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SURFACE WATER 

UNITED

1913

PAET VII. LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER

N. C. GROVER, Chief Hydraulic Engineer

ROBERT FOLLANSBEE and G. A. GRAY, District Engineers

Prepared in cooperation with the 

State of New Mexico

WASHINGTON

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

1915

CONTENTS.

Page.

Authorization and scope of work........................................... 5

Publications.............................................................. 6

Definition of terms....................................................... 9

Convenient equivalents,.................................................... 10

Explanation of data...................................................... 12

Accuracy of field data and computed results................................ 14

Cooperation.............................................................. 15

Division of work.......................................................... 15

Gaging-station records.................................................... 16

Arkansas River basin.................................................. 16

East Fork of Arkansas River near Leadville, Colo.................... 16

Arkansas River at Granite, Colo................................... 18

Arkansas River at Salida, Colo.................................... 20

Arkansas River at Canon City, Colo................................ 22

Arkansas River at Pueblo, Colo..................................... 24

Arkansas River near Nepesta, Colo................................. 26

Arkansas River at La Junta, Colo................................... 27

Arkansas River near Lamar, Colo.................................. 30

Arkansas River at Holly, Colo...................................... 31

Tennessee Pork near Leadville, Colo................................ 32

Half Moon Creek near Leadville, Colo............................... 35

Cottonwood Creek below Hot Springs, near Buena Vista, Colo....... 37

North. Cottonwood Creek near Buena Vista, Colo..................... 39

Chalk Creek (upper station) near St. Elmo, Colo.................... 41

Chalk Creek near St. Elmo, Colo................................... 42

South Fork of Arkansas River at Poncha, Colo...................... 44

Poncha Creek at Poncha, Colo..................................... 45

West Beaver Creek near Victor, Colo............................... 47

Canadian River near Sanchez, N. Mex............................. 47

Canadian River at Logan, N. Mex................................. 50

Chicorica Creek near Raton, N. Mex.......:....................... 52

Una del Gato Creek near Raton, N. Mex........................... 55

Cimafron River at Ute Park, N. Mex.............................. 56

Rayado River near Cimarron, N. Mex............................... 58

Rayado River near Abreu's ranch, near Cimarron, N. Mex........... 60

Rayado River below Abreu's ranch, near Cimarron, N. Mex..,....... 62

Urraca Creek, near Cimarron, N. Mex............................... 64

Pajarito Creek below Vigil Creek, near Hanley, N. Mex ............. 67

Ute Creek near Logan, N. Mex.................................... 68

Yazoo River basin.................................................... 69

Tallahatchie River at Philipp, Miss................................ 69

Yazoo River at Greenwood, Miss................................... 69

Red River basin...................'................................-.. 70

Medicine Bluff Creek near Lawton, Okla............................ 70

Little Medicine Bluff Creek near Lawton, Okla...................... 73

Evaporation station near Lawton, Okla............................. 75

3
CONTENTS.

Miscellaneous measurements...............................

Floods in Canadian River basin in New Mexico in 1913......

Chicorica Creek basin, June 9-14, 1913..................

Cimarron River basin, June 9-12, 1913 ..................

Area affected........................................

Precipitation......................................

Urraca Creek flood..................................

Rayado River flood................................

Cimarron River above confluence with Rayado River. 

Mora River basin, June 9-22, 1913 ......................

Sapello Creek.....................................

Mora River........................................

Comparative results................................

Index......................................................

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76

76

78

78

78

78

79

80

81

81

83

84

85

ILLUSTRATIONS.

Page. 

PLATE I. A, Price current meter; B, Typical gaging stations ................ 14

II. Automatic gages: A, Stevens; B, Gurley; C, Friez................ 15
SURFACE WATER SUPPLY OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI 

RIVER -BASIN FOR 1913.

AUTHORIZATION AND SCOPE OF WORK.

This volume is one of a series of twelve reports presenting results 

of measurements of flow made on streams in the United States during 1913. Six of these reports contain data for the year ending 

September 30, and the other six for the calendar year, as indicated 

in the table on page 6.

The data presented in these reports were collected by the United 

States Geological Survey under authority implied in the organic 

law (20 Stat. L., p. 394) which contains the following paragraph:

Provided, That this officer [the Director] shall have the direction of the geological 

survey and the classification of public lands and examination of the geological structure, mineral resources, and products of the national domain.

The work was begun in 1888 in connection with special studies of 

water supply for irrigation. Since the fiscal year ending June 30, 

1895, successive sundry civil bills passed by Congress have carried 

the following item and appropriations:

For gaging the streams and determining the water supply of the United States, 

and for the investigation of underground currents and artesian wells, and for the 

preparation of reports upon the best methods of utilizing the water resources.

Annual appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1895-1914.

1895......................................................... |12,500

1896......................................................... 20,000

1897 to 1900, inclusive....................................... 50,000

1901 to 1902, inclusive....................................... 100,000

1903 to 1906, inclusive.........:............................. 200,000

1907......................................................... 150,000

1908 to 1910, inclusive....................................... 100,000

1911 to 1914, inclusive....................................... 150,000

In the execution of the work many private and State organizations 

have cooperated, either by furnishing data otr by assisting in collecting 

data. 'Acknowledgments for cooperation of the first kind are made 

in connection with the description of each station affected, and of 

the second kind on page 15.

Measurements of stream flow have been made at about 3,000 points 

in the United States, and also at many points in small areas in

5
SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PAET VII.

Seward Peninsula and the Yukon-Tanana region, Alaska, and in the 

Hawaiian Islands. In July, 1913, about 1,380 gaging stations were 

being maintained by the Survey and the cooperating organizations, 

and many miscellaneous discharge measurements were made at other 

points. In connection with this work data were also collected in 

regard to precipitation, evaporation, storage reservoirs, river profiles, 

and water power in many sections of the country and will be made 

available in the regular water-supply papers from time to time.

PUBLICATIONS.

A report has been prepared for each year embodying the streamflow data collected during that year. An index to the reports containing stream-flow measurements prior to 1904 has been published 

as Water-Supply Paper 119. Circulars are also available giving 

complete lists of the gaging stations maintained by the Survey to 

date, and a list of the reports relating to the water supply of the 

country.

Prior to 1902 gage heights and discharge measurements were 

published in water-supply papers or bulletins and estimates of 

monthly discharge in annual reports; since 1902 both classes of 

data have been published in water-supply papers, and they are now 

being published in twelve parts, as shown in the following table:

Papers on surface water supply of the United States, 1913.

Part.

I 

II 

III 

IV 

V 

VI 

VII 

VIII 

IX 

X 

XI 

XII

No.

351 

352 

353 

354 

355 

356 

357 

358 

359 

360 

361 

362

Title.

North Atlantic basins .............................................

Ohio River basin ..................................................

St. Lawrence Kiver basin .........................................

Lower Mississippi River basin ...... ...............................

Great Basin .......................................................

Year used.

Calendar year. 

Do. 

Year ending Sept. 30. 

Calendar year. 

Year ending Sept. 30. 

Calendar year. 

Do. 

Year ending Sept. 30. 

Calendar year. 

Year ending Sept. 30. 

Do. 

Do.
PUBLICATIONS.

A list of reports containing stream-flow data is presented in the 

following table:

Stream*-flow data in reports of the United States Geological Survey. 

OA= Annual Beport; B=-Bulletin; WS= Water-Supply Paper.]

Eeport.

10th A, pt.2. ........

llth A, pt. 2.........

12th A, pt.2.. .......

13th A, pt. 3... ......

14th A, pt.2.. .......

B 131.. ..............

16th A, pt.2.. .......

B 140.. ....'..........

WS 11.. .............

18th A, pt. 4... ......

WS 15.. .............

WS 16.. ........:....

19th A, pt. 4. ........

WS 27.. .............

WS 28.. .............

20th A, pt. 4.. .......

WS 35 to 39.. ........

21st A, pt. 4..........

WS47fo52.. ........

22d A, pt. 4.. ........

WS65,66............

WS 75.. .............

WS 82 to 85..........

W897 to 100. ........

WS 124 to 135.. ......

WS 165 to 178.. ......

WS 201 to 214. .......

WS 241 to 252........

WS 261 to 272.. ......

WS 281 to 292. .......

WS 301 to312.. ......

WS 321 to 332.. ......

WS 351 to 362.. ......

Character of data.

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

discharge (also many data covering earlier years).

(also similar data for some earlier years).

States, eastern Mississippi Biver, and Missouri Biver above 

junction with Kansas.

Mississippi River below junction of Missouri and Platte, and 

western united States.

(also some long-time records).

States, eastern Mississippi Eiver, and Missouri River.

western United States.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Year.

1884 to Sept.,

1890. 

1884 to June 30,

1891. 

1884 to Dec. 31,

1892. 

1888 to Dec. 31,

1893. 

1893 and 1894.

1895.

1896.

1895 and 1896.

1897.

1897.

1897.

1898.

1898.

1898.

1899.

1899.

1900.

1900.

1901. '

lorn

1902.

1903.

1904.

1905.

1906.

1907-8.

1909.

1910.

1911.

1912.

1913.

NOTE. No data regarding stream flow are given in the 15th and 17th annual reports.

The table on page 8 gives, by years and drainage basins, the 

numbers of the papers on surface-water supply published from 1899 

to 1913. The data for any particular station will be found in the 

reports covering the years during which the station was maintained. 

For example, data for any station in the area covered by Part I are 

published in Water-Supply Papers 97, 124, 165, 201, 241, 261, 281, 

301, 321, and 351, which contain records for the New England streams 

from 1903 to 1913. The year covered by the report is indicated at 

the head of the column in which the paper is listed.
Numbers of water-supply papers containing results of stream mea

North Atlantic coast ........

South Atlantic coast and 

eastern Gulf of Mexico ....

St. Lawrence River and 

Great Lakes..............

Hudson Bay and Upper MisLower Mississippi River. . .. 

Western Gulf of Mexico .....

California ...................

1899o

35

036,36 

36

36

36

136,37

37 

37 

037,38

38,939

38,«39

38

19006

47,c48

48 

48,* 49

49

49

49,">SO

50 

50 

50

51

61

61

1901

65,76

65,76 

65,76

65,76

/65,66,76

66,75

/65,66,75 

66,75 

66,75

66,76

66,76

66,75

1902

82

082,83 

83

«82,83

*83,85

«M

*83,84

84

85

85

85

85

1903

97

g 97,98 

98

O7

S98,99, * 100

no

S98,99 

99 

100

100

100

100

1904

f d 124, e 125

1 /167

/ 126, 127 

128

129

M28,130

130, » 131

^128,131 

132 

133

133, r 134

134

135

1905

d 165, f 166

/167 

/ 167, 168

IRQ

170

171

172

/ 169, 173 

174 

175, P 177

176, r 177

177

* 177, 178

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

Paper 39.

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

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

c Wissahickon and Schuylkill rivers to James River.

<J New England rivers only.

t Hudson River to Delaware River, inclusive.

/ Susquehanna River to Yadkta River, inclusive.

g James River only.

* Scioto River.

t Lake Ontario and tributaries to St. Lawrence River proper.

/ Tributaries of Mississippi from east.

i Hudson Bay only.

l Gallatin River.

m Loup and Platte 

with Platte.

n Platte and Kans

o Green and Gunn

P Below junction w

9 Mohave River on

r Great Basin m-C

» Kings and Kern 

t Rogue, Umpqua

»In the three pa

River; B, Snake Rive

rivers.
DEFINITION OP TEEMS. 9

Water-supply papers and other publications of the United States 

Geological Survey containing data in regard to the water resources 

'of the United States may be obtained or consulted as indicated below:

1. Copies may be obtained free of charge by applying to the 

Director of the Geological Survey, Washington, D. C. The edition 

printed for free distribution is, however, small and is soon exhausted.

2. Copies may be purchased at nominal cost from the superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, 

D. <X, who will on application furnish lists giving prices.

3. Sets of the reports may be consulted in the libraries of the 

principal cities in the United States.

4. Complete sets are available for consultation in the local offices 

of the water-resources branch of the Geological Survey, as follows:

Albany, N. Y., room 18, Federal Building.

Atlanta, Ga., Post Office Building.

Madison, Wis., Capitol Building.

Newport, Ky., Federal Building. (Temporarily discontinued.)

St. Paul, Minn., Old Capitol Building.

Helena, Mont., Montana National Bank Building.

Denver, Colo., 302 Chamber of Commerce Building.

Salt Lake City, Utah, Federal Building.

Boise, Idaho, 615 Idaho Building.

Portland, Oreg., 416 Couch Building.

San Francisco, Cal., 328 Customhouse.

Phoenix, Ariz., Fleming Building.

Santa Fe, N. Mex., Capitol Building.

Honolulu, Hawaii, Kapiolani Building.

A list of the Geological Survey's publications will be sent on application to the Director of the United States Geological Survey, 

Washington, D. C.

DEFINITION OF TERMS.

The volume of water flowing in a stream the "run-off" or "discharge" is expressed in various terms, each of which has become 

associated with a certain class of work. These terms may be divided 

into two groups (1) those which represent a rate of flow, as secondfeet, gallons per minute, miner's inch.es, and discharge in second-feet 

per square mile, and (2) those which represent the actual quantity 

of water, as run-off (depth in inches), acre-feet, and millions of 

cubic feet. The units used in this series of reports are second-foot, 

second-feet per square mile, run-off in inches, acre-foot, and millions 

of cubic feet. They may be defined as follows:

"Second-foot" is an abbreviation for "cubic foot per second" and 

is a unit for the rate of discharge of water flowing in a stream. A 

second-foot is the rate of discharge of water flowing in a channel of 

rectangular cross section 1 foot wide and 1 foot deep at an average 

velocity of 1 foot a second. It is generally used as a fundamental
10 SUKFACE WATEB SUPPLY, 1913, PART VII.

unit from which others are computed by the use of the factors given 

in the tables of convenient equivalents (pp. 10-12).

"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 (depth in inches)" is the depth to which the drainage 

area would be covered if all the water flowing from it in a given 

period were conserved and uniformly distributed on the surface. It 

is used for comparing run-off with rainfall, which is usually expressed 

in depth in inches.

An "acre-foot" is equivalent to 43,560 cubic feet, and is the quantity required to cover an acre to the depth of 1 foot. The term is 

commonly used in connection with storage for irrigation.

"Millions of cubic feet" is used to express quantities of water 

stored in reservoirs, most frequently in studies of flood control.

The following terms used in these reports are not in common use, 

and may be defined as follows:

"Discharge relation" is an abbreviation for the term "relation of 

gage height to discharge."

"Control," "controlling section," and "point of control" are 

terms used to designate the section or sections of the stream below 

the gage which determines the discharge relation at the gage. It 

should be noted that the control may not be the same section at all 

stages.

The "point of zero flow" for a given gaging station is that point 

on the gage the gage height to which the surface of the river 

would fall if there were no flow.

CONVENIENT EQUIVALENTS,

The following is a list of convenient equivalents for use in hydraulic 

computations:

Table for converting discharge in second-feet per square mile into run-off in depth in inches

over the area.

Discharge 

In secondfeet per 

square mile.

1... ......

2.........

3.........

4.........

5.........

6.........

7. ........

8.........

9.........

Run-ofl in inches.

Iday.

0.03719 

.07438 

. 11157 

.14876 

.18595 

.22314 

.26033 

.29752 

.33471

28 days.

1.041 

2.083 

3.124 

4.165 

5.207 

6.248 

7.289 

8.331 

9.372

29 days.

1.079 

2.157 

3.236 

4.314 

5.393 

6.471 

7.550 

8.628 

9.707

30 days.

1.116 

2.231 

3.347 

4.463

5.578 

6.694 

7.810 

8.926 

10.041

31 days.

1.153 

2.306 

3.459 

4.612 

* 5.764 

.6.917 

8.070 

9.223 

10. 376

NOTE. For part of a month multiply the values for one day by the number of days.
CONVENIENT EQUIVALENTS. 

Table for converting discharge in second-feet into run-off in acre-feet.

11

Discharge 

in secondfeet.

1.. .......

2.........

3.........

4.........

5.........

6.........

7.........

8.........

9.........

Run-off in acre-feet.

Iday.

1.983 

3.967 

5.950 

7.934 

9.917 

11.90 

13.88 

15.87 

17.85

28 days.

55.54 

111.1 

166.6 

222.1 

277.7 

333.2 

388.8 

444.3 

499.8

29 days.

57.52 

115.0 

172.6 

230.1 

287.6 

345.1 

402.6 

460.2 

517.7

30 days.

59.50 

, 119.0 

178.5 

238.0 

297.5 

357.0 

416.5 

476.0 

535.5

31 days.

61.49 

123.0 

184.5 

246.0 

307.4 

368.9 

430.4 

491.9 

553.4

NOTE. For part of a month multiply values for one day by the number of days.

Table for converting discharge in second-feet into run-off in millions of cubic feet.

Discharge 

in secondfeet.

1.. .......

2.........

3.........

4.........

5.........

6......... 7..:......

8.........

9.........

Run-off in millions of cubic feet.

1 day.

0.0864 

.1728 

.2592 

.3456 

.4320 

.5184 

.6048 

.6912 

.7776

28 days.

2.419 

4.838 

7.257 

9.676 

12.095 

14. 514 

16.933 

19.352 

21.771

29 days.

2.506 

5.012 

7.518 

10.024 

12.530 

15.036 

17. 542 

20.048 

22.554

30 days.

2.592 

5.184 

7.776 

10.368 

12.960 

15. 552 

18. 144 

20.736 

23.328

31 days.

2.678 

5.356 

8.034 

10.712 

13. 390 

16.068 

18. 746 

21.424 

24.102

NOTE. For part of a month multiply values for one day by the number of days.

1 second-foot equals 40 California miner's inches (law of March 23, 1901).

1 second-foot equals 38.4 Colorado miner's inches.

1 second-foot equals 40 Arizona miner's inches.

1 second-foot equals 7.48 United States gallons per second; equals 448.8 gallons per 

minute; equals 646,317 gallons for one day.

1 second-foot for one year covers 1 square mile 1.131 feet, or 13.572 inches deep.

1 second-foot for one year equals 31,536,000 cubic feet.

1 second-foot equals about 1 acre-inch per hour.

1 second-foot for one day equals 86,400 cubic feet.

1,000,000,000 (1 United States billion) cubic feet equals 11,570 second-feet for one 

day.

1,000,000,000 cubic feet equals 414 second-feet for one 28-day month.

1,000,000,000 cubic feet equals 399 second-feet for one 29-day month.

1,000,000,000 cubic feet equals 386 second-feet for one 30-day month.

1,000,000,000 cubic feet equals 373 second-feet for one 31-day month.

100 California miner's inches equals 18.7 United States gallons per second.

100 California miner's inches for one day equals 4.96 acre-feet.

100 Colorado miner's inches equals 2.60 second-feet.

100 Colorado miner's inches equals 19.5 United States gallons per second.

100 Colorado miner's inches for one day equals 5.17 acre-feet.

100 United States gallons per minute equals 0.223 second-foot.

100 United States gallons per minute for one day equals 0.442 acre-foot.

1,000,000 United States gallons per day equals 1.55 second-feet.

1,000,000 United States gallons equals 3.07 acre-feet.
12 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART VII.

1,000,000 cubic feet equals 22.95 acre-feet.

1 acre-foot equals 325,850 gallons.

1 inch deep on 1 square mile equals 2,323,200 cubic feet.

1 inch, deep on 1 square mile equals 0.0737 second-foot per year.

1 foot equals 0.3048 meter.

1 mile equals 1.60935 kilometers.

1 mile equals 5,280 feet.

1 acre equals 0.4047 hectare.

1 acre equals 43,560 square feet.

1 acre equals 209 feet square, nearly.

1 square mile equals 2.59 square kilometers.

1 cubic foot equals 0.0283 cubic meter.

1 cubic foot of water weighs 62.5 pounds.

1 cubic meter per minute equals 0.5886 second-foot.

1 horsepower equals 550 foot-pounds per second.

1 horsepower equals 76.0 kilogram-meters per second.

1 horsepower equals 746 watts.

1 horsepower equals 1 second-foot falling 8.80 feet.

1J horsepower equal about 1 kilowatt.

To calculate water power quickly: ec-' * a in ee _=net horsepower on water 

wheel realizing 80 per cent of theoretical power.

EXPLANATION OF DATA.

For each regular current-meter gaging station the following data, 

so far as available, are given: Description of the station, list of discharge measurements, table of daily gage heights, table of daily discharge, table of monthly and yearly discharge and run-off. For 

stations located at weirs or dams the gage-height table is usually 

omitted.

In addition to statements regarding the location and installation 

of current-meter stations, the descriptions give information in regard 

to any conditions which may affect the constancy of the relation of 

gage height to discharge, covering such points as ice, logging, shifting 

channels, and backwater; also information regarding diversions 

which decrease the total flow at the measuring section. Statements 

are also made regarding the accuracy and reliability of the data.

The table of daily gage height shows the daily fluctuations of the 

surface of the river as found from the mean of the gage readings taken 

each day, usually in the morning and in the evening, though at many 

stations only one reading is made each day. At a comparatively few 

stations automatic gages are used, some of which give a continuous 

record of the river stage in the form of ahydrograph and others a record 

printed at regular intervals, from which the mean daily gage height 

can be computed. The gage height given in the table represents the 

elevation of the surface of the water above the zero of the gage. All 

gage heights affected by the presence of ice in the streams or by backwater from obstructions are published as recorded, with suitable
EXPLANATION OF DATA. 13

footnotes. The rating table is not applicable for such periods unless 

the proper corrections to the gage heights are known and applied. 

Attention is called to the fact that the zero of the gage is placed at 

an arbitrary datum and bears no relation to zero flow or the bottom of 

the river. In general the zero is placed somewhat below the lowest 

known flow, so that negative readings shall not occur.

In the tables of daily gage height the use of zeros in the hundredths 

place indicates the limits of accuracy to which the gage was read and 

to which the mean daily gage height was computed. If a gage is 

read to tenths or half tenths once a day or to tenths twice a day, no 

zeros appear in the hundredths place for any stage. If the gage is 

read to half tenths twice a day or to quarter tenths or hundredths, 

regardless of the number of readings a day, the gage heights are 

published to hundredths, and zeros appear in the hundredths place, 

below a certain limiting stage. This limiting stage is so selected 

that the average error in the mean daily discharge, resulting from 

not using the mean daily gage height to hundredths above that stage, 

shall not be greater than 2 per cent. For automatic gages the allowable average error of the daily discharge has been taken as 1 per cent. 

The selection of the percentage is arbitrary, but it should be noted 

that the maximum error will in all cases be twice the average error. 

In like manner half tenths are used from the hundredths limit to 

another higher limit, above which only tenths are used. It is the 

ami to have the gage-height observations at each gaging station 

recorded to the degree of refinement required by the above method 

of use, but in practice it is found necessary, in order to avoid confusion in the gage observer's record, to have the observations for all 

stages recorded to the degree of refinement required for low stages, 

which usually necessitates readings to hundredths of a foot.

The discharge measurements and gage heights are the base data 

from which rating tables, daily discharge tables, and monthly discharge tables are computed.

The rating table gives, either directly or by interpolation, the 

discharge in second-feet corresponding to every stage of the river 

recorded during the period for which it is applicable. It is not published in this report, but can be determined from the tables of daily 

gage heights and daily discharge by plotting gage heights in feet as 

ordinates and discharge in second-feet as abscissas.

The table of daily discharge determined from the rating table 

gives the discharge in second-feet corresponding to the mean of the 

gage readings observed each day.

In the table of monthly discharge the column headed "Maximum" 

gives the mean flow, AS determined from the rating table, for the day 

when the mean gage height was highest. As the gage height is
14 SUBFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PAET VII.

the mean for the day, it does not indicate correctly the stage when 

the water surface was at crest height and the corresponding discharge 

was consequently larger than given in the maximum column. Likewise in the column at "Minimum" the quantity given is the mean 

flow for the day when the mean gage height was lowest. The column 

headed "Mean" is the average flow in cubic feet for each second during the month. On this the computations for the remaining columns, 

which are defined on page 10, are based.

The base data presented in this report, unless otherwise stated in 

description of station, have been collected by the methods commonly 

used at current-meter gaging stations and described in standard 

textbooks. (See Pis. I and II.)

ACCURACY OF FIELD DATA AND COMPUTED RESULTS.

The accuracy of stream-flow data depends (1) on the permanence 

of the relation between discharge and stage, and (2) on the accuracy 

of observation of stage, measurements of discharge, and interpretation of data.

In order to give engineers and others information regarding the 

probable accuracy of the computed results, footnotes are added to the 

daily discharge tables, stating the probable accuracy of the rating 

tables used, and an accuracy column is inserted in the monthly discharge table. For the rating tables, "well defined" indicates, in general, that the rating is probably accurate within 5 per cent; "fairly 

well defined," within 10 per cent; "poorly defined" or "approximate," within 15 to 25 per cent. These notes are very general and 

are based on the plotting of the individual measurements with reference to the mean rating curve.

The accuracy column in the monthly discharge table does not 

apply to the maximum or minimum nor to any individual day, but to 

the monthly mean. It is based on the accuracy of the rating, the 

probable reliability of the observer, the number of gage readings per 

day, the range of the fluctuation in stage, and knowledge of local 

conditions. In this column, A indicates that the mean monthly 

flow is probably accurate within 5 per cent; B, within 10 per cent; 

C, within 15 per cent; D, within 25 per cent. Special conditions are 

covered by footnotes.

Even though the monthly means for any station may represent 

with a high degree of accuracy the quantity of water flowing past the 

gage, the figures showing discharge per square mile and depth of 

run-off in inches may be subject to gross errors, which result from 

including in the measured drainage area large noncontributing districts or omitting estimates of water diverted for irrigation or other 

use. On this account the computations of "second-feet per square
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DIVISION OF WORK. 15

mile" and "run-off (depth in inches)" have not been made for 

stations draining areas having an annual rainfall of less than 20 

inches, nor for those stations draining areas of over 20 inches of rainfall for which it is believed that the computations would be uncertain 

and misleading because of the presence of large noncontributing 

districts in the measured drainage area, of omitting estimates of 

water diverted for irrigation or other use, or of artificial control or 

unusual natural control of the flow of the river above the gaging 

station. All values of "second-feet per square mile" and "run-off 

(depth in inches)" previously published by the Survey should be 

used with extreme caution, and such values in this report should be 

used with care because of possible inherent sources of error not known 

to the Survey.

In general, the base data collected each year by the Survey engineers are published, not only to comply with the law, but also to 

afford any engineer the means of examining and adjusting to his own 

needs the results of the computations. The table of monthly discharge is so arranged as to give only a general idea of the flow at the 

station and should not be used for other than preliminary estimates. 

The determinations of daily discharge allow more detailed studies of 

the variation in flow by which the period of deficiency may be determined.

It should be borne in mind that the observations in each succeeding 

year may be expected to throw new light on data already collected 

and published, and the engineer who makes use of the figures presented in these papers should verify all ratings and make such adjustments for earlier years as may seem necessary.

COOPERATION.

The work in New Mexico was carried on in cooperation with James 

A. French, State engineer. Work in Oklahoma was carried on in cooperation with the United States Reclamation Service, which paid all 

expenses. Other cooperative work in the lower Mississippi River 

basin is duly acknowledged in connection with the description of the 

stations affected.

DIVISION OP WORK.

The field data for Colorado and Oklahoma were collected under 

the direction of Robert Follansbee, district engineer, who was assisted 

in Colorado by R. H. Fletcher, junior engineer, and in Oklahoma by 

F. B. King, assistant engineer.

In New Mexico field data were collected under the direction of 

G. A. Gray, district engineer, who was assisted by C. J. Emerson, 

junior engineer, and J. E. Powers, State hydrographer.
16 SURFACE WATEK SUPPLY, 1913, PART VH.

Field data in Mississippi were collected under the direction of 

W. E. Hall, district engineer.

The ratings and computations were made by Robert Follansbee, 

G. A. Gray, W. E. Hall, H. J. Dean, W. R. King, and R. H. Fletcher.

The manuscript was prepared by J. G. Mathers, and edited by 

Mrs. B. D. Wood.

GAGING-STATION RECORDS.

ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN. 

EAST FOKK OF ARKANSAS RIVER NEAR LEADVILLE, COLO.

Location. In sec. 16, T. 9 S., R. 80 W., at highway bridge, about 300 yards above

mouth of Tennessee Fork, in Leadville National Forest, 3 miles northwest of

Leadville. 

Records available. April to August 31,1890; June 18 to September 29, 1903; June

5, 1911, to November 14, 1913.

Drainage area. 52 square miles (measured from topographic sheet). 

Gage. Vertical staff. 

Control. Somewhat shifting. 

Discharge measurements. Made from bridge during high water and by wading

at ordinary stages. 

Winter flow. Affected by ice. 

Diversions. Court decree for diversion of 40 second-feet from East Fork above station;

court decrees for diversions below. 

Accuracy. Owing to the high altitude of the drainage basin, alternate melting and

freezing probably cause considerable diurnal fluctuation in river stage at certain

seasons, so that mean daily gage heights derived from two readings per day are

subject to error; rating curve for the station is, however, good; estimates only

fair. 

Cooperation. Station maintained in cooperation with the United States Forest

Service.

Discharge measurements of East Fork of Arkansas River near Leadville, Colo., in 1913.

Date.

May 20

June 22

Hydrographer.

R. H. Fletcher.........

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

0.53

.70

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

62

97

Date.

Sept. 8

Oct. 14

Hydrographer.

R. H. Fletcher.........

Robert Follansbee .....

height.

Feet. 

0.45

.21

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

46

15
ARKANSAS BIVEE BASIN. 17

Daily gage height, in feet, of East Fork of Arkansas River near Leadwlle, Colo., for 191S.

[Merle F. Frey, observer.]

Day.

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

S........... ....... ..........................

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

5............................................

6............................................

7............................................

8............................................

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

n... ....... .............. ...................

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

30............................................

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

May.

0.25

4fl

.53

.65

.92

June.

0.80

.80

.80

.78

.75

.75

.70

.70

.65

7O

79

.70

.70

79

79

79

.78

.72

.72

.70

.68

.68

.62

.65

.68

.65

.68

.58

July.

0.55

.55

.55

.52

.52

.52

.52

.50

.60

.65

.58

.48

.50

.55

48

55

.48

.50

.48

en

.50

.50

.58

.55

.45

.42

.50

.48

.40

.35

.35

Aug.

0.30

.30

.30

.30

.28

.28

.25

.25

.25

.25

9S

.28

.28

.25

.20

.20

.20

.20

.20

.30

30

.30

.30

.30

.30

.30

.30

.30

in

in

.30

Sept.

, 0.30

.30

.30

.30

.30

.35

.32

.48

.45

.45

.40

.35

.35

.30

30

.30

.30

.30

.30

in

.30

.25

.25

.25

.25

.25

.25

.25

.25

.25

Oct.

0.25

.25

.25

.25

.20

.20

.20

.20

.20

.20

.20

.20

.20

.20

.20

.20

.20

.20

.15

.15

.15

.15

.15

.15

.15

.15

.15

.15

.15

.15

.10

Nov.

0.10

.15

.20

.05

.15

.10

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of East Fork of Arkansas River near Leadville, Colo.,

for 1913.

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............................................

May.

10

40

63

so

1 KA

June.

125

125

125

125

120

112

100

100

89

120

105

100

100

105

105

105

120

105

120

105

100

OA

OA

go

89

OR

SO

74

July.

68

68

68

61

61

61

61

57

7S

RQ

74

Kid

K7

68

54

68

u

57%d

57

57

K7

74

68

Aft

43

57

54

4(1

09

32

Aug.

25

25

OK

25

23

23

10

10

19

10

23

OQ

93

10

10

10

10

10

OK

25

2525-

25

25

25

25

"K

25

OK

25

Sept.

25

25

25

25

25

32

28

KA

48

AS

40

00

00

25

OK

25

25

25

OK

OK

25

19

10

10

10

19

19

10

Oct.

19

19

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

10

13

13

13

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

6

Nov.

6

10

13

4

10

6

77982° WSP 357 IE
18 SUEFACE WATEE SUPPLY, 1913, PAET VH.

Monthly discharge of East Fork of Arkansas River near Leadvttle, Colo.,for 1913.

Month.

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

The period. ........................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

126 

89 

25 

54 

19

Minimum.

74 

32 

13 

19 

6

Mean.

105 

59.1 

21.8 

27.0 

12.4

Run-off 

(total in 

acre-feet).

6,250 

3,630 

1,340 

1,610 

762

13,600

ARKANSAS RIVER AT GRANITE, OOLO.

Location. In sec. 31, T. 11 S., R. 79 W., at Granite, below mouth of Lake Creek

and above Lost Canyon and Clear creeks. 

Becords available. May 1,1897, to September 10,1899; April 6,1910, to December

.7, 1913.

Drainage area. 425 square miles. 

Gage. Recording gage established in 1910 by the State engineer; datum of recording

gage bears no determined relation to that of the vertical staff gage at the highway

bridge near the railroad station, used from 1897 to 1899. 

Control. Practically permanent.

Discharge measurements. Made from car and cable. 

Winter flow. Discharge relation affected by ice; observations discontinued. 

Begulation. Discharge affected by operation of Twin Lakes reservoir and by a

flume used to carry water from Lake Creek to a point below the station. 

Diversions. Court decrees for diversions of 76 second-feet from the Arkansas between

this station and the junction of Tennessee and East forks, and for diversions of

22 second-feet from intervening tributaries.

Accuracy. Conditions favorable for accurate results; estimates reliable. 

Cooperation. During 1913 station was maintained in cooperation with the State

engineer, who furnished the gage heights.

Discharge measurements of Arkansas River at Granite, Colo., in 1913.

Date.

Feb. 27

May 20

Hydrographer.

B. S.Clayton. .........

height.

Feet, 

(a)

3 (Y7

Discharge.

8ec.-ft. 

73

988

Date.

July 15

Sept. 9

Hydrographer.

E. H. Fletcher.........

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

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

2.80

1 Qfi

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

761

9Ut

o Gage height affected by ice.
ARKANSAS EIVER BASIN. 19

Daily gage height, in second-feet, of Arkansas River at Granite, Colo.,for 1913. 

[Geo. Morrison, observer.]

Day.

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

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

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

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

5...................

6...................

7...................

8...................

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

30...................

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

Mar.

1.5

1.5

1.6

1.6

1.5

1.6

1.6

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

Apr.

1.6

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.6

1.55

1.4

1.3

1.3

1.35

1.45

1.7

1.9

1.95

1 Q

1.95

1.9

1.9

2.05

2.05

2.05

1.85

1.75

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.9

1.95

2.0

May.

2.2

2.4

2.4

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.6

2.9

2.95

2.9

2.9

3.45

3.4

3.1

2.9

3.05

3.1

3.1

3.15

3.1

2.5

2.4

2.5

2 Q

3.15

3.2

3.35

3.1

3.3

3.5

3.6

June.

3.7

3.6

3.2

3.1

3.0

3.05

3.1

2.8

2.85

2.8

3.0

2.75

3.0

2.9

2.8

2.8

2.9

3.1

3.3

3.25

3.1

2 ft

2.85

2.9

2.75

2

0

2.9

3.0

2.95

2.8

July.

2.6

2.65

2.5

2.8

3.0

2.95

2.9

2.9

2.9

3.0

3.0

2.9

2.8

2.75

2

0

2.55

2.3

2.65

2.7

2.5

2.4

2.25

2.25

2.6

2.5

2.45

2.35

2.25

2.2

2.1

2.05

Aug.

2.0

2.0

1.9-

1.75

1.7

1.8

2.05

2.15

2.05

2.0

2.15

2.35

2.4

2.4

2.35

2.3

2.25

2.25

2.2

2.25

2.25

2.05

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.85

1.85

1.85

1.8

Sept.

1.85

1.85

1.85

1.85

1.9

1.85

1.85

1.9

1.9

1.8

1.75

1.8

1.75

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.75

1.75

1.7

1.75

1.7

1.75

1.75

1.75

1.75

1.75

1.75

1.7

1.7

Oct.

1.8

1.85

1.85

1.8

1.8

1.75

1.75

1.75

1.75

1.8

1.8

1.7

1.65

1.65

1.65

1.55

1.55

1.55

1.5

1.5

1.55

1.55

1.5

1.55

1.55

1.55

1.5

1.45

1.4

1.5

1.6

Nov.

1,75

1.8

1.85

1.85

1.65

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.55

1.5

1.5

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.55

1.5

1.5

1.55

1.45

1.5

1.55

1.5

1.4

1.45

1.45

1.4

1.4

1.45

1.4

1.4

Dec.

1.4

1.46

1.45

1.55

1.55

1.65

1.6

NOTE. lee present Dec. 4 to 31. Gage heights Apr. 7 to 19 taken from records of Arkansas Valley Ditch 

Association. *

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Arkansas River at Granite, Colo.,for 1913.

Day.

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

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

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

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

5...................

6...................

7... ................

8...................

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

30...................

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

Mar.

110

110

110

110

110

139

139

124

110

124

139

139

110

110

110

120

130

139

139

139

139

139

139

139

139

139

11Q

139

139

139

Apr.

139

170

170

170

170

139

124

82

55

55

68

96

170

238

257

238

917

238

238

9Q7

9Q7

9Q7

220

186

203

20&

203

238

257

276

May.

365

476

476

365

365

365

605

830

872

830

830

1.340

1,280

1,000

830

958

1 nnfi

1,000

1,040

1 ftfin

EQQ

476

539

00 A

1 fUft

1,090

1,240

1 000

l',180

1

QOA

1 4.QA

June.

1,600

1,490

1,090

1,000

915

958

1,000

750

7KA

71ft

Q1 1

712

915

QOA

7 fin

750

QQA

1 ftftft

1,180

1

-[Af\

1 ftftft

7 in

790

QOA

712

7in

830

01 i

872

7en

July.

605

640

539

750

01 1

872

830

830

830

915

915

830

750

712

750

572

418

fi4f>

675

539

476

392

392

CAE

539

508

447

1Q9

365

318

9Q7

Aug.

276

276

238

186

170

203

297

342

9Q7

276

342

447

476

476

447

418

OAO

OQO

365

OQO

OQO

907

203

203

203

203

203

99ft

99ft

99ft

OAQ

Sept.

220

220

220

220

238

220

220

238

238

203

186

203

186

203

203

203

203

186

186

170

186

170

186

186

186

186

186

186

170

170

Oct.

203

220

220

203

203

186

186

186

186

203

203

170

154

114,

124

124

110

110

124

124

110

124

124

124

110

82

110

1QA

Nov.

186

203

220

220

114.

110

110

110

124

110

110

139

139

139

124

110

110

124

96

110

124

110

82

96

96

82

82

Qfi

82

82

Dec.

82

96

96

NOTE. Daily discharge computed from a rating curve well defined throughout. Discharge estimated 

Mar. 1-3,8,10,16,17.
20 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART VII.

Monthly discharge of Arkansas River at Granite, Colo.,for 1913,

Month.

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

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

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

The period..................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

139 

297 

1,490 

1.600 

915 

476 

238 

220 

220

Minimum.

110 

55 

365 

712 

297 

170 

170 

82 

82

Mean.

129 

192 

859 

917 

621 

299 

199 

151 

123

Run-ofl 

(total in 

acre-feet).

7,930 

11,400 

52,800 

54,600 

38,200 

18,400 

11,800 

9,280 

7,320

212,000

Accuracy.

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

B.

ARKANSAS RIVEE AT SALIDA, COLO.

Location. At Salida, Colo., some distance above mouth of South. Fork of Arkansas

River, the nearest important tributary. 

Records available. April 11, 1895, to October 31, 1903; November 3, 1909, to

December 31, 1913. 

Drainage area. 1,160 square miles. 

Gage. Recording gage; no determined relation between automatic gage and gage

used from 1895 to 1903. 

Control. Slightly shifting.

Winter flow. Springs keep the river open during winter months. 

Diversions. Court decrees for diversions of 199 second-feet from the Arkansas

between this station and Granite and for diversions of 380 second-feet from intervening tributaries. 

Regulation. The flow at this station is affected to some extent by Twin Lakes and

Clear Creek reservoirs, which have storage decrees for 20,645 and 11,489 acre-feet,

respectively.

Accuracy. Conditions favorable for accurate results; estimates reliable. 

Cooperation. Gage-height record for 1913 furnished by the State engineer.

Discharge measurements of Arkansas River at Salida, Colo., in 1913.

Date.

Jan. 29

Feb. 26

Hydrographer.

B. S. Clayton... .......

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

Gage 

height.

Feel. 

0.45

.46

.95

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

220

999

365

Date.

May 16

July 16

Aug. 26

Hydrographer.

Robert Follansbee .....

R. H. Fletcher.........

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

height.

Feet.

2.75

2.35

1.20

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

1,280

1,040

459
ARKANSAS KIVEK BASIN. 21

Daily gage height, in feet, of Arkansas River at Salida, Colo.,for 19IS. 

[Howard Sneddon, observer.]

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..............

Jan.

0.5

.4

.55

.55

.45

.4

.45

.5

.5

.5

.55

.5

.45 

.50 

.45

.45 

.5 

.5

.45

.4

.4

.45

.45

.45

.45

.45

.35

.4

.4

.4

.4

Feb.

0.35

.3

.3

.3

.35

.3

.3

.35

.4

.3

.3

.25

.25 

.25 

.3

.3 

.3 

.3

.35

.4

.4

.4

.4

.35

.35

.45

.4

.4

Mar.

0.35

.4

.4

.35

.35

.35

.35

.35

.35

.35

.35

.4

.4 

.3 

.3

.2 

.25 

.35

.4

.4

.3

.3

.3

.25

9

.2

9

.25

.4

.5

.65

Apr.

0.9

.9

.8

.65

.6

.7

.75

.7

.55

.45

.45

.......

.85

.75

.7

.75

.8

.9

.9

.95

May.

1.3

1.5

1.9

1.85

1.65

1.7

1.8

2.4

2.3

2.3

2.2

2.3

3.1 

3.0

2.6

2.7 

2.6 

2.7

3.0

2.6

2.4

2.0

2.2

2.4

2.8

3.2

3.3

3.0

3.0

3.2

3.2

June.

3.4

3.3

3.0

2.9

2.8

3.1

3.1

3.0

3.1

3.2

3.4

3.0

3.1 

3.0 

2.9

2.8 

2.8 

3.0

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.0

3.2

i n

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.2

3.0

July.

2.9

2.6

2.5

2.5

2.7

2.6

2.6

2.5

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.4 

2.3 

2.3

2.3 

2.0

2.2

2.5

2.4

2.5

2.5

2.4

2.5

2.3

2.3

2.1

1.95

1.95

1.95

1.8

Aug.

1.8

1.2

1.25

1.25

1.15

1.05

1.1

1.15

1.1

1.15

1.15

1.45

1.6 

1.6 

1.55

1.45 

1.35 

1.3

1.45

1.45

1.6

1.5

1.15

1.25

1.3

1.2]

1.1

1.15

1.3

1.25

1.15

Sept.

1.05

1.05

1.1

1.05

1.05

1.0

.95

1.4

1.5

1.4

1.3

1.35

1.35 

1.35 

1.35

1.35 

1.3 

1.35

1.35

1.25

1.3

1.3

1.25

1.2

1.2

1.25

1.2

1.15

1.15

1.1

Oct.

1.2

1.25

1.25

1 3

1.25

1.1

1.1

1.15

1.15

1.05

1.05

1.05

1.1 

1.15 

1.05

.95 

1.0 

.95

.8

.8

.9

.9

.9

.95

.9

.8

.8

.85

.85

.8

.85

Nov.

0.85

.95

1.05

.9

.75

.75

.7

.75

.75

.75

.75

.8

.85 

.85 

.85

.75 

.7 

.75

.75

.75

.75

.8

.75

.75

.75

.75

.8

.8

.65

.65

Dec.

0.65

.65

.65

.6

.65

.65

.6

.6

.6

.55

.5

.55

.55

.55 

.55

.55 

.6 

.55

.6

.55

.5

.42

.48

.4

.4

.45

.6

.45

.41

.4

.43

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Arkansas River at Salida, Colo.,for 1913.

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..............

Jan.

242

220

254

254

231

220

231

242

242

242

OCJ

242

231

949

9^1

231

242

242

9^1

220

220

231

9^1

231

001

231

210

220

220

220

220

Feb.

210

200

200

200

210

200

200

210

220

200

OAfl

191

OAft

200

200

Oftn

210

220

99fl

9OA

220

210

210

9^1

220

220

Mar.

210

220

220

210

210

210

210

210

210

210

210

220

220

200

200

182

210

220

220

200

200

9rtn

191

1S9

182

182

191

220

242

279

Apr.

350

350

320

279

266

292

306

292

254

OO1

OO1

240

9^n

360

380

360

OQA

360 Qf»n

440

440

440

00 K

306

292

306

320

350

350

366

May.

495

583

780

755

655

680

730

1,050

995

QQS

940

995

1,490

1,420

1,170

1,230

1,170

1,230

1,420

1,170

1,050

QOA

940

1,050

1,300

1,560

1,630

1,420

1,420

1,560

1,560

June.

1,700

1,630

1,420

1,360

1,300

1,490

1,490

1,420

1,490

1,560

1,700

1,420

1,490

1,420

1,.360

1,300

1,300.

1,420

1 4QO

1,490

1,490

1

,1 on

1,420

1,560

1,420

1,420

1,420

1,420

1,560

1,420

July.

1,360

1,170

1,110

1,110

1,230

1,170

1,170

1,110

1,170

1,170

1,170

1,170

1,050

995

995

995

830

940

1,110

1,050

1,110

1,110

1,050

1,110

QQR

995

885

805

805

805

730

Aug.

730

455

475

475

436

400

417

436

417

436

436

560

630

630

606

560

516

495

560

560

630

COO

436

475

495

455

417

436

495

475

436

Sept.

400

400

417

400

400

382

366

538

583

538

495

516

516

516

516

516

495

516

516

475

495

495

475

455

455

475

455

436

436

417

Oct.

455

475

475

495

475

417

417

436

436

400

400

400

417

436

400

366

382

366

320

320

350

350

350

366

350

320

320

335

335

320

335

Nov.

335

366

400

350

306

306

292

306

306

306

306

320

335

335

335

306

292

306

306

306

306

320

306

306

306

306

320

320

279

279

Dec.

279

279

279

266

279

279

266

266

266

9>»4

949

254

254

254

254

254

266

254

266

254

242

224

238

220

99rt

231

266

231

222

220

227

NOTE. Daily discharge computed from a rating curve well defined throughout. Discharge Apr. 12-22 

estimated by comparison with records of Arkansas River at Granite, Colo.
22 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART VII.

Monthly discharge of Arkansas River at Salida, Colo.,for 1913.

Month.

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

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

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

The year.... ................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

254 

231 

279 

380 

1,630 

1,700 

1,360 

730 

583 

495 

400 

279

1,700

Minimum.

210 

191 

182 

231 

495 

1,300 

730 

400 

366 

320 

279 

220

182

Mean.

233

207 

208 

327 

1,110 

1,460 

1,050 

502 

470 

388 

316 

252

545

Run-off 

(total in 

acre-feet).

14,300 

11,500 

12,800 

19,500 

68,200 

86,900 

64,600 

30,900 

28,000 

23,900 

18,800 

15,500

395,000

Accuracy.

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A.

ARKANSAS RIVER AT CANON CITY, COLO.

Location. Just below the suspension bridge at Hot Springs Hotel, at the mouth 

of the canyon, 1J miles above Canon City. The nearest important tributary is 

Grape Creek, which enters above.

Records available. May 1, 1888, to December 31, 1913.

Drainage area. 3,060 square miles.

Gage. Automatic recording gage established by the State engineer in September, 

1909. The river shifted away from this gage early in 1912 and a chain gage reading 

to the same datum was placed on the opposite side of the river and used during 

1912 and 1913. The original Geological Survey gage was established April 17, 

1889. On October 4,1895, a new staff gage was established on the left bank, 100 

feet below the original gage and referred to the same datum. At low stages it 

read 0.4 foot lower than the original gage, but at high stages the readings were 

the same. On August 26, 1902, a gage was established on the right bank near the 

first gage, and referred to the same datum. The datum of the recording gage 

and chain gage now used is 2.00 feet higher than that of the last gage.

Control. The channel shifts to such an extent during high water that at times it is 

necessary to move the gage in order to obtain the gage heights.

Discharge measurements. Made from cable or by wading.

Winter flow. Ice causes backwater during the winter months.

Diversions. Court decrees for diversions of 131 second-feet from the Arkansas 

between the stations at Canon City and Salida, and for diversions of 2,286 secondfeet from intervening tributaries.

Cooperation. During 1913 station was maintained and records were furnished by 

the State engineer of Colorado.

Discharge measurements of Arkansas River at Canon City, Colo., in 1913.

Date.

Jan. 11

Feb. 28

Apr. 2

May 7

8

Hydrographer.

B.S. Clayton.. .........

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

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

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

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

4.10

4.00

4.49

4.70

5 w

Discharge.

Sec.-ft.

330

508i

551

942

Date.

22

Oct. 6

Nov. 25

Hydrographer.

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

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

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

&,

Feet. 

5.70

6.60

4.08

4.26

4.00

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

1,240

1,970

372

421

320
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN. 23

Daily gage height, infect, of Arkansas River at Canon City, Goto., for 1913. 

[S. E. McKfestek, observer.]

Day.

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

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

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

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

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

6..............

I?.... ..........

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

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

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

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

22 t

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

30.............. 

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

Jan.

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.8

3.8

3.8

3.9

3.9

3.9

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.15

4.15

4.15

4.1

4.1

4.1 

4.15

Feb.

4.15

4.15

4.15

4.15

4.15

4.15

4.15

4.15

4.15

4.15

4.1

4.1

4.0

4.0

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

.......

Mar.

3.9

3.9

3.9

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.05

4.05

4.05

4.0

4.1

4.1

4.1

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.9

4.05

4.05

4.05

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.25 

4.25

Apr.

4.5

4.6

4.6

4.4

4.1

4.1

4.3

4.3

4.15

4.0

4.0

4.1

4,3

4.4

4.6

4.55

4.55

4.6

4.55

4.55

4.5

4.5

4.35

4.25

4.15

4.1

4.1

4.15

4.2

4.25

May.

4.25

4.6

4.95

4.7

4.65

4.7

4.7

5.1

5.35

5.25

5.3

5.4

5.85

6.0

5.6

5.6

5.6

5.65

5.75

5.75

5.65

5.3

5.15

5.35

5.85

6.0

6.3

6.25

6.05

6.4 

6.3

June.

6.45

6.45

6.2

5.75

5.7

5.85

5.95

5.95

6.05

6.2

6.6

6.6

6.5

6.2

6.1

6.15

6.15

6.25

6.7

6.6

6.45

6.5

6.35

6.3

6.25

6.05

5.95

5.85

5.95

5.85

July.

" 5.6

5.4

5.35

5.2

5.5

5.55

5.6

5.5

5.65

6.0

5.55

5.65

5.35

5.2

5.05

5.15

5.1

5.0

5.45

5.4

5.75

5.75

5.55

5.6

5.5

5.25

5.15

5.0

4.75

4.65 

4.55

Aug.

4.35

4.1

4.0

4.05

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.1

4.1

4.65

4.6

4.6

4.45

4.4

4.4

4.4

4.55

4.95

4.85

4.45

4.2

4.25

4.2

4.1

4.2

4.45

4.25 

4.15

Sept.

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.1

4.4

4.35

4.35

4.5

4.35

4.3

4.3

4.35

4.3

4.3

4.25

4.15

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.3

4.3

4.25

4.15

4.1

4.2

4.4

Oct.

4.25

4.5

4.35

4.3

4.3

4.3

4.25

4.2

4.2

4.2

4.15

4.15

4.2

4.2

4.2

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0 

4.0

Nov.

4.0

4.0

4.1

4.3

4.25

4.25

4.1

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.05

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.2

4.1

4.0

4.1

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.0

Dec.

4.0

f.0

4.1

4.15

4.2

4.1

4.0

4.1

4.1

4.0

3.9

3.9

3.9

4.1

4.2

4.2

4.2

4.2

4.0

4.2

*

3.9

3.9

4.0

4.0

4.0

3.9

4.3

4.3

4.1

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Arlcansas River at Canon City, Colo.,for 1913.

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..............

Jan.

260

260

260

260

205

205

205

205

205

250

300

300

275

300

400

400

350

280

300

300

280

280

300

300

300

260

250

275

270

280

280

Feb.

380

380

380

380

380

380

380

380

380

380

365

365

335

335

365

365

365

365

365

365

365

335

335

335

335

335

335

335

Mar.

310

310

310

365

365

365

365

350

350

350

365

365

365

365

310

310

310

310

310

310

350

350

350

350

335

335

335

335

335

410

410

Apr.

500

545

545

460

365

365

425

425

380

335

335

365

425

460

545

522

522

545

522

522

500

500

442

410

380

365

365

380

395

410

May.

410

545

722

590

568

590

590

810

970

902

935

1,000

1,340

1,460

1,150

1,150

1,150

1,190

1,260

1,260

1,190

935

840

970

1,340

1,460

1,710

1,670

1,500

1,800

1,710

June.

1,840

1,840

1,620

1,260

1,220

1,340

1,420

1,420

1,500

1,620

1,970

1,970

1,880

1,620

1,540

1,580

1,580'

1,670

2,060

1,970

1,840

1,880

1,750

1,710

1,670

1,500

1,420

1,340

1,420

1,340

July.

1,150

1,005

970

870

1,080

1,110

1,150

1,080

1,190

1,460

1,110

1,190

970

870

780

840

810

750

1,040

1,000

1 9/U)

1,260

1,110

1,150

1,080

902

750

615

568

522

Aug.

442

365

335

350

335

335

335

335

335

335

365

365

568

545

545

480

460

460

460

522

722

668

480

395

410

395

365

395

480

410

380

Sept.

365

365

365

365

335

335

335

365

460

442

442

500

442

425

425

442

425

425

410

380

365

365

365

425

425

410

380

365

395

ARf\

Oct.

410

500

442

425

425

425

410

395

395

395

380

380

395

395

395

365

365

365

335

335

335

335

335

335

335

335

335

335

335

335

335

Nov.

335

335

365

425

410

410

365

335

335

335

335

335

350

335

335

335

335

335

395

365

335

365

335

335

335

365

365

365

365

335

Dec.

335

335

365

380

395

365

335

365

365

335

310

310

310

365

395

395

395

395

335

395

310

310

335

335

335

310

425

425

365

335

335
24 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART VII.

Monthly discharge of Arkansas River at Canon City, Colo.,for 1913.

Month.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

400 

380 

410 

545 

1,800 

2,060 

1,460 

722 

500 

500 

425 

425

2,060

Minimum.

205 

335 

310 

335 

410 

1,220 

522 

335 

335 

335 

335 

310

205

Mean.

277 

361 

343 

442 

1,090 

1,630 

983 

431 

400 

375 

354 

355

587

Run-off

(total in 

acre-feet).

17,000 

20,000 

21,100 

26,300 

67,000 

97,000 

60,400 

26,500 

23,800 

23,100 

21,100 

21,800

425,000

NOTE. Results changed slightly to conform to computation rules of U. S. Geological Survey. 

ARKANSAS RIVER AT PUEBLO, COLO.

Location. At Main Street Bridge in Pueblo, 2 miles above the mouth pf Fountain 

Creek, the nearest tributary.

Records available. September 19, 1894, to December 31, 1913. From May 1, 

1885, to September 30, 1886, a station was maintained at Pueblo by the State 

engineer; from June 1, 1887, to September 30, 1887, a station was maintained at 

a point 9 miles above Pueblo; from May 1,1889, to August 31,1889, the Geological 

Survey maintained the station 9 miles above Pueblo.

Drainage area. 4,600 square miles.

Gage. An automatic gage located 150 feet below Main Street Bridge has been used 

since-March 22, 1911. It is referred to the same datum as the chain gage on the 

Main Street Bridge, which was installed July 7, 1905, but the slope of the river 

between the two points causes differences in readings. In the spring of 1913 the 

chain gage was moved to the downstream side of the bridge, which caused some 

difference in readings. A vertical staff placed at the Santa Fe Avenue Bridge 

on September 19, 1894, was used until July 10, 1898, when a second gage was 

placed at Main Street Bridge, and used until March 3, 1900. From that date 

until July 14, 1902, a vertical staff near the Union Avenue Bridge was used. 

From that date until July 7, 1905, when the chain gage was placed in position, 

a staff gage referred to a different datum was used.

Control. The channel shifts to such an extent during high water tha4^ it has been 

necessary to move the gage in order to read the gage heights.

Discharge measurements. Made from Main Street, Union Avenue, and Victor 

Avenue bridges, or, at low water, by wading below Main Street Bridge.

Winter flow. Ice causes some slight backwater during the winter months.

Diversions. Court decrees for diversions of 637 second-feet from Arkansas River 

between station at Canon City and Pueblo, and for diversions of 372 second-feet 

from intervening tributaries.

Cooperation. Station maintained by United States Geological Survey 1894 to 1908; 

present station maintained and records furnished by State engineer of Colorado.
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN. 

Discharge 'measurements of Arkansas River at Pueblo, Colo., in 1913.

25

Date.

Feb. 28

Mar. 17

May 8

- 9

20

July 7

Hydrographer.

B.S. Clayton. .........

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

C. L. Patterson. .......

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

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

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

height.

Feet. 

2.12

2.10

1.77

2.49

3.13

4.00

4.00

3.21

Discharge.

Sec-ft. 

283

312

146

618

1.100

1,880

1,690

942

Date.

July 31

12

13

23

Oct. 7

Nov. 12

Hydrographer.

B.S. Clayton..........

A. A. Weiland.. .......

B.S. Clayton..........

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

2.55

2.15

1.99

2.40

2.46

2.40

2.10

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

554

278

228

383

445

421

245

Daily gage height, in feet, of Arkansas River at Pueblo, Colo., for 1913.

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..............

Jan.

2.00

2.00

1.90

1.40

1.60

1.90

2.20

2.40

2.40

2.30

2.40

2.60

2.60

2.50

2.35

2.40

2.40

2.35

2.35

2.40

2.40

2.40

2.30

2.25

2.20

2.15

2.20

2.10

Feb.

2.05

2.00

2.00

2.20

2.20

2.25

2.20

2.20

2.25

2.30

2.20

2.20

2.15

2.10

2.10

1.95

2.05

2.00

2.10

2.00

2.00

2.00

2.00

2.05

2.20

2.20

2.10

2.10

Mar.

2.10

2.10

2.05

2.05

2.05

2.00

2.05

1.90

1.90

1.90

2.00

2.10

2.05

2.10

1.95

1.80

1.70

1.70

1.85

1.90

1.90

1.90

1.90

2.00

1.70

1.85

1.90

1.90

1.85

I on

2.00

Apr.

2.30

2.35

2.30

2.20

2.20

2.20

2.10

2.20

2.20

2.10

2.05

2.00

2.05

2.25

2.35

2.45

2.45

2.40

2.45

2.40

2.40

2.30

2.25

2.20

2.05

2.00

2.00

2.00

2.00

9 nn

May.

2.00

2.05

2.30

2.70

2.50

2.40

2.40

2.40

3.10

2.95

3.00

3.00

3.15

3.65

3.40

3.10

3.20

3.20

3.30

3.35

3.25

3.10

2.80

2.85

3.10

3.35

3.55

3.80

3.55

3.75

4. fifl

June.

3.95

4.00

3.60

3.40

3.35

3.25

3.40

3.50

3.50

3.80

3.90

4.05

3.55

3.6

3.6

3.55

3.55

3.80

4.0

4 05

4.0

4.05

4.00

3.85

3.8

3.6

3.45

3 45

3.05

3.60

July.

3.4

3.2

3.2

3.0

2.9

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.65

3.4

3.25

3.15

3.05

2.95

2.9

3.0

3.25

3.40

3.05

3.0

3.35

4.3

3.95

3.3

3.0

3.15

3.1

2.8

2.65

2.5

Aug.

2.35

2.30

2.15

2.1

2.15

2.1

2.0

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

2.0

2.3

2.4

2.45

2.45

2.35

2.4

2.4

2.6

2.65

3.0

2.4

2.4

2.35

2.25

2.2

2.2

2.3

9 Q

2

0

Sept.

2.2

2.1

2.15

2.2

2.15

2.1

2.15

2.1

2.2

2.4

2.5

2.6

2.5

2.4

2.5

2.5

2.45

2.4

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.45

2.4

2.35

2.35

2

^ti

2.4

2

Qti

Oct.

2.30

2.45

2.45

2.45

2.35

2.40

2.30

2.25

2.40

2.30

2.25

2.40

2.35

2.35

2.40

2.35

2.35

2.30

2.35

2 Oft

2.30

2.30

2.30

2

OA

2.35

2 QO

2.30

2.20

2.1

2.2

2.1

Nov.

2.15

2.00

2.30

2.45

2.45

2.40

2.40

2.40

2.40

2.25

2.20

2.20

2.05

2.15

2.20

2.20

2 9ft

L 2.20

2.10

2.20

2.15

2.20

2.20

2 1 ^

2.15

2.20

2.20

2.15

2 on

Dec.

2.20

2.25

2.40

2.45

2.50

2.50

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.4

2.3

9 Q

2.4

2.3

2.3

2.35

2.45

2.5

2.55

9 <?>?

2.45

2.3

2.3

2.4

2.3

2.3

2.25

2.25

2.2

2.2

2.2
26 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART VH.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Arkansas River at Pueblo, Colo.,for 1913.

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..............

Jan.

260

260

260

260

205

205

205

205

205

385

525

525

455

525

680

680

600

490

525

525

490

490

525

525

525

455

420

385

352

385

320

Feb.

290

260

260

385

385

420

385

385

420

455

385

385

352

320

320

232

290

260

320

260

260

260

260

290

385

385

320

320

Mar.

320

320

290

290

290

260

290

onK

205

205

260

320

320

000

155

110

110

180

onK

one

205

205

260

110

180

205

205

180

205

260

Apr.

A.tt

AQf)

455

385

385

385

320

OQK

385

320

9Qft

260

290

420

490

562

>5fi9

525

562 v><\

525

455

420

385

290

260

260

260

260

260

May.

9fift

290

455

760

600

525

525 f\*>f\

1,080

960

i rtfifi

1,000

1,130

1,560

I

o/in

1,080

1,170

1,170

1,260 i srm

1,080

840

880

1,080

1,300

1,480

1,700

1,480

1,660

1,880

June.

1,840

1 880

1,'510

1,320

1,270

1,170

1 O7ft

1 ^fifi

1,620

1,670

1,820

1 ^Rfl

1 400

1 J OQA

1,340

1 ^9fi

1,530

1,700

1 740

1,690

1,740

1,690

1,540

1,490

1,300

1,160

1,160

832

1,300

July.

1,120

950

950

7QK

720

950

950

950

950

1,350

1,120

992

910

832

758

720

795

992

1,120

832

795

1,080

1,990

1,640

1,040

795

910

870

650

548

455

Aug.

375

350

280

260

280

260

225

195

195

195

195

225

350

400

428

428

375

400

400

515

548

795

400

400

375

325

300

300

350

350

300

Sept.

300

260

280

300

280

260

280

260

300

400

455

515

455

400

455

455

428

400

350

350

350

350

350

428

400

375

375

375

400

375

Oct.

350

428

428

428

375

400

350

325

400

350

325

400

375

375

400

375

375

350

375

350

350

350

350

350

375

350

350

300

260

300

260

Nov.

280

225

350

428

428

400

400

400

400

325

300

300

280

300

300

300

300

260

300

280

300

300

280

280

300

300

300

280

300

Dec.

qnn

OOK

400

49ft

455

455

455

455

455

400

^i*m

350

400

350

OCA

375

428

455

485

485

428

350

350

400

350

350

325

325

300

300

300

Monthly discharge of Arkansas River at Pueblo, Colo.,for 1913.

Month.

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

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

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

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

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

680 

455 

320 

562 

1,880 

1,880 

1,990 

795 

515 

428 

428 

485

1,990

Minimum.

205 

232 

110 

260 

260 

832 

455 

195 

260 

260 

225 

300

110

Mean.

415 

330 

228 

391 

1,050 

1,460 

952 

348 

365 

359 

315 

385

550

Run-off 

(total in 

acre-feet).

25,500 

18,300 

14,000 

23,300 

64,600 

86,900 

21,400' 58,500 

21,700 

22,100 

18,700 

23,700

399,000

NOTE. Results changed slightly to conform to computation rules of U. S. Geological Survey. 

ARKANSAS RIVER NEAR NEPESTA, COLO.

Location. In sec. 31, T. 21 S., R. 60 W., at the dam of the Oxford Farmers' Canal 

Co., 1J miles above Nepesta; about 6 miles below the mouth of Huerfano River, 

the nearest important tributary.

Records available. September 8, 1897, to October 31, 1903; July 14, 1909, to 

November 30, 1912. Discharge measurements during 1913.

Drainage area. 9,130 square miles.
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN". 27

Gage. Automatic gage established August 23, 1910. From September 8, 1897, to 

December, 1900, a vertical staff gage fastened to a pier of the wagon bridge at 

Nepesta was used. On May 1, 1901, a vertical staff was fastened to the wing of 

the Oxford Farmers' dam, 1J miles above Nepesta. This gage was used until 

the station was discontinued, October 31, 1903, and from the-date of reestablishment, July 14, 1909, until August 23, 1910, when the automatic gage was established at the same datum.

Control. The diversion dam results indicate shifting conditions, probably due to 

the varying amounts diverted by the canal.

Discharge measurements. Made from the bridge at Nepesta, except during low 

water, when measurements are made by wading. Between the gage and the 

measuring section is a wasteway from the canal. The flow at this point is subtracted from the flow at the bridge in order to show the amount of water below 

the canal.

Winter flow. Ice causes backwater during a portion of the winter months.

Diversions. Court decrees for diversions of 1,552 second-feet from the Arkansas 

between Pueblo and Nepesta, and approximately 1,600 second-feet from intervening tributaries. The discharge records given in this report do not include the 

flow of the canal.

Cooperation. Since 1909 station has been maintained and records have been 

furnished by the State engineer of Colorado.

Discharge measurements of Arkansas River near Nepesta, Colo., m 1913.

Date.

Mar. 3

Apr. 5

June 6

21

30

Hydrographer.

B. S.Clayton. .........

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

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

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

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

height.

Feet. 

0.25

.39

1.22

1.88

1.47

Discharge.

8ec.-ft. 

o257

o267

1,040

1,790

1,200

Date.

July 9

16

30

18

Hydrographer.

C. L. Patterson. . ......

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

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

1.00

.75

1.20

.70

.45

Discharge.

8ec.-ft. 

487

303

541

209

128

o Measurements made by wading 200 feet above Santa Fe bridge. 

ARKANSAS RIVER AT LA JUNTA, COLO.

Location. Half a mile below the east bridge at La Junta; no important tributary 

within several miles.

Records available. April 11, 1912, to December 31, 1913. From December 5, 

1893, to December 31,1895, a station was maintained near the city pumping plant. 

During 1899 and 1901 a station was maintained at the head of the Fort Lyon 

canal by the Great Plains Water Co. From April 7, 1903, to October 31, 1903, a 

station was maintained 1 mile east of La Junta, and a number of discharge measurements were made during 1904. From August 27, 1908, to November 30, 1908, 

a station was maintained one-half mile northwest of La Junta, just below the 

mouth of Crooked Arroyo.

Drainage area. Not measured.

Gage. Automatic recording gage.

Discharge measurements. Made from the bridge during high water and by 

wading at ordinary stages.

Winter flow. Ice causes backwater for short periods during the winter months.

Diversions. Court decrees for diversions of 2,735 second-feet from the Arkansas 

between Nepesta and La Junta, and 511 second-feet from intervening tributaries.

Cooperation. Station maintained and records furnished by the State engineer in 

cooperation with Mr. A. A. Weiland, of Pueblo.
28 SURFACE WATEB SUPPLY, 1913, PART VII.

Discharge measurements of Arkansas River at La Junta, Colo.,in 1918.

Date.

Feb. 6

Mar. 4

21

May 1

Hydrographer.

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

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

AT

Feet. 

2.15

.88

1.63

2.00

.80

1.95

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

50

25

169

269

26

301

Date.

July 1

10

30

Nov. 8

Hydrographer.

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

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

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

B.S.Clayton. .........

&,

Feet. 

2.12

2.28

1.70

2.18

1.10

1.60

Discharge.

8ec.-ft. 

355

488

162

362

46

153

Daily gage height, in feet, of Arkansas River at La Junta, Colo.,for 1913. 

[Kearns, Rice and Kinsman, observers.]

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..............

Jan.

0.94

.90

.95

.93

.88

.80

.90

.91

.92<ft

'.98

1 09

1.21

1.09

1.08

1.22

1.38

1.26

1 13

.88

1.05

1.05 

1.25

.82

1.03

1.53

.97

1.09

1.14

1.46

1.72

Feb.

1.43

1.17

1.16

1.15

1.67

1.33

1.30-

1.15

1.04

Q7

no

.91

.86

.82

.84

OK

.72 

1.14

1.14

1.14

1.27

1.29

1.18

Mar.

1.13

1.04

1.18

1.16

.95

.89

.95

.95

.90

79

70

RO

.61

.64

1.32

1.67

1.77

1.32

QQ

.88

on

.98 

on

7S

79

1 <K

CM

1.05

1.01

.97

1.18

Apr.

1.27

1.10

1 1Q

1.62

1.58

1.42

1.42

1.27

1.51

1.46

1.72

1.46

1 V\

1 48

1.50

1 %f\

1.76

1 Q7

O f\A

2 An

2 An

1.98 1 96

1 89

1 74

1.71

1 00

1 00

.-90

.83

May.

0.78

.98

1.08

1.02

1.05

1.18

1.02

1.01

1.06

1.15

1.03

QQ

1 ftft

1 4Q

1 Q1

O AQ

1.93

1.55

1 Sft

1 Sft

1 OH

1.91

1.53

1.22

1.34

2.12

2.45

2.32

2.24

2.32

June.

2.20

2.35

2.20

2.04

2.28

2.58

2.08

1.26

1.69

2.22

2.24

1 fiO

1.38

1.27

1.21

1.10

2.14

O 1C

2.30

1.76

1.70 

2.07

2

AO

2.54

9 07

2.12

2.16

2.26

2.22

July.

2.20

2.15

2.10

2.10

1.90

1.64

1.67

1.20

1.10

1.51

1.72

1 78

1.67

1.50

1 1Q

Q7

.95

2.13

1 74

1.20

I

qo

1.83 

2.06

2

4.C

2.25

1.64

1 OS

2.19

2.15

2.10

1.78

Aug.

1.58

1.48

1.26

1.03

.92

.85

1.10

1.10

1.05

1 00

1.00

1.01

1 03

1.01

1.17

1.05

1.21

1.30

1.12

1.12

1.01

1.33

1.78

1.16

1.25

1.07

1.10

1.13

1.12

1.19

Sept.

1.15

1.10

1.11

1.08

.92

1.02

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.22

1.44

1.54

1 QQ

1 49

1.45

1.45

1 48

1 dn

1.44

1.36 

1.28 1 3f>

1.42

1.65

1.69

1.71

1.78

1.78

Oct.

1.82

1.81

1.84

1.95

1.92

1.78

1.71

1.75

1.69

1.75

1.65

1.58

1.34

1.36

1.66

1 75

1.66

1.75

1.66

1.60

1.61

1.61 

1.59

1.59

1.60

1.63

1.75

1.70

1.76

1.66

1.68

Nov.

1.70

1.64

1.56

1.53

1.81

1.95

1.92

1.56

1.68

1.88

1.94 i on

1.60

1.52

1.50

1.72

1.50

1.65

1.67

1 fi9

1.51 

1.54

1.54

1.60

1 60

1.52

1.23

1.18

1.54

Dec.

1.62

1.65

1.66

1.62

1.42

1.17

1.46

1.32

1.21

1.10

1.38

1 87

.70

.09

.03

10

IS

.43

.47

1 4Q

1.54
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN. 29 

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Arkansas River at La Junta, Colo.,for 1913.

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..............

Jan.

34

30

35

33

28

22

30

31

32

33

38

51

68

51

50

70

Q1

77

.55

28

46

46

75

24

44

139

37

51

58

120

202

Feb.

117

61

60

59

50

50

50

50

50

50

50

84

59

45

37

32

si

27

25

25

26

16

58

58

58

79

82

63

Mar.

57

45

63

60

35

30

35

35

30

22

18

11

10

12

110

184

221

88

33

28

30

38

30

18

21

95

33

46

41

37

63

Apr.

79

52

65

167

154

111

111

79

133

120

202

120

130

125

130

130

217

306

341

320

320

311

302

240

209

198

40

40

30

24

May.

91

38

50

42

46

63

42

41

47

^Q

44

38

50

128

V7Q

367

288

145

246

246

297

97O

224

139

70

93 ?S4

600

504

454

W4

June.

430

525

430

341

478

704

362

77

191

442

454

167

102

7Q

68

52

384 '

395

407

4on

217

194

356

330

672

537

384

407

466

442

July.

xqn

400

372

372

274

174

184

66

52

133

202

224

184

130

56

37

35

389

173

4fi

63

194

293

564

400

132

255

364

341

312

176

Aug.

115

O9

U

27

19

14

46

4fi

40

34

34

35

38

OE

57

40

64

82

49

49

35

so

224

49

42

53

31

34

38

36

45

Sept.

40

34

35

32

18

26

34

34

34

34

34

49

84

106

74

80

86

86

9276'

84

70

57

60

80

135

147

153

176

176

Oct.

190

187

198

242

229

176

153

166

147

166

131;

115

68

*~3870

166

138

166

138

120

123

123

118

118

120

129

166

150

170

138

144

Nov.

1 %f\

IQO

110

103

187

242

229

O1 A

144

213

238

220

120

101

Qfi

120

157

Qfi

135

141

126

no

106

106

120

120

101

51

44

106

Dec.

126

135

138

126

80

42

88

63

47

34

73

209

150

33

27

38

44

82

90

82

106

100

40

50

50

30

25

20

15

15

15

NOTE. Discharge estimated Feb. 5-11, and Dec. 22-31, because of ice.

Monthly discharge of Arkansas River at La Junta, Colo.,for 1913.

Month.

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

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

The year....................... ....................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

202 

117 

221 

320 

600 

704 

564 

224 

176 

242 

242 

209

704

Minimum.

22 

16 

10 

24 

21 

52 

35 

19 

18 

68 

44 

15

10

Mean.

55.8 

51.9 

50.9 

153 

188 

353 

227 

53.1 

74.2 

149 

134 

70.1

130

Run-off 

(total in 

acre-feet).

3,420 

2,870 

3.130 

9,100 

11,540 

20,960 

13,910 

3,260 

4,410 

9,120 

7,960 

4,300

93,980

NOTE. Results changed slightly to conform to computation rules of U. S. Geological Survey.
30 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART VH. 

ARKANSAS RIVER NEAR LAMAR, COLO.

Location. About sec. 30, T. 22 S., R. 46 W., at highway bridge 1J miles north 

of Lamar.

Records available. May 11 to December 31, 1913.

Drainage area. Not measured.

Gage. Chain.

Control. Shifting.

Discharge measurements. Made from bridge or, at low stages, by wading.

Winter flow. No data.

Diversions. Court decrees for diversions of approximately 500 second-feet from 

Arkansas River between La Junta and Lamar, and 1,253 second-feet from intervening tributaries.

Cooperation. Station maintained by the Arkansas Valley Ditch Association.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Arkansas River near Lamar, Colo., for 1913. 

[Geo. Trenhaile, observer.]

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....................................

May.

0.80

.80

.80

.88

90

.90

.90

on

.82

.80

.80

.80

.80

.80

.80

.80

.80

.80

.72

.70

.70

June.

0.84

1.21

1.53

1.18

1.04

1.03

2.44

2.20

1.09

1.00

1.05

1.44

3.55

2.84

1.80

1.14

.96

86

.90

.98

1.20

1.25

.84

.82

.77

.77

.90

.93

1.02

July.

1.94

1.09

1.35

1.09

1.00

.92

.90

.90

.90

.94

.90

.90

.87

.85

.80

.80

.80

.83

1.49

1.65

1.29

1.13

1.01

1.19

1.70

2.02

1.20

.85

1.02

.78

.80

Aug.

0.80

.88

.85

.85

.87

.83

.93

.96

.96

.90

95

.87

.81

.88

97

1.04

.93

.86

.88

.90

.88

.85

93

.90

.90

.90

.90

.88

.90

.97

.92

Sept.

0.90

.90

.90

90

90

.90

.90

.90

.83

.86

.80

93

96

.86

.86

96

.90

90

84

84

90

.92

.92

.81

.86

.86

90

.90

91

.88

Oct.

1.00

.86

.97

.97

.86

.80

.86

.86

.86

.86

.86

.86

.92

.92

86

.86

.92

.90

.86

.90

.95

.90

.90

.95

.86

.80

.83

. .80

.83

.80

.90

Nov.

0.90

.95

.90

.90

OE

.90

90

90

.95

90

.95

.85

.85

90

90

90

.90

.90

.90

.90

.90

.90

.85

.85

.90

.80

.85

.90

90

.90

Dee.

0 90

1.06

i on

1 40

90

OR

1.16

1

01

1.05

QQ

1.10

1.50

9 fin

2 11

2 11

9 fll

2 m

1 Qft

1 96

1.98

1.96

2.02

2.00

2.07

1.95

2.00

2.04

2.00

2.00

2.05
ARKANSAS EIVBE BASIN. 31 

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Arkansas River near Lamar, Colo^for 1913.

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....................................

May.

1

1

1

2

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

0

0

0

June.

1

9

34

9

4

4

394

232

5

3

4

25

1.970

810

78

7

3

2

2

3

9

11

1

1

0

0

2

2

1

3

July.

119

5

18

5

3

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

1

29

50

14

6

3

9

58

148

9

2

3

1

Aug.

1

2

2

2

2

1

2

3

3

2

3

2

1

2

3

4

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

. 2

2

3

2

Sept.

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

1

2

1

2

3

2

2

3

2

2

1

1

2

2

2

1

2

2

2

2

2

2

Oct.

3

2

3

3

2

1

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

3

2

2

3

2

1

1

1

1

1

2

Nov.

2

3

2

2

2

2

2

2

3

2

3

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

1

2

2

2

2

Dec.

2

4

3

21

12

2

2

8

10

4

3

5

30

140

187

187

144

144

126

126

133

126

148

140

169

122

140

157

140

140

161

Monthly discharge of Arkansas River near Lamar, Colo.,for 1913.

Month.

May 11-31.. ..............................................

June. _ ;................................................

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

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

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

2 

1,970 

148 

4 

3 

3 

3 

187

Minimum.

0 

0 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

2

Mean.

1.1

121 

19.5 

2.2 

1.9 

2.0 

2.1 

88.3

Eun-ofl

(total in 

acre-feet).

45 

7,200 

1,000 

131 

113 

121 

123 

5,417

14, 150

ARKANSAS RIVER AT HOLLY, COLO.

Location. On line between sees. 14 and 15, T. 23 S., R. 42 W., at highway bridge 

half a mile southeast of Holly; 1 mile below the mouth of Wild Horse Creek, an 

intermittent stream.

Records available. October 15, 1907, to December 31, 1913.

Drainage area. Approximately 25,000 square miles.

Gage. A number of pulleys and scales referred to the same datum are placed on 

the bridge at frequent intervals and as the river shifts its channel the chain gage 

is moved to a suitable pulley. The datum has remained unchanged. From 

October 25 to December 25, 1911, a gage referred to a different datum was used.

Control. Very shifting.
32 SURFACE WATEB SUPPLY, 1913, PART VII.

Discharge measurements. Made from bridge during high water and by wading

at low stages.

Winter flow. Ice causes backwater during a portion of the winter months. 

Diversions. Court decrees for diversions of approximately 600 second-feet from

Arkansas River, between the stations near Lamar and Holly; many diversions

from Arkansas River below Holly, in Kansas. 

Cooperation. Station maintained and records furnished by the state engineer of

Colorado. 

Accuracy. Because of the shifting character of the stream, and the few discharge

measurements, no estimates of daily and monthly discharge have been attempted.

Discharge measurements of Arkansas River at Holly, Colo., in 1913.

Date.

Mar. 13

Apr. 26

Hydrographer.

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

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

2.53

2.04

3.20

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

167

90 1

1 140

Date.

July 20

21

Hydrographer.

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

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

height.

Feet. 

2.77

2.88

2.73

Discharge.

Sec.-ft.

4OQ

310

Daily gage height, in feet, of Arkansas River at Holly, Colo., for 1913. 

[Arthur Burch, observer.]

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..............

oo

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

30..............

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

Jan.

2.8

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.95

3.0

3.0

3.0 

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3

n

3 n

3.0

3 A

3 A

3 A

3.0

2.95

9 Q

9 Q

2.9

9 Q

2

0 

. o

2

0

2.8

2

QK

2.9

2 OK

2.8

Feb.

2.8

2

0

2.8

2.75

2.7

2.75

2

7C

2.8 

2.9

3.0

3.0

2.95

9 Q

2.8

2.85

2 OK

2 Q

2 Q

2

Q

2.9

2.9

2.85

2.85

2.8

2.9

2 Q

3.25

2.95

Mar.

2.6

2.75

2.6

2.8

2.85

2.85

2.75

2.65

2.55

2.5

2.5

2.5 9~<;

9 fi

2.65

2

C

2

QC

2 OK

2

K

2.75

2.8

2.7

2.7

2

K

2.4

2

K

2

K

2.4

2.4

9 A.

2 4

Apr.

2.25

2.25

2.1

2.7

2.2

2.15

2.1

2.3

1 Q

1 Q<;

1 Q

9 n

1.7

1.7

1.65

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.5 

1.5

1 9

2.0

2

1

2.2 

9 n

1.65

' 1.65

1.6

1.5

May.

1.55

1.6

1.6

1.8

1.75

1.8

1.8

1.75 

1.8

1.8

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.55

1.55

1.6

1.6

1.7

1.65

1.7 

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.7 

1.7

1.8

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.7 '

June.

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.7

2.8

9 4

9 n

2.0

2.0

9 7

3.4

2

0

2

K

2 9

2.05

2.1

2.1 

2.0

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9 

1.9'

1.9

1 Q

1.9

1 Q

July.

1.9

2.1

2.0

2.05

2.1

2.0

1 Q

1.9 

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1 Q

1.9

1.9

5.15

2.75 

2.7

2.5

2.3

2.2

2.2

2.45

2.5

2.35

2.2

2.2

2.45

Aug.

2.0

1.95

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.05 

2.05

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.85

1.9

1.95 

2.0

2.0

1.95

1.9

1.9 

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

Sept.

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9 

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9 

1.9

1.9

1.95

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

2.0

2.0

2.0

Oct.

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

1.9

1.9

1 Q

1.9 

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9 

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9 

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

Nov.

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9 

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0 

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.1

Dec.

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.7

2.4

.......

-------

TENNESSEE FORK NEAR LEADVILLE, COLO

Location. In sec. 16, T. 9 S., R. 80 W., at highway bridge a few hundred yards above

mouth of stream and about 3 miles northwest of Leadville. 

Records available. 1890; 1903; February 8, 1911, to November 14, 1913. 

Drainage area. 45 square miles (measured on topographic sheet).
ABKANSAS KTVEE BASIN. 33

Gage. Vertical staff, installed in 1911.

Control. Permanent during 1913.

Discharge measurements. Made from bridge during high water; at ordinary 

stages by wading.

Winter flow. Ice causes backwater during winter months.

Diversions. Court decrees for diversions of 24 second-feet above the station; also 

a decree for diversion of 18.5 second-feet from the basin of Eagle Creek to that of 

Tennessee Fork above station.

Accuracy. Eating curve well-defined; owing to the high altitude of the drainage 

basin, however, alternate melting and freezing may cause considerable diurnal 

fluctuation in river stage at certain seasons, and the mean daily gage heights 

given by one reading per day in 1911 and 1912, and two readings per day in 1913, 

are therefore subject to considerable error; estimates as a whole can be considered 

only fair.

Cooperation. Station maintained in cooperation with the United States Forest 

Service.

Discharge measurements of Tennessee Fork near Leadville, Colo., in 1913.

Date.

May 19

Hydrographer.

R.H. Fletcher.........

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

0.66

.47

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

121

70

Date.

Oct. 14

Hydrographer.

R. H. Fletcher. ........

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

0.14

(U

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

21

14

Daily gage height, infect, of Tennessee Fork near Leadvilk, Colo., for 1913. 

[F. Coquoz, observer.]

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............................................ 95:

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

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

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

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

OA

^1

May.

0.6

.6

........

.5

.66

KK

1.5

........

June.

0.60 

.62

.62

.55

.55

.55

.52

.50

.58

.72

.72 

.42

.45

.45 

.45

AK

ftf*

.48

.48

.48

.42

.48

.48

AO

.42

.35 

.38

.38

.28

July.

0.22

.20 

.20

.20

.18

.18

.18

.20

.20

.20

.20

.15 

.12

.10

.12

.25

.20

.30

.38

.25

.25

.25

.38

.55

.30

.22

.20 

.20

.20

.20

.15

Aug.

0.10

.10 

.10

.10

.08

.08

.05

.05ni

.05

.08

.05 

.08

.05

.05 

.05

.05

.05

.05

.00

.00

00

.00

.05

.00

00

.00 

.00

.00

.00

.00

Sept.

0.00

.00 

00

.00

.00

.02

.05

.10

.10

.10

.10

.05

.05

.05

.05 

.05

.05

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

00

.00

.00 

.00

.00

.00

Oct.

0.00

.00 

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00 

.00

.00

.00 

.00cv\

.00

00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00 

.00

.00

.00

.00

Nov.

........

0.05

.10

.10

""".'66

.05

........

NOTE. Ice present Oct. 23,1911, to Apr. 20,1912; Nov. 14 to Dec. 31,1912; gage read morning and evening 

from June 1 to Oct. 31,1913, the record showing the mean; during 1911 and 1912 gage was read only once a day.

77982° WSP 357 15 3
34 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART VII. 

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Tennessee Fork near Leadville, Colo.,for 1911-13.

Day.

1911. 

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..........

1912. 

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..........

Feb.

7

11

Mar. Apr.

18

27

12

12

56

166

Kfi

100

15

17

97

26

22

22

May.

40

133

103

77

103

202

103

133

133

103

103

56

184

166

360

320

June.

118

166

103

77

77

66

56

56

34

280

380

240

240

July.

66

66

48

40

34

22

133

66

66

66

90

Aug.

22

22

22

15

15

15

15

15

15

56

77

34

27

15

Sept.

12

12

18

15

15

12

12

15

Oct.

27

12

19

12

11

12

Nov.

8

Dec.

12
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN. 35 

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Tennessee Fork near Leadville, Colo.,for 1911-13 Con.

Day.

1913. 

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..........

Feb.

T

Mar.

'

Apr. May.

103

 103

77

Qft

440

June.

100

103

109

109

90

90

90

82

77

Qft

140

140

60

66

66

66

66

08

7Q

7<j

60

n

73

60

60

4R

53

53

07

July.

30

97

27

27of;

OK

9K

97

27

97

97

99

on

153

20

 3A

97

40

53

34

id.

34

K*)

on

40

30

97

97

27

97

99

Aug.

18

18

18

18

17

17

17

15

15

15

17

15

17

15

15

15

15

15

1519

19

12

19

15

19

19

19

12

12

12

12

Sept.

19

19

12

12

19

 1*3

15

18

18

153

18

15

15

15

15

15

15

19

12

12

19

12

12

19

19

12

12

12

12

12

Oct.

12

19

12

12

19

19

19

12

12

12

12

19

12

12

12

12

12

12

19

12

19

12

12

19

12

19

12

12

12

12

12

Nov.

15

18

18

12

15

Dec.

NOTE. Daily discharge determined from a rating curve well defined between 10 and 250 second-feet. 

Owing to the scattering gage heights during 1911 and 1912, estimates of discharges are given only for the 

days on which the gage was read.

Monthly discharge of Tennessee Fork near Leadville, Colo.,for 1913.

Month.

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

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

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

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

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

140 

90 

18 

18 

12

Minimum.

37 

18 

12 

12 

12

Mean.

79.5 

31.4 

14.6 

13.5 

12.0

Run-off 

(total in 

acre-feet).

4,730 

1,930 

898 

803 

738

9,100

Accuracy.

C. 

C. 

B. 

B. 

B.

HALF MOON CREEK NEAR LEADVILLE, COLO.

Location. In sec. 6, T. 10 S., R. 80 W., 1 mile above mouth of stream and 6 miles

southwest of Leadville; no tributaries below the station. 

Records available. April 10, 1911, to November 30, 1913. 

Drainage area. 30 square miles (measured on topographic sheet). 

Gage. Vertical staff. 

Control. Shifting.

Discharge measurements. Made by wading. 

Winter flow. Ice causes backwater during the winter months and records are

discontinued.
SUEFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART VII.

Diversions. Court decrees for diversions of 12 second-feet above the station.

Accuracy. Owing to the high altitude of the drainage basin, alternate melting and 

freezing may cause considerable diurnal fluctuations in stage at certain seasons of 

the year, and mean daily gage height derived from two readings per day may be 

considerably in error. For this reason the estimates in general can not be considered better than fair.

Cooperation. Station maintained in cooperation with the United States Forest 

Service.

Discharge measurements of Half Moon Creek near Leadville, Colo., in 1913.

Date.

May 16

Hydrographer.

"R TT Fletcher

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

0.38

7S

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

23.7

66.5

Date.

Oct. 14

Hydrographer.

R. H. Fletcher. ........

height.

Feet. 

0.50

.31

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

" 18.5

7.3

Daily gage height, in feet, of Half Moon Creek near Leadwlle, Colo., for 1918. 

[Mrs. D. Colohan, observer.]

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............................................

May.

0.25

.«

.65

.7

.8

.8

June.

0.6

.8

.8

.75

.65

.65

.7

.65

.75

.75

.8

.8

.75

.75

.7

.85

.85

.95

1.05

1.05

1.05

.95

.85

.8

.8

.85

.85

.8

.8

July.

0.85

.85

.85

.85

.85

.85

.75

.8

.8

.7

.7

.7

.65

.6

.65

.6

.65

.7

.7

.7

.6

.6

.65

.7

.7

.7

.7

.7

.6

.6

.5

Aug.

0.5

.5

.5

.5

.5

.5

.5

.5

.5

.55

.5

.45

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.5

.6

.6

.6

.55

.55

.55

.55

.6

.55

.55

.5

.5

Sept.

0.5

.5

.5

.45

.45

.45

.5

.55

.45

.4

.4

.4

.5

.5

.5

.5

.5

.5

.5

.5

.4

.4

.4

- .4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

Oct.

0.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.25

.25

.25

.25

.25

.25

Nov.

0.25

.25

.25

.25

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.15

.15

.15

.15

.15

.15

.15

.15

NOTE. Creek frozen over Nov. 30.
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN. 37 

Dcdly discharge, in second-feet, of Half Moon Creek near Leadvilk, Colo.,for 1913.

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............................................

May.

10

65

70

67

90

90

June.

45

90

90

78

56

56

67

56

78

78

90

90

78

78

67

102

102

130

138

138

138

109

82

70

70

95

82

82

70

70

July.

82

82

82

82

82

82

59

70

70

48

48

48

40

31

40

31

40

48

48

48

31

31

40

48

48

48

48

48

31

31

18

Aug.

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

24

18

14

10

10

10

10

10

10

18

31

31

31

24

24

24

24

31

24

24

18

18

Sept.

18

18

18

14

14

14

18

24

14

10

10

10

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

12

12

10

10

9

9

9

8

8

8

Oct.

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

6

6

6

6

6

6

Nov.

6

6

6

6

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

NOTE. Daily discharge prior to June 19 determined by indirect method tor shifting channel; discharge 

subsequent to that date determined from two well-defined rating curves, one used from June 19 to Sept. 

20, and the other from Oct. 1 to Nov. 30. Discharge Sept. 21-30 determined by indirect method.

Monthly discharge of Half Moon Creek near Leadwlle, Colo.,for 1913.

Month.

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

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

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

The period. ..... .............................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

138 

82 

31

24 

7 

6

Minimum.

45 

18 

10 

8 

6 

3

Mean.

85.8 

51.1 

19.4 

14.0 

6.81 

4.00

Run-off 

(total in 

acre-feet).

- 5,110 

3,140 

1,190 

833 

419 

238

10,900

Accuracy.

C.

c: 

c. 

c.

B. 

B.

COTTONWOOD CREEK BELOW HOT SPRINGS, NEAR BUENA VISTA, COLO.

Location. In sec. 22, T. 14 S., R. 79 W., in the Leadville National Forest, half a

mile below the old Hot Springs Hotel, and 6 miles west of Buena Vista; 2 miles

below mouth of South Fork, the nearest tributary. 

Records available. April 7,1911, to December 31,1913. From September 3,1910,

to September 13, 1911, a station was maintained in Bee. 21, 1 mile above present

station.

Drainage area. 72 square miles (measured on forest atlas). 

Gage. Vertical staff. 

Control. Rough but permanent.
38 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART VH.

Discharge measurements. Made from bridge or by wading.

Winter flow. River kept open during winter months by hot springs above station.

Diversions. Court decrees for diversions of 148 second-feet from Cottonwood Creek, 

of which 28 second-feet are above gaging station.

Accuracy. Owing to the high altitude of the drainage basin, alternate melting and 

freezing probably cause considerable diurnal fluctuation of river stage at certain 

seasons; mean daily gage heights given by one reading per day are therefore subject to considerable error; estimates only fair or possibly good. Rating curve for 

1913 is good.

Cooperation. Station maintained in cooperation with the United States Forest 

Service. ,

Discharge measurements of Cottonwood Creek below Hot Springs, near Buena Vista, Colo.,

in 1913.

Date.

May 22

June 21

Hydrographer.

R.H. Fletcher.........

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

1.02

1.75

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

71

187

Date.

Sept. 9

Oct. 13

Hydrographer.

R.H. Fletcher.........

«.

Feet. 

0.95

.87

Discharge.

Sec-ft. 

63

50

Daily gage height, in feet, of Cottonwood Creek below Hot Spriwgs, near Buena Vista,

Colo., for 1913.

[E. D. Masters, observer.]

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..............

Jan.

0.62

.62

.62

.62

.62

.62

.62

.62

.62

.62

.62

.62

.62

.62

.62

.62

.62

.62

.62

.62

62

.62

.62

.62

.62

.62

.62

.62

.62

.62

.62

Feb.

0.62

.62

.62

.62

.62

.62

.62

.62

.62

.62

.62

.62

.62

.62

.62

.62

.62

.62

.57

.57

.57

.57

.57

.57

.57

.62

.62

.62

.......

.......

.......

Mar.

"6.64

.59

.59

.59

.59

.59

.59

.59

.59

.59

.59

.59

.59

.59

.59

.59

.59

.59

.59

.59

. UJ7 1Q

.59

.59

.59

.59

.54

.54

.54

.59

.59

Apr.

0.59

.59

.54

.54

.54

.54 -.54

.54

.54

.54

.54

.54

.54

.54

.59

.61

.61

.66

.66

.66

.66

.66

.66

.56

.56

.56

.61

.61

.66

.71

.......

May.

0.76

.86

.76

.76

.76

.81

.96

1.01

.91

.96

1.06

1.16

1.16

1.06

.86

.86

96 i!oe

1.16

1.06

.96

.99

1.10

1.30

1.30

1.60

1.80

1.50

1.70

1.80

1.90

June.

1.80

1.80

1.70

1.70

1.70

1.70

1.50

1.50

1.60

1.80

1.70

1.60

1.50

1.50

1.70

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.90

1.80

1.80

1.70

1.70

1.70

1.70

1.70

1.65

1.65

1.65

.......

July.

.......

.......

.......

.......

.......

.......

.......

.......

.......

.......

"Too"

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.30

1.30

1.20

1.10

1.10

.......

.......

.......

.......

Aug.

.......

.......

" .95

.90

.90

.90

.......

.......

.......

.......

.......

.......

-»-

.90

.90

.85

.85

.90

1.00

1.00

1.00

.95

.95

.90

.90

.90

.......

Sept.

0.90

.90

.85

.85

.85

.85

.85

.85

.92

.90

.90

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

.95

.95

. oniTU

.90

.90

.90

on . >j\j

on . tj\j

.90

.90

.90

.90

.90

.90

.90

.......

Oct.

0.95

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

.95

.95

.95

.95

1.00

1.00

.95

.98

.95

.95

.90

.85

. SO ou

. 80 ou

.80

.75

.75

.80

.80

.80

.85

.85

.70

.75

.75

.70

Nov.

"o.'ro"

.70

.75

.75

.75

.70

.70

.70

.70

.75

.70

.75

.75

.75

.65

.65

.70

.70

.70

.70

.70

.60

.65

.70

.70

.70

.65

.65

.60

.......

Dec.

0.60

.65

.70

.70

.70

.75

.75

.70

.75

.70

.70

.70

.70

.70

.70

.70

.70

.70

.65

.60

.60

.65

.65

.70

.70

.65

.65

.65

.65

.60

.60
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Cottonwood Creek below Hot Springs, near Buena Fisto,

Goto., for 19 IS.

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..............

Jan.

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

Feb.

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

21

21

21

Mar.

22

23

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

14

14

14

18

18

Apr.

18

18

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

18

20

20

26

26

26

26

26

26

16

16

16

20

20

26

31

May.

37

50

37

37

37

43

63

69

56

63

76

on

90

76

50

50

63

76

90

76

63

67

82

111

111

162

200

144

200

220

June.

200

200

181

181

181

181

144

144

162

200

Isl

162

144

144

181

200

200

200

200

220

200

200

181

181

181

181

181

172

172

172

July.

68

68

68

68

68

111

111

96

82

82

80

78

76

74

72

Aug.

70

68

66

64

62

55

55

55

55

55

48

48

55

68

68

68

62

62

55

55

55

Sept.

55

55

48

48

48

48

48

48

58

55

55

68

68

68

68

62

62

55

55

55

55

55

55

55

55

55

55

55

55

55

Oct.

62

68

68

68

68

62

62

62

62

68

68

62

65

62

62

55

48

42

42

42

36

36

42

42

42

48

48

30

36

36

30

Nov.

30

30

30

36

36

36

30

30

30

30

36

30

36

36

36

24

24

30

30

30

30

30

19

24

30

30

30

24

24

19

Dec.

19

24

30

30

30

36

36

30

36

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

24

10

19

24

24

30

30

24

24

24

24

19

19

NOTE. Daily discharge determined from a rating curve well defined throughout. Discharge estimated 

July 27 to Aug. 4 by comparison with records of nearby stations. Estimates not made for discharge July 1 

to 16, nor Aug. 9 to 17.

Monthly discharge of Cottonwood Creek below Hot Springs, near Buena Vista, Colo.,for

1913.

Month.

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

July 16-31. ........................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

21 

21 

23 

31 

220 

220 

111 68 

68 

36 

36

Minimum.

21 

17 

14 

14 

37 

144 

68 

48 

30 

19 

19

Mean.

21.0 

20.0 

17.9 

18.8 

89.4 

181 

80.1 

55.9 

52.4 

29.7 

27.3

Run-off 

(total in 

acre-feet).

1,290 

1,110 

1,100 

1,120 

5,500 

10,800 

2,380 

3,330 

3,220 

1,770 

1,680

Accuracy.

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

C. 

C. 

C. 

B. 

C. 

B. 

B.

NORTH COTTONWOOD CREEK NEAR BUENA VISTA, COLO.

Location. In sec. 10, T. 14 S., R 79 W., at highway bridge 6 miles northwest of 

Buena Vista, just below a small stream entering from the west, 1J miles below 

mouth of Silver Creek.

Records available. October 5,1911, to December 31, 1913.
40 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART VH,

Drainage area. 50 square miles (measured on forest atlas).

Gage. Vertical staff.

Control. Practically permanent.

Discharge measurements. Made from the bridge during high 'water; at ordinary 

stages by wading.

Winter flow. Ice causes some backwater during winter months.

Diversions. Court decrees for diversions of 35 second-feet from North Cottonwood 

Creek.

Accuracy. Rating curve good, but owing to the high altitude of the drainage basin, 

alternate melting and freezing probably cause considerable diurnal fluctuations 

of the river stage at certain seasons; mean daily gage height given by one reading 

per day may therefore be considerably in error; estimates only fair.

Cooperation. Station maintained in cooperation with the United States Forest 

Service.

Discharge measurements of North Cottonwood Creek near Buena Vista, Colo., in 1913.

Date.

May 22

June 21

Hydrographer.

R. H. Fletcher.........

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

4.24

4.90

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

20

49

Date.

Oct. 13

Hydrographer.

K. H. Fletcher.........

Robert Follansbee .....

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

4.25

4.04

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

22

11

Daily gage height, in feet, of North Cottonwood Creek near Buena Vista, Colo., for 1913.

[C. A. Mack, observer.]

Day. .

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

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

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

5...........................

6...........................

7...........................

8...........................

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1Q

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

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

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

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

OE

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

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

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

9Q

30...........................

01

Apr.

3

QC

4.05

4.05

May.

4.1

4.1

4.25

4.1

4.1

A OK

June.

4.8

5.25

5.3

4 9

July.

4 4

4.3

4.3

4.8

4 7

4.4

Aug.

4.3

4 1

4.1

4.15

Sept.

4.1

4.4

4.25

4.45

4.4

4.3

4.15

4.25

Oct.

4.2

4

OE

4.2

4.05

4.18

4.05

4.2

4.18

4.2

4.22

Nov.

4.15

4.15

4.13

4 08

4.1

4.1

4.07

4.1

4.09

Dec.

4.13

4.05

4.03

4.02

4.0

4.0

4.01

4.02

NOTE. Gage heights Dec. 20-31 slightly affected by ice.
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN. 41

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of North Cottonwood Creek near Buena Vista., Goto.,

for 1913.

Day.

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

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

5...........................

6...........................

7...........-.......-----.-.

8. ......... .................

g

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

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

19

1^

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

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

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

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

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

19

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

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

ty\

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

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

on

&.. .........................

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

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

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

OA

11

Apr.

10

10

11

12

12

12

12

12

May.

11

11

10

11

12

14

20

19

18

17

16

15

14

14

14

14

14

14

16

18

20

June.

45

75

79

51

July.

26

25

25

24

24

23

23

22

22

22

22

22

22

23

40

45

42

40

38

35

32

30

28

26

Aug.

24

22

22

20

18

18

16

, 14

14

14

14

15

15

15

16

16

16

16

15

15

15

15

15

15

Sept.

14

14

14

14

14

15

16

26

20

20

20

24

26

28

28

28

28

26

26

25

25

24

23

22

20

18

16

17

18

20

Oct.

19

19

18

18

18

19

20

19

18

16

14

13

12

16

16

17

17

12

13

14

15

16

18

18

17

17

18

18

19

18

17

Nov.

16

16

16

17

17

17

16

15

14

14

13

13

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

13

13

11

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

Dec.

15

15

16

14

13

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

11

11

11

11

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

9

9

g

x 9

NOTE. Daily discharge determined from a rating curve well denned below 300 second-feet. Discharge 

estimated by comparison with Cottonwood Creek for days on which gage was not read, except during 

high-water period from May 23 to July 7 and for period from Aug. 9 to 15, when rain fell. Discharge Dec. 

20-31 gradually decreased, as shown by measurement made in January, 1914.

Monthly discharge of North Cottonwood Creek near Buena Vista, Colo.,for 1913.

<

Month.

May 1-22..........................................

July 8-31...... ....................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

20

45 

28 

20 

17 

16

Minimum.

10 

22 

14 

12 

13 

9

Mean.

14.8 

28.4 

- 21.0 

16.7 

14.4 

11.2

Run-off 

(total in 

acre-feet).

646 

1,350 

1,250 

1,030

857 

689

Accuracy.

D. 

D. 

C. 

C. 

B. 

C.

CHALK CREEK (UPPER STATION) NEAR ST. ELMO, COLO.

Location. In sec. 27, T. 15 S., R. 80 W., in the Leadville National Forest, a quarter 

of a mile below the power plant of the Tin Cup Gold Dredging Co., and 1} miles 

below St. Elmo" Nearest tributary, Coal Creek, enters a quarter of a mile below.

Records available. November 15 to December 21, 1913.

Drainage area. 48 square miles (measured on forest atlas).

Gage. Recording gage owned by the Tin Cup Gold Dredging Co.

Control. Data too meager to determine.

Discharge measurements. Made from footbridge or by wading.

Winter flow. Ice causes backwater; discharge measurements made to determine 

approximate winter flow.
42 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART VII.

Diversions. No court decrees for diversions of water not returned to the stream above

the station. 

Regulation. Low-water flow controlled to a certain extent by a small reservoir at

St. Elmo formed by the diversion dam for the Tin Cup Gold Dredging Co.'s power

house. 

Cooperation. Station maintained in cooperation with the Tin Cup Gold Dredging

Co., which furnished the gage heights.

Data insufficient for estimates of daily discharge.

The following discharge measurement was made by R. H. Fletcher:

November 15, 1913: Gage height, 1.20 feet; discharge, 11.6 second-feet.

Daily gage height, infect, of Chalk Creek (upper station) near St. Elmo, Colo.,for 1913.

Day.

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

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

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

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

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

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

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

Nov. Dec.

1.17

1.19

1.09

 1.12

1.15

1.15

1.14

1.16

1.15

1.15

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nov.

1.20

1.23

1.20

1.24

1.18

1.13

Dec.

.1.16

1.17

1.17

1.22

1.15

1.18

1.09

1.12

1.10

1.37

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

30..............

Nov.

1.16

1.17

1.17

1.14

1.16

1.15

1.19

1.17

1.17

1.17

Dec.

1.35

NOTE. Backwater from ice Dec. 20-31.

CHALK CREEK NEAR ST. ELMO, COLO.

Location. In sec. 28, T. 15 S., R. 79 W., in the Leadville National Forest, at 

highway bridge, just below the cascades of Chalk Creek, and 6 miles east of St. 

Elmo. Nearest tributary a small intermittent stream entering from the north 

just below station.

Records available. March 10, 1911, to December 31, 1913. From September 6- 

December 28, 1910, a station was maintained in sec. 24, T,. 15 S., R. 79 W.

Drainage area. 75 square miles (measured on forest atlas).

Gage. Vertical staff.

Control. Somewhat shifting.

Discharge measurements. Made from the bridge during high water and by 

wading at ordinary stages.

Winter flow. Ice causes slight backwater; discharge measurements made to determine approximate flow.

Diversions. No court decrees for diversions from Chalk Creek between the upper 

station and this one; decrees for 117 second-feet below.

Accuracy. Owing to the high altitude of the drainage basin, alternate melting and 

freezing probably cause considerable diurnal fluctuation in stage at certain 

seasons, so that the mean daily gage height given by one reading per day and the 

maximum stage from high-water mark may be considerably in error. Estimates 

only fair.

Cooperation. Station maintained in cooperation with United States Forest Service.

Discharge measurements of Chalk Creek near St, Elmo, Colo., in 1918.

Date.

May 21 

July 16

Hydrographer.

Raymond Richards .'. - - 

R.H. Fletcher.........

height.

Feet. 

1.46 

1.43

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

86 

89

Date.

Oct. 13 

Nov. 11

Hydrographer.

Robert Follansbee ..... 

R.H. Fletcher.........

height.

Feet. 

1.16 

1.02

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

40 

21
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN. 43

Daily gage height, in feet, of Chalk Creek near St. Elmo, Colo.,for 1913. 

[John Mohr and Lee Dillon, observers.]

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..............

Jan.

0.75

""."75" 

.75

.74

.75

.75

.75 

.73

- .73

.73

.73 

.73 

.73

.71 

.72 

.72

.72 

.68

.71

.72 

.72 

.73

.74

.75 

.76 

.75 

.75 

.75 

.74

Feb.

0.73

.74

""."75"

.78

.73

.75

.75

.75 

.72

.75

.73 

.73 

.73 

.71

.75 

.76

.74

.74

.......

.75

.74 

.74

Mar.

"6." 67"

.75 

.74

.73

.74

.73

.76

.74

.77

.76

.77

""."77" 

.75

.76 

.74

.72

.74 

.75"n

""78"

.77 

.78

Apr.

0.83 

.82 

.79

.78

.77

-.81

.79

.78

.80 

.81

.81

.81 

.78 

.96 

.91

.89 

1.11 

1.01

1.01 

.93

1.01

1.08 

1.01 

1.01

1.04

.91 

1.01 

1.13 

1.21 

1.23

May.

1.13 

1.16 

1.16 

1.15 

1.26

1.41

1 ifi

1.49

1.39 

1 41

1.55

1.60 

1.65 

1.55 

1.44

1.33

1.48 

1.60

1.65 

1.55

1.50

1.60

1.80 

1.85

1.80

1.95 

1.90 

1.75 

1.85 

1.90 

1.85

June.

1.90 

1.90

1.85 

1.85 

1.80

1.80

1 7<5

1.70

1.80 

1 90

1.90

1.95 

1.85 

1.90 

1.95

2.00 

2.00 

2.05

2.05 

2.00

2.00

1.95 

1.90 

1.95

1.95

1.90 

1.95 

1.95 

1.90 

1.90

July.

1.85 

1.80 

1.80 

1.75 

1.75

1.70

1 fin

1.60

1.60 

1.70

1.65

1.60 

1.55 

1.48 

1.46

1.50

1.60 

1.50

1.46

1.48

1.60

1.70 

1.75 

1.75

1.65

1.65 

1.46 

1.44 

1.42 

1.41 

1.38

Aug.

1.34 

1.34 

1.34 

1.32 

1.33

1.32

1.33

1.28

1.24

"i."28"

.......

1.38

"i.'is"

Sept.

".'..'.

1.41

1.36

1.36 

1.36 "Oi"

"Oi"

.......

1.16

Oct.

r.26 

1.26 

1.26 

1.26

1.26

1.16

1.26

1.11 

1.11

1.08 "i.'ie"

1.16 

1.14

1.06 

1.06 

.96 "i.'ii"

1.06

1.08 

1.06 

1 04

.96

"Toe"

1.06 

.98 

1.65 

1.06

Nov.

0.96 "i.'oe"

1.46 

1.06

.96

.96

.96 "i.'oi"

.99

1.1 

1.0 

1.0 

.95

"i.'o"

1.0

1.05 

.95

1.0

1.0

......

.95

.90 

.90 

.90 

1.25

Dec.

1.2 

1.25

.......

""i.'os

.90 

'.90 

1.00

1.15

""."90 

.90

.90

.95 

.95

""."96 

.90 

.90

NOTE. Practically no backwater from ice, except a few days during the last part of November and 

first part of December.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Chalk Creek near St. Elmo, Colo.,for 1913.

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..............

Jan.

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

9

9

9

9

9

9

g

9

9

9

8

9

9

9

9

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

Feb.

9

10

10

10

11

9

10

10

10

9

10

9

g

9

9

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

Mar.

10

9

8

10

10

9

10

9

10

10

11

10

11

11

11

11

11

10

10

10

9

10

10

9

9

9

10

10

10

10

10

Apr.

10

10

9

9

8

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

16

14

12

26

19

19

14

19

24

 19

19

21

14

19

28

37

40

May.

28

32

32

30

44

72

89

99

67

82

120

138

159

120

82

56

95

138

159

120

102

138

230

258

230

317

285

205

258

285

258

June.

300

300

270

270

240

240

215

190

240

300

300

332

300

332

365

365

380

380

365

365

332

300

332

332

300

332

332

300

300

July.

270

240

240

215

215

190

146

146

146

190

168

146

128

104

98

110

146

110

98

1A4.

146

190

215

215

168

168

98

92

86

83

75

Aug.

66

fifi

66

62

64

62

64

54

47

KA

56

Kfi

56

62

67

72

80

88

Qfi

' Qfi

95

95

Sept.

94

93

92

91

90

89

88

88

75

75

75

75

75

fiQ

63

63

63

63

63

63

5Q

54

50

46

42

38

40

45

45

50

Oct.

54

54

54

54

54

54

39

54

32

32

29

34

OQ

39

36

97

27

1Q

26

qo

27

28

25

24

1R

22

25

9*

1 R

150

25

Nov.

17

20

24

96

24

17

17

17

18

19

19

28

19

19

17

18

19

1Q

 23

17

19

19

18

18

18

16

16

16

16

16

Dec.

16

16

16

16

16

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

24

24

22

20

18

17

17

17

21

21

to

17

17

17

NOTE. Daily discharge determined from two rating curves, one used from Apr. 1 to May 31, and the 

other from June 1 to Aug. 9. Discharge for rest of year determined by indirect method. Discharge for 

days for which gage heights are missing estimated by comparison with records of Cottonwood Creek except 

for period Aug. 10-17, when rain occurred.
44 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART VII.

Monthly discharge of Chalk Creek near St. Elmo, Colo.,for 1913.

Month.

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

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

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

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

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

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

10 

11 

11 

40 

317 

380 

270 

94 

150 

96 

24

Minimum.

8 

9 

8 

8 

28 

190 

75 

38 

18 

16 

16

Mean.

9.48 

9.79 

9.90 

15.9 

140 

306 

153 

67.2 

37.9 

21.3 

17.9

Run-off 

(total in 

acre-feet).

583 

544 

609 

946 

8,610 

18,200 

9,410 

4,000 

2,330 

1,270 

1,100

Accuracy.

D. 

D. 

D. 

C. 

C. 

C. 

C. 

C. 

C. 

C. 

D.

SOUTH FORK OF ARKANSAS RIVER AT PONCHA, COLO.

Location. In sec. 10, T. 49 N., R. 8 E., at highway bridge about half a mile from 

Poncha; nearest tributary, Poncha Creek, enters one-fourth mile below.

Records available. January 14, 1911, to October 25, 1913.

Drainage area. 140 square miles (measured on forest atlas).

Gage. Vertical staff.

Control. Practically permanent during 1913.

Discharge measurements. Made from bridge during high water and by wading 

at ordinary stages.

Winter flow. Not affected by ice; stream kept open by springs.

Diversions. Court decrees for diversions of 114 second-feet from the South Fork 

above station, and 77 second-feet below; also for 85 second-feet from the North 

Fork, which enters above.

Accuracy. Owing to the high altitude of the drainage basin, alternate melting and 

freezing cause diurnal fluctuations of stage during certain seasons; mean daily 

gage height is based on record of the maximum stage, which occurs during the 

night, and readings at 6 a. m. and 6 p. m.; mean stage determined in this manner 

may be somewhat in error; estimates therefore only good.

Cooperation. Station maintained in cooperation with the United States Forest 

Service.

Discharge measurements of South Fork of Arkansas River at Poncha, Colo., in 1913.

Date.

June 20

Hydrographer.

R,H. Fletcher.........

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

0.03

1.00

Discharge.

8ec.-ft. 

16.5

134

Date.

Aug. 26

Oct. 25

Hydrographer.

Robert Follausbee .....

Gage

Feet. 

0.10 -.20

Discharge.

8ec.-fl. 

20.4

7.0
ABKANSAS EIVEE BASIN. 45

Da&fy gage "height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, of South Fork of Arkansas River

at Poncha, Colo., for 1913.

[J. M. Cuenin, observer.]

Day.

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

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

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

18

ID

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

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

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

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

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

OK

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

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

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

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

30..............

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

May.

Gage

-0.02 

- .02 

- .25 

- .30 

- .35

 .08 

.00 

.12 

.15 

.15

.55 

1.00 

1.00 

.83 

.25

.07 

-.10 

.28 

.43 

.22

.03

.05 

.50 

.90 

1.15

1.30 

1.35 

1.20 

1.25 

1.20 

1.25

Discharge.

15 

15 

8 

6

5

13 

16 

22

24 

24

59 

132 

132 

100 

30

20 

21 

33

46 

28

18 

18 

53 

113 

162

195 

206 

173 

184 

173 

184

June.

Gage 

height.

1.10 

1.20 

1.05 

.93 

.70

.67 

.53 

.60 

1.40 

1.55

1.10 

1.30

1.30 

1.20 

1.15 

1.25 

1.10

1.25 

1.45 

1.30 

1.30 

1.15

.83 

.60 

.50 

.45 

.27

Discharge.

152 

173 

142 

119 

79

75 

57 

65 

218 

255

i52 

195

195 

173 

162 

184 

152

184 

230 

195 

195 

162

100 

65 

53 

48 

32

July.

Gage 

height.

0.37 

.10 

.00 

.12

- .03

.07 

.10 

.07 

.13 

.03

.03

.07 

.05 

.20

.10

.00 

.20

.47 

.22 

.90 

.40 

.18

.22 

' .10 

.08 

- .22 

- .50,

- .42

Discharge.

40 

21 

16 

11 

15

20 

21 

20 

23 

18

18 

20 

18 

9 

12

13 

14 

15 

16

27

50 

28 

113 

43 

26

28 

21 

20 

8 

3 

4

Aug.

Gage 

height.

-0.40 

- .28 

- .30 

- .12 

- .05

.00 

.02 

- .15 

- .25

t)e

- .08 

.33 

.06 

- .02

.10 

.27 

.43

.22 

.17 

.17 

.10

' .17

.12 

.10 

.12 

.10 

.00 

.00

Discharge.

4 

7 

6 

11 

14

16 

' 17 

10

8 

8

13 

37 

19 

15 

17

18 

20 

21 

32 

46

28 

25 

25 

21

25

22 

21 

22 

21 

16 

16

Sept.

Gage 

height.

-0.02 

.00 

.00 

- .23 

- .40

- .40

- .55

- .35 

- .40 

- .40

- .40

- .40 

- .40 

- .30

oo

- .28 

- .30

00

- .35 

- .25

- .22

- .25 

- .13

- .17

- .15 

- .18

- .22 

- .22 

- .25

- .22

Discharge.

15 

16 

16 

8 

4

4 

2 

5 

4 

4

4 

4 

4 

6

8

7 

6 

8 

5 

8

8 

8 

11 

10 

10

10

8 

8 

8 

8

Oct.

Gage 

height.

-0.07 

- .03 

.03 

.00 

.02

- .15 

- .22 

- .20 

- .15 

- .15

- .15 

- .08 

- .10 

- .10 

- .10

- .12 

- .20 

- .23 

- .20 

- .20

- .20 

- .25 

- .25 

- .20 

.15

Discharge.

13 

15 

18 

16 

17

10 

8 

9 

10 

10

10 

13 

12 

12 

12

11 

9 

8 

9 

9

9 

8 

8 

9 

10

NOTE. Daily discharge determined from a well-defined rating curve. Discharge Interpolated July 16- 

18, and Aug. 15-17.

Monthly discharge of South Fork of Arkansas River at Poncha, Colo., for 1913.

Month.

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

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

Discharge in second-feet. '

Maximum.

206 

113 

46 

16 

18

Minimum.

5 

3 

4 

2

8

Mean.

71.9 

22.9 

18.7 

7.57 

11.0

Run-off 

(total in 

acre-feet).

4,420 

1,410 

1,150 

450 

546

Accuracy.

C. 

C. 

B. 

B. 

B.

PONCHA CREEK AT PONCHA, COLO.

Location. In sec. 10, T. 49 N., R. 8 E., at highway bridge near Poncha, about onefourth mile above the mouth of creek.

Records available. January 14, 1911, to October 25, 1913. 

Drainage area. 89 square miles (measured on forest atlas). 

Gage. Vertical staff. 

Control. Fairly permanent during 1913.
46 SURFACE WATEE SUPPLY, 1913, PAET VII.

Discharge measurements. Made from bridge during high water and by wading, 

at ordinary stages.

Winter flow. Springs prevent the creek from freezing to any considerable extent.

Diversions. Court decrees for diversions of 7 second-feet above station but none 

below.

Accuracy. Owing to the high altitude of this drainage basin, alternate melting and 

freezing are likely to cause considerable diurnal fluctuations of the stream at 

certain seasons of the year, and the mean daily gage height derived from morning 

and evening readings and record of the maximum stage for the 24 hours may be 

somewhat in error; estimates of daily discharge therefore only fair.

Cooperation. Station maintained in cooperation with United States Forest Service.

Discharge measurements ofPoncha Creek at Poncha, Colo., in 1913.

Date.

May 16

Hydrographer. Gage 

height.

Feet. 

0.99

1.10

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

43

59

Date.

Aug. 26

Oct. 25

Hydrographer. Gage 

height.

Feet. 

0.35

.25

Discharge.

Sa;.-ft. 

ft Q

Daily gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, ofPoncha Creek at Poncha, Colo.,

for 1913.

[J. M. Cuenin, observer.] 

Day.

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

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

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

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

5..............

6..............

7. .............

8..............

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

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

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

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

11

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

30..............

Q-l

May.

Gage 

height.

0.82 

.80 

.70 

.65 

.70

.80 

.88 

.92 

.85 

1.15

1.15 

1.10 

1.25 

1.35 

1.00

1.00 

1.20 

1.20 

1.30 

1.10

1.05 

1.10 

1.25 

1.30 

1.35

1.35 

1.56 

1.30 

1.35 

1.25 

1.35

Discharge

31 

30

24 

22 

24

30 

36 

39 

34

58

58 

54 

68 

78 

45

45 

73 

73 

73

54

50 

54 

68 

73

78

78 

100 

73 

78 

68 

78

June.

Gage 

height.

1.15 

1.25 

1.10 

1.15 

.93

1.05 

.97 

1.05 

1.30 

1.25

1.35 

1.20

1.20 

1.10 

1.10 

1.15 

1.20

1.10 

1.05 

.93 

1.00

.88

.83 

.90

.77 

.77 

.72

Discharge.

58 

68 

54 

58 

39

50 

43 

50 

73

68

78 

63

63 

54 

54 

58 

63

54 

50 

39 

45 

36

32 

37

28 

28 

25

July.

Gage 

height.

0.73

.72 

.70 

.68 

.58

.60 

.57 

.57 

.63 

.63

.57 

.52 

.47 

.47 

.50

.75 

.95

.87 

.95 

.93 

.87 

.70

.63 

.62 

.53 

.53 

.56 

.48

Discharge.

26 

25 

24 

23 

18

19

18 

18 

20 

20

18 

15 

13 

13 

14

14 

14 

20 

27 

41

35 

41 

39 

35

24

20 

20 

16 

16 

16 

13

Aug.

Gage 

height.

0.42 

.45 

.42 

.42 

.38

.35 

.40 

.32 

.30 

.30

.42 

.45 

.53

.48

.48 

.48 

.50

.48 

.45 

.42 

.38 

.43

.40 

.42 

.38 

.45 

.47 

.52

Discharge.

11 

12 

11 

11 

9

8 

10 

7 

6 

6

11 

12 

16 

13 

13

13 

13 

13

13 

14

13 

12 

11 

9 

11

10 

11 

9 

12 

13 

r5

Sept.

Gage 

height.

0.47 

.45 

.47 

.47 

.40

.40 

.40 

.45 

.40 

.40

.40 

.40 

.40 

.40 

.43

.45 

.45 

.42 

.37 

.23

.30 

.23 

.33 

.37 

.37

.35 

.38 

.35

.35 

.35

Discharge.

13 

12 

13 

13 

10

10 

10 

12 

10 

10

10 

10 

10 

10 

11

12 

12 

11 

9

4

6 

4 

7 

9 

9

8 

9

8 

8 

8

Oct.

Gage 

height.

0.60 

.53 

.53 

.55 

.53

.35 

.62 

.30 

.32 

.25

.35 

.50 

.53

.42 

.38

.38 

.33 

.32 

.30

.28

.30 

.20 

.25 

.20

.25

Discharge.

19 

16 

16 

16

16

8 

20

6 

7 

4

8 

14 

16 

11 

9

9

7 

7 

6 

5

6 

3

4 

3

4

NOTE. Daily discharge determined from a rating curve not very well defined above 40 second-feet. 

Discharge interpolated July 16-18, and Aug. 15-17.
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN. 

Monthly discharge ofPoncha Creek at Poncha, Colo.,for 1913.

47

Month.

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

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

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

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

100 

41 

16 

13 

20

Minimum.

22 

13 

6 

4 

3

Mean.

56.4 

21.8 

11.2 

9.60 

9.60

Run-off 

(total in 

acre-feet).

3,470 

1,340 

689 

571 

476

Accuracy.

ppppp

WEST BEAVER CREEK NEAR VICTOR, COLO.

Location. In sec. 30, T. 16 S., R. 68 W., at the Skagway pow^er station of the Arkansas 

Valley Railway, Light & Power Co., about 7 miles southeast of Victor.

Records available. January 1, 1905, to December 31, 1913.

Drainage area. 70 square miles.

Method of compiling records. Water used through power house is brought by 

pipe line from reservoir 3J miles upstream; quantity measured hourly by weir, 

and a quantity representing the gain or loss in the reservoir during the period is 

added or subtracted. To determine the natural flow of the stream the seepage 

through the dam is measured by weir and added to the total quantity thus 

obtained. This method takes no account of evaporation from the surface of the 

reservoir.

Diversions. Above the power reservoir are three reservoirs from which the town of 

Victor obtains its municipal supply. In the upper basin are four reservoirs from 

which water is diverted into Lake Moraine, and thence by natural channels to 

Colorado Springs, where it is used as municipal supply. Filings for these diversions from the basin 52 second-feet by ditch and 5 second-feet by pipe line have 

not yet been adjudicated. The town of Altman, for municipal supply, has also 

filed on five reservoir sites in the upper basin, having a combined capacity of 

2,300 acre-feet. Below the power plant there are adjudicated decrees for diversions of 57 second-feet from Beaver Creek, which is formed by East and West 

Beaver creeks. In addition there is an irrigation reservoir in operation which 

has a filing for 4,760 acre-feet.

Cooperation. Records are furnished through courtesy of Arkansas Valley Railway, 

Light & Power Co., and are said to be probably correct within 5 per cent.

Monthly discharge of West Beaver Creek near Victor, Colo.,for 1913.

Month.

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

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

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

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

Mean 

discharge in second-feet.

2.01

3.30

6.47

16.6

10.2

40 0

14.2

Run-off 

(total in 

acrefeet).

124

183

398

988

627

9 ?sn

873

Month.

Mean 

discharge 

in second-feet.

13.2

14.1

9.97

8.08

7.23

12.1

Run-off 

(total in 

acrefeet).

812

839

613

481

445

8,760

CANADIAN RIVER NEAR SANCHEZ, N. HEX.

Location. In sec. 8, T. 17 N., R. 24 E., 1 mile below the old Sanchez ruins, 2 milea 

north of Sanchez post office, 30 miles northwest of Bell Ranch post office; about 5 

miles south of the mouth of Mora River, and 1| miles below the mouth of Canyon 

Largo.
48 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART VH.

Records available! May 15, 1912, to December 31, 1913.

Drainage area. Not measured.

Gage. Automatic recording.

Control. Shifting.

Discharge measurements. Made by wading at low stages and from a cable during

medium stages. Flood stages are measured by applying Kutter's formula to the

slope and cross section. 

Winter flow. Slightly affected by ice.

Diversions. A large part of the flow is diverted for irrigation above the station. 

Accuracy. The extreme high-water estimates made June 11 to 17^ 1913, are based

on the slope and cross section of the stream at the various stages; results fair. 

Cooperation. Maintained in cooperation with the Red River Valley Co., Bell

Ranch, N. Mex.

Discharge measurements of Canadian River near Sanchez, N. Mex., in 1913.

Date.

Feb. 5

Mar. 28

May 2

24

Hydrographer.

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

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

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

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

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

1.66

1.10

1.26

1.78

4.02

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

52.7

6.4

11.5

66.0

687

Date.

July 18

Nov. 18

Hydrographer.

C. J. Emerson..........

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

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

J. E. Powers...........

height.

Feet. 

2.20

1.75

1.98

1.90

Discharge.

Sec.-ft 

72.9

OQ 7

60.0

4n i

Daily gage height, in feet, of Canadian River near Sanchez, N. Mex., for 1913. 

[Luther Hamilton, observer.]

Day.

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

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

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

5..............

6.............. 

7.............. 

8.............. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

21...'...........

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

30..............

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

Jan.

1.5

1.45

1.55 

1.5 

1.55

1.7 

1.65 

1.65 

1.65

1.65

1.65 

1.6

1.6

1.55 

1.6

1.6 

1.75 

1.7

1.6

1.55

1.45

1.55

1.55

1.5 

1.55

1.55

1.55 

1.45 

1.45

Feb.

"i.Y"

1.55

1.75 

1.7 

1.7 

1.75

1.75

1.85 

1.9

1.8

1.7

1.7

1.75 

1.8 

1.75

1.75

1 9

1.95

1.8

1.75

1.6 

1.5

1.55 

1.6 

1.7

Mar.

1.75

1.75

1.75 

1.7 

1.7

1.7 

1.7 

1.7 

1.7

1.65

1.65 

1.6

1.55

1.55 

1.5

1.5 

1.5

1.45

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4 

1.4

1.3 

1.2 

1.1 

1.1 

1.05

1.05

Apr.

1.05

1.1

1.1 

1.05 

1.0

1.0 

1.0 

1.0 

1.2

1.15

.1.15 

1.1

1.15

1.1 

1.1

1.1 

1.1 

1.1

1.1

1.1

9 n

1.8

1.9

1.9 

2.1

2.0 

1.85 

1.7 

1.55 

1.4

May.

1.2

1.25

1.25 

1.2 

1.15

1.1 

1.05 

1.15 

1.15

1.15

1.1

1.05

1.0

1.0 

1.0

1.0

1.05 

1.1

1.05

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0 

1.0

1.0 

1.0 

1.0 

1.0 

1.05

1.05

June.

1.05

1.05

1.35

1.75 

1.55

1.3

1.5 

2.0 

3.45

4.4

"(a)"

.......

"5."3"

5.8

5.4

5.0

4.4

4.2

4.0 

3.8

3.8 

3.7 

3.6 

3.6 

3.65

July.

3.6

3.25

3.05 

3.05 

3.0

3.05 

3.25 

3.3 

3.1

3.0

3.45 

3.25

3.05

2.8 

2.55

2.5 

2.5

2.4

2.4

2.7

3.15

2.75

2.6

2.8 

2.95

"2." 5" 

2.75

2.4

Aug.'

2.25

2.1

2.0 

1.85 

1.8

1.75 

1.75 

1.75 

1.75

1.75

1.75 

1.9

2.1

2.05 

2.05

2.05 

2.1 

2.3

1.95

1.9

1.9

2.1

2.8

'3.65 

3.1

2.8 

2.6 

2.45 

2.4 

2.25

2.15

Sept.

2.1

2.05

2.0 

2.0 

2.0

1.9

"i.'o"

1.95

1.95 

2.1

2.4

2.2 

1.9

1.9 

1.95 

1.95

1.9

1.9

1.85

1.85

1.8

"2." 2"

Oct.

2.6

64.0

"2.'5~" 

2.5 

2.5

2.4

2.4 

2.4

2.35

2.0 

2.05

2.05 

2.1 

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0 

2.0

2.0 

2.0 

2.0 

2.0 

2.0

2.0

Nov.

2.0

2.0

2.0 

2.0 

2.05

2.05 

2.0 

1.9 

1.85

1.8

1.8 

1.9

1.9

1.9 

1.9

1.9 

1.9 

1.9

1.95

2.0

2.0

2.0

1.9

1.9 

1.9

2.0 

2.0 

2.0 

2.05 

2.05

Dec.

2.05

2 A

2.0 

2.2 

,2.2

2.1 

2.0 

2.0 

2.15

2.2

2.2 

2.2

' 2.2

2.2 

2.1

2.0 

1.9

1.95

2.0

2

f\

2.05

2.0

2.0

2.0 

2.0

2.0 

2.0 

2.0 

2.0 

2.0

2.0

a Maximum gage height 25.0 feet. 

NOTE. Gage heights slightly affected by ice Jan. 5-20.

6 Maximum gage height 7.6 feet.
ABKANSAS EIVEE BASIN. 49 

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Canadian River near Sanchez, N. Mex., for 1913.

Day.

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

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

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

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

5.............

6............. 7....:........

8.............

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

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

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

12............. i<i

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

30.............

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

Jan.

33

28

39

33

39

39

39

39

39

10

39

39

3Q

39

39

3Q

39

39

39

39

28

39

39

33

39

39

39

28

2829'

30

Feb.

31

32

33

33

39

64

57

57

64

64

81

90

72

57

57

64

- 72

64

64

90

99

72

64

45

33

39

45

57

Mar.

64

64

64

57

57

57

57

57

57

51

51

45

39

39

33

33

33

28

24

24

24

24

24

24

24

18

12

6

6

4

4

Apr.

4

6

6

4

2

2

2

2

12

9

9

6

9

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

108

72

90

90

129

108

81

57

39

24

May.

12

15

15

12

9

6

4

9

9

9

6

4

2

2

2

2

4

6

4

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

4

4

June.

4

4

21

64

39

18

33

108

595

1,250

3,000.

032,000

50,000

R rtftn

3,000

2,100

1,800

1,810

2,460

1,930

1,480

940

800

680

580

580

530

485

485

508

July.

485

352

282

282

265

282

352

370

300

265

425

352

282

203

142

131

131

110

110

176

318

190

152

203

249

220

191

161

131

190

110

Aug.

84

62

50

33

28

24

24

24

24

94

24

38

62 '56

56

56

62

92

44

38

38

62

218

555

335

233

176

142

131

101

84

Sept.

76

69

62

62

62

50

50

50

50

56

56

76

131

92

50

50

56

56

50

50

44

44

38

38

38

38

38

38

38

92

Oct.

176

6740

620

500

380

260

152

152

152

131

120

120

110

56

62

62

69

69

69

69

50

50

50

50

50

50

50

50

50

50

50

Nov.

50

50

50

50

56

56

50

38

33

28

28

38

38

- 38

38

38

38

38

44

50

50

50

38

38

38

50

50

50

56

56

Dec.

56

50

50

76

76

62

50

50

69

76

76

76

76

76

62

50

38

44

50

50

50

50

50

50

50

50

50

50

50

50

50

Maximum discharge, 82,700 second-feet. 6 Maximum discharge, 5,810 second-feet.

NOTE. Daily discharge determined as follows: Jan. 1-4, Jan. 21 to June 10, June 24 to Aug. 22, Aug. 25 

to Oct. 10, and Oct. 21 to Dec. 31, from well-defined curves; Jan. 5-20, estimated because of ice; Junell-17, 

estimated by comparison with records of stations in this drainage basin and data collected for use with 

Kutter's formula; June 18-23, Aug. 23 and 24, Oct. 11-20, by indirect method for shifting channels; interpolated for days for which gage heights are missing.

Monthly discharge of Canadian River near Sanchez, N. Mex., for 1913.

Month.

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

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

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

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

The year. ...................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

39 

99 

64 

129 

15 

50,000 

485 

555 

131 

740 

56 

76

50,000

Minimum.

28 

31 

4 

2 

2 

4 

110 

24 

38 

50 

28 

38

2

Mean.'

36.4

58.5 

35.6 

30.4 

5.16 

3,780 

239 

96.1 

56.7 

149 

44.2 

57.1

378

Run-off 

(total in 

acre-feet).

2,240 

3,250 

2,190 

1,810 

317 

225,000 

14,700 

5,910 

3,370 

9,160 

2,630 

3,510

274,000

Accuracy.

C. 

C. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

D. 

C. 

B. 

C. 

C. 

C. 

C.

77982° WSP 357 15-
50 SUEFACE WATEE SUPPLY, 1913, PART vTL

CANADIAN RIVER AT LOGAN, N. MEX.

Location. In sec. 15, T. 13 N., E. 33 E., three-fourths of a mile above the railroad 

bridge, 1 mile south of Logan; 5 miles below the mouth of Ute Creek and about 

5 miles above the mouth of Arroyo Largo or Tucumcari Creek.

Records available.-June 29, 1904, to February 26, 1905; December 22, 1908, to 

December 31, 1913.

Drainage area. Approximately 12,000 square miles.

Gage. Automatic recording gage installed August 5, 1910, at a point three-fourths 

mile above bridge and referred to a datum different from that of gage previously 

used; original gage was a staff. On the reestablishment of the station in 1908 a 

gage was painted on one of the bridge piers and referred to a new' datum. This 

gage was used until August 5, 1910, when the present gage was installed. From 

June 12 to July 12, 1913, when the automatic gage was removed because of high 

water, a staff gage was read which was referred to the automatic gage datum. The 

automatic gage was reinstalled July 12, 1913.

Control. Shifting.

Discharge measurements. Flood measurements made by floats, owing to the 

great amount of drift carried in the stream. Measurements at ordinary stages 

made from a cable; low stage measurements made by wading.

Winter flow. Ice causes slight backwater during parts of the winter months.

Diversions. Some water is diverted from the headwater streams, as irrigation is 

carried on quite actively, but there are no diversions from the Canadian in the 

vicinity of this station.

Accuracy. Estimates of daily discharge during 1913 good except for the high-water 

period from June 11 to 16, which were made from the slope and cross section and 

are considered fair.

Discharge measurements of Canadian River at Logan, N. Mex., in 1913.

 Date.

Feb. 3..

Mar. 7..

26.

16.

Hydrographer.

.../.do.................

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

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

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

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

Gage 

height.

Feel. 

4.92

5.12

4 73

4

QK

4.12

5.70

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

14.3

30.5

2.8

28.8

o.l

2,110

Date.

July 19. .

30.

Nov. 20.

Hydrographer.

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

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

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

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

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

4.50

4.45

4.66

4.52

4.40

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

80.5

72.2

130

70.9

43.8

Estimated.
ARKANSAS EIVEB BASIN". 51

Dotty gage height, in feet, of Canadian River at Logon, N, Mex.,for 1913. 

[Samuel Run, observer.]

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..............

Jan.

.......

4.95

4.95

4.90

4.95

4.95

5.00

4.95

4.95

4.90

4.95

5.00

5.00 

5.00

4.95

5.00

5.05

5.20 

5.20

5.10

5.05

5.00

5.00

4.90

5.00

5.00

5.00

4.95

Feb.

4.90

4.90

4.90 

4.90

5.00

5.00

5.05

5.05

5,15

5.10

5.15

5.15

5.10

5.10

5.10

5.10 

5.10

5.15

5.20

5.20

5.20 

5.20

t\ 91

5.25

5.45

5.55

5.60

5 fin

.......

Mar.

5.55

5.45

5.35 

5.30

5.05

5.10

5.10

5.05

5.10

5.10

5.10

5.05

5.00

5.10

5.20

5.25 

5.25

1 on

5.25

5.10

5.05 

4.90

4.74

4.72

4.74

4.73

4.62

4 55

.......

Apr.

4.50

4.52

4.55

4.55

4.50

4.48

4.45

4.42

4.45

4.45

4.43

4.42

4.40

4.35

"Tso"

4.30

4.28

4.40

5.40 

5.80

6.65

6.75

6.75

6.70

6.60

6.20

5.30

4.90

May.

4.80

4.65

4.55 

4.45

4.35

4.30

4.35

4.32

4.35

4.32

4.80

5.15

4.82

4.70

4.50

4.40 

4.30

4.25

4.20

.......

4.11

4.84

4.60

4 4A

4.20

June.

""5."22"

6.11

6.19

5.95

5.81

6.34

6.82

6.43

«13.80

16.43

8.00

6.34

5.71 

5.50

7.00

7.00

6.10 

6.00

1 on

5.70

5.50

5.10

5.00

6.50

7.18

5.60

July.

5.90

5.60

5.30 

5.00

4.90

4.91

5.00

5.10

5.00

5.00

5.00

4.80

4.80

5.00

4.90

4.82 

4.76

4.70

4.63

5.70

5.42 

5.00

5.00

5.20

5.12

5.00

5.00

5.00

5.00

4.95

4.87

Aug.

4.78

4.67

4.56

.4.50

4.40

4.32

4.16

3.95

3.93

3.90

3.87

3.85

3.80

3.90

3.83

3.75 

3.71

3.75

4.22

4.38

4.48 

4.60

4.78

5.04

5.02

5.55

5.25

4.85

4.72

4.66

4.55

Sept.

4.95

4.72

4.76 

4.66

4.88

4.90

4.72

4.56

4.50

4.65

4.64

4.81

4.71

4.43

4.35

4.23

4.28

4.40

4.44

4.30

4.30 

4.22

4.12

4.15

4.15

4.10

4.15

4.32

4.50

4.50

Oct.

4.62

4.88

5.79 

5.41

5.42

4.90

4.80

4.80

4.75

4.70

4.70

4.72

4.70

4.62

4.58

4.55 

4.51

4.45

4.40

4.30

4.25 

4.25

4 30

4 on

4.24

4.22

4.21

4.20

4.20

4.20

4.20

Nov.

4.20

4.20

4.20 

4.20

4.20

4.20

4.25

4.25

4.20

4.20

4.20

4.20

4.21

4.29

4.29

4.34 

4.39

4 39

4.40

4.42

4.38 

4.36

4.34

4.32

4 30

4.25

4.22

4.23

4.24

4.30

Dec.

4.30

4.30

4.61 

4.71

4.70

4.70

4.73

4.60

4.40

4.21

4.19

4.18

4.12

4.07

4.02

4.21 

4.25

4 3ft

4.30

4.25

4.25 

4.20

4.20

4 22

4.21

4.19

4.21

4.32

4.31

4.21

4.20

a Maximum gage height, 20.0 feet.

NOTE. Gage heights affected by ice Jan 1-20 and Dec. 16-29; not read Jan 1-4; readings June 12 to July 

12 taken from a staff gage referred to datum of automatic gage.
52 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART VII.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Canadian River at Logan, N. Mex.,for 1913.

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............

11

Jan.

6

7

8

9

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

15

15

15

15

20

oc

39

QQ

29

25

21

21

15

21

21

21

I Q

Feb.

15

15

15

15

21

21

25

25

34

29

84

34

29

29

29

29

29

34

39

39

39

QQ

4*;

45

7PL

QQ

103

IAQ

Mar.

93

75 .

59

51

25

29

29

25

29

29

25

21ia

25

34

VA

Id.

39

OA

21

i ^

Q 0

3

0

2.9

3

0

2.9 i 9

.5

.0

.0

.0

Apr.

0.5

.7

1.0

1.0

.5

.8

.5

.4

.5

c

.8

.7

c

.0

.0

1.0

83

223

830

935

Qoe

QOC

830

cno

7E

oc

May.

18

10

6.5

3.5

1.5

1.0

1.5

1.2

1.5

1 9

18

51

10

12

5.0

3.5 i t;

1.0

.5

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.1

. OJ.

10

3.5

c

.0

June.

0

0

0

70

472

528

362

279

642

1,130

3,240

"34,500

56,500

6,700

3,070

2,120

1,820

2,800

6,700

6,700

1,230

1,110

990

780

610

QQrt

273

S

QAft

7,100

700

July.

990

690

465

273

223

228

273

330

273

273

273

173

173

273

223

183

157

133

112

780

550

273

273

395

Q4Q

273

273

971

273

248

208

Aug.

165

124

95

83

67

54

35

18

17

15

14

12

10

15

12

8.2

6.8

8.2

41

64

80

103

165

296

284

650

430

141

121

QQ

Sept.

248

141.

157

121

213

223

141

95

83

118

115

178

137

72

59

32

37

51

57

10

39

31

23

25

25

21

25

41

67

67

Oct.

87

165

771

472

479

173

133

133

118

103

103

109

103

87

80

75

69

59

51

39

29

29

34

34

28

27

26

25

25

25

25

Nov.

25

25

25

25

25

25

29

29

25

25

25

25

26

33

33

38

44

44

45

48

43

40

38

36

34

29

27

27

28

34

Dec.

39

39

85

106

103

103

112

83

51

30

28

27

23

19

16

35

39

45

45

39

39

34

34

36

35

33

35

47

46

35

34

a Maximum discharge, 97,000 second-feet.

NOTE. Daily discharge determined as follows: Jan. 1-20 and Dec. 16-29, estimated by means of climatologic reports, discharge measurements, and information furnished by gage reader; Jan. 21 to Mar. lot 

from fairly well-defined rating curve; Mar. 11 to June 10, June 18 to Dec. 15, and Dec. 30-31. by indirec, 

method for shifting channels; June 11-17, from high-water curve developed by means of Kutter's formula 

and discharge measurements.

Monthly discharge of Canadian River at Logan, N. Mex.,for 1913.

Month.

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

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

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

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

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

39 

103 

93 

935 

51 

56,500 

990 

650 

248 

771 

48 

112

56,500

Minimum.

6.0 

15 

.0 

.0 

.0 

.0 

112 

6.8 

21 

25 

25 

16

.0

Mean.

16.3 

38.6 

24.7 

179 

6.31 

4,870 

319 

110 

89.4 

120 

31.8 

47.6

483

Run-off 

(total in 

acre-feet).

1,000 

2,140 

1,520 

10,700 

388 

290,000 

19,600 

6,760 

5,320 

7,380 

1,890 

2,930

350,000

Accuracy.

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

D. 

C. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

C.

CHICORICA 1 CREEK NEAR RATON, N. MEX.

Location. In see. 28, T. 3D N., R. 24 E., at St. Louie, Rocky Mountain & Pacific 

Railway bridge, 10 miles southeast of Raton; above Raton and Una del Gato 

creeks.

1 Called Chico Rica Creek in previous reports.
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN. 53

Records available. July 29, 1910, to December 31, 1913.

Drainage area. Not measured.

Gage. Automatic recording.

Control. Shifting.

Discharge measurements. Made from a bridge during high water and by wading 

at ordinary stages.

Winter flow. Ice causes backwater during winter months.

Diversions. Greater part of the normal flow is diverted above the station for irrigation.

Floods. From June 9 to 14, 1913, a series of floods passed the station which at times 

filled the stream from bank to bank. For details see pages 76-78.

Accuracy. Results for 1913 fair.

Discharge measurements of Chicorica Creek near Raton, N. Mex., in 1913.

Date.

Mar. 13

Apr. 11

lefty 16

Hydrographer.

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

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

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

Gage 

height.

Feet.

1.50

1.40

11.20

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

oQ.2

o.5

o.4

66,120

Date.

Oct. 13

Nov. 13

Hydrographer.

J. E. Powers...........

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

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

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

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

2.38

1 00

1.00

1.02

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

106

0.8

o.7

0.6

o Estimated. & Computed from Kutter's formula.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Chicorica Creek near Rat/on, N. Mex., for 1913. 

[J. S. Tuyrnan and John Sherry, observers.]

Day.

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

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

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

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

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

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

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

n... .........

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

22.. ......_....

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

30.............. 

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

Jan.

.......

1.8

1.9

"i-Y

"9 n

9 f\

2.6

.......

2.5

Feb.

2.5

""2." 5"

9 1

.......

2.5

""2~5"

2.4

~9~ft"

2.6

.......

Mar.

2.6

"i'i"

2.4

.......

2.2

"i.'g"

1.7

"i.~7~"

.......

.......

1.9

1.25 

1.35

Apr.

1.40

..:....

1.50

1.46 

1.46

1.45 

1.45

1.43 

1.42 

1.43

1.45 

1.47

1.47

1

AQ

1.46

1.42

1.41- 

1.40

1.66 

1.92

1.88

1.73

May.

1.64

1.55

1.51

1.49

1.45

1.46.

1.47

1.44

1.43

1.45 

1.45

1.45 

1.45

1.45 

1.45

1.40 

1.60 

1.70

1.70 

1.70

1.69

1.68

1.68

1.60

1.59 

1.57

1.59 i us

1.56

1.59 

1.60

June.

1.59

1.60

02.19

1.69 

1.60

1.60

1.72

1.77

4.30

7.68 

8.44

69.09 

7.40

3.44 

2.26

2.10 

1.96 

1 7t;

1.75 

1.79

1.75

1.70

1.68

1.66

1.63 

1.60

1.60

1 AO

1.52

1.40

July.

1.32

1.27

1.20

1.18 

1.18

1.20

1.17

1.12

1.16

1.19 

1.19

1.20 

1.20

1.03 

.99

.98 

.97

QR

1.05 

1.08

1.05

1 ft9

1 14

1.34

1.15

.......

.......

Aug.

.......

.......

.......

.......

"i'.i5

1.85

1.50 

1.37

1.32

1 A9

' 1.46

1.32

1.30

.......

.......

Sept.

.......

1.35

1.13

.......

.......

1.15 

1.20

1.20

1.33

1.35

 * t OQ

1.30

1 *M\

I

nK

1.20

Oct.

1.82

1.50

1.41

1.32 

1.12

.......

"i.'oo"

1.00 

1 00

1.01 

1.02 

1.03

1.00 

1.00

1.00 1 00

1.00

1 00

.90 

on

.95

no

1.03

.98

Nov.

0.97

.97

.98

.98 

.98

07

.93

.94

.96

.98 

1.00

1.02 

1.03

1.03 

1.02

1.02 

1.02

I

rtQ

1.03 

1.04

1.03

1 ft9

1 n-t

1.07

1.04 

1.01

1.00 

1 00

1.01

1.01

Dec.

1.05

1.08

1.10

1.18 

1.20

1.20

1.55

1.55 

2.38

""i."85

""i."80

1.80 

- 1.82 

1.67

1.67 

1.72

9 rt9

9 (\f\

2.00

1 97

1.91 

1.91

9 flfl

2.01 

2.03

o Maximum gage height, 6.2 feet. & Maximum gage height, 11.2 feet. 

NOTE. Gage heights affected by ice Jan. 8 to Mar. 29 and Dec. 1-31. '
54 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART vn.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Chicorica Creek near Raton, N. Mex., for 1913.

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..................................

Apr.

0.3

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.5

.4

.4

.4

.4

'.4

.3

.4

.4

.4

.5

.4

.3

.3

.3

4.4

16

14

7.2

May.

3.6

1.2

.6

.5

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.3

2.0

6.0

6,0

6.0

5.6

5.2

5.2

2.0

1.8

1.6

1.8

1.7

1.4

1.8

O f)

June.

1.8

2.0

o32

5.6

2.0

2.0

6.8

8.8

645

2,800

3,450

64,020

2,620

332

89

67

' 52

32

32

35

32

29

28

26

24

22

22

23

18

12

July.

8.6

6.5

3.6

3.2

3.2

3.6

3.0

2.0

 2.8

3.4

3.4

3.6

1.0

.8

.7

.6

.6

1.2

1.4

1.2

1.0

2.4

9.5

2.6

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

Aug.

0.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

2.6

40

17

11

8.6

23

15

8.6

7.8

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

Sept.

0.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

9.9

2.2

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

2.6

3.6

3.6

9.1

9.9

12

7.8

7.8

5.7

Oct.

38

17

12

8.6

2.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.7

.7

.7

.7

.8

.8

.7

.7

.7

.7

.7

.4

.5

.4

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

Nov.

0.6

.6

.7

.7

.7

.6

.4

.4

.5

.5

.6

.6

.7

.7

.6

.6

.6

.7

.7

.7

' .7

.6

.7

.8

.7

.6

.5

.5

.6

.6

o Maximum discharge, 1,740 second-feet. & Maximum discharge, 6,100 second-feet.

NOTE. Discharge determined as follows: Apr. 1 to Oct. 5, from two fairly well defined curves; Oct. 13 

to Nov. 30, by indirect method for shifting channels.

Monthly discharge of Chicorica Creek near Raton, N. Mex., for 1913.

Month.

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

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

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

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

16 

6.0 

4,020 

9.5 

40 

12 

38 

.8

4,020

Minimum.

0.0 

.3 

1.8 

.0 

.0 

.0 

.0 

.4

.0

Mean.

o0.20 

o.20 

o.20 

1.60 

1.96 

482 

2.37 

4.31 

2.59 

2.90 

.62 

o.60

41.1

Run-ofl 

(total in 

acre-feet).

12 

11 

12 

95 

121 

28,700 

146 

265 

154 

178 

37 

37

29,800

Accuracy.

D. 

D. 

D. 

C. 

C. 

C. 

C. 

C. 

C. 

C. 

C. 

D.

Estimated by means of climatic records, information from observer, and discharge measurement.
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN. 55

UNA DEL GATO CREEK NEAR RATON, N. MEX.

Location. In sec. 13, T. 30 N., R. 25 E., about 2 miles northeast of Meloche's ranch, 

18 miles southeast or Raton, N. Mex. No important tributary enters within 

several miles. 

Records available. May 3,1910, to August 2,1913, when station was discontinued.

Drainage area. Not measured.

Gage. Automatic recording.

Control. Probably permanent.

Discharge measurements. Made by wading.

Winter flow. Ice causes backwater during parts of the winter months.

Regulation. A short distance above the station is a reservoir designed to hold the 

flood water for use in irrigation farther down valley.

Accuracy. Estimates of daily discharge for 1913 omitted because of lack of discharge 

measurements.

Cooperation. Gage heights furnished by Mr. A. J. Meloche, Raton, N. Mex.

Discharge measurements of Una del Gato Creek near Raton, N. Hex., in 1913.

Date.

Mar. 13

Apr. 11

Hydrographer.

...'..do....................................................................

Gage 

height.

Feet.

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. oO.l

6.2

o Estimated on account of ice. & Estimated.

Daily gage height, infect, of Una del Gato Creek near Raton, N. Mex., for 1913. 

[A. J. Meloche, observer.]

Day.

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

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

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

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

5............

6............

7............

8............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Apr.

.......

.......

.......

.......

"o.'eo"

.60

.60

.60

May.

0.60

.60

.60

.60

.60

.60

.60

.60

.60

.60

.60

.60

.60

.58

.58

June.

0.60

.60

.61

.60

.60

.61

.65

.75

.54

.53

.80

.64

.40

.40

.40

July.

0.60

.60

.66

.60

.60

.60

.60

.60

.60

.60

.60

.60

.60

.60

.60

Aug.

0.60

.60

........

........

........

........

........

........

........

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

30............ qi

Apr.

0.59

.58

.60

.55

.60

.56

.42

.43

.60

.60

.60

.60

.60

.60

May.

0.60

.60

.60

.51

.55

.59

.60

.60

.60

.60

.55

.......

.......

.......

.......

June.

0.40

.40

.80

1.06

.90

.90

.90

.85

.80

.75

.70

.65

.60

.60

.60

July.

0.60

.60

.60

.60

.60

.60

.60

.60

.60

.60

.60

.60

.60

.60

.60

,60

Aug.

.......

.......

.......

.......

.......

.......

NOTE. Gage not in operation Jan. 1 to Apr. 11, Apr. 18, and May 27-31.
56 SURFACE WATEH SUPPLY, 1913, PART VH.

CIMAEEON RIVEE AT UTE PAEK, N. MEX.

Location. In sec. 19, T. 27 N., R. 18 E., at highway bridge in Ute Park, half a mile

below mouth of Ute Creek.

Records* available. July 14, 1907, to December 31, 1913. 

Drainage area. 235 square miles (measured on land office map). 

Gage. Automatic recording; installed in September, 1909; datum same as that of

staff gage previously used. 

Control. Rough, somewhat shifting. 

Discharge measurements. Made from bridge during high water and by wading

at ordinary stages.

Winter flow. Backwater from ice during winter months. 

Diversions. Little water is diverted above station, but most of the normal flow is

diverted below. 

Accuracy. Conditions favorable for accurate results; estimates for 1913 good.

Discharge measurements of Cimarron River at Ute Park, N. Mex., in 1913.

Date.

Mar. 15"

Apr. 13

May 17

Hydrographer.

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

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

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

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

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

0.20

45

.40

.70

.58

Discharge.

Sec.Jt. 

8.8

7.9

14.4

50.3

33.1

Date.

June 16

July 15

Sept. 2

Oct. 15

Nov. 14

Hydrographer.

J. E. Powers...........

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

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

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

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

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

.70

.20

.32

M\

.40

Discharge.

Secfft. 

48.0

7.4

11.0

16.5

15.0

a Ice present.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Cimarron River at Ute Park, N. Hex., for 1913. 

[F. B. Strong, observer.]

Day.

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

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..............

Jan.

0.35

.20

.35

.30

""."46"

""."id."

""."36"

.40

.40

""36"

Feb.

0.40

.45

.40

.40

Oft

.30

"."46"

.30

.40

------

Mar.

0.40

.35

""."46"

""."38

.37 

.33

.33 

.34

00

.33

.38

.42 

.42 

44

.44 

.47

.48 

.52

.58 

.77

Apr.

0.93

1.08

96

.85

.83

1 no

1 08

.88

.85

""es"

71

.88 

9-7

1.02 

1.07

.97 

1.05 

1.03

1.01

1.02

.99

.85

QO

.78 

.82

.87 

.88 

.92

May.

0.92

QQ

.85

.77

.73

.72

.73

.72

.72 

.68

.68 

.71

.70

.68 

.67

.64 

.58

.57 

.56 

.55

.53

.52

.53

.45 

44

.44 

45

.48 

.46

.44 

44

June

0.44

.44

.44

.42

.42

.42

.49

.51

.54 

.55

.84 

.86

.75

.70 

.70

.66 

.62

.59 

.58 

.55

w

.46

.45 

.45

,-/kl »**

.43 

.42

.42 

.44

.42

July.

0.39

.38

.36

.35

.30

.29

.29

.32

.52 

.47

.35

Q4

.31

.26

99

.20 

.22

.23

.28 

.26

.20

.18

.27 

.36 

.24

.17

.......

Aug.

0.11

.11

.10

.09

.09

.08

.08

.09 

.10

.12 

.21

.22

.24 

.26

.21 

.21

.26 

.28 

.35

.27

.36

.39 

.34

QQ

.32 

.30

.29 

.36 

.34 

.34

Sept.

0.31

.30

.31

.31

.31

.30

.35

.36

.37 

.38

.40 

.39

.38

.40

.38

.42 

.39

.36 

.33 

30

Q1

.32

.49 

.50 

40

.40 

.40

.37 

.36 

.36

Oct.

0.45

.53

.46

.45

.45

.45

.43

.43

.43 

.41

.40 

.40

.40

.40 

.40

.40 

.41

.40 

.40

QQ

.40

.40

.40 

.40 

40

.40 

.41

.42 

.42 

.44

45

Nov.

0.45

44

.46

.47

.45

.43

.41

.40

.39

9Q

.38 

.40

.40

.40 

.40

.41

.42

.42 

.41 

.42

.39

.34

.32 

.32 

.35

.37 

.36

.33

.45 

.43

Dec.

O AO

<y\

<7o

.71

.45

.36

^n

QQ

.38

OQ

""."36

""."37

.33

""."si

""."35

""."36 

""."35

NOTE. Gage heights aflected by ice Jan. 1 to Mar. 16 and Dec. 2-31; average thickness of ice during January and February, 0.5 foot. Gage not read on days for which record is missing.
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN. 57 

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Cimarron River at Ute Park, N. Hex., for 1913.

Day.

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

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

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

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

5...........................

6...........................

7...........................

8...........................

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

30...........................

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

Mar.

8

8

8

9

9

10

10

10

12

12

12

12

14

14

14

14

10

10

11

10

10

14

17

17

19

10

21

22

26

33

61

Apr.

93

130

100

76

72

114

130

82

76

64

53

42

58

82

102

114

127

102

122

117

111

114

107

76

70

63

, 70

80

82

91

May.

91

84

76

61

u.

52

54

<V)

52

46

46

K.1

49

46

45

41

33

32si

on

27

26

27

20

19

. 19

20

22

20

1910

June.

19

19

19

17

17

17

23

9(5

28

30

74

78

58

49 "49

49

38

34

33

30

30

20

20

20

19

18

17

17

19

17

July.

14

14

12

12

8.0

7.5

7.5

9 A

36

31

19

18

15

12

8.7

7.0

8.0

8.7

12

11

7.0

6.0

12

19

9.4

5.0

4.6

4.2

3.8

3.4

3.0

Aug.

2.6

2.4

2.4

2.1

1.8

1.5

1.2

1.2

1.5

1.8

2.4

6.5

7.0

8.0

9 A

6.0

6.0

8.7

10

15

8.7

15

18

14

13

12

10

9.4

14

13

13

Sept.

10

9.4

10

10

10

9 A

13

14

14

IE

17

16

15

17

15

19

16

14

12

Q A.

1011

25

26

17

17

17

14

14

14

Oct.

21

30

22

21

21

21

20

20

20

18

17

17

' 1717

17

17

18

17

17

16

17

17

17

17

17

17

18

19

19

20

21

Nov.

20

20

21

22

20

19

17

16

15

15

14

15

15

15

15

16

17

17

. 16

17

14

11

9.4

9.4

12

13

12

10

20

18

NOTE. Daily discharge determined as follows: Mar. 1-16, estimated, because of ice, by means of climatologic reports and discharge measurements; Mar. 17 to July 8 and July 10-15, from well-deflned curves; 

July 9 and July 16 to Nov. 30, by indirect method for shifting channels; discharge interpolated for days 

for which gage heights aie missing.

Monthly discharge of Cimarron River at Ute Park, N. Mex. for 1913.

Month.

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

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

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

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

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

The year ....................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

61 

130 

91 

78 

36 

18 

26 

30 

22

130

Minimum.

8.0 

42 

19 

17 

3.0 

1.2 

9.4 

16 

9.4

1.2

Mean.

a9.0 

o8.0 

15.4 

90.7 

40.8 

29.9 

11.2 

7.66 

14.3 

18.8 

15.7 

ol2.0

22.7

Run-off 

(total in 

acre-feet).

553 

444 

947 

5,400 

2,510 

1,780 

689 

471 

851 

1,160 

934 

 738

16,500

Accuracy.

D. 

D. 

C. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

D.

a Estimated by means of informationf urnished by the observer, climatologic data, and discharge measurements.
58 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART VH. 

BAYADO RIVER NEAR CIMARRON, N. MEX.

Location. In sec. 23, T. 25 N., R. 17 E., just above the box canyon, 20 miles southwest of Cimarron; nearest tributary, Agua Fria Creek, enters one-fourth mile 

above. S </ tuJk* '7

Records available. May 8 to October 7, 1911; May 25 to Onlifeiia 10, 1913.

Drainage area. Not measured.

Gage. Vertical staff.

Control. Permanent.

Discharge measurements. Made by wading.

Winter flow. Winters severe, owing to high altitude; station maintained only during summer months.

Diversions. No diversions above station.

Accuracy. Discharge computed for 1911 and is here published with data for 1913. 

Results fair.

Cooperation. Station maintained in cooperation with Mr. George H. Webster, jr., 

Cimarron, N. Mex.

Discharge measurements of Rayado River near Cimarron N. Mex., in 1913.

Date.

July 18

Hydrographer.

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

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

0.90

.40

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

38.2

7.2

Daily gage height, in feet, of Rayado River near Cimarron, N. Mex., for 1913. 

[Valentine Shipley, observer.]

: Day.

1........

3........

4........

5........

6........

7........

8........

9........

10........

11........

12........

13........

14........

15........

r

May. June.

0.58

.58

.59

.60

.57

.58

.59

.65

.65

.70

3.00

1.65

1.25

1.15

1.05

July.

0.60

.58

.55

.55

.55

.55

.50

.50

.52

.55

KA

.45

.45

49

.40

Aug.

0.45

.42

.40

.40

.40

.42

.42

.42

.38

.40

.50

4t

.45

49

.40

Sept.

0.40

.40

.35

.40

.40

.40

.35

.35

.35

.38

Day.

16.......

17.......

18.......

19.......

20.......

21.......

22.......

23.......

24....... 25......:

9fi

97

28.......

90

30

31.......

May.

0.60.

.61

.62

.64

.60

.59

.59

June.

1.10

1.10

.90

........

July.

0.45

.42

.42

.58

.55

.50

4t

.45

.42

d(\

.40

.40

Aug.

0.32

.38

.35

.38

.48

.38

.70

.50

.42

.48

.48

.45

.45

.48

.48

.45

Sept.

n dn

.40

........
ARKANSAS EIVER BASIN. 59 

j, in second-feet, ofRayado River near Cimarron, N. Hex., for 1911 and 1918.

Day.

1911. 

1........

2........

3........

4

5........

6........

T.. ......

8........

9........

10........

11........

12........

13........

14

15........

Day.

1913. 

1.. ......

2........

3........

4........

5........

6........

7........

8........

9........

10........

11........

12........

13........

14........

15........

It

May.

-x26

26

24

22

20

18

18

15

[ay.

June.

20

14

14

14

11

11

11

11

11

9.6

8.9

8.9

8.9

8.9

7.0

June.

14

14

14

15

14

14

14

18

18

22

339

136

80

66

54

July.

59

59

54

5.4

5.4

12

14

9.6

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

Juls

15

14

12

12

12

12

10

10

11

12

10

8

8

7

6

Ai

8

f

f

7

p

f

f

f

f

f,

fi

ft

4

4

4

T t

1

1

0

2

ig-

,9

9

.1

0

9

4

4

,4

4

4

4

4

,8

8

.8

A

Sept

4.8

43

4 0

7.0

5.1

4.3

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

3.2

3.2

3.2

4.3

6.7

ug8.1

7.0

6.2

6.2

6.2

7.0

7.0

7.0

5.7

6.2

in

81

8.1

7.0

6.2

Oct.

4.0

5.0

5.0

8.1

106

86

86

Sept.

6.2

6.2

4.8

6.2

6.2

6.2

6.0

5.8

5.6

5.2

5.0

4.8

4.8

4.8

5.7

Day.

1911. 

16.......

17.......

18.......

19.......

20.......

21.......

22.......

23.......

24.......

25.......

26......

27.......

28.......

29.......

30.......

31.......

Day.

1913. 

16.......

17.......

18.......

19.......

20.......

21.......

22.......

23.......

24.......

25.......

26.......

27.......

28.......

29.......

30....... q-i

M

May

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

12

12

12

10

10

11

12

20

ay.

15

16

16

18

15

14

14

June.

7.0

7.0

8.9

7.0

8.1

8.9

8.9

7.0

5.9

5.4

5.4

5.4

5.4

5.4

5.4

June.

60

60

38

36

34

32

30

28

26

24

22

20

10

16

16

July.

8.1

8.1

7.0

7-0

8.9

14

8.9

7.0

14

11

9.6

8.9

8.9

26

11

9.6

July

8.

7.

7.

14

14

13

13

12

12

10

8.

8.

7.

6.

6

6.

A

1

1

0

0

1

1

0

f,

?:

f,

.ug.

4 8

4,8

0

5.9

4.8

4.8

6,2

9,2

7.3

5.9

5.4

4.8

5.4

5.4

5.4

4.8

Ai

?

1

Sep

4.

4.

4

3

3,

3.

2.

2.

2.

2.

2,

2.

3.

3.

3,

Jg4 0

5.7

4.8

5.7

9 2

5.7

2

0

7.0

9 2

9 2

8 1

8 1

9 2

9 2

8 1

t.

8

0

0

2

2

2

9

7

7

7

7

7

0

0

5

,

Get.

Sept.

6.2

6.2

NOTE. Dafly discharge determined as follows: May 31 to Oct. 7,1911, by indirect method for shifting 

channels; May 8-30,1911 and 1913, from a curve well denned between 15 and 70 second-feet; interpolated 

for days for which gage heights are missing.
60 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART VH.

Monthly discharge of Rayado River near Cimarron, N. Mex.,for 1911 and 1913.

Month.

1911. 

May 8-31... .......................................

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

October 1-7.. ......................................

The period. .................................

1913. 

May 25-31... ......................................

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

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

26 

20 

26 

10 

7.0 

106

18 

339 

15 

22 

6.2

Minimum.

10 

5.4 

5.4

4.8 

2.7 

4.0

14 

14 

6.2 

4.0

4.8

Mean.

16.2 

9.01 

9.05 

6.00 

3.81 

42.9

15.4 

43.1 

10.0 

7.79 

5.64

Run-off 

(total in 

acre-feet).

757 

536 

556 

369 

227 

596

3,040

214 

2,560 

615 

478 

190

4,060

Accuracy.

C. 

C. 

C. 

C. 

C. 

C.

B. 

C. 

C. 

B 

C.

RAYADO RIVER NEAR ABREU's RANCH, NEAR CIMARRON, N. MEX.

Location. Near sec. 29, T. 25 N., R. 18 E., 6 miles above Abreu's ranch house, at 

the mouth of the box canyon, 15 miles southwest of Cimarron.

Records available. May 4, 1911, to December 31, 1913. June 17, 1908, to May 5, 

1911, a station was maintained three-fourths miles above Abreu's ranch house. 

No streams enter between the two points, but it is possible that some of the flow 

is lost by sinking into the sand.

Drainage area. Not measured.

Gage. Automatic recording gage installed May 4, 1911; washed out by a severe 

flood June 10, 1913; reinstalled July 17, 1913, downstream from the old site and 

referred to a new datum; staff gage read June 17 to July 12, 1913.

Control. Shifts slightly.

Discharge measurements. Made by wading.

Winter flow. Ice causes some backwater during the winter months.

Diversions. None above station.

Accuracy. Estimates for 1913 fair.

Discharge measurements of Rayado River near Abreu's ranch, near Cimarron N. Mex., in

1913.

Date.

Feb. lo..

Mar. 16o

May 19..

Hydrograpeer.

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

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

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

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

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

0.50

.70

.80

1.25

1.10

Discharge.

Sec.-ft.

61.5

61.0

4.4

19.7

13.7

Date.

July 17..

Sept. 1..

Oct. 16..

Nov. 15.

Hydrographer.

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

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

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

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

height.

fed. 

c2.06

.70

.73

.65

.58

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

53.5

9.7

10.6

9.5

5.9

o Ice present. 6 Estimated. c Gage height determined with level. 

NOTE. Gage heights after June 17 are referred to a new datum.
ARKANSAS KIVEE BASIN. 61

J)aity gage height, in feet, of Rayado River near Abreu's ranch, near Cimarron, N. Mex.,

for 1918.

[A. J. Senseman, observer.]

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..............

Jan.

.......

1.08

.50

.60

""."76"

.70

....J..

Feb.

0.70

""."76"

""."so"

""."so"

:::::::

-------

Mar.

0.80

""."so"

.79 

.77 

.76 

.75

.75 

.75

.75

.77 

.78

.79

.80

:::::::

.82 

.95 

1.10

Apr.

1.13 

1.20

1.15

1.12

1.10

1.35 

1.25 

1.12

1.05

1.00

.95

.90 "L'so"

1 45

1.58 

1.55

1.46 

1.44 

1.40

1.38 

1.40 

1.36

1.20

1.08

1.10 

1.32

1.37

1.38 

1.35

May.

1.36 

1.32

1 OO

1.33

1 OO

1.32 

1.31 

1.31 i on

1.25

1 w

1.21 

1.20 

1.18 

1.16

1.16 

1.10

1.10 

1.00

1.10

1.10

1.10 

1.10

LIO

1.11 

1.05 

1.05

June.

1.05 

1.05

1.05

1.05

1.05

1.05 

1.03

;;;;;;;

" "i'oe"

1.50

1.18

1.08

July.

.......

0.90

.83

.71

""."TO"

.71 

.73 

.70

.69 

.99

89

on

.94

.90

.81

.78 

.71

fiQ

Aug.

0.69 

.76

.76

-.65

.61

.59 

.62 

.69

fiQ

.55

.52

.62 

.80 

.73

fiQ

.67 

.57

.57 

.66 

.71

.71 

.73

.81

.81

.79

.78

.79 

.80 

.75

Sept.

0.75 

.81

.82

.66

.65

.60 

.59

.57

.59

.55

.69

.65 

.57 

.51 

.50

.59

.68

.58 

.49 

.42

.41 

.40 

.57

.99

.88

.78 

79

.77

.72 

.69

Oct.

0.67 

.86

* .87

.79

.78

.74 

.71 

.70

.70

.70

.70

.69 

.70 

.70 

.69

.67 

.66

.65 

.63 

. .62

.60 

.59

.58

.59

.56

.51

.45

.51

.55 

.57 

.56

Nov.

0.56 

.56

.57

.55

.44

.58 

.57 

.57

.56

.57

.56

.54 

.56 

.57

.58

.49

.42

.40 

.39

.40

.40 

.31 

.26

.28

.29

.41 

.57

.59

.61 

.63

Dec.

0.64 

.64

.64

.64

.......

.......

.......

.......

.......

.......

NOTE. Gage heights Jan. 1 to June 7, refer to datum of automatic gage washed out June 10; June 17 to 

Dec. 31, to datum of automatic gage installed July 17. Gage heights affected by ice Jan. 1 to Mar. 22 and 

Nov. 26 to Dec. 31; staff gage read June 17 to July 12; average thickness of ice in January. 1.3 feet; February, 

1.4 feet; March, 1.0 foot.
62 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART VH.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Rayado River near Abreu's ranch, near CimarronT

N. Mex.JorlBlS.

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...........................

Ql

Mar.

-

4.4

4.6

8.0

14

Apr.

15

18

16

14

14

24

20

14

12

9.5

8.0

6.5

14

22

30

37

35

30

29

27

26

27915

18

1?

14

oq

26

26

24

May.

25

23

23

24

23

23

22

22

2220 -

19

18

18

17

16

16

14

14

9.5

10

11

12is

14

14

14

14

14

14

12

12

June.

12

12

12

12

12

12

11

11

10

80

80

80

65

54

53

52

51

50

45

40

35

31

29

28

26

24

22

July.

20

18

17

15

14

13

12

11

11

10

1-0

9.8

9.7

9.6

9.5

9.5

9.5

9.8

11

9.5

9.2

22

17

17

19

17

13

13

12

9.8

9.2

Aug.

9.2

12

12

7:9

6.6

6.1

6.9

9.2

9.2

5.2

45

6.9

13

11

9.2

8.5

5.6

5.6

8.2

9.8

9.8

11

13

13

13

13

12

13

13

13

11

Sept.

11

13

14

8.2

7.9

6.3

6.1

5.6

6.1

5.2

9.2

7.9

5.6

4.3

4.1

6.1

8.9

5.9

3.9

2.8

2.7

2.5

5.6

22

16

12

13

12

10

9.2

Oct.

8.5

15

16

13

12

11

10

9.8

10

10

11

10

11

11

11

10

9.8

9.5

8.5

8.2

7.3

6.9

6.3

6.6

5.6

4.5

3.3

4.3

5.2

5.6

5.4

Nov.

5.4

5.4

5.6

5.2

3.1

5.9

5.6

5.6

5.4

5.6

5.4

5.0

5.4

5.6

5.9

3.9

2.8

2.5

2.4

2.5

2.5

1.4

1.0

1.1

1.2

1.5

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

NOTE. Daily discharge determined as follows: Mar. 29 to June 7, June 17 to Oct. 6, and Oct. 27 to Nov. 

25, from two well-defined curves; Oct. 7-26, by indirect method for shifting channels; Nov. 26-30, estimated 

from climatologio reports and discharge measurements. Discharge for days for which gage heights are 

missing interpolated or estimated from information furnished by gage reader and hydrographer. Data for 

estimates June 10-12 lacking.

Monthly discharge of Rayado River near Abreu's ranch, near Cimarron, N. Hex., for 1913.

Month.

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

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

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

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

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

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

37 

25 

22 

 13 

22 

16 

5.9

Minimum.

6.5 

9.5 

9.2 

4.5 

2.5 

3.3 

1.0

Mean.

02 

04 

04 

20.6 

16.9 

12.8 

9.72 

8.24 

8.91 

3.70 

«3

Run-off 

(total in 

acre-feet).

123 

222 

246 

1,230 

1,040 

787 

598 

490 

548 

220 

184

Accuracy.

D. 

D. 

C. 

B. 

B. 

C. 

B. 

B. 

C. 

C. 

D.

a Estimated by means of discharge measurements, climatologic records, and information furnished by 

the hydrographer.

RAYADO RIVER BELOW ABREU'S RANCH, NEAR CIMARRON, N. MEX.

Location. In sec. 28, T. 25 N., R. 19 E., 12 miles south of Cimarron, half a mile 

east of Abreu's ranch house, a quarter of a mile above the headgate of the ditch 

of the Farmers' Development Co.

Records available. September 10, 1912, to September 4, 1913, when station was 

discontinued.
ARKANSAS KIVEK BASIN. 63

Drainage area. Not measured. 

Gage. Automatic recording. 

Control. Shifting.

Discharge measurements. Made by wading. 

Winter flow. Affected by ice.

Diversions. Water is diverted above station for irrigation. 

Accuracy. Estimates for 1913 fair. t * 

Cooperation. Maintained in cooperation with the Rayado Colonization Co., Cimarron, N. Mex.

Discharge measurements of Rayado River below Abreu's ranch, near Cimarron, N. Mex.,

in 1913.

Date.

Feb. 1

Mar. 16

Apr. 14

Hydrographer.

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

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

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

height.

Feet. 

1.30

1.40

1.41

1.50

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

4.1

5.9

6.6

13.6

Date.

May 19

July 17

Hydrographer.

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

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

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

Gage

Feet. 

1.30

1.86

.82

1.06

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

4.4

54.6

6.7

4.7

Ice present. & Estimated.

Daily gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, of Rayado River below Abreu's 

ranch, near Cimarron, N. Mex., for 1913.

[Stanley Browning, observer.]

Day.

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

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

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

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

W ,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

30.............. 

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

January.

Gage 

height.

1.70 

1.60

1.45 

1.45 

1.60

1.60 

1.65

1.70 

1.60 

1.50 

1.45 

1.45

1.40 

1.40 

1.30

1.25 

1.24

1.24

1.25 

1.22

1.27 

1.35

1.28 

1.27 

1.26 

1.26

1.24

1.28

Discharge.

2.0 

2.5 

2.5 

3.0 

3.5

4.1 

4.1 

3.5

3.5 

3.5

3.5 

3.5 

3.5 

3.0 

3.0

3.0 

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.5

2.5

2.7 

2.2

3.0

4.8

3.2 

3.0 

2.9 

2.9

2.5 

3.2

February.

Gage 

height.

1.38 

1.35 

1.27 

1.43 

1.35

1.32 

'1.35

.......

.......

.......

.......

1.40 

1.45

1.45 

1.45

1.50 

1.50 

1.50

.......

Discharge.

5.5

4.8 

3.0

7.2 

4.8

4.0

4.8

.......

.......

.......

.......

6.0 

8.0

8.0 

8.0

10 

10 

10

.......

March.

Gage 

height.

1.40

1.25 

1.20

1.25

1.25 

1.25 

1.30 

1.35 

1.40

1.40 

1.40 

1.40 

1.40 

1.40 

1.35 

1.30 

1.30

1.30 

1.30

1.25 

1.30 

1.35 

1.35 

1.40

Discharge.

6.0 

5.5

5.0

4.5

4.0 

3.5

3.0

2.7 

1.9

2.7

2.7 

2.7 

3.5 

4.8 

6.0

6.0 

6.0 

6.0 

6.0 

6.0

4.8 

3.5 

3.5

3.5 

3.5

2.7 

3.5 

4.8 

4.8 

6.0 

6.0

April.

Gage 

height.

i.50

.......

1.50 "i.'so"

"i'.76 

1.60

1.60 

1.65

1.55

1.65 

1.60 

1.65 

1.65

1.70

Discharge.

7.0 

8.0

9.0

10 

12

33 

30 

27 

24 

20

16 

13 

13 

13 

20

27 

33 

39 

22 

22 '22 

27 

24 

21 

18

27 

22 

27 

27 

32

May.

height.

1.70

1.30 

1.25 

1.24 

1.26 

1.32 

1.35 

1.30

1.25 

1.20 

1.20 

1.22 

1.26 

1.30

Discharge.

32 

30 

29 

28 

26

24 

23 

22 

20 

18

17 

15 

14 

12 

10

8.8 

7.4 

6.0 

4.6 

3.6

3.5

3.8 

5.3 

6.4 

4.6

3.6 

2.7 

2.7 

3.1 

3.8 

4.6

June.

height.

1.34 

1.38

1.42 

1.48 

1.50

1.50 

1.54 

1.58 

1.62

1.90 

1.86 

1.79 

1.74 

1.66

1.64 

1.68 

1.58 

1.46 

1.46

1.42 

1.40 

1.39 

1.38 

1.36

Discharge.

6.0 

' 7.4 

9.3 

13 

14

14 

17 

20

24

62 

56 

45 

38 

28

26 

30 

20 

12 

12

9.3

8.1 

7.8 

7.4 

6.7

NOTE. Gage heights afEected by ice Jan. 4-18; gage not in operation on days for which records are

Daily discharge determined as follows: Jan. 4-18, estimated, on account of ice, by means of discharge 

measurements and information furnished by the gage reader; Jan. 19 to Mar. 31 and Apr. 14 to June 30, 

from poorly defined rating curves: Apr. 1-13, by indirect method for shifting channels. No data for 

estimates June 11-15. Discharges for days for which gage heights are missing interpolated or estimated

from information furnished by gage reader.
64 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART VII.

Monthly discharge of Rayado River below Abreu's ranch, near Cimarron, N. Mex.,for 1913.

Month.

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

MarrVh __._...

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

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

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

4.8 

10 

6.0 

39

32

Minimum

2.0

1.9 

7.0 

2.7

Mean.

3.07

4.36 

21.5

12.7

Run-off 

(total in 

acre-feet).

189

278 

268 

1,280 

781

2,800

Accuracy.

ppppp

a Estimated. 

URRACA CREEK NEAR CIMARRON, N. MEX.

Location. Near sec. 35, T. 26 N., R. 18 E., 8 miles southwest of Cimarron, 5 miles

upstream from Urraca ranch, at proposed reservoir site. 

Records available. November 25, 1912, to December 31, 1913. 

Drainage area. 6.3 square miles (private survey" 

Gage. Automatic recording. 

Control. Fairly permanent. 

Discharge measurements. Made by wading. 

Winter flow. Affected by ice. 

Diversions. No diversions above station. 

Accuracy. Estimates fair. 

Cooperation. Maintained in cooperation with Mr. George H. Webster, jr., Cimarron,

N. Mex.

Discharge measurements of Urraca Creek near Cimarron, N. Mex., in 1913.

Date.

Jan. 7...

Feb. 2...

Mar. 17.. 

Apr. 13..

May 20..

Hydrographer.

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

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

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

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

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

1.00

1.00

1.00 

1.54

1.19

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

a 0.5

o.3

.8 

3.6

1.6

Date.

June 18.

July 19.

Sept. 3. 

Oct. 16.

Hydrographer.

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

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

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

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

1.12

.60

.70 

.62

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

9.3 6.8

1.3 

.7

a Estimated on account of ice. b Estimated.
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN. 65

Daily gage height, in feet, of Urraca Creek near Cimarron, N. Hex., for 1913. 

[F. H. Brinkhaus, observer.]

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..............

Jan.

1.00

1.00 1 A. noUU

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1 00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1 00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Feb.

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

LOO

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00 i nn

1.04

1.17

1.16

1.16

1.16

1.15

1.16

1.16

1.17

1.18

Mar.

1.18

1.19

1.08

1.10

1.19

1.24

1.26

1.38

1.31

1.11

1.07

1.08

1.12

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.13

1.06

1.05

1.05

1.20

1.10

1.05

1.05

1.05

1.10

1.15

1.20

1.17

1.20

1.26

Apr.

1.49

1.57

1.65

1.66

1.67

1.73

1.75

1.75

1.55

1.40

1.37

1.59

1.54

1.54

1.54

1.54

1.52

1.59

1.52

1.38

1.49

1.48

1 i. tft U

1.57

1.59

1.60

1.58

1.55

1.52

1.49

May.

1.51

1.55

1 54

L53

1.52

1.51

1.39

1.38

1.37

1.36

1.35

1.34

1.33

1.33

1.31

1.30

1.29

1.28

< 1.22

1.20

1.21

1.24

1 "X! 1. £td

1.21

1.18

1.16

1.13

1.12

1.13

1.14

1.15

June.

1.15

1.15

1.16

1.16

1.16

1.19

1.20

1.20

1.67

« 1.84

1.99

1.53

1.37

1.24

1.11

.97

1.02

1.11

1.02

.97

.95

.94

.94

.93

.92

.90

.87

.87

.84

.79

July.

0.77

.72

.72

.74

.77

.75

.72

.76

.62

.61

.61

.61

.57

.54

.52

.52

.57

.61

.81

.83

.74

.80

.84

.90

.80

.78

.73

.71

.71

.60

.60

Aug.

0.60

.60

.60

.55

.50

.50

.50

.50

.50

.50

.60

.60

.59

~".~9i"

1.13

1.33

1.35

1.00

Sept.

..

6.70

.73

.75

.......

.......

.......

.......

.......

"".'55",

.55

.60

60

!55

.70

.72

.70

.70

.75

.70

.67

.71

Oct.

0.80

.75

.71

.70

.70

""."65"

.69

.69

.69

.68

.65

.62

.52

.62

.65

.67

.69

.69

.68

.68

.68

.68

.68

.68

"".&>'

.60

.61

.61

Nov.

0.61

.61

.60

.60 ieo

.60

.60

.60

.60

.60

.60

.60

.60

.61

.62

.61

.60

.60

.60

.62

.65

.67

.67

.66

.64

.62

.63

.65

.67

.66

Dec.

....

"0.70

.70

.71

.71

... ....

.......

.64

.64

.64

.64

.64

.64

.64

.64

.64

.65

.65

.66

.66

.66

.70

.74

.75 .'75

.71

.69

.67

.65

a Maximum gage height, 5.1 feet.

NOTE. Gage heights affected by ice Jan. 1 to Feb. 18 and Dec. 3 to 31. Gage out of order on days for 

which gage heights are missing.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Urraca Creek near Cimarron, N. Hex., for 1912-13.

Day.

1912. 

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

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

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

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

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

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

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

Nov. Dec.

1 4

9

1 0

v 9

Q

Q

9

9

9

8

Day.

1912. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nov. Dec.

0.8

.7

.7

.7

.7

.7

.7

.7

.7

.7

Day.

1912. 

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

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

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

24

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

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

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

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

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

30

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

Nov.

n Q

1.3

1.1

.9

1.1

1.3

Dec.

0.5

.5

.5

.5

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.5

77982° WSP 357 15-
66 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART VII.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Urraca Creek near Cimarrort, N. Mex., for 1912-13 

Continued.

Day.

1913. 

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...................

Feb.

0.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.5

.5

.5

.5

.5

.7

.7

.7

.7

.7

.8

.8

.8

1.0

1.6

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.4

1.5

1.5

1.6

1.6

Mar.

1.6

1.6

1.1

1.2

1.6

1.9

2.0

2.7

2.3

1.2

1.1

1.1

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.4

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.7

1.2

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.2

1.4

1.7

1.6

1.7

2

n

Apr.

3.3

3.9

4.4

4.5

4.6

4.8

5.2

5.2

3.8

2.8

2.6

4.0

3.7

3.7

3.7

3.7

3.5

4.0

3.5

2.7

3.3

3.3

3.7

3.9

4.0

4.1

4.0

3.8

3.5

3.3

May.

3.5

3.8

3.7

3.6

3.5

3.5

2.7

2.7

2.6

2.6

2.5

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.3

2.2

2.2

2.1

1.8

1.7

1.8

1.9

1.8

1.8

1.6

1.5

1.4

1.3

1.4

1.4

1.4

June.

1.4

1.4

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.6

1.7

1.7

7.7

15

26

15

12

10

9.2

7.8

8.3

9.2

8.3

7.8

6.7

6.6

6.6

6.5

6.5

5.5

5.3

5.3

5.1

4.7

July.

3.9

3.5

3.5

3.7

3.9

3.1

2.9

3.2

2.3

2.3

1.8

1.8

1.6

1.4

1.3

.9

1.1

.8

1.8

1.8

1.4

1.7

1.9

2.2

1.7

1.6

1.4

1.2

1.2

.8

.8

Aug.

0.8

.8

.8

.5

.5

.5

.5

.5

.5

.5

.6

.7

.8

.8

.8

.8

.8

.8

1.0

2.3

3.6

5.0

5.2

4.6

4.0

3.4

2.8

2.6

2.4

2.2

2.0

Sept.

1.8

1.6

1.3

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.3

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.1

1.1

1.0

1.0

.8

.8

.6

.6

.6

.8

.8

.6

1.2

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.4

1.2

1.1

1.2

Oct.

1.4

1.2

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

.8

.8

1.0

1.0

1.0

.9

.8

.7

.7

.7

.8

.9

1.0

1.0

.9

.9

.9

.9

.9

.9

.8

.6

.6

.7

.7

Nov.

0 7

7

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

7

7

7

6

6

6

7

8

9

9

8

' 8

7

7

8

9

8

NOTE. Daily discharge determined as follows: Nov. 25 to Dec. 3 and Dec. 6-9,1912, by indirect method 

for shifting channels; Dec. 4, 5,10-31,1912, and Feb. 1-18,1913, estimated, on account of ice, by means of 

discharge measurements and information furnished by the gage reader; Feb. 19 to June 8 and June 12-_18, 

1913, from po9rty defined curves; June 9-11 and June 19 to Nov. 30,1913, by indirect method for shifting 

channels. Discharge interpolated for days for which gage heights are missing.

Monthly discharge of Urraca Creek near Cimarron, N. Mex.,for 1912-13.

Month.

1912. 

November 25-30 ...................................

December........ . .

The period.... ..............................

1913.

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

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

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

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

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

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

1.3 

1.4

i.6 

2.7 

5.2 

3.8 

26 

3.9 

5.2 

1.8 

1.4 

.9

26

Minimum.

0.9 

.5

1.0 

2.7 

1.3 

1.4 

.8 

.5 

.6 

.6 

.6

Mean.

1.10 

.73

a 0.40 

.88 

1.43 

3.82 

2.31 

6.91 

2.02 

1.71 

1.12 

.89 

.69 

a. 60

1.89

Run-off 

(total in 

acre-feet).

13

45

58

25 

49 

88 

227 

142 

411 

124 

105 

67 

55 

41 

37

1,370

Accuracy.

B. 

C.

D. 

D. 

C. 

C. 

C. 

C. 

C. 

C. 

C. 

C. 

C. 

D.

a Estimated by means of discharge measurements, climatologic records, and information furnished by 

the observer.
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN. 67

PAJARITO CREEK BELOW VIGIL CREEK, NEAR HANLEY, N. MEX.

Location. In sec. 21, T. 11 N., R. 29 E., 2 miles below mouth of Vigil Creek, about 

1 mile above mouth of Alamo Draw, 9 miles west of Tucumcari, and 3 miles northeast of Hanley, the nearest post office.

Records available. May 21, 1912, to December 5, 1913, when station was discontinued. From August 30,1911, to May 20, 1912, a station was maintained above 

the mouth of Vigil Creek.

Drainage area. About 350 square miles

Gage. Automatic recording.

Control. Shifting.

Discharge measurements. Made by wading or from cable.

Winter flo-w. No data.

Diversions. Very little water diverted above station.

Cooperation. Gage heights furnished by Mr. V. W. Moore, Tucumcari, N. Mex. 

Flow of stream erratic; data insufficient for estimates of daily discharge.

Discharge measurements of Pajarito Creek below Vigil Creek, near Hanley, N. Met., in

1913.

Date.

Mar. 6..

Hydrographer.

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

height.

Feet.

3.35

Discharge.

. Sec.-ft. 

0.0

25.9

Date.

June 18 .

Aug. 2..

Hydrographer.

C. J. Emerson.........

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

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

1.80

1.45

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

0.0

.0

Daily gage height, in feet, of Pajarito Creek below Vigil Creek, near Hanley, N. Mex., for

1913. 

[Theo. Martinez, observer.]

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...........................

Apr.

2.03 

<*6.71

6.78

6.00

4.59

3.50

2.28

........

May.

........

........

2.15

2.05 

2.13

2.50

3.05

June.

2.55

2.55

2.56

2.92

63.75

2 QQ

2.99

c4.83

3.22

2.71

5.02

5.70

5.50

5.50

5.48

q 1*7

2.65

3.63 

2.96

2.72

2.57

2.42

2.30 

2.20

"/3."67~

4.17

July.

2.72

2.53

2.45

2.38

2.31

........

1.65

1.95 

1.85

1.75

1.75 

1.75

1.50

Aug.

2.74

2.25

2.10

2.10

2.74

2.57

2.36

2.21

2.15

2

1*7

2.45

2.58

2.51

2.90 

2.60

2.50

2.42

2 Af\

«4.28

0 QQ

2.73

2.50 

2.38

Sept.

3.82

4.40

4.20

2.97

2.70

3.61

3 46

3.76

3.30

2.70

2.30

2.24

2 99

2.19

........

--------

........

Oct.

........

........

........

Nov.

3 OQ

3.39

3.32 

3.29

3.22

3.15

3.15

3.15 

s 14

3.12

3.12 

3.15

3.31

Dec.

a4.52

4.46

3.82

3.52

3.59

........

........

........

a Maximum gage height, 6.2 feet. 

& Maximum gage height, 5.35 feet. 

c Maximum gage height, 8.85 feet.

d Maximum gage height, 7.1 feet. 

< Maximum gage height, 7.05 feet. 

/ Maximum gage height, 9.2 feet.

NOTE. No flow to creek on days for which gage heights are missing between Jan. 1 and Dec. 5.
68 SURFACE WATEE SUPPLY, 1913, PAET VII.

UTE CEEEK NEAE LOGAN, N. MEX.

Location. In the northeastern corner of T. 13 N., R. 32 E., 4 miles above the mouth 

of TJte Creek. No important tributaries enter within several miles.

Records available. August 12,1904, to June 30,1906; April 13, 1909, to December 

31, 1913.

Drainage area. Not measured.

Gage. Automatic recording. Installed August 1, 1911, to replace original staff gage 

used since 1904. Datum of recording gage different from that of staff gage.

Channel. Shifting.

Discharge measurements. Made by wading at low stages and from cable at ordinary stages. Estimates of flood discharge made by slope measurements and 

Kutter's formula.

Winter flow. Little backwater from ice during winter months.

Diversions. A small amount of water is diverted above the station for irrigation. 

Estimates withheld for additional data.

Discharge measurements of Ute Creek near Logan, N. Hex., in 1913.

Date.

Mar. 7

Hydrographer.

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

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

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

0.60

1.38

.80

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. o0.2

37.6

.0

a Estimated.

Daily gage height, infect, of Ute Creek near Logan, N. Hex., for 1913. 

[ Samuel Run, observer.]

Day.

1. .........

2..........

5..........

6..........

7..........

10..........

11..........

12.......... 

1s

14..........

15..........

16..........

17..........

18..........

19..........

20..........

91

22..........

23..........

24..........

25..........

26.......... 

27..........

28..........

29..........

30..........

31..........

Feb.

........

........

0.60

.67

.68

.68

.67 

66

.60

.70 

.75

.77

Mar.

0.75

.75 

.72

60

60

.61

.65

.64

.65

.66 

.67

.60

fid

.63

.64

.65

.65

.67

.68

........

Apr.

........

«1.77

1.40

1.62

1 49

1.32

1.15 

1.00

May.

........

'Vi.~46~

.82

.88

June.

0.81

1.91

2.46

cl.56

1.20

.88

.82

1.05

(Z2.19 

2.68

1.51

1.30

1.44

1.33

1.39

«3.02

1.90

1.44

1.41

1.35 

1.20

1.10

.97 

.89

.87

.85

.85

July.

........

0.97

1.54

1.37

1.26 

/2.66

2.28

1.73 

1.70

1.70

1.55

1.11

1.05

Aug.

1.02

1.00 

.90

........

.99

1.66

1.33

1.12

........

........

Sept.

........

1.56

1.34

1.21

........

........

Oct.

1.46 

1.25

........

........

Nov.

........

0 91

.91 

.91

.93

94

.89

.89

OK

.95

.95

<K

.95

.95 

on

OK

.95

.95

.95

.95

.95

Dec.

0 94

.54

1.55

9 (Y)

1.71 1 54

1.41

1 ^

1 "31

1.29

1.23

1 91

1 91

1 91

1 91

1.20

1.20

1.20

1.20

1.20

1.20

1.20

1 orb

1.20

1.20 

1.20

1.20

1.20

1.20

1.20

o Maximum gage height, 3.0 feet. 

6 Maximum gage height, 3.15 feet, 

c Maximum gage height, 3.6 feet.

d Maximum gage height, 4.6 feet. 

e Maximum gage height, 5.7 feet. 

/ Maximum gage height, 4.9 feet.

NOTE. Gage heights affected by ice Dec. 17-31; no flow in stream on days of missing gage heights.
SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART VII; 69

YAZOO RIVER BASIN. 

TALLAHATCHIE RIVER AT PHILIPP, MISS.

Location. At the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad bridge at PMlipp, MSB.

Records available. September 6, 1908, to June 30, 1913.

Drainage area. Not measured.

Gage. Vertical timber attached to upstream end of a bridge pier; datum is sea level.

Channel and control. The channel is considered fairly permanent, but backwater

from the Mississippi causes the control to vary considerably. 

Discharge measurements. Made from the railroad bridge.

Floods. Flood of April 28,1911, reached gage height of 138.6 feet by the gage datum. 

Winter flow. Not affected by ice. 

Regulation. None. 

Accuracy. Discharge relation probably affected by backwater from cofferdams used

by the railroad company in constructing a new bridge. For this reason discharge

has not been estimated.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Tallahatchie River at Philipp, Miss., for 1913. 

[A. Y. Young, observer.]

Day.

1

2

3

4

5.. ..

6.....

7.. ..

8.. ..

9.. ..

10.. ..

11.. ..

12.. ..

13.....

14.....

15.....

Jan.

124.5

124.7

124.9

125.2

125.4

125.5

125.7

126.4

126.9

127.2

128.1

129.0

130.0

131.0

131.7

Feb.

138.2

138.2

138.2

138.2

138.2

138.2

138.2

138.1

138.1

138.0

138.0

138.0

137.9

137.8

137.7

Mar.

136.8

136.8

136.8

136.8

136.8

136.8

136.8

136.8

136.8

136.7

136.6

136.5

136.5

136.5

136.5

Apr.

136.4

136.5

136.6

137.0

137.1

137.3

137.4

137.5

137.6

137.7

137.8

137. 8

137.8

137.8

137.7

May.

-136. 2

136.0

135.7

135.4

135.0

134.7

134.2

133.7

133.1

132.3

131.3

130.3

128.8

127.0

125.4

June.

122.0

121.8

121.3

120.3

119.4

118.3

117.7

117.3

117.4

118.2

118.2

117.7

117.3

117.2

117.1

Day.

16. ...

17. ...

18. ...

19. ...

20. ...

21. ...

22. ...

23. ...

24. ...

25. ...

26.....

27.....

28.....

29.....

30.....

31

Jan.

132.2

132.8

133.7

134.3

134.6

135.5

135.9

136.2

136.7

137.0

137.2

137.6

137.7

137.8

138.0

131.8

Feb.

137.7

137.6

137.5

137.4

137.3

137.2

137.1

137.0

136.8

136.6

136.7

136.8

136.8

.......

Mar.

136.5

136.5

136.5

136.5

136.5

136.5

136.4

136.4

136.4

136.3

136.3

136.3

136.3

136.3

136.4

136.4

Apr.

137.6

137.6

137.6

137.5

137.4

137.4

137.2

137.2

137.1

137.1

137.0

136.8

136.7

136.6

136.4

May.

123.8

122.9

121.9

121.2

120.5

119.9

119.5

119.6

120.2

120.6

121.0

121.5

121.8

122.0

122.2

122.2

June.

117.0

116.4

116.0

115.5

115.3

115.1

115.1

115.1

115.2

115.3

115.4

115.5

114.4

114.3

114.8

YAZOO RIVER AT GREENWOOD, MISS.

Location. At highway bridge in city of Greenwood, about 1 mile below mouth of 

Yalobusha River.

Records available. January 1, 1908, to December 31, 1912; April 6 to June 30, 

1913. Gage heights prior to July 15, 1908, when station was established, from 

United States Weather Bureau, whose records began November 1, 1904.

Drainage area. Not measured.

G-age. Standard chain gage attached to highway bridge; datum, sea level; datum 

of United States Weather Bureau gage, 92.5 feet above sea level.

Channel and control. The channel is considered practically permanent but backwater from the Mississippi causes the control to vary considerably.

Discharge measurements. Made from downstream side of highway bridge.

Moods. Flood of May 2, 1911, reached a height of 128.9 feet referred to gage datum; 

that of April 7, 1912, 130.7 feet.

Winter flow. Not affected by ice.

Regulation. None.
70 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART VII.

Accuracy. Gage heights affected by backwater from Mississippi River; comparison 

of monthly means, computed in ordinary way from a mean rating curve, and also 

by correcting for slope, indicate that the percentage of difference is very slight. 

Results for individual days show considerable variation but monthly means are 

apparently compensating; estimates as published are computed from a mean rating

curve.

Daily gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, of Yazoo River at Greenwood,

Miss., for 1913.

[F. A. Maas, observer.]

Day.

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

4. ................. .............-....-.--..--..-

5.......... .................................... -

6...............................................

7...............................................

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

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

19

10

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

30...............................................

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

April.

height.

124.0 

124.0 

124.0 

124.2 

124.8

125.2 

1253 

125.5 

125.6 

125.7

125.8 

125.8 

125.8 

125.7 

125.6

125.4 

125.2 

125.0 

124.7 

124.6

124.3 

124.0 

123.7 

123.4 

123.0

Discharge.

29,000 

29,000 

29,000 

29,300 

30,200

30,800 

31,000 

31,200 

31,400 

31,600

31,700 

31,700 

31,700 

31,600 

31,400

31,100 

30,800 

30,500 

30,000 

29,900

29,400 

29,000 

28,600 

28,200 

27,600

May.

height.

122.7 

122.4 

122.0 

121.6 

121.2

120.8 

120.3 

119.8 

119.2 

118.5

117.7 

116.8 

115.8 

114.6 

113.4

112.4 

111.4 

110.4 

109.4 

108.0

107.7 

106.7 

106.4 

106.0 

105.6

105.4 

105.2 

105.0 

104.9 

104.8 

104.5

Discharge.

27,200 

26,800 

26,200 

25,700 

25,200

24,600 

24,000 

23,300 

22,600 

21,600

20,600 

19,600 

18,400 

17,100 

15,700

14,700 

13,700 

12,700 

11,800 

11,200

10,300 

9,460 

9,220 

8,900 

8,580

8,420 

8,260 

8,100 

8,020 

7,950 

7,720

June.

Gage 

height.

104.3 

103.9 

103.4 

102.6 

101.8

101.0 

100.2 

99.7 

100.1 

100.4

100.3 

99.9 

99.35 

98.95 

9a75

98.55 9as

97.9 

97.55 

97.25

97.05 

97.0 

97.0 

97.05 

96.9

96.65 

96.4 

96.2 

96.1 

96.2 .

Discharge.

7,580 

7,280 

6,930 

6,370 

5,820

5,300 

4,820 

4,520 

4,760 

4,940

4,880 

4,640 

4,310 

4,070 

3,950

3,830 

3,680 

3,440 

3,250 

3,090

2.980 

2,950 

2,950 

2,980 

2,900

2,760 

2,620 

 2,510 

2,460 

2,510

Monthly discharge of Yazoo River at Greenwood, Miss., for 1913.

Month.

April 6-30. ....................................................

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

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

31,700 

27,200 

7,580

Minimum.

27,600 

7,720 

2,460

Mean.

30,200 

16,100 

4,170

Accuracy.

A. 

A. 

A.

BED RIVER BASIN. 

MEDICINE BLUFF CREEK NEAR LAWTON, OKLA.

Location. In sec. 18, T. 3 N., R. 12 W., at Medicine Park, 12 miles northwest of 

Lawton; nearest tributary, Little Medicine Bluff Creek, enters a few hundred 

yards above.
BED RIVER BASIN, 71

Records available. November 26, 1912, to December 31, 1913.

Drainage area. Approximately 110 square miles.

Gage. Vertical staff.

Control. Rock ledge. River bed is composed largely of ledge rock covered with

some silt and gravel. Channel forms a pool one-third mile in length. 

Discharge measurements. Made from cable during high water and by wading at

low stages.

Winter flow. Little, if any, affected by backwater from ice. 

Regulation. Flow controlled to a great extent by reservoir of Lawton waterworks,

which is situated a mile upstream and which covers an area of 1,100 acres;

entire low-water flow used by waterworks.

Accuracy. Conditions favorable for accurate results; estimates reliable. 

Cooperation. Station maintained in cooperation with United States Reclamation

Service.

Discharge measurements of Medicine Bluff Creek near Lawton, Okla., in 1913.

Date.

Apr. 30

May 11

Hydrographer.

F.B.King.............

,».

Feet. 

0.80

1.40

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

0.67

17.4

Date.

July 1

Nov. 5

Hydrographer.

F. B. King...... .......

height.

Feet. 

2.80

4.56

Discharge.

Sec.-ft.

14.0

Daily gage height, in feet, of Medicine Bluff Creek near Lawton, Okla., for 1918. 

[W. F. Stuart and W. S. Kesler, observers.]

Day.

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

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

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

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

5..............

6. .............

7..............

8..............

9.............. 10..............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1Q

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

30..............

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

Jan.

0.72

.72

.75

.75

.75

.85

.75

.75

.75

.75

.75

.75

.75

.76

.75

7K

.75

7K

.75

.80

.75

.757>;

.75

,75

«. 80

.75

7K

.75

.8

.75

Feb.

0.75

.75

.75

.72

.72

.72

.70

.70

.75

.75

.75

.75

.75

.75

.75

.75

,75

Ti

.75

.85

.95

.85

.80

.80

.80

.80

.80

.80

Mar.

0.80

.80

.75

.75

.80

.78

.75

.75

.75

.80

.80

.88

1.30

1.00

Q1

Q9

.92

90

.88

.90

a.98

.85

.85

.85

.85

«1.10

.85

.85

.82

.82

.82

Apr.

0.82

.82

a.85

o.82

.80

.80

.80

.95

ol.l5

ol.20

ol.30

.90

.88

.88

.85

.82

.82

.82

.80

.80

.80

.80

09

.92

.85

.82

.82

.82

.80

.80

May.

0.80

.80

.80

1.60

ol.32

ol.75

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.15

1.25

1.25

1.15

1.00

ol.75

1.05

1.00

1 9>!

.80

.90

ol.45

ol.25.85'

.80

.80

.82

.80

7<i

.72

.72

.70

June.

0.70

.70

.70

.70

.70

.70

o.85

.90

.92

.90

.80

.80

.78

.78

.78

.78

.75

.75

61.10

.75

.75

.80

.80

.80

.78

.75

.75

.75

.75

July.

2.90

2.60

2.10

1.60

1.50

1.32

1.12

1.00

2.00

2.00

2.00

2.00

2.00

1.80 i in

1.25

1.25

1.22

1.22

1.22

1.22

1.22

1 00

1.00

1.00

.98

.98

1.08

1.10

1.10

1.10

Aug.

1.10

1.20

1.20

1.20

1.20

1.20

1.20

1.20

1.20

1.20

1.20

1.20

1.20

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

on

.80

.80

.80

.80

.80

.80

.80

.80

.78

.78

.78

.78

.78

Sept.

0.78

.78

.78

.78

.78

.78

.78

.80

.85

61.00

.90

.80

.75

.75

.75

.75

.85

.80

.80

.80

.80

M.OO

M.OO

&.90

1.35

1.05

1.00

1.22

1.08

1.00

Oct.

0.98

.92

on

2; 10

1.30

1.18

1.08

1.00

1.35

1.12

1.05

1.02

.98

.95

.92

a 2. 25

ol.55

a 2. 30

1.08

1.12

o2.40

1.02

1 00

1.00

o2.10

1.10

o3.20

.88

.82

.82

Nov.

0.82

.82

.82

4.25

4.95

3.65

o3.35

o2.60

2.25

2.15

2.05

1.90

1.85

1.82

1.75

1.55

1.55

1.52

1.52

1.50

1.45

o2.15

ol.75

1.10

.98

1.15

1.25

1.40

1.85

2.95

Dec.

3.05

4.65

4.85

4.85

5.55

3.85

3.05

2.75

2.65

2.50

2.40

2.30

2.80

2.60

2.45

2.45

2.60

2.65

2.55

o2.75

1.95

2.05

2.25

o2.75

a 2. 35

1.85

2.25

1.95

1.95

2.00

2.25

a Water flowing over reservoir dam. & Water let out of small dam. 

NOTE. No ice at this station. Water let out of reservoir July 9 to Aug. 18.
72 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART VII.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Medicine Bluff Creek near Lawton, Olla.,for 1912-13.

Day.

1912. 

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

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

a.............

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

5.............

6.............

7.............

8.............

9

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

Day.

1913. 

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.............

2§... ..........

30.............

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

Nov

Jan.

0.3

.3

.4

.4

.4

1.1

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.7

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.7

.4

.4

.4

.7

.4

De

Feb.

0.4

.4

.4

.3

.3

.3

.2

.2

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

1.1

2.2

1.1

1.1

.7

.7

.7

.7

.7

c.

1 1

.6

6

6

1,3

1.1

4

4

.3

.3

Ma

0

1

1?

3

1

1

1

1

1

1

9,

1

1

1

1

5

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

21

r.

7

7

4

4

7

6

/\

4

4

7

7

3

5

8

8

5

3

5

7

1

1

1

1

1

1

9

Daj

1912 

I......

2......

5......

I......

5......

7......

5......

J......

)......

Apr.

0.9

.9

1.1

.7

.7

.7

2.2

0.5

8

12

1.5 i s

1 i

1.1

9

g

.7

.7

.7

.7

1 8

1.8

1.1

.9

g

9

.7

.7

r.

May.

0.7

.7

.7

28

14

37

3

3

6.5

10

10

6.5

3

37

4

3

10

.7

1.5

19

10

1.1

.7

.7

.9

.4

.3

.2

Nov.

June.

0.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

1.1

1.5

1.8

1.5

.7

.7

.6

.6

.6

.6

.4

6.5

5

.4

.4

.7

.7

.7

.6

.4

4

Dec

0

July.

166

121

65

28

22

13

6

3

56

56

Cfi

56

56

41

17

10

10

.9

3

3

2.7

2.7

5

5

5

5

.6 21

.4 22

.3 23

.3 24

.3 25

.3 26

4 27

.4 28

.4 29

.4 30

31

Aug.

5

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

5

5

5

5

1.5

.7

.7

.7

.7

.7

.7

.7

.7

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

Day.

1912

Sept.

0.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.7

.7

3.0

1.5

.7

.4

.4

.4

.4

1.1

.7

.7

.7

.7

3.0

3.0

1.5

14

4

3

9

4.6

3.0

Oct.

2.7

1.8

1.5

65

12

7

5

3

14

6

4

3

2.7

2.2

1.8

80

25

11

85

5

6

96

3

3

3

65

5

228

1.3

.9

.9

Nov.

0.4

.7

.4

.4

.4

Nov.

0.9

.9

.9

615

1,010

358

266

121

80

70

60

48

44

42

38

25

25

23

23

22

20

70

38

5

2.7

6.5

10

17

44

175

Dec.

0.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.3

Dec.

194

830

950

950

1,390

435

194

142

128

108

96

85

150

121

102

102

121

128

114

142

52

60

80

142

90

44

.80

52

52

56

80

NOTE. Daily dischaxge determined from a well-defined rating curve.

Monthly discharge of Medicine Bluff Creek near Lawton, Okla.,for 1912-13.

Month.

1912. 

November. 26-30. ..................................

1913.

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

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

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

0.7 

1.3

1.1 

2.2 

12 

12 

37 

6.5 

166 

8 

14 

228 

1,010 

1,390

1,390

Minimum.

0.4 

.3

.3 

.2 

.4 

.7 

.2 

.2 

2.7 

.6 

.6 

.9 

.9 

52

.2

Mean.

0.46

.48

.45 

.57 

1.58 

1.80 

6.99 

.94 

27.8 

4.23 

2.05 

24.2 

109 

235

34.6

Run-off 

(total in 

acre-feet).

4 

30

34

28 

32 

97 

107 

430 

59 

1,710 

260 

122 

1,490 

6,490 

14,400

25,200

Accuracy.

B. 

B.

B. 

B.. . B.

B. B. ;

B. A.' 

A. 

B. 

B, 

B. 

B.
RED RIVER BASIN.

LITTLE MEDICINE BLUFF CREEK NEAR LAWTON, OKLA.

Location. 150 feet below west line of sec. 18, T. 3 N., R. 12 W., 12J miles northwest 

of Lawton, and one-half mile above the mouth of the creek.

Records available. November 26, 1912, to December 31, 1913.

Drainage area. Approximately 10 square miles.

Gage. Vertical staff.

Control. Rock ledge. There is a fall of about 8 feet between the station and the 

crest of the small dam on Medicine Bluff Creek just below the mouth.

Discharge measurements. Made by wading.

Winter flow. Little, if any, backwater from ice during the winter months.

Accuracy. Conditions favorable for accurate results; estimates reliable.

Cooperation. Station maintained in cooperation with the United States Reclamation Service.

Discharge measurements of Little Medicine Bluff Creek near Lawton, Okla., in 1913.

Date.

May 4

5

Hydrographer.

F.B.King.............

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

height.

Feet. 

0.20

.78

.75

.55

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

0.63

18.9

20.4

7.12

Date.

May 11

July 1

Hydrographer.

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

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

0.30

.91

1.75

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

1.29

35.1

180

Daily gage height, in feet, of Little Medicine Bluff Creek near Lawton, Okla., for 1913.

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..............

Jan.

0.15

.15

.15

.15

.15

.15

.15

.15

.15

.15

.15

.15

.15

.15

.15

.15

.15

.15

.15

.15

.18

.12

.12

.10

.10

.10

.10

.10

.10

.10

.10

Feb.

0.10

.10

.10

.10

.10

.10

.10

.10

.10

.10

.10

.10

.10

.10

.10

.10

.10

.10

.10

.15

.25

.15

.15

.20

.20

.20

.20

9ft

Mar.

0.20

.20

.15

.15

.15

.12

.12

.12

.12

.18

.15

.28

.60

.50

.50

.40

.32

.30

.30

.30

.30

.25

.25

.25

.25

.25

.25

.25

.22

.22

.20

Apr.

0.20

.20

.20

.20

.20

.20

.18

.30

.40

.35

.35

.35

.30

.30

.28

'.28

.25

.25

.20

.20

.20

.20

.30

.30

.25

.22

.22

99

.20

.20

May.

0.20

.18

.18

.85

.55

.50

.42 '.38

.32

.30

.30

.28

.25

.22

.25

.25

.22

.20

.20

.22

.20

.20

.18

.15

.12

.12

.12

19

.12

.12

.10

June.

0.10

.10

.10

.10

.10

.10

.12

.15

.18

.18

.18

.15

.15

.15

.15

.12

.12

.12

.12

.12

19

.12

.18

.12

.12

.10

.10

.10 -.10

.10

July.

0.90

.52

.48

.35

.30

.25

.20

.18

.18

.15

.15

.12

.10

.10

.10

.10

.08

.08

.08

.08

.08

.08

.08

.08

.08

.05

.05

.02

.02

.00

.00

Aug.

0.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

flft

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

flft

.00

.00

.00

Sept.

0.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.08

.05

.02

.02

.02

.02

.10

.08

.05

.02

.00

.00

.00

.00

.55

.45

.38

.52

.40

.32

Oct.

0.28

.25

.22

1.00

.52

.48

.42

.38

.52

.45

.40,

.35

.32

.30

.28

.55

.45

.42

.38

.35

.32

.30

.28

.28

.25

.25 '.25

.22

.22

.20

.20

Nov.

0.20

.20

.20

1.90

1.00

.75

.65

.68

.50

.45

.42

.40

.38

.35

.35

.32

.32

.32

.30

ISO

.30

.28

.28

.28

.30

.32

..32

.32

.60

.80

Dec.

0.85

1.80

1.00

1.20

1.00

.80

.70

.65

.58

.55

.50

.48

.90

.70

.60

.55

.72

.65

.60

.55

.52

.52

.55

.55

.52

.52

.50

.48

.48

.45

.45
74 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART VH.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Little Medicine Bluff Creek near Lawton, Okla., for

1912-13.

Day.

1912. 

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

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

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

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

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

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

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

Day.

1913. 

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..............

Nov.

Jan.

0.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.3

.2

.2

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

De<

C

Feb.

0.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.2

.8

.2

.2

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

2

.4 11

.2 13

.2 14

.2 15

.2 16

.2 17

.2 18

.2 19

.2 20

Mar..

0.4*

.4

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.3

.2

1.1

9.0

5.5

5

K

3o

1.6

1 Q

1.3

1.3

1.3

.8

.8

.8

.8

.8

.8

.8

.6

.6

.4

Day

1912

Apr.

0.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.3

1.3

3.0

2.1

2.1

2.1

1.3

1.3

1.1

1.1

.8

.4

.4

.4

.4

1.3

1.3

.8

.6

.6

.6

.4

.4

May.

0.4

.3

27

7.2

5.5

3.5

2.7

1.6

1.3

i s

1.1

.8

.6

.8

.6

.4

.4

.6

.6

.3

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.1

Nov.

June.

0.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.2

.2

.3

.3

.3

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.3

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

Dec.

0.

July.

33

6.2

5.0

2.1

1.3

.8

.4

.3

.3

.2

.2

.2

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.0

.0

.0

.0

2 21.

2 22.

2 23.

2 24.

2 25.

2 26.

2 27.

2 28.

2 29.

2 30.

31.

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

.0

.0

.0

.0

Day.

1912.

Sept.

0.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.1

.1

.0

 2.6

.0.1

.1

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

7.3

4.2

2.7

6.2

3.0

1.6

Oct.

1.1

.8

.6

45

6..2

5

3.5

2.7

6.2

4.2

3.0

2.2

1.6

1.3

1.1

7.3

4.2

3.5

2.2

1.6

1.3

1.1

1.1

.8

.8

.8

.6

.6

.4

.4

Nov.

0.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

Nov.

0.4

.4

.4

211

45

19

12

8.3

5.5

4.2

3.5

3.0

2.7

2.2

2.2

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.3

1.6

1.6

1.6

9

23

Dec.

'0.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

Dec.

28

189

45

75

45

23

15

12

8.3

7.2

5.5

5.0

33

15

9

7.2

17

12

9

7.2

6.2

6.2

7.2

7.2

6.2

6.2

5.5

5.0

5.0

4.2

4.2

NOTE. Daily discharge determined from a well-defined rating curve. 

Monthly discharge of Little Medicine Bluff Creek near Lawton, Okla., for 1912-1

Month.

1912. 

November 26-30. ...................................

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

1913.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The year.. ...................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

0.2

.4

.2 

.8 

9 

3 

27 

.3 

33 

.0 

7.3 

45 

211 

189

211

Minimum.

0.2 

.2

.1

.1 

.2 

.3 

.1 

.1 

.0 

.0 

.0 

.4 

.4 

4.2

.0

Mean.

0.20 

.21

.18 

.19 

1.32 

.91 

1.94 

.17 

1.69 

.00 

.85 

3.67 

12.3 

20.3

3.63

Run-off 

(total in 

acre-feet).

2 

13

11 

11 

81 

54 

119 

10 

104 

0 

51 

226 

732 

1,250

2,650

Accuracy.

B. 

B.

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

C. 

C.
RED RIVER BASIN. 75

EVAPORATION STATION NEAR LAWTON, OKLA.

Location. In a somewhat sheltered bay on the west side of Lawton reservoir, 12 

miles northwest of Lawton.

Records available. February 20 to December 31, 1913.

Equipment for measurement. A galvanized iron pan 3 feet square and 18 inches 

deep floating in the center of a skeleton raft about 75 feet from the shore; in the 

center of the pan is a vertical needle point which is the reference point for measuring evaporation.

Co|Operation. Station maintained in cooperation with United States Reclamation 

Service.

B Evaporation, in inches, from Lawton reservoir near Lawton, Okla.,for 1913. ,

Day.

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

2..................... ..-..-....-..

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

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

5....................................

6. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. -. - .. .. .. .

7. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

8. .. .. .. ...... .. .....................

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

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

11. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. - .. - - - - .. .

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

25.............................:......

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

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

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

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

30....................................

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

Total.... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

May.

0.28

.26

.20

.22

.20

.19

.14

.17

, .00

.19

.23

.28

.07

.16

.12

.22

.11

.31

.18

.23

.25

.33

.24

^29

.32

.28

.35

.32

.19

6.45

June.

0.38

.29

.23

26

.24

.63

.23

.19

.17

.15

.22

.20

.17

.23

.15

.14

.18

.12

.23

.17

.14

.06

.19

.21

.32

.23

.17

.14

1 1

6.43

July.

0.02

.17

.21

.29

.18

23

.25

.32

.31

.28

.40

.38

.42

.38

.41

.41

.33

.31

.30

o.32

.35

.36

.35

.29

.25

.28

.29

.34

.31

.35

.34

9 43

Aug.

0.41

.42

.36

.24

.40

.41

.40

.44

.42

.43

.41

.40

.38

.36

.30

.25

.30

.32

.36

.25

.30

.29

.28

.33

.36

.35

.39

.36

.26

.32

.42

10.92

Sept.

0.35

.33

.27

.26

.28

.28

.38

.16

.06

.14

.09

.32

.35

.30

.14

.22

.16

.12

.20

o.24

.24

.30

.36

.27

.09

.33

.16

.14

.12

.07

fi 7^

Oct.

0.12

.08

.04

.05

.10

.07

.06

.05

o.l5

.11

o.l5

.15

.17

.24

.13

.25

.23

.17

.23

.18

.17

.12

.06

.10

.15

.26

.17

o.20

.09

.08

.11

4 9d

Nov.

0.06

.07

.05

.00

.02

.02

.06

.11

.13

.09

.08

.07

.09

.05

.01

.03

.02

.04

.04

.02

.01

.10

.06

.00

.00

.01

.00

.00

.00

.00

1.24

Dec.

0.00

.01

.00

.00

.02

.02

o.lO

.06

.08

.06

.05

.08

.03

.05

.07

.02

.03

.06

.03

.06

.04

.05

.02

.04

.03

.02

.04

.06

.03

.04

.05

1.25

o Estimated. Record spoiled by wind. 

NOTE. The following additional observations were made:

Apr.

Total evaporation in inches. 

Feb. 20-24...... . .0.17

25-28.........

Mar. 1-8.........

9-11.........

12-20.........

Apr. 1-5.........

6-7.........

....... .13

....... .59

....... .34

....... .29

....... 1.32

....... .19

8-10....

11....

12-13....

14-15....

16-17....

18-19....

Total evaporation in inches. 

............ 0.55

............ .30

............ .36

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

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

............ .34

Apr. 20-21....

22-23....

24-25....

26-27....

28-30....

May 3-4....

Total evaporation in inches. 

............ 0.35

............ .53

............ .33

............ .34

............ .60

............ .12
76 SUEFACE WATEE SUPPLY, 1913, PART VH.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASUREMENTS.

The following miscellaneous measurements were made on streams 

in the Arkansas River basin in 1913:

Miscellaneous measurements in Arkansas River drainage basin in 1918.

Date.

y Nov. 15

\/15

y!5

'/ Feb 17

V y / 10is

/4

4

V/Apr. 13

May 17

July 15

Sept. 2

Oct. 15

Nov. 14

Stream.

Chalk Creek. ..........

Dredging Co.'s power 

plant.

Chico Creek............

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

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

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

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

.....do.....:...........

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

Tributary to 

Chalk Creek.. .........

(«)....................

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Locality.

St. Elmo. Colo. 

St. Elmo. Colo. .........

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

May's ranch, near Pueblo, Colo. 

Above reservoir near

Wagon Mound,N. Mex. 

Below reservoir near

Wagon Mound,N.Mex.

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

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

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

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

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

&,

Feet.

-

6 2. 10

61.80

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

6.52

.78

9 Q1

9Q

. 6.49

.21

.15

55.5

29.2

2.2

9.5

17.0

16.2

a Diverts from Chalk Creek. 6 Private gage.

FLOODS IN CANADIAN RIVER BASIN IN NEW MEXICO

IN 1913.

CHICOBICA CHEEK BASIN, JUNE 9-14, 1913.

During the week ending June 14, 1913, a general rain over the 

northeastern section of New Mexico caused disastrous floods on Chicorica Creek and other tributaries of the upper Canadian. A large 

part of the precipitation occurred between 10 p. m. of the 8th and 

10 p. m. of the 12th. The United States Weather Bureau reported 

1.46 inches of rainfall at Raton on the 8th, 3.12 inches on the 10th, 

1.30 inches on the llth, and 0.65 inch on the 12th, a total of 6.53 

inches. At Lake Alice 4.05 inches of rain, fell, at Johnson Park 3.52 

inches, and at Dawson 5.83 inches during this period. At Elizabethtown and Cimarron the precipitation was not excessive, although 2.60 

inches of rain fell at Cimarron on the 10th. In the country east of 

Raton rainfall was not so heavy as in and around Raton, the rainfall 

at Folsom during this period amounting to only 1.64 inches.

An automatic gage is maintained on Chicorica Creek, at the St. 

Louis, Rocky Mountain & Pacific Railway bridge, in sec. 28, T. 30 

N., R. 24 E., 10 miles southeast of Raton, above the confluence with 

Raton and Una del Gato creeks. At 6.30 p. m., June 9, this gage 

started to register a rise, which continued until 11 p. m., when it 

recorded a stage of 10.20 feet. The maximum discharge of this 

flood at this point, computed from the slope and cross-section of 

the stream, was approximately 5,100 second-feet; a flood stage
FLOODS IN CANADIAN EIVEB BASIN. 77

was also maintained on the 10th, the average discharge for 24 hours 

being 2,800 second-feet. At 11 a. m. on the 11th a second flood passed 

the gage, which recorded a stage of. 10.8 feet, the corresponding discharge being 5,700 second-feet. On the llth the mean discharge 

was 3,450 second-feet. On the 12th two floods occurred, the first 

at 7 a. m., when 10.3 feet was recorded by the gage, representing a 

discharge qf 5,200 second-feet, and the second at 7 p. m., when the 

gage registered 11.2 feet (6,100 second-feet), and the water filled 

the creek bed from bank to bank. From the maximum height of 

11.2 feet the creek gradually fell to a low-water stage of 1.75 feet on 

June 18.

The mean discharge of Chicorica Creek from June 9 to 14 was 

2,310 second-feet. It is estimated that 27,000 acre-feet of water 

passed the gage during this period of floods, an amount that properly 

stored in reservoirs would suffice to cover 900 acres of land to a depth 

of 1 foot 30 times, or maintain a flow of 450 second-feet during a 

30-day month.

The drainage area of Chicorica Creek above the gaging station, 

as measured on United States Geological Survey maps, comprises 

84 square miles. A large part of this area lies east of Raton and 

borders that part of-the State where the rainfall was lighter than 

at Raton, but about three-fourths of the basin is classed as mountainous, over which a heavier rainfall than at Raton may be assumed, 

as it is well known that rainfall increases with altitude, varying 

according to the locality and type .of drainage. Assuming an 

increase of 1 inch for 300 feet rise in altitude as applicable to the 

Chicorica basin an assumption justified by observation and 

using the rainfall at Raton as a basis, it is estimated that -an average 

of 8 inches of rain fell in the drainage area, or about 18.6 millions of 

cubic feet of water per square mile, or approximately 36,000 acre-feet 

of water. As the flow at the gaging station was estimated at 27,000 

acre-feet, it appears that about 75 per cent of the precipitation was 

carried away by Chicorica Creek. For a rolling or prairie country 

this ratio of rainfall to run-off would be excessive, but for a mountainous section such as that drained by the Chicorica the ratio is 

thought to be nearly correct.

The run-off over the drainage area during the maximum stage of 

this series of floods, which occurred at 7 p. m. on the 12th, was 

72.6 second-feet per square mile. Few data are available concerning the flood flow of streams in this section of the United States, 

A rate of flow of 50 second-feet per square mile over a drainage area 

of 200 or 300 square miles is large, but not altogether unusual. In 

September, 1904, the estimated maximum rate of discharge of the 

Purgatory at Trinidad, Colo., was 61 second-feet per square mile 

over a drainage area of 712 square miles, and of Mora River, in the
78 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART VH.

northern part of New Mexico, 66 second-feet per square mile over a 

drainage area of 422 square miles.

CIMARRON RIVER BASIN, JUNE 9-12, 1913.

Area affected. Cimarron River drains approximately one-third of 

Colfax County, rising in the northwestern corner of the county and 

flowing southeastward to its junction with Canadian River a few 

miles southeast of Springer, N. Mex., in sec. 9, T. 24 N., R. 23 E. 

The principal tributaries of the Cimarron are Cimarroncito Creek and 

Rayado River, which flow from the west, and Ponil Creek, which 

joins from the north. The Rayado Basin includes the basin of 

Urraca Creek.

Precipitation. Floods are not uncommon in the area drained by 

the Cimarron, and as a rule they result from melting snow, but occasionally they are caused by heavy rains such as fell fron June 6 to 12, 

1913. The precipitation in and above the Ute Park section of the 

area was light in comparison with that in the other districts. At 

Elizabethtown 1.44 inches fell from June 7 to 12, the maximum fall 

being 0.55 inch on the llth. From the 6th to the 12th 4.22 inches of 

rain fell at Cimarron, the maximum being 2.60 inches on the 10th; 

2.48 inches at Vennejo Park, the maximum being 0.82 inch on the 

llth; 6.23 inches at Dawson, with a maximum of 4.43 inches on the 

llth; 4.70 inches at Miami ranch, with a maximum of 1.87 inches 

on the llth, and 6.85 inches at Aurora, with a maximum of 3.80 

inches on the llth. The rainfall from the 6th to the 9th was not of 

sufficient intensity to cause heavy run-off, though some tributaries 

showed the effects of accumulated moisture. The heavy fall of rain 

in general came on the 10th and llth, gradually decreasing on the 

12th until the skies cleared.

Urraca Creek flood. Urraca Creek drains an area comprising 

approximately 22 square miles of rolling country and 15 square miles 

of mountainous country, and is measured at a gaging station just 

above the confluence of the main stream with its south fork. The 

drainage area above this gaging station is 6.3 square miles. From 

a general study of the rainfall it is estimated that 4.5 inches of rain 

fell from June 9 to 12 on the part of the basin classed as rolling and 

7 inches on the mountainous part, equivalent to 10,900 acre-feet of 

of water. The first rainfall merely saturated the ground and prepared it for the heavy run-off which followed the heavy rains.

The gage on Urraca Creek shows that the creek began to rise at 

9.30 a. m. June 9; prior to this time it had been at low-water stage. 

During its peak this flood carried about 25 second-feet at the gage. 

The maximum gage height, 2.45 feet, was recorded at 10 a. m. and 

again at 1 p. m., there being a drop of 0.4 foot in the creek between 

the two peaks; after 1 p. m. the creek gradually fell to a stage of
FLOODS IN CANADIAN KIVEE BASIN. 79

1.40 feet, which it reached at noon on the 10th. At 5 p. m. on the 

10th another rise began, continuing until 11.30 p. m., when a maximum stage of 5.1 feet, about 4 feet above low-water stage, was recorded. This stage was not maintained long as the gage recorded a 

stage of 2.2 feet at 2 a. m. on the llth, and the stream continued 

to fall from the llth to the 15th, when it again reached low-water 

stage.

From the estimated velocity of the peak of this flood at the mouth 

of the creek, it is believed that the water flowed from the gaging station to the mouth in two hours. At the mouth the action of the 

stream was similar to that at the gage but two haurs later that is, 

the maximum discharge of the creek at its mouth occurred at 1.30 

a. m. on the llth. From the cross-section and slope this maximum 

discharge is estimated at 2,660 second-feet, or 72 second-feet per 

square mile .of drainage area. The maximum flow did not last more 

than one-half hour, but the creek maintained an excessive flood 

stage from 10 p. m. on the 10th until 2.30 a. m. on the llth, as 

shown by the following gage heights:

Gage height, in feet, at the gaging station on upper Urraca Creek, June 8 to 14, 1913.

Date.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mean gage 

height.

1.20

1.67

1.84

1.99

1.53

1.37

1.24

Maximum 

gage 

height.

2.45

5.10

3.25

1.65

Time of maximum 

gage height.

11.30p.m.

Rayado River flood. Rayado River drains an area comprising 

approximately 197 square miles, of which 73 square miles can be 

classed as mountainous and 124 square miles as rolling. Above the 

confluence with Urraca Creek, Rayado River drains about 151 square 

miles, 56 square miles being in a mountainous area.

Rain began in this area June 6 but did not affect the run-off to any 

great extent until the night of June 10-11, when it fell in cloudbursts 

just above the point at which the river leaves the mountains. The 

precipitation at Agua Fria Park was not heavy at any time from the 

6th to the 12th, nor did the record at Miami ranch show an exceedingly heavy rainfall during this period. The behavior of the Rayado 

was similar to that of Urraca Creek, the flood occurring at the same 

time, but, owing to the size of the drainage area, lasting longer.

A gaging station is maintained at the mouth of the box canyon on 

Rayado River, but the automatic gage which was installed at this 

point was washed out the night of the 10th.
80 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART VII.

Estimating the rainfall on this basin as on that of Urraca Creek 

that is, at 4.5 inches on the part classed as rolling and 7 inches on the 

mountainous part the rainfall over the area during this period of 

rains amounts to approximately 43,700 acre-feet. About one-half of 

this quantity fell on the 10th and llth.

The discharge of Rayado River just above its mouth has been 

estimated for the maximum flood of the night of the 10th by means 

of the cross section and slope. The exact duration of this flood is 

not known, but at its peak the river was carrying 5,710 second-feet of 

water, of which 2,660 second-feet came from Urraca Creek; 3,050 

second-feet, therefore, represents the run-off of the Rayado basin 

above the confluence with Urraca Creek. ,

On the 12th it was estimated that 150 second-feet of water was 

flowing at the intake headgate of the Farmers Development Co.'s 

canal. The flow at this point for the 13th to the 15th inclusive has 

been estimated at 100 second-feet. On the 16th the flow at the 

intake canal headgate was estimated at 80 second-feet, and on the 

17th a discharge measurement made a short distance below Abreu's 

ranch showed 55 second-feet of water. The stream continued to fall 

after the 17th until it reached low-water stage about the 25th.

The maximum run-off from the drainage area above the confluence 

with Urraca Creek amounted to 20 second-feet per square mile, which 

is much lower than the maximum for the Urraca basin. This difference is due to the relative size of the drainage areas, nearly onehalf of the Urraca basin being mountainous, whereas only about 

one-third of the Rayado basin can be considered mountainous. A 

part of the upper Rayado basin did not contribute as much water in 

proportion as was furnished by that section just above the gaging 

station. The maximum rate of run-off in that section of the Rayado 

basin which furnished most of the run-off was undoubtedly as large 

as if not larger than the maximum rate of the Urraca basin.

Cimarron River above confluence with Rayado River._ The rainfall 

in the upper Cimarron basin was light in comparison with the precipitation in the lower parts of the area, but along the eastern and 

southern edges of the basin it was considerably in excess of the total 

fall at Cimarron 4.22 inches from the 6th to the 12th.

The drainage area of the Cimarron above its confluence with 

Rayado River can not be accurately determined from the maps 

available, but probably 95 per cent of it is mountainous, so that the 

ratio of rainfall to run-off is high.

The maximum discharge of the stream on June 11, just above its 

confluence with Rayado River, is estimated from the slope and crosssection at 8,830 second-feet, but as this maximum occurred during 

the night, its duration is unknown. Cimarroncito Creek, which joins 

Cimarron River from the West about 2 miles below Cimarron, and
FLOODS IN CANADIAN RIVER BASIN. &

which drains an area similar to that drained by Urraca Creek, prob*- 

ably contributed considerable water to this flood. Ponil Creek, 

which joins the Cimarron from the northwest at a point about $ 

miles below Cimarron, furnished a large part of the discharge of the 

river, for the precipitation was heaviest in the eastern part of the 

basin of this creek. The fact that the automatic gage on Cimarron 

River at Ute Park recorded a maximum rise of one-half foot on June 

11 indicates that the run-off did not come from the upper Cimarron 

basin. The maximum discharge at Ute Park was 124 second-feet 

and was maintained from 2 p. m. to 11 p. m. on the llth. From 

11 p. m. on the llth to the 14th the stream gradually fell until it 

reached low-water stage.

These computations show that Rayado River furnished 5,710 

second-feet of water to Cimarron River during its maximum discharge, and that Cimarron River above its confluence with Rayado 

River was carrying 8,830 second-feet of water during its peak flood, 

giving a total of approximately 15,000 second-feet of water as the 

discharge of Cimarron River below its confluence with Rayado River. 

As the drainage area below the mouth of Rayado River is small in 

comparison with that above, it seems probable that Cimarron River 

discharged into Canadian River during its peak of the flood about 

15,000 second-feet.

MORA RIVER BASIN, JUNE 9-22, 1913. 

SAPELLO CREEK.

The drainage area of Sapello Creek, as measured from the United 

States Geological Survey topographic sheets, comprises above the 

mouth 284 square miles, of which 160 square miles may be classed as 

rolling and 124 square miles as mountainous. Above Los Alamos it 

includes 150 square miles, of which 124 square miles is mountainous 

and 26 square miles rolling.

Rain began in the upper part of the basin June 7 and in the lower 

section June 5. The United States Weather Bureau reports a rainfall 

of 5.95 inches from June 7 to 11 at Rociada, N. Mex.; 6.19 inches at 

Harvey's ranch, a few miles west of Beulah, IsT. Mex., from June 7 to 

12; and 7.93 inches at Fort Union from June 7 to 11. In contrast to 

the conditions prevalent during most storms, the rainfall was very 

heavy in the part of the basin classed as rolling, and decreased with 

the altitude. It is estimated that 6 inches of water fell from June 7 

to 11 in the mountainous part of this area and 8 in the rolling part. 

The rain was not heavy enough to increase the run-off noticeably 

until 4p.m. June 9, when the first flood went down the creek. The 

mean flow for the 9th at Los Alamos is estimated at 1,050 secondfeet, or a total of 2,080 acre-feet for the day. The Don Santiajgp

77982° WSP 357 15 6
82 SUBFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PAET VII.

eanal diverts waiter to the Don Santiago reservoir about 2 miles above 

Jjos Alamos. The mean discharge of this canal for the 9th has been 

estimated at 115 second-feet, or a total of 228 acre feet, making the 

total discharge of the creeks above Los Alamos 2,310 acre-feet. The 

peak of this flood carried 1,900 second-feet at Los Alamos, and the 

t)on Santiago canal carried 626 second-feet for a short time during 

tihis period, making a total flood of 2,530 second-feet.

On June 10 the rainfall was general over the area, but not of sufficient intensity to cause sudden floods. The estimated mean discharge of the creek at Los Alamos for June 10 was 1,000 second-feet, 

or a total of 1,980 acre-feet. The estimated mean discharge of the 

Don Santiago canal was 390 second-feet, or a total of 773 acre-feet, 

making a total run-off of 2,750 acre-feet for the area above Los 

Alamos for the 24-hour period of June 10.

On June 11 precipitation was heavy over the basin, especially in 

the lower parts, a fall of 2.93 inches being recorded at Fort Union 

during the 24-hour period. The largest flood of this series went past 

Los Alamos at 5 a. m. on the llth and maintained a stage corresponding to 10,800 second-feet at Los Alamos from 5 a. m. to 11 a. m., 

when it began to recede. The Don Santiago canal carried 626 

second-feet during a part of this flood, making a total of 11,400 

second-feet above Los Alamos for the peak. The mean discharge for 

the day at Los Alamos is estimated at 5,580 second-feet, or a total of 

11,000 acre-feet. The mean discharge of the Don Santiago canal is 

estimated at 590 second-feet, or a total of 1,170 acre-feet, making a 

total of 12,200 acre-feet at Los Alamos.

Practically no rain fell after June 11, and the creek gradually fell 

until the 22d, when it reached low-water stage. For the period from 

the 12th to the 22d, inclusive, the mean discharge at Los Alamos is 

estimated at 500 second-feet, or a total of 10,900 acre feet. The 

mean flow in the Don Santiago canal during this period was 626 

second-feet, or a total of 13,700 acre-feet, making a total of 24,600 

acre-feet above Los Alamos.

The rim-off above Los Alamos is estimated at 41,900 acre-feet from 

June 9 to 22 inclusive; 15,900 acre-feet of water was diverted to the 

X)on Santiago reservoir by the Don Santiago canal and 26,000 acrefeet passed Los Alamos.

September 29, 1904, Sapello Creek reached a stage of 8,100 secondfeet, which was considered very high at that time. This flood 

eroded the banks to a distance of 40 feet back from the creek. The 

failure of the floqd-of 1913 to assume the apparent proportions of the 

flood of 1904 was due to the change in cross section. Estimates of 

the volume of discharge during the flood of 1904 indicate a run-off of 

54. second-feet per square mile of area drained; those for the flood of 

1913 give 75 second-feet per square mile as the maximum rate of
FLOODS IN CANADIAN EIVEE BASIN. 83

discharge, a quantity that is not excessive for small streams draining 

mountainous areas.

It is estimated that 20,000 acre-feet of water was furnished to 

Sapello Creek between Los Alamos and its confluence with Mora 

River during this period of floods in 1913. This estimate is based on 

the rainfall and is liable to considerable error, but assuming that it 

is correct, 61,900 acre-feet of water passed down Sapello Creek from 

June 9 to 22, 1913. The water that passed Los Alamos during this 

period would cover 860 acres of land to a depth of 1 foot 30 times 

or maintain a flow of 437 second-feet for a 30-day month, or 38 

second-feet for one year.

MORA RIVER.

The precipitation in the Mora River basin occurred during the 

same period as in the Sapello Creek basin. In general, conditions in 

the two areas are similar except that the Mora basin above Loma 

Parda is about four times the size of the Sapello basin above Los 

Alamos, the points of comparison.

The Weather Bureau gage at Chacon showed a precipitation of 4.23 

inches from June 7 to 11, at Black Lake 3.76 inches, and at Fort 

Union 7.93 inches.

As in the Sapello basin, rain was heaviest in the lower part of the 

area. The rainfall in the upper basin of the Mora was approximately 

2 inches less than in the upper Rayado basin, which lies north of the 

upper end of the Mora basin.

The drainage area of Mora River above Loma Parda is estimated at 

585 square miles, of which 390 square miles may be classed as mountainous and 195 square miles as rolling. It is thought that an average 

of 5 inches of rain fell on the mountainous part and 8 inches on the 

rolling part of the basin. In most parts of this area the rain began 

Jane 7, but it was not excessive until the 10th. The heavy precipitation on the 10th and llth caused the maximum flood stage in Mora 

River on the llth. . The first flood passed Loma Parda June 9 with a crest of 5,800 

second-feet, and this crest stage was maintained by additional precipitation on the 10th. It is estimated that 11,500 acre-feet of water 

passed Loma Parda on the 10th.

A second flood went down the river on the llth and reached a 

crest stage of 34,500 second-feet. After reaching the. peak of this 

flood the stage fell in 30 hours to a discharge of 11,800 second-feet. 

The mean discharge for the llth is estimated at 24)600 second-feet, 

or a total of 48,800 acre-feet. The stream continued to fall gradually 

on the 12th with an estimated mean discharge for the day of 11,000 

second-feet, or a total of 21,800 acre-feet. Definite information concerning the action of the stream after the 12th is not available, but 

it is believed that the* river fell gradually until it reached low-water
84 SURFACE WATEE SUPPLY, 1913, PART VII.

stage about the end of the month. Such conditions being assumed, 

the mean discharge through this period is estimated at 1,000 secondfeet, or a total of 35,700 acre-feet.

For the flood from September 29 to October 10, 1904, the run-off 

at Weber has been estimated at 173,000 acre-feet, an amount corresponding to a depth of 7.7 inches over the drainage area above Weber, 

and a maximum rate of run-off of 65.7 second-feet per square mile. 

The maximum occurred September 30, 1904.

The total run-off at Loma Parda from June 10 to 30,1913, has been 

estimated at 118,000 acre-feet and corresponds to a depth of 3.8 inches 

over the drainage area above Loma Parda, and a maximum rate of 

run-ofi of 59 second-feet per square mile. The rainfall from June 10 

to 30 is estimated at 6 inches over the entire drainage area above 

Loma Parda. The run-off corresponding to 3.8 inches shows that 

63 per cent of the rainfall passed Loma Parda as run-off. This ratio, 

however, is not applicable throughout the drainage area.

COMPARATIVE RESULTS.

The following table summarizes the yearly discharge of Sapello 

Creek and Mora River from 1905 to 1911:

Yearly discharge of Sapello Creek at Los Alamos, N. Mex., and of Mora River at La

Cueva, N. Mex.

Year.

1905....................................................

1906....................................................

1907....................................................

ions

1909....................................................

1910....................................................

101 1

Sapello Creek (discharge 

in second-feet.)

Maximum.

1,100 

1,170 

172 

85 

159 

112 

54

Mlnlmnni.

5 

1.8 

1.0 

.5 

.3 

.6 

1.5

Sapello 

Creek 

(run-off in 

acre-feet).

46,200 

23,200 

15,100 

3,990 

2,460 

2,050 

1,800

Mora River 

(run-off in 

acre-feet).

30,840 

31,600 

31,700 

16,100 

25,500 

19,200 

19,500

NOTE. Data for Sapello Creek for 1905 and 1910 are for fractional parts of the year; those for 1911 cover 

the period from Jan. 1 to May 31. For Mora River the yearly summaries represent the sum of the 

discharges of the river and of La Cueva canal at La Cueva. The years 1909 and 1910 are full years; the 

remaining years are fractional, but run-off is correct within a small percentage: 1911 is f om January 1 

to July 31.

The estimated run-off of Mora River at Loma Parda from June 10 

to 30, 1913, is about four times any yearly run-off of that river at 

La Cueva since the flood of 1904. This difference is of course due in 

part to the difference in drainage areas, but allowing one-half for the 

effect of drainage area, the flood of 1913 is still of remarkable size.

The largest yearly run-off of Sapello Creek at Los Alamos since 

1904 was during 1905, which was approximately 8,000 acre-feet larger 

than the estimated discharge during the flood of June, 1913. These 

estimates have been made for the same point and will bear direct 

comparison.
INDEX.

A.

Accuracy of discharge measurements, degree

of ............................. 14-15

Acknowledgments to those aiding........... 15

Acre-foot, definition of....................... 10

Appropriations, amount of.................. 5

Arkansas River at Canon City, Colo.......... 22-24

at Granite, Colo......................... 18-20

at Holly, Colo........................... 31-32

at La Junta, Colo........................ 27-29

at Pueblo, Colo.......................... 24-26

atSalida,Colo........................... 20-22

' near Lamar, Colo........................ 30-31

nearNepesta,Colo....................... 26-27

Arkansas -River basin, gaging station records

in............................... 16-68

miscellaneous measurements in.......... 76

Arkansas River (East Fork) near Leadville,

Colo............................. 16-18

Arkansas River (South Fork) at Poncha, Colo 44-45 

Authority for investigations................. 5

B.

Beaver Creek. See West Beaver Creek. 

Buena Vista, Colo., Cottonwood Creek near.. 37-39 

North Cottonwood Creek near........... 39-41

C.

Canadian River at Logan, N. Mex........... 50-52

near Sanchez, N. Mex................... 47-49

Canadian River basin, floods in.............. 76-84

Canon City, Colo., Arkansas River at........ 22-24

Chalk Creek (Arkansas River basin) at and -

near St.Elmo,Colo........... 41-44,76

Chico Creek (Arkansas River basin) at May's

ranch, near Pueblo, Colo......... 76

Chicorica Creek basin, flood hi............... 76-77

Chicorica Creek near Raton, N. Mex......... 52-54

Cimarron, N. Mex., Cimarron River at....... 76

Rayado River near...................... 58-64

UrracaCreek near....................... 64-66

Cimarron River at Cimarron, N. Mex........ 76

atUtePark, N. Mex.................... 56-57

Cimarron River basin, flood in............... 78-81

Cooperation, credit for....................... 15

Cottonwood Creek below Hot Springs, near

Buena Vista, Colo............... 37-39

Current meters, views of_.................. 14

Current-meter stations, views of............. 14 *D.

Data, explanation of......................... 12-14

Dean, H. J., work of......................... 16

Definition of terms.......................... 9

Discharge, definition of...................... 9

Discharge measurements, accuracy of........ 14-15.

tables of, explanation of................. 12-14

Drainage basins, list of...................... 8

E.

Emerson, C. J., work of...................... 15

Equivalents, list of.......................... 10-12

F.

Meld data, accuracy and reliability of....... 14-15

Fletcher, R. H., work of..................... 15

Fountain Creek at Wigwam, Colo........... 76

G.

Gage heights, table of, explanation of........ 12-13

Gages, automatic, views of................... 15

Gaging stations, views of.................... 14

Granite, Colo., Arkansas River at............ 18-20

Greenwood, Miss., Yazoo River at........... 69-70

Grizzley Creek (Chalk Creek basin) at St.

Elmo, Colo...................... 76

H.

Half Moon Creek near Leadville, Colo........ 35-37

HalljW.E., work of........................ 16

Hanley, N. Mex., Pajarito Creek below...... 67-68

Holly, Colo., Arkansas River at............. 31-32

Hot Springs, near Buena Vista, Colo., Cottonwood Creek below............ 37-39

I.

Investigations, authority for................. 5

scope of.................................. 5-6

K.

King, F. B., work of......................... 15

King, W:R., work of........................ 16

L.

La Cueva, N. Mex., Mora River at........... 84

La Junta, Colo., Arkansas River at.......... 27-29

Lamar, Colo., Arkansas River near.......... 30-31

Lawton, Okla., evaporation station near..... 75

Little Medicine Bluff Creek near......... 73-74

Medicine Bluff Creek near............... 70-72

Leadville, Colo., Arkansas River (East Fork)

near................................... 16-18

Half Moon Creek near................... 35-37

Tennessee Fork near..................... 32-35

Little Medicine Bluff Creek near Lawton,

Okla.................................. 73-74

See also Medicine Bluff Creek. 

Logan, N. Mex., Canadian River at.......... 50-52

Ute Creek near.......................... 68

Los Alamos, N. Mex., Sapello Creek at...... 84

M.

May's ranch, near Pueblo, Colo., Chico Creek

at............................... 76

Medicine Bluff Creek near Lawton, Okla.... 70-72 

See also Little Medicine Bluff Creek.

85
86 INDEX.

Miscellaneous measurements in Arkansas

River basin...................... 76

Mora River at La Cueva, N. Mex............ - 84

Mora River basin, flood in................... 81-84

N.

Nepesta, Colo., Arkansas River near......... 26-27

North Cottonwood Creek near Buena Vista,

Colo............................. 39-41

P.

Pajarito Creek below Vigil Creek, near Hanley.N.Mex...................... 67-68

Philipp, Miss., Tallahatchie River at........ 69

Poncha, Colo., Arkansas River (South Fork)

at............................... 44-45

Poncha Creek at........................ 45-47

Poncha Creek at Poncha, Colo............... 45-47

Powers,!. E., work of....................... 15

Price meters, views of....................... 14

Publications of United States Geological Survey on stream measurement..... 6-9

how to obtain........................... 9

libraries and offices containing........... 9

Pueblo, Colo., Arkansas River at............ 24-26

Chico Creek near........................ 76

R.

Eaton, N. Mex, Chicorica Creek near........ 52-54

Una del Gato Creek near................. 56

Bayado River basin, flood in................ 79-80

Bayado River near Abreu's ranch, near

Cimarron,N. Mex............... 60-64

near Cimarron, N. Mex.................. 58-64

Red River basin, evaporation records in..... 75

gaging station records in................. 70-74

Run-off, depth in inches, definition of....... 10

terms used in expressing................. 9

S.

St. Elmo, Colo., Chalk Creek at and near.. 41-44,76 

Grizzley Creek at........................ 76

tailrace of Tincup Gold Dredging Co.'s

power plant at................... 76

Salida, Colo., Arkansas River at............. 20-22

Pjige. 

Sanchez> N. Mex., Canadian River near..... 47-49

Sapello Creek at Los Alamos, N. Mex........ 84

Sapello Creek basin, flood in................. 81-33

Scope of investigations....................... 5-6

Second-foot, definition of.................... 9-10

Second-feet per square mile, definition of.... 10

Stream measurement, accuracy of............ 14-15

publications on, by United States Geological Survey................... 6-9

howto obtain....................... 9

libraries and offices containing....... 9

T. 

Tables, explanation of....................... 12-14

Tallahatchie River at Philipp, Miss.......... 69

Tennessee Fork near Leadville, Colo......... 32-35

Terms, definitions of......................... 9-10

Tincup Gold Dredging Co.'s power plant,

tailrace of, at St. Elmo, Colo..... 76

U.

Una del Gato Creek near Raton, N. Mex..... 55

UrracaCreekbasin, flood in................. 78-79

Urraca Creek near Cimarron, N. Mex _..... 64-66

UteCreeknear Logan, N. Mex.............. 68

Ute Park, N. Mex., Cimarron River at...... 56-57

V.

Vermejo Creek (Canadian River basin) near

Wagon Mound, N. Mex.......... 76

Victor, Colo., West Beaver Creek near....... 47

Vigil Creek, near Hanley, N. Mex., Pajarito

Creek below..................... 67-68

W.

Wagon Mound, N. Mex., Vermejo Creek near. 76 

West B«aver Creek near Victor, Colo........ 47

Wigwam, Colo., Fountain Creek at.......... 76

Wood, B.D., work of....................... 16

Work, subdivision of........................ 16-16

Y.

Yazoo River at Greenwood, Miss............ 69-70

Yazoo River basin, gaging stations records in. 69-70

o