 

3,180 

2,760 

2,680 

2,170

2,310 

2,100 

1,840 

1,670 

1,570

Mean

719 

701 

1,073

1,765

1,406 

4,771 

2,495 

3,533 

3,929 

2,650 

1,759 

1,043 

838

2,056

July

1,520 

1.480 

1,430 

1,340 

1,290

1,240 

,240 

,240 

,160 

,140

,110 

,070 

,060 

,050 

1,030

1,010 

1,260 

10,900 

3,350 

2,100

1,720 

1,570 

1,430 

1,340 

1,290

1,240 

1,190 

1,200 

1,990 

2,240 

2,310

Per 

square

mile

0.438 

.427 

.654

1.08

.857 

2.91 

1.52 

2.15 

2.40 

1.62 

1.07 

.636 

.511

1.25

Aug>

1,900 

1,520 

1,380 

1,290 

1,200

1,130 

1,480 

1,200 

1,160 

1,100

1,060 

1,030 

994 

959 

968

985 

959 

950 

933 

900

875 

867 

842 

827 

827

819 

835 

796 

804 

875 

867

Sept.

908 

950 

950 

933 

916

925 

916 

892 

892 

883

875 

858 

850 

850 

842

842 

842 

835 

812 

788

781 

788 

766 

766 

758

751 

751 

744 

744 

744

Run-off

Inches

0.50 

.48 

.75

14.59

.99 

3.03 

1.75 

2.40 

2.77 

1.81 

1.23 

.73 

.57

17.01

Aore-feet

44,190 

41,700 

65,990

1,278,000

86,450 

265,000 

153,400 

210,200 

241,600 

157,700 

108,200 

64,130 

49,890

1,488,000

Peak discharge.- Feb. 19 (5 a.m.) 37,700 sec.-ft.; Mar. 30 (9 a.m.) 15,100 sec.-ft.; Apr. 9 

(3 p.m.) 8,370 sec.-ft.; May 24 (12 M) 26,800 sec.-ft.; June 19 (5 a.m.) 10,100 sec.-ft.; July 18 

(8 a.m.) 19,000 sec.-ft.
WHITE RIVER BASIN 65

Current River at Doniphan, Mo.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°37', long. 90°51', in NWiNWi sec. 27, T. 33 N., 

R. 2 E., half a. mile upstream from State Highway 14, 1 mile west of Doniphan, and 24 

miles upstream from Briar Creek. Zero of gage is 322.21 feet above mean sea level 

(general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 2,030 square miles.

Records available.- June 1921 to September 1938.

Average discharge.- 17 years, 2,759 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 37,300 second-feet Feb. 19 (gage height, 15.72. 

feet); minimum, 1,110 second-feet Dec. 12 (gage height, 2.08 feet).

1921-38: Maximum discharge, 94,400 second-feet Mar. 12, 1935 (gage height, E3.89 

feet, former site and datum); minimum, 880 second-feet Aug. 1-14, 16, 1934, Aug. 30, 

31, Sept. 1, 1936; minimum gage height, 1.75 feet Aug. 4, 7, 9-11, 1934, former site 

and datum.

Maximum stage known, 26.8 feet, former site and datum, sometime during March 1904, 

from floodmarks (discharge, about 130,000 second-feet, from rating curve extended above 

60,000 second-feet).

Remarks.- Records excellent.

Rating table, water year 1937-38 (gage height, In feet and discharge, in second-feet)

2.0 1,020 5.0 4,930 12.0 21,200 

2.5 1,570 7.0 8,250 14.0 29,500 

3.0 2,150 9.0 12,200 16.0 38,700 

4.0 3,500 10.0 14,700

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1933

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

Oct.

1,130 

1,130 

1,160 

1,620 

1,520

1,350 

1,260 

1,230 

1,210 

1,200

1,170 

1,160 

1,150 

1,140 

1,140

1,130 

1,240 

1,330 

1,450 

1,440

1,440 

1,360 

1,300 

1,260 

1,250

1,240 

1,230 

1,220 

1,210 

1,200 

1,170

Nov.

,160 

,150 

,150 

,150 

,160

,170 

,180 

,200 

,180 

,230

,240 

,230 

,220 

,200 

,200

,200 

,200 

,180 

,170 

,160

,140 

,130 

,130 

,130 

,120

,130 

,140 

,250 

,340 

,34Q

Dec.

1,300 

1,250 

1,230 

1,230 

1,230

1,200 

1,180 

1,160

r, 140

1,130

1,120 

1,120 

1,120 

1,130 

1,130

1,140 

1,740 

3,920 

4,930 

3,640

2,870 

2,530 

2,270 

2,090 

1,910

1,790 

1,740 

1,680 

1,620 

1,570 

1,570

Jan.

1,520 

1,520 

1,460 

1,430 

1,390

1,370 

1,350 

1,330 

1,310 

1,300

1,270 

1,270 

1,230 

1,220 

1,180

1,170 

1,180 

1,170 

1,160 

1,180

1,350 

2,090 

2.870 

3.080 

4,630

5,870 

4,06.0 

3,360 

2,940 

2,870 

2,940

Feb.

3,010 

2,870 

2,660 

2,530 

2,340

2,270 

2,150 

2,050 

1,970 

1,910

1,850 

1,790 

1,790 

1,850 

2,030

2,600 

5,020 

16,200 

32,900 

25,300

11,500 

8,080 

6,550 

5,710 

5,080

4,630 

4,340 

3,920

 SecondMontn foot-days

Dot 

Nov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jim 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

ember .....................

39,040 

35,580 

54,680

alendar year 1937. ........ 971,300

t ember ....................

ater year 1937-2

62,070 

64,880 

19,060 

49,230 

39,840 

99,270 

70,580 

50,230 

38,380

22,840

Mar.

3,640 

3,500 

3,290 

3,150 

3,080

3,010 

2,870 

2,730 

2,660 

2,660

2,660 

2,600 

2,600 

2,600 

2,730

3,150 

3,780 

3,640 

3,430 

3,220

3,010 

2,870 

2,800 

2,730 

2,730

2,660 

2,660 

2,600 

10,800 

12,500 

12,700

Maximum

1,620 

1,340 

4,930

28,700

5,870 

32,900 

12,700 

10,100 

16,100 

6,720 

6,310 

2,870 

1,380

32,900

Apr.

10,100 

7,570 

6,210 

5,390 

4,780

4,340 

4,060 

4,060 

5,390 

7,230

5,870 

5,080 

4,630 

4,200 

3,920

6,620 

7,740 

6,890 

5,710 

4,930

4,480 

4,060 

3,780 

3,640 

3,430

3,290 

3,080 

3,010 

2,870 

2,870

May

3,080 

3,780 

3,430 

3,220 

3,080

3,150 

3,080 

3,360 

6, "380 

4,340

3,780 

3,430 

3,290 

3,290 

3,500

3,360 

3,220 

3,080 

3,430 

3,640

3,430 

3,360 

3,500 

9,140 

16,100

6,890 

6,550 

6,040 

4,930 

4,780 

4,200

Hinimum

1,130 

1,120 

1,120

1,120

1,160 

1,790 

2,600 

2,870 

3,080 

2,400 

1,620 

1,320 

1,160

1,120

June

3,780 

3,430 

3,150 

2,940 

2,800

2,660 

2,600 

2,600 

2,530 

2,660

2,870 

2,870 

2,600 

2,400 

2,460

2,600 

3,920 

4,340 

6,720 

6,380

4,930 

4,060 

3,640 

3,500 

3,150

2,940 

3,080 

2,730 

2,530 

2,400

Hean

1,259 

1,186 

1,764

2,661

2,002 

5,889 

3,841 

4,974 

4,511 

3,309 

2,277 

1,620 

1,270

2,802

July

2,270 

2,210 

2,150 

2,090 

2,030

1,970 

1,910 

1,910 

1,850 

1,850

1,790 

1,740 

1,740 

1,680 

1,680

1,620 

1,680 

5,480 

6,310 

3,150

2,530 

2,210 

2,030 

1,910 

1,850

1,790 

1,740 

1,740 

1,790 

2,940 

2,940

Per 

square 

mile

0.620 

.584 

.869

1.31

.986 

2.90 

1.89 

2.45 

2.22 

1.63 

1.12 

.798 

.630

1.38

Aug.

2,870 

2,340 

2,090 

1,910 

1,790

,740 

,790 

,910 

,740 

,680

,620 

,570 

,520 

,520 

,570

,570 

,520 

,520 

,520 

,450

,440 

,420 

,400 

,390 

,350

,340 

,350 

,330 

,320 

1,320 

1,330

Sept.

1,320 

1,360 

1,380 

1,380 

1,380

1,370 

1,360 

1,340 

1,330 

1,310

1,300 

1,280 

1,280 

1,310 

1,300

1,270 

1,270 

1,260 

1,250 

1,240

1,230 

1,220 

1,220 

1,210 

1,200

1,240 

1,240 

1,200 

1,170 

1,160

Run- off

Inches

0.71 

.65 

1.00

17.80

1.14 

3.02 

2.18 

2.73 

2.56 

1.82 

1.29 

.92 

.70

18.72

Aore-feet

77,430 

70, 570 

108,500

1,927,000

123,100 

327,000 

236,200 

296,000 

277,400 

196,900 

140,000 

99,630 

76 , 130

2,029,000

Peak discharge.- Peb. 19 (8 p.m.) 37,300 sec.-ft.j Mar. 31 (3 a.m.) 15,000 sec.-ft.; Apr. 10 

(6 a.m.) 7,910 sec.-ft.; Apr. 16 (6 p.m.) 9,150 sec.-ft.; May 25 (9 a.m.) 20,500 sec.-ft.; June 19 

(6 p.m.) 8,430 sec.-ft.
00 WHITE RIVER BASIN

Round Spring at Round Spring, Mo.

Location.- Staff gage, lat. 37°17', long. 91°26', in SEi sec. 20, T. 30 N., R. 4 W., 

Inside spring basin at hamlet of Round Spring, about 1,000 feet upstream from confluence with Current River. Zero of gage is 665.06 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Records available.- October 1928 to September 1938. 

Average discharge.- 10 years, 39.8 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 498 second-feet Feb. 18, during 

period of backwater from Current River; minimum observed, 10 second-feet Dec. 10-12; 

minimum gage height, 1.08 feet Jan. 4, 5, 8, 9, 13-17, 19, 20.

1928-38: Maximum discharge observed, 520 second-feet May 14, 1933, during period 

of backwater from Current River; maximum gage height, 14.59 feet Mar. 11, 12, 1935, 

from floodmarks; minimum discharge observed, that of Dec. 10-12, 1937,

Remarks.- Records fair except those for periods of backwater from Current River, which 

are poor. Gage read once daily.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1

2

S

4

6

6

7

3

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

18

19

20

SI

ss

23

24

25

26

27

23

29

50

3.1

Oct.

15

15

14

16

16

16

14

14

13

13

13

12

12

13

12

14

15

14

14

14

14

13

14

14

*14

14

13

14

13

13

13

HOT.

13

13

13

14

15

15

14

16

15

17

15

15

15

15

15

16

16

17

16

16

15

15

15

15

15

16

15

14

13

13

-

Dec.

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

11

11

10

10

10

11

11

11

13

80

42

35

31

25

20

18

*17

16

15

15

14

12

12

12

Jan.

12

12

12

11

11

12

13

12

12

13

13

14

12

12

12

12

13

*13

13

13

39

38

32

133

145

47

45

38

32

45

49

Feb.

41

33

33

32

33

31

26

24

24

23

23

21

; 21

23

26

132

f230

f498

f455

f410

364

291

230

179

143

121

105

87

.

-

Month

March. ....................................

April. ....................................

toy.......................................

July. .....................................

Water year 1937-2 8......................

Mar.

76

68

56

51

51

41

39

38

36

33

31

31

32

32

35

56

56

51

47

41

39

36

42

41

41

42

38

44

f!40

291

373

Apr.

307

245

172

131

114

93

87

172

215

172

145

119

102

87

78

133

131

126

107

94

83

70

64

60

54

54

52

47

45

98

-

Secondfoot-days

428

447

546

16,304

890

3,659

2,028

3,462

3,791

2,678

1,560

714

21,094

May

96

82

76

62

56

47

200

121

87

74

72

72

89

98

85

66

66

87

76

87

85

72

t340

f360

331

260

186

145

122

101

90

MaxlmuBi

16

17

80

350

145

498

373

307

360

291

193

44

25

498

June

78

72

64

65

57

50

53

53

53

55

64

49

52

51

44

45

144

172

291

252

172

134

111

98

87

76

66

62

54

54

-

July

52

52

51

51

47

44

44

41

39

39

36

36

36

32

32

32

36

193

116

80

62

52

49

44

41

35

35

33

42

39

39

Minimum

12

13

10

10

11

21

31

45

47

44

32

23

23

10

Aug.

36

35

35

32

29

28

*44

40

33

32

32

31

31

31

31

32

26

26

25

25

24

23

23

25

24

23

23

23

23

23

23

Mean

13.8

14.9

17.6

44.7

28.7

131

65.4

115

122

89.3

50.3

28 .7

23.8

57.8

Sept.

23

23

23

23

24

24

24

24

23

23

23

23

24

24

24

25

24

24

24

25

25

25

24

24

23

24

23

24

24

24

-

Run-off In 

acre-feet

849

887

1,080

32,340

1.770

7,260

4,020

6,870

7,520

5,310

3,090

1,770

1,420

41,850

*Mlssing gage height; discharge computed on basis of records for Current River near Bnlnence, 

Alley Spring at Alley, Qreer Spring at Greer, and rainfall records.

fStage-discharge relation affected by baolrwater from Current Rlverj discharge computed on basis 

of above-mentioned records.
WHITE RIVER BASIN 67

Jacks Fork at Eminence, Mo.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 37°09'15", long. 91°21'30", in Wi sec. 26, T. 29 N.,

R. 4 W., at bridge on State Highway 19, one mile downstream from Pine Hollow and

Eminence. Zero of gage is 617.91 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of

1929).

Drainage area.- About 376 square miles. 

Records available.- October 1921 to September 1938. 

Average discharge.- 17 years, 442 second-feet. 

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 14,800 second-feet May 23 (gage height, 11.03

feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 102 second-feet Sept. 30

(gage height, 2.12 feet).

1921-38: Maximum discharge observed, about 40,000 second-feet June 13, 1928 (gage

height, 16.24 feet, former site and datum); minimum, 64 second-feet Aug. 28, 1936;

minimum gage height, that of Sept. 30, 1938. 

Remarks.- Records good. Gage read twice daily.

Rating tables, water year 1937-38 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Nov. 12, Sept. 17-30)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 16 Feb. 17 to Sept. 30

2.3 

2.5 

2.7 

3.0 

3.5 

4.0 

4.5 

5.0

104

169

247

396

694

1,080

1,550

2,120

Mote.- Same as following table 

above 5.0 feet.

2.1 

2.3 

2.5 

2.7 

3.0 

3.5 

4.0 

4.5 

5.0

102

1S5

271

360

504

793

1,150

1,580

2,120

6.0

6.5

7.0

8.0

9.0

10.0

11.0

11.5

3,490

4,270

5,140

7,100

9,360

11,900

14,800

16,400

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1 

2

5

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

Oct,

116 

113 

116 

142 

135

129 

123 

116 

116 

123

116 

116 

116 

120 

120

120 

129 

149 

162 

162

159 

155 

149 

135 

129

129 

120 

120 

116 

116 

116

Nov.

113

116 

116 

116 

120

120 

120 

120 

120 

129

129 

129 

116 

116

116

116 

123

120 

120

116

116 

116 

113 

110 

113

113 

116 

155

155 

155

Dec.

142 

135 

135 

129 

129

129 

129 

123 

120 

120

116 

116 

123 

120 

123

155 

567 

1,770 

728 

508

396 

343 

303 

275 

247

226

214 

199 

184 

176 

173

Jan.

166 

162 

159 

149 

149

145 

142 

142 

135 

132

132 

129 

129 

123 

123

123 

116 

120 

120 

120

169 

396 

343 

598 

1,450

728 

538 

424 

370 

396 

451

Month

Oct 

Hov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Fob 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

ember. ....................

ater year 1937-3

F»b.

424 

370 

338 

313 

293

265 

256 

247 

222

21S

214 

202 

195 

214 

337

1,140 

3,740 

10,400 

4,320 

2,290

1,520 

1,230 

1,000 

826 

793

729 

668 

611

Secondfoot-days

3,983 

3,653 

8,353

134,646

8,579 

33,375 

23,903 

25,922 

32,243 

17,096 

9,146 

5,743 

4,080

176,076

Mar.

584 

530 

530 

504 

504

479 

479 

454 

454 

454

479 

479 

530

479

611

793 

729 

640

611 

556

556 

530 

556 

556 

530

504 

504 

538 

4,350 

2,510 

1,890

Maximum

162 

155

1,770

6,060

1,450 

10,400 

4,350 

2,500 

7,570 

1,680 

504 

315 

189

10,400

Apr.

1,460 

1,080 

928 

793 

668

640 

668 

859 

2,500 

1,230

1,000 

894 

729 

66S 

640

1,230 

1,490 

1,150 

928 

826

729 

668 

611 

556 

530

504 

479 

454 

454 

556

May

859

668 

611 

556 

556

556 

504 

1,490 

859 

668

611 

556 

584 

640 

611

556 

530 

584 

668 

611

611 

665 

7,570 

3,730 

1,620

1,150 

928 

826 

698 

611 

556

Minimum

113 

110 

116

108

116 

195 

454 

454 

504 

360 

219 

135 

102

102

Jane

530 

479 

454 

430 

406

406 

406 

430 

430 

479

584 

504 

430 

406 

383

360 

761 

1,150 

1,680 

1,080

793 

668 

584 

530 

479

556 

479 

430 

406 

383

Mean

128 

122 

269

369

277 

1,192 

771 

864 

1,040 

570 

295 

185 

136

482

July

360 

360 

338 

315 

289

297 

302 

289 

275 

254

245 

237 

232 

228 

237

237 

360 

479, 

383 

338

306 

284 

267 

254 

241

228 

219 

228 

280 

280 

504

Per 

square 

mile

0.340 

.324 

.715

.981

.737 

3.17 

2.05 

2.30 

2.77 

1.52 

.785 

.492 

.362

1.28

Aug.

315 

262 

241 

198 

202

185 

219 

22 S 

224 

202

194 

194 

185 

177 

194

194 

185 

228 

177 

160

160 

156 

151 

143 

143

135 

135 

135 

143 

143 

135

Sept.

135 

139

160 

151 

168

189 

164 

160 

143 

135

127 

122 

135 

147 

156

160 

156 

139 

135 

127

122 

122 

118 

118 

114

110 

106 

110 

110 

102

Run-off

Inches

0.39 

.36 

.82

13.29

.85 

3.30 

S.36 

S.57 

3.19 

1.70 

.90 

.57 

.40

17.41

Acre-feet

7,900 

7,250 

16,570

267,100

17,020 

66,200 

47,410 

51,420 

63,950 

33,910 

18,140 

11,390 

8,090

349,200
'8 WHITE RIVER BASIN

Alley Spring at Alley, Mo.

Location.- Staff gage, lat. 37°09'05", long. 91°26'30", in SEi sec. 25, T. 29 N., R. 5 

W., at Alley, 400 feet below outlet. Zero of gage is 664.35 feet (revised) above 

mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Records available.- October 1928 to September 1938. 

Average discharge.- 10 years, 122 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 969 second-feet May 23 (gage height,

4.26 feet); minimum discharge, 66 second-feet Oct. 8-17, Oct. 29 to Uov. 27; minimum

gage height, 1.25 feet Dec. 10.

1928-38: Maximum discharge observed, 1,060 second-feet Mar. 11, 1935; maximum

gage height, that of May 23, 1938; minimum discharge, 54 second-feet Oct. 15-18,

1934 (gage height, 1.21 feet). 

Remarks.- Records good. Occasional run-off from small valley above spring is included

In records. Gage read once daily.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 193S

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

84

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

68

68

68

68

68

68

68

66

66

66

66

66

66

66

66

66

66

68

68

68

6S

68

68

68

68

68

68

68

66

66

66

HOT.

66

66

66

66

66

66

66

66

66

66

66

66

66

66

66

66

66

66

66

66

66

66

66

66

66

66

66

68

68

68

-

Dec.

68

68

67

67

67

67

67

68

68

67

68

68

68

69

69

71

195

255

199

165

142

123

110

105

98

95

92

90

88

86

86

Jan.

84

84

84

82

82

82

81

81

79

79

79

80

78

78

78

78

78

79

77

77

90

114

111

136

158

175

189

158

145

136

170

Feb.

160

150

141

131

125

125

118

110

109

105

103

103

103

101

118

213

464

900

704

591

510

471

384

338

321

274

239

213

-

_

-

Month

Calendar year 1937. .....................

February. .................................

Apr-11. . ...................................

May ......................................

July. .....................................

Wuter year 1937-38......................

Mar.

191

186

182

175

172

163

155

148

144

144

147

148

145

142

142

230

230

193

179

163

152

145

142

150

155

150

139

139

400

456

456

Apr.

434

371

338

282

248

219

197

193

338

338

304

272

239

217

199

213

324

304

270

234

213

195

179

179

172

165

158

153

145

145

-

Seoondfoot-days

2,082

1,986

3,016

47,100

3,182

7,424

5,863

7,238

8,187

6,128

3,986

2,966

2,556

54,614

May

243

226

213

197

189

180

172

201

193

188

179

168

182

193

193

184

175

205

213

205

201

189

851

583

534

456

374

332

277

270

221

Maximum

68

68

255

704

189

900

456

434

851

427

175

108

90

900

June

201

193

186

175

165

160

160

155

153

153

215

191

177

156

153

150

186

232

427

407

341

S93

S50

S17

193

182

175

165

161

156

-

July

152

145

145

142

136

131

1P9

128

125

122

118

116

115

113

113

110

108

175

170

152

142

134

131

128

124

119

118

114

113

109

309

Minimum

66

66

67

66

77

101

139

145

168

150

108

89

82

66

Aug.

108

107

105

104

103

102

102

104

102

101

98

97

95

95

95

93

93

92

92

91

90

90

91

90

90

90

90

89

89

89

89

Mean

67.2

66.2

97.3

129

103

265

189

241

264

204

129

95. V

85.2

150

Sept.

88

87

87

87

87

89

89

90

87

87

87

87

86

86

84

84

84

84

84

84

83

83

83

83

83

83

83

83

82

82

Run-off in 

acre- feet

4,130

3,940

5,980

93,410

6,310

14,720

11,630

14,360

16,240

12,150

7,910

5,880

5,070

108,300
WHITE RIVER BASIN 69 

Big Spring near Van Buren, Mo.

Location.- Staff gage, lat. 36°57', long. 91°00', in sec. 6, T. 26 N., R. 1 E., 400 feet 

downstream from spring outlet and 4 miles southeast of Van Buren. Zero of gage is 

429.08 feet above mean sea level (gene-ral adjustment of 1929).

Records available.- January to June 1922, April 1923 to September 1938.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 1,120 second-feet Feb. 19, during 

period of backwater from Current River; minimum observed, 297 second-feet Oct. 1-3, 

6-10, 20, 27-29, Jan. 18-20.

1922-38: Maximum discharge, 1,300 second-feet (estimated) sometine in June 1928, 

during period of backwater from Current River; minimum, 247 second-feet July 4-6, 12, 

1936.

Remarks.- Records fair except those for periods of missing gage heights and those for 

periods of backwater from Current River, which are poor. Gage read once dally.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1

2

3, 

4

6

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

IS 

14 

16

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

SO. 

SS 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

SB 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

297 

297 

297 

301 

301

297 

297 

297 

297 

297

301 

301 

301 

301 

299

299 

299 

299 

299 

297

301 

301 

301 

301 

301

301 

297 

297 

297 

301 

301

HOT.

301 

301 

301 

301 

301

301 

301 

304 

304 

304

304 

304 

304 

304 

304

304 

308 

308 

308 

308

308 

308 

308 

308 

312

312 

312 

312 

312 

312

Dee.

310 

310 

308 

308 

308

308 

308 

308 

308 

306

306 

304 

304 

304 

320

346 

354 

372 

381 

377

359 

350 

332 

328 

324

324 

324 

320 

320 

320 

316

Jan.

316 

316 

312 

312 

312

308 

308 

304 

304 

304

304 

304 

301 

301 

301

301 

301 

297 

297 

297

324 

354

372 

453 

443

413 

400 

395 

386 

377 

372

Fet>.

372 

368 

359 

354 

354

350 

346 

337 

332 

328

328 

328 

328 

324 

363

#460 

#760 

*1,100 

#1,120 

#1,080

*1, 020 

#980 

*940 

#900 

#880

828 

727 

685

Month

Oct 

Ho* 

Dee

C

Jan 

Pet 

Mar 

Apr

£' Jim

Jul 

**B 

Bej

1

alendar year 19 C 7. .....................

 ter year 1937-158.

Mar.

653 

624

536 

511 

500

489 

484 

478 

478 

468

458 

453 

448 

438 

433

448 

516 

489 

463 

443

433 

423 

413 

409 

404

400 

395 

428 

#800 

#980 

#950

Apr.

#900 

#860 

#840 

#800 

#750

#720 

685 

645 

#840 

#960

#920 

#860 

828 

727 

#680

#740 

«870 

#900 

#840 

#800

#740 

727 

653 

610 

578

522 

505 

494 

489 

484

Seoondfoot-daya

9,273 

S,179 

10,067

160, 175

10,389 

16,651 

15,845 

21,967 

17,537 

14,687 

12,132 

10,714 

9,784

158,225

*»y

478 

529 

516 

505 

494

489 

484 

536 

#580 

#610

#575 

569

511 

489 

484

484 

478 

500 

505 

494

489 

478 

473 

529 

#860

#890 

#850 

#790 

#690 

#600 

578

Maximum

301 

312 

381

1,250

453 

1,120 

980 

960 

890 

780 

600 

390 

341

1,120

June

489 

463 

453 

443 

440

t435 

t425 

413 

411 

428

489 

443 

423 

409 

409

411 

#520 

610 

#780 

#730

685 

737

511 

522 

489

443 

438 

423 

409 

406

July

404 

400 

395 

390 

384

379 

377 

381 

372 

370

368 

368 

365 

365 

363

363 

368 

#600 

599 

463

395 

372 

363 

363 

361

359 

354 

352 

354 

381 

404

Minimum

297 

301 

304

294

297 

324 

395 

484 

473 

406 

352 

337 

316

297

Aug.

390 

372 

363 

354 

350

350 

359 

350 

346 

346

346 

343 

34L 

341 

341

341 

341 

339 

341 

341

341 

341 

339 

339 

337

337 

337 

337 

337 

337 

337

Mean

299 

306 

325

439

335 

595 

511 

73fe 

566 

490 

391 

346 

326

433

Sept.

339 

337 

335 

341 

337

337 

332 

332 

332 

330

330 

328 

328 

328 

328

328 

324 

324 

322 

320

320 

320 

320 

316 

316

316 

316 

316 

316 

316

Run-off in 

acre-feet

18,390 

18,210 

19,970

317,700

20,610 

33,030 

31,430 

43,570 

34,780 

29,130 

24,060 

21,250 

19,410

313,800

#Stage-diacharge relation affected by backwater from Current River; discharge computed on basis 

of records for (Jreer Spring at (Jreer, Alley Spring at Alley, and rainfall records, 

tmssing gage height;; discharge computed on basis cf above-mentioned records.
70 WHITE RIVER BASIN

Spring River at Imboden, Ark.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 36°12', long. 91°10', In Ei sec. 15, T. 18 N., R 2 W., 

at Imboden, 8 miles upstream from Eleven Point River and 11 miles upstream from confluence with Black River. Zero of gage Is 254.07 feet above mean sea level (general 

adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 1,140 square miles.

Records available.- July 1937 to September 1938.

Extremes.- 1937: Maximum discharge observed, 8,300 second-feet Sept. 4 (gage heights, 

14.48 feet); minimum observed, 355 second-feet Sept. 20, 22-24, 30 (gage height, 3.28 

feet).

1937-38: Maximum discharge observed during year, 47,800 second-feet Feb. 18 (gage 

height, 23.97 feet); minimum oberved, 336 second-feet Sept. 28 (gage height, 3.27 

feet).

Maximum stage known, about 30.9 feet In August 1915.

Remarks.- Records fair. Slight diurnal fluctuation caused by operation of power plant

at Mammoth Springs, Ark. Gage read twice daily. Results of several discharge

measurements furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Rating table, ater years 1936-37 and 1937-38 (gage height. In feet, and discharge, in 

second-feet)

3.3 

3.6

4.0 

4.5 

5.0 

6.0 

8.0 

10.0

355

486

690

976

1,290

1,960

3,350

4,750

15.0

16.0

17.0

18.0

19.0

20.0

21.0

22.0

12.0 6,250

8,750

9,800

11,200

13,400

17,300

22,200

27,700

33,900

24.0 47,800

Discharge, in second-feet, 1937-38 

1937

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

Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July

_

_

_

_

-

_

.

-

_

-

_

-

_

_

-

_

.

636

2,440

2,720

1,420

976

858

745

690

690

636

636

610

584

559

Aug.

559

534

534

510

486

510

510

584

486

463

463

463

396

418

440

440

440

463

418

418

418

1,160

916

690

534

486

463 440-

396

396

418

Sept.

440

418

486

3,180

1,620

801

636

559

510

510

486

440

440

418

418

418

396

376

376

355

376

355

355

355

801

463

396

376

376

355

-
WHITE RIVER EASIN

Discharge, in second-feet, of Spring River at Imboden, Ark., 1937-38 Continued 

1937-38

71

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

Oct.

355 

376 

463 

5,280 

2,030

858 

690 

584 

559 

463

463 

463 

440 

418 

396

396 

440

663 

1,100 

858

690 

636 

534 

510 

486

486 

463 

463 

440 

440 

440

HOT.

396 

463 

418 

418 

440

418 

396 

396 

440 

801

1.6SO 

976 

801 

663 

610

610 

584 

559 

534 

486

486 

486 

463 

463 

463

463 

463 

534 

663 

663

Dec.

584 

584 

534 

559 

486

463 

486 

486 

440 

463

418 

440 

418 

463 

440

510 

3,210 

3,350 

8,370 

1,490

1,S30 

1,680 

2,030 

1,620 

1,360

1,160 

8,100 

1,680 

1,360 

1,160 

1,160

Jan.

1,040 

1,040 

916 

858 

801

801 

745 

690 

690 

690

663 

663 

610 

610 

584

559

584 

559 

559 

559

1,160 

1,230 

1,290 

3,630 

3,210

2,830 

1,820 

1,490 

1,360 

2,100 

8,300

Feb.

1,820 

1,550 

1,420 

1,290 

1,830

1,160 

1,100 

1,040 

1,040 

976

916 

916 

858 

1,100 

6,780

6,570 

8,390 

35,200 

18,000 

6,810

4,050 

3,560 

8,580 

2,160 

1,890

1,690 

8,160 

1,960

Month

Jul 

Aug 

Se]

1

Oct 

Hon 

Dec

C

Jar 

Pel 

Hai 

Apr 

May 

Jur 

Jul 

Aug 

Se]

V,

y 18-31,

TlSt

he peric 

ober 192 7

alendar 

niary 192

year

3

ater year 1937-38 ..............

liar.

1,880 

1,760 

1,550 

1,550 

1,550

1,420 

1,360 

1,360 

1,480 

1,960

1,760 

1,680 

1,550 

1,490 

1,490

1,550 

1,550 

1,480 

1,420 

1,420

1,480 

1,360 

1,290 

1,230 

1,830

1,760 

2,650 

2,650 

89,400 

23,800 

14,000

Apr.

5,880 

4,120 

3,350 

8,930 

2,650

8,440 

2,160 

3,770 

3,910 

3,000

2,510 

8,300 

2,100 

1,960 

2,100

14,800 

9,200 

4,190 

3,210 

8,790

2,510 

8,370 

2,100 

1,960 

1,890

1,760 

1,690 

1,690 

1,550 

1,690

Secondfoot-days

14,200 

15,852 

17,491

20,883 

17,176 

34,614

36,041 

118,216 

111,210 

98,580 

54,620 

48,232 

28,310 

17,642 

12,433

691,967

May

1,82C 

1,76C 

1.55C 

1.42C 

1.42C

1.36C 

1,29C

1,29C 

1,23C 

1.16C

1.10C 

1.10C 

2,03C 

2,79C 

1.82C

1,490 

1.42C 

1.36C 

1.29C 

1.23C

1.16C 

1.23C 

S,72C 

4,33C 

2.23C

1,82C 

1.62C 

1,76C 

2.65C 

3,14C 

8,030

Maximum

2,720 

1,160 

3,180

3,280 

1,620 

3,350

3,630 

35,200 

29,400 

14,800 

4,330 

5,580 

1,290 

1,100 

463

35,200

June

1,620 

1,420 

1,290 

1,230 

1,230

1,160 

1,230 

1,230 

1,160 

1,550

1,360 

1,420 

1,160 

1,040 

976

1,230 

1,760 

1,360 

4,500 

5,580

2,790 

1,820 

1,550 

1,360

1,890

1,160 

1,100 

1,100 

1,040 

916

July

916 

916 

858 

801 

801

745 

745 

916 

801 

745

745 

690 

690 

690 

663

690 

636 

663 

636 

636

610 

584 

584 

584 

559

559 

534 

559 

663 

801 

1,290

Minimum

559 

396 

355

355 

396 

418

559 

858 

1,230 

1,550 

1,100 

916 

634 

440 

355

365

Aug.

916 

745 

663 

610 

584

584 

1,100 

801 

663 

584

559 

559 

534 

510 

534

559 

559 

534 

510 

510

486 

463 

463 

463 

463

440 

440 

486 

440 

440 

440

Mean

1,014 

511 

583

674 

573

1,117

1,163 

4,222 

3,587 

3,286 

1,762 

1,608 

720 

569 

414

1,622

Sept.

440 

440 

440 

440 

440

463 

463 

463 

440 

440

418 

440 

440 

440 

440

440 

440 

396 

396 

376

376 

376 

396 

376 

376

376 

376 

355 

376 

355

Run-off In 

acre-feet

28,170 

31,440 

34,690

94,300

41,420 

34,070 

68,660

71,490 

234,500 

220,600 

195,500 

108,300 

95,670 

44,250 

34,990 

24, 660

1,174,000
"^ WHITE RIVER BASIN

Eleven Point River near Bardley, Mo.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 36°38'55", long. 91°12'03", in KWi sec. 20, T. 23 U., 

R. 2 W., at bridge on State Highway 42, about 7 miles southwest of Bardley, and 7i 

miles upstream from Fredericks Fork. Zero of gage Is 410.84 feet above mean sea 

level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 690 square miles.

Records available.- October 1921 to September 1938.

Average discharge.- 17 years, 748 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 9,100 second-feet Feb. 19 (gage height, 9.97 

feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 216 second-feet Dec. 

10-12 (gage height, 1.96 feet).

1921-38: Maximum discharge 40,000 second-feet Apr. 14, 1927 (gage height, 18.74 

feet, present datum, from floodmarks) from rating curve extended above 15,000 secondfeet; minimum discharge, 188 second-feet Aug. 30, 31, Sept. 1, 6, 16, 1936; minimum 

gage height, 1.06 feet, present datum, Sept. 6-11, 1925.

Maximum stage known, 19.7 feet, present datum, from floodmarks, in August 1915 

(discharge, about 44,000 second-feet, from rating curve extended above 15,000 secondfeet).

Remarks.- Records good. Gage read twice daily.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

6

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.

264 

260 

264 

325 

289

272 

264 

264 

264 

260

256 

252 

252 

252 

248

248 

268 

280 

294 

276

268 

268 

260 

252 

252

252 

256 

252 

252 

252 

248

Nov.

248 

248 

248 

240 

240

240 

237 

244 

244 

264

248 

248 

248 

244 

240

240 

240 

240 

237 

233

230 

230 

226 

226 

226

233

268 

256 

248

Dec.

240 

237 

233 

233 

233

230 

230 

226 

223 

216

216 

216 

230 

226

230 

374 

597 

510 

454

400 

400 

400 

374 

350

350 

3 fcO 

325 

320 

316 

320

Jan.

312 

294 

284 

284

280

280 

272 

264 

264 

260

260 

256 

256 

248

244

244 

248 

244 

244 

240

276 

374 

374 

538 

826

692 

628

568 

538 

568 

597

Month

Oct 

Nov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jim 

Jul 

Augi 

Sep

W

ember . ....................

alendar year 1937. ........

tember ....................

ater year 1937-3

Feb.

568 

538 

538 

481

481

481 

454 

426 

426

400

400 

400 

374 

400 

454

907 

1,660 

7,020 

6,520

1,460 

1,150 

930 

,150

,390

,390 

,310 

,230

Seeondfoot-days

8,164 

7,240 

9,482

248,849

11,257 

35,158 

38,008 

43,240 

35,034 

25,041 

17,981 

14,028 

11,041

255,674

Mar.

1,150 

1,070 

1,070 

1,000 

1,000

930 

895 

860 

860 

860

860 

826 

860 

860 

826

860 

860 

860 

860 

826

792 

792 

758 

758 

725

758 

792 

1,120 

6,290 

4,310 

2,720

Maximum

325 

268 

597

13,900

826 

7,020 

6,290 

2,640 

4,780 

1,230 

692 

568 

426

7,020

Apr.

2,250 

1,890 

1,710 

1,550 

1,470

1,390 

1,390 

1,550 

1,710 

1,630

1,550 

1,470 

1,390 

1,230 

1,260

2,640 

1,630 

1,230

1,000 

1,230

1,550 

1,390 

1,310 

1,230 

1,230

1,150 

1,070 

1,070 

1,000 

1,070

May

1,070 

1,000 

1,000 

930 

930

930 

895 

860 

826 

826

826 

826 

860 

930 

895

895 

860 

860 

860 

895

860 

930 

1,540

4,780 

1,730

1,390 

1,310 

1,230 

1,150 

1,070 

1,070

Minimum

248 

226 

216

195

240 

374 

725 

1,000 

826 

692 

510 

400 

325

216

June

1,000 

1,000 

930 

930 

895

860 

860 

860 

826 

826

792 

792 

792 

758 

725

725 

1,230 

895 

930 

895

860 

826 

792 

758 

758

725 

725 

692 

692 

692

Mean

263

241 

306

682

363 

1,256 

1,226 

1,441 

1,130 

835 

580 

453 

368

700

July

660 

660 

660 

628

628

628 

597 

692 

628 

597

597 

568 

568 

568 

568

538 

568 

568 

568 

538

538 

538 

538 

510 

510

510 

510 

538 

597 

568 

597

Per 

square 

mile

0.381 

.349 

.443

.988

.526 

1.82 

1.78 

2.09 

1.64 

1.21 

.841 

.657 

.533

1.01

Aug.

568 

538 

510 

510 

481

481 

481 

481 

481 

481

481 

454 

454 

454 

481

454 

454 

454 

426 

426

426 

426 

42fi 

400

400

400 

400 

400 

400 

400 

400

Sept.

400 

400 

426

400

400

400 

400 

374 

374 

374

374 

374 

374 

400 

374

374 

374 

374 

350 

350

350 

350 

350 

350 

350

325 

325 

325 

325 

325

Run-off

Inches

0.44 

.39 

.51

13.43

.61 

1.90 

2.05 

2.33 

1.89 

1.35 

.97 

.76 

.59

13.79

Acre-feet

16,190 

14,360 

18,810

493,600

22,330 

69,730 

75,390 

85,770 

69,490 

49,670 

35,660 

27,820 

21,900

507,100
WHITE RIVER BASIN 73

Greer Spring at Greer, Mo.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°47'10", long. 91°20'50", in SEiSWi sec. 36, T. 

25 N., R. 4 W., 300 feet below lower outlet of spring, 1 mile upstream from Eleven 

Point River, and 1 mile north of Greer. Zero of gage Is 564.00 feet above mean sea 

level (general adjustment of 1929).

Records available.- August to December 1904 and November 1921 to September 1938. 

Average discharge.- 16 years (1922-38), 339 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 779 second-feet Feb. 18 (gage height, 1.55 

feet); minimum, 144 second-feet Dec. 14 (gage height, 0.27 foot).

1921-38: Maximum discharge, 905 second-feet Jan. 14, 1937 (gage height, 1.84 

feet); minimum, 116 second-feet Aug. 26-31, Sept. 14-17, 1936; minimum gage height 

0.27 foot Aug. 26-31, Sept. 14-17, 1936, Dec. 14, 1937.

Remarks.- Records good; they include occasional run-off from small drainage area above 

station.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

IS

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

50

31

Oct.

164

161

164

164

164

164

164

164

164

161

161

161

161

158

158

158

158

164

164

164

164

161

161

161

161

158

158

155

158

158

155

HOT.

155

155

155

155

155

155

155

155

158

158

158

15S

158

155

155

153

153

153

150

150

150

150

150

150

153

153

153

156

153

153

-

Dec.

153

153

155

155

153

153

153

150

147

147

147

147

147

147

147

153

230

277

269

248

234

220

213

204

197

191

188

185

185

1S2

179

Jan.

176

173

170

170

170

170

167

164

161

164

164

164

161

158

15S

158

15S

155

155

153

170

191

191

266

337

329

308

300

2S8

28S

296

Feb.

28S

281

273

266

254

251

240

237

234

230

223

217

213

220

292

397

502

731

718

697

677

670

657

650

638

624

612

599

_

_

-

Month

March. ....................................

April.....................................

May.......................................

July. .....................................

Water year 1937-3 8......................

Mar.

574

562

543

526

514

502

491

480

469

464

458

453

453

443

443

469

469

469

464

453

448

443

437

432

432

427

437

453

63S

638

638

Apr.

631

624

612

605

593

580

568

574

599

586

574

580

568

555

549

580

612

605

599

593

574

562

549

537

526

514

508

497

485

480

Secondfoot-days

4,991

4,619

5,609

102,373

6,233

11,891

15,122

XV 0X9

14*565

12,658

10,281

8,335

6,983

US, 306

May

480

474

469

464

458

453

448

443

437

432

427

422

427

443

437

432

427

432

437

437

443

453

497

555

555

549

543

531

526

520

514

M^TT^MWtt

164

158

277

684

337

731

638

631

555

502

368

300

244

731

June

502

491

474

469

458

448

443

432

427

422

417

412

4O7

412

412

407

422

417

417

422

417

412

407

402

397

392

387

382

378

373

-

July

36S

368

364

360

355

355

350

346

346

342

337

337

337

333

329

325

325

329

329

329

321

316

316

316

316

312

308

304

304

300

304

Minimum

155

150

147

147

153

213

427

480

422

373

300

244

213

147

Aug.

300

300

296

292

2S8

285

285

288

288

285

277

277

277

273

269

266

266

258

258

258

258

254

251

251

251

248

248

248

248

248

244

Mean

161

154

181

280

£OX

425

567

470

422

332

233

324

Sept.

244

240

240

244

244

240

244

244

240

240

240

240

237

240

237

234

234

230

230

230

226

226

226

223

223

220

220

217

217

213

-

Run-off In 

acre-feet

9 9OO

9A60

11,130

203,100

12,360

23,590

 ' __

28,890

25,110

20,390 

16,530

13,850

234,700

Peak discharge.- Feb. 18 (8 a.m.) 779 sec.-ft.; Mar. 29 (2 a.m.) 711 sec.-ft.
74 WHITE RIVER BASIN

Strawberry River near Poughkeepsie, Ark.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 56°07', long. 91°27', in NWi sec. 19, T. 17 N., R. 4 

W., half a mile downstream from Hurricane Creek and 24 miles northeast of Poughkeepsie. Zero of gage is 298.07 feet above mean sea level (Corps of Engineers, U. S. 

Army benchmark). Prior to May 12, 1958, staff gage at same site and datum.

Drainage area.- 470 square miles.

Records available.- October 1937 to September 1938.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 21,500 second-feet Feb. 18 (gage height, 23.6 

feet, from reading at flood crest); minimum discharge observed, 17 second-feet Sept. 

21 (gage height, 1.25 feet).

Remarks.- Records poor. Gage read at least once daily Oct. 1 to May 12 and twice daily 

May 13 to Sept. 30, but oftener during periods of rapidly changing stage. Records 

collected in cooperation with Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1

2

S

4 

6

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

IS 

14 

16

16 

17 

18 

19 

SO

SI 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

SO 

31

Oct.

138 

138 

700 

9,590 

5,230

892 

680 

532 

475 

475

421 

367 

315 

367 

315

289 

448 

740 

2,470 

1,340

591 

475 

421 

341 

315

315 

289 

242 

220 

220 

220

HOT.

220 

220 

220 

220 

220

198 

198 

198 

198 5,C 6

1,280 

762 

561 

367 

315

315 

289 

289 

265 

265

242 

242 

242 

242 

220

220 

220 

6,930 

699 

367

Deo.

315 

289 

289 

265 

242

242 

242 

220 

220 

198

198 

198 

198 

198 

220

220 

2,610 

2,340 

1,040 

70

367 

831 

2,060 

1,140 

800

561 

1,180 

1,080 

980 

710 

650

Jan.

650 

503 

475 

475 

421

394 

367 

315 

315 

289

265 

265 

265 

265 

265

242 

242 

220 

220 

220

1,240 

1,250 

951 

2,720 

1,810

980 

770 

710 

650 

1,630 

1,690

Feb.

896 

800 

710 

6SO 

590

561 

532 

532 

503 

421

394 

367 

341 

772 

8,970

7,210 

9,680 

19,200 

11, 600 

3,340

2,060 

1,610 

1,260 

1,120 

920

860 

770 

680

Month

Dot 

HOT 

Deo

C

Jan 

Fet 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sop

»

alendar year

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

ater year 1937-38......................

Har.

620 

532 

503 

475 

475

448 

448 

421 

394 

448

620 

475 

475 

475 

448

421 

394 

315 

315

341

341 

341 

315 

315 

289

944 

2,000 

2.710 

17, 400 

13,400 

8,320

Apr.

2,880 

1,750 

1,440 

1,080 

920

860 

860 

920 

1,300 

980

770 

710 

620 

561 

502

9,660 

3,560 

1,490 

978 

860

860 

860 

770 

620 

475

394 

341 

315 

394 

341

Secondfoot-days

29,571 

16,780 

20,873

21,074 

77,379 

55,418 

38,071 

21,511 

24,979 

4,506 

2,989 

1,666

314,817

May

315 

315 

289 

242 

242

220 

220 

198 

198 

198

177 

157 

1,030 

1,950 

691

475 

448 

394 

394 

341

315 

373 

3,490 

1,700 

830

740 

923 

916 

1,990 

1,120 

620

Mn-r<iniim

9,590 

6,930 

2,610

2,720 

19,200 

17,400 

9,660 

3,490 

11,900 

620 

302 

111

19,200

June

475 

315 

315 

302 

277

265 

315 

328 

289 

328

421 

367 

289 

242 

209

220 

289

645 

11,900 

3,000

1,050 

710 

475 

394 

341

302 

277 

242 

209 

188

July

177 

167 

157 

157 

157

148 

148 

148 

157 

138

138 

138 

128 

119 

111

117 

115 

102 

115 

109

113 

128 

104 

102 

93

82

80 

91 

127 

220 

620

Minimum

138 

198 

198

220 

341 

289 

315 

157 

188 

80 

51 

18

18

Aug.

302 

138 

128 

100 

98

87 

79 

100 

87 

95

89 

93 

86 

75 

91

111 

95 

89 

75 

75

72 

67 

51 

58 

68

60 

63 

62 

128 

119 

148

Mean

954 

559 

673

680 

2,764 

1,788 

1,269 

694 

833 

145 

96 

56

862

Sept.

Ill 

87 

77 

72 

65

52 

56 

62 

62 

68

72 

68 

70 

68 

68

65 

62 

52 

36 

33

18 

21 

34 

34 

46

40 

40 

41 

41 

45

Run-off In 

acre-feet

58, 640 

33,280 

41, 390

41,790 

153,400 

109,900 

75,500 

42,660 

49,530 

8,940 

5,930 

3,300

624,300
WHITE RIVER BASIN 75

Little Red River near Heber Springs, Ark.

Location.- Staff gage, lat. 35°32', long. 92°01' (revised), in NEi sec. 1, T. 10 N., R.

10 W., 2i miles downstream from Peter Creek and 3 miles (revised) northeast of town

of Heber Springs.

Drainage area.- 1,160 square miles.

Records available.- September 1927 to June 1935, March 1936 to September 1938. 

Extremes.- 19551Maximum discharge observed during period, 3,400 second-feet Apr. 30

(gage height, 10.3 feet); no flow at times during August and September.

1936-37: Maximum discharge observed during year, 41,800 second-feet Jan. 15 

(gage height, 29.4 feet); minimum observed, 6 second-feet Aug. 19-22 (gage height, 

2.6 feet).

1937-38: Maximum discharge observed during year, 73,100 second-feet Feb. 18 

(gage height, 41.9 feet); minimum observed, 9 second-feet Sept. 30 (gage height, 

2.73 feet).

1927-35, 1936-38: Maximum discharge observed, 74,400 second-feet (revised) Apr. 

6, 1928 (gage height, 42.35 feet); no flow at times in October 1929, August 1930, 

and August and September 1936.

Maximum stage known, 44.0 feet in April 1927 (discharge, 78,900 second-feet). 

Remarks.- Records good except those below about 50 second-feet, which are poor. Gage 

read once daily Mar. 3, 1936, to Apr. 1, 1938; twice daily thereafter. Records 

collected In cooperation with Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Revisions.- Re/ised figures of discharge for high-water periods in water years 1927-28, 

1929-30, 1932-33, 1934-35 are given in the following table. They supersede those 

published in Water-Supply Papers 667, 702, 747, 787:

Date

1928 

Apr. 6 

6 

1930 

May 11 

11

Discharge

Sec. -ft. 

71,200 

*74,400

61,411 

#65,200

Period

April 192S..........

Water year 1927-28

Water year 1929-30

Water year 1932-33

Period 1934-1935. .

Second-foot 

days

259, OSO 

809,812

163,288 

606,037

179,810 

680,851

255,800

Date

1933 

Hay 16 

16 

1935 

May 5 

5

Mean 

(sec. -ft.]

8,636 

2,215

5,367 

1,660

5,800 

1,865

8,252

Discharge

Sec. -ft. 

62,900 

*62,900

65,000 

*73,300

Second-feet 

per square mile

7.44 

1.91

4.54 

1.43

5.00 

1.61

7.11

Run-off

Inches

S.30 

25.98

5.23 

19.43

5.76 

21.83

8.20

Acre-feet

513,900 

1,6OS,OOO

324,000 

1,202,000

357,000 

1,349,000

507,400 

2,011,000

---Maximum discharge for water year In which It occurred.

Discharge, In second-reet, 1936-38 

1936

D«y

1

2

5

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

Oct. Nov. Dee. Jan. Feb. Mar.

_

_

1,550

1,390

1,330

1,440

1,440

1,330

1,230

1,670

1,440

1,130

982

805

574

539

685

647

610

610

610

610

647

2,620

2,390

2,050

1,790

1,440

1,230

1,130

805

Apr.

891

805

805

891

724

3,160

1,850

1,440

1,130

1,080

1,330

1,180

1,080

982

891

805

724

647

539

539

505

539

685

2,040

1,180

847

724

S20

3,690

3,320

-

May

2,390

2,110

1,920

1,440

1,230

982

805

685

574

505

440

440

472

647

«;2

440

379

225

323

350

379

350

297

272

225

203

182

144

127

144

127

June

111

96

96

82

82

69

57

69

225

96

69

69

57

46

46

46

46

37

37

37

29

22

22

22

22

22

16

11

11

8

-

July

8

418

248

127

46

37

22

16

16

16

16

11

11

11

11

8

8

6

8

6

6

6

6

11

11

8

6

6

4

4

3

Aug.

3

3

3

3

2

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

0

0

0

Sept.

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

11

1

290

472

440

297

248

647

764

505

350

24S

248

-
76 WHITE RIVER BASIN

Discharge, in et, of Little Red River 

1936-38^-Continued

near Heber Springs, Ark.,

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

Oct.

248

248

225

248

203

144

144

248

1,080

1,330

1,030

764

574

409

379

297

272

225

182

162

144

162

203

162

1,640

15,800

6,820

2,910

2,110

1,610

1,230

Nov.

936

305

5,660

7,000

3,320

2,460

1,790

1,280

1,130

936

764

764

610

539

472

409

409

379

323

297

272

248

203

225

225

203

203

182

162

162

-

Dec.

182

182

203

225

535

15,700

15,700

6,980

4,050

3,150

2,530

1,980

1,670

1,390

1,180

1,130

936

847

764

685

610

574

501

472

440

409

409

1,700

2,380

4,570

18,700

Jan.

8,360

7,220

7,650

5,020

3,670

2,910

6,750

11,300

16,100

16,900

8,780

6,820

11,600

26,400

32,400

11,300

6,560

5,480

4,050

5,000

15,800

27,600

19,500

12,400

9,140

7,360

6,190

5,720

6,190

7,800

11,100

Feb.

8,610

5,600

4,460

3,580

2,990

2,530

2,250

2,050

2,320

2,050

1,730

1,500

1,390

1,280

1,180

1,080

982

849

3,710

2,430

7,360

6,310

4,460

3,400

2,750

2,250

1,850

1,730

-

-

-

Mar.

1,550

1,390

1,230

1,180

1,230

1,280

1,230

1,230

1,230

1,180

1,080

1,130

1,030

1,180

1,330

1,330

1,230

1,130

1,080

1,390

1,850

1,610

1,390

3,990

5,110

3,470

2,750

2,250

1,920

1,670

1,500

Apr.

1,330

1,180

1,080

982

936

847

764

805

1,390

1,440

1,280

1,180

1,030

936

847

805

724

685

647

610

610

1,130

2,320

1,790

3,150

2,390

1,850

1,610

1,440

1,180

-

May

1,260

20,800

19,000

7,440

4,790

3,580

2,830

2,110

1,390

1,920

1.500

1,230

1,180

2,050

1,850

1,440

1,230

1,030

847

724

610

539

440

505

409

409

379

297

272

248

248

June

203

182

182

162

225

272

272

350

297

297

350

505

472

379

574

379

409

505

685

472

379

350

297

248

203

162

144

127

144

144

-

July

127

96

82

69

1,250

1,600

505

248

203

162

144

182

203

272

203

182

127

82

111

96

379

505

350

248

182

162

127

96

82

69

69

Aug.

57

57

46

46

37

37

29

29

22

16

16

11

11

8

3

8

8

8

6

6

6

6

11

16

29

111

111

82

69

69

46

Sept.

46

37

69

1,550

2,440

1,910

1,130

764

610

440

350

297

248

225

203

162

144

127

131

£6

82

69

57

46

37

57

69

272

203

162

-

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

Oct.

144

127

127

1,920

1,130

685

610

472

350

272

248

203

182

162

144

127

127

162

5,130

4,720

2,430

1,590

1,230

936

724

539

539

472

409

350

297

Nov.

248

248

248

225

203

182

182

162

182

225

2,710

3.300

2,200

1,610

1,330

1,080

1,080

1,230

1,280

1,230

936

805

724

647

574

539

505

610

891

1,130

-

Dec.

936

805

724

685

610

574

539

505

472

440

409

379

350

350

350

379

10,100

16,700

6,310

3,950

2,830

2,390

2,750

3,150

2,680

2,250

1,190

4,760

3,240

2,690

2,320

Jan.

2,050

1,790

1,610

1,390

1,390

1,130

1,030

936

805

724

685

647

610

574

539

506

472

440

409

379

1,920

8,120

7,100

19,100

21,100

8,130

4,910

3,680

1,250

4,030

8,750

Feb.

5,840

4,150

3,580

2,910

2,460

2,110

1,850

1,550

1,440

1.280

1,230

1,130

982

724

8,010

21,400

24,400

64,800

49,200

12,900

7,220

4,910

3,950

3,070

2,390

2,250

2,050

1,730

_

_

-

Mar.

1,550

1,390

1,230

1,180

1,130

1,130

936

847

805

574

1,180

1,080

1,030

982

936

891

847

805

764

764

805

805

764

847

805

764

1,880

13, 200

45,800

60,100

29,800

Apr.

12,700

6,420

4,360

3,320

2,750

2,250

2,110

3,320

3,670

3,760

3,320

2,680

2,180

1,790

1,550

24,600

20,300

7,180

4,800

3,580

3,070

4,680

5,140

2,990

2,600

2,110

1,730

1,550

1,390

1,230

-

May

8,150

4,780

2,050

1,390

1,230

1,330

982

847

764

647

574

472

3,100

4,900

2,430

1,500

1,130

936

847

724

647

610

9,710

10, 500

3,940

2,570

1,850

1,550

1,280

1,180

982

June

764

610

539

472

440

505

505

409

379

539

685

539

440

440

323

248

225

610

5,900

7,850

2,390

1,670

1,180

891

685

574

1,030

764

610

539

-

July

440

350

297

272

248

225

203

203

574

323

272

203

162

127

111

96

96

82

111

182

182

14.4

127

127

111

111

82

69

96

144

1,670

Aug.

1,230

764

505

379

284

237

203

172

144

119

89

89

93

79

67

75

83

75

77

162

225

172

135

106

89

73

63

58

65

111

67

Sept.

54

47

37

46

96

65

42

38

36

35

3130*

30

36

34

28

29

31

57

21

19

18

17

16

14

12

11

11

10

9

-
WHITE RIVER BASIN 77

Discharge, In second-feet, of Little Red River near Heber 

Springs, Ark., 1936-38 Continued

Month

March 3-31, 1936 .............

September. ...................

March

May..........................

Water year 1936-37 ........

May..........................

July.........................

Water year 1937-38 ........

Secondfoot-days

34,774 

35,843 

19 , 279 

1,658 

1,121 

38 

4,516

41,203 

32,368 

90,788

333, 070 

82,681 

52,150 

36,968 

82,557 

9,370 

8,213 

1,022 

12,013

782,401

26,558 

26,516 

75,817

746,933

106,205 

239,516 

175,621 

143, 130 

73,602 

32,755 

7,440 

6,090 

960

914,210

Maximum

2,620 

3,690 

2,390 

225 

418 

3 

764

15,800 

7,000 

18,700

32, 400 

8,610

3,150 

20,800 

685 

1,600 

111 

2,440

32,400

5,130 

3,300 

16,700

32,400

21,100 

64,800 

60, 100 

24, 600 

10,500 

7,850 

1,670 

1,230 

96

64,800

Minimum

539

505 

127 

8 

3 

0 

0

144 

162 

182

2,910 

849 

1,030 

610 

248 

127 

69 

6 

37

6

127 

162 

350

6

379 

724 

574 

1,230 

472 

225 

69 

58 

9

9

Mean

1,199 

1,195 

622 

55.3 

36.2 

1.2 

151

1,329 

1,079 

2,929

10,740 

2,953 

1,682 

1,232 

2,663 

312 

265 

33.0 

400

2,144

857 

884 

2.446

2,046

3,426 

8,554 

5,665 

4,771 

2.374 

1,092 

240 

196 

32.0

2,505

Per 

square 

mile

1.03. 

1.03 

.536 

.048 

.031 

.001 

.129

1.15 

.930 

2.52

9.26 

2.55 

1.45 

1.06 

2.30 

.269 

.228 

.028 

.345

1.85

.739 

.762

2.11

1.76

2.95 

7.37 

4.88 

4.11 

2.05 

.941 

.307 

.169 

.028

2.16

Run-off

1.11 

1.15 

.62 

.05 

.04 

.001 

.14

1.33 

1.04 

2.90

10.68 

2.86 

1.67 

1.18 

2.65 

.30 

.26 

.03 

.38

25.08

.85 

.85 

2.43

23.94

3.40 

7.68 

5.63 

4.59 

2.36 

1.05 

.24 

.19 

.03

29.30

68,970 

71,090 

33, 240 

3,290 

2,220 

75 

8,960

192,800

81,720 

64,200 

180, 100

660,600 

164,000 

103,400 

73,320 

163,700 

18,580 

16,290 

2,030 

23,830

1,552,000

52,680 

52, 590 

150, 400

1,481,000

210,600 

475, 100 

348,300 

283,900 

146,000 

64,970 

14,760 

12,080 

1,900

1,813,000
78 WHITE RIVER BASIN

Lagrue Bayou near Stuttgart, Ark.

Location.- Staff gage, lat. 34°31'55", long. 91°21'20", in NWi sec. 17, T. 2 S., R. 3 

W., 11 miles east of Stuttgart and 24 miles upstream from confluence with Little 

Lagrue Bayou. Zero of gage is 175.14 feet above mean Gulf level.

Records available.- August 1935 to September 1938.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 2,280 second-feet Jan. 25 (gage 

height, 14.74 feet); minimum observed, 0.5 second-foot June 7 (gage height, 0.44 

foot).

1935-38: Maximum discharge, 2,960 second-feet Jan. 24, 1937 (gage height, 16.9 

feet, from floodmark); no flow during periods in May, June, and August 1936 and 

August 1937.

Remarks.- Records poor. Flow affected by seasonal diversions for irrigation. Gage 

read twice daily.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1

2

3

4

6

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

26

SO

31

Oct.

45

39

55

102

148

148

108

77

59

51

43

35

29

25

22

18

25

102

222

266

257

190

141

97

82

63

59

51

43

37

29

NOT.

22

15

13

10

8

6

5

5

7

148

364

429

442

416

351

338

315

285

257

230

206

190

169

148

134

114

92

72

55

39

-

Dec.

29

22

17

15

15

11

9

9

8

8

7

6

5

5

5

5

35

162

198

169

134

155

455

545

575

560

590

575

560

545

530

Jan.

530

530

500

470

429

390

338

285

235

190

127

77

47

31

22

17

15

13

11

10

484

1,500

1,960

2,200

2,280

2,200

1,880

1,620

1,410

1,320

1,290

Feb.

1,230

1,110

1,000

910

816

748

650

560

470

390

305

239

162

97

72

55

171

986

1,560

2,000

2,120

1,960

1,650

1,440

1,260

1.080

955

833

_

-

Month

December. .................................

March. ....................................

April. . ...................................

May... ....................................

July. .....................................

Water year 1937-2 8......................

Mar.

697

575

416

275

206

114

45

27

264

748

799

782

714

620

545

485

442

390

485

455

377

305

295

257

214

176

176

248

620

748

955

Apr.

1,030

1,000

910

835

748

650

680

782

910

1,000

1,030

930

850

782

714

620

560

500

429

325

239

148

102

77

67

55

41

29

18

13

Seoondfoot-daya

2,668

4,885

5,962

77,337

22,411

24,829

13,455

16,072

442

800

193

634

569

92,920

May

9

8

3

5

4

3

3

2

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

3

8

55

97

97

59

27

14

9

7

5

4

3

2

2

2

Maximum

266

442

590

2,920

2,280

2 *955 120

1,030

97

134

20

102

43

2,280

June

2

2

1

1

1

1

5

4

3

37

22

8

4

3

9

9

63

51

97

134

82

51

33

22

16

14

15

39

39

27

-

July

20

15

11

11

9

7

6

5

6

6

6

5

3

3

2

2

2

2

2

10

4

4

4

4

3

3

2

3

18

7

8

Minimum

18

5

5

0

10

55

27

13

1

1

2

4

10

1

Aug.

8

8

6

5

4

6

5

5

4

4

5

7

7

7

41

102

97

77

59

43

29

20

15

12

9

8

8

8

8

8

9

Mean

86.1

163

192

212

723

887

434

536

14.3

26.7

6.2Z

20.5

19.0

255

Sept.

10

10

11

13

14

12

12

13

12

12

11

13

15

14

13

16

17

17

18

20

23

29

37

43

39

31

27

27

23

17

-

Run-off In 

aore-feet

5,290

9,690

11,830

153,400

44,450

49,250

26,690

31,880

877

1,590

383

1,260

1,130

184,300
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN 79

Arkansas River at Granite, Colo,

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 39°03', long. 106°16', in sec. 31, T. 11 3., R.

7y W., at Granite, Just upstream from Cache Creek. 

Drainage area.- 431 square miles. 

Records available.- April to October 1895, May 1897 to September 1899, April 1910 to

September 1927 and October 1933 to September 1938 in reports of Geoligical Survey.

May 1897 to September 1899 and April 1910 to September 1938 in reports of State

engineer.

Average discharge.- 28 years (1910-38), 337 second-feet. 

Jflctremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 2,320 second-feet June 6 (gage height, 5.45

reet ); minimum dally discharge, 65 second-feet Feb. 18-24.

1895, 1897-99, 1910-38: Maximum discharge, 2,900 second-feet June 16, 1924

(gage height, 4.57 feet); minimum not determined. 

Remarks.- Records good. Discharge for period of ice effect, Dec. 30 to Mar. 9, computed

on basis of two discharge measurements, weather records, and records for station at

Salida. Small diversions for Irrigation above station. Sugar Loaf and Twin Lakes

reservoirs are on tributaries above station (combined capacity, 7S,120 acre-feet).

The following records, furnished by the office of the State Engineer, show diversions

from Colorado River Basin to Arkansas River Basin above station.

Ditch or tunnel

Ewlng ditch. ...............

Twin Lakes tunnel. .........

Total .................

Diverting fromEagle River and tributaries. ..........

Roaring Fork ..........................

Tomichi Creek. ........................

Diversion in acre-feet

1,410

45,462 

1,669

2,607

1,797

58,503

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1 

2 

S 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

16

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

S3. 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

50 

SI

Oot.

127 

125 

123 

130 

169

175 

175 

169 

112 

116

112 

112 

110 

105 

121

127 

123 

132 

127 

116

119 

119 

119 

110 

105

101 

101 

103 

101 

99 

101

HOT.

105 

101 

99 

101 

97

90 

101 

99 

90 

94

99 

99~ 

92 

88 

99

97 

141 

144 

141 

144

103 

99 

97 

123 

119

108 

94 

94 

94 

92

Dec.

92 

92 

97 

94 

88

68 

88 

85 

38 

90

92

38 

87 

85 

32

85 

82 

80 

82 

35

90 

92 

84 

76 

76

79 

84 

84 

84 

88 

88

Jan.

76 

80 

94 

87 

70

72 

6S 

70 

70 

70

72 

76 

77 

76 

76

76 

75 

75 

75 

75

74 

74

74 

74 

73

73 

73 

73 

72 

72 

72

Feb.

7S 

71 

71 

71

70

70 

70 

69 

69 

69

69 

68 

68 

68 

68

66 

66 

65 

65 

65

65 

65 

65 

65 

66

68 

70 

72

Month

Oot 

Hoi 

Dec

C

Jan 

Pet 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sej

1

uary

y. .....................................

ater year 1937-3

Mar.

76 

80 

85 

90 

95

100 

105 

115 

125 

130

106 

102 

104 

102 

97

106 

106 

101 

92 

104

104 

92 

88 

95 

90

84 

81 

84 

81 

75 

84

Apr.

77 

66 

66 

88 

95

93 

38 

88 

90 

99

99 

112 

130 

139 

122

120

137 

136 

306 

312

291 

294 

336 

342 

378

390 

366 

378 

409 

441

Secondfoot-days

3,734 

3,144 

2,675

105,962

2,314 

1,906 

2,979 

6,153 

17 ,790 

49,391 

28,536 

21,854 

7,556

148 ,087

May

460 

387 

387 

363 

354

327 

254 

243 

259 

276

312 

312 

309 

357 

434

526

557 

570 

630 

634

641 

683 

598 

553 

543

609 

782 

1,000 

1,330 

1,490 

1,600

Maximum

175 

144 

97

1,690

94

72 

130 

441 

1,600 

2,140 

1,380 

1,040 

462

2,140

June

1,740 

1,740 

1,790 

2,020 

2,140

2,070 

1,920 

1,260 

1,600 

1,620

1,580 

1,550 

1,720 

1,650 

1,430

1,420 

1,500 

1,830 

1,650 

891

1,390 

2,020 

2,020 

1,610 

1,510

1,530 

1,540 

1,380 

1,570 

1,700

July

1,380 

1V120 

1,140 

1,030 

990

1,360 

1,310 

1,210 

1,290 

1,130

1,100 

1,110 

1,320 

1,380 

1,380

1,130 

694 

645 

676 

676

473 

511 

462 

409 

377

396 

592 

615 

795 

931 

904

Minimum

99

88 

76

54

68 

65 

75 

66 

248 

891 

377 

270 

166

65

Aug.

893 

918 

937 

951 

964

1,010 

1,040 

1,020 

964 

990

744 

467 

443 

428 

405

386 

364 

391 

638 

750

756 

782 

762 

750 

750

769 

872 

763 

270 

328 

344

Bean

122 

105 

86.3

290

74.6 

63.1 

96.1 

205 

574 

1,646 

921 

705 

252

406

Sept.

443 

462 

382 

283 

287

283 

266 

287 

259 

232

280 

293 

229 

211 

232

239 

236 

229 

219

214

211 

208 

205 

214 

2 OS

202 

197 

194 

180 

166

Run-off in 

acre- feet7,510 

6,240 

5,310

210,200

4,590 

3,780 

5,910 

12,210 

35,290 

97,970 

56,600 

43,350 

14,990

293,800

Peak discharge.- June 6 (12 m.) 2,320 see.-ft.j June 7 (11 a.m.) 2,230 sec.-ft. ; June 22 (1 p.m.) 

2,240 sec.-ft.
80 ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

Arkansas River at Salida, Colo.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 38°31', long. 106°01', in sec. 31, T. 50 H., R. 9 

E., at Salida, 3 miles upstream from South Arkansas River.

Drainage area.- 1,210 square miles.

Records available.- April 1895 to October 1903, November 1909 to September 1927, and

October 1933 to September 1938 in reports of Geological Survey. April 1895 to October 

1903 and November 1909 to September 1938 in reports of State engineer.

Average discharge.- 28 years (1910-38), 628 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 3,930 second-feet July 14 (gage height, 4.62 

feet); minimum daily discharge, 169 second-feet Mar. 31.

1895-1903, 1909-1938: Maximum discharge, 5,100 second-feet June 16, 1924 (gage 

height, 7.2 feet, former site and datum); minimum daily discharge, 140 second-feet 

Sept. 19-21, 1902.

Remarks.- Records excellent. Diversions for irrigation above station. Flow regulated by 

storage in Clear Creek Reservoir (capacity, 11,444 acre-feet) and as noted in description for station at Granite, Colo.

Discharge, In soeond-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1

2

S

4

6

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

18

19

eo

SI

22

85

S*

25

86

87

88

29

SO

31

Oct.

24a

268

260

252

276

331

308

317

289

240

240

237

240

237

240

256

256

260

260

244

237

237

240

240

230

226

230

226

223

223

226

HOT.

223

220

223

220

216

206

196

203

196

189

192

196

199

199

206

289

223

260

244

248

244

213

209

220

230

226

216

230

240

237

-

Dec.

233

233

244

244

237

240

240

233

233

240

256

260

272

264

252

248

248

240

226

213

213

223

220

226

230

213

223

216

220

209

216

Jan.

206

213

223

230

230

223

209

220

220

216

216

220

226

226

226

226

220

226

226

2EO

220

223

226

213

199

209

220

226

230

230

226

Feb.

230

233

223

226

226

216

209

226

223

223

223

226

216

206

209

213

220

206

206

230

E13

216

209

209

206

209

213

220

_

-

Month

October. ..................................

November. .................................

December ..................................

March. ....................................

April. . ...................................

Ifo-r

July. .....................................

Water year 1937-38......................

Mar.

226

226

230

230

226

260

268

272

272

240

220

226

230

233

206

209

220

216

203

206

206

189

172

175

172

186

179

182

182

172

169

Apr.

1S2

175

182

192

196

196

186

179

179

179

182

189

203

233

256

233

230

260

331

394

368

394

409

430

425

468

463

452

504

542

-

Secondfoot-days

7,797

Q f 613

7,265

178,948

6,844

6,085

6,603

8,812

23, 582

73,110

41,891

27,593

17,193

233,388

May

5S8

555

575

548

516

480

430

357

362

368

404

420

425

458

561

738

752

785

776

801

793

834

752

715

678

776

975

1,260

1,720

2,020

2,160

MnTl-pi^im

331.

289

272

2,020

230

233

272

542

2,160

3,240

2,200

1,230

809

3,240

June

2,330

2,400

2,490

2,830

3,070

3,240

2,720

1,940

2,380

2,350

2,260

2,160

2,480

2,500

2,240

2,180

2,210

2,570

2,520

1,640

1,900

2,840

3,060

2,590

2,370

2,350

2,460

2,200

2,260

2,570

-

July

2,190

1,830

1,620

1,540

1,380

1,640

1,760

1,540

1,680

1,500

1,500

1,440

1,630

2,200

2,200

1,810

1,470

1,350

1,070

966

842

921

785

678

664

671

799

895

1,050

1,140

1,130

Minimum

223

189

209

163

199

206

169

175

357

1,640

664

458

378

169

Aug.

1,100

1,140

1,180

1,190

1,210

1,170

1,210

1,220

1,200

1,230

1,190

730

685

700

678

650

575

529

629

768

826

851

860

877

860

904

921

948

575

458

529

Mean

252

220

234

490

221

217

213

294

761

2,437

1,351

890

573

639

Sept.

615

738

809

622

615

700

636

636

636

561

595

685

760

602

588

602

595

555

529

498

498

498

485

485

491

463

452

441

425

378

-

Run-off In 

acre-feet

15, 470

13,120

14, 410

355,000

13,570

12,070

13,100

17,480

46,770

145,000

83,090

54, 730

34,100

462, 900

ik discharge.- June 6 (6 a.m.) 3,310 BBC.-ft.; July 14 (6 p.n.) 3,930 sec.-ft.; July 17

(11 p.mT) 1.511-1 H.«7ft 27S70 BB(> sec.-ft. . - f t. .
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN 81

Arkansas River at Canon City, Colo.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 38°26', long. 105°15 T , in sec. 32, T. 18 S., R. 70 

W., In Canon City, Just upstream from Sand Creek.

Drainage area,.- 3,090 square miles.

Records available.- May 1888 to September 1927 and October 1933 to September 1938 in reports of Geological Survey. May 1888 to September 1938 in reports of State engineer.

Average discharge.- 51 years (1887-1938), 731 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 4,810 second-feet Aug. 11 (gage height, 5.58 

feet); minimum daily discharge, 155 second-feet Nov. 7, 8.

1888-1938: Maximum discharge, 19,000 second-feet Aug. 2, 1921 (gage height, 10.7 

feet), from rating curve extended above 4,000 second-feet; minimum daily discharge, 

90 second-feet Apr. 7, 1935.

Remarks.- Records good. Diversions for irrigation above station. For statements on regulation see descriptions for stations at Granite and at Salida.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1 

S 

3

4 

5

6 

7a

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

81 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oot.

206 

210 

215 

217 

222

224 

237 

242 

250 

234

203 

203 

206 

203 

206

210 

224 

227 

229 

229

222 

210 

208 

203 

201

195 

201 

199

201 

201 

197

HOT.

197 

199 

186 

184 

166

164 

155 

155 

161 

163

164 

163 

161 

161 

172

188 

239 

224 

255 

277

285 

271 

239 

2lO 

210

220 

212 

217 

244 

252

Dec.

266 

280 

298 

314 

310

310 

328 

317 

314 

335

343 

343 

354 

354 

339

347 

347 

331 

314 

301

285 

291 

310 

328 

335

328 

314 

317 

310 

317 

310

Jan.

301 

298 

328 

320 

317

314 

294 

285 

307 

320

320 

317 

331 

331 

324

304 

288

285 

301 

280

285 

294 

301 

271 

252

266 

285 

294 

301 

277 

294

Feb.

2S8 

277 

288 

282 

274

268 

250 

244 

250 

257

252 

255 

250 

239 

247

268 

280 

291 

291 

320

324 

314 

294 

282 

260

263 

268 

271

Month

Oot 

Not

Dec

C

Jan 

Fob 

Mar 

Apr 

Ka, 

Jim 

Jul 

Aug 

S«p

1

alendar year 1937......................

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

 top year 1937-3a......................

Mar.

282 

294 

294 

317 

277

282 

288 

285 

288 

288

255 

247 

252 

268 

260

227 

224 

227 

222 

210

212 

220 

227 

210 

166

188 

220 

224 

232 

232 

217

Apr.

224 

232 

242 

220 

234

250 

227 

224 

224 

229

222 

220 

227 

234 

294

317 

291 

277 

314 

402

430 

406 

422 

456 

438

442 

482 

451 

451 

487

Secondfoot-days

6,635 

6,094 

9,890

192,835

9,285 

7,647 

7,635 

9,569 

24, 246 

82,330 

43,610 

26,888 

20,701

254, 530

May

534 

539 

508 

518 

464

478 

469 

442 

438 

394

390 

410 

426 

406 

487

663 

814 

792 

807 

860

860 

903 

912 

777 

703

730 

822 

1,240 

1,750 

2,300 

2,410

MftTrlim 

250 

285 

354

2,420

331 

324 

317 

487 

2,410 

3,510 

2,570 

1,750 

1,240

3,510

June

2,570 

2,750 

2,860

3,060 

3,270

3,510 

3,200 

2,780 

2,310 

2,720

2,640 

2,520 

2,630 

2,860 

2,580

2,480 

2,460 

2,670 

2,810 

2,310

2,880 

2,780 

3,200 

2,940 

2,550

2,570 

2,720 

2,550 

2,380 

2,770

July

2,570 

2,170 

1,880 

1,800 

1,510

1,560 

1,760 

1,620 

1,640 

1,590

1,540 

1,520 

1,550 

1,790 

2,410

1,970 

1,670 

1,590 

1,290 

1,040

965 

912 

837 

730 

657

625 

644 

807 

903 

1,000 

1,060

Minimum

195 

155 

266

155

252 

239 

166 

220 

390 

2,310 

625 

451 

478

155

Aug.

1,010 

984 

1,110 

1,080 

1,080

1,070 

1,110 

1,170 

1,160 

1,290

1,750 

955 

625 

607 

583

566 

518 

478 

451 

600

696 

736 

770 

764 

770

869 

974 

1,020 

1,040 

534 

518

Mean

214 

203 

319

528

300 

273 

246 

319 

782 

2,744 

1,407 

867 

690

697

Sept.

650 

852 

1,240 

1,080 

757

716 

723 

638 

670 

625

607 

696 

912 

690 

709

716 

764 

703 

683 

657

644 

663 

594 

583 

561

524 

503 

478 

513 

550

Run-off In 

acre-feet

13,160 

12,090 

19,620

382, 500

18,420 

15,170 

15, 140 

18,980 

48,090 

163,300 

86,500 

53,330 

41,060

504,900

Peak discharge.- June 12 (4:40 p.m.) 3,750 sec.-ft.; July 15 (3:30 a.m.) 3,830 sec.-ft.: Aug. 11 

(3 a.m.] 4,810 sec.-ft.
82 ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

Arkansas River near Pueblo, Colo.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 38°16', long. 104°41', in sec. 34, T. 20 S., R. 65 

W., at intake of south-side waterworks, 4 miles west of center of Pueblo.

Drainage area.- 4,730 square miles.

Records available.- May 1885 to September 1886 (at present site), June to September 1887 

(at site 5 miles upstream), and September 1894 to September 1927 and October 1933 to 

September 1938 (at present site) in reports of Geological Survey, May 1885 to 

September 1886 and September 1894 to September 1938 in reports of State engineer. 

(Records for my 1925 to September 1934 do not include water diverted above station 

into intake of north-side waterworks.)

Average discharge.- 34 years (1894-1924, 1934-38), 765 second-feet; 9 years (1925-34), 

624 second-feet (not including water diverted above station into intake of north-side 

waterworks.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 11,200 second-feet Aug. 26; minimum daily discharge, 106 second-feet Mar. 25.

1885-87, 1894-1938: Maximum discharge, 103,000 second-feet June 3, 1921 (gage 

height, 24.66 feet from gage at Pueblo), by slope-area method, including estimated 

discharge of Dry Creek, 19,500 second-feet; minimum daily discharge, 18 second-feet 

(including 13 second-feet diverted above station into intake of north-side waterworks) 

Apr. 7, 1935.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect, Dec. 9, 10, 15, 19, 20, 

23-26, Jan. 8-10, 26-31, Feb. 1, 16-18, which were computed on basis of weather records and are fair. They include water diverted above station into intake of northside waterworks for municipal supply of Pueblo. Diversions for iirigatlon above 

station. For statements on regulation see descriptions for stations at Salida and at 

Granite.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Da?

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6

7

a

9 

10

11

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oot.

141 

137 

144 

145 

137

143 

199 

221 

220 

229

176 

152 

194 

214 

209

231 

253 

250 

229 

231

213 

213 

199 

193 

197

172 

227 

176 

167 

182 

178

HOT.

180 

216 

230 

225 

238

217 

198 

192 

188 

197

191 

200 

193 

205 

206

203 

243 

257 

301 

286

318 

303 

276 

280 

263

267 

278 

266 

283 

276

Dec.

255 

247 

231 

246 

239

242 

240 

321 

190 

191

388 

326 

314 

326 

325

302 

313 

333 

323 

296

315 

292 

287 

263 

292

296 

329 

288 

268 

272 

248

Jan.

244 

227 

245 

246 

255

271 

253 

253 

252 

302

354 

395 

306 

306 

276

240 

229 

211 

204 

211

210 

230 

193 

217 

215

180 

198 

220 

205 

210 

238

Feb.

272 

283 

257 

263 

280

279 

249 

215 

209 

198

1S2 

187 

194 

190 

191

165 

150 

202 

265 

250

253 

235 

225 

226 

231

207 

228 

218

Month

Oot 

NOK

Dec

C

Jan 

Fell 

Mar 

Apr 

Maj 

Jim 

Jill

AUS

Sep

1

alendar year 1937 ......................

uary

ater year 1937-3

Mar.

206 

207 

207 

224 

224

201 

217 

229 

234 

227

200 

168 

150 

173 

175

171 

142 

141 

151 

136

125 

129 

160 

134 

106

120 

164 

176 

169 

176 

159

Apr.

157 

176 

163 

156 

147

196 

208 

160 

157 

139

137 

126 

131 

150 

347

265 

246 

210 

197 

279

324 

293 

306 

373 

331

284 

491 

475 

444 

452

Secondfoot-daya

5.972 

7,176 

8,798

176,071

7,596 

6,304 

5,401 

7,520 

24, 467 

78, 290 

42,228 

29, 569 

26,765

250,086

May

436 

620 

578 

578 

544

639

738 

648 

514 

554

539 

580 

632

547 

508

691 

901 

1,020 

949 

889

891 

987 

854 

773 

635

556 

675 

811 

1,420 

1,840 

1,920

Maximum

253 

318 

388

3,080

395 

283 

234 

491 

1,920 

3,800 

2,470 

3,210 

3,070

3,800

June

2,200 

2,510 

2,690 

2,840 

3,300

3,520 

3,800 

3,100 

2,120 

2,520

2,530 

2,380 

2,560 

2,740 

2,590

2,360 

2,350 

2,380 

2,790 

2,550

1,520 

2,090 

2,840 

2,950

3,120

2,620 

2,370 

2,440 

2,130 

2,380

July

2,470 

2,030 

1,740 

1,710 

1,560

1,340 

1,670 

1,670 

1,470 

1,560

1,410 

1,340 

1,280 

1,640 

2,390

2,170 

1,980 

1,460 

1,320 

1,280

1,100 

850 

763 

716 

651

588 

647 

700 

755 

898 

1,070

IHn^rninn

137 

180 

190

75

180 

150 

106 

126 

436 

1,520 

588 

350 

425

106

Aug.

986 

856 

953 

1,070 

987

947 

973 

984 

1,070 

1,180

2,290

1,240 

729 

610 

582

539 

487 

422 

350 

420

585 

650 

683 

710 

750

3,210 

1,050 

1,210 

1,290 

1,100 

656

He an

193 

239 

284

482

245 

225 

174 

251 

789 

2,610 

1,362 

954 

892

685

Sept.

1,470 

1,180 

3,070 

1,400 

1,000

759 

739 

711 

649 

750

694 

1,210 

2,450 

895 

833

974 

743 

679 

680 

668

631 

595 

586 

577 

512

497 

461 

439 

425 

488

Run-off In 

acre-feet

11,850 

14, 230 

17,450

349, 200

15,070 

12,500 

10, 710 

14, 920 

48,530 

155,300 

83,760 

58,650 

53, 090

496,100

Peak discharge.- Aug. 26 (7:30 a.m.) 11,200 sec.-ft.; Sept. 1 (7 p.m.) 6,530 sec.-ft.} Sept. 13 

(3 a.m.) 7,380 sec .-ft.
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN 83

Arkansas River near Nepesta, Colo.

Location.- Water-stage recorder above diversion dam of Oxford Farmers Co. canal, lat. 38° 

11', long. 104°10', in sec. 31, T. 21 S., R. 60 W., li miles west of Nepesta.

Drainage area.- 9,130 square miles.

Records available.- September 1897 to October 1903, July 1909 to November 1912, and 

October 1933 to September 1938 in reports of Geological Survey. September 1897 to 

October 1903, July 1909 to November 1912, and January 1914 to September 1938 in reports of State engineer.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 9,380 second-feet Sept. 4 (gage height, 5.72 

feet); minimum dally discharge, 57 second-feet Oct. 8.

1897-1903, 1909-12, 1914-38: Maximum discharge, 180,000 second-feet at point 9 

miles upstream June 4, 1921, by slope-area method; no flow at times during 1902, 1910, 

1931, and 1934.

Remarks.- Records good except those for period of ice effect, Jan. 8, 24-27, 30, which 

were computed on basis of weather records and are fair. Storage reservoirs and diversions for Irrigation above station.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1 

Z 

S 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

IB

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

83 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

50 

31

Oct.

107 

103 

112 

107 

107

100 

90 

57 

88 

88

98 

134 

121 

162 

191

184 

217 

209 

226 

220

217 

207 

199 

169 

181

189 

176 

199 

162 

149 

142

HOT.

149 

151 

1S9 

189 

184

1S6 

1S1 

184 

181 

179

189 

169 

179 

1S4 

174

205 

220 

194 

196 

215

236 

311 

394 

341 

337

316 

316 

337 

303 

332

Dee.

289 

286 

283 

2S6 

263

263 

266 

283 

311 

303

394 

394 

269 

307 

405

394 

266 

341 

337 

303

254 

226 

251 

374 

370

356 

355 

245 

226 

202 

260

Jan.

266 

272 

269 

328 

303

328 

272 

260 

248 

296

300 

311 

350 

360 

341

307 

257 

263 

248 

289

283 

276 

248 

245 

240

245 

250 

263 

228 

220 

316

Feb.

337 

384 

324 

300 

286

283 

263 

257 

236 

254

242 

223 

217 

215 

212

220 

251 

242 

226 

220

248 

365 

296 

296 

283

289 

266 

263

Month

Oot 

Hov

Dee

C

last 

P«t 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

fl

alendar year 1937. .....................

u»

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

 ter year 1937-2 S....... ...............

Mar.

293 

289 

2S6 

279 

289

269 

248 

217 

245 

217

215 

272 

239 

228 

296

296 

279 

245 

239 

242

204 

194 

204 

228 

207

202 

1S1 

209 

223 

236 

251

Apr.

245 

234 

242 

220 

22S

212 

234 

239 

226 

212

179 

184 

151 

142 

181

303 

293 

263 

242 

266

328 

332

286 

283 

341

374 

2,150 

837 

601 

556

Seoondfoot-dajs

4,711 

6,921 

9,361

177,248

8.68E 

7,498 

7,522 

10,584 

34,908 

57,730 

38,562 

20,409 

41,095

247,983

May

520 

621 

676 

8S2 

772

946 

882 

824 

746 

914

1,050 

898 

1,140 

1,030 

978

1,440 

1,560 

1,840 

1,820 

1,500

1,500 

1,520 

866 

1,160 

1,050

914 

837 

962 

1,460 

1,980 

1,620

Maximum

226 

394

405

3,360

360 

384 

296 

2,150 

1,980 

3,990 

2,380 

3,460 

6,150

6,150

June

,690 

,600 

,640 

,910 

,150

,350 

,850 

,990 

,670 

,220

,200 

,750 

,710 

,800 

,730

,400 

,260 

,S20 

,580 

,100

,400 

,560 

,030 

,870 

,460

,400 

,730 

,030 

,750 

,080

July

2,120 

1,690 

1,710 

1,910 

1,620

1,340 

1,220 

1,140 

914 

962

962 

882 

759 

914 

2,180

2,380 

1,840 

1,600 

2,320 

1,730

962 

1,010 

811 

79S 

759

632 

798 

538 

898 

643 

520

Minimum

57 

149 

202

50

220 

212 

181 

142 

520 

1,260 

520 

136 

485

57

Aug.

485

405 

374 

632 

547

422 

416 

379 

405 

389

3,290 

898 

759 

5S7 

520

492 

416 

394 

300 

242

149 

15S 

136 

151 

13S

3,460 

866 

53S 

914 

882 

665

Mean

152 

231 

302

486

280 

268 

243 

353 

1,126 

1,924 

1,244 

658 

1,370

679

Sept.

1,140 

2,120 

3,510 

6,150 

2,100

1,360 

1,560 

1,200 

89S 

772

1,140 

1,580 

3,940 

1,260 

1,180

1,160 

1,200 

709 

978 

866

824 

746 

709 

643 

643

643 

574 

520 

485 

485

Run-off In 

acre-feet

9,340 

13,730 

18,570

351,600

17,220 

14,870 

14,920 

20,990 

69,240 

114,500 

76,490 

40, 480 

SI, 510

491, 900

J>eak discharge.- June 7 (11:45 p.m.) 7,700 see. -ft. j Aug. 26 (1 p.m.) 7,760 sec. -ft., Sept. 4

(3 a.m.) 9,380 sec .-ft.
84 ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

Arkansas River at La Junta, Colo.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°59', long. 103°31', in sec. 2, T. 24 S., R. 55 

W., at East Bridge in La Junta, just upstream from mouth of King Arroya.

Drainage area.- 12,200 square miles.

Records available.- May to August 1889, December 1893 to December 1895, January to

December 1901, April to October 1903, August to November 1908, April 1912 to December 

1913, and October 1S33 to September 1938 in reports of Geological Survey. December 

1893 to December 1895, January to December 1901, April to October 1903, August to 

November 1908, and April 1912 to September 1938 in reports of State engineer. This 

station has been maintained at several different locations in La Junta, tut all records are equivalent.

Average discharge.- 26 years (1912-38), 265 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge, 13,400 second-feet Sept. 4 (gage height, 6.22 feet); minimum daily discharge, 10 second-feet Nov. 3.

1889, 1893-95, 1901, 1903, 1908, 1912-38: Maximum discharge, 200,000 second-feet 

June 4, 1921 (gage height, 18.4 feet), by slope-area method; no flow Jan. 20-23, Mar. 

20-22, 1915.

Remarks.- Records good. Storage reservoirs and diversions for irrigation above station.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1

s

3

4

6

6

7

8

9

10

11

IS

13

14

16

16

17

18

19

80

21

28

25

84

85

86

87

no

ISO

OQ

31

Oct.

21

20

20

17

16

16

16

16

16

14

13

14

14

16

15

26

54

34

90

63

55

41

29

19

15

17

20

21

21

14

11

HOT.

11

11

10

11

19

48

44

34

37

26

19

15

21

14

24

16

12

16

19

23

50

107

173

245

160

140

140

156

41

25

Dec.

31

61

87

77

99

76

48

61

48

55

260

384

339

59

31

72

120

47

40

26

22

25

90

125

142

266

272

118

57

47

38

Jan.

60

99

135

150

146

145

157

244

291

192

160

36

36

44

170

204

104

102

106

151

181

167

172

147

153

328

196

101

129

103

196

Feb.

74

109

199

150

130

90

78

46

20

19

14

16

21

16

21

33

51

104

231

186

144

214

302

129

56

41

40

31

_

_

-

Month

October. ..................................

December. .................................

Calendar year 1937 ......................

March .....................................

April.....................................

May.......................................

July. .....................................

Water year 1937

Mar.

36

71

64

55

48

37

36

134

183

79

16

65

178

16

14

19

17

31

87

40

13

11

18

20

20

23

27

26

23

26

27

Apr.

28

55

109

179

45

28

108

464

253

92

31

31

19

25

27

28

36

19

27

45

34

79

40

56

53

45

149

853

286

225

Seeondfoot-days

774

1,667

3,223

65,375

4,605

2,565

1,460

3,469

11,893

16,105

15,535

5,488

19, 577

86,361

May

273

118

108

133

247

532

471

463

486

425

383

431

459

351

395

436

418

580

596

615

.566

358

24

25

290

336

238

292

440

730

674

Mfudjnun

90

245

384

5,050

328

302

183

853

730

3,770

1,370

1,060

7,820

7,820

June

282

440

257

416

825

114

626

3,770

516

449

740

475

248

655

505

136

187

128

588

294

104

119

612

471

544

483

336

590

503

692

-

July

809

619

438

639

567

614

551

556

571

448

488

474

440

333

562

643

1,370

767

467

115

767

55

114

453

492

419

361

416

227

337

423

Minimum

11

10

22

10

36

14

11

19

24

104

55

19

114

10

Aug.

143

74

40

22

30

62

66

61

36

16E

677

52

43

410

218

79

41

37

69

42

32

21

19

23

24

592

1,060

232

151

419

551

Mean

25.0

55.6

104

179

149

91.6

47.1

116

384

537

501

177

653

237

Sept.

486

331

206

7,820

1,800

350

214

222

114

132

293

513

1,100

481

228

238

569

291

167

272

324

363

350

414

490

428

384

354

341

302

-

Run-Off In 

acre- feet

1,540

3,310

6,390

129, 700

9,130

5,090

2,900

6,880

23,590

31,940

30, 810

10,890

38, 830

171,300
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN 85

Arkansas River at Caddoa, Colo.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 38°04', long. 103°57', In sec. 7, T. 33 S., R. 49 

W., half a mile north of Caddoa and 3.3 miles upstream from Caddoa Creek. Zero of gage 

Is 3,760.23 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 19,000 square miles. 

Records available.- March to September 1938.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during period, 11,800 second-feet July 18 (gage height, 5.85 

feetJ; minimum dally discharge, 33 second-feet Mar. 26.

Remarks.- Records good. Storage reservoirs and diversions for Irrigation above station.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1933

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

oet. HOT. Dee. Jan. Feb.

Month

Oct 

lov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Fell 

Mar 

Apr

*>7 

Jim 

Jul 

Au(

8«p

l

alendar year

 oh 7-31 

j_]^

tie perio

Mar.

51 

53 

89 

110

98 

69 

56 

93 

80

50 

42 

44 

40 

45

42 

35 

37 

35 

35

33 

40 

51 

48 

50 

48

Apr.

45 

53 

55 

55 

76

76 

50 

65 

213 

144

84

53 

45 

47 

45

47 

44 

40 

37 

37

38 

45 

40 

41 

82

89 

56 

167 

440 

252

Secondfoot -day s

1,374 

2,566 

12,424 

19, 281 

24,655 

6,469 

25, 185

May

205 

201 

155 

115 

147

261 

612 

416 

368 

338

338 

356 

395 

594 

402

432 

380 

388 

498 

489

549 

621 

1,060 

852 

338

315 

300 

270 

248 

315 

464

MfdCJTimBI

110 

440 

1,060 

2,100 

3,280 

960 

5,990

June

338 

243 

315 

410 

356

540 

338 

864 

1,180 

506

720 

912 

763 

630 

710

829 

2,100 

1,020 

650 

1,270

660 

275 

234 

514 

425

498 

506 

380 

540

455

July

576 

621 

567 

553 

540

472 

540 

558 

603 

594

464 

448 

380 

344 

275

514 

1,000 

3,280 

1,610 

1,500

3,100 

1,820 

670 

489 

523

506 

432 

332 

540 

455 

344

Hinimujn

33 

37 

115 

234 

275 

42 

248

Aug.

344 

197 

102 

69 

61

70 

74 

59 

48 

44

230 

960 

418 

176 

142

131 

110 

89 

87 

78

61 

50 

42 

48 

48

50 

532 

630 

549 

498 

472

Mean

55.0 

85.5 

401 

643 

795 

209 

840

Sept.

480 

1,190 

1,180 

2,340 

5,990

1,450 

888 

549 

402 

305

300 

320 

1,220 

2,160 

829

480 

374 

700 

368 

310

332 

315 

338 

332 

368

480 

362 

300 

275 

248

Run-off In 

acre-feet

2,730 

5,090 

24,640 

38,240 

43,900 

12,830 

49,950

182, 400
8b ARKANSAS RIVER HAS IN

Arkansas River at Lamar, Colo.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 38°06', long. 102°37', in sec. 30, T. 22 S., R. 46 

W., at highway bridge, I mile north of Lamar.

Drainage area.- 19,800 square miles.

Records available.- May to December 1915 and October 1933 to September 1938 in reports of 

Geological Survey. May 1913 to September 1938 in reports of State engineer.

Average discharge.- 25 years, 281 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 8,900 second-feet Sept. 5 (gage height, 5.48 

feet); minimum daily discharge, 1.2 second-feet May 15.

1913-38: Maximum discharge, 165,000 second-feet June 5, 1921, by slope-area method; 

no flow at times during 1913-15.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect, Dec. 14-26, 29-31, Jan. 

1-10, 12-15, Jan. 27 to Feb. 2, Feb. 17-20, 22, 23, which were computed on basis of 

five discharge measurements and weather records and are fair. Storage reservoirs and 

diversions for irrigation above station.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

6

e

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

Oot.

3.8 

3.6 

3.2 

3.0 

3.0

3.2 

2.4 

2.2 

2.1 

2.0

1.8 

2.1 

2.2 

2.2 

2.4

3.0 

2.8 

2.7 

3.6 

2.1

2.1 

2.1 

2.1 

2.0

1.7

2.0 

2.2 

2.2 

2.4 

2.4 

2.4

HOT.

2.2 

2.0 

2.0 

2.1 

2.0

1.8 

1.8 

2.1 

2.1 

2.1

2.2 

2.4 

2.4 

2.4 

2.6

2.4 

2.6 

2.4 

2.2 

2.1

2.2 

2.2 

2.2 

2.4 

2.6

2.7 

2.1 

2.2 

2.2 

2.2

Dec.

2.2 

2.7 

2.8 

2.4 

2.4

2.6 

2.6 

2.1 

2.4 

3.0

3.3 

3.2 

3.2 

20

75

120

10 

4

4 

4

4 

4 

4 

4 

4

4 

9.6 

12 

12 

15 

8

Jan.

7 

3 

3 

10 

5

15 

24 

10 

8 

10

32 

20

10 

6.0 

7.0

3.3 

3.3 

3.3 

3.8

3.8

3.3 

2.8 

2.8 

2.1 

3.2

3.0 

3.0 

3.0 

3.0 

3.0 

3.0

Feb.

3.0 

4.0 

34 

36 

28

9.6 

5.8 

5.3 

4.8

4.6

5.0 

4.0 

3.2 

3.6 

3.8

3.8 

3.8 

3.8 

3.8 

4.0

4.3 

5.3 

4.0 

7.1 

6.2

5.8 

5.8 

5.0

Honth

Oot 

No? 

Dec

0

Jan 

Feto 

Max 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

Iftter year 1937-2

Mar.

4.S 

4.0 

3.8 

3.8 

3.2

2.4 

2.2 

2.8 

3.3 

2.8

3.0 

3.2 

3.0 

2.8 

4.0

3.3

3.0 

3.2 

3.0 

2.6

2.4 

2.6 

2.7 

2.7 

2.4

2.8 

2.8 

3.2 

3.2 

3.2 

3.3

Apr.

3.3 

3.3 

2.8 

2.8 

3.2

3.0 

3.6 

4.3 

5.8 

6.2

5.0 

4.3 

3.3 

3.8

4.0

3.3 

3.0 

2.7 

2.4 

2.2

2.1 

2.1 

2.0 

2.0 

2.1

2.6 

3.0 

2.2 

2.6 

2.7

Secondfoot-days

77.0 

66.9 

352.5

33,215.3

219.7 

217.4 

95.5 

95.7 

1,801.7 

8,901.5 

11,456.5 

1,268.7 

9,722.0

34,275.1

May

2.4 

1.8 

1.8 

1.8

1.8

3.2 

28 

9.6 

2.1 

1.4

1.4 

1.4 

1.5 

1.5 

1.2

1.7 

2.6 

3.8 

2.4 

2.8

3.2 

33 

1,210 

378 

27

11 

8.7 

7.5 

7.1 

18 

24

M^Tf^pniyn

3.8 

2.7 

120

6,800

32 

36 

4.8 

6.2 

1,210 

2,740 

3,120 

796 

3,550

3,550

June

28 

12 

7.5 

36 

11

36 

22 

54 

988 

43

170 

320 

76 

73 

27

139 

2,570 

810 

255 

2.740

418 

28 

5.8 

5.0 

5.3

4.3 

4.3 

4;0 

4.3 

5.0

July

3.8 

7.9 

4.0 

3.3 

3.2

2.6 

10 

8.3 

9.6 

9.6

9.6 

4.0 

5.6 

27 

7.9

3.3 

4.8 

3,120 

2,180 

1,660

2,140 

1,920 

155 

31

2.7

12 

12 

34 

15 

14 

12

Minimum

1.7 

1.8 

2.1

1.7

2.1 

3.0 

2.2 

2.0 

1.2 

4.6 

2.6 

2.2 

4.8

1.2

Aug.

4.3 

3.6 

3.6 

3.6 

3.8

3.6 

14 

28 

8.3 

15

38 

796 

33 

2.2 

3.0

35 

68 

50 

73 

13

7.5 

6.2 

5.8 

5.0 

5.3

15 

6.2 

4.6 

5.0 

4.8 

4.3

Hean

2.48 

2.23 

11.4

91.0

7.09 

7.76 

3.08 

3.19 

58.1 

297 

370 

40.9 

324

93.9

Sept.

4.8 

411 

509 

1,480 

3,550

933 

290 

56 

16 

8.7

7.5 

7.5 

270 

1,540 

354

45 

12 

45 

76 

14

11 

7.5 

5.8 

12 

12

11 

8.3 

8.3 

8.3 

8.3

Run-off In 

acre-feet

153 

133 

699

65,880

436 

431 

189 

190 

3,570 

17,660 

22,720 

2,520 

19, 280

67.980
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN 87

Arkansas River at Holly, Colo.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 38°02', long. 102°06', In sec. 14, T. 23 S., R. 

42 W., Just upstream from Wild Horse Creek, 300 feet downstream from highway bridge 

and half a mile south of Holly.

Drainage area.- 25,000 square miles.

Records available.- December 1893 to December 1894, May 1901 to April 1902 (station 

published as at Barton or at Byron), October 1907 to September 1927, and October 

1933 to September 1938 in reports of Geological Survey. October 1907 to September 

1938 in reports of State engineer.

Average discharge.- 31 years (1907-38), 350 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 13,100 second-feet July 19 (gage height, 5.80 

feet); minimum daily discharge, 4.0 second-feet Oct. 10.

1893-4, 1901-2, 1907-38: Maximum discharge, 136,000 second-feet Oct. 20, 1908 

(gage height, 11.0 feet, former datum), by slope-area method; no flow Aug. 9, 1924, 

May 27 to June 6, June 26 to July 3, 1925.

Remarks.- Records fair. Discharge for days of ice effect, Jan. 23, 24, 30, 31, computed on basis of weather records. Storage reservoirs and several diversions for 

irrigation above station.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1

2

3

4

6

6

7

8

9.

10

11

12

13

U

16

16

17

18

19

ao

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

23

20

18

16

13

11

9.5

7.7

5.9

4.0

18

12

11

10

11

15

17

15

16

20

20

18

20

16

15

13

13

13

13

13

15

HOT.

17

16

16

18

17

20

20

20

20

18

17

16

15

15

15

15

15

15

14

14

13

13

18

17

13

13

12

11

14

21

-

Dee.

23

24

26

26

23

26

2S

18

20

22

30

36

30

67

75

40

71

82

84

82

73

73

82

60

61

56

58

71

71

84

97

Jan.

71

69

80

56

60

61

47

75

82

82

88

58

82

92

92

77

73

92

140

56

52

47

35

22

18

34

49

73

91

60

45

Feb.

41

71

64

83

91

94

105

75

59

49

44

37

28

34

23

14

16

16

14

17

17

18

25

26

24

24

25

25

-

_

-

Month

March. ....................................

April. ....................................

l^y........ ...............................

July. .....................................

Water year 1937-2 8. .....................

Mar.

25

23

23

23

21

18

IS

19

25

22

21

22

19

19

23

24

22

25

25

24

27

22

23

25

24

19

22

34

33

31

28

Apr.

30

27

21

21

23

21

13

19

24

28

21

21

21

21

19

22

23

20

20

20

21

20

22

22

35

31

1,250

44

16

12

Secondfoot-days

442.1

478

1,619

63,525.1

2

1 *729 159

1,908

6,971*0

19,811

17,876

31^ see! 4

87,528.1

May

9.5

10

11

9.5

11

27

200

185

111

57

44

38

40

43

35

35

37

38

37

30

31

71

1,060

785

408

195

88

64

54

127

3,080

Mqy^BVffB

23

21

97

7,770

140

105

34

1,250

3,080

2,340

6,530 

675

7,170

7,170

June

2,120

1,010

520

367

242

242

235

196

1,050

506

156

272

367

251

242

1,200

1,680

2,230

1,020

2,340

1,500

695

420

272

2S2

114

108

102

97

35

July

16

35

18

16

19

20

20

19

20

20

19

20

16

12

23

559

810

958

6,530

2,100

1,480

2,310

1,030

506

284

198

251

154

143

116

154

Minimus

4.0

11

18

4.0

18

14

18

IS

35*9 5

IS

7.7

4.4

4.0

Aug.

109

64

52

44

36

28

22

19

18

17

18

39

306

73

44

177

138

675

306

205

148

99

73

42

26

17

9.9

11

21

15

7.7

Mean

14.3

15.9

52.2

174

66.4

41.4

23.5

63.6

225

660

577

1,052°

240

Sept.

4.4

44

428

2,700

7,170

4,310

3,060

1,530

1,090

824

714

428

2,350

1,240

1,860

1,030

597

350

240

284

184

143

113

82

71

60

50

42

38

30

-

Run-off In 

aore-feet

877

948

3,210

126,000

4,080

2,300

1,450

13*83O

39,290

35,460

5,770 

62,610

173,600
00 ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

Arkansas River at Syracuse, Kans.

Location.- Water-stage recorder,. lat. 37°58', long. 101°45', in MWi sec. 18, T. 24 S., 

R. 40 W., at highway bridge, half a mile south of Syracuse.

Drainage area.- 25,500 square miles.

Records available.- August 1902 to July 1906, June 1921 to September 1938.

Average discharge.- 17 years (1921-38), 326 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 16,000 second-feet Sept. 5 (gage height, 7.55 

feet); minimum, 2 second-feet July 12 (gage height, 1.98 feet).

1902-6, 1921-38: Maximum gage height, about 11.75 feet, present datum, June 6, 

1921 (discharge not determined); minimum discharge, 1 second-foot at times in 1931, 

1934, and 1937. Bank-full stage, 7.0 feet.

Remarks.- Records fair except those for periods of ice effect, Dec. 12-19, Feb. 19-28, 

which were computed on basis of ,one discharge measurement, engineer's notes, and canal 

records and are poor. Diversions for irrigation above station.

Discharge, In second-feet, vater year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1

S

S

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

18

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Si

22

23

84

85

86

87

88

29

30

31

Oct.

8

7

7

6

4

4

4

4

4

4

3

4

4

4

4

7

6

7

16

19

20

20

20

22

20

19

19

19

19

13

8

HOT.

8

7

7

7

7

7

7

6

6

6

6

6

7

8

8

7

7

7

7

7

7

8

16

27

16

14

27

34

30

27

Dec.

27

20

19

19

13

10

9

9

8

9

10

30

53

41

56

81

108

86

95

81

78

86

89

95

84

86

73

81

86

84

103

Jan.

114

106

100

103

100

97

89

89

103

100

97

73

84

100

122

128

117

108

117

137

111

103

100

84

36

41

68

97

114

63

63

Feb.

73

95

117

134

140

131

128

140

122

103

103

108

97

86

86

50

53

60

60

78

81

84

89

97

84

84

89

78

_

-

Month

October. ..................................

March. ....................................

April .....................................

V*f....... ................................

July......................................

Water year 1937-J6......................

Mar.

68

68

53

50

53

56

48

41

46

56

58

58

56

53

50

53

48

34

32

32

27

22

19

18

14

16

16

20

19

18

16

Apr.

14

14

16

14

14

13

8

9

16

25

30

22

20

22

18

9

8

8

8

7

7

7

8

13

66

106

972

613

137

117

Secondfoot-days

344

1,729

54,806

2,964

2,650

1,208

2,341

7,545

17,799

16,361

4,293

42,894

100,453

May

114

122

117

111

111

142

916

595

397

277

221

173

173

163

176

160

125

140

122

122

120

134

613

640

386

102

33

19

8

3

1,010

UqTff HP1*1

22

34

108

7,450

137

140

68

972

1,010

2,480

4,700

494

8,560

8,560

June

2,210

860

362

190

65

46

23

22

142

1,240

386

216

333

279

257

503

1,260

2,480

908

1,410

2,080

828

503

263

230

165

162

146

132

108

July

78

65

46

37

29

19

12

a

7

4

4

4

3

3

39

454

354

474

4,700

3,140

1,240

2.540

1.260

445

299

241

194

177

177

158

150

Vinlimmi

3

6

8

1

36

50

14

7

3

22

3

14

11

3

Aiig*

146

125

102

87

70

60

50

44

52

62

81

102

221

286

203

409

494

464

464

199

142

105

75

57

48

37

30

25

22

17

14

Mean

10.5

11.5

55.8

150

95.6

94.6

39.0

78.0

243

593

528

138

1,430

275

Sept.

11

17

1,520

4,160

8,560

7,680

4,090

2,720

1,630

1,010

724

582

1,390

1,010

2,180

1,410

876

593

484

464

362

368

216

181

162

146

132

118

105

93

-

Run-off In 

acre-feet

645

682

3,430

108,700

5,880

5,260

2,400

4,640

14,970

35,300

32,450

8,510

85,080

199,200
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN 89

Arkansas River at Garden City, Kans.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°57', long. 100°52', in NWi sec. 19, T. 24 S., 

R. 32 W., half a mile south of Garden City.

Drainage area.- 28,800 square miles.

Records available.- June 1922 to September 1938.

Average discharge.- 16 years, 202 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 9,060 second-feet Sept. 6 (gage height, 7.31 

feet); no flow during several periods.

1922-38: Maximum discharge, 21,200 second-feet Aug. 9, 1929; maximum gage height, 

8.56 feet (based on resident engineer's notes) May 31, 1936; no flow during several 

periods. Bank-full stage, 7.0 feet.

Remarks.- Records fair except those for period of missing gage heights, Nov. 1 to Feb. 

24, which were computed on basis of four discharge measurements and notes and estimates of discharge made by resident engineer and are poor. Diversions for irrigation above station.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1

2

S

4

6

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct. HOT. Dec.

. 5

6

> 4

3

Jan.

11

' S

t

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Feb.

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

3

6

7

10

8

6

_

M

-

Month

October. ..................................

Calendar year 1937 ......................

Jan 

Fob 

Mar

April .....................................

May.......................................

JUlT. .....................................

Aug 

Sep

Water year 1937-3 3......................

Mar.

8

5

4

6

4

4

3

2

4

5

4

3

2

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Apr.

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

3

3

4

4

6

8

6

8

8

8

15

52

47

26

14

-

Secondfoot-days

0

90

133

18,372

36 

41 

56

214

312

2,538

4,226

0 

8,958

16,604

May

7

3

0

0

0

5

14

42

62

28

17

8

5

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

47

21

19

11

S

6

4

2

0

V^X^TTPTH

0

-

2,680

10

8

52

62

790

2,120

0 

3,930

3,930

June

139

290

86

18

6

10

8

3

4

1

55

44

8

4

1

17

5

16

790

180

336

386

95

26

8

0

0

0

0

0

-

July

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2,120

438

454

502

255

132

110

90

70

40

10

5

Minimum

0

0

0

0 

0 

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Aug.

Mean

0

3

4.3

50.3

1.2 

1.5

1.8

7.1

10.1

84.6

136

0 

299

45.5

Sept.

0

0

5

142

555

3,930

1,240

528

139

32

44

21

37

260

188

324

220

164

306

265

188

156

107

55

26

16

10

0

0

0

-

Run-off In 

acre-feet

0

179

264

36,440

71 

81 111

424

619

5,030

8,380

0 

17,780

32,940
90 ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

Arkansas River at Larned, Kans.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 38°10', long. 99°06', In NEi sec. 5, T. 22 S., 

R. 16 W., at Larned, about 800 feet upstream from Pawnee River.

Drainage area.- 34,900 square miles.

Records available.- June 1922 to September 1938.

Average discharge.- 16 years, 218 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 1,690 second-feet Sept. 8 (gage height, 4.15 

feet); no flow at times on Aug. 31, Sept. 1, 2.

1922-38: Maximum discharge, 14,300 second-feet Aug. 25, 1923 (gage height, 9.5 

feet); no flow during several periods. Bank-full stage, 8.5 feet.

Remarks.- Records fair except those for periods of Ice effect or of backwater from Pawnee 

River, which are poor. Diversions for irrigation above station.

Discharge, In aecond-feet, water year October 1937 to September 193s

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

a

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

16

16

15

14

12

10

9

10

10

9

9

9

12

12

11

12

11

10

9

8

7

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

HOT.

6

4

4

4

4

5

6

5

5

6

6

6

5

4

4

6

7

S

6

4

4

6

6

S

12

18

15

15

13

15

Dec.

17

15

15

13

7

11

8

6

6

8

6

7

8

4

4

3

4

6

6

3

4

6

7

6

4

6

4

13

21

27

2S

Jan.

2S

26

22

20

25

24

16

19

19

20

23

23

26

24

26

31

26

24

22

20

20

20

18

16

I'

Feb.

12

12

13

IS

22

16

13

13

12

11

12

12

12

11

12

11

12

13

11

10

10

12

11

6

4

11

50

95

_

-

Month

October. ..................................

Calendar year 1937. .....................

Jan 

Pel 

Mar

April. ....................................

May.......................................

July......................................

Water year 1937-,

HOT.

71

57

56

54

50

44

41

44

54

51

45

44

42

40

37

31

31

30

30

30

29

26

24

25

27

26

29

46

40

38

34

Apr.

30

29

29

2S

23

26

22

11

30

48

52

93

130

9S

130

123

145

85

71

59

57

57

57

54

48

46

69

63

59

56

Secondfoot -day a

291

217

284

20,553

636 

457 

1,226

1,333

3,972

3,339

3,698

349

4,791

21,593

May

56

51

54

95

152

299

184

110

90

80

SO

82

S5

67

110

100

71

59

57

50

45

57

110

358

454

*220

134

160

127

145

*1SO

Mq^rlimim

16

18

28

1,250

31 

95 

71

145

454

320

474

52

1,210

1,210

June

*240

*220

*156

134

141

134

103

93

S2

73

69

63

59

57

61

61

71

*71

*71

65

*90

*140

*165

220

320

254

198

164

141

123

-

July

100

90

73

67

56

54

63

57

50

41

37

35

37

40

37

59

95

120

54

52

51

202

474

326

326

269

244

206

171

117

 75

IpTi^rrwi

6

4

3

0

4 

24

11

45

57

35

1

1

1

Aug.

52

38

30

25

20

16

13

10

9

8

6

5

4

4

S

15

10

15

27

8

6

4

3

2

2

2

2

1

2

1

1

Mean

9.4

7.2

9» 2

56.3

20.5 

16.3 

39.5

61.1

123

12S

119

11.3

160

59.2

Sept.

1

4

141

19

15

25

19

1,210 '922

429

230

184

164

127

82

63

52

65

77

123

113

110

 106

95

90

80

71

65

57

52

-

Run-off In 

acre-feet

577

430

563

40,770

1,260 

906 

2,430

3,640

7,830

7,610

7,330

692

9,500

42,320

*Stage-discharge relation affected by backwater from Pawnee River; discharge computed on baala 

of two discharge measurements and gage-height graph,

Hote.- Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Dse. 6 to Feb. 27; discharge computed on basis 

f three discharge measurements.
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN 91 

Arkansas River at Wichita, Kans.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°41', long. 97°21', In SEi sec. 20, T. 27 S 

RTTT., on Douglas Avenue bridge In Wichita, half a mile downstream from Little 

Arkansas River.

Drainage area.- 41,600 square miles.

Records available.- June 1921 to March 1935, at site li miles upstream from Little 

Arkansas River, and July 1934 to September 1938, at present site, In reports of 

Geological Survey. July 1897 to September 1938, at present site (records of stage 

only), in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 9,420 second-feet June 26 (gage height, 8.20 

feetT; minimum, 17 second-feet Jan. 26; minimum gage height, 0.79 feet Jan. 26.

1934-38: Maximum discharge, 12,500 second-feet June 3, 1935 (gage height, 9.67 

feet); minimum, 3 second-feet Sept. 3, 1934 (gage height, 0.37 foot).

Maximum stage observed by U. S. Weather Bureau, 13.5 feet June 10, 1923.

Remarks.- Records fair. Discharge computed by shifting-control method; that for period 

of Taulty gage-height record, Oct. 1-13, Dec. 6, 7, determined from daily gage readIngs collected in cooperation with U. S. Weather Bureau.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 193S

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

Oct.

ice

112 

76 

79 

82

85 

87 

90 

94 

99

104 

104 

108 

87 

90

94 

99 

122 

122 

104

99 

90 

87 

87 

90

76 

79 

74 

76 

74 

74

BOT.

66 

61 

61 

66 

63

66 

76 

66 

63 

63

63 

68 

63 

63 

63

61 

66

94 

56 

49

50 

56 

61 

76 

104

90 

94 

S7 

85 

79

Dec.

87 

90 

104 

99 

68

47 

68 

40 

41 

42

44 

45 

47 

54 

63

68 

74 

85 

99 

85

85 

104 

87 

85 

61

66 

82 

74 

85 

90 

82

Jan.

76 

76 

79 

74 

32

79 

59 

47 

50 

45

74 

76 

54 

71 

63

68 

66 

66 

68 

71

68 

71 

74 

68 

30

28 

31 

40 

74 

40 

27

Peb.

35 

44 

68 

32 

52

71 

63 

66 

66 

59

66 

68 

66 

56 

79

85 

85 

32 

19 

25

29 

29 

36 

52 

79

146 

203 

168

Month

Dot 

Ho-7 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jal

£? Sep

1

alendar year 192

ater year 1937-2

Mar.

152 

157 

307 

242 

179

168 

162 

162 

184 

174

174 

168 

168 

174 

174

168 

157 

157 

152 

157

152 

130 

117 

130 

122

104 

108 

152 

112 

94 

82

Apr.

76 

74 

74 

68 

63

61 

59 

41

74 

112

99 

179 

288 

307 

307

294 

320 

314 

294 

300

268 

242 

216 

184 

162

140 

268 

196 

184 

162

Secondfoot-days

2,852 

2,083 

2,251

104,041

1,895 

1,929 

4,839 

5,426 

41,588 

71,513 

17,086 

22,261 

15,636

189,359

May

146 

157 

157 

550 

2,410

2,210 

1,780 

1,780 

1,190 

881

582 

510 

486 

478 

425

388 

328 

358 

980 

3,680

2,080 

962 

1,140 

3,250 

2,970

2,340 

1,840 

2,340 

2,480 

1,600 

1,110

Maximum

122 

104 

104

2,280

82 

203 

307 

320 

3,680 

6,930 

1,020 

4,200 

2,140

6,930

June

1,600 

2,410 

4,350 

5,250 

4,350

3,040 

1,780 

1,260 

1,010 

854

737 

614 

550 

510 

448

1,110 

2,480 

2,970 

2,620 

2,080

2,140 

2,690 

1,900 

1,490 

1,660

6,590 

6,930 

4,050 

2,550 

1,490

July

1,020 

663 

746 

633 

574

510 

566 

614 

598 

510

455 

402 

365 

342 

320

328 

335 

953 

582 

470

582 

614 

486 

418

440

818 

630 

534 

486 

462 

425

Minimum

74 

49 

40

40

27 

19 

82 

41 

146 

448 

320 

94 

179

19

Aug.

395 

358 

410 

418 

335

294 

255 

222 

179 

146

126

104 

99 

94 

574

2,260 

4,200 

2,970 

2,020 

1,250

836 

764 

694 

574 

486

440 

402 

372 

350 

320 

294

Mean

92.0 

69.4 

72.6

285

61.1 

68.9 

156 

181 

1,342 

2,384 

551 

718 

521

519

Sept.

262 

262 

320 

314 

502

719 

678 

598 

646 

622

1,120 

1,020 

2,140 

908 

737

662 

494 

395 

350 

314

307 

314 

314 

300 

274

255. 

236 

210 

184 

179

Run-off In 

acre-feet

5,660 

4,130 

4,460

206,400

3,760 

3,830 

9,600 

10,760 

82,490 

141,800 

33,890 

44,150 

31,010

375,600
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN 

Arkansas River at Arkansas City, Kans.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°04', long. 97°03', in MWi sec. 25, T. 34 S., 

R. 3 E., at Chestnut Avenue highway bridge, half a mile west of Arkansas City and 5 

miles upstream from Walnut River.

Drainage area.- 44,700 square miles.

Records ayallable.- September 1902 to July 1906 (incomplete), September 1921 to 

September 1938.

Average discharge.- 17 years, (1921-38), 1,205 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 19,600 second-feet May 21 (gage height, 16.53 

feet); minimum, 118 second-feet Dec. 9 (gage height, 6.60 feet).

1902-06, 1921-38: Maximum gage height, 25.64 feet June 11, 1923, from floodmarks 

(discharge not determined); minimum discharge, 1 second-foot Oct. 9, 1921, (due to 

diversion by Kansas Gas & Electric Go's power canal, which was washed out June 10, 

1923). Minimum discharge after canal washed out, 30 second-feet Aug. 19, 1933. 

Bank-full stage, 16 feet.

Remarks.- Records good. Discharge computed by shifting-control method. Backwater may 

occur during flashy peaks on Walnut River.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1

*

3

4

5

6

7

S

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

18

19

20

2122

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

SO

31

Oct.

411

399

395

384

368

354

332

346

368

350

335

324

318

307

310

307

310

314

318

318

324

307

304

304

300

297

300

287

293

280

277

HOT.

280

264

261

270

270

274

280

274

264

261

258

252

248

245

277

277

280

277

252

245

248

248

248

264

287

314

332

346

339

328

-

Dee.

324

324

324

304

297

261

245

180

354

390

440

500

399

310

300

328

307

318

335

354

376

388

380

372

365

361

361

350

361

372

361

Jan.

354

350

342

339

342

335

332

318

328

293

287

304

328

350

346

342

342

339

335

335

335

339

342

339

284

230

239

287

324

293

428

Feb.

500

42S

335

321

346

346

342

342

339

324

318

318

307

300

304

332

384

380

360

350

350

350

350

360

370

410

480

580

_

-

Month

October. ..................................

Novenber ...»

Muvh... ...................................

April .....................................

Hay.......................................

July. .....................................

Water year 1937-38......................

Mar.

691

795

769

710

710

647

588

545

540

540

B35

B35

545

545

540

530

520

515

505

486

477

459

437

437

437

428

420

463

535

566

520

Apr.

510

500

472

450

432

428

411

445

428

428

530

788

950

995

958

921

879

980

914

837

802

743

698

659

623

600

583

730

1,200

1,050

Secondfoot-days

10,141

8,263

10,641

350,078

10,081

10,226

16,970

20,944

156,508

105,910

32,566

49 907

28^438

460,595

May

795

698

665

1,010

2,260

7,740

7,460

4,030

3,110

2,380

1,930

1,710

1,410

1,280

1,200

1,200

1,120

1,010

8,530

15,800

18,400

9,980

7,460

9,420

12,300

7,460

6,900

7,740

4,220

3,860

3,430

Maximum

411

346

500

11,100

428

580

795

1,200

18,400

10,300

2 440

9)420

3,350

18,400

June

2,650

3,190

3,940

5,020

5,850

4,910

3,940

3,770

2,950

2,150

2,380

2,200

1,930

1,660

1,460

2,040

3,770

2,950

3,770

3,270

2,880

2,650

3,350

2,650

2,040

1,880

7,800

10,300

5,130

3,430

-

July

2,440

1,680

1,560

1,320

1,200

1,120

1,010

1,010

1,050

1,200

1,080

965

865

802

762

802

776

743

965

942

858

809

893

823

750

698

851

1,280

942

1,010

1,160

lHn<miipl

277

245

180

180

230

300

420

411

665

1,460

698

428

477

180

Aug.

865

756

698

717

776

691

629

588

530

495

463

450

432

428

566

3,990

8,860

9,420

4,600

2,880

1,980

1,510

1,200

1,080

995

872

788

730

665

659

594

Mean

327

275

343

959

325

365

547

698

5,049

3,530

1,051

1,610

948

1,262

Sept.

550

510

1,160

1,080

1,050

972

1,050

1,080

907

865

837

965

1,320

3,350

2,510

1,460

1,050

844

730

678

617

594

578

572

666

550

525

500

491

477

-

Run-off In 

acre-feet

20,120

16,390

21,110

694,400

20,000

20,280

33,660

41,540

310,400

210,100

64,690

98,990

56,410

913,600
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN 93 

Arkansas River at Ralston, Okla.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 36°30'10", long. 96°43'30", in NWi sec. 1, T. 23 N., 

R. 5 E., at bridge on State Highway 18, at Ralston, 2 miles downstream from Salt 

Creek and 2 miles upstream from Grayhorse Creek. Zero of gage is 776.80 feet above 

mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 54,100 square miles. 

Records available.- March to September 1938.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during period, 75,600 second-feet May 23 (gage 

 height, 16.44 feet); minimum observed, 685 second-feet Ifer. 27 (gage height, 1.35

feet).

Maximum stage known, 23.24 feet June 11, 1923 U. S. Weather Bureau gage, (at former

site 1,200 feet downstream, on same datum).

Remarks.- Records good. Gage read twice daily. Records collected in cooperation with 

Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, and U. S. Weather Bureau.

Rating table, water year 1937-38 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shlfting-sontrol method used Aug. 2S to Sept. 30)

1.0 

1.5 

2.0 

2.5

450

800

1,240

1,800

3.0 

4.0

5. 

6.0

2,470

4,000

6,300

3,400

8.0

10.0

13.0

16.0

16,900

27,200

47,500

72,000

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 193s

Day

1 

8 

S

4 

6

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

18 

IS 

14 

16

16 

17 

18 

19

80

21 

22 

83 

84 

85

86 

87 

88 

29 

SO 

31

Oct. HOT. Dec. Jan. Feb.

Month

Oct 

Hou 

Dee

C

Jan 

Fell 

Mar

fey 

Jim 

Jul 

Aus 

3ep

1

alendar year

 oh 27-2 

j_j_

he perlc

Mar.

685 

1,290 

2,060 

1,680 

1,800

Apr.

2,890 

2,060 

1,680 

1,340 

1,190

1,100

1,100 

1,050 

1,050 

1,560

1,930 

1,450 

2,190 

3,500 

3,500

3,040 

2,750 

2,470 

2,330 

2,330

2,190 

1,930 

1,930 

1,800 

1,680

1,560 

1,450 

1,340 

1,240 

5,760

Secondfoot-days

7,515 

61,390 

625,400 

319,630 

91,080 

133, 640 

64,290

May

5,240 

3,830 

3,040 

2,610 

2,750

10,600 

24,000 

20,700 

12,600 

8,700

7,200 

5,750 

4,780 

4,370 

3,830

3,660 

3,660 

3,500 

4,780 

26,300

65,900 

75,600 

66,700 

49,900 

61,900

52, 300 

27,800 

16,900 

18,200 

16,100 

12,200

Uqyiffi^fln

2,060 

5,760 

75,600 

24,100 

8,100 

24, 600 

4,780

June

11,200 

24,100

16,900 

12,900 

9,750

9,400 

15,300 

15,700 

10,100 

17,300

14,900 

14,100 

12,900 

8,700 

8,100

5,490 

5,750 

13,500 

14,000 

9,050

7,200 

6,300 

5,490 

5,240 

5,240

4,570 

4,370 

4,880 

15,700 

11,500

July

8,100 

6,300 

5,240 

4,180 

3,660

3,340 

3,040 

S,890 

2,610 

2,610

2,610 

2,610 

2,330 

2,190 

2,060

1,930 

1,930 

1,930 

1,930 

1,800

1,800 

2,330 

2,190 

2,060

1,930

1,800 

1,680 

2,750 

3,340 

4,570 

3,340

Minimum

685 

1,050 

2,610 

4,370 

1,680 

920 

1,050

Aug.

2,890 

2,610 

2,060 

1,800 

1,560

1,450 

1,400 

1,340 

1,190 

1,140

1,050 

1,000 

960 

920 

1,680

4,780 

6,890 

24, 600 

£1,700 

13,300

8,100 

5,750 

4,570 

3,830 

3,190

2,890 

2,610 

2,330 

3,190 

1,930 

1,930

Mean

1,503 

2,046 

20,170 

10,650 

2,938 

4,311 

2,143

Sept.

1,800 

1,800 

1,680 

2,060 

2,470

2,610 

2,470 

2,190 

2,190 

2,190

2,060 

1,930 

1,930 

2,190 

2,890

4,370 

4,780 

3,660 

2,690 

2,330

1,930 

1,800 

1,560 

1,450 

1,340

1,240 

1,190 

1,140 

1,100 

1,050

Run-off in 

aere-feet

14,910 

121,800 

1,240,000 

634,000 

180,700 

265,100 

1S7, 500

2,564,000
94 ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

Arkansas River at Tulsa, Okla.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 36°08'40", long. 96°00'10", In NWf sec. 11, T. 19 N., 

RT"~I2~E., at bridge on U. S. Highway 66, In Tulsa, 17 miles downstream from Clmarron 

River. Zero of gage Is 618.37 feet above mean sea level (Corps of Engineers, U. S. 

Army, benchmark).

Drainage area.- 74,700 square miles. 

Records available.- March to September 1938.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during period, 96,100 second-feet May 23 (gage 

height, 12.62 feet); minimum dally discharge observed, 852 second-feet Mar. 24, 25 

(gage height, 0.46 foot).

Remarks.- Records good. Gage read twice dally. Records collected In cooperation with 

corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, and U. S. Weather Bureau.

Rating table, water year 1937-3S (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

0.4 

.6 

1.0 

1.5 

2.0

800

1,020

1,600

2,560

3,960

3.0 

4.0 

6.0 

S.O 

10.0

7,960

12,800

24,000

38,500

56,000

11.0

12.0

12.5

66,500

82,600

93,600

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1 

2 

S

t 

6

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

U 

16

16

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

SO 

31

Oct. HOT. Dee. Jan. Feb.

Month

Oat 

Hen

Dec

C

Jan 

Fel 

Mai 

Apr 

May 

Jim 

Jul 

Aug 

Bop

1

alendar year

 eh 24-3 

^

he peric

Mar.

852 

852

905 

3,200 

11,100 

39,400 

11,800 

9,360

Apr.

9,360 

5,360 

4,620 

3,340 

2,560

2,240 

1,950 

2,140 

1,950 

1,360

2,140 

2,240 

2,340 

1,950 

3,060

3,960 

3,SOO 

3,340 

3,060 

5,360

3,960 

3,060 

2,800 

2,450 

2,240

2,140 

2,040 

1,950 

3,960 

4,280

Socondfoot-daya

77,469 

95,510 

770,060 

461,680 

136,930 

210,420 

96,660

May

6, ISO 

7,960 

5,760 

4,2SO 

3,340

3,340 

14,300 

26,800 

23,400 

15,900

11,SOO 

9,340 

7,960 

6,180 

5,360

4,980 

4,120 

4,120 

4,620 

7,220

42,900 

69,000 

S6,600 

76,SOO 

91,100

75,000 

52,400 

31,000 

22,200 

24,000 

21,600

Maxlnun

39,400 

9,360 

91,100 

34,500 

14,800 

30,000 

9,360

June

17,000 

15,900 

34,500 

21,600 

17,600

13,300 

13,SOO 

21,000 

19,200 

12,SOO

28,200 

31,700 

22,200 

19,800 

13,800

10,300 

8,880 

8,420 

13,300 

14,800

10,300 

8,880 

15,400 

11,300 

9,360

9,840 

8,420 

7,060 

6,620 

16,400

July

14,800 

11,800 

9,840 

7,060 

5,760

4,980 

4,280 

4,120 

4,280 

3,640

3,490 

3,340 

3,340 

2,930 

2,680

2,560 

2,340 

2,240 

2,240 

2,140

2,240 

2,040 

2,040 

2,340 

2,340

2,140 

1,950 

2,800 

7,060 

7,500 

6,620

Minimum

852 

1,860 

3,340 

6,620 

1,950 

1,290 

1,440

Aug.

4,980 

3,960 

3,200 

2,930 

2,450

2,140 

1,860 

1,660 

1,660 

1,520

1,440 

1,360 

1,360 

1,360 

1,290

14,900 

18,600 

21,000 

30,000 

25,400

16,400 

11,300 

7,960 

6,180 

5,760

4,620 

3,800 

3,340 

2^930 

2,680 

2,340

Mean

9,680 

3,183 

24,840 

15,390 

4,417 

6,788 

3,220

Sept.

2,240 

2,140 

2,040 

2,040 

2,450

2,560 

2,560 

2,560 

2,680 

3,490

4,230 

3,340 

3,060 

3,200 

4,620

9,360 

7,960 

7,060 

4,980 

3,800

3,060 

2,560 

2,340 

2,140 

1,950

1,860 

1,770 

1,600 

1,520 

1,440

Run-off in 

acre-feet

153,700 

189,400 

1,527,000 

915,700 

271,600 

417,400 

191,700

3,666,000
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN 95

Arkansas River near Muskogee, Olcla.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 35°46', long. 95°18', In NWi sec. 21, T. 15 N., R. 

19 E., 1 mile downstream from confluence of Neosho and Verdigris Rivers and 3i miles 

northeast of Muskogee. Zero or gage Is 471.38 feet above mean sea level (Corps of 

Engineers, U. S. Army, benchmark).

Drainage area.- 96,800 square miles.

Records available.- March 1935 to September 1938.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 149,000 second-feet May 26 (gage height, 24.79 

reet, from reading at crest of flood); minimum observed, 910 second-feet Nov. 8, 29 

(gage height, 4.35 feet).

1935-38: Maximum discharge observed, 243,000 second-feet June 9, 1935 (gage height, 

30.8 feet), from rating curve extended above 110,000 second-feet; minimum, 340 secondfeet Aug. 11-14, 1936 [gage height, 3.80 feet).

Maximum stage known, 34.1 feet In June 1923.

Remarks.- Records good. Gage read twice dally.

Rating table, water year 1937-3S (gage height, In feet, and discharge. In second-feet)

4.3 850 8.0 11,000 18.0 76,000 

4.6 1,250 10.0 19,500 22.0 114,000 

5.0 2,050 12.0 30,900 25.0 152,000 

6.0 4,550 15.0 51,400

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1

e

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 

SO 

31

Oct.

3,070 

2,830 

2,710 

2,600 

2,490

2,490 

2,270 

2,270 

2,270 

2,380

2,490 

2,710 

3,070 

3,070 

2,710

2,710 

2,950 

3,070 

3,710 

4,270

3,450 

2,950 

2,600 

2,270 

2,270

2,050 

1,940 

1,830 

1,730 

1,730 

1,530

HOT.

1,340 

1,340 

1,430 

1,250 

1,250

1,180 

1,100 

910 

1,250 

1,830

4,270- 

2,270 1,730' 

1,430 

1,250

1,340 

1,340 

1,430 

1,340 

1,430

1,340 

1,340 

1,340 

1,180 

1,340

1,100 

1,040 

1,100 

970 

1,040

Dec.

970 

970 

1,250 

1,180 

1,180

1,340 

1,250 

1,430 

1,340 

1,250

1,180 

1,180 

1,250 

1,340 

1,530

1,730 

1,940 

1,940 

1,730 

1,730

3,450 

3,450 

3,070 

3,070 

2,830

2,710 

2,600 

2,380 

2,270 

2,270 

2,160

Jan.

1,940 

1,940 

1,940 

1,830 

1,830

1,630 

1,630 

1,530 

1,630 

1,530

1,430 

1,530 

1,430 

1,340 

1,340

1,340 

1,430 

1,430 

1,340 

1,430

2,380 

1,830 

2,270 

6,000 

6,600

9,600 

8,550 

7,300 

6,600 

5,110 

4,830

Feb.

5,110 

6,600 

5,400 

4,830 

3,990

3,710 

3,450 

3,190 

3,190 

3,070

2,710 

2,490 

2,380 

2,490 

8,350

34,300 

83,000 

93,100 

86,800 

52,200

29,600 

21,500 

19,000 

15,000 

13,800

12,600 

12,200 

9,950

Month

Oot 

Ho*

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr

* ? 

Jim 

Jul 

Auf 

S«p

1

uary

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

ater year 1937-!

Mar.

8,900 

8,900 

8,200 

7,500 

9,250

8,200 

7,850 

8,200 

7,850 

7,850

6,900 

6,600 

6,300 

5,700 

7,200

19,500 

17,700 

11,800 

9,250 

7,200

6,600 

6,000 

5,700 

5,400 

5,110

6,160 

15,400 

23,100 

81,800 

106,000 

97,000

Apr.

104,000 

83,200 

63,800 

51,400 

29, 600

16,800 

13,000 

13,000 

15,400 

15,900

28,400 

43,000 

41,600 

37,400 

24,800

18,200 

16,800 

17,700 

17,200 

16,800

24,800 

24,800 

19,000 

15,900 

13,400

10, 600 

9,600 

9,250 

8,550 

7,850

Secondfoot -days

80,490 

42,500 

57,970

5,006,410

92,540 

544,010 

539,120 

811,750 

1,764,450 

1,875,300 

291,910 

358,300 

149,360

6,607,700

*»y

11,000 

8,900 

12,600 

10, 600 

9,250

8,200 

13,000 

47,400 

77,800 

62,200

41,600 

31,600 

24,800 

19,000 

21,500

32,200 

34,200 

32,200 

28,400 

21,500

21,000 

61,500 

118,000 

135,000 

135,000

148,000 

139,000 

117,000 

100,000 

111,000 

131,000

Maximum

4,270 

4,270 

3,450

135,000

9,600 

93,100 

106,000 

104,000 

146,000 

115,000 

26,600 

41,600 

11,400

148,000

June

115,000 

113,000 

106,000 

94,000 

86,800

75,100 

68,800 

59,800 

75,100 

81,400

94,000 

104,000 

80, 500 

67,900 

65,400

51,400 

45,100 

63,800 

74,200 

73,300

68,800 

41,600 

24,200 

23,600 

20,500

28,400 

23,600 

18,200 

16,400 

15,400

July

26,600 

26,600 

22,600 

17,700 

13,800

11,400 

9,600 

9,250 

10,300 

8,900

8,200 

7,200 

6,900 

6,900 

6,300

5,700 

5,400 

5,110 

5,110 

5,400

6,000 

5,110 

4,630 

4,270 

4,550

4,830 

4,550 

5,700 

6,300 

11,800 

15,000

Aug.

12,600 

10,300 

7,500 

6,900 

5,700

5,400 

4,550 

3,990 

3,450 

3,450

3,190 

3,070 

2,710 

2,710 

2,600

3,070 

29,800 

40,200 

41,600 

39,500

29,000 

20,500 

17,200 

13,400 

10,300

8,200 

7,200 

6,000 

5,110 

4,830 

4,270

Minimum Mean

1,530 2,600 

910 1,420 

970 1,870

910 13,720

1,340 2,990 

2,380 19,430 

5,110 17,390 

7,850 27,060 

8,200 56,920 

15,400 62,510 

4,270 9,420 

2,600 11,560 

2,380 4,980

910 18,100

Sept.

4,270 

4,330 

3,990 

3,450 

3,450

3,320 

3,450 

3,990 

3,990 

4,270

3,990 

6,600 

7,200 

6,900 

5,400

5,110 

11,400 

10,300 

8,900 

7,500

6,000 

5,110 

4,550 

3,990 

3,450

3,190 

2,950 

2,830 

2,600 

2,380

Run-off In 

acre-feet

159,600 

84,300 

115,000

9,929,000

183,600 

1,079,000 

1,069,000 

1,600,000 

3,500,000 

3,720,000 

579,000 

710,700 

296,300

13,100,000
96 ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

Arkansas River at Van Buren, Ark.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°26'. long. 94°22', In sec. 34, T. 9 N., R. 32 

W., at Van Buren, Ij- miles downstream from Lee Creek. Zero of gage is 372.36 feet 

above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929}

Drainage area.- 150,300 square miles.

Records available.- October 1927 to September 1938.

Average discharge.- 11 years, 28,360 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 375,000 second-feet Feb. 19 (gage height, 

32.71 feet); minimum, 2,260 second-feet Dec. 12 (gage height, 3.16 feet).

1927-38: Maximum discharge, 418,000 second-feet June 19, 1935; maximum gage 

height, 34.1 feet June 19, 1935, just before break in levee, minimum discharge, 216 

second-feet Aug. 19, 21, 1934.

Maximum stage known, 35.0 feet Apr. 16, 1927.

Remarks.- Records good. Discharge for periods of faulty intake action, Oct. 1 to'Nov. 

9, Mar. 27-30, May 8-29, June 7, 8, 11, 12, computed from stage graph based on observer's twice-daily readings. Gage-height record collected In cooperation with 

U. S. Weather Bureau.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oot.

5,480

4,900

4,700

4,400

4,100

3,900

3,700

3,500

3,600

3,500

3,300

3,400

3,500

3,600

3,700

3,800

3,900

4,000

4,500

6,350

10,200

9,900

6,350

4,900

4,300

3,900

3,800

3,600

3,400

3,200

3,100

HOT.

3,000

2,820

2,740

2,660

2,500

2,420

2,340

2,340

2,340

4,500

16,600

23,300

19,400

13,000

8,100

6,860

7,850

9,600

9,000

7,100

5,720

4,900

4,400

4,100

3,800

3,600

3,400

3,200

3,100

2,900

-

Dec.

2,820

2,740

2,660

2,660

2,740

2,740

2,580

2,580

2,580

2,500

2,340

2,340

2,340

2,420

2,500

3,600

20,300

36,600

30,000

27,300

23,800

16 ,400

11,400

9,900

9,300

8,400

7,600

7,100

6,850

6,350

5,980

Jan.

6,720

5,480

5,100

4,900

4,700

4,400

4,300

4,100

3,900

3,800

3,600

3,500

3,400

3,300

3,200

3,100

2,900

2,900

2,820

2,820

5,500

10,600

15,200

31,800

45,000

50,600

49,800

42,800

30,600

19,600

13 ,400

Feb.

12,700

21 ,700

11,100

10,800

9,600

8,700

8,400

7,850

7,100

6,850

6,350

6,220

5,850

7,350

58,600

143,000

238,000

332,000

369,000

384,000

278,000

189,000

116,000

71,100

45,800

35,400

31 ,200

38,300

-

-

-

Month

October. ..................................

December. .................................

March. ....................................

April. . ...................................

May.......................................

July. .....................................

Water year 1937-;

Mar.

25.800

23,300

20,400

18,000

16 ,400

18 ,800

20,000

19,600

17,600

16,400

15,600

14,800

14,100

12,700

12,000

12,400

17,200

24,300

20,800

17,200

14 ,800

12 ,700

12 ,000

11,400

10,200

9,900

13 ,000

30,600

98,900

176,000

189,000

Apr.

179,000

168,000

133,000

89,300

67,800

49 ,800

42,100

53,200

59,600

59,600

55 ,OOO

51 ,400

56 ,800

53,200

48,200

56,800

45,800

40 ,700

37,200

31 ,200

28 ,300

36 ,600

47,400

45,000

37 ,900

31 ,200

25,300

21 ,300

19,200

18 ,000

-

Secondfoot -days

138,480

187,580

269,420

7,609,770

392,740

2,404,970

935,900

1,687,900

2,348,400

2,428,300

423,900

455,310

217,030

11,889,930

May

18,400

16,800

16,400

16,800

17,600

15,600

20,400

35,400

73,400

102,000

85,400

55,000

43,500

41 ,400

39,300

36,600

41,400

40,700

37,900

34,200

29,400

44,800

134,000

189,000

197,000

181,000

190,000

179,000

157,000

131 ,000

128,000

VaTlimiin

10,200

23,300

36,600

150,000

50,600

369,000

189,000

179 OOO

197,000

155,000

34,800

46,600

16,400

369 ,000

June

146 ,000

136 ,000

125,000

118,000

110,000

99,700

94,600

78,100

63 ,600

74,500

98,400

136,000

155,000

122,000

91 ,900

73 ,300

56 ,800

47,400

65 ,600

85 ,400

86,700

85,400

57,700

35,400

28,800

30,600

29,400

37,900

32,400

26,800

-

July

24,300

28,300

34,800

29,400

24,800

20,000

17,600

15 ,600

14,400

13,800

13,000

12,400

11,700

10,800

10,200

9,600

9,300

9,000

8,400

8,100

7,600

7,600

7,600

7,100

6,600

7,600

10,500

9,300

8,400

9,300

16,800

Minimum

3,100

2,340

2,420

2,420

2,820

5,850

9,900

18,000

15,600

26 ,800

6,600

4,600

4,000

2,420

Aug.

22,300

20,000

16,000

ia,700

9,900

8,400

7,600

7,100

6,220

5,720

5,360

5,000

5,100

5,100

4,600

4,600

6,850

28,000

46,600

42 ,100

42,100

33,000

22,300

20,000

16,400

12 ,700

10,200

8,700

7,600

6,850

6,220

Mean

4,467

6,253

8,691

20,850

12,670

85 ,890

30,190

56,260

75,750

80,940

13,670

14,690

7,234

32,580

Sept.

5,850

5,480

5,220

5,600

5,100

4,700

4,600

4,500

4,600

4,800

4,700

4,800

13,100

16,400

13,400

11,700

9,600

9,600

13,400

11,700

9,600

8,100

6,850

5,980

5,360

5,000

4,700

4,400

4,200

4,000

-

Run-off in 

acre-feet

274,700

372,100

534,400

15,090,000

779 ,000

4,770,000

1,856,000

3,348,000

4,658,000

4,816,000

840,800

903 ,100

430,500

23,580,000
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN 97

Arkansas River at Dardanelle, Ark.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 35°13', long. 93"09', in sec. 29, T. 7 N., R. 20 W., 

at Dardanelle, 5 miles downstream from Illinois Bayou. Zero of gage Is 290.16 feet 

above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 153,600 square miles.

Records available.- July 1937 to September 1938.

Extremes.- 1937-38: Maximum discharge observed, 396,000 second-feet Feb. 19, 20; maximum gage height observed, 29.55 feet Feb. 20; minimum discharge observed, 3,050 

second-feet Nov. 4, 6, 7,- Dec. 14; minimum gage height observed, 2.17 feet Nov. 6, 7. 

Maximum stage known, 33.0 feet Apr. 19, 1937.

Remarks.- Records good. Gage read twice daily July 1 to Aug. 1, 1937 and once daily 

thereafter. Gage readings furnished by U. S. Weather Bureau. Results of several 

discharge measurements furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Discharge, In second-feet, 1937-3 

1937

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

Oct. HOT. Dec. Jan. Feb. liar. Apr. May June July

11,500

10,700

9,550

9,190

8,480

8,480

8,140

9,190

10,700

9,190

8,830

8,480

7,470

6,830

6,520

6,220

5,930

5,360

5,090

5,090

4,830

11,400

36,000

49 ,700

55,100

47,000

33,900

23,700

17,700

15 ,500

15,900

Aug.

14,700

12,300

11,500

12,300

17,200

16 ,300

12,300

9,550

8,140

7,150

8,1*0

8,140

7,150

6,930

4,830

4,580

4,340

4,340

4,100

3,870

3,870

5,360

5,640

4,580

6,220

10,300

10,700

12,300

10,300

S,830

10,300

Sept.

10,700

9,190

8,480

S,830

10,300

9,920

8,480

6,830

8,140

9,190

8,140

9,920

4S,200

61,100

49,700

40,500

33,200

31 ,200

26,400

22,200

20,700

21,200

17,200

13,900

12,300

11,900

16 ,300

15,100

12,300

11,500

-
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

Discharge, in second-feet, of Arkansas River at Dardanelle, Ark., 1937-38 Continued

1937-38

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

SO 

31

Oct.

7,800 

6,830 

6,220 

5,930 

5,640

5,360 

4,830 

4,580 

4,340 

4,100

4,100 

4,100 

4,100 

4,100 

4,100

3,870 

4,340 

5,640 

5,930 

6,220

7,470 

8,140 

12,300 

10,700 

8,140

6,520 

5,640 

5,090 

4,580 

4,340 

4,100

Nov.

3,870 

3,650 

3,440 

3,050 

3,240

3,050 

3,050 

3,440 

3,240 

4,340

13,900 

17,700 

25 ,800 

21 ,200 

19,700

15,100 

11,100 

9,920 

9,190 

11,500

8,480 

9,190 

7,150 

6,520 

5,930

5,360 

5,09D 

4,830 

4,580 

4,340

Dec.

4,340 

4,100 

3,870 

3,870 

3,650

3,440 

3,650 

3,440 

3,440 

3,440

3,440 

3,240 

3,240 

3,050 

3,240

3,240 

8,140 

28,400 

46,100 

41,300

33,900 

31 ,800 

25 ,800 

20,200 

15,900

13,900 

13,500 

12,300 

11,500 

10,700 

9,920

Jan.

9,190 

8,830 

8,480 

7,800 

7,470

6,830 

6,520 

6,220 

5,930 

5,640

5,360 

4,830 

4,830 

4,580 

4,580

4,340 

4,100 

4,100 

3,870 

4,340

10,700 

20,700 

30,000 

85,500 

94,000

78,000 

71,600 

68,300 

61,100 

47 ,900 

37,400

Feb.

26,400 

21,200 

20,700 

18,700 

16,700

15,900 

14,700 

13)900 

13,100 

11,900

11,100 

10,300 

9,550 

9,920 

36,200

146,000 

245,000 

376,000 

396,000 

396,000

362 ,000 

290,000 

196,000 

124,000 

81,800

57,300 

45,000 

39,900

Month

Ju] 

Auj 

Sej

Oc1 

Hoi 

Dec

C

Jar 

Fel 

Mai 

Api 

Maj 

Jar 

Ju] 

Auj 

Sej

V

Ly 1937 ................................

ober 19S

alendar 

luary 193

year 

>Q

Mar.

35,900 

33,800 

31,000 

29,200 

26,200

24,100 

22 ,600 

25,100 

25,100 

25,100

23,600 

22,100 

21,100 

20,100 

19,200

18,400 

18,400 

17,600 

23,600 

28,600

25,100 

22,100 

20,100 

17,600 

16,800

16,400 

19,600 

25,600 

75,800 

141,000 

185,000

Apr.

201,000 

190,000 

169 ,000 

138,000 

103,000

80,600 

64,700 

60,300 

70,200 

73,500

70,200 

64,700 

56,300 

59,300 

60,300

80,600 

77,000 

63,600 

52,300 

46,SOO

45,000 

48,600 

43 ,200 

49,500 

54,300

45,800 

39,100 

32,400 

27,400 

24,600

Secondfoot-days

411,670 

265,260 

573,020

179,150 

250,980 

380,060

721,040 

3,005,270 

1 ,055 ,900 

2,192,300 

2,457,600 

2,791,000 

458,500 

495,840 

233,840

14,219,440

Hay

22,100 

21 ,600 

20,600 

19,200 

18,800

19,600 

19,200 

20,100 

33,100

72,400

103,000 

87,800 

62,500 

49,500 

45,000

45,000 

40,700 

43 ,200 

45,000 

43,200

39,900 

44,100 

93,000 

158,000 

197,000

203,000 

194,000 

190,000 

185,000 

173,000 

149,000

Maximum

55,100 

17,800 

61,100

12,300 

25,800 

46,100

94,000 

396,000 

185,000 

201,000 

203 ,000 

157,000 

33,100 

44,100 

15,600

396,000

June

136,000 

141,000 

145,000 

132,000 

126,000

119,000 

109,000 

106,000 

94,300 

78,200

78,200 

103,000 

133,000 

157,000 

147,000

116,000 

96,900 

79,400 

61 ,400 

73,500

90,400 

90,400 

94,300 

71 ,300 

46,800

33,800 

32,400 

28,600 

35,900 

35,200

Minimum

4,83

3,87 

6,831

S,87 

3,05 

3, OS

3,87 

9,55 

16 ,4CX 

24,60( 

1S,80< 

28,6CK 

7,10( 

5,41( 

4 r77(

3,05(

July

28,600 

25,100 

24,100 

33,100 

31,700

26,800 

22,600 

19,600 

17,600 

15,200

14,400 

14,000 

13,200 

12,900 

12,200

11,600 

10,600 

10,300 

10,300 

9,640

8,750 

8,460 

7,900 

7,900 

7,900

7,630 

7,100 

8,180 

11,200 

10,600 

9,340

Aug.

10,700 

18,400 

21 ,100 

18,400 

15,600

12,600 

10,300 

9,040 

8,180 

7,630

6,840 

6,100 

5,860 

5,410 

5,410

5,630 

5,410 

5,630 

19,700 

42,300

44,100 

42,300 

37,500 

28,000 

22,600

19,600 

16,400 

13,200 

11,200 

9,950 

8,750

Mean

3 13,280 

3 8,557 

0 19,100

3 5,779 

3 8,365 

3 12,260

3 23,260 

3 107,300 

3 34,060 

3 73,080 

) 79 ,280 

5 93,050 

) 14,790 

3 15,930 

) 7,795

) 38,960

Sept.

7,900 

7,100 

7,100 

6,100 

5,860

6,340 

5,860 

5,410 

4,980 

4,770

4,980 

5,190 

4,980 

5,410 

13 ,200

15,600 

12,900 

11,600 

9,950 

10,900

10,900 

11,600 

10,300 

8,750 

7,630

6,840 

6,100 

5,630 

5,190 

4,770

Run-off in 

acre-feet

816,500 

526 ,100 

1,137,000

2,480,000

356,300 

497,800 

753,800

1,430,000 

5,961,000 

2,094,000 

4,348,000 

4,875,000 

5,536,000 

909,400 

979,500 

463,800

28,200,000
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN yy 

Arkansas River at Little Rock, Ark.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°45', long. 92°16', in sec. 3, T. 1 N., R. 12 

W., at Little Rock. Zero of gage is 223.61 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 157,900 square miles.

Records available.- September 1927 to September 1931, October 1933 to September 1938.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 458,000 second-feet Feb. 21; maximum gage 

height, 26.2 feet Feb. 22; minimum discharge, 3,380 second-feet Nov. 8 (gage height, 

-1.40 feet).

1927-31, 1933-38: Maximum discharge, that of Feb. 21, 1938; maximum gage height, 

28.18 feet June 22, 23, 1935; minimum discharge, 850 second-feet Aug. 23, 1934 (gage 

height, -4.16 feet).

Maximum stages known, 34.6 feet sometime in June 1833 and 33.0 feet Apr. 20, 1927.

Remarks.- Records good. Gage-height record collected in cooperation with U. S. Weather 

Bureau. Results of 75 discharge measurements furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. 

Army.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1

2

3

4

6

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27 

28

29

30

31

Oct.

11,300

9,160

8,260

7,920

6,920

6,290

5,830

5,390

4,960

4,550

4,280

4,150

4,020

3,890

3,890

3,890

4,550

5,240

6,440

7,920

11,700

15,600

14,700

15,200

13,800

10 ,900

8,440 

6,920

6,140

5,390

5,100

HOT.

4,820

4,420

4,150

4,020

3,760

3,640

3,510

3,640

3,760

6,440

15,200

27,900

34,000

42 ,100

39,800

33,300

26 ,600

23,600

21,900

19,700

19 ,200

17,800

14 ,700

12,100

10,100

8,790

7,920 

7,420

7,080

7,080

-

Dec.

6,600

6,140

5,980

5,680

5,240

4,960

4,320

4,960

4,820

4,680

4.420

4,280

4,280

4,150

4,020

4,150

5,540

10,900

33,300

60,000

57 ,300

48 ,600

46,900

42,900

36,800

30,500

27 ,200 

26,600

26 ,600

24,800

21,900

Jan.

19 ,700

17,600

16,100

14,200

13,400

12,100

11,300

10,500

9,710

8,970

8,260

7,920

7,580

7,080

6,760

6,440

6,440

6,140

5,930

6,140

12,900

34,000

53 ,700

74,400

132,000

135,000

125,000 

120,000

114,000

103,000

91,200

Feb.

76,400

62,800

52,800

46,900

41,300

36,800

33,300

29,200

26 ,OOO

23,000

20,200

18,100

16,100

15,200

15,800

60,100

173,000

296,000

370,000

418,000

452 ,000

418,000

360,000

259,000

185,000

142,000

113 ,000 

92,300

-

Month

March. ....................................

April .....................................

May.......................................

July ......................................

Water year 1937-3

Mar.

76,400

62,800

52,800

46,100

40,600

35,400

31,200

29,200

31 ,900

34,000

31,900

29,800

27,200

25,400

24,200

22,500

21 ,900

21 ,300

20,800

26,600

32,600

29,200

26,000

23,000

20,800

19 ,700

19,700 

23,000

46,900

120,000

193,000

Apr.

236,000

231 ,000

211,000

193,000

154,000

121,000

101,000

86,800

82 ,600

91,200

93,400

87,900

79,500

72,400

72,400

90,100

110,000

106,000

92 ,300

81,600

74,400

68,400

67,500

65,600

70,400

67,500

58 ,200 

43 ,£00

40,600

34 ,000

-

Seccndfoot-days

232 740 . _ft pcX

579 1-020

11,408,330

1,197,520

1^245^900

2^324^900

'534/740

530,320 

263,620

17,006 ,710

May

29,200

26,600

24,800

23,000

21,90,0

20,800

21,300

21,300

20,800

34,700

74,400

97,800

86,800

65,600

53,700

47,700

46,100

43,700

43,700

46,100

44,500

41,300

38,300

83 ,800

163,000

199 ,000

197,000 

189,000

185,000

176,000

158 ,OOC

Maximum

15,600

42,100 

60,000

170,000

135,000

452 ,000

193,000 

236 000

199 ,000

148,000

36,100

46,900 

16,100

452,000

June

14 1,OOO

137,000

144,000

137,000

126,000

120,000

113,000

104,000

101 ,000

89,000

76,400

80,600

106 ,000

134 ,000

143,000

12S ,000

107 ,000

91,200

75,400

64,600

76,400

89,000

91,200

84 ,800

65,600

47,700

37,600 

34,700

31 ,900

36,100

July

36,100

31,200

27,200

26i600

32,600

33,300

28 ,600

25,400

21,900

19,200

17,100

16,100

15 ,200

14,700

14,200

13,400

12,500

12,100

11,700

12,100

11,300

10,500

10,100

9,710 9, no

9,710

9,160 

8,790

9,160

12,500

12,900

Minimum

3,890

3,510

4,020

3,510

5,980

15,200

19 700

34*000

20,800

31,900

8 790

6,600 

5,540

3,510

Aug.

11,700

11,700

19,200

23,600

20,200

17,100

14,200

12,100

10,500

9,710

8,790

8,260

7,580

7,080

7,080

6,760

6,760

6,600

6,600

10,100

39,000

46,900

46,100

38,300

31,200

24,800

21,300 

18,100

15,200

12,500

11,300

Mean

7 ,608

14,610

18,680

31 ,260

38,630

137,600

40,190

75*000

93,970

17,250

17,110 

8,787

46,590

Sept.

10,100

8,970

8,090

7,750

7,420

6,76O

6,920

6,920

6,290

5,830

5,680

5,540

5,540

5,680

5,680

10,100

16,100

IB ,100

13,800

11,700

11,300

13,400

13,400

11,300

9,340

8,260

7,080 

6,600

6,290

5,680

-

Run-off In

aore-feet

461 ,600

869 ,300

1,148,000

22,630,000

2,375,000

7,641,000

2,471,000 

5,927,000

4,611,000

5,592,000

1,061,000

1,052,000 

522,900

33,730,000
100 ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN 

South Arkansas River near Salida, Colo.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 38°31', long. 106°00', in sec. 5, T. 49 N., R. 9 

E., three-quarters of a mile upstream from mouth and li miles southwest of Salida.

Drainage area.- 208 square miles.

Records available.- October 1933 to September 1938 in reports of Geological Survey. 

April 19£2 to December 1924 (at site half a mile downstream) and June 1929 to 

September 1938 in reports of State engineer.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 316 second-feet May 29 (gage height, 3.27 

feet); minimum dally discharge, 0.4 second-foot Aug. 6.

1922-24, 1929-38: Maximum daily discharge, 1,220 second-feet June 17, 1923; no 

flow at times during 1922, 1931-33, 1935, 1937.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect, Dec. 29, 30, Jan. 21-28, 

Feb. T8-21, which were computed on basis of weather records and are fair. Diversions 

for Irrigation above station.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 195V to September 1933

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

S

9

10

11

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

24

26

27

Oet.

5.6

4.5

3.6

3.1

2.9

2.5

2.3

2.3

1.8

i.e

l.S

1.8 

2.0

3.4

2.7

3.1

3.6

4.9

S.O

6.3

4.9

4.5

4.9

4.5

5.6

4.9

4.9

3.8

3.1

2.9

2.9

HOT.

2.9

3.6

3.8

4.5

3.6

3.6

6.0

6.3

4.5

4.9

3.8

4.5 

5.6

3.6

3.6

4.9

14

17

16

19

19

19

16

16

15

16

13

21

28

30

-

Dec.

36

47

44

44

4S

44

49

54

47

51

52

49 

48

48

51

51

49

51

55

5S

41

44

44

4S

45

45

44

57

40

40

92

Jan.

40

2V

22

39

34

24

24

22

22

16

17

23 

37

41

37

36

36

40

39

29

30

31

31

32

33

34

34

35

35

34

40

Feb.

4S

61

48

41

37

41

35

24

37

41

42

41 

40

40

41

42

42

40

40

40

40

49

37

36

47

56

42

42

_

_

-

Month

Marci.................... .................

Apr 

May

JU!T. ..............

Water year 1937- 10

Mar.

44

45

47

45

39

27

41

42

39

29

25

23 

23

22

19

19

20

19

17

15

14

13

12

16

16

24

29

34

35

34

39

Apr.

36

29

25

25

26

2S

28

27

25

24

26

2S 

28

27

29

29

28

34

41

45

44

44

49

54

52

67

49

47

54

57

Secondfoot-days

114 9

1,516

11,326.6

1,094

1,210.2

13,312.1

May

77

49

37

3C

24

30

61

6!

44

37

36

41 

45

57

100

142

135

123

9S

96

90

77

61

67

66

79

106

17!

265

256

232

MqytyiMiii

S

92

227

57

22V

2 9

84

265

June

227

227

224

216

212

206

173

164

144

131

108

106 

110

90

75

71

60

55

40

33

34

45

52

49

41

36

35

31

35

37

July

35

24

19

16

8.0

1.4

1.3

.7

.7

.5

.8

.S 

.9

.S

1.3

2.3

l.S

1.3

1.5

10

9,1

3.1

1.6

.6

.5

.5

.5

.6

1.4

1.4

1.0

ninlimBB

1 8

2 9

36

0

24

24

6.2

.4

Aug.

1.4

1.8

2.7

2.7

l.S

.4

l.S

1.5

.6

.6

2.0

1.3 

1.5

2.E

2.0

1.4

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

2.9

2.E

2.E

2.C

1.3

1.3

l.S 1.2

1.2 1.1

l.S

Mean

4S.9

31.0

36.5

40.3

36.5

Sept.

5.2

18

61

84

6S

45

41

51

35

30

35

44 

49

44

42

54

57

49

42

40

40

39

36

39

36

36

30

24

21

16

-

Run-off In 

acre-feet

3,010

22,460

2,170

OQX

2,400

26,410

Peak discharge.- May 29 (4 a.m.) 316 sec.-ft.; May 30 (1 a.m.) 884 sec.-ft.; June 3 

380 sec.-ft.

a.m.)
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN 101

Grape Creek near Westcllffe, Colo.

Location.- Water-stage recorder and concrete control, lat. 38°11', long. 105°30', In sec. 

36, T. 21 S., R. 73 W., 3 miles northwest of Westcllffe.

Drainage area.- 346 square miles.

Records available.- December 1924 to June 1928 and October 1933 to September 1938 In 

reports of Geological 'Survey. December 1924 to June 1928 and March 1930 to September 

1938 In reports of State engineer.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 236 second-feet June 8 (gage height, 1.97 

feet;; minimum dally discharge recorded, 6.0 second-feet Oct. 5, 6 (probably less 

during period of no record).

1924-28, 1930-38: Maximum discharge, about 1,400 second-feet July 22, 1930 (gage 

height, 4.60 feet), computed by weir formula with overflow estimated; minimum dally 

discharge, 0.1 second-foot June 19-22, 1936.

Remarks.- Records good; none for Nov. 11 to Mar. 10. Diversions for Irrigation above 

station.

Discharge, In aeeond-feet, water year October 1937to September 1S38

Day

1a

s

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

8.0

8.4

8.4

7.2

6.0

6.0

7,6

8.4

8.4

8.4

8.0

8.4

10

9.2

8.8

9.6

14

12

10

9.6

9.6

9.6

9.6

9.6

9.6

9.2

9.2

8.8

9.2

9.2

9,6

HOT.

9.6

9.2

9.2

8.8

8.8

9.2

10

10

9.6

9,6

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

M

_

_

-

_

_

 .

_

_

-

D«c. Jan. Feb.

*19

Month

February. .................................

March 11-31 ..............................

April .....................................

lUy.. .....................................

July. .......................... ...... ...

Water year

Mar.

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

29

29

29

28

27

24

24

24

24

24

24

22

26

27

24

26

26

29

36

36

26

Apr.

33

31

33

60

135

66

38

43

42

35

26

24

22

21

51

100

176

65

39

33

30

27

29

27

26

21

31

32

24

24

-

Secondfoot-daya

279 6

94^0

669

1,344

3. 3V7

3 ^434 

1,050.8

372.4

1,636

"fay

28

33

26

26

23

26

40

71

113

63

41

34

34

32

32

44

69

56

49

44

36

33

38

33

21

19

26

40

60

85

114

HqTyl^miiM

14

10

35

176

114

200

110

27

116

June

97

86

96

109

127

139

162

200

176

133

128

103

111

166

146

122

106

93

80

61

58

51

70

86

71

120

136

131

127

144

-

July

110

85

64

50

38

27

18

14

11

8.8

8.0

7.6

8.4

13

42

33

30

41

44

65

71

60

41

33

26

22

22

20

25

20

14

Minimum

6.0

8*8

22

21

19

51

7.6

6.4

18

Aug.

12

9.6

9.6

9,2

8.0

8.0

8.4

8.4

7.2

8.0

26

26

21

23

22

19

17

14

8.0

7.2

6.8

6.4

6,8

6.8

6.4

7.2

8.8

7.6

8.0

10

27

Mean

9 02

9 *_40

26*6

44 »8

44.4

114

12 0

64!e

Sept.

30

43

106

62

43

44

52

43

40

37

40

66

116

116

103

95

102

76

69

53

46

40

36

36

33

30

27

26

20

18

-

Run-Off In 

ao re-feet

666

186

1,110

2,670

2,730

6,810

2,030

739

3,240

Peak discharge.- June 8 (9 a.m.) 236 see.-ft.; Aug. 11 (8 p.m.) 110 seo.-ft.j Sept, 17 (11 a.m.) 

113 sec.-ft,

 Discharge measurement.
102 ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

St. Charles River at San Isabel, Colo.

Location.- Water-stage recorder and 10-foot rectangular weir, lat. 37°59', long. 104°54', 

In sec. 12, T. 24 S., R. 69 W., above high-water line of Lake Isabel, three-quarters 

of a mile southwest of San Isabel.

Drainage area.- 18.8 square miles.

Records available.- October 1936 to September 1938.

Extremes.- 1936-38: Maximum dally discharge, 138 second-feet Apr. 20, 1938; minimum 

daily, 0.3 second-foot Jan. 7-8, Feb. 11-13, 1938.

Remarks.- Complete records furnished by U. S. Forest Service. None Jan. 1 to Mar. 31, 

1937. Discharge for May to September 1938 computed on basis of twice-daily staffgage readings. No diversions above station.

Discharge, In second-feet, 1936-38 

1936-37

Day

1

2

Z

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

50

31

Oct.

_

7.7

_

_

-

_

_

12,6

-

_

_

_

_

-

11.5

_

_

-

_

13.6

_

-

_

_

_

_

17,8

-

Hov.

_

_

_

-

11.9

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

6.2

_

_

3.0

_

_

_

_

-

3.4

_

_

-

Dec. Jan. Pet. liar. Apr.

2.1

2.1

2.1

1.9

1.9

2.1

1.9

1.7

2.7

4.1

8,3

11

15

19

27

40

24

17

22

24

36

47

11

12

14

28

34

21

16

17

-

May

11

12

13

12

13

14

12

33

36

27

23

22

22

25

23

22

20

20

20

18

16

14

14

14

17

14

13

12

20

38

30

June

19

24

29

22

20

18

17

16

16

14

13

12

12

11

11

11

9.6

S.6

7.7

7.1

6.8

6.5

6.2

5.7

6.2

8.3

9.9

6.5

5.9

12

-

July

30

24

11

7.1

6.2

5.9

5.4

5.4

4.8

4.8

5.4

5.9

4.8

5.9

4.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.4

3.1

2.9

2.9

3.1

3.6

3.4

3.6

3.6

3.4

2i7

2.5

Aug.

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.1

1.9

1.9

1.7

1.7

1.5

1.9

2.5

2.1

1.7

1.5

1.3

1.2

1.3

1.5

l.B

1.2

1.0

.9

3.1

6.8

S.3

3.2

1.9

1.5

1.5

Sept.

1.4

1.0

2.1

3.9

4.9

4.9

5.9

6.8

6.8

3.6

2.7

2,1

1.9

1.9

1.7

1.7

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.7

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.5

2.3

-
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

103

Discharge, In eeond-feet, o'f St. Charles Elver at San Isabel 

1937-38

Colo.j 1936-38--Continued

Day Apr. May July Aug Sept.

2.5 

2.1 

1.9 

1.9 

1.9

2.1 

2.1 

2.1

2.5 

2.7 

2.7 

2.1 

2.1

2.1 

2.5 

2.5 

2.5 

2.3

2.3 

2.1 

2.1 

2.1 

2.1 

2.1

2,1 

2.1 

2.1 

2,1

1.5 

1.7 

1.7

1.7 

2.3 

1.4 

1.8 

1.5

1.4 

2.5 

1.9 

2.1 

1.7

1.7 

1.7 

2.5 

2.1 

1.9

2,1 

4.4 

5.4 

3.4 

3.2

2.7 

2.5 

2.5

3.2 

2.5

1.2 

1.2 

1.4

0.5 

.6

1.0 

.3 

.3 

.5

,5 

1.2 

2,5

2.9 

2.1

1.7 

1.5 

1.4

1.2 

1.2 

1.0

2.9 

2.1 

2.1

1.4

1.0

.6

1,0 

1.0

1.2 

1.2 

1.2 

1.2 

1.2

1.2 

1.2 

1.2 

3.2 

3.4

1.9 

1.2 

1.4

1.4

1.5

1.7 

1.5 

1.2

1.7 

1.5 

1.5 

1.4

1.4

1.5 

1.5 

1.5 

1.7 

1.7 

1.5

*1.5

*1.5

*1.5

*1.6 

1.7

1.9 

2.1 

2.1 

1.7

1.7

1.5 

4.1 

4.1 

4.1 

4.1

12

13

13

17

138

»50 

»70

9.3

7.5 

9.8

9.0

9.0

7.8

11

10

9.8

9.8

82

60

58

46

9.5 

8.5 

8.5 

9.0 

8.0

8.0 

8,0 

8,0 

7.0 

7.5

8.0 

8.0 

V.5 

7.0 

7.0

6.0 

6.0 

5.5 

5.0 

5.0

5.0 

5.0 

5.0 

5.0 

5.0

5.0 

5.5

6.0

6.1 

5.3 

6.0

7.0

8.0

15

11

6.2

6.5 

5.5 

5.0 

5.0 

5.0

5.0

7.5

10

5.5

5.4

2.7 

6.1

5.1 

3.8 

3.8 

3.8 

3.5

Month Seoondfoot-days

Run-off In 

acre-feet

October 1936 ............................. 390.6

November.................................. 207

December.................................. 93

Calendar year ..................

January ..........................

February...............................

March..................................

April 1937............................... 465.9

May....................................... 600

June...................................... 372.0

July...................................... 183.8

August.................................... 68.2

September................................. 74.0

Water year ..................

October 1937 ............................. 66.7

November.................................. 65.6

December.................................. 39.4

Calendar year ..................

January 1938 ............................. 25.0

February.................................. 28.5

March..................................... 48.7

April..................................... 767.2

May....................................... 1,068

June...................................... 531

July...................................... 764.1

August.................................... 205.9

September................................. 173.6

Water year 1937-38 ..................... 3,783.7

12.6 

6.9 

3.0

775

411

184

47

38

29

30

8.3

1.7

11

5.7

2.5

.9

1.0

15.5

19.4

12.4

5.93

2.20

2.47

924

1,190

738

365

135

147

2.7 

5.4 

3.9

1.9

1.4

.5

2.15

2.19

1.27

132

130

78

2.9

2.9

3.4

138

99

52

82

9.5

15

.3 

.3

1.2

1.5

12

10

7.5

5.0

2.7

.81

1.02

1.57

25.6

34.5

17.7

24.6

6.64

5.79

50

57

97

1,520

2,120

1,050

1,520

408

344

138 10.4 7,510

*Gage height missing; discharge estimated.
104 ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

Huerfano River at Manzanares Crossing, near Redwing, Colo.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°44', long. 105°20', In sec. 5, T. 27 S., R. 71 

W., at Manzanares Crossing, 3$ miles southwest of Redwing.

Drainage area.- 76 square miles.

Records available.- October 1933 to September 1938 in reports of Geological Survey. 

July laas to September 1938 in reports of State engineer. No winter records prior 

to 1936.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 272 second-feet June 13 (gage height, 1.57 

feet;; minimum not determined.

1923-38: Maximum gage height, 4.80 July 27, 1934 (discharge not determined); 

minimum discharge not determined.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect, Nov. 27 to Dec. 1, Dec. 

4-y, Dec. 14 to Mar. 9, which were computed on basis of five discharge measurements, 

weather records, and records for Cucharas River near La Veta, and are fair. Several 

diversions for irrigation above station.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

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

Oct.

18

17

18

16

16

17

19

18

17

16

15

16

16

16

16

20

19

18

17

16

16

16

17

16

16

15

15

14

15

14

15

HOT.

14

15

16

16

14

15

16

14

13

14

14

12

13

12

12

12

14

12

16

16

16

14

14

12

12

12

13

13

14

15

-

Dec.

18

14

12

9.8

9.8

10

10

10

10

13

12

11

11

11

10

10

10

10

12

14

16

16

16

IB

18

18

16

16

16

14

10

Jan.

#6.1

Feb.

#10

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

«

-

#12

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

_

-

Month

October. ..................................

November ..................................

April. . ...................................

May.......................................

July. .....................................

Water year 1937-28......................

Mar.

11

11

11

11

11

10

10

14

15

10

11

12

12

10

12

14

14

12

14

14

12

11

17

14

14

14

14

13

12

12

14

Apr.

13

16

14

14

16

16

15

14

16

15

16

21

21

19

19

21

22

25

34

41

46

53

66

72

71

69

71

72

77

97

-

Secondfoot-days

51O

415

401.6

15,578.2

269.7

274 386' 4

1 ,082

3,965

4,962

'968

1,340

16,302.7

May

95

75

79

72

64

59

55

56

57

57

60

61

63

75

110

155

209

205

195

172

162

134

107

112

140

192

212

230

247

236

219

Maximum

20

16

18

199

17

97

247

236

107

50

95

247

June

236

230

236

236

226

219

219

202

192

178

168

182

240

195

159

149

131

114

104

100

107

134

143

122

122

117

107

114

140

140

-

July

107

91

83

77

71

66

64

61

57

56

54

54

54

69

67

56

53

49

50

53

50

47

45

44

40

36

39

37

34

34

31

Minimum

14

12

9.8

4

10

13

55

100

21

22

-

Aug.

30

30

34

38

38

35

36

34

30

33

37

50

49

44

40

34

32

32

29

28

24

22

22

22

21

21

22

22

21

24

34

Mean

16.5

is!o

42.7

8.7

9.8

12.5

36.1

128

165

55.8

31.2

44.7

44.7

Sept.

34

44

61

57

55

48

46

54

49

44

59

95

85

66

55

51

47

41

37

35

34

34

31

30

29

27

24

24

22

22

-

Run-off In 

acre-feet

1,010

797

30,390

535

544

766

2,150

7,860

9,840

3,430

1,920

2,660

32,340

Peak discharge.- June 13 (5 p.m.) 272 

159 see.-ft.

^-Discharge measurement.

,-ft,; July 14 (1 a.m.) 162 sec.-ft.; Aug. 12 (4:30 p.m.)
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN 105

Huerfano River at Badito, Colo.

Location.- Chain gage, lat. 37°43', long. 105°00', In sec. 4, T. 27 S., R. 

Badito, just upstream from Owl Creek.

W., at

Drainage area.- 519 square miles.

Records available.- August to December 1912, March to September 1938.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during period, 689 second-feet Aug. 11 (gage height, 4.83 

feet, from floodmarks), by slope-area method; minimum dally discharge, 0.2 secondfoot liar. 16, 17.

1912, 1938: Maximum discharge, that of Aug. 11, 1938; minimum daily discharge, 

that of Mar. 16, 17, 1938.

Remarks.- Records fair. Gage read twice daily. Diversions for irrigation above station.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1

2

3

4

6

6

7

B

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

18

19

20

to.

SS

as2425

SB

27

28

29

50

31

Oct. HOT. Deo. Jan. Feb.

Month

October. ..................................

Koveoiber. « « * < 

March 6-31 ................................

April . ....................................

toy.......................................

July. .....................................

Auguat. . ..................................

September. ................................

The period. ....... » .....................

Mar.

_

_

_

-

2.4

3.0

5.8

3.9

3.7

1.4

.5

.4

1.5

.4

.2

.S

1.2

1.1

.5

.8

.3

3.0

1.5

1.0

3.0

2.4

2.5

1.4

2.7

2.4

Apr.

3.5

1.9

2.1

1.7

1.9

2.4

4.2

3.9

1.2

2.5

2.5

3.5

2.5

4.0

15

38

 35

25

23

21

16

34

35

39

44

60

60

54

57

52

Secondfoot-days

47.2

645.8

8,588

1 ,890

1 ,162

610.5

1,687

May

128

80

62

61

45

42

58

53

60

63

58

80

85

102

143

153

183

174

136

119

114

103

92

58

43

37

29

37

65

74

51

Maximum

_

5.8

60

183

111

-l f*A J.U* -;i

165

June

35

44

40

56

82

90

111

108

63

53

42

44

75

100

60

53

42

43

37

33

30

41

66

53

49

108

84

75

76

97

July

86

70

46

37

27

20

20

20

20

21

21

15

20

103

52

104

84

37

39

39

43

42

33

33

26

22

19

14

15

16

18

Minisnmi

^

0.2

1.2

29

30

14

8.5

15

Aug.

22

21

21

23

21

15

16

15

12

8.5

33

30

23

36

17

11

10

13

14

20

19

17

19

17

17

16

18

41

23

19

23

Mean

1.82

21.5

83.5

63.0

37.5

19.7

54.2

Sept.

46

50

165

98

56

51

52

52

53

39

37

80

104

80

79

74

60

72

45

48

44

38

36

39

26

28

23

19

18

15

Run-off in 

acre-feet

_

94

1,280

5,130

3,750

2,300

1,210

3,230

16,990
106 ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

Huerfano River near Undercliffe, Colo.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 38°02', long. 104°25', in sec. 22, T. 23 S., R. 63 

W., at mouth of Canyon, 600 feet above diversion dam for Huerfano Valley ditch and 5i 

miles southwest of Undercliffe.

Drainage area.- 1,702 square miles.

Records available.- May to September 1938. 

downstream tgage heights only).

August to December 1908 at site 2 miles

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during period, 11,000 second-feet June 7 (gage height, 5.91 

feet), by slope-area and weir methods; no flow July 9-13, Aug. 25-28.

Greatest flood known, 26,600 second-feet July 28, 1936, (gage height, about 10.2 

feet, present datum), by weir method.

Remarks.- Records fair except those for periods of missing gage heights, May 22, 24-29, 

June 12 to July 13, Aug. 22-28, which were computed on basis of four discharge measurements and daily estimates by observer, and those below 200 second-feet, which are 

poor.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1

2

S

4

6

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

18

19

JJQ

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

£>Q 

CO

29

50

31

Oct. HOT. See. Jan. Feb.

Month

Jan 

Fat)

April. ....................................

July. .....................................

The perioa. .............................

Mar. Apr.

Secondfoot-days

5,105 

7 150

1*507

521 ,2

1,602.6

May

_

_

_

_

-

_

w

_

«

-

_

..

_

_

-

321

445

539

560

560

507

980

475

234

165

111

62

45

34

32

35

Hqxlimffll

980

3,120

171

131

240

June

29

26

IS

21

32

77

1,950

3,120

558

282

258

8

40

45

45

28

21

8

10

68

51

8

3

11

120

45

83

70

60

55

July

60

47

36

25

22

6

4

2

0

0

0

0

0

90

64

66

117

166

105

171

110

66

87

80

42

31

23

36

26

15

10

iHniin'ir1'

32

3

0

0

8.0

Aug.

9.6

7

6

7

7

8.8

8.8

18

15

28

131

17

17

15

18

23

22

17

15

14

12

6

1

1

0

0

0

0

23

25

49

Mean

319

238

48 .6

16.8

53.4

Sept.

204

240

100

51

77

46

57

73

62

66

51

53

57

42

41

44

62

39

38

38

31

33

18

12

11

8.0

14

14

9.6

11

Run-off In 

acre-feet

10,130 

14,180

2,990

1,030 

3,180

31 ,510
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN 107

Cucharas River at Boyd ranch, near La Veta, Colo.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°25', long. 105°03', in sec. 24, T. 30 S., R. 69 

W., 6 miles south of La Veta.

Drainage area.- 75 square miles.

Records available.- October 1934 to September 1938.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 185 second-feet July 14 (gage height, 2.03 

leet); minimum daily discharge, 3.2 second-feet Feb. 14, 15.

1935-38: Maximum discharge, 291 second-feet June 3, 1937 (gage height, 2.43 feet); 

minimum daily discharge, 2 second-feet on several days during period November 1934 to 

January 1935.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect, Feb. 20 to Mar. 4, Apr. 1, 

2 (computed on basis of one discharge measurement, weather records, and records for 

Huerfano River near Redwing), and those for period of missing gage heights, May 29 to 

June 24 (computed on basis of one discharge measurement and records for Huerfano 

River near Redwing), all of which are fair. Diversions for irrigation above station.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1 

2 

3

4

e

6

7 

8 

9 

10.

11 

12 

13 

14 

IB

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

10 

9.0 

7.5 

6.6 

7.0

8.0 

8.5 

8.5 

9.5 

8.5

8,5 

10 

12 

9.5 

9.0

14 

13 

10 

9,5 

8.5

8.5 

8.5 

9.5 

8.0 

7.0

6.6 

6.6 

7.0 

7.0 

7.5 

7.5

HOT.

7.5 

8.5 

9.0 

8.5 

8.5

8.5 

8.5 

9,0 

8,0 

9.0

8.5 

7.0 

6,3 

6,3 

6.3

5.2 

5.6 

5.6 

7.5 

7,0

6,0 

6.0 

6.0 

6.0 

5.6

6.0 

7.0 

7.5 

9.0 

12

Dec.

16 

10 

7.0 

7.5 

7.5

7.5 

7.5 

7.5 

6.3 

7.0

7.0 

6,3 

4.6 

4.9 

5.6

5.6 

5.2 

5.6 

6,3

10

12 

12 

12 

16 

16

16 

14 

14 

14 

12 

5.2

Jan.

4.9 

4.9 

3.8 

5.2 

4.9

6,3

12 

14 

12 

11

15 

16 

14 

9.5 

4.9

4.2 

3.5 

3.5 

4.6 

8.5

8.5 

9,0 

6.6 

12 

16

14 

14 

12 

9.5 

9.5 

7.5

Feb.

7.5 

7.5 

6.0 

4.9 

5.2

8.0 

5.2 

4.6 

4.2 

4.2

3.8 

4.6 

4.2 

3.2 

3.2

5.6 

6.0 

9.5

10 

8.0

8,0 

8.0 

8.0 

8.0 

8.0

8.0 

8.0 

8.0

Month

Dot 

Ho^ 

Dec

G

Jan 

Pel 

Mar 

Apr 

Ha, 

JUE 

Jul £*Sei 

1

alendar year 1937.......................

ater year 1937-2

Mar.

8.0 

8.0 

8.0 

8.0 

8.5

5.6 

6.3 

10 

12 

6.3

6.3 

7,5 

7.5 

6.6 

5.2

6.6 

7.0 

9.5 

8.0 

8.5

9.5 

9.5 

9.5 

10 

10

10 

12 

10 

6.3 

6.3 

8.5

Apr.

11 

14 

15 

9.0 

12

14 

12 

18 

16 

16

11 

18 

18 

18 

14

14 

18 

25 

29 

33

40 

41 

47 

47 

48

48 

49 

46 

54 

67

Secondfoot-days

270.8 

221.4 

288.1

12,653.0

281.3 

179.4 

255.0 

822.0 

2,887 

2,615 

1,063 

543 

499

9,925.0

May

76 

61 

58 

56 

50

46 

45 

47 

46 

51

66 

80 

85

113 

136

144 

134 

125 

111 

102

104 

115 

94 

85 

85

86 

89 

107 

170 

165 

155

Maximum

14 

12 

16

272

16 

10 

12 

67 

170 

152 

68 

33 

20

170

June

152 

150 

140 

135 

128

118 

109 

100 

90 

77

70 

105 

95 

87 

85

82 

80 

71 

66 

61

65 

72 

75 

6O 

61

63 

56 

54 

54 

54

July

49 

46 

45 

40 

36

36 

34 

33 

32 

30

27 

27 

26 

68 

46

38 

35 

35 

33 

38

38 

35 

31 

29 

27

26 

26 

26 

25 

24 

22

i»TTlnnim

6.6 

5.2 

4.6

4.6

3.5 

3.2 

5.2 

9.0 

45 

54 

22 

11 

12

3.2

Aug.

21 

22 

24 

33 

23

24 

23 

21 

19 

20

21 

21 

20 

18 

16

15 

15 

15 

14 

14

13 

12 

11 

12 

11

11 

12 

15 

14 

14 

19

Mean

8.74 

7.38 

9.29

34,7

9.07 

6.41 

8.23 

27.4 

93.1 

87.2 

34.3 

17.5 

16.6

27.2

Sept.

20 

18 

20 

20 

19

19 

18 

17 

16 

18

18 

18 

16 

16 

17

18 

19 

18 

15

15

16 

14 

14 

16 

16

16 

14 

14 

12 

12

Run-off in 

ao re-feet

537 

439 

571

25 ,090

558 

356 

506 

1,630 

5,730 

5,190 

2,110 

1,080 

990

19,700
108 ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

Apishapa River at Aguilar, Colo.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°24', long. 104°39', in sec. 34, T. 30 S., R. 65 

W., at southwest edge of Aguilar, 2 miles upstream from Gonzales Canyon.

Drainage area.- 149 square miles.

Records available.- March to September 1938.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during period, 5,200 second-feet Aug. 10 (gage height, 

14.32 feet), by slope-area method; no flow Mar. 1 to Apr. 26, June 4-25, July 6-13, 

Aug. 14-30.

Maximum stage known, 20.73 feet (present datum) Aug. 11, 1930.

Remarks.- Records fair. Several small diversions for irrigation above station.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937to September 1933

Day

1

2

S

4

6

6

7

S

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

25

24

25

26

27

28

29

50

51

Oct. HOT. Deo. Jan. Feb.

Month

October. ..................................

April. ......................... .. ....

*j................. ......................

July. ......................................

The period. .............................

Mar. Apr.

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

14

15

15

19

Secondfoot-days

0

63

364! 9

703.8

411.0

287.9

May

18

13

13

14

18

18

18

50

23

40

60

55

56

70

65

73

54

45

37

26

30

40

19

17

15

13

18

9.4

14

13

16

Maximum

0

19

85

192

76

349

55

June

5.8

7.6

1.9

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

117

23

192

11

6.6

-

July

9.0

13

14

15

6,0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

26

24

20

68

60

64

73

76

56

41

26

20

17

39

13

11

8.6

4.2

Minimum

0

0

9.4

0

0

0

1.1

Aug.

2.2

.9

22

.4

0

0

1.1

1.6

1.2

349

8.0

9.6

5.0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

10

Mean

0

2

-1

. 0.

31 .9 12 2

22.7

13 .3

9.60

Sept.

13

12

9.6

18

16

18

55

16

12

14

12

10

7.2

7.6

8.0

5.3

3.0

6.1

5.0

4.2

4.6

5.3

5.7

5.7

3.6

3.3

2.7

2.4

1.1

1.5

-

Run-off In 

acre-feet

0

125

1,960

724

1,400

815

571

5,600

Peak discharge.- June 28 (11:30 a.m.) 3,420 sec.-ft.; Aug. 10 (5:30 p.m.) 5,2OO aeo.-ft.
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN 109

Purgatoire River at Trinidad, Colo.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°10', long. 104°30', in sec. 13, T. 33 S., R. 64 

W., at foot of State Street in Trinidad.

Drainage area.- 742 square miles.

Records available.- May 1896 to July 1899, August to December 1905, November 1906 to 

March 1907, October 1907 to November 1912, and October 1933 to September 1938 in reports of Geological Survey. May 1896 to July 1899, August to December 1905, November 

1906 to March 1907, October 1907 to November 1912, and April 1916 to September 1938 

in reports of State engineer.

Average discharge.- 26 years (1907-12, 1916-18, 1919-38), 87.3 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 14,800 second-feet June 4 (gage height, 9.50 

feet), by slope-area method; minimum daily discharge, 2.5 second-feet Aug. 28.

1896-99, 1905, 1906-12, 1916-38: Maximum discharge, 45,400 second-feet Sept. 30, 

1904 (gage height, 16.6 feet, from Commercial Street gage); minimum daily discharge, 

1.2 second-feet Jan. 1, 1936.

Remarks.- Records fair. Discharge for periods of ice effect, Nov. 23, 26-30, Dec. 14- 

17, Dec. 25 to Jan. 1, Jan. 4, 5, Feb. 25, 26, computed on basis of one discharge 

measurement and weather records. Diversions for irrigation above station.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1

2

S

4

6

6

7

S

9

10

11

12

IS

1415'

16

17

IS

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

SO

31

Dot.

42

31

22

19

17

16

16

17

16

17

18

20

30

30

27

41

51

37

33

30

29

30

29

29

2B

27

27

24

24

24

25

HOT.

24

20

22

22

21

21

20

22

22

21

20

21

20

16

16

18

20

15

15

14

29

25

22

20

19

17

10

15

15

15

-

Dec.

16

17

22

18

17

24

12

8.1

11

13

36

30

18

12

17

14

12

12

13

15

14

14

17

20

19

18

18

19

19

20

19

Jan.

16

13

IB

12

10

7.1

11

11

13

15

17

18

20

21

24

24

20

14

13

11

10

2B

44

28

14

14

19

22

20

16

17

Feb.

22

25

22

21

30

17

22

21

20

19

18

18

IB

17

15

lOll

12

14

14

17

19

20

20

20

25

34

34

_

«

-

Month

October. ..................................

November. .. ... ... ...

December. .................................

Calendar yeai! 1937 ......................

April .....................................

May.......................................

July. .....................................

Water year 1937-3

Mar.

32

24

20

19

20

22

17

21

23

20

18

18

17

17

16

14

14

18

21

16

14

14

14

14

14

14

15

16

14

16

15

Apr.

16

20

18

17

17

18

14

18

20

20

19

18

IB

20

21

19

17

16

16

24

40

52

52

51

B7

79

103

73

71

92

Seoondfoot-days

826

534.1

33,614.1

540.1

555

546

1,066

7,508

9,506

4,839 2 145 9 2*558*

31,202.1

May

148

188

172

169

146

157

178

191

231

219

239

321

372

427

400

287

316

278

235

201

198

287

195

163

148

160

19S

247

335

410

292

Maximum

51

29

36

1,180

44

34

32

103

427

1,080

763

402

210

1,080

June

1,080

300

310

701

285

280

285

510

245

240

280

235

265

320

280

280

275

255

285

225

210

205

210

250

345

385

320

290

310

245

July

220

200

185

170

148

121

94

81

63

45

35

27

19

99

130

121

763

370

210

325

166

112

90

70

130

81

547

121

42

27

27

Minimum

16

10

6*1

4

7.1

10

14

14

146

205

2.5

37

2.5

Aug.

16

12

45

225

103

90

74

85

55

65

195

143

107

70

85

56

42

35

24

19

19

18

13

11

6.4

4.0

3.0

2.5

22

99

402

Mean

26.6

19 .3

V7 2

92.1

17.4

19 8

171.6

35.5

242

317

15669 2

85i3

85.5

Sept.

190

63

180

156

56

210

81

59

59

59

94

121

121

81

103

148

107

81

74

70

56

49

49

45

45

45

42

40

37

37

Run-off In 

acre-feet

1,640

1,150

1,060

66,690

1,070

1,100

1,080

2,110

14,890

18,850

9,600

4,260

5,070

61,880

Peak discharge.- June 4 (6 p.m.) 14,800 sec.-ft.; July 17 (4 p.m.) 14,700 see.-ft.; July 27 

(4 p.m.) 5,610 sec.-ft.
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

Purgatoire River at Nlnemlle Dam, near Hlgbee, Colo.

Location.- Water-stage recorder above diversion dam of Nlnemlle ditch, lat. 37°45', 

long. 103°28', In sec. 32, T. 26 S., R. 54 W., 4 miles southwest of Hlgbee and 4 

miles downstream from Smith Canyon.

Drainage area.- 2,900 square miles.

Records available.- October 1933 to September 1938 In reports of Geological Survey. 

October 1924 to September 1938 In reports of State engineer.

Average discharge.- 14 years, 97.7 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 8,050 second-feet Aug. 11 (gage height, 5.70 

feet;; no flow Aug. 29.

1924-38: Maximum discharge, 64,500 second-feet Sept. 15, 1934 (gage height, 

12.60 feet), by slope-area method; no flow at times In nearly every year.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of Ice effect, which were computed on 

basis of one discharge measurement, and weather records and are fair. Discharge for 

periods Oct. 6-13, Apr. 18 to May 5, May 15-21, May 27 to June 1, July 3-14, 24-27, 

Aug. 1-4, 8, 9, 14-16, 18-31, Sept. 24-30 measured through Parshall flume. Diversions 

for Irrigation above station.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1

2

5

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

IS

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

SI

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

50

81

Oct.

5.0

3.0

13

13

9,8

7.3

6.3

5.6

4.6

4.6

4.6

4,4

6.6

8.6

9.2

13

121

197

73

52

38

33

28

27

S3

22

21

20

17

20

17

HOT.

15

14

13

15

13

14

13

IS

14

16

16

14

16

17

18

18

20

20

31

23

52

56

21

22

24

25

40

34

22

17

Dee.

15

18

16

15

15

13

11

8.2

4.1

5.4

7.0

5.4

4.7

*5.0

9.0

*6.0

*5.7

*6.0

*10

*10

*11

*10

*10

*12

*15

16

15

*14

*13

*13

*12

Jan.

12

*12

12

*11

11

*10

»10

»14

21

18

»20

21

«22

31

21

22

22

22

24

24

22

16

14

*12

*12

13

*13

»13

14

*10

*9

Feb.

*10

26

23

19

22

14

14

14

13

13

14

14

13

13

13

*12

»12

*13

*15

20

22

»15

17

16

14

15

17

18

_

-

Month

March. ....................................

April.....................................

May.......................................

July. .................................

Water year 1937-:58....... ...............

Mar.

16

16

17

17

18

16

15

15

17

16

14

17

15

15

18

17

14

15

16

15

11

11

16

14

13

11

13

13

11

11

11

Apr.

14

17

17

16

15

19

16

15

15

14

13

13

16

16

16

14

11

10

8.4

11

12

13

14

15

16

12

10

9.4

8.7

24

Secondfoot-days

827.6

626

330.5

32,227.4

508

441

454

420.5

2,630

7,734

7,329.0

sliss'

33,321.2

May

25

20

18

14

13

22

35

25

61

65

55

45

191

142

41

35

29

25

23

18

29

525

639

149

77

55

37

39

30

26

22

MflXllPVHl

197

56

18

3,170

31

26

24

639

746

1,700

2 190

1,830

2,190

June

23

175

551

175

204

504

237

674

242

163

495

617

253

305

237

746

573

259

126

98

104

96

80

71

73

77

228

146

120

82

July

77

84

37

21

22

20

17

14

10

8.2

2.8

1.5

1.0

.5

105

270

712

1,190

540

1,700

1,100

242

152

90

65

44

29

275

312

118

69

Minimum

3.0

13

4.1

0

9

10

11

8»4

15

23

.5

0

12

0

Aug.

70

42

26

17

213

163

61

29

15

123

2,190

340

118

89

61

56

136

31

21

17

14

14

8.6

5.9

3.1

2.2

1.5

.3

0

36

30

Mean

26.7

20.9

10.7

88.3

16.4

15.8

14.6

14.0

81.6

258

236

273

91.3

Sept.

1,830

1,120

435

242

398

405

264

259

187

167

139

233

1,590

361

101

65

49

44

42

39

35

32

32

25

19

18

15

16

14

12

Run-off In 

acre-feet

1,640

1,240

656

63,920

1,010

875

900

834

5,020

15,340

14,540

rj QQQ

15)240

66,100

Peak discharge.- July 17 (9t30 p.m.) 5,530 sec.-ft.; July 20 (7 p.m.) 6,950 sec.-ft.j Aug. 11 

(10 a.m.) 8,050 see.-ft. *Stage-dlscharge relation affected by Ice.
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

111

Purgatolre River at Highland Dam, near Las Animas, Colo.

Location.- Water-stage recorder above diversion dam of Highland ditch, lat. 37°55', 

long. 103°18', In sec. I, T. 25 S., R. 53 W., 11 miles southwest of Las Animas.

Drainage area.- 3,320 square miles.

Records available.- October 1933 to September 1938 In reports of Geological Survey. 

October 1931 to September 1938 In reports of State engineer.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year1 , 9,370 second-feet July 18 (gage height, 6.12 

rest;; no flow Oct. 13, 14, July 15, Aug. 25-30.

1931-38: Maximum discharge, 33,000 second-feet Sept. 15, 1934 (gage height, 14.00 

feet, from floodmarks), by slope-area method; no flow at times during period 1932-38.

Remarks.- Records good except those for days of Ice effect, Dec. 9, 25, 26, Jan. 24, 25, 

and those for periods of missing gage heights, Oct. 11, July 10-14, Aug. 22-24, all 

of which were estimated and are fair. Diversions for Irrigation above station.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1

2

S

4

6

6

V

3

9

10

11

It! is

14

16

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

272s

29

50

31

Oct.

1.4

1.8

5.4

1.7

12

7.0

4.1

2.5

l.S

.6

.6

.6

0

0

1.4

5.6

15

244

98

67

49

38

29

23

18

14

12

12

12

10

11

BOT.

11

S.8

9.4

9.4

9.7

10

8.5

7.9

9.4

10

12

14

11

9.1

14

14

15

13

9.7

11

14

27

34

28

24

20

20

21

21

14

-

Doe.

13

13

12

12

11

IS

11

*5.0

4.0

5.S

10

20

19

11

16

14

14

21

15

13

16

11

9.8

9.1

10

15

18

17

17

20

20

Jan.

17

14

16

15

11

7.9

8.4

7.6

8.8

8.5

7.3

9.6

8.0

10

14

13

14

11

9.4

8.5

11

8.0

7.2

5.0

2.0

5.5

5.2

6.9

8.2

2.0

1.0

Feb.

6.3

B.O

8.6

10

9.0

9.4

7.9

6.9

9.2

11

11

11

11

9.8

11

11

8.8

10

16

16

15

20

15

14

20

20

19

20

_

-

-

Month

December. .................................

April.....................................

toy... ....................................

Water year 1937-3

Mar.

19

17

16

16

18

19

18

17

22

20

18

16

16

17

21

21

19

20

22

20

19

18

17

17

18

17

18

19

18

18

15

Apr.

16

IV

19

17

16

17

15

16

17

20

11

10

9,4

11

14

15

13

10

8.6

8.0

7.9

7.9

6.1

5.6

5.6

5.2

55

19

9.0

6.5

-

Seoondfoot-days

414.7

36,539.7

344 9

407.8

3,371.7

5,942

31,402.0

May

5.1

8.6

10

12

11

64

74

41

31

49

82

70

174

150

93

67

47

30

23

20

19

57

1,470

358

105

73

65

41

50

34

38

Maximum

34

21

3,760

22

55

1,470

1,200

2,310

June

24

29

398

140

65

318

169

311

195

306

433

188

415

181

318

624

1,570

433

209

315

70

89

73

64

47

38

40

160

80

59

-

July

34

36

33

22

15

11

9.8

8.8

6.9

3.0

2.5

2.0

1.5

1.0

0

305

286

2,310

1,020

1,000

2,200

33

164

93

67

55

44

59

174

82

56

Minimal

7 Q

4,0

0

5.2

5.1

10

0

Aug.

42

42

26

14

25

9S

54

30

8.5

7.0

1,670

704

181

93

70

55

47

155

48

24

14

3.0

2.0

1.0

0

0

0

0

0

0

6.5

Mean

13.4

100

9.06

13.6

198

86. 0

Sept.

266

1,040

634

358

216

358

230

121

126

91

77

75

1,200

520

145

79

54

47

46

47

46

34

28

23

19

16

14

11

11

10

-

Run-off In 

acre-feet

1,390

873

823

72,480

557

684

809

11,790

62,290

Peak discharge.- July 18 (4 a.m.) 9,730 sec.-ft.} July 21 (12t30 SUB.) 4,700 aec.-ft.; Aug. 11 

(5 p.m.; 5,340 sec.-ft. 

 Discharge measurement.
112 ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

Holly drain near Holly, Colo.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 38°03', long. 102°03', in sec. 16, T. 23 S., R. 

41 W., Just downstream from Cheyenne Creek and 100 yards west of Colorado-Kansas 

State line.

Records available.- January 1924 to September 1927 and October 1933 to September 1938 

In reports of Geological Survey. January 1924 to September 1938 in reports of State 

engineer.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 1,470 second-feet Sept. 3 (gage height, 10.29 

feet) from rating curve extended above 500 second-feet logarithmically and on basis 

of slope-area determinations; minimum daily discharge, 0.5 second-feet Aug. 31.

19E4-38: Maximum discharge, that of Sept. 3, 1938; minimum daily discharge, that 

of Aug. 31, 1938.

Remarks.- Records fair. Discharge for periods of ice effect, Dec. 14-17, Jan. 14, 24- 

26, 30, 31, Feb. 16-23, computed on basis of one discharge measurement and weather 

records. After Aug. 28, 1935, records include flow of Wild Horse Creek but not flow 

of that part of Holly drain west of Wild Horse Creek.

Discharge, In second-feet, water rear October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1

2

S

4

6

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

IS

14

16

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

85

26

27

28

29

SO

SI

Oct.

16

12

6.7

7.2

12

13

15

9.8

5.9

4.2

2.6

2.5

4.0

7.2

7.2

8.8

23

24

17

14

14

15

16

19

19

15

13

9.0

7.S

11

11

HOT.

7..7

5.3

6.7

5.6

4.8

5.6

6.4

7.4

11

14

19

19

18

19

18

17

20

20

18

20

17

20

23

23

22

22

16

20

9.4

9.2

-

Dec.

9.4

s.e

9.0

8.6

8.S

9.2

s.e

7.4

6.9

8.S

12

16

23

20

16

14

12

10

9.0

9.2

9.0

8.6

7.9

7.6

7.2

6.9

6.6

6,6

6.7

6.1

7.0

Jan.

7.6

7.2

7.6

6.9

6.2

5.5

4.9

4.9

4.8

4.5

4.6

4.1

3.6

3.5

4.6

5.5

7.6

5.9

5.5

6.6

4.3

3.6

3.5

3.0

2.5

2.2

2.4

2.5

2.6

2.6

3.0

Feb.

9.4

4.1

4.1

4.2

4.5

4.9

4.8

4.8

5.6

4.6

6.1

18

18

17

22

18

19

19

18

20

19

25

30

44

42

42

36

30

-

-

Month

April.....................................

Kay...... .................................

July......................................

Water year 1937-2,8........... ...........

tor.

24

17

15

23

24

24

23

26

32

32

29

29

27

22

23

21

17

17

22

22

16

17

15

12

9.6

8.3

7.4

4.6

4.0

3.9

3.8

Apr.

3.B

5.3

12

13

8.6

4.8

6.4

7.6

6.9

S.6

13

9.4

5,6

9.4

11

6.6

4.8

6.6

8.3

S.3

7.0

4.9

6.7

9.4

226

32

74

8.8

5.2

6.7

Seoondfoot-daya

361.3

444.1

311.8

3,195.4

143.8

496.1

570.6

540 9

1, 072^2

2,036.4

1,172.4

542.6

1 ,618.1

9,310,3

*»7

5.0

5.5

6.2

6.9

6.0

76

272

52

39

32

31

32

26

25

19

15

15

10

9.0

7.2

6.4

19

77

47

43

60

30

IS

12

52

29

M&xlsnjBi

24

23

28

26

7.6

44

32

226

272

296

243

328

386

386

June

13

42

41

12

14

24

9.6

14

202

32

34

39

77

88

107

143

179

64

168

296

74

99

87

58

8.S

50

15

14

11

21

July

15

10

11

9.2

11

6.7

5.9

6.7

5.8

6.4

4.8

2.5

2.8

1.2

12

33

243

86

230

45

50

69

71

51

49

35

27

23

30

6.4

13

Minimum

2.5

4.8

6.1

1.0

2.2

4.1

3,8

3.8

5.0

8.8

1.2

.5

4.1

.5

Aug.

6.4

4.3

5.2

2.7

2.0

2.6

2.4

2.0

1.3

.7

1.1

1.5

.7

5.0

4.1

328

69

34

10

8.1

10

9.4

7.6

6.6

4.9

3.3

2.3

1.6

4,5

.8

.5

Mean

11.7

14.8

10.1

8.75

4.64

17.7

18,4

18.0

34.6

67.9

37.8

17.5

53.9

25.5

Sept.

4.1

118

386

96

25

22

25

60

67

71

56

32

25

22

53

58

94

91

69

56

33

15

21

20

20

15

IS

22

16

11

-

Run-off In 

acre-feet

717

881

618

6,340

285

984

1,130

1,070

8,130

4,040

2,330

1,080

3,210

18,480

Peak discharge.- May 7 (4 a.m.) 565 sec.-ft.j July 19 (1 a.m.) 1,320 sec.ft.j Sept. 3 (2 a.m.) 

1,470 sec.ft.
ARKANSAS RIVKR BASIN 113

Amazon canal near Hartland, Kans.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°53', long. 101°22', in SEi sec. 9 T. 25 S., 

R. 37 W., half a mile west of Hartland and 24 miles below point of diversion from 

Arkansas River.

Records available.- 1921-24 (irrigation season only) and October 1930 to September 1938 

in reports of Geological Survey. 1921-24 (irrigation seasons only)in reports of 

Kansas Water Commission. October 1924 to September 1935 in reports of Division of 

Water Resources, State Board of Agriculture.

Extremes.- Jfeximum discharge during year, 434 second-feet June 15 (gage height, 8.75 

reetJ, from rating curve extended above 350 second-feet; ho flow during long periods.

1921-'24, 1930-38: Maximum discharge, 490 second-feet Aug. 28, 1933 (gage height, 

8.80 feet); no flow during long periods.

Remarks.- Records fair. Canal diverts water for irrigation'from left bank of Arkansas 

RTver in sec. 12, T. 25 S., R. 38 W.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1

8

*

4

5

6

7

a

9

10

11

12

19

14

16

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

84

25

86

27

28

29

SO

31

Oot. SOT. Deo. Jan.

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

0

22

79

0

0

Feb.

0

43

96

112

100

97

92

96

97

82

73

66

66

23

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

_

-

Month

December. .................................

Jar 

Pet 

U^l

April.....................................

Au<

Sej tember . ................................

Water year 1957-!

Kar. Apr.

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

247

238

243

0

0

Secondfoot-daya

0

0

0

6,184

101 

1,043 

0

7B8

1,444

3,221

3,O22

81 

4,864

14,494

May

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

13

7

184

229

226

204

193

162

112

114

Marl mum

0

0

0

290

79 

112 

0

247

229

338

316

64 

366

366

June

338

276

201

169

0

0

0

0

0

158

141

128

129

6

31

0

0

187

223

240

263

292

296

144

0

0

0

0

0

0

July

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

190

174

213

268

240

288

37

271

316

287

223

169

147

93

112

0

Minimum

0

0

0

0

0 

0 

0

0

0

0

0

0 

0

0

Aug.

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

5

0

0

0

0

22

54

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Mean

0

0

0

16.9

3.3 

37.2 

0

24.3

46.6

107

97.6

2.6 

162

39.7

Sept.

0

0

96

219

329

341

350

356

303

202

199

176

127

262

264

266

202

137

111

111

112

130

134

134

134

119

14

8

10

8

-

Run-off In 

aore-feet

0

0

0

12,270

200 

2,070 

0

1,440

2,860

6,390

6,990

161 

9,630

28,740
114 ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

South Side ditch near Hartland, Kans.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°52', long. 101°22', in SEi sec. 15, T. 25 S., 

R. 37 W., three-quarters'of a mile south of Hartland and li miles below point of 

diversion from Arkansas River.

Records available.- 1921-24 (irrigation seasons only) and October 1930 to September 

1938 in reports of Geological Survey. 1921-24 (irrigation seasons) in reports of 

Kansas Water Commission. October 1924 to September 1935 in reports of Division of 

Water Resources of State Board of Agriculture.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 367 second-feet Sept. 6 (gage height, 8.62 

feet); no flow during long periods.

1921-24, 1930-38: Maximum discharge, that of Sept. 6, 1938; no flow during long 

periods.

Remarks.- Records fair. Discharge for period of ice effect, Feb. 17-19, computed on 

basis of gage heights and weather records. Ditch diverts water for irrigation from 

right bank of Arkansas River in sec. 16, T. 25 S., R. 37 W.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1958

Day

1

2

S

4

6

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

IV

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

28

30

31

Oct. HOT. Dec. Jan. Feb.

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

16

64

44

6

1

0

0

9

4

3

83

85

80

74

70

_

-

Month

April .....................................

May.......................................

July ......................................

Water year 1937-38......................

Mar.

66

60

52

51

46

48

50

45

50

48

54

55

53

48

48

47

48

44

39

38

36

33

32

31

26

22

21

28

24

20

18

Apr.

18

16

15

8

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

Secondfoot-days

0

0

0

3,212

0

539

1^281

57

910

1 867

2,087

396

3,120

10,257

May

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

188

260

191

104

33

7

18

109

M°T^MWTI

0

0

0

234

0

85

66

i ft J-O

260

176

236

177

319

319

June

94

97

106

86

91

86

92

92

26

54

59

67

17

0

2

0

65

112

117

98

135

176

104

91

0

0

0

0

0

0

-

July

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

122

64

169

236

146

121

134

113

42

B3

122

85

133

203

167

177

lHn<imm

0

0

0

0

0

0

18

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Aug.

177

160

59

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

0

0

Mean

0

0

0

8.8

0

19.2

41*3

1.9

29.4

62.2

67.3

104* 128

28.1

Sept.

0

0

96

259

277

319

284

247

155

108

106

77

133

69

80

67

112

126

93

117

144

103

66

35

19

9

19

0

0

0

Run-off In 

acre-feet

0

0

0

6,370

0

1,070

2,540

113

1,800

3,700

4,140

785

6,190

20,340
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN " ' = 

Great Eastern canal at Lakin, Kans.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°57', long. 101°15', In NEi sec. 22, T. 24 S., 

R. 36 W., at highway bridge one mile north of Lakin and 8 miles northeast of Hartland. 

Prior to Sept. 2, 1938, at site half a mile upstream.

Records available.- 1921-24 (irrigation seasons only) and October 1930 to September 1938 

in reports of Geological Survey. 1921-24 (irrigation seasons only) in reports of 

Kansas Water Commission. November 1924 to September 1935 In reports of Division of 

Water Resources of State Board of Agriculture.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 1,100 second-feet (estimated) July 21 (gage 

height, 9.91 feet, affected by backwater from highway bridge); no flow during long 

periods.

1921-24, 1930-38: Maximum gage height, 10.50 feet May 28, 1936, affected by backwater from highway bridge (discharge not determined); no flow during long periods.

Remarks.- Records fair except those for periods of ice effect and those for periods of 

faulty intake action, which are poor. Canal diverts water from left bank of Arkansas 

River in sec. 16, T. 25 S., R. 37 W. for irrigation or for storage in Lake McKinney.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1

2

3

4

6

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

18

19

30

21

22

S3

24

25

26

27

38

29

SO

31

Oct.

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

0

0

6

6

6

HOT.

5

5

6

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

3

3

3

3

2

-

Dec.

1

1

1

1

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

2

2

2

3

5

20

.

1

\ 50

J

Jan.

70

40

70

65

70

30

40

70

80

85

86

86

78

85

105

96

92

37

68

0

59

118

58

0

0

Feb.

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

«6

#15

10

15

20

26

10

0

0

0

0

_

_

-

Month

October. ..................................

February. .................................

Ibreh........................... ..........

April. . ...................................

*j.. .....................................

July. .....................................

Water year 1937-38......................

Mar. Apr.

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

30

28

5

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

88

164

211

346

194

127

Secondfoot-days

18

32

461

11,647

1,997

101

0

1,193

2,036

8,216

4,060

1,461

7,380

26,963

May

90

75

63

67

55

68

222

355

162

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

40

36

210

265

90

0

0

0

0

*237

Maximum

6

5

""

879

118

25

0

346

365

835

646

309

878

878

June

#835

646

355

*104

176

159

122

88

74

300

222

90

43

240

327

*309

469

646

686

526

526

586

384

57

*149

96

0

0

0

0

-

July

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

224

0

293

431

606

646

586

526

282

81

0

0

64

171

115

35

^lnlifp.ffi

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Aug.

0

0

28

82

73

56

42

30

*22

*17

*12

«e

*4

161

97

67

309

274

158

21

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Mean

0.6

1.1

14.9

31.9

64.4

3.6

0

39.8

66.6

274

131

47.1

246

73.8

Sept.

0

0

83

394

774

774

87S

723

469

198

110

91

45S

579

535

698

502

*23

0

0

0

0

7

42

25

15

2

0

0

0

-

Run-off In 

acre-feet

36

63

Q1 4-

23,100

3,960

200

0

2,370

4,040

16,290

8,050

2,900

14,640

53,460

*Faulty Intake action; discharge computed from graph drawn on basis of partial gage-height record. 

Note.- Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice Dec. 13 to Jan. 17 and Feb. 19-24. Discharge 

computed on basis of four discharge measurements, gage heights, and weather records.
.6 ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

Farmers ditch near Garden City, Kans.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 38°00', long. 101°04', in NWi sec. 4, T. 24 S., 

R. 34 W., 4 miles below head gate, 4 miles northwest of Holcomb, and 10 miles west 

of Garden City.

Records available.- 1921-24 (irrigation seasons only) and October 1930 to September 

1938 in reports of Geological Survey. 1921-24 (irrigation seasons only) in reports 

of Kansas Water Commission; March 1925 to September 1935 in reports of Division of 

Water Resources of State Board of Agriculture.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 318 second-feet July 21 (gage height, 8.63 

feet); no flow during long periods.

1921-24, 1930-38: Maximum discharge, that of July 21, 1938; no flow during 

long periods.

Remarks.- Records fair. Ditch diverts water for irrigation from left bank of 

Arkansas River in sec. 12, T. 24 S., R. 35 W.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1

2

S

4

6

6

7

S

9

10

11

IS

13

14

16

16

17

IS

19

80

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

og

29

flO

31

Oct.

12

14

10

6

4

3

2

2

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

o.

0

0

0

0

0

HOT. Dec. Jan. Feb.

Month

April.....................................

May.......................................

July. .....................................

Water year 1937-38......................

Mar. Apr.

O

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

3

47

106

24

Secondfoot-days

54

0

0

5,941

0

0

0

180

1,942

1;858

l|o23

1,658

9,513

May

12

S

0

0

0

0

0

129

126

214

166

126

95

84

76

71

62

4S

42

37

33

67

126

130

201

84

6

0

0

0

0

Va-rlTH\ifQ

14

0

0

228

0

0

0

106

214

178

291

192

224

291

June

148

178

154

114

79

28

19

6

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

2

0

0

0

44

69

170

80

51

134

64

146

146

122

102

July

78

57

41

26

16

11

9

5

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

133

162

219

174

255

273

291

210

228

183

118

61

41

73

98

36

lfln"tTn\]ffq

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

Aug.

24

17

13

11

10

9

7

6

4

3

3

3

1

4

10

8

7

34

12

192

162

142

110

76

56

40

26

17

12

2

2

Mean

1.7

0

0

16.3

0

0

0

6.0

62.6

61.9

90.3

33.0

55.3

26.1

Sept.

3

4

4

0

124

196

206

224

162

60

72

41

1

4

7

2

1

8

14

24

34

38

29

28

24

18

43

81

100

106

Run-off in 

acre-feet

107

0

0

11,790

0

0

0

357

3,850

3,690

5,550

2,030

3,290

18,870
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN 117

Garden City canal near Garden City, Kans.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 38°00', long. 101°02', In SWi sec. 3, T. 24 S.,

 R. 34 W., li miles below diversion from Arkansas River, 3 miles west of Holcomb, and 

9 miles west of Garden City. Zero of gage Is 2,895.88 feet above mean sea level 

(general adjustment of 1929).

Records available.- 1921-24 (Irrigation seasons only) and October 1930 to September 1938 

In reports of Geological Survey. 1921-24 (Irrigation seasons only) In reports of 

Kansas Water Commission. October 1924 to September 1935 In reports of Division of 

Water Resources of State Board of Agriculture.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 85 second-feet Sept. 6 (gage height, 9.00 

reet); no flow during long periods.

1921-24, 1930-38: Maximum discharge, 87 second-feet Sept. 8, 193V (gage height, 

8.90 feet); no flow during long periods.

Remarks.- Records poor. Monthly flow for period December to February computed on basis

 of observations made by resident engineer. Canal diverts water for irrigation from 

left bank of Arkansas River in sec. 12, T. 24 S., R. 35 W. through Farmers ditch.

Diacharge, In aeoond-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1

2

3

4

6

6

7a

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

18

19

80

81

88

23

84

25

86

87

88

29

SO

31

oot. HOT. Dec. Jan. Feb.

Month

Calendar year 1937. . ....................

March. ....................................

April. . ...................................

May.......................................

Aug 

Sep

TIBt....................................

Water year 1937-38......................

Mar.

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

4

3

6

9

9

7

7

Apr.

6

4

4

4

5

6

0

0

0

9

11

16

16

13

22

10

11

12

9

9

10

10

11

0

0

7

S

3

2

2

Secondfoot-daya

0

0

12

623

7

13

65

231

136

127

13 

513

1,336

May

2

2

2

4

6

6

12

12

12

10

S

7

6

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

2

6

12

9

15

7

13

18

13

12

16

Maximum

0

0

62

g

22

le

43

27

9

67

67

June

7

4

2

0

0

0

0

6

10

1

2

6

4

0

0

21

11

0

1

2

6

43

12

0

0

0

0

0

0

0-

July

3

4

0

0

0

0

0

1

7

4

3

2

1

2

2

5

0

11

9

20

0

0

27

18

2

2

1 ' 1

1

1

0

Minimum

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

0 

0

0

Aug.

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

0

0

1

9

3

Mean

0

0

.4

1.4

.2

.5

2.1

7 7*53

4^6

4.1

.4 

17.1

3.7

Sept.

1

2

2

1

19

67

62

43

23

26

30

13

3

14

17

16

13

23

28

30

31

28

21

10

0

0

0

0

0

0

-

Run-off In 

acre-feet

0

0

24

1,040

14

26

432

458

270

262

26 

1,020

2,660
118 ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

Pawnee River near Larned, Kans.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 38°11', long. 99°19'. in.NW-i sec. 33, T. 21 S., R. 

18 W., about 300 feet downstream from Moffet Dam and Hi miles west of Larned.

Drainage area.- 2,300 square miles.

Records available.- November 1924 to September 1938.

Average discharge.- 14 years, 46.6 second-feet.

Extrernes.- Maximum discharge during year, 2,570 second-feet June 1 (gage height, 20.0 

feet ); no flow during long periods.

1924-38: Maximum discharge, 20,000 second-feet (estimated) May 28, 1935 (gage 

height, 31.96 feet); no flow during periods in 1926, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1935-38. Bankfull stage, 24 feet.

Remarks.- Records fair. Discharge for periods of missing gage heights, Dec. 8-15, Jan. 

15 to Feb. 2, July 30 to Aug. 10, computed on basis of engineer's notes, weather 

records, and records for Arkansas River at Larned.

Rating table, water year 1937-3S (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Dec. 16 to Mar. 26)

2.7 

3.0 

3.4 

3.3 

4.2

5.0 

6.0 

7.0 

8.0

48

93

156

234

10.0

12.0

15.0

18.0

436

760

1,320

2,020

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1933

Day

1

2

3

4

6

6

7

a

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

o

0

1

2

2

2

3

3

3

HOT.

4

3

2

3

3

3

4

4

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

5

E

5

-

Deo.

5

5

5

5

6

*4

*3

2

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Jan.

2

2

2

2

2

2

Z

2

2

2

2

2

2

3

2

'

Feb. * :2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

3

4

3

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

3

_

_

-

Month

October. ..................................

March. ....................................

April.....................................

Hay.......................................

Julv. .............. .. .

Water year 1937-38......................

Mar.

3

3

2

2

2

2

2

2

3

2

1

0

2

2

1

1

0

0

0

0

1

2

1

1

1

1

2

5

6

4

S

Apr.

2

2

2

2

4

4

11

83

33

20

26

29

39

54

49

50

40

28

21

16

13

11

9

7

7

6

9

a

12

22

-

Secondfoot-days

16

105

74

7,608

63

61

67

619

2,796

11,094

2,559 

825

2,477

20,746

«ay

1611

10

20

52

35

16

10

10

10

10

23

42

64

29

16

12

9

7

6

5

6

25

88

665

486

122

66

41

66

818

Maximum

3

6

6

981

3

4

6

83

818

2,070 

392

648

614

2,070

June

2,050

2,070

308

78

46

34

26

22

20

21

30

38

29

64

64

50

328

1,400

580

308

1,240

1,340

614

107

62

46

41

38

28

22

-

July

18

15

12

9

9

a

13

10

a

8

7

104

78

146

160

37

234

392

6S

29

51

359

318

73

27

16

10

a

68

194

70

Minimum

0

2

1

0

g

2

0

2

6

20

7 

0

0

0

Aug.

40

20

5

4

3

3

3

3

3

3

ts

ts

ts

t4

t4

t4

t5

t648

t41

t!2

t4

ts

t2

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

Mean

0.5

3.5

2.4

20.8

2 2.°20

1 8

20*6

370* 90 2

82 6

26*6

82.6

66.8

Sept.

0

1

142

107

614

614

563

226

62

32

22

15

13

8

6

5

4

4

4

3

3

4

4

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

Run-off In 

acre-feet

32

208

147

15,090

126

121

113

1;230

5,550

£2 000

5) 080

1,640 

4,910

41,160

Peak discharge.- May 25 (11:30 p.m.) 938 sec.-ft.; June 1 (11:30 p.m.) 2,570 sec.-ft. j June 18 

(7 p.m.) 1,660 sec.-ft.j June 22 (8 a.m.) 1,450 sec.-ft.j July 17 (lliSO p.m.) 836 sec.-ft.j 

Sept. 6 (1 a.m.) 938 sec.-ft.

 Stage-discharge relation slightly affected by ice.

tDischarge computed from once-daily gage readings.
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN 119

Little Arkansas River at Valley Center, Kans.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°50', long. 97°23', in SWi sec. 36, T. 25 S., 

R. 1 W., at county highway bridge, half a mile west of Valley Center, and 16 miles 

upstream from confluence with Arkansas River.

Drainage area.- 1,316 square miles.

Records available.- February 1935 to September 1938. June 19£2 to February 1935 at site 

2 miles downstream.

Average discharge.- 16 years, 145 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 10,400 second-feet June 26 (gage height, 19.38 

feet} from rating curve extended above 5,000 second-feet; minimum, 20 second-feet 

Mar. 27 (gage height, 1.99 feet).

1922-38: Maximum discharge observed, 10,500 second-feet June 11, 1923 (gage height, 

18.02 feet, former site and datum); minimum, 1 second foot Dec. 27, 1933.

Remarks.- Records fair. Discharge for periods of Ice effect Dec, 6, 8-10, Jan. 25, 26, 

31 Feb. 1, 18, 22-24 computed on basis of weather records and records for nearby 

stations.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1

2

s

4

6

6

9

11

12

14

16

18

20

81

26

Oct.

24

23

22

22

22

22

21

22

23

25

24

24

24

24

24

24

26

25

25

27

26

25

25

26

25

25

24

24

24

24

24

lor.

24

24

24

24

24

26

26

26

26

25

25

2526"

25

25

25

25

26

26

25

24

24

24

24

24

25

25

25

26

25

-

Deo.

26

26

26

26

25

24

24

24

24

25

26

24

24

24

24

24

25

26

27

26

26

27

26

26

26

26

26

26

25

25

Jan.

25

25

25

25

25

25

24

24

24

24

24

25

26

26

26

28

29

29

30

30

28

27

26

25

25

24

24

23

24

23

23

Feb.

22

22

23

24

26

26

24

24

24

24

24

25

25

24

26

26

28

35

71

56

45

34

27

25

25

29

36

41

_

-

-

Month

April.....................................

May.......................................

September. ................................

Water year 1937-3B. ...... ...............

Mar.

40

41

39

38

35

31

29

28

29

30

29

29

29

29

29

27

25

24

24

23

22

22

22

22

22

22

21

25

30

33

30

Apr.

28

26

26

26

27

27

28

30

30

34

48

162

143

123

102

83

72

62

57

54

43

35

31

30

30

29

36

44

37

33

Seoondfoot-days

783

43,728

1,526

24,904

4,404

82,658

May

31

3J

42

1,32C

2,760

1,200

1,300

1,08C

440

234

162

112

92

79

69

64

6C

60

50C

2,S20

790

318

910

2,67C

1,660

1,450

1,210

1,560

1,040

555

503

lfa-rf«l.H«

27

2,220

152

2,820

894

9,140

Juno

883

1,010

1,310

996

363

236

182

143

121

104

95

86

80

72

120

969

2,330

1,760

1,620

776

410

292

273

254

S41

9,140

4,210

2,060

895

440

-

July

292

218

176

143

124

110

110

110

101

97

89

84

78

74

70

70

530

415

131

92

77

71

67

63

58

56

55

56

56

52

50

Minimum

24

18

£1

26

31

39

21

Aug.

48

47

45

43

42

40

39

38

SB,

37

35

35

37

36

470

3,140

2,720

1,640

974

395

260

194

141

109

92

S2

76

69

66

62

59

Mean

23 9

25.3

120

50.9

803

147

226

Sept.

56

98

82

284

312

569

170

108

88

71

61

894

683

148

80

64

59

63

51

49

48

48

47

45

44

42

41

40

40

39

Run-off In 

ao re-feet

1,550

66,710

3,030

49,400

8,740

164,000

Peafc discharge.- May 6 (6:30 a.m.) 3,350 sec.-ft.; May 20 (3 a.m.) 3,680 sec.-ft.5 May 24 

(8 a.m.J 2,920 sec.-ft.} June 26 (12 m.) 10,400 sec.-ft.; Aug. 16 (6:30 p.m.) 3,760 sec.-ft.; 

Sept. 12 (9:30 p.m.) 2,380 sec.-ft.
120 ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

Ninnescah River near Peck, Kans.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 37°28', long. 97°25', in NWi sec. 10, T. 30 S., R. 1 

 W., at county highway bridge, 3 miles northwest of Peck, and 28 miles upstream from 

confluence with Arkansas River.

Drainage area.- 2,092 square miles.

Records available.- April to September 1938.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during period, 11,100 second-feet May 20 (gage 

height, 15.70 feet); minimum observed, 26 second-feet Aug. 14 (gage height, 1..75 

feet).

Maximum stage known, determined in 1938, about 26.4 feet June 9, 1923, from 

floodmark at observer's house (discharge not determined).

Remarks.- Records good. Gage read twice daily. Records collected in cooperation with 

!EHe~t:orps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Rating table, period April to September 1938 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

13

94

233

371

640

4.0 

6.0 

6.0 

7.0

845

1,380

1,750

3,310

8.0

10.0

13.0

14.0

3,970

4,600

6,610

8,910

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1e

s

4

6.

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

18

19

SO

21

22

25

24

25

26

27

28

29

SO

31

Oct. HOT. Dec. Jan. Feb.

Month

October. ..................................

December. .................................

March. ....................................

April.....................................

Hay.......................................

July. .....................................

The perlo

Mar. Apr.

188

165

149

140

136

133

130

82

35

133

562

640

601

504

426

562

185

106

334

371

260

260

245

345

227

216

804

970

681

352

-

Secondfoot-days

_

.

9,892

59,476

23,236

9,273

17,238

8,641

«ay

352

316

1,100

3,250

5,600

5,800

1,850

1,180

1,010

845

601

562

484

278

426

426

445

371

6,000

7,270

1,650

X*l ~

2,830

5,500

1,900

1,060

1,550

1,850

1,460

1,360

1,010

Maximum

_

_

970

7,270

3,400

970

6,300

970

June

1,700

1,320

886

681

562

464

390

352

352

316

390

390

371

297

278

316

640

601

640

640

601

523

408

371

352

2,070

3,400

1,800

1,280

845

-

July

601

464

371

316

278

245

249

504

484

316

253

195

172

227

260

206

198

188

181

168

162

149

143

130

118

97

94

143

927

970

464

Minimum

_

82

278

27B

94

28

82

Aug.

316

178

371

202

146

109

94

65

46

41

33

30

28

28

722

6,300

2,«20

1,500

927

722

523

371

334

260

230

202

181

162

140

195

162

Mean

"

330

1,919

775

299

556

288

Sept.

136

112

562

562

562

601

408

334

278

227

202

334

970

886

334

238

195

176

168

162

155

149

140

130

127

118

112

94

82

88

-

Run-off in 

acre-feet

~

19,620

118,000

46,090

18,390

34,190

17,140

253,400
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN 121

Walnut River at Winfield, Kans.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°14', long. 97°00', In NEi sec. 33, T. 32 S., 

R. 4 E., at bridge on U. S. Highway 77, 1 mile south of Winfield and 1 mile upstream 

from Black Crook Creek.

Drainage area.- 1,894 square miles.

Records available. November 1921 to September 1938.

Average discharge.- 16 years (1922-38), 587 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 22,200 second-feet May 20 (gage height, 29.70 

feet); minimum, 16 second-feet Feb. 15 (gage height, 2.68 feet).

1921-38: Maximum discharge observed, 94,400 second-feet Nov. 18, 1928 (gage height, 

40.61 feet) on basis of study by Burns and McDonald Engineering Co.; no flow Nov. 11, 

1928, July 27 to Sept. 20, 1936. Bank-full stage, 30 feet.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of shifting control Nov. 26 to Mar. 28, 

Sept. 14-30, which are fair.

 Rating table, water year 1937-38 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Hov. 26 to Mar. 28, and Sept. 14-30)

2.5 

2.7 

2.9 

3.1 

3.5 

4.0 

5.0

106

209

7.0

9.0

11.0

14.0

20.0

26.0

30.0

2,100

3,350

4,700

6,900

11,600

17,000

22,900

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1

2a

4

6

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

48

48

47

45

44

40

37

42

52

52

52

50

50

47

40

36

37

42

47

50

47

48

47

39

37

34

32

30

30

29

27

HOT.

28

26

24

24

24

23

23

24

28

28

30

29

30

28

37

45

47

48

44

37

34

36

46

47

45

40

50

57

59

86

Dec.

98

68

55

50

47

39

33

42

47

40

33

33

33

45

52

59

61

64

66

64

61

57

54

54

50

48

45

45

47

47

47

Jan.

47

45

47

63

57

48

45

40

39

36

30

28

28

28

30

33

34

34

34

34

34

34

34

34

30

26

26

26

26

28

23

Feb.

22

21

21

21

23

26

24

22

22

21

20

20

19

18

18

21

32

40

64

74

61

52

47

39

37

37

44

416

_

_

-

Month

April. . ...................................

July. .....................................

Water year 1937-38......................

Mar.

790

652

530

332

2S5

164

135

119

119

1S8

159

144

128

117

106

96

86

80

76

68

63

59

54

48

50

48

47

76

818

724

394

Apr.

276

212

194

186

177

154

140

159

170

225

1,050

1,410

960

598

May

212

177

162

175

913

3,800

1,080

486

344

292

244

222

200

ISO

495 | 175

535

485

372

302

319

308

236

212

192

ISO

167

167

340

384

279

Seoondfoot-days

1,306

1,129

1,584

228,271

1,101

1,282

6,635

10,883

131,528

52,239

5,641

13,000

4,208

230,536

206

212

239

13,800

21,000

20,100

10,200

10,700

12,400

11,300

4,910

3,350

8,400

3,290

1,500

1,260

Maximum

62

86

98

15,800

63

416

818

1,410

21,000

9,920

475

4,560

533

21,000

June

3,020

2,040

1,020

818

752

60S

790

970

1,290

1,140

2,100

1,620

818

576

480

5,610

9,920

3,870

1,250

818

662

565

510

626

658

1,280

5,120

2,180

664

495

July

475

376

308

273

244

215

251

244

215

203

177

162

154

164

189

149

154

157

152

157

135

128

147

144

94

82

82

156

90

78

86

HI Tl1 TO VI

27

23

33

23

23

18

47

140

J.OC 1 RO 

480

78

24

40

18

Aug.

94

94

82

68

59

50

47

44

39

36

33

30

27

24

216

2,340

4,560

3,030

569

302

209

162

130

110

94

84

74

64

59

140

130

Mean

42.1

37.6

51.1

625

35.5

45.8

214

363

4,243

1,741

182

419

140

632

Sept.

94

78

338

403

238

236

170

117

90

72

57

54

98

533

420

254

170

119

94

76

66

59

55

62

48

47

45

44

42

40

-

Run-off In 

acre-feet

2,590

2,240

3,140

452,800

2,180

2,540

13,160

21,590

260,900

103,600

11,190

OR *7on <&D* (ou 

8,350

457,300

Peak discharge.- May 20 (2 a.m.) 22,200 sec.-ft.j May 23 (8 p.m.) 12,600 sec.-ft.; May 28 (2 p.m.) 

9,440 sec.-ft.5 June 17 (1 a.m.) 11,600 sec.-ft.; June 27 (11 a.m.) 5,400 sec.-ft.: Aug. 17 

(10:30 p.m.) 5,050 sec.-ft.
122 ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN 

Salt Fork of Arkansas River at Tonkawa, Okla.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 36°40', long. 97019', In NEi see. 4, T. 25 N., R. 1 

W., in Tonkawa, 4 miles downstream from Thompson Creek and 8 miles upstream from 

Chlkaskla River. Zero of gage Is 930.10 feet above mean sea level (Corps of Engineers, 

U. S. Army, benchmark).

Drainage area.- 4,480 square miles.

Records available.- September 1903 to October 1905, January 1936 to September 1938.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 40,800 second-feet May 20 (gage height, 22.82 

feet, from gage reading at flood crest): minimum observed. 33 second-feet Aug. 7 

(gage height, 5.19 feet).

1903-5, 1936-38: Maximum discharge, that of May 20, 1938; minimum discharge 

observed, 0.5 second-foot Aug. 23, 1936 (gage height, 4.65 feet).

Remarks.- Records fair. Discharge for May 20-22, 24, 25, when stage-discharge relation 

was affected by backwater from Chlkaskla River, computed from temporary rating curve 

based on one discharge measurement. Gage read twice daily, oftener on dajs of rapidly 

changing stage.

Hating table, water year 1937-38 (gage height. In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

5.1 

5.3 

5.5 

5.7 

6.0

105

190

6.3 

6.6 

7.0 

7.5 

S.O

300

440

660

980

1,360

9.0

10.0

11.0

12.0

14.0

2,200

3,190

4,450

5,950

9,350

1S.O 

20.0 

21.0 

22.0 

23.0

17,600

24,200

29,200

35,100

42,100

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 193S

Day

1

2

S

4

6

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

18

19

20

21

88

S3

24

25

86

27

88

29

SO

31

Oct.

81

81

74

76

64

62

57

54

225

260

300

390

322

390

570

515

570

490

260

110

99

88

84

103

115

105

88

84

81

70

64

HOT.

67

63

62

64

67

64

67

67

63

59

63

64

60

66

47

48

52

64

52

39

40

43

41

42

40

44

47

46

50

47

Dee.

63

63

47

51

53

54

53

52

54

60

51

62

60

52

64

70

81

81

69

63

62

66

62

62

64

63

69

62

69

64

53

Jan.

62

54

60

57

59

54

64

54

58

62

51

45

52

45

46

51

50

50

47

45

60

53

50

57

38

38

39

60

46

48

43

Feb.

41

44

40

43

33

36

39

40

47

45

43

45

41

39

43

47

64

92

108

101

92

103

97

81

82

204

197

300

_

-

Month

March. ....................................

April .....................................

Hay.......................................

July......................................

Water year 1937-3*......................

Ear.

345

280

260

226

197

166

148

120

125

173

440

260

225

142

120

103

74

81

74

70

70

67

59

63

57

43

52

74

106

780

368

Apr.

214

160

122

103

94

82

67

81

81

101

465

980

690

570

570

465

390

322

300

225

204

197

214

260

184

280

242

3,010

4,760

2,220

Secondfoot-daya

6,932

1,617

1,839

144.387

1,557

2,192

6,366

17,653

202,030

67,736

11,746

31,016

8,670

367,263

May

1,270

840

1,050

3,190

10,300

10,700

7,690

3,550

2,020

1,750

1,510

1,270

1,050

840

660

1,120

1,840

3,430

10,400

37,300

18,700

9,480

10,800

29 , 600

12,800

6,750

3,430

2,490

2,490

2,200

1,510

M^TJWfl"

570

67

81

13,600

62

300

780

4,760

37,300

13,300

1,190

11,700

1,050

37,300

June

13,300

11,900

5,310

2,390

1,670

1,270

1,270

1,510

3,670

4,310

2,790

1,930

1,670

1,120

840

690

720

750

720

S40

1,060

780

516

540

416

416

660

2,290

1,350

1,050

-

July

720

600

440

348

322

300

260

280

2SO

368

242

225

194

178

163

176

214

204

211

490

720

515

346

280

300

260

197

345

780

1,190

600

IflpjjUH^q

54

39

47

8

38

36

48

67

660

415

163

36

70

36

Aug.

36S

2SO

21S

197

142

62

36

88

97

88

82

77

90

77

99

2,590

11,700

5,790

3,190

1,430

840

660

515

41 6

390

322

280

260

225

211

197

Mean

191

53.9

59.3

396

50.2

78.3

173

58S

6,517

2,258

379

1,001

286

979

Sept.

169

160

260

260

322

260

204

211

322

300

225

184

720

640

660

1,060

690

415

280

218

176

157

133

122

110

97

81

81

74

70

-

Run-off In 

acre-feet

11,770

3,210

3,650

286,400

3,090

4,350

10,640

36,010

400,700

134,400

23,300

61,620

17,000

708,600
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN 123

Chlkaskla River near Blackwell, Okla.

Location.- Wire-weight gage above diversion dam of city of Blackwell, lat. 36°49', long.

 97U 17', on line between sees. 14 and 15, T. 27 N., R. 1 W., a quarter of a mile north 

of city limits of Blackwell and half a mile upstream from Bitter Creek. Prior to Apr. 

29, 1938, wire-weight gage at site 2i miles upstream.

Drainage area.- 1,690 square miles (1,680 square miles at former site). 

Records available.- January 1936 to September 1938.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 26,800 second-feet May 20 (gage height, 24.05

 feet, from gage reading at flood crest); minimum discharge observed, 16 second-feet 

Oct. 7 (gage height, 2.52 feet, former site and datum);

1935-38: Maximum discharge, that of May 20, 1938; minimum discharge observed, 

1 second-foot May 24, 25, 1937.

Maximum stage known, 27.0 feet June 10, 1923, present site and datum.

Remarks .- Records fair. Gage read twice daily. 

 furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army. 

municipal supply above station.

Results of several discharge measurements 

City of Blackwell diverts water for

Rating tables, water year 1937-38 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

Apr. 29 to Sept. 30

(Shifting -control method used HOT. 21 to Feb. 17) 

0.3 18 1.5 370 9.0 5,650 

2.6 15 3.6 111 6.0 545 .4 gO 2.0 740 16.0 8,870 

2.7 24 4.0 172 8.0 995 .5 28 3.0 1,640 18.0 11,200 

2.8 37 4.5 258 10.0 1,495 , 6 43 4.0 2,300 20.0 13,800 

3.2 64 5.0 350 .3 84 5.0 3,000 22.0 18,400 

1.0 134 7.0 4,380 24.0 26,500 

1.8 207

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1 

Z

s

4 

6

6 

7

a

9 

10

11

18 

13 

14 

16

16 

17 

18 

19 

80

81 

28 

23 

84 

85

86 

87 

88 

89 

30 

31

Oct.

28 

25 

29 

26 

23

20 

17 

22 

118 

29

38 

41 

34

31 

28

29 

32 

29 

28 

104

54 

36 

27 

28 

31

28 

25 

28 

29 

27 

27

SOT.

24 

26 

26 

27 

29

26 

24 

31 

31 28

28

31 

34 

30 

30

34 

37 

40 

43 

39

34

34 

36 

34 

39

45 

49 

48 

45 

42

Dao.

39 

38 

43 

46 

39

44 

«42 

39 

31 

28

25 

26 

36 

46 

53

50 

32 

65 

63 

63

63 

50 

55 

42 

*46

50 

42 

42 

46 

49 

50

Jan.

46 

45 

46 

44 

42

47 

44 

43 

36 

35

38 

47 

48 

43 

40

43 

43 

44 

41 

39

36 

38 

38 

48 

39

21 

20 

21 

24 

24 

23

Feb.

28 

27 

29 

32 

48

44 

37 

38 

35 

33

34 

31 

35 

32 

36

49 

70 

83 

«84 

*86

88 

85 

39 

40 

50

56 

118 

140

Month

Got 

Hot

Dec

0

Jan 

Pet 

Mar 

Apr

Jut 

Jul £*Sep

alandar year

ater year 1937-3

Mar.

198 

223 

180 

164 

140

111 

91 

82 

88 

94

98 

96 

92

84 

77

73 

69 

60 

67 

54

50 

50 

47 

46 

47

42 

42 

104 

76 

156 

125

Apr.

*100 

«88 

71 

62 

60

68 

62 

66 

67 

388

565 

645 

645 

407 

156

312 

645 

249 

180 

172

156 

126 

104 

96 

93

91 

164 

1,400 

1,520 

505

Secondfoot-days

1,070 

1,022 

1,383

1,186 

1,507 

2,905 

9,152 

98,427 

16,824 

3,087 

14,028 

3,096

153,020

May

304 

221 

179 

780 

6,210

8,060 

2,100 

1,300 

860 

620

506 

402 

358 

334 

266

322 

266 

250 

6,930 

22,200

13,800 

2,550 

7,000 

10,600 

5,210

1,540 

1,340 

900 

1,380 

1,740 

900

Haxljnun

118 

49 

65

48 

140 

283 

1,580 

22,200 

3,700 

396 

7,430 

620

22,200

June

1,060 

1,020 

740 

605 

422

346 

780 

900 

3,700 

542

740 

620 

383 

277 

221

334 

266 

147 

175 

175

171 

236 

316 

217 

175

167 

402 

470 

334 

383

July

396 

 217 

154 

131 

112

93 

89 

86 

80 

98

89 

76 

63 

69 

63

71 

84 

76 

78 

76

69 

61 

55 

59 

55

51 

43 

207 

112 

69 

55

Aug.

47 

37 

31 

28 

26

26 

26 

22 

20 

20

19 

27 

31 

26 

89

1,550 

7,430 

1,620 

1,020 

505

294 

203 

150 

126 

123

84 

76 

76 

67 

141 

82

Sept.

55 

51 

129 

147 

89

226 

134 

80 

63 

45

40 

40 

310 

620 

299

141 

86 

69 

65 

49

47 

43 

38

40 

37

34 

34 

34 

32 

28

Mlnljnum Mean ^^^t t

17 34.5 2,120 

24 34.1 2,030 

26 44.6 2,740

20 38.8 2,350 

27 53.8 2,990 

42 93.7 5,760 

58 306 18,150 

179 3,175 195,200 

147 541 38,180 

43 97.6 6,000 

19 452 27,810 

28 103 6,140

17 419 303,500

^Discharge estimated on basis of precipitation records and hydrograph.
124 ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

Cimarron River at Ollton, Okla.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 36°06', long. 96°35', in SWi sec. 28, T. 19 N., R. 7 

Jfi., at highway bridge half a mile north of Oilton, 4£ miles upstream from Buckeye 

Creek, 6 miles downstream from Lagoon Creek, and 35 miles upstream from confluence 

with Arkansas River.

Records available.- July 1934 to September 1938.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge (luring year, 38,400 second-feet Mar. 28 (gage height, 12.85 

reet, reading at crest of flood;; minimum discharge observed, 58 second-feet Dec. 10; 

minimum gage height observed, 3.89 feet Feb. 14.

1934-38: Maximum discharge observed, 72,300 second-feet June 21, 1935 (gage height, 

16.8 feet), from rating curve extended above 35.000 second-feet; no flow sept. 8, 13- 

16, 1936.

Remarks.- Records fair. Discharge for March 20, 21 interpolated, 

during low water, oftener during floods.

Gage read twice daily

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1933

Day

1 

2 

3 

4

6

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

16

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27

28 

29 

SO

31

Oct.

144 

131 

126 

120 

118

115 

109 

106 

265 

800

307 

390 

307

435 

512

1,060 

1,160 

810 

540 

435

368 

288 

247

220 

207

191 

179 

165 

154 

149 

140

HOT.

131 

122 

115 

118 

118

111 

109 

111 

115 

170

122 

111 

96 

103 

98

101 

83 

75 

66 

62

67 

64 

64 

64 

64

63 

62 

62 

62

61

Dec.

61 

62

62 

62 

62

61 

61 

59 

59 

58

60 

62 

66 

66 

69

68 

67 

68 

68 

68

68 

68 

68 

67 

66

64 

64 

64 

64 

68 

68

Jan.

67 

67 

67 

67 

66

66 

64 

66 

65 

64

65 

66 

67 

67

66

66 

65 

65 

66 

66

66 

67 

78 

79 

79

64 

71 

71 

74 

67 

66

Feb.

70 

70 

68 

67 

68

67 

65 

66 

64 

66

64 

64 

64 

64 

154

412 

735 

772 

244 

182

347 

247 

197 

160 

137

122 

135

147

Month.

Dot 

NOT 

Dee

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

S«p

W

alendar year 193

ater year 1937-3 3......................

Mar.

154 

149 

135 

135 

126

149 

207 

182 

170 

157

154 

137 

135

140 

147

126 

122 

122 

117 

113

110 

107 

104 

101 

96

108 

412 

11,800 

9,460 

3,160 

4,600

Apr.

2,720 

1,620 

1,110 

735 

600

460 

412 

460 

485 

540

512 

460 

512 

975 

975

1,060 

975 

890 

772 

1,160

1,020 

810 

632 

540 

665

540 

735 

1,090 

4,520 

3,850

Secondfoot-days

9,698 

2,770 

1,998

183,059

2,100 

4,918 

32,935 

31,835 

159,707 

96,485 

21,830 

41,725 

25,086

431,087

May

2,940 

2,010 

1,320 

1,160 

1,110

6,450 

3,850 

3,620 

3,390 

3,390

2,400 

1,690 

1,210 

810 

665

665 

665 

772 

1,620 

12,600

9,930 

6,950 

10,200 

25,600 

27,400

9,280 

5,180 

3,850 

2,830 

3,850 

2,300

Max3jmoa

1,160 

170 

69

16,300

79 

772 

11,800 

4,520 

27,400 

7,840 

3,390 

10,300 

4,600

27,tJO

June

2,070 

7,840 

4,600 

3,390 

2,300

1,760 

4,090 

2,720 

1,840 

2,890

7,400 

7,400 

5,840 

4,090 

2,510

1,690 

1,260 

1,110 

1,020 

1,020

975 

5,810 

5,110 

3,390 

3,390

2,940 

1,840 

1,690 

2,400 

2,100

July

2,620 

1,690 

1,110 

850 

665

570 

435 

632 

632

512

600 

632 

390 

347 

869

288 

269 

240 

207

194

188

820 

188 

165 

165

176 

244 

1,470 

3,390 

1,540 

932

Minimum

106 

61 

58

14

64 

64 

96 

412 

665 

975 

165 

160 

111

58

Aug.

850 

600 

665 

460 

390

2S8 

240 

188 

160 

176

167 

188 

230 

182 

327

4,710 

10,300 

6,200 

3,850 

2,720

1,620 

1,060 

810 

1,370 

932

700 

600 

632 

435 

368 

307

Mean

313 

92.3

64.5

502

67.7 

176 

1,062 

1,061 

5,152 

3,216 

704 

1,346

1,181

Sept.

288 

247 

347 

307 

307

288 

540 

512 

1,370 

2,100

1,370 

1,110 

1,060 

1,110 

4,600

4,340 

1,830 

665 

485 

368

288 

307 

247 

194 

173

167 

124 

118 

113 

111

Run-off In 

acre-feet

19,240 

5,490 

3,960

363,100

4,170 

9,750 

65,330 

63,140 

316,800 

191,400 

43,300 

82,760

855,100
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN 125

Council Creek near Stillwater, Okla.

Location.- Hater-stage recorder and concrete control, lat. 36°07', long. 96°52', in 

SEiSWt sec. 15, T. 19 N., R. 4 E., 10 miles east of Stillwater. Zero of gage is 

838.28 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1912).

Drainage area.- 30.2 square miles.

Records available.- March 1934 to September 1938.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 3,740 second-feet Mar. 28 (gage height, 13.,"4 

feet) from rating curve extended above 2,700 second-feet by logarithmic method' no 

flow during several periods.

1934-38: Maximum discharge, that of Mar. 28, 1938; no flow during several periods 

of each year.

Remarks.- Records good.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1958

Day

1 

2 

3 

4

e

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

16

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

8.5 

.04

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

3.5 

.22 

.01 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

Nov. Dec.

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

.05 

1.0 

1.0

.58 

.22 

.13 

.04 

.02

.01 

.02 

.02 

.02 

.02

.02 

.04 

.04 

.04 

.04 

.04

Jan.

Month

Dot 

Nov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

ember .....................

tember ....................

ater year 1937-3

0.01 

.01 

.02 

.04 

.04

.04 

.02 

.01 

.04 

.07

.07 

.07 

.04 

.07 

.07

.07 

.04 

.01 

.02 

.04

.04 

.04 

.22 

.22 

.13

.04 

.04 

.07 

.04 

.04 

.01

Feb.

0.02 

.02 

.02 

.02 

.02

.02 

.01 

.02 

.04 

.04

.04 

.04 

.04 

.07 

.58

1.3 

15 

1.8 

.22 

.22

.22 

.22 

.58 

.07 

.07

.07 

.07 

.07

Secondfoot-days

12.27 

0 

3.35

1,058.35

1.69 

20.91 

1,466.74 

124.90 

357.98 

933.76 

146.20 

558.65 

2.31

3,628.76

Mar.

0.07 

.07 

.07 

.07 

.07

.02 

.04 

.07 

.13 

.07

.07 

.07 

.07 

.13 

.13

.13 

.38 

.38 

.58 

1.0

.78 

.78 

.78 

1.0 

.78

7.7 

6.0 

1,200 

26 

210 

9.3

Maximum

8.5 

0 

1.0

338

.22 

15 

1,200 

28 

101 

436 

85 

496 

2.0

1,200

Apr.

3.9 

2.7 

2.3 

2.3 

1.9

1.9 

2.7 

3.9 

28 

25

9.8 

3.1 

1.6 

1.3 

1.9

2.3 

1.9 

1.6 

1.6 

3.9

8.4 

2.8 

1.3 

1.3 

1.0

1.0 

1.6 

1.3 

1.3 

1.3

May

1.3 

1.3 

1.6 

17 

1.6

28 

13 

1.6 

1.3 

1.3

1.3 

1.3 

1.3 

1.0 

1.0

2.3 

1.6 

1.0 

13 

1.0

4.4 

97 

49 

2.3 

1.0

1.0 

1.0 

.78 

101 

6.4 

1.3

Minimum

0 

0 

0

0

.01 

.01 

.02 

1.0 

.78 

.58 

0 

0 

0

0

June

0.78 

.58 

42 

91 

1.6

5.8 

285 

3.9 

3.9

16

436 

7.0 

3.1 

2.8

10

7.7 

3.1 

1.6 

1.3 

1.0

1.0 

1.0 

1.0 

.78 

1.6

1.3 

.78 

.58 

.78 

.78

Mean

0.396 

0 

.108

2.90

.055 

.747 

47.3 

4.16 

11.5 

31.1 

4.72 

18.0 

.077

9.94

July

0.58 

.22 

.13 

.07 

.04

.01 

0 

3.0 

.22 

.02

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

85 

56 

.78 

.13

Per 

square 

mile

0.013 

0 

.0036

.096

.0018 

.025 

1.57 

.138 

.382 

1.03 

.156 

.596 

.0025

.329

Aug.

o.oi

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

56

496 

3.5 

1.6 

.78 

.58

.13 

.04 

.01 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

Sept.

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

2.0 

.31 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0

0 

0 

0 

0

Run-off

Inches

0.01 

0 

.004

1.29

.002 

.03 

1.81 

.15 

.44 

1.15 

.18 

.69 

.003

4.47

Acre-feet

24 

0 

6.6

2,100

3.4 

41 

2,910 

248 

710 

1,850 

290 

1,110 

4.6

7,200

Peak discharge.- Mar. 28 (2 p.m.) 3,740 sec.-ft.; June 11 (5 a.m.) 1,940 

(3 a.m.; 1,980 sec.-ft.

ac.-ft.; Aug. 16
126 ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

Verdigris River at Independence, Kans.

Location.-- Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°13', long. 95°41', in NEj sec. 32, T. 32 S., 

R. 16 E., at bridge on U. S. Highway 160, 2 miles east of Independence and 3i miles 

below Elk River.

Drainage area.- 2,952 square miles.

Records available.- October 1930 to September 1938. April to September 1904 (scattered 

gage heights) and November 1921 to September 1930 at site three-quarters of a mile upstream.

Average discharge.- 17 years (1921-38), 1,484 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 32,300 second-feet May 21, 26 (gage height, 

38.44 feet); minimum daily discharge, 2 second-feet Oct. 22, 26-28.

1904, 1921-38: Maximum discharge 124,000 second-feet (estimated), Oct. 3, 1927 

(gage height, 46.04 feet, former site); no flow during periods in 1932, 1934, and 

1936.

Remarks.- Records good except those for period of faulty intake action, June 20 to July 

15, and those for periods of shifting control, Oct. 8 to Feb. 17, Aug. 17 to Sept. 30, 

all of which are fair.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1

2

S

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

50

31

Got.

30

26

24

22

25

22

22

11

16

12

10

8

7

6

6

6

11

4

3

3

3

2

4

3

3

2

2

2

3

3

4

HOT.

4

3

3

3

4

6

6

6

5

4

4

4

4

4

5

9

8

9

10

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

10

16

16

12

-

Dec.

10

12

12

10

8

11

12

10

8

9

10

8

8

9

11

14

18

28

23

24

23

23

29

26

21

27

22

22

29

32

32

Jan.

28

28

27

24

21

21

19

17

19

19

20

18

19

18

16

15

14

21

21

27

22

19

21

31

22

19

19

19

21

77

27

Peb.

12

S

7

S

S

6

5

5

5

5

5

4

4

4

6

8

21

256

201

173

132

111

128

180

210

283

286

335

_

-

Month

October. ..................................

Calendar year 1937. .....................

Jan 

Peb 

Maroh. ....................................

April .....................................

May.......................................

Jul 

Alia

y. .....................................

Water year 1937-2 8......................

Mar.

263

417

566

460

417

304

23S

206

192

171

157

199

278

231

614

376

278

343

317

276

222

184

270

197

151

128

108

2,970

10,500

6,160

8,900

Apr.

2,730

1,150

805

664

566

504

474

598

1,310

5,300

8,750

6,670

3,560

1,790

1,240

1,890

1,690

1,500

1,030

933

1,150

841

716

566

489

431

403

376

351

296

-

Secondfoot-days

305

211

541

362, 046

709 

2,416 

36.093

48,773

310,852

159,065

13,616 

5,991

2,772

581,344

May

250

238

208

376

2,240

2,580

3,550

1,640

1,110

823

614

630

4,820

8,680

6,430

1,410

1,190

933

6,810

22,300

30, 600

28,200

25,600

28,200

31,600

31, 100

24,700

17,100

13,800

8,120

5.000

Ma-rlmmi

30

16

32

23, 200

77 

335 

10.500

8,750

31, 600

19,60O

2,480 

1,320

417

31, 600

June

8,760

19,600

17,500

6,580

2,410

1,790

7,350

6,230

3,650

6,090

8,480

10,200

7,470

2,430

1,460

11,200

17,700

5,180

2,090

1,600

1,400

1,200

1,000

900

840

805

1,400

1,300

1,250

1,200

July

1,100

720

520

450

400

300

250

210

200

180

167

161

143

126;

108

128 143'

125;

116

113

128

139

126

120

106

103

100

2,480

2,120

2,000

534

Minimum

2

3

8

2

14 

4 

108

296

208

805

100 

29

22

2

Aug.

293

219

161

136

128

114

100

83

77

74

66

65

63

63

92

1,320

283

1,150

504

266

167

114

92

73

58

49

42

40

35

29

35

He an

9.8

7.0

17.5

992

22.9 

S6.3 

1,164

1,626

10,030

5,302

459 

193

92.4

1,593

Sept.

30

25

23

24

73

28

8S

98

67

42

31

31

390

314

417

304

217

116

77

58

51

41

36

33

30

27

24

30

25

22

Run-off In 

acre-feet

605

419

1,070

718,100

1,410 

4,790 

71,590

96,740

616,600

315,500

il',848 5,500

1,153,000

Peak discharge.- Bay 21 (7:30 p.m.) 32,300 sec.-ft.; Bay 26 (2 a.m.) 32,300 sec.-ft.; June 2 

(6 p.m.) 21,400 sec.-ft.; June 17 (2 a.m.) 20,600 sec.-ft.
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN 127

Verdigris River near Claremore, Okla.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 36 0 18'30", long. 95°41'50n , on line between sees.

 10 and 15, T. 21 N., R. 15 E., 2i miles downstream from Caney River, 4J miles west 

of Claremore, and 12 miles upstream from Bird Creek.

Drainage area.- 6,520 square miles.

Records available.- December 1935 to September 1938.

Extremes.- 1935-36: Maximum discharge observed during period, 29,500 second-feet Sept.

 Uti (gage height, 33.95 feet); no flow at times.

1936-37: Maximum discharge during year, 38,700 second-feet Oct. 11 (gage height, 

41.20 feet, reading at flood crest); minimum discharge observed, 13 second-feet July 

10 (gage height, 3.60 feet).

1937-38: Maximum discharge during year, 39,900 second-feet May 29 (gage height, 

42.14 feet, reading at flood crest): minimum discharge observed 13 second feet Nov. 

5, 7, 9, 19 (gage height, 3.60 feet).

Maximum stage known, 46.2 feet In June 1935.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of lee effect, Dec. 26, 1935 to Jan. 1,

 1936, Jan. 27 to Feb. 23, 1936 and for periods of doubtful or missing gage-height 

record, Mar. 12 to Apr. 27, Sept. 16-21, 1936, which were estimated on basis of 

records for station at Independence, Kansas and are poor. Gage read twice dally.

Rating table, 1935-38 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

3.2

3.4

3.5

3.6 

3.8 

4.0

4.2 

4.4 

4.7 

5.0 

5.5

124

195

333

507

862

6.0 

8.0

10.0

12.0

15.0

1,290

3,270

5,050

6,800

9,500

20.0

25.0

30.0

14,100

19,200

24,700

35.0 30,700

40.0 37,100

Discharge, In second-feet, 1935-38 

1935-36

Day

1

2

5

4

e

6

7

e

9

10

11

12

15

14

15

16

17

16

19

20

21

22

25

24

26

26

27

28

29

50

51

Oct. Nov. Dec.

_

_

_

_

1,670

5,640

9,050

8,420

6,080

3,070

2,570

1,970

1,670

1,470

1,470

1,200

1,110

983

942

824

676

711

640

606

507

470

440

420

400

380

370

Jan.

390

416

606

902

2,670

2,070

1,470

1,290

1,110

1,020

862

785

785

785

785

748

640

572

606

572

507

445

349

308

283

260

246

230

220

210

200

Feb.

190

185

175

170

165

160

155

150

145

140

135

135

130

130

125

120

120

115

115

115

110

110

110

107

180

308

748

1,200

862

_

-

Mar.

748

540

476

376

344

27S

274

237

229

203

208

215

220

220

220

210

200

190

180

170

160

145

135

125

115

110

100

95

90

85

80

App.

75

70

65

65

65

65

65

70

80

80

80

80

80

SO

80

75

70

65

60

55

60

62

55

50

45

45

45

184

711

1,200

May

416

6,530

12,700

4,110

1,290

942

445

416

3,990

8,330

4,370

4,370

3,170

1,770

1,570

862

640

540

446

323

445

572

711

507

507

902

1,200

2,870

1,470

862

540

June

476

540

355

229

246

5,300

19,600

14,900

9,320

2,870

902

507

376

229

229

154

154

107

104

66

56

79

S4

44

39

26

18

13

13

15

July

107

7,790

5,730

1,870

942

308

184

161

127

102

36

28

36

33

23

18

5

6

10

2

1

1

5

3

0

4

1

0

0

0

1

Aug.

1

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

0

0

0

0

Sept.

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

200

1,500

6,300

10,000

9,000

6,500

3,470

1,870

1,870

983

1,360

15,900

26,600

23,000

7,340
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

Discharge, In second-feet, of Verdigris River near Claren 

1936-37

re, Okla., 1935-38 Continued

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

IB

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

2,070

1,290

711

507

387

3B7

6,870

#23,400

#33,100

37,400

38,700

37,800

30,100

21,600

10,600

1,770

1,200

942

785

676

606

445

387

445

785

540

862

640

507

387

445

Nov.

260

1-, 000

17,000

22,900

11,000

2,770

1,290

902

640

606

572

507

387

416

333

308

283

260

229

195

242

323

187

157

150

131

110

176

140

110

-

Dec.

118

131

140

124

195

195

308

785

711

540

445

360

283

283

274

237

203

216

212

233

203

242

216

212

203

203

355

785

1,960

3,470

1,380

Jan.

,470

,110

,380

,290

,020

862

824

785

785

507

507

476

416

5,740

16,000

9,320

4,540

5,390

3,070

6,440

9,410

5,730

3,660

3,470

2,770

2,170

1,670

1,570

2,170

10,600

20,500

Feb.

8,780

4,800

4,710

2,670

1,770

2,370

2,770

2,870

4,200

4,110

2,970

2,570

1,870

1,570

1,290

1,200

1,020

1,020

902

785

748

1,470

1,670

1,380

1,110

1,020

862

785

_

_

-

liar.

711

640

606

640

640

606

572

540

507

445

445

387

540

711

748

2,670

1,870

1,300

1,200

1,470

1,570

1,470

1,200

2,470

7,340

9,410

5,900

2,870

1,870

1,570

1,470

Apr.

1,380

1,380

1,290

1,470

3,170

8,510

9,410

5,640

8,420

9,140

4,280

2,470

1,970

1,770

3,660

2,570

1,770

1,470

1,290

1,670

1,970

2,470

2,170

1,870

2,470

1,870

1,110

711

640

445

-

May

711

711

445

387

344

387

785

862

572

445

445

476

3,170

2,270

2,070

1,670

942

676

572

476

308

229

283

4,040

6,890

4,280

4,540

6,980

6,080

2,570

3,660

June

1,670

1,020

862

6,080

7,970

9,950

8,240

3,200

4,400

16,600

25,300

29,500

28,800

13,300

4,340

17,100

21,700

10,400

3,070

1,870

1,380

1,020

862

711

507

507

416

360

260

203

-

July

165

131

96

91

118

91

72

72

49

23

445

640

283

283

176

124

3,480

5,900

10,800

19,000

25,100

25,700

13,800

2,990

1,380

1,020

824

572

445

1,050

7,070

Aug.

11,100

5,300

1,670

572

572

507

445

303

242

195

165

140

124

102

96

77

49

84

56

102

333

640

445

274

131

118

91

72

91

96

84

Sept.

56

56

49

36

229

507

216

77

2,230

12,200

9,590

2,670

1,200

711

507

387

308

507

308

785

323

229

150

118

77

96

72

64

68

52

-

#Stage-discharge relation affected by bactarater fro 

stlmated gage-height graph.

Bird Creek; discharge determined fro

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

IB

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

49

36

33

30

33

33

33

23

39

74

52

36

23

26

23

23

52

54

62

84

56

49

36

33

26

21

26

22

27

27

28

Nov.

23

17

16

15

15

17

15

15

14

18

19

23

24

20

IB

15

15

16

15

19

36

38

36

28

33

28

26

36

35

33

-

Dec.

35

31

35

35

33

36

36

36

36

41

42

42

42

42

44

49

49

52

56

56

52

72

77

72

64

58

60

58

56

52

54

Jan.

56

52

54

52

52

54

52

52

52

52

52

52

54

52

47

42

36

35

36

36

39

44

50

246

265

333

246

212

216

220

984

Feb.

1,200

711

445

274

229

195

176

161

144

137

121

118

107

96

308

902

3,170

7,160

4,800

2.470

1,570

1,200

1,200

1,470

1,470

1,380

1,110

1,070

_

-

Mar.

983

942

824

785

983

862

748

640

572

572

507

445

416

387

2,920

4,020

2,370

1,380

942

748

676

785

640

540

445

606

3,070

4,460

t!9,000

t26,300

t30,000

Apr.

tsi.ooo

t26,700

17,600

5,290

2,170

1,770

1,670

2,470

2,870

6,710

12,200

14,200

13,500

7,700

3,750

2,670

4,200

4,880

3,070

3,170

3,170

2,370

2,070

1,670

1,380

1,200

983

902

824

748

May

711

640

540

507

676

2,710

10,900

20,400

12,600

4,370

2,270

1,670

1,470

3,170

7,610

8,600

4,370

3,840

2,770

4,220

16,000

24,600

30,200

34,100

36,200

37,400

38,400

39,500

39,900

38,800

32,400

June

19,800

12,300

16,700

22,700

20,400

9,050

4,280

7,790

14,700

10,000

7,340

13,800

18,900

18,300

14,000

6,620

9,320

20,600

21,800

9,800

2,670

1,970

1,670

1,380

1,470

1,670

1,570

1,470

1,380

1,380

-

July

640

748

640

572

540

476

387

333

260

246

274

246

203

212

212

203

150

118

124

176

187

124

144

150

124

127

127

1,070

1,380

3,370

2,570

Aug.

1,470

711

445

323

203

157

150

118

113

96

91

84

72

56

64

216

13,400

9,050

2,470

1,470

862

572

387

274

220

157

131

84

72

77

77

Sept.

68

60

52

49

58

60

50

42

36

50

64

91

99

94

1,030

1,870

902

606

195

60

199

144

110

96

72

68

52

44

38

36

-

tStage-discharge relation affected by bactaater from Bird Creek; discharge de 

hydrograph based on two discharge measurements and discharges for adjacent days

termined from
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN 

Discharge, In second-feet, of Verdigris River near Claremore, Okla., 1935-38 Continued

129

Month

Calendar year 1937 .....................

Secondfoot-days

53,759

22,341 

6,610 

6,978 

3,882 

67,815 

57,251 

17,534 

1 

115,893

256,344 

63,584 

15,222

633,455

125,652 

63,292 

54,388 

88,456 

58,276 

221,598 

121,990 

24,276 

33,878

1,126,956

1,169 

678 

1,503

795,156

3,825 

33,394 

108,568 

182,907 

461,544 

294,830 

16,133 

33,672 

6,395

1,144,618

Maximum

9^050

2,670 

1,200 

748 

1,200 

12,700 

19,800 

7,790 

1 

26,600

38,700 

22,900 

3,470

38,700

20,500 

8,780 

9,410 

9,410 

6,980 

29,500 

25,700 

11,100 

12,200

38,700

84 

38 

77

29,500

984 

7,160 

30,000 

31,000 

39,900 

22,700 

3,370 

13,400 

1,870

39,900

Minimum

"370

200 

107 

80 

45 

323 

13 

0 

0 

0

387 

110 

118

0

416 

748 

387 

445 

229 

203 

23 

49 

36

23

21 

14 

31

14

35

96 

387 

748 

507 

1,380 

118 

56 

36

14

Mean

1,991

721 

228 

225 

129 

2,188 

1,908 

566 

.03 

3,863

8,269 

2,119 

491

1,731

4,053 

2,260 

1,754 

2,949 

1,880 

7,387 

3,935 

783 

1,129

3,088

37.7 

22.6 

48.5

2,179

123 

1,193 

3,502 

6,097 

14,890 

9,828 

520 

1,086 

213

3,136

Run-off In 

acre-feet

106,600

44,310 

13,110 

13,840 

7,700 

134,500 

113,600 

34,780 

2 

229,900

698,300

508,500 

126,100 

30,190

1,257,000

249,200 

125,500 

107,900 

175,400 

115,600 

439,500 

242,000 

48,150 

67,200

2,235,000

2,320 

1,340 

2,980

1,577,000

7,590 

66,240 

215,300 

362,800 

915,500 

584,800 

32,000 

66,790 

12,680

2,270,000
130 ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

Caney River near Colllnsvllle, Okla.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 36°23'40", long. 95°48'40", In SWiSWi sec. 10, T. 22 

N., R. 14 E., five-eighths of a mile upstream from Horsepen Creek, 2} miles northeast 

of Colllnsvllle, 4i miles downstream from Rabb Creek, and 15 miles upstream from confluence with Verdigris River. Zero of gage Is 565.02 feet above mean sea level 

(Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, benchmark).

Drainage area.- 2,090 square miles.

Records available.- December 1935 to September 1938.

extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 13,100 second-feet Apr. 2 (gage height, 31.27 

reet, from floodmarks); maximum gage height observed, 31.33 feet May 28 (backwater 

from Verdigris River); minimum discharge, 5 second-feet Nov. 15 (gage height, 6.38 

feet).

1935-38: Maximum discharge observed, 18,000 second-feet Oct. 13, 1936 (gage 

height, 32.05 feet), from rating curve'extended above 13,000 second-feet; no flow 

Aug. 9 to Sept. 15, 1936.

Maximum stage known, about 39 feet at times In 1926 and 1927.

Remarks.- Records fair. Discharge for periods of backwater from verdigris River-, May 25 

to June 1, June 4, 5, 17-19, computed on basis of three discharge measurements, gage 

heights, and records for Verdigris River near Claremore. Gage read twice dally. 

Results of several discharge measurements furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Rating table, water year 1937-38 (gage height. In feet, and discharge. In second-feet)

6.4 

6.6 

7.0 

7.5 

8.0 

9.0

6

32

106

221

361

682

14.0 2,430

18.0 3,930

22.0 5,830

26.0 6,180

29.0 10,600

31.0 12,700

10.0 1,030 

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1

2

5

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

Got.

10

10

8

8

8

7

6

6

20

26

16

13

8

8

8

6

10

14

13

21

20

17

14

13

13

12

12

12

11

10

e

SOT.

8

7

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

13

9

8

6

6

5

8

6

6

12

17

14

12

12

12

12

12

14

16

16

16

Dec.

14

14

14

18

14

13

12

11

13

13

13

13

13

14

14

17

21

26

24

24

24

27

35

30

29

26

26

23

21

20

16

Jan.

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

13

13

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

13

14

2V

53

37

49

51

71

65

75

136

Feb.

302

221

110

82

63

51

53

47

44

35

30

32

29

26

7S

234

549

1,280

1,100

995

517

453

391

422

549

517

422

391

_

_

-

Month

December. .................................

March. ....................................

April............... ................. .... toy..:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

July......................................

Water year 1937-2e...... ................

Mar.

376

302

260

221

208

172

160

110

119

114

119

114

123

102

1,160

890

750

391

247

172

184

247

172

123

114

274

1,200

3,640

9,120

10,200

11,500

Apr.

12,700

12,200

5,680

1,170

785

648

820

1,380

1,240

2,640

4,240

4,600

3,410

1,620

960

1,060

2,460

2,220

1,100

1,340

960

716

549

485

376

331

288

260

234

208

Seoondfoot-days

368

289

594

177,767

853

9,023

42,884

66,880

116,370

68,475

2,639

1^390

320,044

May

184

172

149

145

331

2,010

4,020

6,160

5,080

1,700

682

517

485

1,140

682

453

890

1,900

1,100

1,730

5,230

7,660

9,520

10,600

11,300

11,100

11,000

10,300

5,900

2,600

1,630

Mo-TTimun

26

17

35

8,570

136

1,280

11,500

12,700

11,300

8,050

247

4,600

716

12,700

June

1,280

2,010

4,290

2,760

2,800

2,990

1,450

3,200

5,130

2,500

1,700

3,770

6,540

8,050

6,930

2,120

2,000

2,540

1,720

995

615

453

376

316

391

361

302

391

274

221

July

184

160

136

134

108

90

86

73

69

65

56

56

53

49

46

42

40

39

35

32

32

53

75

39

29

27

29

125

196

234

247

Minimum

6

5

11

1

12

26

102

208

145

221

27

Q

6

5

Aug.

110

63

47

35

29

23

20

17

17

16

11

9

9

8

8

992

4,600

3,040

601

196

119

75

53

42

30

26

20

20

17

14

12

Mean

11.9

9.6

19.2

387

27.5

322

1^333

2,229

3^754

2,282

85. 1

«"ZO OOfi

46.3

877

Sept.

8

6

11

11

10

7

7

7

6

6

6

6

6

6

14

716

247

98

56

37

26

21

14

12

10

6

8

8

7

7

Run-off in 

acre-feet

730

573

1,180

352,600

1,690

17,900

65,060

132,700

230,800

135,800

5,230

20 390

2*760

634,800
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN 131

Bird Creek near Owasso, Okla.

Location.- Wire-weight, lat. 36°14'50", long. 95°52'00", on line between NEi sec. 1, T. 

20 w., R. 13 E., and NWi sec. 6, T. 20 N., R. 14 E., half a mile upstream from Ranch 

Creek, 14 miles upstream from Mlngo Creek, If miles southwest of Owasso, and 14 miles 

upstream from confluence with Verdigris River. Zero of gage Is 559.03 feet above mean 

sea level (Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, benchmark).

Drainage area.- 1,030 square miles.

Records available.- December 1935 to September 1938.

Jactremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 19,700 second-feet Mar. 29, from hydrograph 

oasea on current-meter measurement near flood crest and gage heights; maximum gage 

height, 26.2 feet Mar. 30 (backwater from Verdigris River), from stage graph based on 

gage readings; minimum discharge observed, 7 second-feet July 24-27, Aug. 11-15, Sept. 

7; minimum gage height observed, 5.21 feet Aug. 12-15, Sept. 7.

1935-38: Maximum discharge, that of Mar. 29, 1938; maximum gage height, that of 

Mar. 30, 1938; minimum discharge observed, 2 second-feet July 31, Aug. 1, 12-16, 1936, 

and July 5, 1957 (gage height, 5.13 feet).

Maximum stage known, 26.3 feet Apr. 15, 1929 (stage reached by flood of June 1935, 

erroneously published In Water-supply Paper 827 as 29.2 feet, has been corrected to 

26.2 feet).

Remarks.- Records fair except those for periods of backwater from Verdigris River, Mar, 

29 to Apr. 1, May 23 to June 1 (computed on basis of six discharge measurements, 

observed gage heights, rainfall records, and records for Verdigris River near Claremore), and those below 10 second-feet, which are poor. Gage read twice daily.

Rating table, water year 1937-38 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

5.2 6 6.5 325 10.0 3,600 

5.4 19 7.0 625 12.0 5,300 

5.6 39 7.5 1,000 15.0 8,000 

5.8 71 8.0 1,470 20.0 13,200 

6.0 122 9.0 2,610 25.0 20,400

Discharge, In second-feet, irater year October 1937 to September 1938

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 

2?

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oct.

22 

21 

21 

20 

20

18 

17 

16 

65 

122

116 

97 

52 

38 

34

36 

100 

82 

69 

60

53 

37 

29 

23 

23

19 

16 

16 

14 

13 

13

HOT.

13 

13 

13 

12 

11

11 

12 

13 

13 

18

46 

35 

28 

24 

24

31 

32 

34 

34 

30

26 

23 

23 

23 

23

23 

24 

24 

24 

23

Dec.

23 

23 

24 

25 

24

24 

24 

24 

24 

24

23 

23 

23 

26 

31

36 

32 

32 

31 

31

30 

27 

25 

25 

24

23 

23 

23 

23 

24 

21

Jan.

20 

20 

19 

20 

20

20 

20 

19 

19 

19

19 

18 

18 

18 

18

18 

18 

18 

18 

18

23 

73 

186 

141 

97

 a

55 

46 

45 

158 

295

Feb.

165 

82 

58 

46 

40

71 

62 

55 

52 

42

31 

30 

27 

26 

603

1,640 

3,420 

3,770 

1,120 

560

380 

305 

300 

270 

218

190 

151 

125

Month

Oct 

Not

Dec

C

Jan 

Pet 

Mar 

Apr 

*>7 

Jim 

Jul

Aug

Sep 

1

alendar year 193

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

&:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: t ember. ................................

ater year 1937-3

Mar.

108 

97 

89 

78 

66

58 

55 

52 

50 

55

55 

62 

67 

136 

2,350

1,100 

295 

158 

114 

85

69 

66 

62 

58 

55

291 

4,230 

6,260 

18,400 

17,000 

10,200

Apr.

2

1 

1 

1

1

1

2

1

Secondfoot-days

1,302 

683 

795

64,267.5

1,567 

13,839 

61,821 

20,610 

15,858 

20,007 

1,694 

15,438 

411

154,025

120 

765 

435 

320 

239

226 

380 

,470 

,140 

,470

,270 

840 

465 

285 

230

802 

,580 

369 

214 

,960

,380 

495 

285 

194 

161

128 

116 

102 

89

eo

May

71 

67 

64 

64 

78

114 

3,330 

3,060 

625 

275

176 

141 

116 

135 

105

97 

100 

138 

206 

202

176 

218 

1,320 

2,420 

550

250 

230 

550 

600 

240 

120

Maximum

122 

46 

36

5,000

295 

3,770 

18,400 

2,960 

3,330 

3,330 

730 

9,340 

26

18,400

June

430 

465 

262 

275 

660

214 

1,590 

3,180 

580 

1,180

3,330 

2,610 

800 

320 

680

730 

1,140 

408 

198 

125

85 

73 

53 

35 

53

148 

89 

42 

35 

27

July.

27 

23 

60 

16 

15

18 

16 

30 

64 

30

23 

18 

15 

15 

15

13 

13 

15 

15 

13

11

10 

10 

7 

7

7 

7 

125 

730 

239 

87

Aug.

52 

43 

34 

29 

22

18 

13 

11 

10 

8

7 

7 

7 

7 

14

4,510 

9,340 

664 

230 

116

76 

39 

32 

30 

27

23 

19

13 

13 

12 

12

Minimum Mean

13 42.0 

11 22.8 

21 25.6

2 176

18 50.5 

26 494 

50 1,994 

80 687 

64 512 

27 667 

7 54.6 

7 498 

8 13.7

7 422

Sept.

14 

10 

15 

14 

12

e

9

11 

11 

10

9 

8 

15 

26 

15

18 

16 

15 

11 

11

11 

13 

12 

12 

16

18 

18 

18 

18 

17

Run-off In 

acre-fe«t

2,580 

1,350 

1,560

127,400

3,110 

27,450 

122,600 

40,880 

31,450 

39,680 

3,360 

30,880 

815

306,600
132 ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN 

Neosho River near lola, Kans.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°53', long. 95°26', In NEi sec. 9, T. 25 S., R. 

18 E., one mile below Elm Creek and 3 miles southwest of lola.

Drainage area.- 3,795 square miles.

Records available.- October 1917 to September 1938. August 1895 to November 1903 at site 

4 miles upstream at city water works, July 1904 to September 1938 (gage heights only) 

in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Average discharge.- 21 years (1917-38),1,180 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 40,200 second-feet May 24 (gage height, 28.26 

feet;; minimum, 8 second-feet Nov. 2.

1895-1903. 1917-38: Maximum gage height, 33.2 feet Sept. 13, 1926 (discharge not 

determined); no flow for several days In September and October 1897 Aug. 19 to Sept. 

15, Sept. 21, 22, 1936. Bank-full stage, 27 feet.

Remarks.- Records good.

Rating table, water year 1937-38 (gage height, In feet, and discharge. In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Mar. 1)

2.9 60

3.0 89

3.2 149

3.4 221

3.7 

4.0 

4.5 

6.0

365

506

765

1,070

6.0

8.0

10.0

14.0

1,920

3,720

5,700

10,400

18.0

22.0

26.0

28.0

15,700

21,300

29,300

38,600

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

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

oot.

42 

50 

45 

40 

45

25 

25 

45 

48 

24

35 

24 

24 

23 

21

21 

28 

24 

32 

28

32 

28 

23 

20 

19

17 

24 

24 

24 

24 

23

HOT.

13 

17 

30 

25 

30

25 

24 

38 

25 

19

18 

12 

15 

24 

20

21 

20 

21 

23 

40

25 

21 

30 

32 

25

45 

38 

32 

32

40

Dec.

45 

38 

38 

32 

25

28 

32 

19 

23 

20

19 

35 

25 

25 

56

48 

35 

38 

23 

25

25 

30 

25 

28 

32

42 

30 

50 

32 

38 

40

Jan.

38 

28 

28 

40 

38

45 

30 

28 

28 

24

28 

32 

35 

24 

21

25 

23 

25 

25 

42

30 

19 

23 

35 

38

35 

12 

35 

25 

17 

19

Feb.

12 

23 

24 

25 

21

21 

20 

23 

21 

18

28

19 

19 

17 

18

18 

24 

40 

53 

61

64 

42 

26 

24 

35

42 

153 

349

Month

Oot 

NOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

jun 

Jill 

Aug 

Sep

alendar year 1937......................

Ss;::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

ater year 1937.3

Mar.

855 

855 

738 

480 

288

217 

149 

121 

137 

292

465 

337 

252 

210 

310

301 

247 

243

180 

152

112 

112 

115 

98 

89

74 

74 

552 

4,800 

3,180 

2,060

Apr.

738 

430 

314 

234 

213

437 

1,470 

738 

699 

3,250

6,030 

3,090 

2,100 

1,380 

1,140

1,470 

1,380 

855 

655 

738

590 

440 

337 

274 

252

230 

210 

194 

173 16*9

Secondfoot-days

907 

780 

1,001

307,784

895 

1,239 

18,095 

30,230 

442,506 

209,480 

23,810 

23,532 

10,491

762,966

May

169 

176 

183 

288 

2,460

5,870 

11,200 

12,000 

8,600 

2,580

1,340 

6,180 

16,400 

18,200 

14,400

3,900 

1,780 

1,340 

9,240 

20,000

22,700 

24,500 

30,400 

39,100 

37,600

32,500 

27,900 

24,500 

24,200 

23,600 

19,200

y^x^Mwn

50 

45 

56

11,300

45 

349 

4,800 

6,030 

39,100 

21,700 

3,540 

5,500 

1,410

39,100

June

20,900 

21,700 

9,190 

3,540 

2,460

2,460 

10,100 

3,580 

3,090 

2,460

6,690 

11,300 

10,000 

13,400 

11,100

12,500 

9,200 

7,400 

7,400 

3,880

2,100 

1,560 

1,260 

1,140 

1,220

2,140 

5,500 

7,760 

7,760 

6,690

July

3,540 

2,140 

1,560 

1,180 

975

855 

738 

704 

666 

650

738 

694 

585 

485 

430

430 

445 

540 

475 

500

500 

425 

380 

337 

470

500 

370 

324 

699 

825 

650

VlTHtmim

17 

12

19

12

12 

12 

74 

169 

169 

1,140 

324 

130 

124

12

Aug.

520 

390 

435 

370 

283

243 

213 

194 

183 

163

156 

149 

140 

130 

143

146 

1,510 

4,700 

5,500 

3,540

1,140 

635 

490 

405 

346

306 

261 

239 

221 

194 

187

Mean

29.3 

26.0 

52.3

843

28.9 

44.2 

584 

1,008 

14,274 

6,983 

768 

759 

350

2,090

Sept.

176 

176 

191 

480 

688

425 

1,410 

1,140 

795 

505

346 

274 

390 

337 

274

445 

328 

243 

210 

191

176 

166 

156 

152 

146

146 

137 

124 

134 

130

Run-off In 

acre-feet

1,800 

1,550 

1,990

610,500

1,780 

2,460 

35,890 

59,960 

877,700 

415,500 

47,230 

46,680 

20,810

1,513,000

Peak discharge.- Apr. 11 (8 a.m.) 6,800 sec.-ft.; May 24 (7 a.m.) 40,200 sec.-ft.J May 30 

(12:05 a.m.) 27,900 sec.-ft.j June 7 (1 p.m.) 11,200 sec.-ft.; June 19 (5 a.m.) 8,120 sec.-ft.j 

June 29 (12:30 a.m.) 8,120 sec.-ft.
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN 133

Neosho River near Parsons, Kans.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°20', long. 95°06', in NEi sec. 21, T. 31 S., R. 

21 E., at bridge on U. S. Highway 160, half a mile upstream from mouth of Hickory 

Creek, three-quarters of a mile upstream from St. Louis-San Francisco Railway bridge, 

and 84 miles east of Parsons.

Drainage area.- 4,828 square miles.

Records available.- June 1929 to September 1938. October 1921 to June 1929 at site half 

a mile downstream. Records include flow of Hickory Creek.

Average discharge ._- 17 years, 2,052 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 33,400 second-feet May 29, 31, (gage height, 

2BT2D~feet); minimum, 19 second-feet Nov. 9-11 (gage height, 1.18 feet).

1921-38: Maximum discharge observed, 48,100 second-feet Nov. 24, 1928 (gage 

height, 27.50 feet, at former site); no flow Aug. 26-31, Sept. 1-10, 12, 13, 1934, 

July 31 to Sept. 17, 1936. Bank-full stage, 24 feet.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of missing gage heights, Jan. 31, Feb. 

1-7, Mar. 25-27, Aug. 4-9, which were computed on basis of records for station at lola, 

and are fair.

Rating table, water year 1937-38 (gage height, In feet, and discharge. In second-feet)

1.2 20 2.0 142 4.0 975 14.0 10,300 

1.4 36 2.3 228 5.0 1,610 20.0 18,100 

1.6 65 2.6 334 7.0 3,080 24.0 25,400 

1.8 100 3.0 495 10.0 5,740 27.0 38,000

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1 

2 

S 

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

IE

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

2?

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

63 

59 

54 

57 

44

39 

39

40 

45 

41

37 

31 

45 

37 

32

31 

33 

33 

33 

30

29 

28 

28 

27 

26

26 

27 

28 

26 

24 

21

HOT.

20 

21 

24 

24 

24

23

21 

20 

19 

19

19 

22 

27 

31 

31

33 

29 

26 

24 

24

24 

25 

26 

26 

29

33 

35

41 

49 

57

Dec.

59 

55 

57 

60 

62

63 

60 

52 

45 

41

41 

40 

39 

39 

42

46 

52 

57 

70 

68

62 

57 

49 

45 

44

46 

46 

49 

54 

62 

65

Jan.

63 

59 

57 

59 

56

51

48 

49 

52

57

54 

46 

45 

41 

41

42 

42 

42 

40 

45

46 

46 

52 

63 

62

60 

54 

52 

52 

62 

66

Feb.

60 

53 

46 

46 

52

56 

58 

49 

49 

45

41 

40 

40 

37 

40

41 

46 

75 

170 

157

140 

129 

122 

127 

129

142 

316 

429

Month

Oct 

H<n

Dec

C

Jan 

Fet 

Mar 

Apr 

Hay 

Jun 

Jul 

Aue 

Sei

1

alendar year 193 7......................

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

TIBt......... ...........................

ater year 1937-3

Mar.

354 

692 

1,090 

947 

763

521 

354 

286 

225 

196

196 

350 

499 

393 

377

357 

369 

357 

308 

294

248 

199 

167 

147 

130

120 

130 

187 

7,910 

7,330 

5,450

Apr.

4, 

1,

1 

1 

3

7 

8, 

4 

2 

2

1 

2 

2

1

1

2 

1,

Secondfoot-days

1,123 

826 

1,627

553,140

1,603 

2,735 

30,946 

56,437 

441,403 

380,360 

30,567 

25,915 

11,808

985,350

130 

640 

865 

603 

487

413 

389 

480 

610 

480

440 

500 

700 

770 

020

710 

160 

020 

380 

280

310 

250 

839 

647 

529

450 

401 

346 

308 

280

May

252 

231 

218 

228 

454

1,880 

6,500 

10,300 

1-1,900 

9,940

3,820 

1,880 

5,760 

13,400

16,700

17,800 

10,100 

2,770 

4,070 

15,100

17,800 

20,100 

24,900 

27,000 

28,000

28,600 

30,600 

32,400 

33,400 

32,400 

32,900

Maximum

63 

57 

70

85,900

66 

429 

7,910 

8,500 

33,400 

32,400 

6,560 

5,260 

1,410

33,400

June

32,400 

30,200 

28,000 

26,200 

16,500

4,430 

18,400 

2,2,400 

17,000 

6,820

6,040 

10,300 

12,900 

11,300 

12,100

20,000 

24,400 

20,300 

14,000 

8,500

4,790 

2,690 

2,020 

1,680 

1,480

1,880 

2,090 

5,260 

7,900 

8,380

July

6,560 

3,160 

1,810 

1,510 

1,250

1,090 

947 

839 

788 

739

692 

715 

763 

669

560

529 

516 

499 

534 

581

525 

560 

581 

491 

421

377 

538 

647 

442 

369 

865

Aug.

839 

669 

487 

520 

420

360 

310 

260 

230 

215

199 

173 

157 

147 

164

1,250 

450 

388 

3,990 

6,260

3,990 

1,810 

919 

669 

521

429 

294 

77 

248 

248 

222

Minimum Mean

21 36.2 

19 27.5 

39 52.5

19 1,515

40 51.7 

37 97.7 

120 998 

280 1,881 

218 14,240 

1,480 12,680 

369 986 

77 836 

112 394

19 2,700

Sept.

196 

184 

182 

184 

409

892 

625 

919 

1,410 

1,000

692 

483 

425 

534 

474

357 

327 

421 

319 

245

206 

190 

173 

164 

150

144 

140 

129 

122 

112

Run-off In 

acre-feet

2,230 

1,640 

2,230

1,097,000

3,180 

5,420 

61,380 

111,900 

875,500 

754,400 

60,630 

51,400 

23,420

1,954,000

Peak discharge.- May 9 (4.30 p.m.) 12,000 sec.-ft.5 May 16 (1 p.m.) 18,100 sec.-ft.: May 29 

3 p.m.) 33,400 sec.-ft.; May 31 (3 p.m.) 33,400 sec.-ft.j June 13 (2 p.m.) 13,200 sec.-ft.: June 

(4 p.m.) 25,400 sec.-ft.
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

Neosho River near Grove, Okla.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 36°33'25", long. 94°44'45", in SEf see. 27, T. 25 N., 

R. 23 E., 3 miles downstream from spring Branch and 3J- miles northwest of Grove. Zero 

of gage is 669.11 feet above mean sea level (Corps of Engineers, u. S. Army, benchmark).

Drainage area.- 10,000 square miles.

Records available.- February 1925 to September 1938.

Average discharge.- 13 years, 6,598 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 79,200 second-feet May 30 (gage height, 

23.85 feet); minimum observed, 313 second-feet Nov. 5 (gage height, 0.23 foot).

1925-38: Maximum discharge observed, 133,000 second-feet Apr. 15, 1927 (gage 

height, 34.6 feet), from rating curve extended above 85,000 second-feet; minimum observed, 32 second-feet Aug. 28, 1936 (gage height, -0.49 foot).

Remarks.- Records good, 

twice daily.

Regulation at low stages by power plants upstream. Gage read

Rating table, water year 1937-38 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

0.3 

0.6 

1.0 

1.5 

2.0

355

550

890

1,400

1,970

3.0 

4.0 

5.0 

7.0 

10.0

3,320

4,930

6,700

11,400

20,000

13.0 

16.0 

20.0 

24.O

30,400

42,700

61,100

80,200

Discharge, In aecond-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1936

Day

1

2

3

4

6

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

S3

24

25

26

27

28

29

SO

31

Oct.

745

1,190

1,240

745

660

585

700

700

620

745

700

660

620

620

585

550

660

550

700

515

585

550

550

515

480

397

550

480

480

515

480

HOT.

403

448

415

415

319

409

415

379

515

515

515

448

480

448

480

480

480

516

480

480

515

415

448

415

448

415

448

448

480

415

-

Dee.

448

480

448

480

480

515

448

448

403

620

585

448

480

515

515

515

515

1,400

2,740

1,730

1,400

1,340

1,290

1,140

1,140

1,040

990

890

840

745

790

Jan.

700

700

660

660

700

620

585

585

585

585

480

515

515

480

550

480

448

480

480

515

585

1,700

1,970

2,940

5,700

3,940

3,620

2,600

2,210

2,090

2,740

Feb.

2,740

2,210

1,620

1,510

1,400

1,290

1,240

1,240

1,240

1,190

1,090

990

1,090

1,040

1,280

7,600

17,800

32,700

28,400

14,800

9,900

7,960

6,900

6,510

5,780

4,930

4,930

4,420

_

-

Month

March. ....................................

April. , ...................................

May.......................................

July. .....................................

Water year 1937-28......................

Mar.

4,590

3,780

3,620

3,940

3,780

4,100

3,320

4,100

2,880

2,880

2,600

2,210

2,210

2,470

4,260

6,510

4,760

3,470

2,740

2,470

1,850

1,850

1,850

1,620

1,510

1,730

1,970

1,730

15,100

33,100

50,400

Apr.

34,300

18,400

11,200

7,310

5,960

5,270

4,930

5,270

6,900

15,000

25,400

22,300

17,200

11,200

7,960

6,510

6,510

6,140

6,320

5,960

8,420

7,520

7,100

4,760

4,100

3,940

4,100

2,880

2,740

2,600

-

Secondfoot-days

19,672

13,486

25,818

2,261,861

41,418

173,800

183,400

278,200

654,080

809*850

83,750

52 YlO

23*702

2,359,886

May

2,600

2,090

2,090

2,090

2,340

1,900

14,500

32,000

23,900

18,100

15,400

9,660

6,510

13,000

17,800

19,400

21,600

17,500

9,900

11,200

20,000

22,600

25,700

33,500

34,700

32,000

32,000

32,300

55,400

72,300

50,000

Jf^TfjjUyfM

1,240

515

2,740

70, 100

5, 700

32,700

50,400

34,300

72,300

59,200

10,900

5,780

1,620

72,300

June

59,200

53,200

42,300

40,100

41,400

40,100

32,000

39,200

39,200

36,700

28,600

23,300

20,300

19,400

16,900

19,900

45,000

46,400

41,400

40,100

25,300

10,400

6,700

5,270

4,930

5,440

6,320

5,270

6,120

10,400

-

July

10,900

9,400

5,780

4,260

3,940

2,880

2,600

2,740

2,470

2,340

2,210

2,340

1,400

1,850

1,730

1,510

1,510

1,850

2,880

1,850

1,620

1,610

1,510

1,400

1,730

1,400

1,290

1,290

1,620

1,970

1,970

Minimum

397

319

403

319

448

990

1,610

2,600

1,900

4,930

1 *515 290

391

319

Aug.

1,140

1,730

1,620

1,400

1,140

890

940

990

890

745

840

840

515

620

550

700

3,600

4,790

1,860

2,870

5,780

5,100

3,170

1,850

1,290

1,040

790

746

685

1,730

1,970

Mean

636

450

833

6,197

1,336

6,207

5,916

9,273

21,100

27,000

2 702

l)700

790

6,465

Sept.

1,090

700

660

620

620

550

745

1,190

1,040

1,400

1,620

1,340

990

890

1,040

1,190

890

745

700

746

620

550

515

615

620

448

391

448

415

415

-

Run-off In 

acre-feet

39 020

26^750

51,210

4,486,000

82 150

344^700

363,800

551,800

1,297,000

1,606,000

166,100

104,500

47,010

4,680,000
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN 135

Cottonwood River at Cottonwood Falls, Kans.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 38°22', long. 96°31', In NEi sec. 28, T. 19 S., 

R- 8 E., 1 mile east of Cottonwood Falls and 3s miles upstream from mouth of South 

Fork of Cottonwood River. Zero of gage Is 1,147.41 feet above mean sea level by 

preliminary determination (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 1,444 square miles.

Records available.- February 1935 to September 1938. April 1932 to February 1935 at 

site in Cottonwood Falls.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 12,000 second-feet May 23 (gage height, 17.24 

FeeTF; minimum, 10 second-feet Oct. 5, 17 (gage height, 1.91 feet).

1932-38: Maximum discharge observed, that of May 23, 1938: minimum discharge, 

1 second-foot Aug. 15 to Sept. 13, 1934, Sept. 19-23, 1936.

Remarks.- Records good.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1

2

S

4

5

6

7

8

9

10-

11

12

IS

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

SO.

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

SO

31

Oct.

12

11

12

11

10

11

11

11

12

11

11

11

13

13

12

11

10

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

12

17

HOT.

18

18

16

17

18

18

16

16

14

14

15

16

16

16

18

21

20

24

22

20

21

20

19

20

20

21

21

21

22

22

-

Dec.

24

22

ZZ

22

20

19

19

18

18

18

17

16

19

21

20

22

26

29

27

27

27

30

29

30

27

27

26

22

26

24

26

Jan.

24

24

26

26

26

26

24

24

24

22

21

20

20

20

20

20

21

20

20

22

22

21

21

22

19

26

16

17

19

19

17

Feb.

16

14

14

16

18

16

16

17

17

16

18

18

18

17

17

16

17

20

24

24

22

21

20

20

20

21

24

24

_

_

-

Month

Calendar year 1937. . ....................

April. ... .................................

May.......................................

P* 

B«i

Water year 1937-38......................

Mar.

27

37

43

45

41

35

34

30

34

34

32

34

35

34

34

30

29

27

24

26

26

22

20

20

19

18

17

35

41

35

37

Apr.

37

37

34

30

27

26

27

34

39

88

135

332

686

374

206

149

120

93

81

70

69

53

49

45

43

43

47

49

53

53

Secondfoot-days

354

560

720

71,541

669

521

955

3,119

102 , 452

36 953

8, 031 

13,936 

4,823

178,093

*ay

51

51

49

5,380

10,700

7,700

1,430

721

539

422

374

4,050

763

440

320

285

261

266

6,790

8,200

5,630

2,810

8,860

10,900

7,950

2,050

3,640

2,640

3,470

3,470

2,240

Mayipnirq

17

24

30

5,590

26

24

45

686

10,900

6,790

513 

4,550 

952

10,900

June

1,560

908

658

572

482

434

386

350

332

315

494

410

305

428

2,080

3,270

3,030

1,190

617

470

398

350

362

332

1,260

5,960

6,790

1,850

756

604

-

July

'513

440

374

344

285

266

266

368

476

285

234

206

187

174

165

181

210

234

206

174

158

326

416

174

135

124

133

270

362

171

174

Minimum

10

14

16

5

16

14

17

26

49

305

124 

68 

59

10

Aug.

141

127

114

104

97

93

86

81

77

72

70

70

70

68

358

4,130

4,550

1,540

428

261

202

168

152

138

124

114

110

104

102

95

90

Mean

11.4

18.7

23.2

196

2i«6

18*6

104*

3,305

1^233

259 

450 

161

474

Sept.

93

135

141

301

952

805

350

161

124

107

100

97

104

114

107

100

93

88

81

79

77

79

77

76

68

68

66

61

61

59

Run-off in 

acre- feet

702

1,110 

1,430

141,900

1 330

1*030

1,890

6,190

rt «AA

15^930

27,640 

9,570

343,300

Peak dincharge.- May 12(5 a.m.) 7,620 sec.-ft.) May 19 (8 p.m.) 10,400 sec.-ft.; May 23 

(8(30 p.m.) 12,000 sec.-ft.) May 27 (4«30 a.m.) 4,800 set.-ft.) May 29 (6:30 p.m.) 5,630 sec.-ft. 

June 27 (10 a.n.) 7,640 sec.-ft.
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

Spring River near Waco, Mo.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°14'45", long. 94°33'55", on line between SEi 

sec. 7 and NE-t sec. 18, T. 29 N., R. 33 W., at county highway bridge, three-quarters 

of a mile downstream from Blackberry Creek, and li miles east of Waco. Zero of gage Is 

833.94 feet (revised) above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 1,160 square miles.

Records available.- April 1924 to September 1938.

Average discharge.- 14 years, 887 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 16,000 second-feet May 31 (gage height, 18.50 

feet); minimum, 28 second-feet Jan. 4 (gage height, 1.14 feet).

1924-38: Maximum discharge, 57,400 second-feet Aug. 17, 1927 (gage height, 28.6 

feet, from floodmarks); minimum, 11 second-feet July 24, 1934 (gage height, 0.80 foot).

Remarks.- Records good. 

station.

Flow slightly regulated by operation of small mills above

Rating tables, water year 1937-38 (gage height, In feet, and discharge In 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 21 to Dec. 8)

econd-feet)

Oct. 1 to Nov. 15 Nor. 16 to Sept. 30

1.0

1.1

1.2 42

1.4 71

1.6 88

1.8 151

0.9

1.0

1.1

1.2 

1.4 

1.6

l.S 

2.0 

2.2 

2.4 

2.8 

3.0

120

169

227

293

444

527

3.4 

5«8 

4.0 

5.0 

6.0 

7.0

712

914

1,020

1,690

2,480

3,340

8.0

10.0

12.0

16.0

19.0

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

4,250

6,150

8,250

12,800

18,400

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

Oct.

85 

81 

73 

65 

97

90 

99 

74 

99 

50

64 

97 

90 

73 

73

73 

76 

56 

112 

106

68 

73 

85 

74 

59

68 

80 

70 

73 

73 

58

Nov.

46 

73 

68 

66 

71

59 

66 

49 

80 

80

66 

62 

65 

55 

50

91 

66 

67 

58 

60

54 

43 

63 

63 

60

48 

67 

63 

51 

59

Dec.

63 

62 

63 

52 

59

47 

62 

66 

51 

58

64 

44 

46 

47 

54

74 

63 

58 

46 

42

74 

66 

58 

60 

48

44 

37 

58 

58 

51 

51

Jan.

54 

51 

38 

47 

48

43 

58 

42 

39 

39

59 

45 

46 

47 

44

44 

37 

36 

46 

47

60 

60 

60 

87 

118

110 

116 

108 

108 

134 

180

Month

Oot 

Nov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Pet 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

ember. ....................

alendar year 1937. ........

ater year 1937-3

Feb.

177 

134 

116 

116 

120

100 

89 

93 

106 

95

87 

87 

80 

72 

95

96 

264 

1,560 

2,560 

1,480

993 

838 

812 

787 

712

616 

567 

523

Secondfoot-days

2,414 

1,869 

1,726

359,599

2,051 

13,375 

27,460 

47,019 

62,520 

85,126 

8,336 

3,415 

2,194

257,505

Mar.

464 

424 

404 

381 

381

389 

351 

336 

325 

307

307 

293 

286 

293 

1,170

1,020 

697 

410 

325 

283

273 

256 

233 

224 

215

197 

200 

246 

2,460 

4,650 

9,660

Maximum

112 

91 

74

16,300

180 

2,560 

9,660 

6,200 

14,600 

8,830 

440 

172 

98

14,600

Apr.

5,390 

2,470 

966 

762 

663

594 

545 

1,300 

2,310 

5,930

6,200 

3,520 

1,550 

1,020 

888

940 

966 

787 

663 

1,580

2,230 

1,420 

787 

640 

594

531 

485 

444 

440 

404

May

362 

366 

329 

325 

333

354 

3,930 

6,700 

2,920 

1,020

712 

663 

712 

888

640

594 

712 

663 

640 

966

940 

863 

1,490 

2,900 

1,690

993 

787 

688 

7,640 

6,100 

14,600

Minimum

50 

43 

37

37

36 

72 

197 

404 

325 

489 

156 

68 

54

36

June

8,100 

2,840 

1,520 

3,740 

7,050

4,120 

' 6,340 

7,660 

5,980 

2,310

2,650 

2,310 

1,520 

1,100 

940

8,830 

5,790 

2,480 

1,520 

1,100

888 

787 

712 

663 

640

1,080 

787 

640 

540 

489

Mean

77.9 

62.3 

55.7

985

66.2 

478 

886 

1,567 

2,017 

2,838 

269 

110 

73.1

705

July

440 

412 

381 

355 

344

329 

297 

293 

293 

436

322 

259 

233 

227 

221

209 

224 

340 

348 

259

221 

197 

189 

177 

172

169 

164 

156 

262 

227 

180

Per 

square 

mile

0.067 

.054 

.048

.849

.057 

.412 

.764 

1.35 

1.74 

2.45 

.232 

.095 

.063

.608

Aug.

172 

156 

146 

129 

127

125 

120 

127 

122 

118

114 

108 

108

100 

104

120 

125 

116 

116 

95

84 

98 

93

80 

87

102 

84 

79 

68 

96 

96

Sept.

86 

79 

76 

76 

60

93 

80 

98 

76 

72

70 

62 

87 

87 

86

79 

74 

74 

60 

80

76 

72 

68 

64 

63

62 

62 

59 

59

54

Run-off

Inches

0.08 

.06 

.06

11.55

.07 

.43 

.88 

1.51 

£.01 

2.73 

.27 

.11 

.07

8.28

Acre-feet

4,790 

3,710 

3,420

713,200

4,070 

26,530 

54,470 

93,260 

124,000 

168,800 

16,530 

6,770 

4,350

510,700

Peak discharge.- March 31 (6 a.m.) 12,300 sec.-ft.; April 11 (2 a.m.) 7,480 sec.-ft.; May 8 

5 p.m.) 7,920 sec.-ft.; May 31 (2 p.m.) 16,000 sec.-ft.; June 9 (2 a.m.) 9,460 sec.-ft.; June 16 

(7 p.m.) 14,300 sec.-ft.
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN iAf 

Turkey Creek at Joplin, Mo.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°06'50", long. 94°31'35", in NWiNWi sec. 34, T.

 28 N. R. 33 W., 80 feet downstream from bridge on Lone Elm Road, a quarter 01 a mile 

downstream from Joplin Creek, and about 1 mile northwest of Joplin. Zero of gage is 

903.98 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 33 square miles.

Records available.- July 1932 to September 1938.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 864 second-feet Mar. 30 (gage height, 6.47 feet),

 from rating curve extended above 700 second-feet; minimum discharge, 0.1 second-foot 

Aug. 29, Sept. 10: minimum gage height, 0.24 foot Sept. 10.

1932-38: Maximum discharge, 1,980 second-feet Oct. 6, 1936 (gage height, 9.86 feet) 

from rating curve extended above 700 second-feet; no flow for several days in July ana 

August 1934 and during period July to September 1936.

Remarks.- Records good except those below 5 second-feet, which are fair. Joplin storm

 sewers divert considerable flow around gage.

Rating table, water year 1937-38 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

0.3 0.2

.4 .7

.5 1.7

Oct. 1 to Jan. 30

1.0 

1.5 

2.0 

3.0 

4.0

31

71

111

198

340

5.0 

6.0

530

740

864

Jan. 31 to Sept. 30 

0.3 0.4 0.6 8.3 

.4 1.7 .8 18 

.5 4.4

Note«- Same as preceding 

table above 1.0 foot.

Discharge, In seoond-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

IB

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

26 

29 

30 

31

Oot.

0.6 

.5 

.6 

.6 

.6

.6 

.6 

4.6 

1.8

.7

.7 

.7 

.7

.7 

.7

.7 

1.1 

3.5 

1.7 

1.0

.9

.7 

.7

.7

1.1

1.2 

1.4 

1.5 

1.5 

1.6 

1.4

Nov.

1.2 

1.3 

1.2 

1.5 

1.4

1.3 

1.3 

1.5 

1.4 

2.0

1.5 

1.4 

1.4 

1.4 

1.3

3.6 

1.4 

1.3 

4.2 

5.3

5.8 

5.8 

4.5 

4.5 

4.8

4.8 

5.8 

4.2 

3.6 

3.9

Dec.

3.2 

5.3

7.3 

5.8 

4.5

4.2 

4.2 

4.2 

3.9 

3.9

4.2 

4.2 

4.2 

4.8

6.4

8.1 

4.2 

4.5 

4.2 

3.9

2.9 

3.2 

3.2 

2.6 

2.0

2.0 

2.3 

2.3 

1.6 

2.3 

2.3

Jan.

2.0

1.7 

2.0 

2.0 

1.7

1.7 

1.7 

2.0 

2.0 

2.3

2.3 

2.3 

2.9 

2.9 

2.9

2.9 

2.9 

2.9 

2.9 

31

5.8 

4.2 

18 

19 

6.3

5.3 

4.5 

4.2 

4.2 

26 

8.8

Month

Oot 

NOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

tember ....................

ater year 1937-3

Peak discharge. -

sec. -ft.; May 7 (1: 

480 sec. -ft.

Peb.

8.3 

8.3 

8.3 

7.9 

7.5

10 

7.5 

7.1 

7.1 

7.1

6.7

6.4 

6.4 

6.4 

20

20 

41 

24 

17 

15

14 

17 

15 

17 

18

17 

17 

14

Secondfoot-days

35.4 

84.6 

121.9

6,055.1

181.3 

371.0 

993 

1,173 

938 

1,120 

246.1 

51.8 

31.9

5,348.0

Mar.

17 

17 

17 

25 

24

14 

12 

11 

16 

14

12 

10 

14 

13 

46

19 

17 

15 

16 

13

15 

14 

14 

13 

12

14 

11 

56 

96 

286 

120

Maximum

4.6 

5.8 

8.1

446

31 

41 

286 

126 

129 

202 

14 

11 

13

286

Apr.

60 

45 

36 

31 

26

25 

29 

30

105 

126

86 

53 

45 

36 

48

34 

26 

24 

23 

68

33 

26 

24 

23 

21

20 

18 

18 

17 

17

May

17 

16 

15 

19 

13

56 

129 

31 

26 

23

21 

31 

22 

20 

22

43 

23 

21 

46 

26

22 

28 

49 

27 

23

21 

21 

18 

58 

24 

25

Minimum

0.5 

1.2 

1.6

.5

1.7 

6.4 

10 

17 

13 

15 

3.3 

.4 

.3

.3

June

28 

20 

19 

18 

17

16 

35 

29 

25 

21

66 

31 

23 

20 

18

148 

202 

66 

41 

33

28 

23 

20 

18 

50

36 

20 

18 

16 

15

Mean

1.14 

2.82 

3.93

16.6

5.85 

13.2 

32.0 

39.1 

30.3 

37.3 

7.94 

1.67 

1.06

14.7

July

14 

14

12 

12 

12

12 

12 

12 

10 

S.8

7.9 

7.5 

6.7 

6.4 

5.6

6.4 

9.2 

11 

7.5 

5.6

6.4 

9.9 

4.4 

3.9 

3.9

3.9 

3.3 

6.0 

4.1 

4.4 

3.3

Per 

square 

mile

0.035 

.085 

.119

.503

.177 

.400 

.970 

1.16 

.916 

1.13 

.241 

.051 

.032

.445

Aug.

2.8 

2.8

1.7 

1.4 

1.4

1.6 

1.3 

1.3 

1.7 

1.4

1.6 

1.4 

1.4 

1.3 

1.2

11 

2.8 

2.0 

1.6 

1.6

1.2 

1.0 

1.0 

.9

.4

.4 

.8 

.7 

.9 

.8 

.4

Sept.

0.5 

.7 

1.0 

.6 

.6

1.2 

.4 

.5 

.7 

.4

.7

1.2 

13 

1.2 

.4

.3 

.5 

.7

.4 

.5

.4 

.4

is

.9

.9 

.5 

.5

.4 

.5

Run-off

Inches

0.04 

.09 

.14

6.84

.20 

.42 

1.12 

1.32 

1.06 

1.26 

.28 

.06 

.04

6.03

Acre-feet

70 

168 

242

12,010

360 

736 

1,970 

2,330 

1,860 

2,220 

486 

103 

63

10,610

Mar. 30 (10i30 a.m.) 349 sec. -ft., (4:00 p.m.) 652 sec. -ft., (6:00 p.m.) 864 

00 a.m.) 376 sec. -ft.; June 16 (10:30 a.m.) 331 sec. -ft.; June 17 (10:00 a.m.)
138 ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

Shoal Creek near Joplln, Mo.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°02'05", long. 94°32'30", In NEiSWi sec. 28, T. 

27~H7, R. 33 W., at Grand Falls hydroelectric plant of Empire District Electric Co.. 

4 miles south of Joplln and 11 miles downstream from Baynham Branch. Zero of gage is 

857.28 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 458 square miles.

Records available.- April 1924 to September 1938.

Average discharge.- 14 years, 421 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 6,610 second-feet June 8 (gage height, 10.10 

reet;, from rating curve extended above 2,000 second-feet; minimum, 1.5 second-feet 

Aug. 17 (gage height, 0.66 foot), during repair of turbines; minimum dally discharge, 

63 second-feet Jan. 12, 14.

1924-38: Maximum discharge, about 26,900 second-feet Mar. 12, 1935 (gage height, 

16.25 feet), from rating curve extended above 9,000 second-feet; minimum discharge, 

that of Aug. 17, 1938; minimum gage height, 0.60 foot Aug. 4, 1936; minimum dally 

discharge, 16 second-feet Aug. 6, 1934.

Remarks.- Records good. Flow regulated by Grand Falls hydroelectric plant.

Discharge, in eeoond-fset, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1 

2 

S 

4 

6

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

18 

13 

14 

16

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oot.

140 

134 

133 

139 

134

138 

139 

137 

144 

135

134 

131 

185 

119 

118

118 

123 

120 

134 

122

117 

112 

112 

105 

117

107 

105 

102 

114 

102 

93

Nov.

109 

107 

91 

96 

101

115 

89 

100 

104 

102

108 

95 

112 

103 

95

106 

99 

110 

93 

96

95 

92 

65 

94 

67

92 

100 

92 

89 

103

Dec.

88 

83 

87 

104 

85

89 

93 

82 

72 

66

101 

72 

105 

88 

98

96

117 

100 

121 

114

114 

101 

120 

109 

104

104 

97 

99 

95 

106 

93

Jan.

94 

67 

95 

96 

81

73 

98 

79 

94 

79

86 

63 

84 

63 

102

66 

84 

73 

74 

115

104 

109 

145 

167 

230

283 

261 

240 

225 

231 

226

Month

Oot 

NOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

Hay 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

tomber. ...................

ater year 1937-!

 F«rt>.

227 

193 

196 

189 

161

160 

174 

161 

169 

168

148 

152 

135 

147 

158

245

763 

2,640 

2,600 

1,350

1,110 

933 

875 

789 

700

643 

593 

558

Secondfoot-days

5,803 

2,988 

3,003

142,000

3,890 

16,371 

13,647 

17,535 

22,200 

23,485 

7,513 

4,429 

3,196

122,000

Mar.

520 

502 

479 

459 

453

430 

397 

371 

371 

376

357 

326 

341 

325 

338

313 

307 

303 

293 

282

264 

278 

263 

261 

237

248 

266

277

1,22O i;s6o

1,450

Maxima

144 

115 

121

3,870

283 

2,640 

1,450 

1,040 

1,950 

3,500 

340 

356 

159

3,500

Apr.

1,040 

885 

778 

690 

629

685 

534 

592 

768 

779

749 

691 

632 

585 

556

559 

554 

504 

484 

576

578 

510 

488 

464 

442

421 

389 

367 

367 

349

May

324

321 

326 

309 

323

304 

1,560 

1,950 

728 

599

52S

504 

503 

586 

476

527 

620 

492 

502 

570

523 

499 

970 

1,290 

867

748 

726 

663 

713 

1,460 

1,690

fft T^ THltlH

93

86 

66

68

63

135 

237 

349 

304 

350 

178 

100 

76

63

June

1,850 

1,050 

742 

640 

583

531 

1,260 

3,500 

919 

995

796 

813 

688 

631 

580

764 

922 

729 

614 

562

522

486 

462 

438 

418

461 

418 

398 

360 

563

Mean

123 

98.6 

96.9

589

126

see

440 

584 

716 

783 

242 

143 

107

334

July

340 

327 

306 

306 

896

273 

272 

308 

287 

256

245 

247 

239 

225 

223

218 

247 

266 

248 

216

228 

198 

198 

199 

192

188 

184 

190 

189 

178 

203

Per 

square 

mile

0.269 

.215 

.212

.849

.275 

1.28 

.961 

1.28 

1.56 

1.71 

.528 

.312 

.254

.729

Aug.

177 

162 

180 

165 

153

140 

161 

149 

144 

131

126 

147 

156 

121 

143

149 

129 

142 

126 

129

118 

109 

108 

111 

117

100 

114 

107 

142 

167 

336

Sept.

159 

136 

132 

129 

124

123 

117 

107 

99 

114

98 

101 

120 

103 

107

104 

110 

102 

67 

104

97 

93 

98 

99 

97

75 

102 

90 

76 

96

Run-off

Inches

0.31 

.24 

.24

11.53

.31 

1.33 

1.11 

1.43 

1.80 

1 .91 

.61 

.36 

.26

9.91

Aore-feet

7,540 

5,870 

5,960

281,600

7,720 

32,470 

27,070 

54,780 

44,050 4»,eao

14,900 

8,780 

6,340

042,000

Peak discharge.- Feb. 19 (1 a.m.) 4,720 see.-ft.; mar. 31 (3 p.m.) 1,740 sac.-ft.) Hay 8 (4 a .a.) 

3,680 sec.-rt.5 may 23 ( 11 p.B.) 2,190 see.-ft.J June 1 (2 a.m.) 3,770 see.-ft.) Jxm« 8 (7 a.B.) 

6,610 lee.-ft.
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN 139

Illinois River near Tahlequah, Okla.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 35°55', long. 94°55', In SEi sec. 26, T. 17 N., R. 22 

U., at bridge on U. S. Highway 62, 2£ miles northeast of Tahlequah and 5 miles upstream 

from Barren Fork. Zero of gage is 664.14 feet above mean sea level (Corps of Engineers, 

U. S. Army, benchmark).

Drainage area.- 933 square miles.

Records available.- December 1935 to September 1938.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 39,400 second-feet Feb. 18 (gage height, 

J.y.67 feet), from rating curve extended above 25,000 second-feet; minimum discharge, 

109 second-feet Sept. 29, 30; minimum gage height, 6.16 feet Nov. 7.

1935-38: Maximum discharge observed, that of Feb. 18, 1938; minimum, 5 second-feet 

Aug. 31, 1936 (gage height, 5.67 feet).

Highest stages known, 26 feet on unknown date, 22.3 feet sometime in 1927.

Remarks.- Records good. Gage read twice dally during periods of low water, oftener during 

periods of rapidly changing stage. Results of several discharge measurements furnished 

by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Rating table, water year 1957-58 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 15 Feb. 16 to Sept. 50

6.2 120

6.5 225

1.0 480

7.5 900

8.0 1,460

Bote.- Same as following table 

abWe 6.5 feet.

6.4 

6.7 

7.0 

7.5

125

230

580

800

S.O 

9.0 

10.0

12.0

1,440

2,960

4,300

9.200

14.0 15,000

16.0 22,000

19.0 55,200

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1956

Day

1

2

S

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

IS

19

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Si

en

S3

24

25

26

27

SB

29

SO

SI

Get.

254

221

254

209

197

189

174

168

174

171

189

221

201

182

168

160

16S

174

171

174

160

157

150

141

141

138

135

129

129

129

129

HOT.

129

129

126

120

US

123

115

138

160

154

147

182

225

217

201

193

182

189

182

171

168

160

154

154

157

157

150

150

144

147

-

Dec.

144

144

150

157

150

144

147

150

144

141

141

138

138

141

144

168

260

2,460

2,500

1,720

1,2SO

1,060

900

800

710

630

550

515

480

444

420

Jan.

390

372

550

335

320

310

292

278

274

265

249

245

225

233

217

209

201

201

201

201

301

310

396

790

3,480

3,140

2,000

1,590

1,280

1,160

950

Feb.

1,060

SOO

755

630

590

590

515

480

480

450

420

396

360

384

847

7,060

24,400

34,700

24, SOO

8,390

6,000

3,860

3,140

2,640

2,320

2,000

1,790

1,650

_

-

Month

March. ....................................

April.....................................

July. .....................................

Water year 1937-38......................

Mar.

1,510

1,310

1,240

1,120

1,440

3,140

2,320

1,860

1,1650

1,510

1,440

1,380

1,180

1,050

920

920

860

800

800

690

1,050

985

800

690

640

745

1,950

3,680

9,240

11,400

6,120

Apr.

4,040

2,960

2,320

2,000

1,720

1,510

1,380

1,510

2,160

2,000

1,790

1,510

1,310

1,180

1,120

1,050

4,040

2,160

1,580

1,510

1,790

2,480

3,320

2,320

1,930

1,650

1,380

1,240

1,120

985

-

Seoondfoot-days

5,357

4 V4S

17^070

280,198

20,765

130,507

64,440

57,065

54,710

34,540

8 513

5,938

4,270

407,717

1-7

860

BOO

690

640

640

590

690

4,070

a, 320

1,380

1,050

860

920

2,090

1,790

1,310

1,050

S60

800

1,510

2,320

1,440

1,790

7,770

4,160

2,480

2,320

2,000

1,860

1,860

1,790

Ma*»»

254

225

2,500

11,900

3,480

34,700

11,400

4,040

7,770

3,320

380

4V5

295

34,700

June

1,860

1,380

1,180

985

860

745

745

1,310

1,310

1,050

2,340

3,320

5,140

1,930

1,510

1,240

1,050

1,180

1,120

920

800

640

590

550

510

510

476

440

440

410

-

July

380

358

336

315

295

295

295

310

347

306

286

270

262

248

248

248

234

266

350

295

266

£48

230

244

218

206

202

198

198

198

183

Minimum

129

115

138

87

201

360

640

985

590

410

183

131

109

109

Aug.

230

206

190

183

176

162

168

155

149

146

143

143

137

137

155

183

336

475

380

305

239

206

183

169

155

149

143

137

134

131

143

Mean

173

158

551

768

670

4,661

2 OY9

1^902

1,765

1,151

268

192

142

1,117

Sept.

137

134

125

131

128

125

125

117

114

114

114

125

143

186

206

295

230

190

169

152

140

131

128

125

122

120

114

112

109

109

-

Run-off in 

acre-feet

10 , 630

9,410

35,860

555,800

41,190

258 900

127lf 800

IOB',500

68,510

16,490

11,780

8,470

808,700
140 ARKANSAS RIVKR BASIN

Canadian River near Bell ranch, N. Hex.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. about 35°32', long, about 104°15', in Pablo 

nontoya grant, 1 mile upstream from mouth of Perra Creek and about 9 miles west of 

Bell ranch.

Records available.- October 1930 to September 1938 in reports of Geological Survey. 

July 1315 to July 1917, August 1927 to December 1931 in reports of State engineer.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, about 20,30Q second-feet June 14 (gage height, 

10.35 feet); no flow at times.

1930-38: Maximum discharge, about 47,800 second-feet June 3, 1937 (gage height, 

15.8 feet from floodmarks), by slope-area method; no flow at times.

Remarks.- Records fair except those for periods of ice effect, and missing or incomplete 

gage heights, which are poor. Diversions for irrigation above station.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1

2

S

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

S3.

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

SO

31

Oot.

15

16

17

15

14

12

10

10

7

7

7

6

6

9

8

12

15

9

7

7

7

6

6

4

4

4

6

9

8

8

7

HOT.

5

4

5

6

7

8

9

7

6

6

7

6

5

6

5

6

6

6

6

10

7

6

5

7

7

7

7

7

9

8

Deo.

12

10

9

9

9

9

8

8

7

7

7

7

10

12

12

11

9

8

7

7

8

8

9

9

10

10

8

12

20

25

22

Jan.

24

31

31

30

30

25

20

15

15

15

15

15

20

22

28

26

26

31

27

27

26

25

20

20

38

17

20

26

23

20

20

Feb.

20

22

28

33

28

25

27

18

14

16

14

12

11

12

9

7

7

8

9

11

23

33

12

11

10

9

9

8

..

_

-

Month

October. ..................................

Jar 

Fel 

Kaz nh... ..................................

April. . ...................................

May. ......................................

July. .....................................

Water year 1937-3 8......................

Mar.

8

6

8

9

9

11

12

12

11

7

7

6

5

5

2

2

2

2

2

3

3

1

2

0

0

0

0

1

1

1

1

Apr.

2

3

2

1

1

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

Secondfoot-days

278

193

319

104,511

728 

446 

139

9

656

31,993

12,117

3,421

26,503

76,802

*»y

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

7

4

1

42

8

1

0

0

16

26

13

82

456

^^TrfTTHHIH

17

10

25

20,000

38 

33 

12

3

456

8.280

1,900

751

7,300

8,280

June

364

271

165

96

185

319

220

527

235

245

211

1,470

5,990

8,280

3,300

800

350

211

129

102

225

82

51

46

31

8Q8

4,180

1,800

600

700

July

550

400

300

230

180

130

100

80

60

44

28

26

14

16

211

532

439

1,090

800

800

1,900

1,630

853

404

235

167

107

169

301

135

198

Minimum

4

4

7

0

15 

7 

0

0

0

31

14

1

17

0

Aug.

165

84

63

33

23

247

225

104

55

37

46

761

338

176

132

86

71

73

230

211

126

64

34

20

13

7

4

2

1

7

3

Mean

9.0

6.4

10.3

286

23.5 

15.9 

4.5

.3

21.2

1,066

391

110

883

210

Sept.

17

284

1,460

7,300

4,490

5,270

1,460

941

694

370

283

370

460

271

265

215

165

432

390

246

189

189

160

120

107

89

77

84

132

94

-

Run-off In 

aore-feet

561

383

633

207,300

1,440 

886 

276

18

1,300

63,460

24,030

6,790

52,570

152,300
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN 141

Canadian River at Logan, N. tfex.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°ei', long. 103°26', in sec. 15, T. 13 N., R. 

33ET, half a mile south of Logan, three-quarters of a mile above Chicago, Rock 

Island & Pacific Railway bridge, 5 miles below Ute Creek, and 5 miles above 

Tucumcari Creek.

Records available.- June 1904 to February 1905, December 1908 to May 1914, October 1930 

to September 1938 in reports of Geological Survey. June 1904 to February 1905, 

December 1908 to May 1914, October 1922 to December 1931 in reports of State engineer.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, about 48,000 second-feet Sept. 5 (gage height. 

ISTE7 feet); no flow at times.

1930-38: Maximum discharge, 110,000 second-feet June 3, 1937 (gage height, 18.91 

feet); no flow at times.

Maximum stage known, approximately 36.55 feet at site three-quarters of a mile 

below present station (zero of that gage was 3,651.0 feet above mean sea level).

Records.- Records poor. Diversions for irrigation above station.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1

2

S

4

5

6

7

S

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

SO

SO.

22 

o«3oO 

OJ<6*

25

26

27

28

29

50

31

Oat.

6

4

3

3

3

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

712

152

65

23

14

9

8

6

6

5

4

4

3

2

2

2

HOT.

1

1

1

1

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

-

Dec.

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

5

3

3

2

2

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Jan.

0

1

1

0

0

1

0

1

0

1

1

0

2

9

9

7

8

7

7

8

9

11

15

15

9

12

13

18

18

15

11

Feb.

9

8

6

5

7

4

3

3

3

5

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

9

12

26

36

35

39

42

48

54

50

39

_

-

Month

October. ..................................

larch .....................................

April . ....................................

May.. .....................................

July......................................

Water year 1937-38......................

Bar.

43

38

22

15

10

9

8

8

9

7

6

5

2

1

1

1

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Apr.

2

3

2

2

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

64

23

1

0

125

-

Seeondfoot-daye

1,058

4

30

407,205

209

499

187

223

14,063 

54,622

30,452

4,156

77,528

183,031

*ay

6

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

6

1

0

0

0

0

0

8,160

5,890

Maximum

713

1

5

57,500

18

54

43

125

8,160 

10,500

5,290

489

24,300

24,300

June

1,070

1,970

624

114

58

24

78

1,440

743

200

88 '60

7,230

5,240

10,500

1,780

832

512

456

377

282

220

370

349

321

7,870

2,790

6,120

2,060

844

July

916

574

496

419

294

398

200

147

120

88

68

54

39

37

333

776

1,390

5,290

4,350

1,640

3,320

2,640

1,760

953

583

464

384

774

681

776

488

IH Tl-f Htllpl

1

0

0

0

0

3

0

0

0 

24

37

21

30

0

Aug.

314

186

210

132

72

46

39

21

91

102

184

489

334

384

178

135

186

150

90

*64

129

210

126

64

40

*30

Mean

34.1

.1

1.0

1,116

6.7

17.8

6.0

7.4

454 

1,821

982

134

2,684

501

Sept.

«30

»70

2,930

9,150

21,300

24,300

11,800

1,750

809

630

464

363

370

464

335

240

220

215

200

398

300

220

170

147

144

129

114

102

86

78

Run-Off In 

acre-feet

2,100

7.9

60

807,600

415

990

371

442

27,890 

108,300

60,400

6,240

153,800

363,000

Peak discharge.- Jione 13 (1 p.m.) 29,000 sec.-ft. 5 Sept. 5 (6 a.m.) 48,000 sec.-ft.; Sept. 6 

(3 p.m.) 42,700 sec.-ft.

«Gage-height record missing or Incomplete; discharge computed on basis of partial gage heights, 

weather records, and records for station near Bell ranch.
142 ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

Canadian River near Amarlllo, Tex.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 35°28'10", long. 101°52'45", at bridge on U. S. Hlghway 385, 2,000 feet downstream from Pitcher Creek, 2.0 miles downstream from Panhandle & Santa Fe Railway bridge, and 19 miles north of Amarlllo, Potter County. Zero 

of gage is 2,989.12 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 19,830 square miles.

Records available.- January 1924 to December 1925 and April to September 1938.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during period, about 48,000 second-feet June 15 (gageneight 10.50 feet, from floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 26,000 secondfeet; minimum dally discharge, 0.3 second-foot Aug. 31, Sept. 1.

1924-25, 1938: Maximum discharge, that of June 15, 1938; no flow at times. 

Maximum stage known, about 24.0 feet sometime in May 1914, but a higher stage 

probably occurred during flood of October 1904.

Remarks.- Dally records poor, monthly records fair. Gage read twice dally, oftener 

during periods of flood. No large diversion above station.

Discharge, in second-feet, water fear October 1937 to September 1958

Day

1

2

s

4

6

6

7

S

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

18

19

SO

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct. HOT. Dec. Jan. Feb.

Month

Hai

Api

 ch. ....................................

11 3-30. ............. .......

toy.. .....................................

July. .....................................

The period. ......................... ...

Bar. Apr.

.

.

2.2

2.5

2.3

2.3

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.2

2.0

2.2

2.0

1.8

1.8

2.0

1.5

1.3

1.5

1.1

1.3

2.8

2.0

2.3

3.6

956

98

45

22

-

Secondfoot-days

_

1,169.7

25,576.7

82,138.0

55, 884. O

5 719 . 0

72^452.9

May

118

5.0

2,200

41

8.4

4 2

3 2

1 3

1 5

6

7

1 8

34

13

1.6

275

1,370

250

7.6

2.5

1.3

1,O30

572

435

548

1,290

204

20

143

296

16,700

Mqyl^^m

_

956

16,7OO

14, 5OO

16,500

1,12O

14,500

June

6,880

1,640

3,320

1,29O

58O

1,29O

408

5,750

3,35O

1,960

70O

498

374

6,500

14,500

8,300

1,380

5,760

1,O8O

565

2O5

185

172

172

565

244

7,070

3,45O

1,750

2,200

-

July

670

397

847

537

397

340

340

1,220

17

105

55

32

565

386

826

1.5OO

826

2,980

16,5OO

7,38O

4,720

5,670

3,230

2,240

939

763

565

459

253

863

262

Minimum

_

1.1

 6

172

17

.3

.3

Aug.

351

198

172

1O5

62

395

40

23

17

9.2

1.5

985

152

105

288

550

305

1,120

305

244

68

65

121

10

4.2

1.1

6.O

11

3.9

.8

.3

Mean

_

_

41.8

825

2,738

1,803

184

2,415

Sept.

0.3

.6

60

4,05O

14,300

14,400

14,500

9,200

6,60O

1,820

1.O60

847

655

763

472

550

408

270

270

227

2O5

19S

27O

328

253

211

159

143

114

119

-

Run-off In 

acre-feet

_

_

2,320

50,730

162,900

110,800

11,340

143,700

481,800
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN 143

Canadian River near Canadian, Tex.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 35°55', long. 100°22', at bridge on U. S. Highway 60, 

 220 feet below Panhandle & Santa Fe Railway, 1.2 miles downstream from Red Deer Creek

and 1.6 miles northeast of Canadian, Hemphill County. Zero of gage is 2,301.50 feet

above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 23,280 square miles.

Records available.- July 1924 to August 1925 (gage heighta only), April to September

1930.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during period, about 37,000 second-feet Sept. 

 height, 7.50 feet, from floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 22,000 secondfeet; minimum daily discharge, 0.2 second-foot Aug. 28 and Sept. 1.

1924-25, 1938: Maximum discharge not determined; maximum gage height, that of 

Sept. 8, 1938; no flow at times.

Maximum stage known, about 20 feet Oct. 2, 1904.

Remarks.- Records poor, 

sions above station.

Gage read twice daily, oftener during floods. No large diverDischarge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1 

2 

S

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 ' 

12 

IS 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24

25

28 

27 

28 

29 

SO 

31

Oct. HOT. Dac. Jan. Feb.

Month

Dot 

Hoi 

Dec

C

Jar 

Pel 

Max 

Apr 

Maj 

Jim 

Jul 

Aug 

3e]

]

alendar year

11 21-50. .............................

he perlc

Mar. Apr.

47 

67 

73 

34 

13

7.4 

640 

230 

135 

43

Secondfoot-days

1,289.4 

19,070.8 

120,482 

48,901.8 

3,512.1 

89,494.6

May

120

342 

387 

1,130 

1,060

224 

140 

85 

51 

16

2.6 

.8 

.6 

.4 

.4

3,820 

1,950 

3,9YO 

1,390 

150

35 

208 

1,530 

1,000 

218

113 

370 

292 

43 

15 

407

Maximum

640 

3,970 

17,900 

10,300 

500 

23,000

June

12,800 

6,150 

2,440 

1,220 

1,580

684 

2,220 

1,740 

17,900 

4,610

4,050 

1,520 

710

452 

806

11,600 

13,100 

6,820 

4,380 

2,650

814 

436 

278 

238 

2,710

1,860 

484 

3,870 

8,320 

4,040

July

5,370 

1,960 

1,000 

684 

500

365 

409 

332 

409 

200

102 

35 

9.8 

90

194

548 

376 

1,220 

, 548 

10, 300

7,260 

5,260 

2,750 

2,330 

2,650

1,580 

736 

452 

376 

696 

170

Minimum

7.4 

.4 

238 

9.8 

.2 

.2

Aug.

298 

365 

310

145 

99

53 

20 

6.2 

1.8 

.8

.8 

275 

49 

7.4 

170

79 

99 

278 

500 

409

160 

70 

55 

43 

13

2 3 

6 

2 

6 

8 

6

Mean

129 

615 

4,016 

1,577 

113 

2,983

Sept.

0.2 

1.4 

23 

102 

1,700

11,100 

SO, 600 

23,000 

8,700 

5,700

3,500 

3,220 

4,270 

2,480 

1,250

840 

788 

376 

294 

262

224 

170 

135 

113 

102

150 

125 

102 

85 

82

Run-off In 

acre-feet

2,560 

37,830 

239,000 

97,000 

6,970 

177,500

560,900
144 ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

Vermejo River near Dawson, N. Mex.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°42', long. 104°47', about T. 28 N., R. 20 E., 

in Maxwell grant, 24 miles north of Dawson, Colfax County.

Drainage area.- 250 square miles.

Records available.- October 1930 to September 1938 in reports of Geological Survey.

October 1915 to May 1923, February 1927 to December 1931 in reports of State engineer.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, about 4,130 second-feet Aug.3 (gage height, 7.81 

feet) from rating curve extended above 200 second-feet; minimum daily discharge, 0.4 

second-foot Feb. 17.

1930-38: Maximum discharge, about 4,650 second-feet Aug. 7, 1936 (gage height, 

7.99 feet); no flow at times.

Remarks.- Records fair except those for periods of missing or incomplete gage heights, 

which are poor. Diversions for irrigation above station.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

6

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

16

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oot.

}' 

}'

I'

8.0 

8.5 

6.7 

5.4 

5.1

4.5 

4.5 

4.5 

4.2 

4.2

4.2 

4.2 

3.8 

3.8 

3.5 

3.5

HOT.

3.2 

3.2 

3.2 

3.2 

3.2

2.9 

2.9 

3.2 

3.2 

2.9

2.9 

2.9 

2.6 

2.1 

2.6

2.6 

2.0 

2.0

1.8 

1.8

3.2 

5.1 

2.6 

2.6 

3.8

2.9 

2.5

Dec. Jan.

!:.

1.1

1.4 

1.8 

1.6 

1.6 

2.9

4.8 

3.5 

3.8 

4.5 

1.8

2.1 

1.6 

1.4 

1.4 

2.1

I"

Feb.

 2

3.5 

2.0

1.8 

.4 

.9 

.5 

1.3

.6 

.6 

.8 

.9 

.8

.9 

1.8 

5.1

Month

Oot 

Sot

Dec

C

Jan 

Fefc 

Mai 

Apt 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Auj 

Bei

1

alendar year 1937................ ...

ater year 1937-38......................

Mar.

3.8 

£.6 

2.3 

1.8 

1.6

1.1 

1.1 

2.0 

2.0 

1.8

1.6

1.4 

1.4 

1.4 

1.4

1.6 

1.8 

1.8 

1.8 

1.8

2.0 

2.0 

2.0 

2.0 

2.1

2.3 

2.9 

4.2 

3.8 

4.2 

4.2

Apr.

5.1

5.4 

6.7 

7.2 

7.2

7.6 

7.6 

8.9

11 

13

14 

14 

14 

14 

17

18 

18 

18 

18 

35

82 

82 

60

> 80

Seoondfoot-days

183.6 

84.6 

77.5

8,287.8

66.8 

47.9 

67.8 

1,043.7 

2,408 

1,333 

956.2 

1,192.9 

1,262

8,724.0

May

112 

102 

91 

79 

68

66 

58 

51 

56 

53

63

77 

77 

82 

91

102 

93 

84

80

63 

60

Maximum

5.1

270

4.8 

5.1 

4.2

112 

86 

90 

403 

238

403

June

58 

55 

52

> 40

23 

23

22 

21 

22 

22 

86

85 

84 

69 

59 

52

July

45 

36 

33 

30 

26

23 

21 

18 

16 

14

13 

13 

14 

70 

40

20 

15 

90 

40 

80

40 

25 

15 

8.9 

8.5

9.8 

15 

73 

51 

28 

23

Minimum

3.5

1.8

.4

1.1 

.4 

1.1 

5.1 

51 

21 

8.5 

1.1 

12

.4

Aug.

20 

20 

403 

283 

71

39 

30 

26 

23 

37

20 

15 

25 

30 

20

10 

20 

15 

10 

5

3 

1.6 

1.8 

1.4 

1.3

1.3 

1.4 

1.1 

19 

25 

14

Mean

5.92

2.82 

2.50

22.7

2.15 

1.71 

2.19 

34.8 

77.7 

44.4 

30.8 

38.5 

42.1

23.9

Sept.

48 

34 

51 

118

77

63 

238 

53 

40 

50

53 

52 

42 

35 

30

30 

32 

27 

23 

20

19 

17 

16 

14 

14

14 

14 

13 

13 

12

Run-off in 

acre-feet

364 

168 

154

16,440

132 

95 

134 

2,070 

4,780 

2,640 

1,900 

2,370 

2,500

17,310

Peak discharge.- Aug. 3 (11 p.m.) 4,130 sec.-ft.; Sept. 7 (1 a.m.) 2,040 sec.-ft.; July 20 

(7 p.m.) 890 sec.-ft.

Note.- Gage-height record missing or incomplete, Oct. 1-15,, Nov. 27 to Jan. 8, Jan. 26 to Feb. 

13, Apr. 20, 24-30, May 19-29, June 4-18, 26, July 13-23, Aug. 11-21, Sept. 9, 10; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for Rayado River at Sauble ranch, near Cimarron and 

Olmarron River at Springer.
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN 14b 

Cieneguilla Creek near Eagle Nest, N. Hex.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°30', long. 105°14', in Maxwell grant, a

quarter of a mile below Schoolhouse Draw, about 3,500 feet upstream from high-water 

line of Eagle Nest Reservoir, and 6 miles south of Eagle Nest, Colfax County.

Records available.- October 1930 to September 1938 in reports of Geological Survey. 

April lykiB to December 1931 in reports of State engineer.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge recorded during year, 140 second-feet June 26 (gage height, 

3.52 feet); minimum dally discharge recorded, 0.2 second-foot Aug. 27.

1930-38: Maximum discharge, about 310 second-feet Aug. 23, 1935 (gage height, 

4.65 feet); no flow June 15, 16, 18-23, July 14-27, 1936.

Remarks.- Records fair except those for periods of ice effect, Nov. 28 to Dec. 13, Mar. 

12-14, 16-18, Mar. 25 to Apr. 5, and for days of uncertain or missing gage heights 

Apr. 15 and May 30, which were computed on basis of records for Sixmile Creek near 

Eagle Nest and Moreno Creek at Eagle Nest, weather records and available gage heights 

and are poor. Diversions for irrigation above station.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 193V to September 1938

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

6

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

15 

14 

16

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

25 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

SO 

31

Dot.

6.0 

2.8 

2.4 

1.9 

l.V

1.9 

2.1 

2.1 

2.4 

2.4

2.4 

2.4 

3.3 

2.6 

2.2

3.3 

3.1 

2.8 

2.4 

2.2

2.2 

2.4 

2.4 

2.4 

2.2

2.4 

2.1 

2.2 

2.2 

2.1 

1.9

HOT.

2.1 

2.1 

1.9 

1.9 

1.9

1.9 

2.2 

3.0 

2.4 

2.2

2.2 

2.2

1.9 

1.7 

2.1

1.6 

1.9 

2.4 

1.5 

2.4

2.6 

2.6 

2.1 

1.7 

2.1

1.9 

l.V 

2.2 

2.5 

2.0

Dec.

1.9 

2.1 

1.8 

2.0 

2.0

2.0 

2.0 

2.1 

2.1 

2.1

2.2 

2.3 

2.3

Jan.

«2.9

Feb.

*4.0

Month.

Dot 

No\ 

Dec

C

Jar 

Pet 

Mai 

Apr 

Ma; 

JUE 

Jul 

*ot 

Sej

1

ember 1" 

alendar

^. ............................

year

ater year

Mar.

4.8

5.0

6.3 

V 

8 

V 

3.5

5 

6 

8 

9.0 

8.V

9.0 

9.0 

9.4 

9.0 

9

9

V 

V 

7 

8 

4

Apr.

2.5 

3

V 

13 

IV

IV 

17 

16 

13 

13

14 

18 

22 

21 

17

23 

2V 

35 

52 

69

89 

V4 

71 

65 

56

51 

53 

60 

52 

51

Secondfoot-days

76.9 

62.9 

26.9

164.7 

1,038.5 

703. 7 

100.6 

53.2 

36.2 

75.1

May

51 

42 

45 

43 

34

32 

35 

33 

35 

33

34 

28 

28 

25 

22

23 

20 

17 

14 

12

12 

12 

12 

12 

11

9.0 

V.8 

6.6 

5.8 

5 

4.5

Maximum

6.0 

3.0 

2.3

9.0 

89 

51 

21 

5.0 

6.0 

5.5

June

4.2 

4.8 

4.5 

4.8 

4.8

3.5 

3.1 

5.0 

3.1 

2.1

2.1 

2.1 

3.0 

4.0 

2.1

1.9 

1.4 

.8 

1.0 

1.0

.5 

.4 

.4 

1.4 

2.8

21 

4.5 

2.8 

4.2 

3.3

July

2.1 

1.9 

1.9 

1.6 

1.2

.6 

.5 

.5 

.4 

.4

.4 

.4 

.5 

2.2 

3.5

3.8 

5.0 

2.8 

3.0 

3.8

2.1 

1.9 

1.4 

.9

.7

2.4 

1.5 

1.6 

1.5 

1.5 

1.2

Minimum

1.7 

1.5 

1.8

3.5 

2.5 

4.5 

.4 

.4 

.2 

1.5

Aug.

0.9 

.9 

1.0 

4.0 

3.5

l.V 

1.2 

.9 

.6 

.8

1.2 

1.3 

1.2 

1.3 

1.6

1.0 

.6 

1.2 

.6 

.4

.4 

.4 

.5 

.5 

.4

.3 

.2 

.3 

.5 

.8 

6.0

Mean

2.48 

2.10 

2.07

7.16 

34.6 

22. V 

3.35 

1.72 

1.17 

2.50

Sept.

2.2 

3.0 

3.1 

2.8 

2.6

2.6 

2.2 

2.2 

2.2 

1.5

2.8 

3.1 

2.8 

1.9 

4.5

5.5 

4.5 

3.0 

2.4 

2.2

2.1 

1.9 

1.7 

1.9 

1.9

1.7 

1.7 

1.7 

1.7 

1.7

Run-off In 

acre-feet

153 

125 

53

327 

2,060 

1,400 

200 

106 

72 

149

Peak discharge.- Apr. 20 (9-12 p.m.) 95 sec.-ft.j Apr. 22 (l a.m.) 

140 sec.-ft.

*Di scharge measurement.

sec.-ft.; June 26 (4 p.m.)
146 ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

Cimarron River at Ute Park, N. Hex.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°34', long. 105°04', in Maxwell grant, half a 

mile below mouth of Ute Creek and about 1 mile east of post office at Ute Park, 

Coifax County.

Drainage area.- 235 square miles.

Records available.- July 1907 to December 1914, October 1930 to September 1938 in reports 

or Geological Survey. July 1907 to December 1931 in reports of State engineer.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 253 second-feet July 18 (gage height, 3.27 

feet}; minimum daily discharge, 2.3 second-feet February 18.

1930-38: Maximum discharge and stage, those of July 18, 1938; minimum daily discharge, 1.5 second-feet Jan. 18-20, 1936.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of ice effect, and of backwater from 

beaver dam, which are poor. Flow regulated by storage in Eagle Nest Reservoir 

(capacity, 78,800 acre-feet). Diversions for irrigation above station.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1

2

3

4

6

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

IS

1415

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

50

31

Oct.

16

13

9.5

12

13

17

20

21

16

11

19

20

19

19

18

13

14

25

26

26

26

26

22

18

28

28

26

26

20

16

11

HOT.

17

17

16

14

14

10

8.3

14

14

14

14

14

13

11

14

14

10

10

9.8

10

9.8

10

10

10

9.8

1 ..

j -

Dee.

5

5

5-7

 5.0

5.2

5.0

, 5.0

j...

,

1

> 5.0

)

.

1

> 5.5

1

J

Jan.

5.0

,.

1

> 4.0

J

,

I

> 4.5

[

)

..

I

> 5.O

I

)

,

> 4.5

j

J

 .

J

> 4.0

j

1

1

Feb.

. 4.5

3.9

3.9

3.7

3.2,

> 3.5

j

J

4.0

4.8

-

-

Month

Calendar year 1937 ......................

April.....................................

May.......................................

July. ................................. ...

Water year 1937-33.................. ...

Mar.

4.8

5.0

4.8

5.7

4.8

4.5

6.0

7.2

6.9

6.7

6.7

7.7

8.0

8.9

6.4

14

18

14

16

12

17

14

16

15

16

14

14

16

20

20

20

Apr.

20

20

14

22

25

28

25

25

25

21

32

33

35

36

36

25

21

37

40

47

52

53

46

45

56

58

62

64

65

61

-

Seoondfoot-days

593.5

345.2

155.4

12,381.5

139.0

113.3

350.1

1,129

2,444

2,968

1, 666

1,102.7

456

11,462.2

May

61

74

77

67

62

62

53

35

52

52

55

59

62

60

61

79

80

82

82

88

82

82

94

92

95

105

130

114

97

108

142

MaxUrun

28

17

153

_

20

65

142

151

109

101

65

151

June

144

146

144

134

134

149

151

151

149

148

127

125

137

90

86

84

84

83

82

80

79

77

65

66

61

69

37

32

28

26

-

July

24

23

22

20

19

55

59

53

50

53

73

76

S8

101

105

80

74

109

77

74

72

59

39

34

36

36

38

36

30

24

22

Minimum

9.5

-

2.5

2.3

4.5

14

35

26

19

6.9

10

23

Aug.

20

24

16

20

31

25

20

40

76

S2

100

101

89

79

31

24

17

16

14

11

8.0

7.4

6.9

7.4

14

15

10

23

42

66

67

Mean

19.1

11. e

5.01

33.9

4.48

4.05

11.3

37.6

78.8

98.9

53.7

35.6

15.2

31.4

Sept.

65

53

27

13

12

11

11

11

12

12

13

13

12

12

12

13

12

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

10

-

Rim-off in 

acre-feet

1,180

685

308

24,550

276

225

694

2,240

4,850

5,890

3,300

2,190

904

22,740

Peak discharge..- July 15 (2 p.m.) 124 sec.-ft.; July 18 

121 Sec.-ft.

p .m.} 253 sec.-ft j Aug 11 (6 p-m )

Hote.- Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice, Nov. 20, 23, HOT. 26 to Dec- 2, Dec. 4-10, 

Dec. J.4 to Feb. 13, Feb. 19-T2V, Mar. 31, Apr. 1, 2, 7-9j discharge computed on basis of one discharge measurement, gage heights, weather records and records for Cimarron River at Springer, and 

Rj^ado River near Clnarron. Stage-discharge relation affected by construction of beaver dam on 

control, Feb. 14-18, 28, Bar. 1-25.
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN 147

Cimarron River at Springer, N. Mex.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°221 , long. 104°37', in sec. 33, T. 25 N., R. 

32 E., 300 feet below highway bridge, an eighth of a mile west of Springer, 6 miles 

below mouth of Rayado River and 6 miles above confluence with Canadian River.

Records available.- July 1907 to December 1909, October 1930 to September 1938 in

reports or Geological Survey. August 1907 to December 1909, January 1921 to December 

1931 In reports of State engineer.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, about 2,330 second-feet June 27 (gage height, 

7.34 feet), from rating curve extended above 1,300 second-feet; minimum daily discharge, 0.8 second-foot Oct. 4, 6, 7.

1930-38: Maximum discharge, about 3,690 second-feet June 3, 1937 (gage height, 

9.15 feet), from rating curve extended above 1,300 second-feet; minimum daily discharge, 0.1 second-foot Apr. 11, 1933.

Remarks.- Records fair except those for periods of missing gage heights, June 3-17, 

Aug. 17-21, Sept. 25-30, which were computed on basis of records for Cimarron River 

at Ute Park, and Mbra River near Golondrinas and weather records and are poor. 

Diversions for irrigation above station.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1933

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

6

6 

V 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16

IV 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23

24 

25

26 

2V 

28 

29 

SO 

31

oot.

1.0 

1.0 

1.0 

.8 

.9

.8 

.8 

.9 

.9 

1.0

.9 

1.2 

1.2 

1.3 

1.5

2.0 

2.2 

2.3 

2.2 

2.2

2.3 

2.3 

2.5 

2.5 

2.5

2.3 

2.3 

2.3 

2.3 

2.3 

2.3

HOT.

2.5 

2.3 

2.8 

2.8 

2.5

2.8 

2.8 

2.8 

3.0 

3.0

3.0 

3.0 

3.0 

3.0 

2.8

2.8 

2.8 

2.8 

2.8 

2.8

2.8 

2.8 

2.8 

2.8 

2.8

2.8 

2.5 

2.8 

2.8 

2.8

Dec.

2.8 

3.0 

2.8 

2.8

2.8

3.0 

3.0 

2.8 

3.0 

3.0

3.0 

3.0 

3.0 

3-.0 

2.8

2.8 

3.0 

2.8 

2.8 

2.8

2.8 

2.8 

2.8 

2.8 

2.8

3.0 

3.0 

3.0 

3.3 

3.3 

3.3

Jan.

3.3 

3.5 

3.5 

3.5 

3.5

s'.s

s'.3 

3.0

3.0 

3.0 

3.0 

2 «8 

2.8

2.8 

2.8 

2.8 

3.0 

3.0

3.0 

3.0 

2*8 

2.5 

2.8

2.5 

2.5 

2.5 

2.5 

2.3 

2.5

Feb.

2.3 

2.3 

2.3 

2.5 

2.3

2.3 

2.3 

2.8 

2.5 

2.3

2.3 

2.3 

2.3 

2.3 

2.3

2.3 

2.5 

2.8 

2.8

3.0 

2.8 

2.8 

3.0 

3.3

3.3 

3.5 

3.5

Month

Oct 

Sot 

Dec

C

Jar 

Pet 

 ax 

API

JUQ

Ju3 

An* 

8ej

1

nary

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

rater year 1937- 38 .....................

Mar.

3.5 

2.6 

2.5 

2.3 

2.2

2.2 

2.3 

2.8 

3.3 

3.0

2.8 

2.3 

2.3 

2.3 

2.3

2.3 

2.3 

2.2 

2.3 

2.2

2.2 

2.2 

2.2 

2.2 

2.2

2.2 

2.2 

2.2 

2.2 

2.0 

1.7

Apr.

2.0 

2.0 

2.2 

1.9 

1.7

1.7 

1.9 

1.5 

1.9 

1.7

1.5 

1.5 

1.5 

1.7 

1.6

1.7 

1.6 

1.6 

1.5 

1.6

2.0 

2.0 

1.9 

1.7 

1.7

2.2 

2.5 

2.5 

6.2 

6.2

Secondfoot-days

52.0 

84.3 

90.9

4,880.7

91.4 

74.3 

VS.V 

63.2 

136.2 

1,586.5 

390.3 

562.4 

1,110.4

4,314.6

May

5.0 

4.2 

4.7 

4.2 

4.0

4.2 

5.0 

5.0 

5.0 

5.0

4.0 

3.7 

4.0 

4.0 

3.7

4.5 

4.5 

4.5 

4.5 

4.0

3.7 

5.0 

5.6 

5.0 

4.0

3.5

3.7

sis 

5.6 

5.6

Maximum

2.5 

3.0 

3.3

1,610

3.5 

3.5 

3.5 

6.2 

5.6 

682 

63 

305 

634

682

June

3.7 

5.3 

6 

6 

6

5 

5 

5 

5 

5

5 

5 

70 

25 

15

10 

8 

6.2 

5.6 

4.7

4.0 

3.5 

3.5 

4.0 

112

501 

682 

36 

19 

14

July

12 

8.9 

7i5 

6.2 

5.3

4.5 

3.7 

3.3 

2.5 

2.3

2.0 

2.0 

22 

55 

21

6.6 

5.9 

17 

22 

58

32 

19 

15 

9.3 

6.9

6.6 

7.8 

6.9 

7.8 

6.6 

4.7

Minimum

0.8 

2.5 

2.8

.8

2.3 

2.3 

1.7 

1.5 

3.3 

3.5 

£.0 

1.6 

5.0

.8

Aug.

4.5 

4.0 

3.3 

2.0 

2.0

3.7 

2.3 

1.9 

1.6 

305

109 

14 

8.9 

7.2 

5.6

4.7 

30 

10 

6 

5

4 

3.7 

3.3 

3.0 

3.5

2.8 

2.5 

2.2 

2.3 

2.2 

2.2

Mean

1.68 

2.81 

2.93

13.4

2.95 

2.65 

2.38 

2.11 

4.39 

52.8 

12.6 

18.1 

37.0

11.8

Sept.

6.6 

18 

12 

634 

103

51 

46 

17 

12 

13

36 

14 

11 

10 

8.9

20 

12 

9.3 

7.8 

7.2

7.5 

6.9 

6.6 

6.6 

6.3

6.1 

5.8 

5.5 

5.3

5.0

Run-off In 

acre-feet

103 

167 

180

9,680

181 

14V 

146 

125 

2VO 

3,140 

7V4 

1,120 

2,200

8,550

Peak discharge.- June 27 (1 a.m.) 2,330 sec.-ft.j Aug. 10 (fi p.m.) 1,380 sec.-ft.5 Sept. 4 

(8 a.m.) l,£9O sec.-ft.
148 ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

Rayado River at Sauble ranch, near Cimarron, N. Hex.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°22', long. 104U 58', in T. 25 N., R. 19 E., 

at Sauble ranch in Maxwell grant 10 miles southwest of Cimarron.

Records available.- May 1911 to December 1914 at site 3 miles upstream, October 1930 

to September 1938 In reports of Geological Survey. January 1915 to December 1931 in 

reports of State engineer.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 85 second-feet June 1 (gage height, 2.25

feet); maximum gage height, 2.30 feet Apr. 20; minimum dally discharge, not determined. 

1930-37: Maximum discharge, about 543 second-feet Apr. 13, 1937 (gage height, 3.56 

feet), from rating curve extended above 140 second-feet; minimum daily discharge, 0.5 

second-foot Dec. 8, 1932 and Nov. 22, 1934.

Remarks.- Records fair except those for periods of ice effect and missing gage heights, 

which are poor.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1 

2 

S 

4 

6

6

7

a

9 

10

11

12 

IS 

14 

16

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

US 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

. 5.0

> 4.0

3.8 

4.0

> 3.5 

> 3.0

}-

HOT.

 2.5 

2.4

1"

Doc.

 3.0 

 3.5

Jan.

 3.5 

> 4.0

}...

> 4.0 

> 3.5

Feb.

. 4.0

4.8 

5.1 

5.4 

5.0 

4.5

4.0 

3.3 

3.5 

3.5 

4.0

3.5 

3.5 

3.5 

3.5 

4.0

4.0 

4.0 

4.4

Month

Oct 

HOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Man 

Apr 

*«7 

Jim 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 193"7... ..

LI. ....................................

UBt ........ . ..

ater year 1937-3E ......................

Mar.

4.8 

5.4 

6.1 

6.4 

5.1

4.6 

4 

4.5 

4.5 

4.5

5 

5.4 

5.4 

5.8 

6.6

5.6 

5 

4.5 

4.8 

5.6

6.8 

6.8 

5.1 

5.8 

8.1

10 

6.1 

6.1 

4.8 

4.4 

3.1

Apr.

3.1 

3 

4 

6.1 

8.8

9.1 

7.4 

7.4 

7.4 

7.1

9.8 

16 

15 

12 

7.1

10 

15 

20 

31 

44

57 

40 

40 

39 

34

31 

SO 

43 

36 

35

Seoondfoot-days

117.8 

74.9 

101.0

8,007.0

118.5 

113.5 

170.7 

628.3 

710 

281.2 

195.0 

125.0 

292.0

2,927.9

>fay

38 

31 

32 

30 

25

23 

23 

20 

25 

23

24 

20 

20 

20 

23

25 

26 

26 

25 

25

24 

23 

23 

21 

19

18 

18 

17 

15 

14 

14

M«Tlimm

~

258

5.4 

10 

57 

38 

17 

20 

9.1 

28

57

June

17 

14 

13 

13 

13

10

11 

13 

10 

9.5

9.1 

10

13 

13 

9.5

8.5 

7.8 

7.4 

6.8 

6.4

5.8 

5.6 

5.4 

6.8 

6.8

8.1 

7.4 

6.1 

7.8 

6.4

July

4.8 

4.8 

5.1 

4.4 

3.8

3.6 

3.8 

3.8 

3.5 

3.5

3.3 

3.5 

4.2

8.8 

8.5

5.1 

5.6 

8.8 

8.8 

16

20 

9.8 

8.8 

6.8 

5.8

5.6 

5.1 

5.1 

4.4 

4.8 

5.1

Minimum

~

-

3.1 

3 

14 

5.4 

3.3 

2.4 

1.6

-

Aug.

4.2 

4.0 

4.8 

6.8 

4.6

3.8 

3.5 

3.6 

3.5 

4.4

6.1 

9.1 

5.1 

4.8 

6.6

4.4 

3.8 

4.0 

3.6 

3.1

2.9 

2,7 

2.9 

2.7 

2.6

2.4 

2.4 

2.9 

3.3 

2.6 

3.8

Mean

3.80 

2.50 

3.26

21.9

3.82 

4.05 

5.51 

20.9 

22.9 

9.37 

6.29 

4.03 

9.73

8.02

Sept.

4.6 

10

14 

13 

11

14 

10 

8.1 

6.6 

8.3

28 

17 

13 

10 

11

14 

12 

9.8 

8.8

8.1

7.1 

6.8 

6.8 

6.6 

6.6

5.6 

5.4 

5.6 

5.6 

4.6

Run-off In 

acre-feet

234 

149 

200

15,880

235 

225 

339 

1,250 

1,410 

558 

387 

248 

579

5,814

Peak discharge.- Apr. 20 (11 p.m.) 80 sec.-ft.j Apr. 28 (1 a.m.) 7S sec.-ft.j June 1 (5 p.m.) 

85 sec.-ft.

Note.- Discharge for periods of ice effect, Nov. 26, Jan. 8 to Fet>. 10, 14, 15, 18-27, Map. 7-11, 

17, 18, Apr. 2, 3, and missing or Incomplete gage heights Oct. 1-14, Oct. 17 to Nov. 24, Nov. 27 

were computed on basis of four discharge measurements, weather records and records for Cimarron 

River at Springer and Vermejo River near Dawson.
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN 149

Colmor intake canal near Ocate, N. Mex.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°09', long. 104°53', In SWi sec. 12, T. 22 N., 

R. 10 E., 130 feet downstream from head gate, 5 miles southwest of Lake Charette, 

and 10 miles south of Ocate.

Records available.- May 1933 to September 1938.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, about 605 second-feet June 12 or 13 (gage 

height, 4.83 feet), from rating curve extended above 50 second-feet on basis of 

hydraulic properties of canal; no flow for long periods.

1933-38: Maximum discharge, about 695 second-feet Aug. 26, 1933, June 1, 1937 

(gage heights, 5.14 and 5.17 feet, respectively), from rating curve extended above 

50 second-feet on basis of hydraulic properties of canal; maximum gage height, 5.17 

feet June 1, 1937; no flow for long periods.

Remarks.- Records poor. Diversions for Irrigation above station. Canal delivers water 

to Lake Charette, which serves as a reservoir for Colmor Irrigation district.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1

2

3

4

6

6

7

e

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

16

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

oot. HOT. Dec. Jan. Feb.

Month

October. ..................................

February. .................................

March. ....................................

April.....................................

Hay.......................................

July. .....................................

Water year 1937-

Mar. Apr.

Secondfoot-days

0

0

0

973.7

0

0

0

0

0

45.1

70

0

120

235.1

Bay

Maximum

0

0

0

207

0

0

0

0

0

30

40

0

60

60

June

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

15

30

0

0

0

0

0

0

.1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

July

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

40

0

30

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Minimum

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Aug.

He an

0

0

0

2.67

0

0

0

0

0

1.50

2.3

0

4.0

.64

Sept.

0

20

0

60

0

40

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0-

Run-off In 

acre-feet

0

0

0

1,930

0

0

0

0

0

89

139

0

238

466

Peak: discharge.- June 12 or 13, 605see.-ft.j July 19, 350 see.-ft.j Sept. 4, 362 see.-ft.

Note.- Gage heights missing Oct. 10-14, Nov. 20-23, Dec. 9 to Jan. 6, Jan. 25 to Feb. 14, Apr. 

3-30, Hay 7-30, June 9-19, June 22 to July 24, July 29 to Aug. 22, Sept. l-30j discharge computed 

on basis of range of stage, weather records, and records for all the Canadian River tributaries.
150 ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

Hora River at La Cueva, N. Mex.

Records available.- August 1903 to July 1911, April 1931 to September 1938..

Extremes.- 1936-37: Maximum discharge during year, 710 second-feet June 1 (gage height, 

4.95 feet), from rating curve extended above 400 second-feet, minimum daily discharge, 

2.5 second-feet (estimated) March 4-13.

1937-38: Maximum discharge during year, 1,210 second-feet June 26 (gage height, 

7.16 feet), from rating curve extended above 400 second-feet; minimum daily discharge, 

3.0 second-feet July 10.

1931-38: Maximum discharge and gage height, those of June 26, 1938; no flow at 

times.

Remarks.- Records fair except those for periods of ice effect and of missing gage

heights, which are poor. Diversions for irrigation above station. Records for, the 

water year October 1936 to September 1937 supersede those published in Water-Supply 

Paper 827 (p. 135).

Discharge, In second-feet, 1936-38 

1936-37

Day

1

2

Z

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.

20

20

19

19

17

16

17

15

12

12

9.4

8.7

12

14

14

14

12

11

10

9.4

9.4

9.4

11

10

8.7

8.0

8.0

8.7

8.7

9.4

10

Nov.

9.4

10

9.4

8.7

8.7

8.0

9.4

9.4

8.0

7.5

7.5

7.0

7.0

7.0

6.6

7.0

7.5

8.0

7.5

7.0

6.6

#6.5

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.5

7.5

-

Dec.

*6

*7

7.5

8.7

#6.5

#6.5

*7

#7

#7

#6

#6

*6.5

- '6.5

#6.5

6.6

4.6

#4.5

#4.5

6.1

#5.5

#5.5

#5.5

5.6

5.6

6.1

5.1

5.1

8.0

6.1

#5.5

#5.5

Jan.

#5.5

#5

#6

#7

«9

#10

#7.5

«-6.5

*7

#8

#9

#10

#12

#11

#10

-::-9

#8.5

#8.5

#9

#7.5

#6.5

#6.5

#7.5

#7.5

#6.5

#5.5

#6

#7.5

#8

#7.5

Feb.

#7.5

#8.5

#9

#9.5

#10

#10

#8

#6

#5

#6.5

#7

#8

#9

#8

#7

#7

#7

#7.5

#6

#6

#6

#6

#5

#3

#4

#5

#5

_

-

Mar.

t4

t3.5

t3

t2.5

t2.5

t2.5

t2.5

f2.5

t2.5

t2.5

t2.5

t2.5

t2.5

t3

f3.5

t4

t4

t4.5

t5

5.1

4.6

5.1

6.6

7.5

7.0

8.0

7.0

9.4

8.0

6.1

8.7

Apr.

6.1

11

22

23

23

20

18

17

20

20

31

62

82

82

92

129

117

114

119

94

82

84

94

78

67

63

63

58

55

52

-

May

49

49

52

63

63

67

59

63

78

98

111

111

102

103

117

127

108

94

92

90

78

87

76

92

90

78

67

74

103

127

143

June

237

187

210

187

161

143

132

119

105

103

96

91

85

80

47

21

19

14

13

14

14

14

12

12

17

45

130

122

96

80

-

July

92

102

109

94

73

50

33

28

23

34

74

62

44

29

19

11

7.0

10

10

11

12

12

12

9.4

12

14

14

14

16

19

f22

Aug.

18

15

14

12 tio

ts

t5

t6

4.6

t5

t5

t5

t4

t4

t4

5.6

t6

ts

t5

ts

ts

ts

4.6

4.6

5.6

8.7

7.5

5.1

3.7

4.6

6.1

Sept.

8.0

6.6

5.1

5.1

10

7.5

14

14

f!3

t!2

t!4

t!2

10

t9

t9

ts

t8

ts

tv

t7

ts

ts

ts

t9

ts

ts

t9

t9

t9

t9

-

#Stage-dlscliarge relation affected by loej discharge computed on basis of two discharge 

measurements, weather records, and records for stations near Golondrinas and Shoemaker.

fGage height missing; discharge computed on basis of records far Mora River near Oolondrlnas 

and Coyote Creek near Golondrlnas.
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN 151

Discharge, in second-feet, Mora River at La Cueva, N. Hex., 1936-38 Continued

1937-38

Day Hov. Feb. Apr. May July Aug. Sept.

til

12

11

18

18

17

18

13

12

10

9.4

10

9.4

9.4

12

12

10

12

14

14

14

17

14

12

11 

til tie

12

14

12

11

14

12

14

11

9.4

7.5 

5.6

4.6 

4.2

4-2 

4.6 

4.6

#4.5 

4.6 

3.7

#8.5

#8.5

9.4 ---7.5

*7.5

6.6

6.1

#5.1

*10 

11

11

12

12

#7 

7.5

-7.5 

7.5 

8.0

*7.5 

7.5 

7.5 

9.4 

8.7

7.0 

7.0 

7.0 

6.6

7.0 

7.0

7.5 

*7

8.0 

7.5 

7.5 

6.6

7.0 

5.6 

6.6 

7.0 

6.1

6.6

5.6 

6.1

4.6 

6.1 

6.1 

4.6 

4.2

5.6 

4.2 

4.6 

4.2 

3.2

6.1 

6.1 

7.0 

6.6

6.1 

5-6

5.1 

t5.5 

t6 

7.5 

6.1

t5

t4.5

t5

t5.5

t6

6.1 

6.6 

5.1 

6.1 

4.6

5.1

4.6 

4.6 

5.6 

4.6

5.1 

4.6 

4.6 

t6 

7.5

8.0

7.0

6.1

10

8.0

7.0

9.4

26

186

153

59

85

63

42

39

38

32

21

11

7.5

5.1

3.0

3.2 

3.7 

3.2 

4.6 

4.6

5.1

4.2

5.6

10

41

45

15

9.4

7.5

7.0

12

10 

8.7 

8.-0 

8.7

12

11

7.5

5.6

6.1

4.6

4.2

5.1

4.6

4.6

13

t!90 

t40 

t20 

flO tio

t8

8

7.0

7 

t7.0

102

119

168

129

105

146

119

94

140

106

96

73

151

Month Secondfoot-days

Run-off in 

acre-feet

October 1936 ............................. 382.8

November.................................. 230.7

December.................................. 190.1

Calendar year 1936 ..................... __4,794.6

January 1937 .............................. 242.0

February.................................. 190.5

March..................................... 142.6

April..................................... 1,798.1

May....................................... 2,691

June...................................... 2,606

July...................................... 1,071.4

August.................................... 206.7

September................................. 272.3

Water year 1936-37 ..................... 10,024.2

October 1937 ............................. 337.8

November....

December.................................. 173.3

Calendar year 1937 ..................... 10,061.5

January 1938 ............................. 223.4

February.................................. 210.3

March..................................... 184.3

April..................................... 176.1

May....................................... 594

June...................................... 1,417.4

July...................................... 477.1

igust.................................... 473.0

September................................. 2,367

Water year 1937-38 ..................... 6,963.5

20

10

8.7

8.0

6.5 

4.5

759

458

377

75 13.1

12

10

9.4

129

143

237

109

18

14

2.5

6.1

7.0 

3.7 

5.1

7.81

6.80

4.60

59.9

86.8

86.9

34.6

6.67

9.08

I 480

378

283

3,570

5,340

5,170

2,130

410

540

27.5 19,900

17

9.4

5.6 

3.5

10.9

11.0

5.59

670

654

344

237 2.5 19,970

12

9.4

8.0

10

35

186

50

190

168

4.5 

6.6 

3.2 

4.5

10

7.0

3.0

4.2

11

7.21

7.51

5.95

5.87

19.2

47.2

15.4

15.3

78.9

443

417

366

349

1,180

2,810

4,690

190 3.0 19.1 13,810

Peak discharge.- June 26, 1938, (6 p.m.) 1,210 sec.-ft.; Sept. 3, 1938 (4 p.m.) 863 sec.-ft.; 

Sept. 15, 1938 (6 p.m.) 585 sec.-ft.

-'Stage-discharge relation affected by ice; discharge computed on basis of one discharge measurement, weather records, and records for stations near Golondrinas and Shoemaker.

tGage height missing; discharge computed on basis of records for stations near Golondrinas and 

Shoemaker.
152 ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

Mora River near Golondrinas, N. Mex.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°53', long. 105°07', in Mora grant, half a mile 

above mouth of Coyote Creek, and 2 miles east of Golondrinas, Mora County.

Records available.- August 1903 to September 1904 (gage heights only, at former site at 

Weber, N. Hex.), October 1930 to September 1938 in reports of Geological Survey. 

March 1915 to December 1931 in reports of State engineer.

Extremes. - Maximum discharge during year, about 1,200 second-feet June 26 (gage height, 

7.78 feet), from rating curve extended above 500 second-feet; minimum daily discharge, 

1.2 second-feet Mar. 28, 30, May 4.

1930-38: Maximum discharge, about 1,250 second-feot June 1, 1937 (gage height, 

8.10 feet), from rating curve extended above 500 second-feet; no flow at times.

Remarks.- Records fair except those for periods of ice effect, and those for periods of 

missing or incomplete gage heights, which are poor. Diversions for irrigation above 

station.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1

2

3

4

e

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

IS

14

16

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

50

31

Oct.

7.5

7.5

7.5

7.3

7.8

7.0

5.1

6.7

6.4

5.1

4.9

8.1

10

9.7

9.7

9.4

11

8.8

IS

12

9.1

10

13

13

12

11

7 8

7 3

6 4

6 4

7 5

HOT.

6.7

5.9

7.8

6.4

7.3

8.8

10

9.4

7.3

7.3

5.9

5.9

6.2

9.1

9.4

8.4

9.1

8.1

11

13

12

11

10

7.5

7.0

6

7

6

5.5

6

-

Dec.

6.5

6

5.5

4

3.5

4

4.5

3.5

4

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.9

4.5

5.5

6.5

8

6.5

7.5

8

9

9.4

9.7

9.7

9.4

10

10

10

11

12

9.1

Jan.

8.5

10

9

8

8.5

7

7

7

7

8

7

7.5

8

8.5

8.5

8.4

10

11

11

8

9

7

5.5

5

6

6.5

7

7.5

7

6

6.5

Feb.

9

7.5

8

7.5

8

7

7.5

7

7.5

9.1

8.4

5.4

5.6

5.9

6.2

6.4

6.2

6

7

8.1

10

9

8.5

7

7.5

8

8.1

8.8

_

-

Month

October. ..................................

April. . ...................................

May.......................................

July. .....................................

Water year 1937-38. .....................

Mar.

8.4

8.4

7.0

5.9

4.5

4.9

4.9

5.6

5.4

5.6

5.6

5.4

5.1

5.4

5.9

5.9

5.6

6.7

7.3

6.4

5.4

5.4

4.3

3.8

2.7

2.7

1.5

1.2

1.5

1.2

1.5

Apr.

1.6

1.8

1.5

1.4

1.5

2.2

4.9

3.8

2.2

2.8

2.1

2.1

1.6

1.6

1.6

2.1

2.1

2.1

2-1

2.1

1.8

2.1

2.1

2.2

2.1

2.2

2.0

1.6

1.6

1.8

-

Seoondfoot-daya

268.0

241.0

215.7

11,316.2

240.9

210.2

151.1

62.7

326.4

2,209.8

665.0

420.2

2,905.0

7,916.0

May

1 3

1 3

1 3

1 2

1 4

1.6

19

22

21

22

19

15

12

7.0

9.1

20

19

15

15

8.4

7.5

8.4

14

7.5

5.9

6.4

7.3

8.4

11

10

8.4

Maximum

13

13

12

368

11

10

8.4

4.9

22

480

70

132

372

480

June

8.8

7.3

5.9

3.8

2.6

8.4

13

112

80

56

52

87

114

122

83

61

52

40

36

32

20

13

12

13

95

300

480

100

120

80

-

July

60

50

40

40

35

30

20

10

7

5

3

3

3

3

5

5

5

5

3031'

70

40

20

10

10

15

23

11

10

20

46

Minimum

4.9

5.5

3.5

2.0

5

5.4

1.2

1.4

1.2

2.6

3

1.4

15

1.2

Aug.

14

8.8

6.2

8.1

6.4

4.0

4.0

4.7

3.0

2.8

132

99

27

11

13

10

8.4

8.4

7.5

7.0

6.7

6.4

5.9

4.0

2.6

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.6

1.8

1.4

Mean

8.65

8.03

6.96

31.0

7.77

7.51

4.87

2.09

10.5

73.7

21.5

13.6

96.8

21.7

Sept.

44

189

287

372

205

270

200

85

68

103

176

88

90

57

84

132

90

58

42

40

34

28

26

24

22

20

20

20

16

15

-

Run-off In 

acre-feet

532

478

428

22,400

478

417

300

124

647

4,380

1,320

833

5,760

15,700

Peak discharge.- June 26 (8 p.m.) 1,200
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN 153

Mora River near Shoemaker, N. Hex.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°48', long. 104°48', in sec. 10, T. 18 N., R. 20 

E., 54 miles east of Shoemaker and about 23 miles above confluence with Canadian River.

Drainage area.- 1,160 square miles.

Records available.- October to December 1914, October 1930 to September 1938 in reports of 

Geological Survey. October 1914 to December 1931 in reports of State engineer.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, about 5,000 second-feet June 12 (gage height, 

about 8.0 feet, froir extension of incomplete recorder graph), from rating curve extended 

above 3,000 second-feet; minimum daily discharge, 1.4 second-feet June 6.

1930-38: Maximum gage height, 10.41 feet June 3, 1937 (discharge not determined); 

no flow at times.

Remarks . - Records fair except those for periods of ice effect, and of missing or incomplete 

gage heights, which are poor. Diversions for irrigation above station.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1 

2 

S

4 

6

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

16

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

SO 

31

Oot.

2 3 

2 3 

2 3 

2 3 

2 3

2.3 

 t2

1.9

2.1 

2.3 

1.9 

1.7 

1.7

1.9 

1.9 

2.3 

2.6 

2.1

1.9 

2.1 

3.3 

3.6 

2.5 

2.3

NOT.

2.8 

2.5 

2.3 

2.6 

3.0

3.6 

3.8 

3.6 

3.3 

3.6

#3 

#3 

#3.5 

3.6 

3.6

3.6 

3.6 

3.3 

3.3 

3.6

4.4 

4.7 

3.8 

3.6 

3.6

3.3 

3.0 

3.0 

3.3 

2.8

Dec.

2.6 

2.8 

3.3 

2.8 

2.8

2.8 

#2.5 

3.0 

2.8 

3.0

2.6 

2.6 

2.8 

2.6

2.6 

2.5 

2.6 

2.5

#7

#14 

#17 

#16 

#17 

#14

#14

#16 

#17 

#19 

#17

Jan.

#15 

#14 

#15 

#13 

#14

#12 

#13 

#13 

#13 

#15

#14 

#15 

#16 

#17 

18

21 

20 

16 

16 

15

14 

#15 

#14 

#12 

#11

12 

#13 

#14 

#13 

#12 

#13

Feb.

#15 

#14 

#15 

16 

15

#14 

13 

13 

15 

12

3.8 

2.5 

2.1 

1.7 

1.9

1.7 

1.9 

2.5 

2.3 

2.6

2.5 

2.1 

2.1 

2.1 

2.1

2.1 

2.3 

2.3

Month

Oot 

NOT 

Dec

C

Jan 

Peb 

Man 

Apr 

Hay 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

alendar year 193

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

ater year 1937-3

Peak discharge. -

July 20 (11 p.m:) 2 

#Stage-dlscharge 

records and records 

tGage height miss 

weather records and

Mar.

2.3 

2.1 

1.9 

1.9 

1.9

1.9 

2.1 

2.3 

2.3 

2.1

2.1 

2.1 

2.1 

2.1 

2.3

2.3 

2.3 

2.6 

3.0 

3.0

3.8 

4.1 

3.6 

2.8 

3.0

3.6 

4.1 

4.4 

3.0 

2.6 

2.8

Apr.

3.8 

4.4 

3.6 

3.3 

3.8

3.0 

2.3 

3.3 

3.6 

3.6

3.3 

3.3 

3.0 

3.3 

3.6

3.8 

3.8 

3.8 

3.6 

3.6

3.6 

3.3 

3.0 

3.3 

3.3

3.0 

2.6 

3.3 

3.3 

3.8

Secondfoot-days

67.9 

100.7 

233.8

16,151.6

448 

182.6 

82.5 

102.3 

75.5 

5,631.5 

2,197.8 

233.7 

4,485.8

13,842.1

June 12 (10 p.m.) about 5, 900 sec. -ft 

840 sec. -ft. 

r-elation affected by ice; discharge 

for stations at La Cueva and near G< 

Ing or incomplete; discharge compute 

records for stations at La Cueva an

May

3.0 

2.8 

2.5 

2.8 

2.5

2.8 

2.8 

2.8 

2.8 

3.0

2.8 

2.6 

2.8 

2.6 

2.8

2.8 

2.5 

2.5 

2.3 

2.1

2.1 

2.1 

2.1 

2.3 

2.3

1.9 

1.9 

1.7 

1.7 

1.9 

1.9

Maxima*

3.6 

4.7 

19

4,140

21 

16 

4.4 

4.4 

3.0 

1,240 

450 

50 

838

1,240

June

1.7 

1.7 

1.6 

1.7

1.6

1.4 

1.6 

t!80 

35 

16

5.2

t850 

1-1,240 

t700 

121

74 

54 

44 

32 

24

20 

17 

17 

17 

24

400 

H,000 

f200 

t400 

t!50

MlnlfflUHi

1.7 

2.3 

2.E

1.7

11 

1.7 

1.9 

2.3 

1.7 

1.4

i.e

2.8

1.4

July

tso

t50

t40

tso

f30 ( 20 

. t!5

tio

t370 

f350 

t!30

t450 

t300

t!5

11

10 

12 

17 

102 

17 

8.8

Aug.

17 

8.8

> t5

12 

t50 

24 

8.4 

t8

t7 

t7 

9.2 

8.8 

7

5 

4 

2.3 

2.1 

1.9

1.9 

1.9 

1.9 

1.9 

1.8 

1.8

Sept.

2.8 

110 

270 

838 

475

297 

437 

188 

120 

102

191 

143 

112 

92 

82

221 

137 

102 

82 

70

65 

56 

46 

40 

37

34 

29 

42 

35 

f30

«. _ Run-off In 

Mean acre-feet

2.19 135 

3.36 200

7.54 464

44.3 32,040

14.5 889 

6.52 362 

2.66 164 

3.41 203 

2.44 150 

188 11,170 

70.9 4,360 

7.54 464 

150 8,900

37'.9 27,460

.; June 13 (9 p.m.) about 5,080 sec. -ft.;

:omputed on basis of gage heights, weather 

jlondrinas. 

1 on basis of incomplete gage heights, 

1 near Golondrinas .
154 ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

Coyote Creek near Golondrinas, N. Hex.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°55', long. 105°10', In Mora grant, a third of 

a mile below Coyote Creek dam site, about 2 miles above confluence with Mora River, 

and 2 miles northeast of Golondrinas, Mora County. Prior to April 26, 1938, station 

at site 0.4 mile downstream at Independent datum.

Records available.- October 1930 to September 1938 In reports of Geological Survey. 

April 1928 to December 1931 in reports of State engineer.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, about 714 second-feet June 25 (gage height, 

4.52 feet), from rating curve extended above 15 second-feet on basis of rating for 

former station; minimum dally discharge, 1.3 second-feet Apr. 5.

1930-38: Maximum discharge, about 3,020 second-feet Aug. 30, 1936 (gage height, 

10.1 feet former site and datum) from rating curve extended above 250 second-feet; 

minimum daily discharge, 0.3 second-foot June 14, 15, July 5, 1934.

Remarks.- Records fair except those above 15 second-feet and those for periods of Ice 

effect, which are poor. Diversions for irrigation above station.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 195V to September 1958

Day

1

S

S

4

6

6

7

a

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

18

19

20

si

22

28

24

25

26

27 

28

29

50

31

Oct.

4.1

4.3

4.5

4.5

4.3

4.3

4.5

5.0

5.0

4.7

5.2

5.0

5.2

5.4

5.7

5.2

5.4

5.2

5.2

5.2

5.4

5.7

5.7

5.4

5.4

5.4

5.2 

5.0

5.0

5.2

5.4

 or.

5.4

5.2

5.2

5.2

5.4

5.7

5.4

5.4

5.4

5.7

5.7

5.7

5.7

6.1

6.4

5.7

*5.5

5.7

*6

«6

7.0

6.7

6.7

*6

*5

-.

> *4.5

1

J

-

Dec.

*4.0

..

I

^ *3.5

I

J

«4.0

3.9

3.9

4.1

4.7

4.5 

4.1

5.4

6.7

4.1

Jan.

1

!

..

^ *3.0

1

>

\

\ 3.2

2.8

2.6

2.5

»

1

> *2.5

1

)

..

>

Feb.

*4.5

*5.5

*4.5

.

1

> #5.0

i

,.

I

> *6.0

J

,

I *5.5

_

_

-

Month

Calendar year 1937..... .................

April. ....................................

May....... ................................

Water year 1937-5

Mar.

6.1

5.7

4.3

4.5

4.7

4.3

*4.5

«4.5

#4

«4

*4

3.6

3.4

3

2.9

3.1

2.5

2.4

£ .2

2.1

1.9

1.7

1.7

2.1

2.4

2.5

2.5 

2.4

2.2

1.8

1.6

Apr.

1.7

2.1

1.8

1.3

1.6

1.7

1.7

1.9

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.9

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.9

1.9

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.8

1.9

2.2

2.4 

2.4

2.7

2.9

~

Seoondfoot-days

156.7

165.4

123.4

3,562.6

98.1

144.0

98.6

56.7

70.9

157.1

268.4

1,867.2

H.T

2.4

2.0

2.1

2.2

2.4

2.9

3.9

2.7

4.4

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.4

2.5

2.6

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.1

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.6

1.6 

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

Marf-u.

5.7

7.0

6.7

268

_

6.1

2.9

4.4

15

16

90

June

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

7.8

3.5

2.6

2.6

2.4

4.6

25 tio

|S

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.0

3.1

2.6

3.0

3.1

11

90

29 

t20

t25

t20

~

Hlnto.

4.1

-

2.1

.

1.6

1.3

1.6

6.4

1.3

July

tio

te

t5

. t4

ts

tso tio

t5

t30

t20 tio

H5tio

tv

t5

t4

3.9

1 t4

}

t5

t4

Aug.

t4

|4

t!5 tio

tv

ts

t5

4.1

3.9

3.5

3.5 

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.1

Mean

5.05

5.51

3.98

9.76

3.16

5.14

3.18

1.89

8.95

5.12

Sept.

6,8

9.1

13

9.3

8.9

14

8.2

6.4

8.4

16

9.3

9.1

8.2

7.3

9.8

11

9.1

8.4

8.2

8.2

8.0

7.7

7.5

7.3

7.3

7.1

8.9 

8.9 tio

t7

Run-off In 

acre-feet

311

328

245

7,068

195

286

112

532

3,706

Peak discharge.- June 26 (1 a.m.) 398 sec.-ft.« June 26 (7 p.m.) 714 sec.-ft.i July 17 {10 p.m.) 

185 sec.-ft.

«8tage-dlschare"> relation affected by Ice; discharge computed on basis of two discharge measurements, gage heights, weather records and records for stations on Mora River at La Cuera and near 

Oolondrlnas.

fQage heights missing or Incompletej discharge based on Incomplete gage-height record and record* 

for stations on Hora River at La Cueva and near Golondrinas.
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN 155

North Canadian River near El Reno, Okla.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°34", long. 97°58', on line between sees. 32 and 

33, T. 13 N., R. 7 W., at bridge on U. S. Highway 81, 2 miles north of El Reno. Zero 

of gage Is 1,299.02 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929), from 

benchmark of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Drainage area.^ 12,100 square miles.

Records available.- October 1902 to April 1908, March to September 1938.

Extremee.- Maximum discharge during period, 7,950 second-feet May 21 (gage height, 11.10 

reet;; no flow Sept. 1, 2.

1902-8, 1938: Maximum discharge, that of May 21, 1938; no flow Sept. 1, 2, 1938. 

Flood of 1923 reached a stage of 1,326.5 feet above mean sea level at railroad 

bridge 1 mile upstream from station.

Remarks.- Records fair. Station operated In cooperation with Corps of Engineers, U. S.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1 

S

a

4 

6

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

U 

12 

19 

14 

16

16 

17 

18 

1920

21 

22 

29 

84 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

50 

31

Oet. HOT. DM. Jan. Feb.

Month

Oet 

Sen 

Dec

C

Jan 

Pel 

Mar

Apr

Jui 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

T

alendar year

 on sisi. ............................... 11.....................................

he perlo

Mar.

Ill 

105 

95

105 

109 

98 

96 

88

88 

87 

86 

77 

74

72 

66 

63 

59 

54

48 

43 

41 

36 

35

42 

50 

105 

105 

119 

153

Apr.

103 

74 

70 

68 

70

67 

61 

74 in

105

105 

121 

135 

123 

168

336 

324 

352 

344 

340

284 

262 

228 

195 

201

296 

428 

825 

2,160 

1,100

Secondfoot-daya

2,309 

9,130 

51,237 

26,771 

3,139 

993.4 

12,154

Hay

726 

568 

500 

610 

1,100

989 

2,800 

2,800 

Ir420 

874

664 

580 

520 

4SO 

396

392 

340 

300 

687 

4,750

7,200 

3,190 

1,920 

3.39O 

4,630

4,210 

1,800 

1,220 

890 

70& 

616

M.-rl^^i

153 

2,160 

7,200 

2,820 

550 

105 

2,980

June

782 

1,320 

2,820 

1,940 

1,170

789 

789 

768 

S18 

1,140

1,100 

895 

842 

810 

677

592 

606 

870 

530 

707

1,280 

1,400 

780 

515 

495

502 

729 

446 

414 

446

July

550 

374 

246 

174 

125

98 

84 

103 

67 

57

56 

51 

46 

41 

38

37 

36 

32 

30 

30

63 

160 

117 

138 

80

56 

46 

55 

61 

50 

40

Minimum

35 

61 

300 

414 

30 

.4 

0

Aug.

35 

30

54 

64 

51

66 

81 

51 

34 

28

26 

22 

24 

19 

17

46 

105

53 

38 

32

27 

23 

19 

15 

12

9.8 

6.6 

3.2 

1.0 

.4 

.4

Mean

79.6 

304 

1,653 

892 

101 

33.1 

405

Sept.

0 

0 

1.2 

1.0 

1.2

1.0 

130 

2,090 

2,980 

1,320

842 

804 

582 

1,270 

480

360 

304 

238 

171 

132

107 

93 

82 

74 

62

56 

51 

44 

41 

37

Run-off In 

ae re-feet

4,580

18,110 

101,600 

53,100 

6,226 

1,970 

24,110

209,700
156 ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

North Canadian River near Wetumpka, Okla.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 35°15'40", long. 96°12'40", In SWi sec. 12. T. 9 N., 

R. 10 E., at bridge on U. S. Highway 75, 2i miles northeast of Wetumpka. 4s miles upstream from Wewoka Creek and 70 miles upstream from Deep Fork. Zero or gage is 683.73 

feet above mean sea level (Corps of Engineers, U. S. Array benchmark).

Drainage area.- 13,900 square miles. 

Records available.- March to September 1938.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during period, 7,440 second-feet Mar. 29 (gage height, 15.64 

feet, from floodmarks); minimum discharge observed, 81 second-feet Sept. 12 (gage 

height, 1.24 feet).

Remarks.- Records good. Flow regulated by storage In Lake Overholster (capacity, 17,000 

acre-feet), 190 miles upstream. Sage read twice dally. Records collected in cooperation with Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Bating table, water year 1937-36 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In seoond-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Mar. 30 to Apr.19)

1.3 

1.5 

2.0 

2.5 

3.0 

4.0

91 

129 

250 

3BO 

530 

S50

6.0

8.0

10.0

12.0

14.0

15.6

1,680

2,580

3,520

4,700

6,100

7,440

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 193e

Day

1

2

3

4

6

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

18

19

20

81

US

S3

84

25

86

27

28

29

30

31

Oct. HOT. Deo. Jan. Fab.

Month

march 27-31 ..............................

April .....................................

Jut 

Ju]

Tlie perio d........ .......................

Mar.

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

-

_

_

-

_

3,360

3,270

7,080

6,990

5,470

Apr.

2,720

1,370

1,050

S50

680

620

710

1,010

745

590

530

500

470

470

440

440

410

380

365

768

3,720

4,670

3,570

1,680

1,290

1,090

1,090

1,460

970

850

-

Secondfoot-days

_

26,170

35,608

58, ISO 

43,890 

14 00*7

6^907

8,757

«ay

970

1,330

1,640

1,170

1,050

1,050

1,840

3,040

2,580

2,560

2,360

2,140

1,290

970

780

680

650

620

590

1,280

1,010

1,140

4,740

3,940

3,270

3,080

3,040

2,680

2,580

2,360

1,680

MfflTrtir"*i'

_

_

7 080

4^670

4,740 

5,080

1,420 

8$0

1,130

June

1,330

1,130

S50

710

1,070

1,910

1,860

1,460

1,170

1,330

2,040

3,080

3,080

2,450

1,600

1,210

1,210

1,290

1,090

930

1,460

1,090

890

1,330

1,290

2,220

1,330

1,460

1,090

930

-

July

930

710

680

620

590

590

560

530

780

620

410

350

325

300

28S

275

262

262

275

470

338

275

325

238

23S

212

200

300

734

1,420

890

Minimum

_

3

*An ,0OU 

365

690

710 

200

102

91

Aug.

530

325

300

262

212

200

175

163

151

163

28S

262

250

200

175

224

S90

360

200

151

151

140

127

163

163

129

121

117

111

102

102

Mean

_

5,234

1 1O.A. , -Lo*

1,875 

1,463

484

225 

292

Sept.

95

96

95

100

300

151

102

95

96

95

91

376

1,130

930

650

530

410

702

500

410

360

275

225

175

151

151

129

123

115

109

-

Run-off In 

acre-feet

_

_

51,910

70,430

116,300 

87,050

29,760

13,700 

17,370

386,600
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN 157

Deep Fork near Dewar, Okla.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 35°28'50", long. 95°52'50", In SBj sec. 25, T. 12 N., 

R. 13 E., at bridge on U. S. Highway 286, 3i miles east of Dewar, 3-i miles upstream 

from Wolf Creek, and 43 miles upstream from confluence with North Canadian River.

Drainage area.- 2,300 square miles.

Records available.- March to September 1938.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during period, 10,100 second-feet Apr. 4 (gage height, 21.43 

feet, gage read at flood crest); minimum discharge observed, 9 second-feet Sept. 30 

(gage height, 1.18 feet).

Remarks.- Records good. Gage read twice daily during low stages, oftener during high 

stages. Records collected In cooperation with Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Rating table, water year 1937-38 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

1.2 

2.0 

3.0 

4.0 

6.0 

8.0 

12.0

11

123

273

437

800

1,230

2,300 , 

15.0 3,300

17-0 

18.0 

19.0 

20.0 

20.5 

21.0 

21.4

4,170

4,700

5,500

6,560

7,560

8,940

10,100

Discharge, In second-feet, mter year October 1937 to Septenber 1938

Day

1

2

S

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

IS

14

16

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Got. HOT. Doe. Jan. Fob.

Month

October. ..................................

March 25-31 ...............................

April .....................................

toy.. ............... ......................

July......................................

Septeabor. ................................

The perlod. .............................

Mar.

_

-

-

-

-

_

.

_

_

-

_

_

-

-

_

-

-

_

-

_

_

_

-

337

S67

3,380

4,120

6,000

5,900

5,310

Apr.

5,500

6,120

S,3SO

10,100

8,940

7,320

6,400

5,800

4,120

2,330

1,500

667

576

471

420

403

353

305

289

318

1,370

3,460

2,980

2,450

2,100

1.940

1,940

1,940

1,460

755

-

Secondfoot -days

_

..

25,914

90,797

48,795

33,223

8^ 812

6,916

1,023

««y

445

337

305

228

190

183

1,040

1,540

1,910

1,700

1,570

1,830

2,510

2,100

1,300

596

369

273

337

762

1,020

1,760

4,830

4,070

2,670

2,160

2,130

2,700

2,330

2,670

2,780

if^ylp^m

_

_

6,000

10,100

4,980

3,500

1 *960 440

116

June

2,780

1,850

1,020

337

213

168

138

305

743

724

1,520

2,990

3,500

1,910

1,230

1,460

1,390

840

437

353

337

273

273

337

305

1,180

1,750

1,880

1,540

1,440

-

July

1,440

1,090

540

321

258

130

101

101

101

88

403

48S

321

168

108

S3

69

58

53

49

45

45

48

55

52

52

44

86

305

1,040

1,070

IHr^mim

_

_

337

289

183

138

44

25

11

Aug.

686

522

337

183

108

73

60

48

39

37

34

32

31

37

59

67

386

648

960

800

576

505

273

108

76

65

45

37

32

27

25

Mean

_

_

3,702

3,027

1,574

1,107

284

223

34.1

Sept.

21

19

20

24

21

21

23

44

44

53

46

34

32

116

66

41

21

21

30

55

49

41

34

31

27

24

20

18

16

11

-

Run-off In 

acre-feet

_

51,400

180,100

96,780

65,900

17,480

13,720

2,030

427,400
158 ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

Poteau River at Poteau, Okla.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, la't. 35°03'35", long. 94°36 t 10", in SEjSWi sec. 19, T. 7 N., 

R. <X> E., at highway bridge 100 feet upstream from St. Louis-San Francisco Railroad 

bridge, one mile northeast of Poteau, and 2 miles upstream from Nail Creek. Zero of 

gage is 409.4 feet above mean sea level (Corps of Engineers, U. S. Amy, benchmark).

Drainage area.- 1,240 square miles.

Records available^- March to September 1938.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during period, 16,500 second-feet Mar. 30 (gage 

height, 27.96 feet); minimum observed, 2.1 second-feet Sept. 28 (gage height, 1.62 

feet).

Maximum stage known, 39.0 feet June 22, 1935 (discharge, about 100.000 second-feet). 

Flood of Feb. 19, 1938, reached a stage of 36.3 feet (discharge, 73,000 second-feet).

Remarks.- Records fair except those for days of rapidly changing stage, which are poor. 

Gage read twice daily. Records collected in cooperation with Corps of Engineers, U. S. 

Army.

Rating table, water year 1937-38 (gage height. In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

1.5 

1.8 

2.0 

2.5 

3.0 

3.5

30

110

229

367

4.0 

5.0 

7.0 

9.0 

11.0

520

860

1,580

2,200

2,700

13.0

15.0

17.0

19.0

21.0

3,200

3,650

4,250

5,100

6,100

23.0

25.0

7,500

9,370

26.0 10,650

27.0 12,900

28.0 16,500

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to S»ptenber 1938

Day

1

8

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

29

30

31

Dot. HOT. Dec. Jan. Feb.

Month

April .....................................

May.......................................

July. .....................................

The per iod. ......................... ...

Mar.

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

-

_

-

-

.

_

_

_

-

.

_

..

_

-

_

_

2,800

8,760

14,900

13,800

Apr.

8,010

4,050

2,220

1,260

970

860

1,990

6,310

8,760

8,460

,350

,850

,720

,230

,160

,070

,740

,540

,220

,750

,370

,620

,810

,480

,200

755

750

686

457

396

-

Seoondfoot-days

40,260

89,014

12*908

1*810

4 369.9

'461.4

May

362

310

26S

242

*210

179

282

1,050

1,620

1,750

585

352

506

2,110

2,400

2,650

1,340

618

552

457

396

338

2,820

3,300

2,400

1,620

1,120

3,150

2,950

1,900

932

Maxima.

14,900

8,760

3,300

2,300

216

970

66

June

618

520

338

242

204

167

150

146

179

216

426

2,110

2,300

1,510

686

367

338

282

296

324

324

268

216

155

119

108

81

83

69

66

-

July

98

69

49

40

36

32

30

24

22

24

18

17

19

18

32

155

204

216

204

179

62

38

36

26

22

15

15

14

14

35

48

Mini* 

_

2,600

396

179

66

14

8.1

2.1

Aug.

56

49

76

216

23

28

26

20

114

106

26

19

13

9.4

e.i

9.4

970

720

790

338

324

119

81

59

40

35

32

26

21

19

17

Mean

10,060

2,967

1,260

430

142* 58 4

15.4

Sept.

18

18

17

17

50

66

45

32

27

20

20

17

16

14

12

12

8.1

8.1

7.4

6.2

4.2

3.8

3.8

3.4

2.9

2.9

2.5

2.1

2.5

2.5

Run-off In 

acre-feet

_

79,850

176,600

76,880

25,600

3,590

8,710

915

372,100

#Interpolated.
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

Frog Bayou near Mountainburg, Ark.

Location.- Staff gage above concrete weir in spillway of Fort Smith Dam, lat. 35°39'40", 

long. 94°09'10 , In NWiNE-J sec. 2, T. 11 N., R. 30 W., 2-J miles northeast of 

Mountainburg, three-quarters of a mile upstream from Warloop Creek, li miles upstream 

from Howard Fork, and 3 miles downstream from Jones Fork. Zero of gage is 800.00 feet 

above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929, U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey 1933).

Drainage area.- 65 square miles.

Records available.- July 1936 to September 1938.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 6,500 second-feet Feb. 18 (gage height, 

28.2 feet); no flow Oct. 1 to Dec. 16, June 29 to Sept. 30.

1936-38: Maximum discharge observed, that of Feb. 18, 1938; no flow during long 

periods of each year.

Remarks.- Records fair. Discharge represents spillway overflow from Lake Fort Smith. 

Gage-height record furnished by City of Fort Smith, Water Department. Gage read twice 

daily.

Rating table, water year 1937-38 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

25.0

25.05

25.1

25.2

25.3

25

75

150

25.4

25.5

25.7

25.9

240

340

580

680

1,250

26.4

26.7

27.0

27.5

28.0

1,860

2,530

3,250

4,500

5,900

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1a

&

4

6

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

S3

24

25

26

27

28

29

50

31

Oct. lor. Dec.

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

360

400

222

142

120

82

75

75

65

55

45

45

40

35

35

Jan.

35

35

25

25

25

25

25

25

21

21

21

21

21

18

18

16

18

18

18

14

30

55

623

1,990

620

320

250

195

150

142

120

Feb.

82

75

75

75

75

70

70

70

70

65

65

65

60

595

4,270

2,770

4,020

3,440

1,210

580

412

310

250

231

204

177

135

105

_

_

-

Month

March. ....................................

Anrll..... . .......... ££..:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

July......................................

September, ................................

Water year 1957-38......................

Mar.

90

S2

75

75

75

70

65

65

, 70

75

75

75

75

75

70

65

65

65

70

75

75

75

75

75

75

75

168

322

1,110

556

460

Apr.

310

240

204

168

135

135

168

290

340

320

260

204

168

142

168

400

320

240

186

250

231

300

260

204

177

150

135

120

90

75

Seoondfoot-daja

0

0

1,796

27, 995

4,942

19, 626

4,518

6 1 390

5,637

1, 6V1

0

0

0

42,580

May

65

55

50

50

45

35

90

75

60

45

30

25

55

45

30

25

35

30

25

25

25

68

796

300

186

150

142

120

381

352

222

If^-^-ptl^fl

0

0

400

1,480

1,990

4,270 

1,110

400

796

168

0

0

0

4,270

June

168

120

79

75

65

55

60

60

50

35

100

150

112

75

65

45

65

75

60

45

35

25

18

18

11

5

2

2

0

0

-

July

Minimum

0

0

0

0

14

60

65

75

25

0

0

0

0

0

Aug.

Mean

0

0

57.9

76.7

159

701

146

£13

117

55.7

0

0

0

117

Sept.

Run-off In 

acre-feet

0

0

3,560

55, 520

_Q' Q~n

8, 960

12,670

7,210

3,310

0

0

0

84, 440
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

Petit Jean Creek at Danville, Ark.

Location Wire-weight gage, lat. 35°04', long. 93°24', In SE1 sec. 25, T. 5 N., R. 23 

W., at highway bridge at Danville, a quarter of a mile downstream from Dutch Creek. 

Zero of gage is 303.24 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 765 square miles.

Records available.- July 1937 to September 1938.

Extremes.- 1937: Maximum discharge observed during period, 1,830 second-feet Sept. 5 

(gage Tieight, 14.34- feet); minimum observed, 2.8 second-feet Aug. 21, 22 (gage height, 

1.75 feet).

1937-38: Maximum discharge observed during year, 45,400 second-feet Feb. 18 (gage 

height, 29.30 feet); minimum observed, 2.4 second-feet Sept. 3 (gage height, 1.73 

feet).

Maximum stage known, 30.0 feet June 18, 1935 (discharge, about 52,000 second-feet).

Remarks.- Records fair except those for days of rapidly changing stage, which are poor. 

Gage read twice daily. Results of 25 discharge measurements furnished by Corps of 

Engineers, U. S. Army. Gage-height record collected in cooperation with U. S. Weather 

Bureau.

Rating table, July 1937 to September 1938 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, In aeoond-feet)

1.7 

1.9 

2.1 

2.3 

2.6 

3.0

3.5 

4.0 

5.0 

6.0 

7.0 

9.0

124

183

336

466

581

860

12.0

15.0

18.0

20.0

21.0

22.0

1,370

1,990

2,620

3,500

4,200

5,800

23.0

25.0

27.0

29.0

8,650

16,200

27,300

42,700

Discharge, In second-feet, 1937-38 

1937

Day

1

2

3

4

a

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. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. n«y June July

25

26

25

20

IS

19

24

18

20

52

56

48

28

22

18

15

16

14

13

12

10

8.4

7.6

5.5

4.8

4.8

4.8

4.2

17

48

496

Aug.

S42

196

75

48

37

30

24

28

24

17

12

6.4

6.4

5.8

5.2

4.2

5.5

7.6

6.8

4.0

g 9 2)9 6.0

7.6

4.2

26

19

14

8.8

7.6

6.0

Sept.

4.8

4.5

130

1,030

1,600

1,020

1,520

812

405

1,050

727

336

196

130

93

75

59

52

45

41

34

33

30

27

26

36

225

152

84

56
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

Discharge, in aecond-feet, of Petit Jean Creek at Danville, Ark., 1937-38 Continued

1937-38

161

Day

1 

2

S

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.

42 

34 

30 

29 

36

34 

31 

30 

22 

19

17 

15 

14 

14 

12

12 

20 

291 

1,150 

2,240

1,600 

695 

364 

256 

196

152 

130 

108 

93 

84 

71

HOT.

63 

56 

52 

48 

45

41 

39 

41 

314 

1,890

5,820 

8,350 

6,300 

3,710 

2,400

1,600 

1,560 

1,640 

1,260 

923

685 

557 

489 

430 

391

364 

336 

289 

272 

240

Dec.

225 

196 

183 

170 

183

196 

170 

152 

136 

124

118 

108 

103 

272 

272

130 

1,400 

3,460 

4,320 

3,590

2,670 

1,790 

1,660 

1,760 

1,500

1,140 

1,170 

1,480 

1,320 

1,160 

9S9

Jan.

785 

685 

632 

557 

466

430 

391 

378 

350 

289

272 

240 

225 

210 

183

170 

158 

152 

146 

14O

1,760 

4,880 

9,350 

19,700 

26,000

20,200 

10,400 

5,060 

3,360 

2,820 

3,990

Feb.

4,450 

3,360 

2,520 

1,790 

1,210

939 

845 

845 

671 

581

545 

533 

511 

466 

1,350

3,150 

7,790 

34,500 

35,300 

18,700

9,70b 

5,060 

3,500 

2,730 

1,970

1,330 

1,020 

830

Month

Jol 

Auj 

Sej

1

001 

Hoi 

Dec

C

Jar 

Pet 

Hal 

Api 

Maj 

Jur 

Ju] 

Auf 

Sej

V,

he perio 

;ober

a. .............................

alendar 

luary

year

ater year 1937-38. ....................

liar.

800 

619 

569 

511 

466

442 

391 

336 

336 

478

569 

442 

378 

336 

306

545 

581 

378 

321 

478

430 

442 

336 

306 

256

266 

593 

1,390 

3,930 

8,350 

8,060

Apr.

4,900 

3,220 

2,090 

1,260 

815

658 

671 

1,870 

3,460 

3,690

3,150 

2,190 

1,410 

923 

741

3,660 

8,050 

6,300 

3,690 

2,700

2,460 

2,580 

1,990 

1,370 

987

77O 

606 

511 

442 

417

Secondfoot-days

1,100.1 

1,491.9 

10,033.3

7,841 

40,205 

32, 096

114, 37« 

146,196 

33,621 

67,581 

13,720 

4,948 

1,274 

1,484.6 

2,357.6

465,703.2

Hay

360 

289 

240 

196 

183

158 

183 

256 

289 

240

170 

140 

135 

391 

699

466 

321 

240 

183 

170

158 

140 

799 

2,550 

2,090

909 

466 

378 

336 

306 

289

Maximum

496 

842 

1,600

2,240 

8,360 

4,320

26,000 

36,300 

8,360 

8,050 

2,550 

587 

289 

478 

581

35,300

June

210 

158 

135 

118 

108

108 

98 

84 

75 

67

118 

350 

557 

336 

196

140 

113 

103 

146 

404

417 

256 

158 

113 

93

76 

63 

66 

48 

45

July

42 

37 

34 

30 

28

25 

22 

23 

20 

18

15 

15 

17 

33 

22

18 

20 

18 

289 

124

88 

56 

37 

28 

20

17 

15 

12 

42 

25 

84

Minimum

4.2 

2.9 

4.5

12 

39 

103

140 

466 

266 

417 

136 

45 

12 

4.2 

2.8

2.8

Aug.

52 

32 

29 

25 

20

16 

12 

12 

8.4 

6.8

5.5 

4.8 

4.2 

4.5 

9.2

6.8 

59 

478 

364 

113

59 

39 

32 

24 

18

13 

11 

8.8 

7.6 

5.5 

4.5

Mean

35.6 

48.1 

334

253

1,340 

1,036

3,690 

5,221 

1,085 

2,253 

443 

166 

41.1 

47.9 

78.6

1,276

Sept.

3.5 

2.9 

2.S 

306 

404

158

80 

52 

44 

36

24 

18 

14 

62 

581

272 

93 

48 

34 

25

19 

16 

14 

12

6.0

8.4 

7.2 

6.0 

5.B 

13

Run-off In 

acre-feet

2,180 

2,960 

19,900

25,040

15,660 

79,760 

63,660

226,900 

290,000 

66,690 

134,000 

27, 210 

9,810 

2,630 

2,940 

4,680

923,700
162 ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

Fourche La Fave River near Nimrod, Ark.

Location.- Staff gage, lat. 34°57', long. 93°09', in SWi sec. 32, I. 4 N., R. 20 W., 4i 

miles west of Nimrod and about 9 miles upstream from South Fourche La Fave River.

Drainage area.- 682 square miles.

Records available.- October 1937 to September 1938.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 42,300 second-feet Feb. 19 (gage 

height, 29.7 feet), from rating curve extended above 16,000 second-feet by velocityarea studies: minimum observed, 2 second-feet Sept. 2-5, 30; minimum gage height 

observed, 3.62 feet Sept. 4.

Flood of April 1927 reached a stage of 38.15 feet (discharge, 37,800 second-feet).

Remarks.- Records fair except those below 100 second-feet, which are poor. Gage read 

once daily prior to May 20 and twice daily thereafter. Records collected in cooperation with Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Eating table, mater year 1937-33 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

3.5 1

3.7 3

3.9 10

4.1 24

f.S 43

4.6 

5.0 

5.6 

6.0 

6.5

148

265

444

665

7.0

8.0

9.0

11.0

13.0

1,590

2,510

5,400

8,400

16.0 

20.0 

24-.0 

27.0 

30.0

13,000

19,600

27,200

34,500

43,200

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1

9,a

4

6

6

7

R

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

SO

2128

23

9.4

25

26

27

88

29

90

31

Oct.

130

113

97

82

82

68

68

55

55

55

55

43

43

43

43

43

6S

68

1,800

8,180

3, 330

1,590

809

486

365

296

265

265

237

237

212

HOT.

148

130

97

97

113

113

82

97

403

4,020

15, 200

9,550

2,590

1.-590

1,160

1,100

2,510

2,900

1,830

1,440

1,100

920

758

573

573

528

444

365

329

296

-

DM.

265

265

212

212

212

189

189

148

148

148

130

130

148

148

130

130

2,610

6,450

4,210

2,390

1,670

1,300

2,000

2,390

2,000

1,510

1,590

2,510

2,180

1,670

1,370

Jan.

1,170

1,040

920

768

665

573

528

444

403

365

296

296

265

237

237

212

212

189

189

168

2,370

13, 000

14, 000

21,600

33,600

22,400

3,430

1,830

1,590

1,670

5,420

Feb.

5,010

2,390

1,750

1,510

1,230

920

863

758

665

573

528

486

444

403

978

2,000

11,800

29,700

40, 600

25,700

4,550

2,390

1,920

1,510

1,300

1,100

920

809

_

_

-

Month

December. .................................

Pel 

Mar

May........................................

Water year 1937-Z 8......................

Mar.

711

619

573

528

486

486

403

565

365

711

619

528

486

486

486

486

444

403

365

529

329

329

329

329

329

329

365

403

6,590

13,600

5,990

Apr.

2,770

1,750

1,370

1,040

eas

768

809

2,870

6,490

4,430

2,510

1,750

1,300

978

942

3,100

10,900

3,670

2,090

1,830

1,590

1,370

1, 230

1,100

978

711

619

486

444

403

-

Secondfoot-days

19,283

51,056

38,854

130,077

142,807 

38, 801

66,151

6,905

1,167

790

247

499,248

Hay

329

329

265

257

237

237

212

237

237

189

189

168

189

212

237

189

168

148

148

139

130

122

130

528

313

224

178

178

329

S65

212

Mailman

8,180

15,200

6,450

33,600

40,600 

13,600

10,900

528

178 

56

97

28

40,600

June

178

158

139

130

122

130

122

97

94

91

68

96

105

113

92

97

97

92

122

130

122

122

97

88

79

72

65

63

56

53

-

July

49

44

40

36

34

32

26

32

33

37

52

31

56

31

32

42

36

28

39

51

44

35

32

34

55

48

38

31

28

50

29

Minimum

43

82

130

168

403 

329

403

122

28

3

2

2

Aug.

43

16

15

12

9

9

9

38

90

24

14

22

36

39

32

25

29

97

62

44

22

43

14

10

8

7

5

5

4

4

3

Mean

622

1,702

1,253

4,196

5,100 

1,252

2,205

223

37.6

25.5

8.2

1,368

Sept.

3

2

2

2

2

3

3

4

28

27

24

14

10

10

10

15

14

12

10

9

7

6

5

5

4

4

4

3

3

2

-

Run-off In 

acre-feet

38, 250

101,300

77,070

258,000

283,300 

76,960

131,200

13,700

2,310

1,570

490

990,300
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN 163

Bayou Meto near Stuttgart, Ark.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 34°27'15", long. 91°37'00", In SEi sec. 11, T. 3 S., 

K. 8 w., at highway bridge, 54 miles southwest of Stuttgart and 8 miles upstream from 

Crooked Creek. Auxiliary wire-weight gage, lat. 34°24I 26*, long. 91°36'30", In N»i 

sec. 36, T. 3 S., R. 6 W., 5.4 miles downstream from main gage, used to determine 

elope. Zero of gage Is 169.94 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Records available.- October 1935 to September 1938.

Extremes.- 1936-37: Maximum discharge observed during year, 6,550 second-feet (revised) 

Jan. 26, 27 (gage height, 25.50 feet).

1937-38: Maximum discharge observed during year, 3,050 second-feet Feb. 1 (gage 

height, 23.26 feet); no flow at tlmee In June, July, and August.

1935-38: Maximum discharge observed, that of Jan. 26, 27, 1937; no flow at times 

In each year.

Remarks.- Recorde fair except those below about 10 second-feet, which are poor. DlsCharge computed by slope method. Flow affected by diversions for Irrigation. At 

high stages, probably! above 24 feet, overflow Into Crooked Creek occurs above station. Qages read twice Sally. Records for water year 1936-37 supersede those published In Water-supply Paper 827.

Discharge, In second-feet, 1936-36 

1936-37

Day

1

2

S

4.

E

6

7

S

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

26

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct. NOT.

0

3

34

95

137

165

179

209

241

273

265

233

179

158

130

102

83

68

44

12

6

6

9

16

18

19

19

21

22

23

-

Dec.

28

34

36

38

41

224

475

666

772

863

860

902

892

868

836

786

732

697

681

641

682

446

330

279

215

133

103

116

134

156

278

Jan.

411

745

787

810

650

878

888

924

979

1,060

1,110

1,190

1,240

1,260

1,300

1,470

1,480

1,710

1,890

2,320

2,790

3,710

4,360

5,240

6,340

6,550

8,430

6,040

6,010

5,810

5,550

Feb.

5,120

4,880

4,570

4,360

4,140

4,050

3,830

3,720

3,400

3,190

3,100

2,950

2,840

2,560

2,340

2,260

2,190

2,050

2,070

1,930

1,860

1,640

1,740

1,660

1,680

1,500

1,420

1,400

_

-

Mar.

1,310

1,270

1,220

991

1,070

1,010

907

971

968

964

915

868

868

870

850

765

716

630

606

470

425

374

306

267

281

303

342

393

420

422

411

Apr.

393

369

352

320

280

229

229

209

211

215

210

210

234

234

234

228

210

195

172

168

151

151

137

96

83

77

95

116

144

168

-

May

179

193

201

172

172

179

172

165

165

165

151

144

289

359 393-

403

458

469

470

451

431

413

335

321

278

201

130

96

68

44

31

June

26

30

56

74

102

130

156

165

165

165

168

151

137

116

95

74

66

63

44

41

36

13

0

0

0

0

1

1

1

1

-

July

3

6

7

5

4

2

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Aug.

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

2

1

0

0

0

0

0

Sept.

0

0

1

1

2

5

10

13

24

50

65

62

59

63

56

66

71

89

74

65

62

63

44

38

27

30

28

24

20

17

-
164 ARKANSAS Rim BASIN

Discharge, In second-feet, of Bayou Meto near Stuttgart, Ark., 1936-38 Continued

1937-38

Jan. PeD. Mar. Apr. May July Aug. Sept.

31

41

63

71

83

83

77

77

83

102

102

109

108

96

77

59

53

68

95

123

151

179

215

256

284

280

263

220

179

144

109

220

340

426

478

513

6S1 

S98 

610 

615 

609

586

556

519

469

414

365

310

266

281

193

IBS 

130 

109 

102 

95

83

77

71

62

56

53

50

47

44

44

44

68

109

15S

226

297

369

548

745

862

925

976

1,040

1,060

1,060

1,090

1,100

1,110

1,110

1,110

1,100

1,090

1,070

1,050

1,000

950

900

844

777

713

606

510

403

321

246

186

408

1,120

1,530

1,730

2,090

2,430 

Z; 680 

2,750 

2,810 

2,900 

2,950

3,050

2,980

2,980

3,980

2,980

2,930

2,870

2,750

2,700

2,600

2,530

2,410

2,340

2,250

2,180

2,110

1,970

2,030

2,160

2,360

2,560

2,650

2,750

2,750

2,810

2,810

2,750

2,750

2,700

2,660

2,600

2,510

2,440

2,340

2,270

2,190

2,120

2,100

2,070

2,000

1,930

1,860

1,810

1,750

1,720

1,640

1,580

1,510

1,440

1,360

1,320

1,260

1,180

1,110

1,060

996

1,050

1,110

1,170

1,230

1,280

1,320

1,390

1,420

1,470

1,600

1,780

1,950

2,180

2,190

2,230

2,260

2,230

2,190

2,160

2,100

2,040

1,950

1,840

1,800

1,710

1,620

1,560

1,470

1,420

1,350

1,310

1,220

1,140

1,020

932

820

685

630

384

276

178

109

68

50

41

36

36

34

29

36

77

96

83

0

0

0

9

63

74

83

83

96

102

109

95

83

77

95

116

123

137

151

161

151

144

123

102

83

65

50

36

26

13

16

14

15

16

16

15

13

11

10

6

5

4

5

6

7

7

6

5

4

3

3

4

4

5

Bontli Secondfoot-days

Run-off In 

acre-feet

October 1936 ............................. 0

November.................................. s, 769

December.................................. 13,833

Calendar year 1936 ..................... ___36,897

January 1937 ............................. 32,132

February.................................. 73,550

March..................................... 22,162

April..................................... 6,099

May....................................... 7,697

June...................................... 2,068

July...................................... 30

August.................................... 5

September................................. 1,097

Water year 1936-37 ..................... 216,432

October 1937 ............................. 3,864

November.................................. 9,334

December.................................. 10,757

Calendar year 1937 ..................... 223,785

January ............................. 39,593

February.................................. 72,990

March..................................... 54,836

April..................................... 51,340

May....................................... 5,797

June...................................... 239

July...................................... 41

August.................................... 2,451

September................................. 263

Water year 1937-38 ..................... 261,495

0

273

902

0

92.3

446

5,490

27,440

902 73,190

6,550

5,120

1,310

393

470

165

6

2

89

411

1,400

267

77

31

0

0

0

0

2,805

715

203

248

68.6

1.0

.2

162,900

155,800

43,960

12,100

15, 270

4,080

60

9.9

2,180

6,550 429,300

284

615

1,090

125

311

347

7,660

18,510

21,340

613 445,900

2,950

3,050

2,700

2,260

1,020

41

18

151

16

186

1,970

996

1,140

5

0

0

0

3

1,277

2,607

1,769

1,711

187

8.0

1.3

79.1

8.4

78,530

144,800

108,800

101,800

11,500

474

81

4,860

502

3,050 498,800
RED RIVER BASIN 165

Prairie Dog Town Fork of Red River near Estelline, Tex.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 34°35', long. 100°26', at bridge on U. S. Highway 

370, 180 feet upstream from Fort Worth and Denver City Railway bridge, 1.7 miles 

miles northwest of Estelline, Hall County, and 6.9 miles upstream from Baylor 

Creek. Prior to September 1925 at same datum at site 405 feet downstream. Zero 

of gage is 1,754.60 feet above mean sea level (adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 6,969 square miles, of which about 2,930 square miles is probably noncontributing.

Records available.- January 1924 to September 1925 and April to September 1938.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during period, about 40,000 second-feet June 16 (gage 

height, 8.30 feet, from floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 13,000 secondfeet; no flow at times.

1924-24, ,1938: Maximum discharge, that of June 16, 1938; no flow at times. 

Maximum sta'ge known, about 14.0 feet, on present gage, in May 1914.

Remarks.- Records poor. Gage read twice dally, oftener during flood. No diversions.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1

a

S

4

5

6

7

S

9

10

U

Hi

19

14

16

IB

21

VU

ta

26

Oct. HOT. Dee. Jan. Feb.

Month

Jan

Fob

April.....................................

May .......................................

Jul 

Aug

The perio

Mar. Apr.

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

.6

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

-

Secondfoot -days

-

0.6

8,665.8

8,857.8

3,798.0

fcy

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

06

34

0

961

2,110

391

2,390

430

210

451

1,300

175

36

41

IS

8.0

0

0

7.2

Maximum

-

0.6

8,390

1,160

1,840

June

4.J

0

375

54

81

s.e

0

41

137

14

4.4

0

0

0

1,770

L3 ,200

860

70

27

0

0

0

9.3

9.£

4,160

2,930

470

82

85

107

July

3.2

2.3

0

0

0

0

0

458

817

36

8.5

0

0

0

0

68

148

58

5.6

115

75

165

35

9*61

85

104

89

7.6

1,160

114

38

iijyiffmp

-

0

0

0

0

Aug.

10

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

789

7.0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Mean

-

0.02

880

98.8

186

Sept.

0

0

0

0

1,840

303

10

0

0

0

0

0

586

1,040

13

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Run-off In 

aore-feet

-

1.8

5,670

7,580

79,250
166 RED RIVER BASIN

Red River near Terral, Okla.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 33°52'50", long. 97°56 1 15n , at bridge on U. S. Hlgtiway 81, a quarter of a mile downstream from Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Railway 

bridge, 1.2 miles south of Terral, Jefferson County, and 3.2 miles downstream from 

Little Wlchlta River. Zero of gage Is 770.31 feet above mean sea level (general 

adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 28,280 square miles, of which about 5,860 square miles Is probably noncontributing.

Records available.- April to September 1938.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during period, 43,700 second-feet May 24 (gage height, 

17.85 feet, from floodmarks); minimum observed, 155 second-feet Sept. 30.

Maximum stage known, 27.2 feet May 19, 1935; floods of 1891 and May 1908 are reported to have reached about the same stage.

Remarks.- Records good. Gage read twice dally, oftener during floods. Flow slightly 

regulated by Lake Kemp on Wlchlta River, In Baylor County, Tex., principal diversion 

Is for Irrigation In vicinity of Wlchlta Falls, Tex.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1

2

S

4

6

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

o< «4

25

26

27 

oft /so

29

50

31

Oct. HOT. Dec. Jan. Feb.

Month

March. ....................................

April.....................................

Bay....... ................................

July......................................

The peric d. .............................

Mar. Apr.

12,900

5,700

4,150

1,960

1,410

1,260

1,150

1,04O

86O

730

69O

652

652

652

690

860

905

1,040

l.,960

1,690

1,410

1,410

1,220

950

770

730

1,770

7,700

6,9OO

3,150

-

Secondfoot-dajs

66,981

327 ,660

249,790

32,969

21 ,513 

11,248

fcy

1,960

1,040

1,04O

1,860

20,OOO

14,6OO

8,15O

14,600

10,4OO

7,300

4,700

3,SOO

2,85O

8,930

8,150

5,700

3,620

6,200

8,150

8,150

12,900

15,200

37,200

38,300

32,000

25,600

11,600

6,500

4,700

4,320

4,150

KaxinuB

~

12,900

38 ,300

36,200

3? 500

2,740 

1,220

June

3,150

2,300

1,860

2,S5O

6,500

9,950

7,300

5,300

13,100

36,200

17,600

16,100

9,050

7,300

6,100

5,700

4,900

21,600

8,150

6,500

4,900

2,850

2,180

1,620

1,410

1,S10

21,900

12,700

6,5OO

2,420

-

July

3,300

2,30O

1,690

1,280

950

770

690

690

662

615

580

615

615

690

730

615

615

652

770

690

1,040

1,100

1,220

950

1,220

1,340

1,620

1,550

1,280

1,100

1,04O

Minimum

652

1,040

1,410

580 

280

158

Aug.

995

77O

950

995

770

690

S60

615

480

4SO

460'

420

370

346

311

311

450

370

2,740

2,300

1,040

77O

690

652

615

512

395

3 2O

288

280

284

Mean

~

_ p_-

10^570

8*326

1,064 

694

375

Sept.

284

288

302

2SO

230

206

266

302

284

234

198

244

266

512

460

395

1,130

1,220

860

652

4SO

395

320

275

239

210

198

190

180

158

-

Run-off in 

acre-feet

""

~

132,900

649 ,700 

495,600

65,390 

42 680

22^310

1,408,000
RED RIVER BASIN 167

Red River near Colbert, Okla.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°49', long. 96°32', in SWi sec. 25, T. 8 S., R. 

7 E., at Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad bridge, 2 miles south of Colbert and 10 miles 

downstream from Washita River. Zero of gage is 507.36 feet above mean sea level 

(general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 38,700 square miles.

Records available.- October 1923 to September 1938.

Average discharge.- 15 years, 5,076 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 138,000 second-feet Feb. 18 (gage height, 19.60 

feet;; minimum, 470 second-feet Jan. 19; minimum gage height, 1.19 feet Dec. 11.

1923-38: Maximum discharge, 201,000 second-feet May 21, 1935 (gage height, 23.95 

feet); minimum, 75 second-feet Aug. 21, 1934 (gage height, 0.05 foot, present datum).

Maximum stage known, 35.5 feet May 26, 1908.

Remarks.- Records fair. Discharge for July 3-13 computed from once-daily readings of 

gage by U. S. Weather Bureau. Gage-height record collected in cooperation with U. -S. 

Weather Bureau. Results of 10 discharge measurements furnished by Corps of Engineers, 

U. S. Army.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

3 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

U 

16

16 

17 

IS 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

26 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

680 

632 

608 

596 

584

560 

524 

500 

554 

560

554 

709 

7,840 

25,9OO 

16,400

10,OOO 

10,300 

7,960 

4,890 

3,830

3,380 

8,870 

2,550 

2,850 

8,110

8,110 

1,900 

1,660 

1,460 

1,890 

1,800

HOT.

1,100 

1,020 

978 

918 

860

820 

814 

807 

965 

1,390

1,3OO 

1,190 

1,190 

1,830 

8,110

2,110 

1,350 

1,070 

884 

771

736 

680 

662 

632 

620

608 

572 

560 

554 

548

Dee.

530 

530 

542 

554 

554

542 

542 

584 

518 

500

500 

500 

500 

506 

560

1,370 

7,830 

6,660 

3,770 

2,790

8,180 

8,250 

8,550 

8,550

1,640

1,310 

1,190 

1,060 

1,020 

945 

963

Jan.

892 

858 

800 

771 

736

701 

668 

638 

626 

620

608 

596 

566 

530 

584

512 

500 

490 

480 

552

8,990 

8,630 

9,140 

13,800 

18,600

3,250 

5,950 

4,800 

3,570 

3,030 

8,550

Feb.

2,040 

1,660 

1,430 

1,310 

1,220

1,110 

1,040 

990 

936 

900

8S4 

360 

852 

888 

828

13,800 

107,000 

132,000 

99,300 

68,500

45,000 

19,6OO 

11,600 

9,410 

7,960

6,510 

6,230 

5,950

Month

Oct 

Hoi 

Dee

C 

J«B

Pet 

lUz

&J 

«Ftn 

Jill 

Aug 

S«j

1

alandar year 193

TlBt.. ..................................

atar year 1937-3

Mar.

5,810 

5,4OO 

4,650 

4,800 

3,670

3,29O 

3,890 

3,800 

4,240 

4,770

3,430 

2,950 

8,710 

8,550 

3,890

3,770 

2,630 

8,040 

1,760 

1,760

1,720 

1,550 

1,470 

1,590 

1,600

2,180 

10,800 

37,600 

71 ,100 

63 ,000 

60,000

Apr.

45,000 

30,400 

14,400 

9,180 

7,960

6,940 

9,120 

6,660 

4,650 

4,310

3,880 

3,570 

3,380 

3,800 

5,720

6,830 

4,650 

4,310 

3,770 

3,330

3,380 

4,650 

6,SOO 

5,400 

5,140

4,650 

4,800 

3,330 

7,670 

8,540

Secondfoot-days

117,011 

89 ,043 

47,930

1,178,684

81,366 

554,748 

381,470 

834,460 

578,510 

346,040 

79,900 

46 ,779 

89,074

2,466,381

Hay

10,000 

8,250 

5,950 

4,650 

3,770

18,100 

83,500 

25,900 

85,100 

86,800

85,100 

17,700 

10,600 

11,600 

9,270

7,090 

6,830 

10,300 

7,240 

6,660

11,100 

13,400 

83,900 

46,600 

56 ,000

51,000 

44,OOO 

26,800 

13,000 

14,700 

18,600

Maximum

85,900 

2,110 

7,830

55,000

13,800 

138,000 

71,100 

45,000 

53,000 

48,500 

7,960 

8,630 

1,830

138,000

June

9,410 

8,540 

7,670 

6,370 

5,140

4,650 

5,140 

17,6OO 

20,300 

14,700

48,500 

86,900 

82,000 

14,200 

9,180

8,540 

8,540 

7,670 

22,300 

10,900

8,250 

6,300 

6,370 

5,870 

4,800

3,670 

3,290 

10,300 

14,900 

10,300

July

7,960 

6,090 

4,890 

4,540 

3,380

3,800 

8,870 

2,550 

8,250 

2,850

8,250 

1,970 

1,970 

1,770 

1,550

1,560 

1,550 

1,560 

1,610 

1,660

1,830 

1,660 

1,720 

1,660 

1,790

2,400 

2,850 

2,110 

2,180 

2,380 

2,550

Minimum

500 

54S

500

486

480 

828 

1,470 

3,800 

3,770 

3,290 

1,550 

864 

674

480

Aug.

2,630 

2,550 

2,320 

1,970 

1,730

1,430 

1,440 

1,520 

1,330 

1,260

1,300 

1,800 

1,370 

1,260 

1,080

954 

834 

1,810 

1,230 

1,690

1,900 

1,380 

2,080 

8,550 

1,760

1,420 

1,270 

1,810 

1,090 

981 

900

Mean

3,775 

968

1,548

3,229

2,625 

19,810 

10,370 

7,315 

13,660 

11,530 

8,577 

1,509 

969

6,757

Sept.

828 

8OO 

743 

736 

715

701 

729 

807 

764 

674

SOO 

1,190 

972 

1,210 

1,000

1,000 

844 

764 

990 

1,120

1,440 

1,830 

1,620 

1,360 

1,190

1,020 

900 

820 

771 

736

Run-off in 

acre-feet

238,100 

57,610 

95,170

2,338,000

161,400 

1,100,000 

637,600 

465 ,000 

1,147,000 

686,400 

158,500 

98,780 

57,670

4,891,000
168 RED RIVER BASIN

Red River at Garland, Ark.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. .33°21', long. 93°42', in SEi sec. 17, T. 16 S., 

RT25W., at Garland. Zero of gage is 203.08 feet above mean sea level (general 

adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 51,500 square miles.

Records available.- October 1927 to December 1931, June 1934 to September 1938.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 327,000 second-feet Feb. 25; maximum gage

height, 35.97 feet Feb. 24, just before break in levee above gage; minimum discharge, 

1,500 second-feet Sept. 26-28; minimum gage height, 2.56 feet Oct. 16.

1927-31, 1934-38: Maximum discharge, that of Feb. 25, 1938; maximum gage height, 

that of Feb. 24, 1938; minimum discharge, 400 second-feet Oct. 8-19, 1931.

Maximum stage known prior to 1938, 35.4 feet, present datum, in April 1927 

(discharge not determined).

Remarks.- Records fair. Results of several discharge measurements furnished by Corps 

or Engineers, U. S. Army.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1936

Day

1 

2 

5

4

5

6 

7 

8 

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

18 

19

20

21

22

26

27

Dot.

4,420 

5,880 

5,650 

5,510

3,270

3,050 

2,850 

»2,750 

»2,530

»2,450

*2,450

*2 ,550

*2,530

»2,250

»2,250

»2,230

»10,300

19,500 

15,000

12,600

12,900

14,000

12,600

11,500

10,200

»7,920

»6,540

*5,830

»5,550

.»4,710

»4,140

Hov.

 a-4,280 

»4,010 

»5,750 

»5,650

»5,590

*5,270 

»5,160 

 a-5,160 

*5,590

*4,280

6,180

12,500

22,700

26,600

26,600

27,000

88,700

50,400 

28,700

25,000

20,400

15,600

12,500

9,710

7,920

6,540

5,660

5,010

4,560

4,280

-

Dec.

5,880 

5,750 

3,510 

3,270

5,160

5,050 

2,940 

2,940 

2,850

2,850

2,750

2,650

2,650

2,550

2,530

2,550

5,050

8,280 

20,100

56,900

42,300

41,000

56,900

54,300

52,500

51,200

50,400

50,OOO

31,700

33,000

55,000

Jan.

52, BOO 

50,800 

27,900

20,100

16,200 

13,400 

11,200 

9,710

8,560

7,510

6,750

6,180

5,660

5,530

5,010

4,860

4,660

4,280

4,140

4,280

11,000

42,400

72,700

94 ,900

114,000

140,000

157,000

149,000

151,000

115,000

Feb.

99,200 

85,600 

70,900 

62,100

55,300

45,500 

38,700 

32,600 

26,200

20,100

15,000

11,500

9,470

9,010

9,960

15.40C

52,400 

78.20C

100,000

1SO.OOC

170, OOC

206, OOC

t272,OOC

t521 ,OOC

t294,OOC

t254 ,OOC

tl81 ,OOC

*

_

-

toy.......................................

Water year 1957-J£. .....................

tor.

H59,OOC 

M08,000 

82,900 

67, OOC

55,300

51,500 

59,200 

30,800 

25,800

19,000

19,700

22,700

25.BOC

25,100

20,400

16,90C

14,40C

12,900 

12,600

12,900

12,90C

12,000

11.50C

11,000

11,000

10,20C

9,95C

11,000

20,50C

64,50C

91,70C

Apr.

108,000 

120,000 

131 ,000 

159,000

155,000

113,000 

102,000 

90,900 

90,200

90,900

87,900

80,200

71,600

63,200

55,800

48,800

48,300

58 ,600 

64,200

63,200

56,800

50,50C

44,10C

38,700

55,000

27,900

23,100

17,900

14,000

11,80C

Seeondfoot-days

wao 4of>

492,370

5,843,210

o figQ O30

64,390

9,996,180

toy

10, TOO 

10,200 

9,710 

11,200

15,400

15,800 

12,900 

11,200 

10,200

11,800

25,400

50,400

54,700

55,200

33,800

51 ,200

30,000

26,600 

20,800

16 ,20C

14 ,OOC

15,20(

15,800

15,20C

13.80C

25,800

46,90G

55,800

59,400

60,500

55,800

Maximum

42,300

63,810

2,630

321,000

June

47,400 

57,800 

29,600 

23,400

18,300

14,700 

12,900 

12,000 

15,400

14,400

19,300

30,400

52,100

46,900

51 ,800

49,500

42,200

54,500 

26,200

25,100

24 ,2OO

27,600

29.6OC

22,TOC

16,800

13,200

11,600

10,400

9,470

8,56C

July

7,710 

9,950 

15,300 

13 ,800

11,000

9,240 

8,130 

7,310 

6,750

6,180

6,660

5,170

4,860

4,560

4,280

4,140

4,010

4,010 

4,010

4,010

4,140

4,280

4,010

3,88C

5,750

5,630

5,630

5,510

3,51C 3, esc

4,660

2,630

1,760

4,140

1,500

1,500

Aug.

5,660 

7,510 

9,010 

9,470

9,010 

7,710 

5,830 

4,560

3,650

5,590

5,270

5,160

3,160

2,940

2,630

2,630

2,630

2,53C

2,550

2,650

2,650

2,530

2,530

2,430

2,430

2,53C

15,880

16,010

41,290

93,890

1,813

27,380

Sept.

2,550 

2,450 

2,250 

2,130

2,050 

1,940 

1,860 

1,760

1,670

1,670

1,850

1,670

1,850

1,850

1,680

1,600

1,500

1,500

1,580

Run-off In

acre-feet

394,800

719,000

976,600

11,590,000

2,559,000

5,215,000

2,106,000

4,125,000

1,626,000

258,100

107,900

19,830,000

#C4aKe-lieight record faultyj discharge computed from stage graph constructed on basis of observer's 

twice-daily readings.

tBypass flow through levee break half a mile above gage] discharge determined from hydrograph 

based en two discharge measurements and records for days preceding and following break.
RED RIVER BASIN 16 

Salt Fork of Red River at Mangum, Okla.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 34°52', long. 99°31', in SWiSEi sec. 34, T. 5 N., R. 

22 W., at bridge on State Highway 34, half a mile south of Mangum. Zero of gage is 

1,490.78 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 1,390 square miles.

Records available.- April 1905 to June 1906, October 1937 to September 1938.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 24,400 second-feet June 16 (gage 

height, 14.7 feet), from rating curve extended above 6,000 second-feet; no flow at 

times.

1905-6, 1937-38: Maximum discharge observed, that of June 16, 1938; no flow at 

times.

Remarks.- Records poor. Gage read twice daily.

Discharge, In aeoond-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1

2

3

4

6

6

7

a

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oet.

0.1

0

.1

0

0

0

0

0

24

1.3

.4

.5

2.4

.5

.2

4,4

24

6.1

4.8

13

1.7

.9

1.0

.7

.7

.5

.4

.4

.4

.5

.5

HOT.

0.5

.5

7.3

7.6

.5

.5

1.2

.6

.5

1.0

.5

.5

.6

.5

.4

.4

.5

.3

.3

.3

.3

.4

,7

.9

.9

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

Dec.

0.9

.9

1.0

1.1

,5

.5

1.4

2.8

2.6

2,8

2.8

2.4

1.6

5.7

7,1

7.3

7.3

6.5

6.1

5,3

5.1

5.0

4.6

5.1

5.0

4.6

5.0

5.3

5.3

5.3

5.3

Jan.

5,3

6.1

4.4

3,9

3.8

3.9

3,9

3.9

3.9

3.9

4.3

4.3

4,4

4.1

3.4

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

5.1

&.1

6.5

6.5

6.3

6.3

5.3

5.0

4.3

3.9

3.8

Feb.

3.8

3.4

3.4

2.3

3.6

2.4

2.6

2.4

2.3

1.9

1.9

2.2

1,9

1.5

6.9

16

34

38

38

42

34

28

68

32

21

17

18

20

_

-

Month

October. ..................................

March. ....................................

April .....................................

V*T.. .......................... ...........

July. .....................................

Water year 1937-!>8...... ................

Mar.

16

11

6.1

6,5

6,5

2.8

.7

2.1

3.6

8.4

20

20

5.5

2.5

2 *3

1.6

1.0

.4

.3

.4

.2

.1

0

0

0

.5

1.3

32

89

23

21

Apr.

5.5

4.1

2.8

2.3

2.0

2.0

*6

#8

10

6.1

42

69

23

1,400

920

260

16

9.5

6.5

6.5

6.6

6.5

5,7

4.3

1.9

3,1

1,410

665

15

8.4

-

Seoondfoot-days

89.5

32 ,6

122.2

139.6

448.4

282 »Y

4,907.7

13,066.5

22*824 0

3,194U

254.9

1,643,4

47,005.9

«ay

5.3

3.8

2.3

6.9

4.1

2.2

1.9

.7

,5

.3

.2

.1

.1

.1

0

1,780

1,520

912

5,210

1,130

269

634

694

392

169

60

21

154

60

34

19

Maximum

24

7.6

7.3

6,5

68

89

1,410

5,210

11,100

622

106

460

11,100

June

58

60

17

6

8

8

15

21

74

3,350

267

176

43

14

1,850

11,100

1,390

664

301

249

235

181

133

100

1,020

712

285

194

155

138

-

July

117

95

47

29

20

12

18

9.6

47

78

35

9.6

8.3

4.6

3.0

3.4

100

20

29

522

486

213

138

61

38

20

15

7.1

473

342

194

Minimum

0

.3

.5

3.4

1.6

0

1.9

0

6.0

3,0

0

0

0

Aug.

106

61

47

16

16

4.0

1.9

1

.8

.4

,3

.3

.2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Mean

2,89

1,09

3.94

4.50

16.0

9,12

164

422

761

103

B.22

54. B

129

Sept.

0

0

0

0

0

207

82

22

3.4

*2

*1

36

263

460

213

162

78

47

26

16

8.9

7.7

3.4

2.3

1.6

*1

«,6

.2

.2

.2

"

Run-off In 

acre-feet

178

65

242

277

889

561

9,730

25,920

46,270

6,340

606

3,260

93,240

*Qage-helght mlaslngj discharge estimated.
170 RED RIVER BASIN

Pease River near Crowell, Tex.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 34°06', long. 99°41', at Quanah-Crowell highway bridge, 

7 miles upstream from Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railway bridge and 8 miles north of 

Crowell, Foard county. Zero of gage is 1,330.44 feet above mean sea level (Texas 

State Highway Department benchmark;. Prior to Apr. 24, 1938, chain gage at same site 

and datum.

Drair area.- 2,937 square miles, of which about 533 square miles is probably noncontriDuting. 

Records available.- January 1924 to September 1938. 

Average discharge.- 13 years (1924-26, 1927-38), 193 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, about 40,000 second-feet June 25 (gage height, 

o.i reet, from floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 21,000 second-feet; no 

flow at times.

1924-38: Maximum discharge, about 86.000 second-feet Sept. 18, 1936 (gage height, 

13.0 feet, from graph based on gage readings), from rating curve extended above 

24,000 second-feet. No flow at times.

Maximum stage known, 19.6 feet June 4, 1891.

Remarks.- All records poor for period Oct. 1 to Mar. 31. Daily records poor, monthly 

records fair for period Apr. 1 to Sept. 30. Gage read once daily, oftener during 

floods, which occurred during period April to September. No diversions.

Discharge, In aeeond-fe0t, water year October 1957 to September 1938

1*7

i

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

18

19

20

21

OfO *£&

2*5

24

ORBv

26

27

28

29

ouv\

31

Oct.

2.0

2.0

.6

,2

0

0

0

226

666

538

83

7,500

207

278

lie

51

51

36

38

34

23

18

18

11

7.1

5.7

6.0

5.0

4.7

4.4

4.1

SOT.

1.7

172

11

8.5

66

36

11

11

9.2

8.5

7.8

4.4

3.5

3.2

3.2

3.5

3.5

3.2

3.2

4.1

3.5

4.4

4.7

4.7

4,4

3.8

7.8

7,1

4.7

4.7

-

Dec.

4.7

4.7

e.o

6.4

6.4

5.0

4.7

4.4

3.8

3.5

7,1

e.5

9.2

11

13

16

13

43

8.5

5.0

4.4

3.8

3.8

4.1

4.1

4.4

4.7

4.7

4.4

4.1

3.8

Jan.

3'.5'

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.5

3.5

3.5

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.2

2.9

2.9

4.4

7.8

7.8

5.7

4.4

3.8

3.2

2.3

1.8

1.6

1.4

Feb.

1.4

2.3

.8

.6

.2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

39

296

39

31

43

29

17

16

14

18

23

24

26

23

22

_

_

-

Month

Calendar year 1937. .....................

March. ....................................

April.....................................

May.......................................

July......................................

Water year 1937-:;s. .....................

Mar.

18

19

17

13

11

9.9

7.8

5.0

6.0

5.7

6.4

5.0

4.1

3*3

1.6

1.0

.6

.2

.2

.2

0

0

0

0

0

201

608

608

296

101

58

Apr.

39

IS

9.2

7.8

7.1

6.4

7.8

12

24

22

19

9.2

7.1

51

235

62

31

16

11

7.1

4.7

4.1

4.4

3.8

5.7

19

265

14

9.2

6.7

Seeondfoot-daya

9,836.0

423.3

229.2

71,323.9

108 8

665.3

2,006.9

967.3

17,445.6

48,476.6

3,460.2

3,973.8

182.7

87,765.7

May

3.S

1.6

1.2

3,720

110

3,210

286

24

13

11

54

362

2,650

723

264

123

78

146

448

431

268

2,280

1,160

363

101

65

89

198

39

24

17

U^TKitm

7,600

172

43

14,600

7.8

296

606

265

3,720

10,700

610

1,660

114

10,700

June

11

8.5

8.6

22

7.1

8,6

584

10 ,400

8,910

1,530

483

228

97

63

2,060

5,290

976

200

84

29

16

13

11

14

10,700

4,620

969

549

364

221

July

101

58

43

34

23

16

16

14

16

19

14

9.2

7.1

7,1

7.8

20

32

232

610

221

450

262

384

102

39

43

71

55

65

333

156

Minimum

0

1.7

3.5

0

1.4

0

0

s.e

1.2

7.1

7.1

0

0

0

Aug.

5S

26

11

7.8

4.4

3.2

1.8

1.4

1.0

.6

.4

.4

0

0

0

2 2

1,310*

1,650

460

194

94

53

34

23

13

8.5

7.1

4.4

3.2

.2

l.E

Mean

317

14.1

7.39

196

3.61

23.8

64.7

31.9

563

1,616

112

128

6.09

240

Sept.

o.s

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

114

48

9.9

5.0

1.8

.8

.2

0

0

0

1.6

.6

0

0

0

0

-

Run-off in 

aere-feet

19 ,510

840

465

141,600

216

1,320

3,980

1,900

34,600

96,160

6,860

7,880

362

174,100
RED RIVER BASIN 171

Cache Creek near Walters, Okla.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 34°20', long. 98°17', in SEi sec. 19, T. 2 S., R. 10

 W., at bridge on U. S. Highway 70 N, If miles east of Walters and 12 miles upstream 

from West Cache Creek.

Drainage area.- 630 square miles.

Records available.- April to September 1938.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during period, 5,500 second-feet May_24 (gage

 height, 26.02 feet); minimum, 2.1 second-feet Aug. 31, Sept. 1 (gage height, 2.75 

feet) Maximum known stage, about 30 feet (date unknown).

Remarks.- Records good. Flow regulated by storage in Lake Lawtonka. Gage read twice 

daily during periods of low water, oftener during periods of rapidly changing stage. 

Records collected In cooperation with Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Rating table, water year 1937-38 (gage height, In feet, and discharge. In second-feet)

2.S 2.9

3.0 7.6

3,3 25

3.6 

4.0 

5.0

50

92

6.0

3.0

10.0

312

545

800

13.0 1,200

17.0 1,820

20.0 2,460

23.0 3,670

26.0 5,500

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1

P,

3

4

6

5

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

IB

19

20

21

S2

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dot. HOT. Dec. Jan. Pel).

Month

April 22-30 ............................... 

toy.......................................

July......................................

The perlc

Mar. Apr.

_

_

.

-

-

_

_

«

-

_

_

..

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

191

180

246

158

114

367

290

120

57

-

Secondfoot-days

1,723 

18,561

1,012.7

1,300.7

««y

43

3S

32

845

1,510

213

335

1,480

295

136

103

81

SI

235

92

125

29C

125

92

301

169

210

3,40C

4,940

1,040

449

345

334

554

334

334

Ma-^BnifV

367 

4,940

285 

9 0

158

June

268

257

246

334

1,470

483

268

497

401

279

158

180

147

76

66

58

52

50

47

43

41

3S

37

32

32

36

45

38

35

32

-

July

30

S3

27

24

30

24

21

19

18

17

16

13

11

10

10

10

13

11

10

9,0

9.0

9.0

7.9

7.6

7,6

7,6

268

2S5

32

16

11

mri-limim

57 

32

7.6

2.1

Aug.

9.0

7,9

6.9

6.3

6.3

5,6

4.9

5.3

4.9

4.9

4.4

4.4

4.4

4.1

4.1

3.9

3.9

4.7

5.3

4.4

3.9

3.3

3.3

3.0

2.7

2.6

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.1

Mean

191 

599

32.7

43.4

Sept.

2.1

2.6

37

44

39

36

30

25

19

43

41

48

70

114

158

98

53

43

36

32

30

27

30

53

47

43

41

32

18

10

-

Run-off In 

acre-feet

3,420 

36,820

2,010

2,580

56,600
172 RED RIVER BASIN

Wichita River at Wlchita Falls, Tex.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 33°54'30", long. 98°32'05", at Tenth Street bridge In 

Wlchita Falls, 4 miles upstream from Fort Worth and Denver City Railway bridge and 

about 7 miles upstream from Holliday Creek. Zero of gage is 924.3 feet above mean 

sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 3,105 square miles, of which 1,988 square miles is above Lake Kemp Dam.

Records available.- March to September 1938. February 1900 to January 1902 and October 

I9iu to December 1911 (gage heights only), at site 4 miles downstream.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during period, 7,840 second-feet June 10 (gage 

height, 17.00 feet); minimum observed, 40 second-feet Apr. 22.

1900-1902, 1910-1911, 1938: Maximum discharge not determined; minimum not determined, but less than 15 second-feet.

Maximum discharge known, 50,000 second-feet June 8, 1915 (gage height not determined), computed by Big Wichita River Irrigation Co.; maximum gage height known since 

completion of Lake Kemp Dam in 1920, 20.6 feet, present gage, Sept. 16, 1936 (discharge, 10,000 second-feet, from 1938 rating curve extended above 7,200 second-feet.

Remarks.- Records good. Gage read twice daily, oftener during floods. Flow partly regulatea by storage in Lake Kemp (capacity, between 500,000 and 600,000 acre-feet). 

Since completion of dam in 1920 no flow has been permitted to pass over spillway. 

Water is diverted at diversion dam (capacity of diversion reservoir, about 40,000 

acre-feet), about 50 miles upstream, for irrigation In vicinity of Wichita Falls. 

Forty-two thousand acres of land are available for Irrigation.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1

2

S

4

6

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

18

19

20

Si

as

ss

24

25

26

27

28

29

50

31

Oot. HOT. Dec. Jan. Feb.

Month

Haroh. ....................................

April .....................................

Hay.......................................

July. .....................................

The peric d........ ......................

Mar.

446

Apr.

383

347

293

167

111

91

78

75

66

66

66

56

50

59

167

184

107

73

72

66

50

46

66

72

66

98

734

1,020

380

157

Seoondfoot-daya

5,271

62 ,702 

50,913

8,335

8 ,136

3,2BS

May

154

163

85

1,750

3,010

2,250

1,640

1,880

2,030

1,690

1,520

1,520

1,520

1,520

1,570

1,620

1,790

1,660

1,570

1,570

1,840

2,910

5,280

6,030

3,940

2,430

2,280

2,230

1,930

1,700

1,570

Maximum

1,020

6,030

7,oia

457

640

285

June

1,440

1,520

1,660

2,700

2,700

1,840

1,300

2,220

5,470

7,010

4,240

2,480

2,810

1,960

1,700

1,620

1,570

1,520

1,480

956

495

311

219

163

137

154

154

157

191

236

-

July

263

202

114

101

137

184

216

233

233

216

216

208

208

208

188

236

383

275

275

258

258

275

275

293

402

420

383

383

420

457

420

Minimum

~

46

85

13V

101

130

50

Aug.

3S3

311

311

317

640

383

329

329

293

275

258

240

240

222

160

130

137

163

208

198

293

402

365

311

188

167

160

160

184

188

191

Mean

3

176

2 ,023

1,697

269

262

110

Sept.

174

150

117

130

167

163

157

94

69

59

62

285

216

184

157

107

94

98

98

82

98

88

62

53

56

56

53

53

50

56

-

Run-off In 

acre-feet

_

10,450

124,400

101 ,000

16,530

16,140

6,520

275 ,000
RED RIVER BASIN 173

Little Wichita River near Archer City, Tex.

Location.- Water-stage recorder and concrete control, lat. 35°40', long. 9B°36', at

 Arcner City-Wichita Falls Highway bridge, 1.5 miles downstream from confluence of 

North and Middle Forte of Little Wichita River and 4.B miles north of Archer City, 

Archer County. Zero of gage is 934.75 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 496 square miles.

Records available.- May 1932 to September 1938.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 2,780 second-feet Mar. 30 (gage height, 22.46

 feet); no flow at times. 1932-38: Maximum gage height, 25.67 feet Sept. 17, 1936 (discharge not determined); no flow at times.

Remarks.- Records good. No diversions above station.

Rating table, water year 1937-38 (gage height, in feet, and discharge in second-feet)

4.1

4.2

4.3

4.4

0

.2 

1.5 

3.3

4.6

4.7

4.8

4.9

11.7

17.8

24.3

33.5

74

105

145

180

7.0 296

9.0 460

12.0 780

16.0 1,376

20.0 2,094

22.0 2,620

23.0 2,960

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1

2

3

4

6

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

S3

24

85

26

87

88

29

SO

31

dot.

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

147

764

563

102

640

467

87

28

21

14

6.5

3.3

2.0

1,2

.8

.6

.3

.2

,2

.2

.2

.2

.2

HOT.

0.2

.1

,1

.1

.1

.1

.1

0

.1

103

125

32

15

5.3

2.7

1.5

.9

.6

.3

.2

.2

.1

.1

.1

,1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

Dec.

0.1

0

.1.1

.1

.1

.1

0

0

0

0

0

0

.1

6.7

70

74

78

26

12

6.5

3.1

1.8

1.1

.8

.4

.3

.2

.2

.2

.2

Jan.

0.2

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

712

1,370

711

40

15

8.2

4.3

2.7

1.5

Feb.

1.4

1.1

.9

.6

.4

.3

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.1

.1

.1

348

1,260

2,270

2,010

1,570

549

36

22

15

10

7.3

4.3

2.9

2.1

_

-

Month

March. ....................................

April .....................................

Ihy.. .......................................

July......................................

Water year 1937-2 8......................

Mar.

1.5

1.1

.9

.7

.6

.3

.2

.2

.2

.2

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

48

859

1,380

1,860

2,650

1,060

Apr.

42

19

10

5.7

3.1

2.3

1.7

1.2

.9

.8

.6

.4

.6

.5

1.2

1.8

45

15

7.4

3.6

2.3

1.5

.9

.7

.6

.3

4.5

318

118

22

Secondfoot -days

2 ,848*9

286*5

282.2

13,823.3

2,865.5

8,112 .6

7,863.5

631 .6

4,463.7

11,131.3

351.1

18.3

0

38,855.2

May

9.3

4.6

2.7

299

661

396

35

14

7.2

3.6

2.0

1.7

1.4

100

74

16

7.2

3.3

2.3

1.5

1.2

46

675

871

1,080

122

14

6.5

2.9

1.8

1.5

MqXJIPW1

764

X£5

78

871

1,370

2,270

2,650

318

1,080

2,080

87

10

0

2,650

June

0.9

.6

1.4

396

994

501

90

631

970

1,080

1,530

982

1,540

2,080

214

19

16

16

4,2

2,0

1.2

.8

.7

.6

.4

.9

22

5.6

25

6.0

July

17

13

4.6

2.1

1.7

.8

.6

1.4

66

46

9.7

3.4

2.1

1.2

.9

.8

.4

.2

8.1

5.7

2.7

5,8

87

15

6.5

4.3

2.9

19

12

7.2

3.0

Minimum

0

0

0

0

0

.1

0

.3

1.2

.4

.2

0

0

0

Aug.

10

3.6

1.5

.9

.8

.8

.3

.2

.1

.1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0-

Mean

91.9

9.55

9.10

37.9

92 4

290 '

254

21.1

X44

371

11*3

.59

0

106

Sept.

Run-off In 

acre-feet

5,650 -ego

560

27,420

5,660

16 ,090

15,600

1,250

8,850

22,080

696

36

0

77,060

(6715"

discharge. 

a.m.) 2,35C

sec,-ft.; Mar. 30 (12:30 p.m,) 2,780 sec.-ft.; June 14
174 RED RIVER BASIN

Washlta River near Clinton, Okla.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 35°31', long. 98°57', In center of eec. 11, T. 12 N., 

H. 17 W., 14 miles northwest of Clinton, li miles upstream from Beaver Creek and 4 

miles downstream from Barnltz Creek. Zero of gage Is 1,467.80 feet above mean sea 

level (general adjustment of "

Drainage area.- 1,990 square miles (revised). 

Records available.- October 1935 to September 1938.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 13,000 second-feet May 19 (gage height, 24.90 

reet, observed crest); minimum discharge observed, 7 second-feet Sept. 30 (gage 

height, 5.31 feet).

1935-38: Maximum discharge observed, 26,900 second-feet June 5, 1936 (gage height, 

28.50 feet), from rating curve extended above 8,700 second-feet; minimum observed, 

that of Sept. 30, 1938; minimum gage height observed, 5.29 feet Aug. 27, 1936.

Remarks.- Records good. Gage read twice dally. Results of several discharge measurements furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Rating tables, water year 1937-38 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Dec. 25 to Jan. 30, Aug. 1 to Sept. 2, Sept. 7-30)

Oct. 1 to May 18 May 19 to Sept. 30

7.5 164 5.2 

8.0 244 5.5 

9.0 426 6.0 

10.0 668 6.5 

Note.- Same as following table above 10.0 feet.

5.6 6

6.0 27

6.5 58

7.0 99

7.0

8.0

9.0

10.0

124

260

445

12.0 

15.0 

1S.O 

20.0

1,170

1,960

2,860

3,740

21.0

22.0

23.0

25.0

4,490

5,850

7,750

13,300

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 193S

Day

1

2

3

4

6

6

7a

9

10

11

12

13

U

16

16

17

18

19

BO

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

62

48

35

32

29

29

27

22

6S

33

23

23

26

27

23

26

88

39

26

27

23

19

17

17

16

15

14

 14

14

14

14

HOT.

13

12

12

11

11

12

12

12

14

15

15

14

13

12

12

11

11

11

11

11

11

12

12

11

12

12

13

13

12

13

Dec.

13

14

14

13

14

14

13

13

12

11

11

17

19

*1S

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

16

17

17

17

17

Jan.

17

17

17

17

16

17

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

17

17

16

14

12

14

14

15

12

9

Fell.

11

15

18

14

14

13

13

13

13

13

13

12

12

13

19

22

22

*24

25

27

29

31

27

26

28

28

28

28

_

_

-

Month

Docenbar. .................................

April.....................................

May.......................................

Water year 1937-38......................

mar.

27

26

26

23

20

19

17

17

25

29

22

23

23

22

21

19

17

17

15

14

13

12

12

12

12

15

21

62

135

104

68

Apr.

48

39

36

36

34

32

32

»28

24

23

112 -244

406

312

668

330

122

54

122

84

324

1,380

466

196

135

135

172

620

764

912

-

Secondfoot-days

630

484

30,943

7,887

742

537

55, 640

««y

446

227

187

596

312

167

149

128

116

104

94

94

89

80

76

80

211

128

7,170

8,250

2,230

1,480

2,330

1,720

788

1,010

531

365

293

260

229

KaxJb&uBi

68

19

3,250

17

31

1,380

51

49

8,250

Juno

200

214

179

160

148

136

406

445

346

1,010

346

310

229

172

260

384

346

160

390

740

346

179

142

124

130

970

445

214

186

160

-

July

124

109

99

85

SO

72

68

99

119

76

76

60

52

48

727

328

186

94

86

64

276

76

90

56

51

48

44

39

38

37

42

Minimum

14

11

9

9

11

12

23

124

14

7

7

Aug.

51

38

33

30

28

26

24

23

23

22

22

34

44

25

22

33

22

26

26

20

18

18

16

16

16

16

14

14

14

14

14

Mean

26. e

15.6

84. S

16.5

19.7

263

111

23.9

17.9

152

Sept.

14

14

26

18

29

30

18

14

13

12

12

15

46

49

48

29

20

16

13

12

11

10

10

10

9

8

8

8

8

7

-

Run-off In 

acre-feet

1,650

960

61,370

954

1,090

1,740

15,640

18,800

1,470

1,070

110,400

^Discharge Interpolated.
RED RIVER BASIN 175

Washita River at Carnegie, Okla.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°07', long. 98°36', on line between sees. 5 and 

b, T. 7 N., R. 13 W., at bridge on U. S. Highway 54, 0.3 mile upstream from power 

dam of Southwestern Light and Power Co. and half a mile north oi' Carnegie. Zero of gage 

is 1,273.80 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 3,170 square miles.

Records available.- November 1937 to September 1938.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during period, 7,080 second-feet May 23 (gage height, 11.14 

reet); minimum, 23 second-feet Dec. 12.

Maximum stage known, 18.4 feet, date unknown.

Remarks.- Records good except those for periods of missing gage heights, May 9-15, 18, 

 19, June 26-29, July 8, 9, 17, 18, July 22 to Aug. 8, Aug. 10-22, which were computed 

on basis of records for station at Clinton and are fair. Records of daily discharge 

include flow through hydroelectric plant. Results of several discharge measurements 

furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1936

Day

1

2

S

4

6

6

7

S

9-

10

11

IS

13

14

15

16

17

16

19

SO

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

23

29

30

31

Oct. HOT.

_

-

-

-

40

40

40

45

48

50

48

48

47

41

36

42

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

42

42

42

42

Deo.

42

42

44

44

44

44

45

44

38

37

36

24

25

32

32

32

32

32

31

31

31

30

31

31

31

31

31

31

31

32

32

Jan.

32

31

31

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

33

35

35

35

37

38

38

38

40

41

42

41

40

40

38

41

45

42

37

Pet).

35

33

32

31

35

37

40

37

36

36

37

37

36

38

45

57

86

157

130

88

72

59

62

66

75

75

62

55

_

_

-

Honth

 arch. ....................................

April.....................................

May.......................................

JillT. ............

The perl<

Mar.

55

54

54

52

50

47

44

44

45

45

45

47

48

45

41

42

40

38

37

35

33

32

32

32

32

33

42

325

620

434

239

Apr.

160

90

62

50

45

44

44

50

62

68

111

180

342

337

586

729

600

271

152

110

140

588

1,230

380

300

214

166

160

492

492

Seoondfoot-days

1,091

1,073

1 ,118

1,589

8/755

40,225

19,556

6,295

1 ,696

2,903

*ay

1,050

640

366

1,110

2,580

950

2,090

1,700

385

210

180

165

150

145

140

435

724

385

230

966

2,510

3,640

6,520

4,500

2,600

1,610

1,160

1,600

608

464

412

Maximum

50

45

45

1 J.O R*7 (

620

1 ,230

6,520

1 ,890

711

115

799

June

368

330

487

1,710

429

277

288

358

685

880

1,890

1,200

500

407

330

614

1,300

808

458

335

915

718

358

249

277

815

1,020

670

500

330

July

249

230

193

172

16O

152

141

430

260

190

149

155

127

119

163

711

470

350

239

166

135

280

185

190

150

110

90

85

83

81

80

m«i<imui

38

24

31

31

32

44

140

249

80

25

Aug.

90

105

90

75

65

60

58

55

52

50

49

49

80

115

75

45

60

45

45

47

45

42

40

37

35

33

31

30

30

31

32

Mean

43.6

34.6

36.1

56 .8

292'

1 298

652

203

54.7

96,9

Sept.

31

41

45

38

45

45

35

31

32

36

32

104

704

799

277

108

66

62

48

44

40

33

29

26

26

25

26

26

27

27

Run-Off In 

acre-feet

2,160

2,130

2 220

sjiso

5,480

17 ,370

79 790

 zo'nar*

12J490

3,360

5,770

172,700

Peak discharge.- May 5 (7 a.m.) 2,960 sec.-ft.; Hay 8 (2 a.m.) 2/780 sec.-ft.j Hay 23 (10 a.m.) 

7,080 sec.-ft.
±m RED RIVER BASIN

Washita River at Anadarko, Okla.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 35°05', long. 98°14' (revised), in NW£ sec. 15, T. 7 

N., R. 10 W., half a mile north of Anadarko and 5 miles upstream from Sugar Creek.

Drainage area.- 3,830 square miles (revised).

Records available.- October 1902 to June 1908 and January 1936 to March 1938 (discontinued).May 1924 to June 1925 at site about 7 miles downstream.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during period, 206 second-feet Feb. 19 (gage height, 

3.86 feet); minimum observed, 49 second-feet Oct. 31, Nov. 4 (gage height, 2.18 feet).

1902-8, 1936-38: Maximum discharge observed, 10,800 second-feet June 8, 1936 

(gage height, 21.69 feet); minimum observed, 28 second-feet Aug. 31, 1936 (gage 

height, 1.75 feet).

Remarks.- Records poor. Operation of hydroelectric plant 10 miles upstream causes 

aiurnal fluctuation during low water. Gage read twice daily.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1

2

3

4

E

6

7

8

9

10

11

18

13

14

IB

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

87

28

29

SO

31

Oct.

144

126

126

126

126

135

112

108

117

126

154

135

154

135

126

126

117

117

144

154

126

86

90

81

81

68

76

68

63

59

59

HOT.

68

68

59

55

63

68

68

68

81

86

90

94

81

81

76

68

68

68

72

12

72

86

76

76

76

76

81

76

76

72

-

Dec.

76

68

81

81

86

86

76

76

76

76

72

72

76

76

94

99

86

S6

86

76

90

76

86

86

86

81

76

90

86

81

86

Jan.

76

81

86

76

76

76

76

86

81

86

81

81

86

76

86

76

76

81

76

86

90

81

86

90

86

86

86

72

81

76

86

Feb.

72

76

76

86

86

86

81

86

81

S6

90

86

81

90

108

126

154

184

184

174

154

135

117

108

117

117

117

117

_

_

-

Month

December. .................................

Calendar year 1937. ......................

Marnti. n-7 ..................... . .........

tt; 11.....................................

July. .....................................

The peri 3d. .............................

Mar.

112

ioe

108

104

94

94

94

~

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

.

_

-

Apr.

Seoondfoot-days

3,465

2,221

2,529

102,005

2,625

3,075

714

Hay

Mailman

154

94

99

4,480

90

184

112

June July

Minimum

59

55

68

55

72

72

94

Aug.

Mean

112

74.0

81.6

279

81.5

110

102

Sept.

Run-off in 

acre-feet

6,870

4,410

5,020

202,300

5,010

6,100

1,420

28,830
RED RIVER BASIN 177

Washita River near Pauls Valley, Okla.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 34°46', long. 97°15', near center of sec. 1, T. 3 N., 

R. 1 W., 2i miles northwest of Pauls Valley, 5s miles downstream from Owl Creek and 

7-J miles upstream from Washington Creek. Zero of gage is 856,14 feet above mean sea 

level (general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 5,390 square miles.

Records available.- March to September 1938. May to December 1899 (gage heights only) 

at site about 9 miles downstream.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during period, 8,880 second-feet May 23 (gage height, 24.92 

feet, from floodmarks); minimum discharge observed, 104 second-feet Sept. 29 (gage 

height, 4.93 feet).

Remarks.- Records good. Gage read twice daily. Gage heights for Mar. 29 to Apr. 15 

determined at site 2,000 feet downstream and referred to present site on basis of 

curve of relation. Slight diurnal fluctuation during low water due to operation of 

power plant at Chikasha. Records collected in cooperation with Corps of Engineers, 

U. S. Army.

Eating tobies, water year 1937-33 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

6.5 

Y.O 

8.0 

10.0 

12.0 

14.0

Mar. 29 to May 5

380 16.0

488 18.0

728 20.0

1,250 22.0

1,810 23.0

2,420 25.0

3,170

4,090

5,150

6,380

7,040

9,000

May 6 to Sept. 30 

4.9 10O 7.0 410 

5.3 132 8.0 654 

5.6 160 9.O 920 

6.0 210 10.0 1,210 

6.5 306 12.0 1,810

Note.- Same as preceding tat>le 

at>ove 12.0 feet.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1

2

S

4

6

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

If

IB

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct. HOT. Dec. Jan. Feb.

Month

October. ..................................

December. .................................

March 29-31. ..............................

Apr 

Ma?

il.. ...................................

July. .....................................

The perio d..............................

Mar.

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_.

_

-

.

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

7,710

5,930

2,320

Apr.

936

676

936

728

626

532

466

400

400

422

400

422

400

444

444

444

466

532

780

806

754

832

936

780

532

626

1,590

1,370

884

626

-

Secondfoot-days

15,960

20, 190 

86,412

16, 578

7,013

6,025

May

554

466

422

1,450

2,040

1,300

5,190

6,200

4,350

2,640

2,250

1,450

894

832

628

626

864

758

628

1,120

1,110

1,970

7,760

7,940

7,440

7,090

5,100

5.080

3,720

2,360

2,180

Maximum

7,710

1,590

l!670

1,030

784

June

1,670

1,240

1,060

976

892

892

1,640

1,570

1,210

1,150

948

920

937

1,330

1,600

1,200

1,050

1,430

1,060

1,150

1,280

1,060

864

784

976

1,000

1,060

810

1,030

948

-

July

1,030

892

732

602

554

4S2

458

554

434

864

530

458

530

458

410

506

732

732

434

346

482

578

578

458

346

306

306

410

388

482

506

^^lniniH

2,320

400 

422

784

306

124

104

Aug.

366

252

210

270

210

196

170

150

170

160

150

140

140

140

150

140

971

753

395

270

160

196

196

150

140

140

132

124

124

124

124

Mean

5,320

673

l)l25

535

226

201

Sept.

116

116

140

252

170

116

108

108

104

124

124

116

124

170

288

299

784

578

434

306

270

182

160

140

124

124

124

108

108

108

-

Run-off in 

aore-feet

_

31,660

40,050 

171 400

66)920

32,880

13,910

11,950

36B,800
178 RED RIVER BASIN

washlta River near Durwood, Okla.

Location.- wire-weight gage, lat. 34°14', long. 96°58', In center of sec. 3, T. 4 S., R. 

3 E., at Mulkey Bridge on State Highway 18, li miles downstream from Caddo Creek and 

3 miles north of Durwood.

Drainage area.- 7,310 square miles.

Records available.- August 1928 to September 1938.

Average discharge.- 10 years, 1,392 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 68,000 second-feet Feb. 17 (gage height, 41.20 

feet, from floodmarks); minimum discharge observed, 105 second-feet Nov. 26 (gage 

height, 3.25 feet).

1928-38: Maximum discharge, that of Feb. 17, 1938; minimum discharge observed, 17 

second-feet Aug. 14, 1934 (gage height, 2.77 feet).

Maximum stage known, about 42 feet sometime In May 1908 (stage and date revised).

Remarks.- Records good. Gage read twice dally. Results of several discharge measurements furnished by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Rating table, water year 1937-38 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

3.2 86 5.0

3.6 211 S.O

4.0 456 12.0

1,020

2,970

5,200

17.0

22.0

26.0

7,900

11,100

14,400

30.0

35.0

37.0

19,700

31,700

37,600

38.0

41.0

42,500

66,100

Discharge, In second-feet, water Tear October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1a

s

4

B

6

7

B

9

10

11

12

IS

14

16

16

17

IB

19

20

S3.

22

as

24

25

26

27

28

29

SO

31

oat.

230

268

239

220

193

193

162

158

220

193

166

230

456

277

244

258

296

405

360

306

239

211

220

175

166

170

175

175

162

168

149

HOT.

149

141

132

12S

145

120

128

128

145

206

330

263

277

253

272

225

162

166

141

137

149

141

128

128

120

124

141

132

149

137

-

Dee.

141

132

132

15S

141

124

132

141

132

132

137

132

132

175

268

642

1,080

58S

430

355

296

287

272

239

234

216

220

198

249

216

220

Jan.

193

198

198

198

1S8

184

184

170

180

184

166

162

166

162

170

170

170

166

166

184

176

380

3,400

4,700

1,340

726

661

456

435

380

306

Feb.

282

277

277

263

253

244

230

225

225

230

244

239

22S

216

5,790

32, 600

57, 200

34,400

20, 100

8,000

3.690

2,640

2,260

1,860

1,540

1,340

1,220

1,OSO

_

_

-

Month

Calendar year 1937.... ..................

Water year 1937-38......................

Mar.

1,020

900

900

S41

841

7S3

726

698

670

670

642

642

616

588

726

588

534

534

508

588

561

642

615

508

482

841

5,400

9,500

16,700

21,000

18,000

Apr.

9,700

3,330

2,640

2,190

1,930

1,600

1,340

1,340

1,150

1,OSO

1,020

960

960

900

1,410

1,340

1,020

960

900

960

1,150

1,280

1,740

1,600

1,220

960

2,280

S,500

4,370

2,840

-

Secondfoot-days

7,094

4,997

7,951

245,015

177, 150

88, 263 

62, 670

56.040

11,129 

8,487

625, 465

May

1,480

1,080

960

900

3,540

3,S70

5,520

11,200

13,200

11, 500

5,450

3,570

5,350

3,390

2,450

1,740

2,190

2,120

2,260

2,260

2,000

1,860

6,620

13, 600

15, 700

10,800

8,380

6,640

6,050

5,300

3,690

Mq-ylmi^

456

330

1,080

9,200

4,700

67,200

9,700

15,700

5,150

1,340 

726

57,200

June

3,150

2,450

1,800

1,480

1,410

1,280

1,150

2,260

3,210

2,970

2,060

5,150

2,680

1,480

1,740

2,000

1,600

1,4SO

1,670

1,540

1,220

1,600

1,340

1,060

900

1,220

2,190

1,410

1,2SO

1,340

-

July

1,150

1,150

7S3

900

7S3

698

642

615

726

642

900

726

688

588

615

561

561

615

960

642

534

482

615

670

588

534

456

430

456

508

508

Hii^fmip

149

120

124

98

162

216

900

900

900

180 

145

120

Aug.

588

508

430

355

330

330

306

306

282

239

258

258

258

230

230

220

430

783

1,340

642

430

355

268

277

258

225

211

225

193

1S4

160

Mean

229

167

266

671

629

6,327

fi*O4f

2,089

6,312

1,868

369 

283

1,714

Sept.

175

175

170

166

405

356

239

180

146

162

149

170

206

482

282

249

355

561

726

561

456

380

306

272

220

216

198

164

180

162

-

Run-off In 

acre-feet

14, 070

9,910

15,770

486,000

32,510

351,400

124,300

326,600

111,200 

40,910

22,070 

16,830

1, 241, 000
RED RIVER BASIN

Little River near Horatio, Ark.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 38°55', long. 94°23', in NWi sec. 11 (revised), 

T. 10 S., R. 32 W., li miles above Canney Creek, 2 miles southwest of Horatio, and 

about 28 miles (revised) above confluence with Cossatot River.

Records available.- December 1930 to September 1938.

Extremes.- Figures of maximum discharge for water years 1931-32, 1934-35, 1935-36 have 

been revised as shown in the following table:

179

Water Year

1931-32 

1934-35 

1935-36

Date

Jan. 24 

Way 6 

Dec. 8

Discharge 

(sec. -ft.)

50,800 

82,100 

31,800

Gage height 

( feet]

31.84 

34.80 

28.85

Maximum discharge during water year 1937-38, 110,000 second-feet Jan. 25 (gage 

height, 36.93 feet), from rating curve extended above 60,000 second-feet; minimum, 

15 second-feet Sept. 30 (gage height, 3.59 feet).

1930-38: Maximum discharge, that of Jan. 25, 1938; minimum, 1 second-foot Aug. 

18 to Sept. 1, 1934; minimum gage height, 3.09 feet Aug. 25-27, 1934.

Maximum stage known, 38 feet sometime in August 1915. 

Remarks.- Records good except those for days of rapidly changing stage and those above

60,000 second-feet, which are fair.

Revisions.- Revised figures of discharge for high-water periods in the water years 1931- 

32, 1934-35, and 1935-36, superseding those published in Water-Supply Papers 732, 

787, and 807, are given below:

Date

1932

Jan. 6

7

18

23

24

25

26

27

28

Feb. 17

18

19

20

Discharge 

(aecond-feet)

48,400

36,300

30,600

32,300

50,800

43,200

41,800

36,900

29,400

33,800

45,300

39,300

35,300

Date

19J5

Jan. 21

22

23

May 5

6

1

8

9

10

17

19

Discharge 

( aecond-feet )

43,200

42,500

31,800

39,600

79,700

69,300

55,200

50,000

29,400

29,000

29,400

Date

1935

May 20

21

June 17

18

19

20

21

22

23

Dec. S

Discharge 

! second-feet )

31,800

32,800

28,600

46,000

66,000

57,000

46,800

38,100

30,200

30,600

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1

2

Z

4

S

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

26

26

27

28

29

SO

Si

Oct.

920

699

622

547

454

410

346

306

280

£46

229

215

212

205

188

171

215

250

604

4,850

4,000

2,700

2,240

1,680

1,340

1,100

920

752

647

572

500

NOT.

454

410

367

326

2S7

265

265

261

306

1,490

12,000

13, 600

11, 100

7,200

4,180

3,420

5,440

6,340

5,170

4,000

3,180

2,540

2,100

1,820

1,540

1,400

1,280

1,160

1,040

980

-

Dec.

862

806

752

699

673

673

699

673

622

596

547

524

500

477

477

547

4,710

17,100

18,000

15,700

12, 700

8,000

5,980

7,200

7.300

6,070

6.430

8,300

8,600

8,800

8,500

Jan.

7,500

6,160

4,900

3,910

3,260

2,730

2,380

2,100

1,890

1,680

1,470

1,400

1,280

1,220

1,100

1,040

980

920

862

980

7,220

23,900

48, 400

91,200

96,500

63,900

47,600

33,100

22, 400

13,900

12,000

Feb.

12,300

10,000

7,600

5,860

4,780

4,060

3,520

2,990

2,510

2,270

2,030

1,880

1,740

1,740

4,240

7,800

14, 500

69,900

105,000

86, 000

59,900

41,300

26,700

17,600

10,600

5,760

4,320

3,680

.

.

-

Mar.

3,200

2,730

2,450

2,240

2,030

1,320

1,610

1,430

2,030

6,130

5,950

4,420

3,430

2,830

2,430

2,350

2,190

1,830

1,740

1,670

1,670

1,600

1,530

1,460

1,320

1,190

2,610

10,300

21,800

37,500

35,500

Apr.

39,700

33,700

25,600

18,700

11,800

7,040

9,000

16, 400

20,600

19,700

17,800

14,200

9,100

5,590

4,600

13,300

31,800

24, 400

18,300

13,300

8,100

4,960

3,920

3,200

2,590

2,170

1,890

1,610

1,490

1,370

-

May

1,250

1,130

1,010

952

337

781

837

894

1,070

1,600

1,460

1,130

952

1,190

3,790

4,060

2,670

1,330

1,880

2,030

1,950

1,670

1,810

4,600

6,130

4,600

3,160

6,310

10, 400

9,810

7,100

June

4,330

2,750

2,030

1,670

1,320

1,070

952

894

894

1,010

1,320

2,270

8,300

9,700

7,500

4,330

2,750

3,610

5,230

5,140

4,150

3,070

2,110

1,530

1,130

894

781

648

549

502

-

July

478

412

370

330

310

273

256

228

199

183

162

154

140

132

124

124

114

117

114

186

349

370

310

256

225

136

168

148

151

273

292

Aug.

349

412

478

390

310

256

228

190

162

140

119

132

95

95

95

87

76

72

63

55

52

50

45

42

42

39

38

39

39

36

35

Sept.

32

30

27

26

26

29

29

27

27

27

32

34

32

63

59

57

57

55

52

45

41

38

35

31

26

25

24

20

17

16

-
180 RED RIVER BASIN

Discharge, In second-feet of Little River near Horatio, Ark., 

years 1931-32, 1934-35, 1935-36. 1937-38

Month

Calendar year 1934 .....................

May. ......................................

Water year 1934-35 .....................

May.......................................

Water year 1935-36 .....................

Calendar year 1937 .....................

May. ......................................

Water year 1937-38 .....................

Secondfoot-days

816,854

1,040

722, 440

2 ' 999

2.358,686

2,274,601

560,968

153,517

1,417,835

2,050,651

Maximum

9,600

20,600

7 * 100

24,900

21,300

79,700

5 890

42,200

30, 600

18,000

26, 100

9,700

105,000

Minimum

_

120

74

810

150

210

24

1

1,120

26

751

26

2

477

17

502

16

Mean

1,490

2,238

34.7

1,979

7,601

6,462

6,232

1,533

4,952

3,884

2,748

5,618

Run-off In 

acre-feet

45, 700

88,700

424,000

1,619,000

88,500

111,000

303,000

2,060

1,433,000

452,300

4,678,000

4,511,000

1,112,000

186,300

304, 500

2,812,220

163,500

4,067,000

Hote.- The figures of monthly discharge for water years 1931-32, 1934-35, and. 1935-36 supersede 

thoae published In Water-Supply Papers 732, 787, and 807.
RED RIVER BASIN 181

Sulphur River near Darden, Tex.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°15', long. 94°37', at bridge on U. S. Highway 

67, 0.5 mile upstream from St. Louis Southwestern Railway bridge and 1 mile southwest 

of Darden, Bowle County. Zero of gage Is 220.6 feet (revised) above mean sea level 

(general adjustment of 1929).

Drainage area.- 2,754 square miles.

Records available.- October 1923 to September 1938.

Average discharge.- 15 years, 1,978 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 92,900 second-feet Jan. 25 (gage height, 34.9 

feet, from floodmarks) from rating curve extended above 70,000 second-feet; minimum, 

1.1 second-feet Oct. 11-13, 16, 17.

1925-38: Maximum discharge, that of Jan. 25, 1938; no flow at times.

Remarks.- Records fair. Gage heights for periods Jan. 25-26, Mar. 5 to Apr. 15,computed 

on basis of graph plotted from dally gage readings by U. S. Weather Bureau and floodmark of Jan. 25. No diversion.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1937 to Septeabgr 1938

Day

1

9

3

4

6

6

7

8

9

10

11

18

IS

14

16

16

17

18

19

80

81

28

89

84

85

86

87

88

89

SO

31

Get.

3.4

3.2

3.0

2.6

2.5

2.1

1.9

1.6

1.2

1.2

1.1

1.1

1.2

1.4

1.2

1.1

2.6

5.0

5.8

6.0

295

590

580

346

196

158

138

110

79

52

33

 or.

25

19

16

13

11

8.4

7.4

7.2

12

20

17

904

1,760

2,150

2,700

3,520

3,650

4,420

4,360

5,700

6,080

6,260

4,320

2,940

2,140

1,500

1,040

720

380

210

Dec.

125

96

77

65

54

44

37

35

34

30

26

27

27

27

26

167

1,250

1,680

2,220

2,900

4,270

6,960

10,300

12,500

11,100

9,000

11,500

13,500

13,000

16,100

23,600

Jan.

22,200

19, 700

16,100

13,000

10,300

7,700

4,940

3,650

2,600

1,960

1,410

1,030

880

725

560

422

304

265

235

199

425

4,780

11,800

47,100

89, 600

80,800

60,000

40, 200

29,000

20, 300

14, 500

Feb.

10,300

7,700

5,250

3,400

2,520

1,530

945

685

480

412

332

325

295

275

255

240

26S

2,320

4,540

24, 600

45, 000

43,000

33,000

23,600

16,700

12,000

9,000

6,250

.

-

Month

Calendar year 1937. .....................

Karen. ....................................

April.....................................

May.......................................

July. .....................................

Water year 1937-:58......................

Mar.

3,720

2,650

1,560

920

560

510

430

314

285

490

1,080

2,070

2,500

2,410

1,560

1,020

575

362

314

315

275

235

620

1,070

740

830

590

915

3,240

5,580

14,800

Apr.

27, 400

25,800

20.300

16,100

13,000

10.700

11,100

5,450

5,740

5,100

7,850

14, 000

14, 500

12,000

9,900

8,750

7,600

9,720

25,800

27.400

20,900

16,100

12,000

9,000

6,500

4,500

2,970

2,140

1,240

748

-

Secondfoot-days

2,626.2

55, 110

140,799

792,296.3

506,705

255,222

52,560

354,308

4,360

66,256

3,269.8 

1,975.4

473.4

1,443,706.8

*»y

420

323

223

204

182

174

154

130

106

67

74

63

55

50

46

40

58

57

46

36

32

26

29

28

28

49

354

258

226

275

543

HfljriWCTB

590

6,260

23,600

23,600

89, 600

45, 000

14, 800

27, 400

543

11,100

410 

37S

66

89,600

June

422

243

222

194

125

99

90

90

185

1,020

2,000

4,110

9,710

11,100

9,000

8,250

6,750

5,100

2,910

1,650

975

695

445

240

174

142

113

60

66

56

July

50

222

410

405

385

385

365

232

127

70

40

28

22

IS

16

13

11

10

9.2

8.2

7.2

6.4

5.8

6.2

7.0

6.6

6.2

59

150

116

93

Minimum

1.1

7.2

26

.9

199

240

235

748

28

56

5.6 

3.6

2.3

1.1

Aug.

73

378

360

224

133

67

56

35

26

20

16

25

75

51

74

74

48

35

31

27

26

22

16

14

11

S.6

7.0

5.6

5.2

4.2

3.6

Mean

84. 8

1,837

4,542

2,171

16,350

9.115

1,695

11,810

141

2,209

106 

63.7

15.6

3,955

Sept.

2.8

2.3

3.1

36

33

24

17

12

9.6

8.0

6.6

5.8

5.2

4.8

4.6

3.8

3.6

6.2

20

66

52

32

26

28

16

14

11

8.6

7.2

6.0

-

Run-off In 

aore-feet

5,210

109,300

279,300

1,571,000

1,005,000

506,200

104,300

702,800

8,690

131,400

6,530 

3,920

939

2,864,000

Peak discharge.- Jan. 25 (1-3 p.m.) 92,900 sec.-ft.; Apr. 19 (10 p.m.) 29,600 sec.-ft.
182 RED RIVER BASIN

Cypress Creek near Jefferson, Tex.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°45', long. 94°29', at Farrell bridge on

Jefferson-Harleton Highway, 8 miles west of Jefferson, Marion County, and 14 miles 

upstream from Black Cypress Creek.

Drainage area.- 848 square miles.

Records available.- July 1924 to September 1938.

Average discharge.- 14 years, 582 second-feet.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 24,800 second-feet Jan. 26 (gage height, 24.94 

reet ), from rating curve extended above 16,000 second-feet; minimum, 2.0 second-feet 

Sept. 30.

1924-38: Maximum discharge, 26,100 second-feet (revised) May 20, 1930 (gage height, 

25.37 feet, from flooditiarks), from rating curve extended above 16,000 second-feet; no 

flow at times.

Remarks.- Records good. No diversions.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1

2

A

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

SO

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

oet.

5.1

6.1

5.9

5.4

4.5

3.9

3.5

3.2

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.0

3.5

4.3

4.4

4.6

7.6

12

19

20

26

26

28

36

41

43

42

37

30

26

22

HOT.

20

17

15

14

13

13

12

12

46

165

165

151

148

158

176

221

272

302

322

322

332

342

342

312

262

200

155

127

113

106

-

Dee.

99

96

92

92

89

89

86

86

85

85

86

89

92

96

99

137

348

442

470

500

516

574

890

1,100

1,170

1,250

1,560

3,400

7,990

15, 200

14,800

Jan.

11,300

7,460

4,820

3,500

2,670

2,200

1,930

1,720

1,520

1,380

1,250

1,120

1,000

890

788

708

632

548

470

414

376

400

752

1,500

15, 600

24,000

18,500

IB, 600

8,000

5,100

3,720

Feb.

2,820

2,310

1,970

1.720

1,520

1,330

1,150

958

828

708

632

564

516

484

456

428

428

711

1,210

1,490

1,850

4,170

5,250

4,270

3,390

2,670

2,200

1,930

_

_

-

Month

Calendar year 1937. .....................

*7.. .....................................

July......................................

Water year 1937-38......................

JCar.

1,680

1,490

1,300

1,120

958

748

596

500

442

428

400

388

376

376

376

376

352

332

352

484

596

548

470

470

532

516

516

580

842

1,100

1,100

Apr.

1,050

1,340

2,330

2,820

2,600

2.250

1,970

1,760

1,550

1,380

1,420

2,310

3,100

2,920

2,370

2,200

1.970

1,720

1,520

2,210

4,730

4,960

3,940

3,010

2,310

1,930

1,650

1,350

1,100

808

-

Secondfoot-days

482.3

51, 708

231,805.4

136,868

1,605

176.4

339,092.7

*«7

548

352

262

217

188

169

15£

162

165

151

144

13£

144

15]

144

134

18C

252

272

253

244

22]

204

184

148

113

96

86

84

7S

71

v*-ri my

43

15,200

15,200

24, 000

K4A

130

18

24,000

June

69

81

69

58

65

75

70

74

89

89

82

86

120

113

89

72

60

61

80

99

134

127

96

92

76

53

40

38

43

38

-

July

36

29

29

39

66

85

66

43

31

25

20

17

15

13

14

32

37

41

33

26

46

50

42

102

130

120

127

116

81

54

40

Minimum

3.0

86

1.4

376

13

2»2

2 2

Aug.

32

27

24

21

21

17

14

12

11

11

10

9.C

8.1

7.4

7.2

21

41

29

21

20

20

16

13

10

7.7

6.4

5.5

4.9

4.4

4.1

4.3

Mean

15.6

1,668

635

4,415

51.8

5.88

929

Sept.

5.4

5.6

5.2

4.8

4.3

3.9

3.6

3.2

3.0

2.7

2.6

2.6

2.3

3.4

3.3

3.8

5.5

12

13

IS

18

13

9.0

6.6

5.2

4.4

3.7

3.1

2.5

*

Run-off In 

aore-feet

967

102,600

459,800

271, 500

3,180

350

672,600
RED RIVER BASIN 183

Ouachlta River near Mountain Pine, Ark.

Loca.tlon.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°35'50'1 , long. 93°12'30", In NWiNWi sec. 1, T. 2 

S., R. 21 W., three quarters of a mile downstream from Mill Creek, 2 miles downstream 

from Blakely Creek, and 4 miles northwest of Mountain Pine. Zero of gage Is 404.29 

feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.- 1,100 square miles.

Records available.- June 1936 to September 1938.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 92,100 second-feet Feb. 18 (gage height, 32.2 

feet, from floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 11,000 second-feet, logarithmically and by slope-area method; minimum, 30 second-feet Sept. 29 (gage height, 

2,32 feet).

1936-38: Maximum discharge, that of Feb. 18, 1938; minimum, 11 second-feet Sept. 

14, 1936 (gage height, 2.06 feet).

Maximum stage known, about 37 feet In May 1923.

Remarks.- Records fair. Discharge for period of missing gage heights, Feb. 19-24, computea on basis of records of Inflow Into reservoir above Carpenter Dam, 20 miles 

downstream.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1937 to September 193s

Day

1

z

3 

4

e

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.

103 

US 

118 

132 

317

272 

190 

146

134 

130

136 

132 

US 

108 

101

99 

130 

275 

890 

1,480

1,430 

890 

600 

468 

402

341 

301 

239 

247 

227 

210

Hov.

196 

ISO 

171 

164 

158

151 

148 

169 

236 

10,700

12,900 

5,920 

3,140 

1,960 

1,440

2,700 

4,750 

3,670 

2,520 

1,860

1,440 

1,150 

1,000 

S54 

743

670 

599 

549 

502 

459

Dec.

419 

396 

373 

374 

370

359 

345 

334 

321 

308

295 

286 

239 

289 

269

311 

3,740 

10,300 

6,060 

3,670

2,520 

2,340 

4,490 

3,950 

3,030

2,340 

2,340 

4,490 

4,090 

3,200 

2,700

Jan.

2,340 

1,960 

1,660 

1,390 

1,190

1,070 

965 

847 

762 

683

628 

532 

533 

497 

464

441 

423 

402 

366 

374

6,590 

27. 400 

30,900 

42,300 

48,600

12,300 

4,750 

3,400 

2,640 

2,700 

6,050

Month

Dot 

HOT 

Dee

C

Jan 

Fob

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jim 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

ember. ....................

uary

ater year 1937-!

F»b.

6,060 

3,950 

2,940 

2,340 

1,910

1,620 

1,390 

1,190 

1,070 

930

674 

795 

730 

713 

1,150

2,760 

23,400 

82,500 

62,100 

16,000

6,500 

4,800 

3,730 

2,800 

2,120

1,310 

1,570 

1,390

Seoondfoot-days

10,564 

61,099 

70,175

644, 597

205,232 

239,147 

73,702 

126,764 

20,249 

12,042 

5,068 

3,071 

1,473

333,586

Mar.

1,230 

1,070 

965 

340 

795

750 

670 

610 

1,740 

3,810

2,760 

2,120 

1,660 

1,350 

1,230

1,150 

1,000 

374 

795 

923

930 

302 

331 

1,040 

909

7S2 

776 

1,240 

14,700 

14,900 

15,400

Maximum

1,460 

12,900 

10, 800

43,400

48,600 

32,500 

15, 400 

15,200 

2,520 

1,000 

394 

175 

83

32,500

Apr.

3,580 

5,270 

3,530 

2,530 

2,020

1,910 

4,490 

10,400 

10,600 

6,340

4,360 

3,200 

2,460 

1,910 

1,710

15, 100 

15, 200 

5,790 

3,950 

2,820

2,580 

2,700 

2,070 

1,660 

1,310

1,110 

930 

802 

712 

670

May

694 

554 

483 

436 

406

374 

406 

464 

441 

436

394 

352 

341 

386 

523

576 

468 

402 

34S 

313

292 

382 

2,520 

2,290 

1,390

895 

664 

694 

647 

328 

640

M^Ti^irtygH

99 

148 

266

43

374 

718 

610 

670 

292 

182 

83 

50 

31

31

June

513 

428 

366 

327 

295

271 

249 

235 

238 

251

254 

277 

398 

700 

582

441 

410 

346 

900 

1,000

788 

576 

436 

359 

304

260 

238 

216 

198 

182

Mean

341 

2,037 

2,264

1,766

6,620 

3,541 

2,539 

4,225 

653 

401 

163 

99.1 

49.1

2,284

July

170 

155 

143 

132 

123

117 

107 

101 

99 

99

99 

95 

119 

94 

S3

83 

36 

99 

374 

324

394 

338 

263 

213 

188

160 

143 

160 

162 

170 

153

Per 

square 

mile

0.310 

1.85 

2.06

1.61

6.02 

7.76 

2.31 

3.34 

.594 

.365 

.143 

.090 

.045

2.08

Aug.

175 

155 

148 

160 

153

139 

123 

165 

109 

95

S3 

111 

86 

76 

79

35 

113 

107 

103 

36

78 

73 

79 

31 

75

65 

61 

55 

51 

50 

50

Sept.

47 

43 

41 

49 

50

55 

68 

67 

70 

63

68 

64 

64 

58 

51

50 

52 

50 

46 

41

40 

39 

38 

37 

36

35 

34 

32 

31 

34

Bun-off

Inches

0.36 

2.06 

2.33

21.31

6.94 

8.08 

2.66 

4.23 

.68 

.41 

.17 

.10 

.05

28.17

Peak discharge.- Jan. 23 (2 a.m.) 40.300 sec. -ft.: Jan. 24 (10 p.m.) 61.800 aeo.-ft.:

Acre-feet

20,950 

121,200 

139,200

1,279,000

407,100 

474,300 

156,100 

251,400 

40,160 

23,880 

10,050 

6,090 

2,920

1,653,000

Feb. 13

S7TOO seo.-ft
184 RED RIVSR BASIN

Ouachlta River near Malvern, Ark.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°23', long. 52°51', In N»i sec. 16, T. 43., R. 

 17 W., at Rockport Bridge, 2 miles northwest of Malvern, and 6 miles downstream from

Remmel Dam. Zero of gage Is 227.83 feet above mean sea level (general adjustment of

1912).

Drainage area.- 1,570 square miles.

Records available.- March 1903 to April 1905, June 1922 to September 1924, March 1937 to 

September 1938. January 1925 to March 1937, at site at Remmel Dam, six miles 

upstream.

Extremes.- 1937: Maximum discharge during period, 21,500 second-feet May 2 (gage

neignt, 15.78 feet); minimum, 76 second-feet July 18 (gage height, 0.85 foot); minimum dally discharge, 88 second-feet July 4.

1937-38: Maximum discharge during year, 103,000 second-feet Feb. 18 (gage height, 

26.74 feet), from rating curve extended above 55,000 second-feet on basis of computed 

flow over power dam 6 miles upstream; minimum, 92 second-feet Oct. 31 (gage height, 

0.95 foot); minimum dally discharge, 110 second-feet July 30, Aug. 1.

1903-05, 1922-24, 1937-38: Maximum discharge, about 140,000 second-feet (revised) 

May 15, 1923 (gage height, 30.3 feet); minimum discharge observed, 40 second-feet 

Dec. 18-20, 1904.

Remarks.- Records good. Discharge for July 24 to Sept. 24 computed on basis of records 

aTTormer gaging station at Remmel Dam. Flow regulated by operation of Remmel Dam, 

6 miles upstream.

Rating table, period March 1937 to September 1938 (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in second-feet)

0.8 

1.0 

1.3 

1.6

100

160

238

2.0 

2.5 

3.0 

3.5

367

560

795

1,080

4.0 

5.0 

6.0 

7.0

1,400

2,140

3,000

4,060

8.0

10.0

12.0

13.0

5,360

3,710

13,020

15,330

14.0

15.0

16.0

18.0

17,560

19,660

22,000

23,600

20.0

22.0

24.0

26.0

37,600

49,200

65,300

92,100

Discharge, in second-feet, 1937-33 

1937

D«T

1

2

3

4

5

a

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

SO

SI

Oct. Nov. Dee. Jan. Feb. Mar.

1,500

2,080

1,500

1,970

3,450

2,140

4,060

3,300

3,500

3,000

3,140

2,140

3,200

5,610

4,300

2,910

2,360

2.3SO

2,360

2,300

2,060

1,360

1,630

4,300

8,870

2,710

2,300

2,060

2,300

2,330

2,330

Apr.

2,300

1,900

1,720

1,400

1,580

1,470

1,440

1,380

1,090

635

356

786

972

790

711

1,130

664

615

681

438

1,860

4,060

7,090

5,700

2,370

2,460

2,220

2,300

2,300

2,300

-

H«T

3,150

17, 200

14,200

10,700

3,250

2,380

2,300

2,060

1,660

1,840

1,650

1,180

5,360

5,170

4,550

2,460

2,300

2,300

2,300

1,100

1,030

660

472

969

686

451

266

455

298

219

340

June

252

562

396

260

131

4,810

1,710

696

1,290

2,140

1,080

680

313

993

642

579

412

782

706

394

645

740

628

836

S04

441

137

728

330

596

-

July

162

228

240

38

223

104

624

S98

463

269

100

165

297

149

266

264

147

104

169

177

245

131

146

114

150

129

1S9

312

183

154

187

Aug.

123

141

155

154

349

142

124

123

146

310

134

150

151

162

217

192

213

151

142

153

167

139

141

141

144

146

154

131

137

132

293

Sept.

677

see

381

209

219

241

290

587

534

586

286

141

161

430

671

418

699

542

163

595

914

943

1,070

1,680

483

169

604

729

745

341

-

Note.- Gage heights missing, July 24 to Sept. 24) discharge is that computed, at former gaging 

station at Rommel Dm,
RED RIVER BASIN

Discharge, In second-feet, Ouachlta River near Halvern, Ark., 1937-38 Continued

1937-38

185

D«y

1 

2 

S

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

16

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23

24 

26

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

553 

702 

164 

630 

824

817 

1,180 

1,140 

1,030 

219

598 

878 

446 

1,110 

1,040

360 

396 

974 

690 

906

1,350 

1,320 

297 

176 

1,040

1,520 

1,440 

1,560 

1,170 

968 

192

HOT.

660 

1,110 

645 

425 

293

221 

160 

425 

299 

2,120

4,420 

7,660 

4,450 

2,360 

5,160

5,820 

2,960 

5,000 

6,470 

2,620

2,310 

2,630 

2,710 

2,670 

2,370

2,690 

2,530 

2,310 

2,540 

2,700

Dao.

2,660 

2,340 

2,300 

2,310 

1,830

618 

824 

1,320 

1,100 

1,090

696 

383 

820 

996 

1,040

1,280 

1,020 

2,210 

2,270 

2,450

2,460 

5,560 

6,980 

6,380 

2,900

2,420 

5,570 

8,980 

3,440 

6,340 

4,350

Jan.

4,110 

2,280 

2,480 

2,390 

2,510

2,490 

2,490 

2,380 

2,850 

2,460

2,520 

2,510 

2,470 

8,320 

918

375 

1,170 

1,600 

1,800 

8,800

20,000 

46, 800 

38,400 

48,600 

43,700

16,100 

9,260 

5,840 

4,080 

5,140 

3,860

Feb.

6,100 

7,180 

5,350 

2,620 

2,480

2,240 

2,420 

2,520 

2,540 

8,340

1,890 

1,100 

572 

1,730 

2,170

2,360 

21,300 

90,700 

59, 500 

20,200

11,600 

6,960 

4,210 

3,010 

2,990

2,970 

2,790 

3,080

Month

Hal 

Apr 

May 

Jim 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

T 

Oct

HOT)

Dec

C

Jan 

Fell 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

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

he perio 

otoer 19

a. .............................

alendar 

uary 19

year 

38

oh. ....................................

Mar.

3,100 

3,110 

2,900 

2,910 

2,700

814 

1,770 

2,030 

5,760 

4,980

3,020 

2,860 

2,580 

2,700 

2,970

2,980 

2,730 

1,820 

1,950 

1,140

1,920 

2,150 

2,360 

1,370 

1,920

2,010 

924 

3,560 

25, 500 

20,000 

27,700

Apr.

15,300 

7,750 

4,550 

4,610 

8,870

4,570 

10,300 

12,700 

16,300 

10,600

6,840 

4,880 

2,830 

2,830 

2,790

21,600 

21,700 

11,100 

4,990 

4,690

4,240 

2,830 

2,750 

2,600 

2,850

2,760 

8,790 

2,160 

1,710 

2,010

Secondfoot-days

87, 140 

54, 718 

93,196 

24,722 

7,027 

5,157 

16, 386

25, 678 

78,738 

78, 937

886,103 

274,862 

144,238 

200,440 

30, 221 

17,000 

7,866 

7,845 

14, 517

1.166.344

May

79B 

622 

1,240 

1,020

857 

621 

554 

236 

362

357 

650 

806 

206 

140

574 

348 

541 

568 

980

610 

465 

4,380 

3,730 

2,540

1,410 

790 

875 

246 

1,350 

1,560

Maximum

8,870 

7,090 

17, 200 

4,810 

898 

349 

1,680

1,550 

7,660 

6,980

48,600 

90,700 

27,700 

21,700 

4,380 

1,230 

538 

556 

1,380

90.700

June

982 

1,140 

1,060 

416 

342

653 

202 

681 

756 

251

146 

285 

154 

212 

256

520 

860 

687 

446 

444

934 

1,230 

649 

701 

532

381 

584 

524 

616 

416

Minimum

1,50 

35( 

21! 

13 

8E 

12, 

14

164 

16C 

38:

37J 

57£ 

8U 

1,71C 

14C 

14C 

IK 

11C 

134

lit

July

261 

374 

148 

208 

328

240 

323 

442 

242 

348

247 

462 

464 

265 

159

132 

167 

184 

172 

538

180 

833 

144 

164 

168

340 

222 

215 

162 

110 

223

Aug.

110 

230 

179 

258 

128

204 

138 

310 

340 

166

304 

260 

150 

298 

128

296 

129 

222 

186 

184

194 

224 

373 

453 

454

249 

318 

132 

415 

556 

257

Mean

3 2,811 

5 1,824 

) 3,006 

L 824 

3 227 

5 166 

L 546

I 825 

2,625 

5 2, 546

9,229 

9,816 

I 4,653 

6,681 

> 975 

567 

254 

253 

I 484

S.19E

Sept.

604 

882 

279 

194 

212

311 

643 

784 

936 

734

142 

193 

346 

1,330 

642

408 

479 

134 

172 

319

190 

242 

374 

372 

145

371 

398 

516 

1,380 

786

Run-off in 

acre-feet

172,800 

108, 500 

184, 900 

49, 040 

13,940 

10,230 

32,500

571, 900

50,730 

156,200 

156,600

567, 500 

545,200 

286,100 

397,600 

59,940 

33,720 

15, 600 

15,560 

28,790

a.STA.OOQ
186 RED RIVER BASIN

Little Missouri River near Murfreesboro, Ark.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 34°03', long. 93°43', In SEi sec. 13, T. 8 S., R. 26 

W77~T* miles downstream from Muddy Fork, 2 miles southwest of Murfreesboro, and 4 

miles upstream from Prairie Creek. Zero of gage Is 333.70 feet above mean sea level 

(Arkansas State Highway benchmark). Prior to Sept. 30, 1930, chain gage at site 100 

feet upstream at same datum.

Drainage area.- 380 square miles.

Records available.- October 1927 to September 1930, July 1937 to September 1938.

Extremes.- 1937: Maximum discharge observed during period, 846 second-feet Aug. 18 

(gage height, 3.63 feet); minimum observed, 12 second-feet Aug. 8, 17, Sept. 23-26; 

minimum gage height, 1.82 feet Aug. 8, Sept. 24-26.

1937-38: Maximum discharge observed during year, 26,900 second-feet Jan. 24 (gage 

height, 17.50 feet), from rating curve extended above 15,000 second-feet; minimum 

observed, 8 second-feet Sept. 28, 29 (gage height, 1.79 feet).

1927-30, 1937-38: Maximum discharge observed, that of Jan. 24, 1938; minimum 

observed, 4 second-feet July 23, 24, 29, 31, Aug. 1-4, 29, 30, 1930.

Maximum stage known, about 21 feet In April 1927.

Remarks.- Records fair.

Rating table, period July 1937 to September 1938 (gage height, in feet, and

discharge, in second-feet)

(Shifting control method used Nov. 17 to Dec. 16, 1937 

April 1-16, and Aug. Z to Sept. 30, 193S)

1.8 10.5

1.9 16.5

2.0 24.5

2.1 35

2.2 50

2.4 95

2.6 164

2.9 316

3.4 650

4.0 1,148

6.0 2,ISO

7.0 4,750

10.0 9,440

13.0 16,120

15.0 19,480

17.0 26,180

Discharge, in second-feet, 1937-33 

1937

D«y

1

Z

S

4

S

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

SO

21

ZZ

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

SO

31

Oct. Hov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. «-T June July

_

.

_

_

-

_

_

_

24

24

78

58

32

27

24

21

20

17

16

18

16

15

15

15

15

16

21

17

15

23

Aug.

23

31

20

17

15

14

14

12

13

14

18

47

38

22

18

15

12

608

75

42

34

30

92

134

82

60

42

42

41

31

24

Sept.

23

68

35

75

75

50

44

46

141

54

38

32

30

24

21

20

IS

14

14

14

15

14

12

12

12

12

13

20

16

13

-
RED RIVER BASIN IE

Discharge, in second-feet, Little Missouri River near Murfreesboro, Ark., 1937-38--Continued

1937-38

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21

OA

25

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

89

50 

31

Oct.

14 

13 

13 

13 

13

18 

23 

18 

15 

14

14 

12 

14 

14 

14

14 

21 

35 

104 

117

104 

68 

44 

36 

35

28 

26 

24 

21 

22 

19

Nov.

20 

20 

18 

17 

17

17 

17 

17 

284 

1,590

1,340 

650 

440 

577 

229

688 

805 

577 

507 

352

282 

245 

204 

162 

153

130 

104 

88 

88 

88

Dec.

75 

72 

64 

66 

60

60 

60 

60 

56 

56

52 

52 

52 

58 

64

153 

7,440 

2,880 

1,540 

1,150

688 

305 

2,180 

1,440 

972

805 

1,750 

2,070 

1,440 

1,150 

972

Jan.

846 

726 

614 

507

440

395 

316 

271 

240 

219

204 

182 

164 

130 

126

126 

A20 

117 

107 

316

11,300 

15,800 

9,200 

18,400 

4,190

2,290 

1,540 

1,150 

972 

305 

1,340

Month

JvU 

AU( 

Sej

Oot 

Hov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

W

7 16351 ,

t ember. ...................

ober 18 37

alendar 

Tiary IS 38.. .............

ater year 1937-38 ........

Feb.

972 

887 

726 

614

474

421 

427 

364 

322 

305

294 

271 

260 

542 

1,440

972 

11,100 

20,200 

4,750 

2,640

1,860 

1,340 

1,020 

846 

688

614

507 

440

Secondfoot-days

527 

1,580 

1,025

940 

9,726 

28,342

73,153 

55,296 

40,783 

46,059 

16,443 

11, 950 

4,144 

1,894 

400

291, 130

Mar.

389 

322 

334 

288 

271

229 

209 

182 

846 

2,290

1,240 

887 

766 

650 

577

577 

402 

389 

402 

376

352 

232 

766 

474 

382

364 

507 

1,440 

10,400 

3,390 

10,800

Maximum

78 

508 

141

117 

1,590 

7,440

18,400 

20,800 

10,800 

7,860 

5,860 

2,400 

80S 

364 

29

20,200

Apr.

3,390 

1,960 

1,440 

1,060 

887

2,640 

2,640

5,470 

3,000 

2,070

1,440 

1,100 

887 

726 

726

7,860 

2,640 

1,640 

1,150 

887

650 

930 

577 

507 

421

364 

299 

250 

229 

219

May

164 

149 

141 

114 

110

101 

114 

137 

123 

104

88 

82 

650 

726 

305

209 

178 

191 

149 

126

104 

117 

5,860 

2,180 

1,060

688 

614 

688 

507 

376 

288

M 

15 

12 

12

IS

17 

58

107 

260 

IBS 

219 

82 

82 

33 

IS 

8

8

June

229 

191 

134 

134 

114

101 

85 

137 

191 

271

153 

322 

542 

288 

186

137 

1,240 

2,400 

1,640 

930

766 

474 

322 

234 

186

145 

120 

104 

92 

82

Mean

24.0 

51.0 

34.2

30.3 

324 

914

2,360 

1,975 

1,316 

1,602 

530 

398 

134 

61.1 

13.3

798

July

90 

58 

54 

47 

42

41 

38 

34 

34 

36

34 

33 

34 

32 

32

42 

60 

240 

245 

117

277 

110 

110 

104 

70

50 

42 

38 

688 

507 

805

Per 

square 

mile

0.063 

.134 

.090

.080 

.853 

2.41

6.21 

5.20 

3.46 

4.22 

1.39 

1.05 

.353 

.161 

.035

2.10

Aug.

364 

209 

134 

92 

66

56 

44 

40 

34 

30

27 

24 

66 

56 

200

92 

56 

42 

36 

30

26 

24 

21 

20 

20

17 

15 

14 

14 

13 

12

Sept.

13 

13 

10 

13

14

14 

15 

16 

15 

15

16 

15 

16 

29 

24

21 

16 

13 

11 

10

10 

10 

10 

9 

9

9 

9 

8 

8 

9

Run-off

Xnchea

O.C5 

.15 

.10

.09 

.95 

2.78

7.16 

5.42 

3.99 

4.71 

1.60 

1.17 

.41 

.19 

.04

28.51

Acre-feet

1,050 

3,130 

2,050

1,860 

19,290 

56,220

145, 100 

106,700 

80,890 

95, 520 

32,610 

23,700 

8,220 

3,760 

795

577,500
188 RED RIVER BASIN

Saline River near Rye, Ark.

Location.- Wire-weight gage, lat. 33°42', long. 92°02', on line between sees. 3 and 4, 

T. 12 S., R. 9 W., 4 miles southwest of Rye, 5 miles above Hudgln Creek, and 12 miles 

above former gaging station near Warren.

Drainage area.- 2,040 square miles.

Records available.- August 1937 to September 1938. August 1928 to September 1929 at 

site 12 miles downstream (published as Saline River near Warren, Ark.

Extremes.- 1937: Maximum discharge during period, 1,250 second-feet Sept. 15 (gage 

height, 9.0 feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 32 secondfeet Aug. 20 (gage height, 4.48 feet).

1937-38:. Maximum discharge during year, 42,300 second-feet Jan. 27 (gage height, 

28.0 feet, "from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 19 second-feet 

Sept. 20 (gage height, 4.28 feet).

Maximum stage known, 30.5 feet in April 1927.

Remarks.- Records good. Gage read twice daily.

Rating table, period Aug. 6, 1937 to Sept. 30, 1938 (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, In second-feet)

4.3 

4.5 

4.7 

5.0

5.3 

5.6 

6.0 

6.5

137

193

275

391

7.0

8.0

10.0

13.0

525

655

1,690

3,190

17.0

20.0

22.0

23.0

5,620

8,280

11,230

13,410

24.0

25.0

26.0

28.0

16,500

21,000

26,900

42,300

Discharge, In seoond-feet, 1937-36 

1937

Day

1

2

S

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

SO

31

Oct. Nov. Dee. Jan. Feb. liar. Apr. May

,

June July Aug.

-

-

-

-

-

50

51

51

*47

46

174

275

70

45

44

38

36

41

35

32

35

63

71

468

275

203

155

100

76

68

52

Sept.

*48

37

37

37

35

52

100

89

«82

112

128

120

555

1,090

*1,210

 1,050

855

543

264

254

244

164

155

128

155

137

98

83

72

67

~

*0age not readj discharge computed from graph constructed on basis of prior and subsequent 

readings.
RED RIVER BASIN

Discharge, In second-feet, Saline River near Rye, Ark., 1937-38~Contlnued 

1937-38

189

i»y

i

2 

5

4 

6

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

Oct.

62 

67 

83 

95 

76

63 

58 

58 

67 

83

51 

51 

58 

58 

58

65 

83 

174 

343 

555

442 

391 

416 

525 

555

468 

367 

343 

320 

244 

203

Nov.

174 

155 

137 

120 

112

101 

95 

98 

128 

976

2,510 

2,360 

2,360 

2,360 

2,360

4,440 

5,200 

4,560 

4,560 

 4, 500

 4,620 

4,740 

4,740 

4,680 

4,440

3,190 

2,460 

1,820 

1,640 

1,330

Dee.

1,090 

715 

715 

715 

715

715 

680 

646 

585 

525

468 

416 

416 

416 

391

391 

655 

785 

1,420 

1,820

2,060 

2,360 

3,360 

3,850 

4,080

4,860 

5,340 

6,400 

7,450 

7,850 

8,060

Jan.

7,950 

8,060 

8,170 

7,560 

6,820

5,620 

4,380 

3,740 

2,920 

1,690

1,330 

1,290 

1,290 

1,250 

1,210

970 

715 

555 

495 

585

646 

1,090 

8,020 

12,500 

14,000

19,000 

39,900 

39,100 

31,100 

23,200 

23, 200

Month

August 6-! 

September.

V

Oct 

Hoi

Dec

C

Jar 

Pet 

Mar 

Apr 

Maj 

Juu 

Jul 

Aug 

Sej

11

 later ye 

ober 19

ir 

37

alendar 

nary 19.

year 

58

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

ater year 1937-38 ........

Feb.

25,000 

15,800 

12,900 

12,000 

11,600

9,710 

8,750 

7,850 

6,910 

6,400

5,060 

3,800 

2,610 

1,820 

2,660

3,740 

4,200 

5,760 

7,180 

9,710

11,000 

19, 500 

38,300 

35,900 

27,600

21, 500 

18, 100 

13,200

Secondfoot-days

8,601 

7,801

6,482 

70, 966 

69,848

378,345 

348, 560 

156,330 

505,310 

36,351 

11, 430 

7,312 

6,825

1, 297, 618

liar.

11,200 

9,560 

8,170 

6,320 

 4,440

3,080 

2,360 

1,870 

1,870 

3,630

4,620 

 4, 560 

5,340 

4,990 

4,860

5,060 

5,270 

6,920 

6,560 

*6,910

6,910 

6,400 

5,550 

4,990 

4,320

4,080 

3,460 

2,970 

3,240 

3,740 

4,080

HaJtlmum

46E 

1.21C

55E 

6,20C 

8,06C

39,900 

38,30C 

11,20C 

16,500 

3,460 

3,080 

1,150 

52G 

49

39,900

Apr.

4,400 

4,800 

5,620 

7,000 

8,750

12,000 

15, 100 

16,500 

16,100 

15, 100

14, 500 

13,400 

13,400 

14,200 

14,000

14, 000 

12,000 

10, 900 

9,870 

8,630

7,650 

7,180 

7,450 

7,550 

8,390

9,140 

8,750 

7,850 

6,400 

4,680

HW

 3,080 

 1,780 

1,130 

820 

645

555 

525 

442 

416 

391

367 

367 

320 

297 

275

244 

244 

468 

930 

930

890 

855 

890 

1,090 

1,420

1,960 

2,360 

2,760 

3,080 

3,360 

3,460

M^fif imqn

32 

35

51 

96 

391

495

1,820 

1,870 

4,400 

244 

155 

55 

53 

20

20

June

3,080 

1,130 

585 

 468 

 416

343 

297 

275 

264 

264

254 

244 

244 

193 

174

174 

203 

4203 

#223 

233

223 

203 

297 

297 

 244

 203 

184 

193 

164 

155

Mean

100 

260

209 

2,366 

2,253

8,979 

12, 450 

5,043 

10,180 

1,173 

381 

256 

188 

28.6

3,556

July

155 

155 

 128 

 112 

96

88 

83 

72 

67 

*72

75 

68 

63 

59 

58

 56 

 55 

55 

128 

213

254 

184 

 174 

 970 

1,130

890 

556 

416 

320 

297 

4264

Per 

square 

mile

0.049 

.127

.102 

1.16 

1.10

4.40 

6.10 

2.47 

4.99 

5.75 

.187 

.116 

.092 

.014

1.74

Aug.

244 

254 

391 

343 

525

495 

 367 

275 

244 

803

174 

155 

137 

 128 

120

120 

110 

203 

193 

174

 146 

128 

112 

96 

89

82 

76 

 67 

62 

58 

53

Sept.

49 

45 

41 

 41 

40

39 

37 

35 

33 

32

«30 

29 

29 

27 

27

26 

26 

 25 

23 

20

21 

20 

20 

20 

#21

21 

21 

 21 

20 

20

Run-off

Inches

0.10 

.14

.12 

1.26 

1.27

5.07 

6.36 

2. ,65 

5.57 

6.63 

.21 

.15 

.11 

.02

29.62

Acre-feet

5,160 

15, 470

12,860 

140,800 

138, 500

552,100 

691, 400 

310,100 

606,600 

72,100 

22,670 

14,500 

11,650 

1,700

2,574,000

 Gage not read; discharge computed from graph constructed on basis of prior and subsequent 

readings 
190 MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA

Bayou Duplantier at City Lake, Baton Rouge, La.

Location.- Water-stage recorder and concrete control, lat. 30°26', long. 91°11', In T. 7 

B., R. 1 W., at triple-box culvert at lower end of City Park Lake In Baton Rouge.

Drainage area.- 0.803 square mile.

Records available.- April 1933 to August 1938.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during period, 54 second-feet Feb. 22 (gage height, 0.832 

feet); no flow at times.

1933-38: Maximum discharge, 173 second-feet June 16, 1934 (gage height, 1.43 

feet); no flow at times.

Remarks.- Records poor, because of Inability to obtain reliable discharge measurements. 

Flow past station affected by evaporation loss from surface of lake and artificial 

Inflow from outside the drainage area.

Rating table, period Oct. 1, 1937 to Aug. 7, 1938 (gage height, in feet, and discharg 

in second-feet)

0.04 

.07 

.10 

.13 

.16

0.20 

.24 

.28 

.'32 

.38

1.5 

2.5 

3.7 

5.3 

8.3

.52 

.56 

.59

11.3

14.8

18.0

21.6

24.6

Discharge, in second-feet, water year September 1937 to October 1938

Day

1 

2 

5 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

15 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

25 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

50 

51

Oct.

0 

1.2 

2.4 

1.2 

.6

.4 

.3 

.2 

.2 

.2

.1 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

.5 

7.1 

2.5 

1.0

.6 

.5 

.3 

.2 

.1

.3 

.3 

.3 

.2 

.2 

.2

Nov.

0.2 

.2 

.2 

.1 

.1

0 

0 

0 

0

.7

.6 

.4 

.3 

.3 

.2

.'l 

0 

.5 

.3

.2 

.2 

.1 

.1

.1

.1 

.1 

.1

.1

.1

Dec.

0 

0

0

.1

.6

.4 

.3 

2.8 

2.1 

.9

.5 

.4 

.4 

.4 

.4

.7 

1.3 

.7 

.5 

.4

.3 

.8 

2.9

1.4 

.8

.6 

.5 

.4 

.4 

.3 

.3

Month

Oct 

Nov 

Dec

C

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

Apr 

May 

Jun 

Jul 

Aug 

Sep

V

alendar year 1937

ch

t ember. ...........

Vater year 1937-38

Jan.

1.4 

2.0 

.8 

.5 

.3

3.8 

2.6 

1.2

.7 

9.1

4.1 

2.3 

1.2 

.8 

.5

.4 

.4 

.4 

.4 

.3

.3 

.3 

,8 

2.0

,7

.3 

.2 

.2 

.2 

.2 

.6

Feb.

0.4 

.4 

.3 

.3 

.3

.3 

.3 

.3 

.2 

.2

.2 

.2 

.1 

.1 

.2

.2

3.3 

4.4 

1.6

3.1 

24 

4.6

2.1 

1.0

.6 

.5

.4

Mar.

0.3 

.3 

.3 

.3 

.3

.7 

.4 

.3 

.3 

.3

.3 

.2 

.2 

.2 

.2

.2 

.2 

.2 

,1 

.2

.4 

1.4 

3.4 

2.2

1.1

.7 

.5 

.3 

.3 

.3 

.2

Apr.

0.2 

.2 

0 

0

.1

2.9 

5.1

4.7 

1.8 

1.3

.5 

.4 

.4 

.3 

.3

.2 

.2

6.0 

3.9 

4.5

3.1 

1.5 

.6 

.4 

.3

.3 

.2 

.2 

.2

.1

May

0.1 

0 

0 

0

.1

.2

.4 

.4 

.3 

.2

.2 

.1 

.2 

.4 

.3

.2

.2 

.4 

.4 

.3

.3 

.2 

.1

.1 

.2

.2 

.3 

.5 

.3 

.5 

.5

Observed

Secondfootdays

21.1 

5.6 

21.6

441.4

39.0 

49.8 

16.3 

39.9 

7.6 

24.0 

28.5 

19.5

MaxlTnum

7.1 

.7 

2.9

52

9.1 

24 

3.4 

60 

.5 

3.6 

2.6 

4.9

Minimum

0 

0 

0

0

.2

.1 

.1 

0 

0 

.2 

.3 

.6

Mean

0.68

.19 

.70

1.21

1.26 

1.78 

.53 

1.33 

.25 

.80 

.92 

2.79

Per 

square 

mile

0.842 

.235 

.866

1.50

1.56 

2.20 

.656 

l.oS 

.309 

.990 

1.14 

3.45

Run- off 

in 

inches

0.97 

.26 

1.00

20.31

1.80 

2.29 

.76 

1.84 

.36 

1.10 

1.31 

.90

June

0.3 

.5 

.3 

.2 

.2

.3 

.3 

.2 

.3 

.3

.3 

,4 

.9 

.6 

.4

.8 

.9 

.8 

.8 

3.6

2.7 

1.3 

1.3 

1.4 

1.2

.8 

1.1 

.6 

.6 

.6

July

Adjustment 

for evapora1 

tion from 

lake 

(inches)

0.60 

.44 

.28

7.53

.37 

.40 

.55 

.67 

.82 

.97 

.87 

.15

0.5 

.3 

.3 

.6 

.4

1.5 

2.6 

1.3 

1.0 

.9

1.2 

.9 

.7 

.9

.7

.5 

.4 

.7 

.6 

.6

1.1 

1.9 

2.2 

1.3 

1.3

.8 

.5 

.7 

.6 

.7 

.8

Aug.

2.8 

3.3 

4.5 

4.9 

2.3

1,1 

.6

Adjustment 

for inflow 

from outside area 

(inches)

0.16 

.16 

.16

5.07

.16 

.15 

.16 

.16 

.66 

1.15 

1.07 

.23

Sept.

AdJusted 

runoff

ln > 

inches1

1.41 

.54 

1.12

22.77

2.01 

2.54 

1.15 

2.35 

.52 

.92 

1.11 

.82

'Adjusted for evaporation loss from City Lake and artificial inflow from outside drainage area.
MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA 191

Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs, La.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 30°32', long. 91°44', in T. 6 S., R. 7 E., 

Louisiana meridian, at highway bridge on State Highway 7, half a mile north of 

Krotz Springs, 10 miles above mouth of Bayou Coin-tableau, 16 miles above Alabama 

Bayou, and 42 miles below mouth of Red River (head of Atchafalya River). Zero of 

gage is at mean Gulf level (datum of Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army).

Records available.- October 1934 to September 1938.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge during year, 358,000 second-feet Apr. 29 (gage height, 

33.1 feet); minimum, 32,400 second-feet Oct. 12 (gage height, 5.40 feet).

1934-38: Maximum discharge, 443,000 second-feet Feb. 28, 1937 (gage height, 

37.80 feet), discharge measurement; minimum, 17,800 second-feet Aug. 31, 1936; 

minimum gage height, 3.58 feet Sept. 6, 1936.

Maximum stage known, 38.5 feet above mean Gulf level May 15, 1927, at Missouri 

Pacific Railroad bridge half a mile downstream.

Remarks.- Records excellent.

Gage height at 8 a.m., In feet, water year October 1937 to September 1938

D«y

1

2

S

4

5

6

7

e

9

10

11

12

IS

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

28

24

26

26

27

28

29

30

SI

Oct.

6.37

6.16

6.13

6.00

5.92

6.06

6.10

5.97

5.80

5.72

5.52

5.42

5.54

5.74

5.85

6.07

6.33

6.83

7.11

7.35

7.51

7.50

7.39

7.39

7.50

7.61

7.82

8.14

8.39

8.66

8.87

Nov.

9.03

9.18

9.31

9.39

9.38

9.34

9.25

9.21

9.21

9.30

9.41

9.71

10.42

11.18

11.84

12.38

12.77

13.06

13.18

12.84

12.45

12.03

11.69

11.40

11.20

11.07

10.96

10.73

10.48

10.30

-

Dec.

10.05

9.90

9.67

9.43

9.27

8.93

8.73

8.65

8.61

8.62

8.66

8.63

8.50

8.28

7.97

7.70

7.49

7.18

6.85

6.61

6.36

6.12

6.43

7.25

8.68

10.39

12.02

13.52

14.87

16.02

16.98

Jan.

17.99

18.97

19.77

20.38

20.87

21.24

21.47

21.50

21.44

21.34

21.10

20.84

20.47

20.15

19.76

19.42

19.09

18.70

18.34

17.92

17.51

17.00

16.36

15.89

15.36

15.33

15.74

16.39

17.31

18.42

19.64

Feb.

20.63

21.53

22. SB

22.88

23.44

23.89

24.35

24.53

24.76

24.90

25.05

25.16

25.12

25.04

24.79

24.58

24.10

23.65

23.46

23.45

23.72

24.48

25.28

25.91

26.53

26.99

27.50

28.07

_

_

-

Mar.

28.31

28.51

28.86

28.86

28.90

29.08

29.20

29.10

29.02

29.10

29.00

28.85

28.76

28.64

28.48

28.35

28.33

28.15

28.09

28.22

28.26

28.36

28.53

28.47

28.60

28.65

28.70

28.80

28.80

28.86

28.85

Apr.

29.03

29.08

29.20

29.38

29.51

29.88

30.24

30.53

30.88

31.05

31.20

31.32

31.42

31.55

31.63

31.80

31.86

32.13

32.30

32.44

32.55

32.75

32.70

32.71

32.85

32.96

32.97

33.00

33.05

33.04

-

M«y

33.02

32.98

32.91

32.80

32.73

32.53

32.33

32.03

31.70

31.17

30.66

30.02

29.10

28.10

27.20

26.28

25.68

25.84

25.44

24.95

24.46

23.97

23.48

23.15

22.73

22.38

22.09

22.01

22.27

22.70

23.48

June

24.28

25.05

25.67

26.08

26.46

26.67

26.91

27.07

27.17

27.40

27.50

27.60

27.60

27.50

27.40

27.22

26.98

26.78

26.57

26.30

26.28

25.98

25.78

25.58

25.11

24.77

24.42

24.20

23.73

23.31

July

22.79

22.30

21.70

21.21

20.82

20.52

SO. 22

19.92

19.69

19.48

19.14

18.87

18.60

18.35

18.10

17.83

17.60

17.42

17.27

17.11

17.18

17.08

16. 9B

17.00

17.02

17.08

17.23

17.40

17.62

17.72

17.73

Aug.

17.68

17.55

17.44

17.37

17.23

17.14

17.10

17.19

17.40

17.82

18.03

18.08

18.08

18.07

18.20

19.06

19.40

19.40

19.22

18.95

18.60

18.10

17.60

16.99

16.32

15.71

15.18

14.55

13.90

13.15

12.48

Sept.

11.94

11.47

11.07

10.67

10.33

9.96

9.67

9.38

9.11

8.96

8.87

8.78

8.57

8.26

7.98

.62

.30

.12

.08

.19

.47

.85

8.29

8.77

9.27

9.69

10.02

10.35

10.57

10.70
192 MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA

Discharge, in second-feet, of Atohafalaya River at Krotz Springs, La., 

water year October 1937 to September 1938

Day

1

2

S

4

6

6

7

8

9

10

11

IS

13

14

16

16

17

18

19

SO

Si

ss

23

Si

25

SB

27

SB

29

30

31

dot.

36,600

36,600

34,200

33,600

33,600

35,400

35,400

34,800

34,200

33,600

33,000

32,400

33,600

34,200

35,400

36,600

37,800

39,700

40,900

42,800

43,400

44,100

43,400

43,400

44,100

45,300

46,600

48,600

50,500

51,800

53,200

HOT.

54,500

55,800

56,500

*6,500

56,500

55,200

53 , 800

52 , 500

53,200

55,200

56,500

59,200

64,600

69,500

74,400

77,300

80,200

81,600

81,600

78,700

75,100

71,600

68,100

66,700

65,300

64,600

63,900

63 , 200

62,500

61,900

Dec.

59,800

58,500

56 , 500

*54,500

*53,200

51,800

51,800

52,500

51,800

52,500

52,500

51,800

*50,500

*47,900

46,600

*44,700

*43,400

41,500

39,700

38,400

36,600

36,600

39,700

45,300

55,800

68,100

80,200

92,600

102,000

110,000

117,000

Jan.

128,000

141,000

146,000

151,000

154,000

160,000

164,000

164,000

159,000

156,000

153 , 000

150,000

146,000

141,000

136,000

132,000

126,000

122,000

119,000

114,000

109,000

104,000

97,900

96,300

94,100

94,800

100,000

107,000

118,000

131,000

145,000

Feb.

156,000

166,000

175, OOC

182,000

189,000

194,000

197,000

198,000

201,000

202,000

205,000

206,000

206,000

206,000

205,000

201,000

194,000

189,000

186,000

186 , 000

193,000

203 , 000

214,000

224,000

234,000

243,000

254,000

261,000

_

-

Month

March .....................................

April.....................................

ttT............. ..........................

July. .....................................

Water year 1937-3

Mar.

265,000

266,000

265, OOC

261, OOC

263, OOC

271, OOC

273, OOC

273, OOC

270, OOC

271, OOC

271, OOC

271, OOC

268, OOC

26 6, OOC

2 63, OOC

261, OOC

260, OOC

258, OOC

256,000

258, OOC

258, OOC

260, OOC

261, OOC

261, OOC

261, OOC

261, OOC

261,000

263,000

263,000

265,000

265,000

Apr.

268,000

273,000

277,000

278,000

282,000

287,000

293,000

298,000

304,000

308,000

310,000

310,000

310,000

308,000

312,000

314,000

316,000

323,000

330,000

332,000

332,000

334,000

332,000

334,000

334,000

337,000

345,000

350; 000

356, 000

356,000

-

Secondfoot-days

1,228,800

1,936,200

1,783,800

55,146,900

4,059,100

5,670,000

8,189,000

9,443,000

7,679,000

6,702,000

4,068,000

3,593,000

1,667,400

56,019,300

Hay

353,000

350, 000

347,000

345,000

339,000

337,000

330,000

323,000

316,000

304,000

295,000

280,000

263,000

248,000

232,000

219,000

212,000

212,000

206,000

201,000

194,000

189,000

185,000

181,000

175,000

170,000

168,000

168,000

171,000

178,000

188,000

Maximum

53,200

81,600

117,000

439,000

164,000

261,000

273,000

356,000

353,000

243,000

178,000

140,000

71,600

356,000

June

KL98, 000

»207,000

214,000

222,000

229,000

232,000

238,000

242,000

242,000

242 , 000

242,000

242,000

242,000

242,000

243 , 000

242,000

238,000

235,000

229,000

224,000

223,000

220,000

216,000

213,000

207,000

205,000

201,000

195,000

192,000

185,000

-

July

178,000

Aug.

120,000

170,000*119,000

162,000#117,000

156,000#117.000

152,000

149,000

145,000

142,000

138,000

136,000

134,000

132,000

130,000

128,000

126,000

122,000

118,000

115,000

114,000

115,000

116,000

116,000

116,000

117,000

117,000

117,000

119,000

120,000

122,000

124,000

122,000

mjnlnnin

32,400

52,500

36,600

32,400

94,100

156,000

256,000

268,000

168,000

185,000

114,000

74.40C

42.20C

32,400

aie,ooo

116,000

116,000

117,000

120,000

124,000

126,000

126 , 000

128,000

126,000

126,000

138,000

140,000

137,000

135,000

132,000

126,000

120,000

114,000

109,000

103,000

98,600

94,800

91,100

86 , 700

79,400

74,400

Mean

39,640

64,640

57,540

151,100

130,900

202, 50C

264,200

314,800

247,700

223, 40C

131,200

115, 90C

55,58C

153,500

Sept.

71,600

69,500

67,400

61,900

61,200

60,500

58, 500

55, 800

53 , 800

53,200

53,200

52,500

51,200

49,200

47,900

46,600

43,400

42,200

42,200

44 , 700

46,600

49,900

53,200

55,800

58,500

59,800

61,900

64,600

65,300

65,300

"

Run-of f In 

acre-feet

2,437,000

3,840,000

3,538,000

109,400,000

8,051,000

11,250,000

16,240,000

18,730,000

15,230,000

13,290,000

8,069,000

7,127,000

3,307,000

111,100,000

 Discharge computed from gage-height graph constructed on basis of adjacent recorder graph and 

one or more gage readings each day.
MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS 193

In addition to the records of stream flow obtained at gaging stations in the lower 

Mississippi River Basin and reported In the preceding pages, measurements of flow were 

made also at other points, as Indicated in the following table.

Miscellaneous discharge measurements In lower Mississippi River Basin during 

water year October 1937 to September 1938

Meramec River Basin

Date Stream Tributary to or 

diverting from- Locallty

4 miles southeast of Leasburg, Mo.

Drainage 

area 

(sq. mi.)

-

Discharge 

(sec. -ft.)

1.30

1.19

Headwater diversion channel basin

May 5 Whltewater River. Headwater diversion channel.

NWiNwi sec. 14, T. 31 N., R. 11 E.,

at Burfordvllle, Mo.

-

_

216

St. Francis River Basin

June 10 Blue Spring. .... St. Francis River. Sec. 4, T. 27 N., R. 6 E., 6 miles 

southeast of Greenville, Mo.

- 57.4

White River Basin

Aug. 7

June 3 

Oct. 13

Dec. 12

20

25

White River. ....

Roaring River 

Spring. 

Eleven Point 

River. *

Little Red River

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

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

Mississippi River

Roaring River.... 

Spring River. ....

White River.. ....

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

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

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

In tallraoe of Empire District 

Electric Co.'s power plant near 

Forsyth, Mo .

Sec. 27, T. 22 N., R. 27 W., 7 

miles south of Cassvllle, Ho. 

Seo. 4, T. 18 N., R. 1 W., at 

Blrdell, Ark.

SEiSWi sec. 36, T. 8 N., R. 7 W., 3 

miles northeast of Searoy, Ark.

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

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

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

_

_

-

_

_

-

-

-

-

~

62.1

2 540

108 

426

754

496

59 , 400

2,290

9,740

562

*Two discharge measurements were made at this point In water year 1936-37. 

July 16, 703 sec.-ft.; Sept. 15, 462 seo.-ft.

They are as follows:
194 MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS

Miscellaneous discharge measurements In lower Mississippi River Basin during 

water year October 1937 to September 1938 Continued

Arkansas River Basin

Date

Mar. 19 

May 25 

25 

Jan. 5

22

°2

29

nrj

Mar. 30

Mar. 12

Stream

Garden City canal. 

Beosho River. .... 

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

Petit Jean Creek.

Revllee Creek. . . .

Fourohe La Fave 

River.

Tributary to or 

diverting fromArkansas River. . . 

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

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

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

Petit Jean Creek.

Arkansas River...

Locality

Hear Holeomb, Kans ................ 

Hear Chanute, Kans ................ 

Hear Burlington. Kans .............

See. 31, T. 6 fi., R. 26 W., 1 mile 

south of Magazine, Ark., above 

mouth of Revllee Creek.

south of Magazine, Ark., below 

mouth of Revllee Creek.

SWi seo. 31, T. 6 H., R. 26 W., i 

mile southeast of Magazine, Ark., 

at mouth. (Drainage area, 50 

square miles.)

Seo. 15, T. 4 H., R. 17 W., half a 

mile southeast of Perryvllle, Ark.

Drainage 

area 

(sq. ml.)

289

289

289

50

1,020

Discharge 

(seo. -ft.)

6.2 

37, 600 

20, 500 

#100

*49

#5, 500

#3,930

#127

235

1,170

299

 Discharge measurement made by Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Red River Basin

June 15

or 16

June 15

or 16

Dee. 16

Lake Creek.. .....

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

Caddo River......

Salt Fork of Red

River.

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

Ouachlta River...

Bear Leila Lake, Tex., lat. 34°53'

long. 100 °43'.

Bear Headly, Tex., lat. 34°56',

long. 1006 42'.

Sec. 29, T. 6 S., R. 19 W., 3i

miles north of Arkadelphla, Ark.,

2 miles above mouth.

_

_

.

_

_

40,800

64,700

141
INDEX

Page 

3

1

8-9

108

32

68

142

113

176

108

173 

92 

85 

81 

at Dardanelle, Ark. .................. 97-98

89 

79 

87 

84 

86 

90 

99 

93 

80 

88 

94 

96 

91 

95 

83 

82

122

Accxiracy of data and computed results.. 

Acre-foot, definition of. ..............

Agencies other than Geological Survey,

records collected by. ............

Aguilar, Colo., Apishapa River at......

Alamo, Term. , Middle Pork of Forked

Deer River near. .................

Alley Spring at Alley, Mo. .............

Amarillo, Tex., Canadian River near....

Amazon canal near Hartland, Kans.......

Anadarko, Okla., Washita River at......

Apishapa River at Aguilar, Colo. .......

Archer City, Tex., Little WIchita River

near. ............................

Arkansas River at Arkansas City, Kans.. 

at Caddoa, Colo. .....................

at Canon City, Colo.

at Garden City, Kans

at Granite, Colo. ....................

at Holly, Colo. ......................

at La Junta, Colo. ...................

at Lamar, Colo. ......................

at Larned, Kans. .....................

at Little Rock, Ark. .................

at Ralston, Okla. ....................

at Salida, Colo. .....................

at Syracuse, Kans. ...................

at Tulsa, Okla. ......................

at Van Buren, Ark. ...................

at Wichlta, Kans. ....................

near Mugkogee, Okla. .................

near Nepesta, Colo. ..................

near Pueblo, Colo. ...................

Salt Pork of, at Tonkawa, Okla.......

Arkansas River Basin, Ark. -Colo. -Kans. - 

Mo.-N. Mex. -Okla., gaging-station 

records in. ..................... .79-164

Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs,

La. ............................. 191-192

Badito, Colo., Huerfano River at....... 105

Bardley, Wo., Eleven Point River near.. 72 

Batesville, Ark., White River at....... 50-51

Baton Rouge, La., Bayou Duplantier at.. 190 

Bayou Duplantier at City Lake, Baton

Rouge, La. ....................... 190

Bayou Meto near Stuttgart, Ark. ...... .163-164

Beaver, Ark., White River at. .......... 46

Bell ranch, N. Mex., Canadian River

near. ............................ 140

Big River at Byrnesville, Mo. .......... 23

Big Spring near Van Buren, Mo. ......... 69

Bird Creek near Owasso, Okla. .......... 131

Black River at Leeper, Mo. ............. 60

at Pocahontas, Ark. .................. 61-62

Blackwell, Okla., Chikaskia River near. 123 

Blue Spring, Mo., discharge measurement of .......................... 193

Bolivar, Tenn. , Hatchie River at....... 33

Bourbeuse River at Union, Mo. .......... 22

Bradford, Tenn. , Rutherford Fork of

Obion River near. ................ 28

Buffalo River near Rush, Ark. .......... 57

Byrnesville, Mo., Big River at......... 23

Cache Creek near Walters, Okla. ........ 171

Caddo River, Ark. , discharge measurements of ......................... 194

Caddoa, Colo., Arkansas River at....... 85

Canadian, Tex., Canadian River near.... 143

Canadian River at Logan, N. Mex. ....... 141

near Amarillo, Tex. ...... ............ 148

near Bell ranch, N. Mex. ............. 140

near Canadian, Tex. .................. 143

Caney River near Collinsville, Okla.... 130

Cannon City, Colo., Arkansas River at., 81 

Cape Girardeau, Mo., Mississippi River

at.... ........................... 13-14

Carnegie, Okla., Washita River at...... 175

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Castor River at Zalma, Mo. ............. 25

Chestnut Bluff, Tenn., South Pork of

Forked Deer River at. ............ 31

Chikaskia River near Blackwell, Okla... 123 

Cieneguilla Creek near Eagle Nest,

N. Mex. .......................... 145

CImarron, N. Mex. , Rayado River near. . . 148 

Cimarron River at Oilton, Okla. ........ 124

at Springer, N. Mex. ................. 147

at Ute Park, N. Mex. ................. 146

Claremore, Okla., Verdigris River

near. ........................... 127-129

Clinton, Okla., Washita River near..... 174

Colbert, Okla., Red River near. ........ 167

Collinsville, Okla., Caney River near.. 130 

Colmor Intake canal near Ocate, N. Mex. 149 

Computations, results of, accuracy of.. 3 

Control, definition of. ................ 1

Cooperation, record of. ................ 9

Cottonwood River at Cottonwood Falls,

Kans ............................. 135

Council Creek near Stillwater, Okla.... 125

Coyote Creek near Golondrinas, N. Mex. . 154 

Crowell, Tex., Pease River near........ 170

Cucharas River at Boyd ranch, near La

Veta, Colo. ...................... 107

Current River at Doniphan, Mo.......... 65

at Van Buren, Mo. .................... 64

near Eminence , Mo .................... 63

Cypress Creek near Jefferson, Tex...... 182

Danville, Ark., Petit Jean Creek at... 160-161

Dardanelle, Ark., Arkansas River at.... 97-98

Darden, Tex., Sulphur River near....... 181

Data, accuracy of. ..................... 3

explanation of ....................... 1-2

Dawson, N. Mex., Vermejo River near.... 144

Deep Pork near Dewar, Okla. ............ 157

De Vails Bluff, Ark., White River at... 52

Dewar, Okla., Deep Fork near. .......... 157

Doniphan, Mo., Current River at........ 65

Durwood, Okla., Washita River near..... 178

Eagle Nest, N. Mex., Cieneguilla Creek

near. ............................ 145

Eleven Point River, Ark., discharge

measurements of. ................. 193

near Bardley, Mo ..................... 72

El Reno, Okla., North Canadian River

near. ............................ 155

Eminence, Mo., Current River near...... 63

Jacks Fork at ........................ 67

Estelline, Tex., Prairie Dog Town Pork

of Red River near,. ............... 165

Eureka, Mo., Meramec River near........ 21

Farmers ditch near Garden City, Kans... 

Fayetteville, Ark., West Pork of White

River. ...........................

Fisk, Mo., St. Francis River at........

Flippin, Ark., White River near........

Forked Deer River, Middle Pork of,

near Alamo, Tenn. ................

South Fork of, at Chestnut Bluff,

Tenn. ............................

at Jackson, Tenn. ..................

Forsyth, Mo., White River at. ..........

Fourche La Pave River, Ark., discharge

measurements of ..................

near NImrod, Ark. ....................

Frog Bayou near Mountainburg, Ark. .....

Galena, Mo., James River at. ...........

Garden City, Kans., Arkansas River at..

Farmers ditch near. ..................

Garden City canal near. ..............

Garden City canal, Kans., discharge

measurement of. ..................

near Garden City, Kans ...............

Garland, Ark., Red River at. ...........

116

53-54 

37 

49

31

30

48

194

162

159

55

89

116

117

194

117

168

195
196 INDEX

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Golondrinas, N. Hex., Coyote Creek near 154 

Mora River near. ..................... 152

Granite, Colo., Arkansas River at...... 79

Grape Creek near Westcliffe, Colo...... 101

Great Eastern canal at Lakin, Kans..... 115

Greenf ield, Tenn. , South Fork of Obion

River near. ...................... 26

Greer Spring at Greer, Mo. ............. 73

Grove, Okla., Neosho River near........ 134

Hartland, Kans., Amazon canal near..... 113

South Side ditch near. ............... 114

Hatchie River at Bolivar, Tenn. ........ 33

near Stanton, Tenn. .................. 34

Hatchie River Basin, Tenn., gagingstation records in. .............. 33-34

Headwater Diversion Channel Basin, Mo.,

gaging-station records in. ....... 25

Heber Springs, Ark., Little Red River

near. ............................ 75-77

Henderson, Ark., North Fork of White

River near. ...................... 59

Higbee, Colo., Purgatoire River near... 110 

Holly, Colo., Arkansas River at........ 87

Holly drain near. .................... 112

Horatio, Ark., Little River near. ..... 179-180

Huerfano River at Badito, Colo. ........ 105

at Manzanares Crossing, near Redwing,

Colo ............................. 104

near Undercliffe, Colo. .............. 106

Illinois River near Tahlequah, Okla.... 139

Imboden, Ark. , Spring River at. ........ 70-71

Independence, Kans., Verdigris River at 126 

lola, Kans., Neosho River near. ........ 132

Jacks Fork at Eminence, Mo. ............ 67

Jackson, Tenn. , South Fork of Forked

Deer River at .................... 30

James River at Galena, Mo. ............. 55

Jefferson, Tex. , Cypress Creek near.... 182

Joplin, Mo., Shoal Creek near. ......... 138

Turkey Creek at. ..................... 137

Kennett, Mo., Little River ditches 1,

66, 66-A, 81, 251 and 259 near... 40-45

Krotz Springs, La., Atchafalaya

River at. ....................... 191-192

La Cueva, H. Hex., Mora River at. .... .150-151

La Junta, Colo., Arkansas River at..... 84

La Veta, Colo., Cucharas River near.... 107

Lagrue Bayou near Stuttgart, Ark....... 78

Lake Creek, Tex., discharge measurements of ......................... 194

Lakin, Kans., Great Eastern canal at... 115 

Lamar, Colo., Arkansas River at........ 86

Larned, Kans., Arkansas River at....... 90

Pawnee River near. ................... 118

Las Animas, Colo., Purgatoire River

near. ............................ Ill

Leeper, Mo. , Black River at. ........... 60

Little Arkansas River at Valley Center,

Kana ............................. 119

Little Missouri River near Murfreesboro,

Ark. ............................ 186-187

Little Red River, Ark., discharge

measurements of. ................. 193

near Heber Springs, Ark. ............. 75-77

Little River ditch 1 near Kennett, Mo. . 

Little River ditch 81 near Kennett, Mo. 

Little River ditch 66 near Kennett, Mo. 

Little River ditch 66-A near Kennett,

Mo. ..............................

Little River ditch 251 near Kennett,

Mo. ..............................

Little River ditch 259 near Kennett,

Mo. .............................. 45

Little River near Horatio, Ark. ....... 179-180

Little Rock, Ark., Arkansas River at... 99 

Little Wichita River near Archer City,

Tex. ............................. 173

Logan, N. Mex. , Canadian River at...... 141

Lost River, Mo., discharge measurements of. ........................ 193

Lovelaceville, Ky. , Mayfield Creek at.. 24

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Malvern, Ark., Ouachita River near.... 184-185 

Mangum, Okla., Salt Fork of Red River

at. 169

38

39

15-16 

21 

20

Marked Tree, Ark., St. Francis River at 

St. Francis River floodway near......

Mayfield Creek at Lovelaceville, Ky....

Memphis, Tenn., Mississippi River at...

Meramec River near Eureka, Mo..........

near Steelville, Ho..................

Keramec River Basin, Mo., gagingstation records in............... 20-23

Mississippi River at Caoe Girardeau,

Mo. ............./................ 13-14

at Memphis, Tenn..................... 15-16

at St. Louis, Mo..................... 11-12

near New Orleans, La................. 19

near Vicksburg, Miss................. 17-18

Mississippi River Delta, La., gagingstation records on..............190-192

Mora River at La Cueva, N. Mex........ 150-151

near Golondrinas, N. Mex............. 152

near Shoemaker, N. Mex............... 153

Mountain Pine, Ark., Ouachita River

near............................. 183

Mountainburg, Ark., Frog Bayou near.... 159

Murfreesboro, Ark., Little Missouri

River near......................186-187

Muskogee, Okla., Arkansas River near... 95

Neosho River, discharge measurements of 194 

near Grove, Okla..................... 134

near lola, Kans...................... 132

near Parsons, Kans................... 133

Nepesta, Colo., Arkansas River near.... 83

New Orleans, La., Mississippi River

near............................. 19

Nimrod, Ark., Fourche La Fave River

near............................. 162

Ninnescah River near Peck, Kans........ 120

North Canadian River near El Reno,

Okla............................. 155

near Wetumpka, Okla.................. 156

Obion River at Obion, Tenn............. 27

North Fork of, near Union City, Tenn. 29 

Rutherford Fork of, near Bradford,

Tenn............................. 28

South Fork of, near Greenfield, Tenn. 26 

Obion River Basin, Tenn., gagingstation records in............... 26-32

Ocate, N. Mex., Colmor intake canal

near............................. 149

Oilton, Okla., Cinarron River at....... 124

Ouachita River near Malvern, Ark...... 184-185

near Mountain Pine, Ark.............. 183

Owasso, Okla., Bird Creek near......... 131

Parsons, Kans., Neosho River near...... 133

Patterson, Mo., St. Francis River near. 36 

Pauls Valley, Okla., Washita River near 177 

Pawnee River near Larned, Kans......... 118

Pease River near Crowell, Tex.......... 170

Peck, Kans., Ninnescah River near...... 120

Petit Jean Creek at Danville, Ark..... 160-161

discharge measurements of............ 194

Pocahontas. Ark., Black River at....... 61-62

Poteau River at Poteau, Okla........... 158

Poughkeepsie, Ark., Strawberry River

near............................. 74

Prairie Dog Town Fork. See Red River,

Prairie Dog Town Fork of. 

Publications on stream flow by Geological Survey....................... 3-7

by State agencies. ................... 7-8

information concerning............... 3-9

Pueblo, Colo., Arkansas River near..... 82

Purgatoire River at Highland Dam, near

Las Animas. Colo................. Ill

at Ninemile Dam, near Higbee, Colo... 110 

at Trinidad, Colo.................... 109

Ralston, Okla., Arkansas River at..

Rayado River at Sauble ranch, near

Cimarron, N. Mex.............

Red River at Garland, Ark..........

near Colbert, Okla...............

93

148

168

167
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Red River near Terral, Okla............ 166

Prairie Dog Town Pork of, near

Estelllne, Tex................... 165

Salt Fork of, at llangum, Okla........ 169

Red River Basin, Ark.-Okla.-Tex.,

gaglng-statlon records In.......165-189

Redwing, Colo., Huerfano River near.... 104

Reeds Spring, Mo., White River near.... 47

Revllee Creek, Ark., discharge measurements of......................... 194

Roaring River Spring, Mo., discharge

measurement of................... 193

Rossville, Term., Wolf River at........ 35

Round Spring at Round Spring, Mo....... 66

Run-off In Inches, definition of....... 1

Rush, Ark., Buffalo River near......... 57

Rutherford Fork. See Oblon River,

Rutherford Fork of. 

Rye, Ark., Saline River near.......... 188-189

St. Charles River at San Isabel, Colo.102-103 

St. Francis River at Fisk, Mo.......... 37

at narked Tree, Ark.................. 38

near Patterson, Mo................... 36

St. Francis River Basin, Ark.-Mo.,

gaglng-statlon records in........ 36-45

St. Francis River floodway near Marked

Tree, Ark........................ 39

St. Louis, Mo., Mississippi River at... 11-12 

Sallda, Colo., Arkansas River at....... 80

South Arkansas River near............ 100

Saline River near Rye, Ark............188-189

Salt Fork. See Arkansas River, Salt

Fork of; Red River, Salt Fork of. 

San Isabel, Colo., St. Charles River

at..............................102-103

Second-feet per square mile, definition

of...............................

Second-foot, definition of.............

Second-foot-day, definition of.........

Shoal Creek near Joplln, Mo............

Shoemaker, N. Mex., Mora River near....

South Arkansas River near Sallda, Colo. 

South Side ditch near Hartland, Kans...

1 

1 

1

138 

153 

100 

114 

Spring River at Imboden, Ark........... 70-71

Spring River near Waco, Mo............. 136

Springer, N. Mex., Clmarron River at... 147 

Springfield, Mo., Wilson Creek near.... 56

Stage-discharge relation, definition of 1 

Stanton, Term., Hatohle River near..... 34

Steelville, Mo., Meraraec River near.... 20

Stillwater, Okla., Council Creek near.. 125 

Strawberry River near Poughkeepsle,

Ark.............................. 74

Stuttgart, Ark., Bayou Meto near...... 163-164

Lagrue Bayou near.................... 78

Sulphur River near Darden, Tex......... 181

Syracuse, Kans., Arkansas River at..... 88

Tahlequah, Okla., Illinois River near.. 

Tecumseh, Mo., North Fork of White

River at.........................

139

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Terms, definition of................... 1

Terral, Okla., Red River near.......... 166

Tonkawa, Okla., Salt Fork of Arkansas

River at......................... 122

Trinidad, Colo., Purgatolre River at... 109 

Tulsa, Okla., Arkansas River at........ 94

Turkey Creek at Joplln, Mo............. 137

Undercllffe, Colo., Huerfano River near 106 

Union. Mo., Bourbeuse River at......... 22

Union City, Term., North Fork of Oblon

River near....................... 29

Ute Park, B. Mex., Clmarron River at... 146

Valley Center, Kans., Little Arkansas

River at......................... 119

Van Buren, Ark., Arkansas River at..... 96 

Van Buren, Mo., Big Spring near........ 69

Current River at..................... 64

Verdigris River at Independence, Kans.. 126

near Claremore, Okla................127-129

Vermejo River near Dawson, N. Mex...... 144

Vlcksburg, Miss., Mississippi River

near............................. 17-18

Waco, Mo., Spring River near........... 136

Walnut River at WInfleld, Kans......... 121

Walters, Okla., Cache Creek near....... 171

Washlta River at Anadarko, Okla........ 176

at Carnegie, Okla.................... 175

near Clinton, Okla................... 174

near Durwood, Okla................... 178

near Pauls Valley, Okla.............. 177

Westcllffe, Colo., Grape Creek near.... 101

Wetumpka, Okla., North Canadian River

near............................. 156

White River at Batesvllle, Ark......... 50-51

at Beaver, Ark....................... 46

at De Vails Bluff, Ark............... 52

at Forsyth, Mo....................... 48

discharge measurements of............ 193

near Flippln, Ark.................... 49

near Reeds Spring, Mo................ 47

North Fork of, at Tecuraseh, Mo....... 58

near Henderson, Ark................ 59

West Fork of, near Fayetteville, Ark. 53-54 

White River Basin, Ark.-Mo., gagingstatlon records In............... 46-78

Whltewater River, Mo., discharge

measurements of.................. 193

WIchita, Kans., Arkansas River at...... 91

Wichlta River at WIchita Falls, Tex.... 172

Wilson Creek near Springfield, Mo...... 56

WInfleld, Kans., Walnut River at....... 121

Wolf River at Rossville, Term.......... 35

Work, division of...................... 9-10

scope of............................. 1

Zalma, Mo., Castor River at. ........... 25

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